2 months of training/Goal

During the two months of training, Adonis had made excellent progress with his training.

His control and power over his affinities had reached a level where expert cultivators would be jealous of him. It is to the point that techniques Sky Grade and below would be useless to him unless they were of Excellent Quality. He has finally reached an OP level for the foreseeable future.

Adonis had finally reached his limit, so he broke into the Refinement Stage. When cultivators break into a new stage, they don't have a spark yet; this causes their stamina to plummet considerably due to mana being drawn directly from their core. Of course, this didn't stop Adonis from training in such a state for a few weeks before forming his 1st spark.

His ki now needed a little push before finally getting into 3-star.

His garden grew a lot, from hundreds of 2 types of plants to a field filled with many types of plants. He has many fire and lightning plants that he figured out have different effects depending on their original use; some have a temporary boost in power, while others have a permanent increase in the usability of the element. He had plants that responded to other elements too, so he decided to put them there just in case a situation takes place where he can use them.

But, none of those could compare to Adonis's amazing achievement of progressing his use of Anima from 0.5% to 1%. An extraordinary feat.

He could now use two slivers of Anima, which he found the most useful when he put those two slivers in his eyes, changing his eyes to the eyes he had during his Evolution, and was able to access a vision he likes to call "Existence Vision". With it, he could quite literally see everything he wants to, whether it be someone's foundation, the techniques they use, the physiques they had, and everything about the world. The only drawback he had is that he could only use the vision for 5 seconds before his eyes start bleeding.

He also decided to skip the next Promotion Exam to make sure he was strong enough to take on Core disciples and even Lena agreed with his decision. Now he only has one more chance to become a Core disciple before the All Sect Tournament starts.

Lena was able to ascend to Refinement Stage 4-Spark but also didn't take the Promotion Exam because she would have to move to the Core sector and separate from Adonis again, which she never want or even think about.

Lena's and Adonis's relationship kept on getting better as time went by, they spent a lot of time together whether it be talking, eating together, arguing, or having sex, they always enjoyed being with each other. It was to the point that Lena teased Adonis about when their gonna get married or have a child, to which Adonis always gave a truthful answer. The only times they were separate from each other was when Adonis trained and Lena was persistent in joining in on his training, but Adonis denied it no matter how much she begged. It's not like Adonis didn't trust her, but he wanted to keep his Soul Domain private for now, he would only tell her if it was an emergency or he was fully prepared.

Although many great things were happening to Adonis, he always felt like something is holding him back from his true strength. He blamed his demon but he felt like there was something more to it.

Adonis took a night to reflect on himself and collect his mind on everything that happened in his life, the good, the bad, and the confusing. He thought back to what his ancestor said about giving him his legacy.

"You remind me of me when I was your age."

He thought it was strange. Did his ancestor truly give him his legacy due to him seeing his old self, or was there something more?

Even if there was an ulterior motive, that didn't get rid of his gratefulness to his ancestor for giving him the chance to become strong.

After thinking things through a bit, he realized something. He never had a real goal in mind; he didn't want to make a kingdom or create a powerful team. He didn't want to take revenge on anybody either.

He thought and thought about a perfect goal and only one thing kept coming to mind repeatedly, becoming strong.

When he thought about it more, he didn't know what being strong was or what it felt like because he had always been weak for his entire life. You could say he is already strong, but that's within the Sect; in the outside world, many people could kill him with a wave of their hand. He didn't know what being strong meant.

He kept on thinking about this and decided on his main goal throughout his entire journey. He would not only become strong but also know what being strong meant in the first place.

With this, he felt a shackle holding him back break and gave him more motivation to continue fighting.

Eventually, two months passed, and the Promotion Exam started.

Adonis and Lena made their way to the Core sector and prepared to become Core disciples.

They saw multiple Inner disciples try and fail to become Core disciples but it never made them more nervous.

Finally, Adonis was up, Lena wished him luck, and he was now standing on the raised platform ready to fight. The Core disciple walked onto the raised platform and Adonis was surprised by who it was.

"It's been a while, hasn't it?"

Mila was Adonis's opponent.