Old man emerald saw all of this and felt heartfelt admiration to these cultivators and because he was affected by their cultivation craze attitude, he had also participated in a somewhat crazed cultivation but unlike them he wasn't harming his foundation one bit, on the contrary he was strengthening his foundation.
His connection over the law of life started to become much stronger as he continue to crazily use his Qi to increase the speed of growth of the plants without harming their vitality.
Each day he would faint because of exhaustion and had to rest for a couple of hours before undergoing extreme training once again, this is the reason why the plants have grown rapidly in just short amount of time.
LS was also doing his best to recruit as much capable warriors as he could, the marine beasts were now stationed around the island and because of this, the surrounding waters of the island became a forbidden land for anyone.
Whirlpools and thunderstorm were now frequent on the island result by the powerful marine beasts lurking around it, the entire ocean might look terrifying but the island look like paradise.
That is only it's outward appearance though, inside the islands, other than some beasts which is clearly lacking in numbers considering the size of the island there many humans that were sweating all day training their heart out.
The sickly looking former prisoners of the chaos world were now buff looking men and women after training every single day without any proper rest, each one of them held different weapons but after training continuously they had developed a connection with their weapons.
On the center of the island was a giant artificial volcano, near the volcano was a garden that looks like it came from the heavens, bees could be seen flying around the garden.
The entire island was now full of spirit Qi and Mana unlike it's former state when it was still full of chaos Qi and extremely barren, the kingdom that was still in a ruined state is now becoming much more complete and normal.
The children that were rescued were now being taught by Zultan, they were first taught to always be loyal to Shadowslash shaping their minds from the start, even if they weren't taught they would still worship Shadowslash because they had been rescued by him.
Zultan was now having a hard time being the only person responsible for educating everyone, fortunately he was given a cultivation art that focuses on spiritual sense.
He still trains his body every single day but his body tempering art serves only as a complimentary to his main cultivation art, his strength is actually much stronger than Strawberry since unlike him she had many limitations imposed to her by Shadowslash.
Strawberry is still young, very young to be precise so she could only train in cultivation technique that builds up her foundation but this cultivation art aren't complete and we're broken down art that Hentai have created for children to use.
Her body wouldn't rapidly changed but as long as she continue to trains in these arts, her potential would continue to become stronger and once she start cultivating for real, her cultivation speed would skyrocket.
But even if her cultivation is extremely low, her strength is not, because she was chosen as the queen of this island, her strength would be comparable to Zultan as long as she is on the island.
As long as the influence and the number of residents continue to grow, her strength would also follow, this is the path of a monarch but on her mind she doesn't want to be a ruler but a valiant warrior.
But because she respects Shadowslash very much, she did not question her decision and strives to be a great ruler and warrior at the same time, her responsibility in such a young age is truly too much.
The next couple of days the island continue on its normal regime, but all of this stops when the silent Scarabs started to become noisy once again, unlike before they don't exhibit any form of hostility but excitement.
Immediately the island descended unto chaos as the residents seems to realised what was happening, Zultan and Strawberry were first doubtful but after a couple of seconds, their expression quickly changes and they flew towards the shore.
The residents have already gone to the shore and expectations could be seen on their eyes, Old man emerald who was resting after a whole day of training yesterday also flew towards the direction where the residents are gathering.
Something came out of the sea, which was followed by a golden dragon, seeing the appearance of the person that just came out of the ocean, the residents of Defender Island became breathless as they started to tremble in excitement.
All of them except for Old man emerald and LS started kneeling and shouted at the same time "Welcome back great lord!"
Shadowslash smiles when he saw all of this he then looks at their cultivation and couldn't help but be impressed on how hardworking they are but he also felt sad when he sensed the broken foundation that most of them.
He could only sigh inwardly and continue to display the calm smile on his face, he doesn't want to hold a celebration party just for his return knowing well that most people in the present wanted to continue their training.
He then smiled and told everyone to return to what they had been doing and he would lecture them about cultivation later making them cheer in excitement.
Once they left, Shadowslash looks at Old man emerald and spreads his arms, the two then hugs each other tightly, it had been a long time since they had met.
The two then separated, Shadowslash quickly asks "Since when did you arrive, considering that LS is here, where is Fire Demon Dragon King?"
Old man emerald laughs and answered "I told him to go back and bring some warriors from our great land to assist you in the upcoming war."
Shadowslash felt gratified when he heard this, he knew that if more forces came and help him, then their chances of winning the war would definitely spike up.
Old man emerald then remembers something and said "By the way FD no longer calls himself Fire Demon Dragon King since he thought that it was too presumptuous for us to call ourselves dragon kings since our bloodline don't reach that grade and purity yet."
Shadowslash heard this and he raises his eyebrow in interest, he then looks at LS and realised that Fire Demon Dragon King or FD might have developed this thought after meeting him.
Old man emerald seems to read his mind and shook his head and answered "It's not because of LS, the two of us have been battling against the chaos beasts all this time and have made a name for ourselves."
His expression became that of a melancholy, he continue "We have meet the elites from the True Dragon Clan and the two of us realised that we are no match against them."
Shadowslash raise his eyebrow in doubt, he knew just how strong Old man emerald and Fire Demon Dragon King is, he knew that the dragon clan of this world is strong but for the two to be no match seems to sound farfetched.
Old man emerald continue "It seems that my words are too misleading, what I meant was the Beast Continent isn't a match compared to the territory of the True Dragon Clan."
He then sighed as he recalls something and said "Because of our fame and strength the True Dragon Clan respected us but still some of them see us as halflings, the purer ones even calls us imperfect."
"Because of this, me and FD challenge the experts of their clan and manage to gain a win streak against them, that is until an earth dragon that belongs to the purer ones challenged FD and win."
Shadowslash was a bit surprised, he knew just how much strength FD would be able to release under pressure and stronger enemies would only make him more excited.
"That earth dragon is still recuperating right now, he might have won because of his advantage on elemental attribute but he suffered more and unlike FD he is currently bedridden."
Shadowslash then became confused when he heard this "If this is true, then why would FD felt that he wasn't worthy of the title dragon king?"
"FD only managed to induce much harm because of his fighting experience and cultivation arts and martial skills that you have given him."
"The two of us realised that we still haven't unlocked the full potential of our dragon lineage."
He then looks at LS with gratitude and said "LS have been helping us develop our dragon skills and abilities, my lineage is the emerald dragons, after awakening more abilities from my bloodline my strength and vitality have increased tremendously."