After spending the rest of the day absorbing the vast amount of Qi from the beast cores, the original bright glow on the beast cores was becoming dimmer and dimmer.

A large number of beast cores quickly become void of Qi, immediately shattering after this occurrence.

Meanwhile, a large amount of Qi was continuously being refined in Dana's beast core, when Dana beast core was finally sated and completely unable to receive more Qi, the sound of a barrier being broken occurred as Dana become a 2nd Ranked Houtian Cultivator.

Her beast core grew slighter, her Qi reserves rising and the strength of Dana's Qi increased indicating the ascension of a cultivation ranks.

"Finally, 2nd Rank Houtian Cultivator" Dana muttered quietly to herself.

'One step closer to getting my revenge on the Azure Emperor' thought Dana.

Dana truly has a grudge to settle after the Azure Emperor, first he let her experience how it feels for strength to dictate the weak, she felt completely helpless when that expert invaded her soul making her feel excruciating pain and most importantly it trampled on her pride.

Ever since merging with the Frost Wyvern soul, it's basic beast instincts have been ingrained into Dana.

And as a descendant of the True Dragon race, a Frost Wyvern has astonishing pride, unwilling to submit to any cultivator no matter how strong they are.

The moment that cultivator enslaved her, it felt like her pride as a Dragon was stomped on.

Secondly, it caused her no small amount of trouble in avoiding all of the Qi Circulation experts the Azure Emperor sent in Devil's Peak, and it wasn't for the fact she had a powerful soul cultivation method then she wouldn't have gone about as leisurely as she had, and with this continuous provocation how could Dana simple remain passive about it?

And lastly, simply because there is a way for many scummy individuals being high up in this Empire.

In fact the only individual who was not a corrupt and greedy important figure in this country she met was old man Zhao and he wasn't even from the Azure Continent, which was something she already concluded with the moment she heard the system stating that the technique he gave was an Upper Tier Saint Technique, as why would anyone in such a low ranked continent own such a technique?

So, she has been thoroughly disappointed by the nobles of this continent, and due to the fact of her getting revenge on the Azure Emperor anyways, her goal will coincidentally meet with putting in a place a suitable Emperor, so she can leave the continent with a clear conscience in mind.

She had already decided she will help old man Zhao by extending his life with an item from the system so that he can support whoever she found suitable to replace the Azure Emperor, after all, old man Zhao is a Houtian cultivator which is a top-level existence in this continent, not mentioning that the old man has given her a favourable impression of him, and also provided her a Upper Saint Ranked Technique making her immensely great full towards him.

After Dana put aside these thoughts, for now, she retrieved the Ice Lotus Arts old man Zhao gave her.

Reading through it Dana found that the secret technique comes in 7 levels of comprehension.

The first level is the easiest and is called "One with Ice", and upon completion it will increase the affinity of the users body with Ice Qi, therefore, making Ice Qi flow much easier around the body, also improving the power of attacks containing Ice Qi it further has a slight effect on increasing cultivation speed as it makes it easier to absorb Ice Qi particles in the surroundings.

It took Dana a mere day to fully comprehend the "One with Ice" stage, the air around Dana has changed noticeably now emitting icy sensations making one instinctively shiver.

Dana retracted the Ice Qi back within her body, quickly moving Ice Qi around her body she found it is much easier than before, she also felt much more connected to the Ice Qi particles in the atmosphere, making it much easier to absorb into her body.

If old man Zhao knew that Dana completed the first stage of the technique in a mere day he would be shocked, as even the former Sect Mistress of the Ice Lotus Sect took seven months to fully complete being "One with Ice" stage of the technique.

Dana decided to comprehend the second stage before finding old man Zhao, she wanted to see if she can find Kaiden Evergreen as he will be a good start in discovering the righteous noble families in the Azure Continent.

Dana found that the next stage of the technique is "Flowing with Ice" focuses on how to control the Ice Qi within your body, and how to best infuse it within each attack.

This part of the technique increases an individual's general control of Ice Qi within their bodies and also slightly deepens your understanding of the concept of Ice.

Furthermore, as the second level, it primarily focuses on control and allows an individual to perfectly harmonise Ice Qi into each attack, which will be greatly beneficial for Dana.

The second stage was slightly more difficult however, it only took Dana two days to fully comprehend this level of the technique.

Furthermore, Dana's Ice attributed Qi becomes purer and stronger after each stage she progresses within the technique.

After feeling satisfied with her progress on the Ice Lotus Arts alongside her progress in cultivation, she decided to quickly find old man Zhao so she can take down the Azure Emperor without concern about the aftermath of it all.