Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1152: Chapter 1108: Open Heaven Realm Body

Of course, compared with Celestial Suppression, it only rivals the Sixth-Tier Celestial Suppression; the tiers of Celestial Suppression reach up to the ninth stage, while the Desolate Universe God Slaying Technique is merely a sixth-tier martial art.

And now, as for how to cultivate at the seventh-tier, Chen Fei doesn’t even have an inkling.

“Roar!”

The late-stage Rule Integration Realm Black Demon in front of him kept roaring, attempting to tear the human before its eyes into shreds.

Chen Fei lifted his eyes to look at the Black Demon, and with a flip of his hand, the Qianyuan Sword descended from above, cleaving the Black Demon into two halves.

The Black Demon’s body trembled and turned into a puff of black smoke that disappeared without a trace.

Chen Fei floated in midair, looking at the situation of the fragments of rules within his soul.

Having slain several Rule Integration Realms, including a peak Rule Integration Realm member from the Ancient Hug Tribe, these spiritual essences allowed Chen Fei to make remarkable progress in a very short time.

Chen Fei currently comprehended a total of one hundred and forty-one fragments of rules, among which, the Space Secondary Rules “Big” amounted to ninety-one pieces; he was only seventeen fragments away from breaking through to the Peak of Rule Integration Realm.

If he continued to cultivate with spiritual essence, unless Chen Fei consecutively defeated more than three peak Rule Integration Realms, even if it was late-stage Rule Integration Realm, Chen Fei would need to slay more than twenty to achieve that.

With the spirituality of the bronze cauldron functioning and transforming, Chen Fei temporarily couldn’t match up with other Races’ Rule Integration Realms, naturally leaving him without spiritual essence to cultivate.

Fortunately, within this ruin, there was a more superior choice: Rule Crystals.

With the power of Rule Crystals, Chen Fei wouldn’t need many; most likely, two would suffice to supplement the seventeen fragments of rules, allowing him to truly control one secondary rule.

In Chen Fei’s soul, the second highest number of rule fragments he had were the Space Secondary Rules “Small,” currently numbering twenty-eight pieces.

Looking at the considerable gap from the complete one hundred and eight pieces, as long as there were enough Rule Crystals, this shortfall could be filled quickly.

In the past, in the Black Stone Domain, Chen Fei had no more Rule Crystals to unearth, but now in the ruins, as long as he slew a sufficient number of Black Demons, thousands of Rule Crystals lay before him.

The Skill Level of Celestial Suppression has been continuously closing in on the stage of Perfection. When it comes to the fragments of the rule of strength, he now has sixty-seven pieces.

The closer the Skill Level of Celestial Suppression draws to the state of Perfection, the more evident that sense of Perfection in his physique becomes.

This state of Perfection specifically targets the normal peak of Rule Integration Realm with four secondary rules converging into a rule body.

At that time, for the peak of Rule Integration Realm, both elemental force and physique have reached their utmost limit, the only path being a breakthrough to Open Heaven Realm, which could allow for a substantial increase in personal strength.

Of course, it’s not that individuals at the Rule Integration Realm cannot continue to comprehend a fifth secondary rule at this stage, but the significance is minimal for those at the peak of Rule Integration Realm.

The Rule Integration Realm has its lifespan limitation; it’s just a step away from the Open Heaven Realm. It wouldn’t make sense to neglect the task of figuring out how to ignite the secondary rules of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind within oneself in favor of cultivating a fifth unrelated secondary rule.

That would simply be joking with one’s own future.

Moreover, even if you were able to comprehend a fifth secondary rule, how much your battle strength would increase is uncertain, for hardly any at the peak of Rule Integration Realm have done this.

But the hurdle to breaking through to Open Heaven Realm would inevitably become greater.

Of course, if the cultivation involves secondary rules under the same Main Rule, that wouldn’t be an issue at all; it’s an essential path to take.

Chen Fei sensed the power contained within his physique. Once Celestial Suppression broke through to the state of Perfection, Chen Fei felt his pure physical strength would far surpass that of a peak Rule Integration Realm with four secondary rules.

Indeed, just the strength of his physique was already formidable. As long as his elemental cultivation did not lag too far behind, Chen Fei would be capable of contending against such powerful individuals a step away from Open Heaven Realm.

Once Chen Fei’s elemental cultivation gradually increased, he would move from a state of contending to gaining the upper hand, and then to total dominance.

A Celestial Suppression at the state of Perfection already exceeds the rule body at the pinnacle of Rule Integration Realm. Wouldn’t a Sixth-Tier Celestial Suppression at Great Completion, a complete Power Rule Body, reach the level of a rule body at Open Heaven Realm?

Is there even a possibility that it could be stronger than an ordinary rule body at the Early Stage of Open Heaven Realm?

After all, the standard physique at the Early Stage of Open Heaven Realm is formed through the refinement of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, which is weaker than a physique that has broken through to Open Heaven Realm under a Main Rule.

In a way, the Power Rule Body cultivated through Celestial Suppression is akin to the physical strength one would possess after breaking through to Open Heaven Realm with the rule of strength.

Therefore, it seems to be no issue that the physique would be stronger than a rule body at the Early Stage of Open Heaven Realm.

However, even if his physique is stronger than the usual Open Heaven Realm Early Stage, without sufficient elemental force, Chen Fei would ultimately be unable to contend with Open Heaven Realm.

But what if, after fully comprehending the five kinds of Space Secondary Rules and merging them into the Space Main Rule, combined with the small Open Heaven Realm of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, what kind of qualitative change might occur then?

Countless thoughts flashed through Chen Fei’s mind, his gaze calm, his thoughts gradually stabilizing.

No matter what, the first step was to control a secondary rule and break through to the peak of the Rule Integration Realm. As for what came after that, he would naturally come to know as he gradually advanced.

After a short time, ripples spread through the space ahead once more, and the silhouette of a Black Demon flickered in and out of visibility.

Chen Fei treated the Black Demons as a source of contribution points, but the majority of those in the Rule Integration Realm couldn’t deal with them as effortlessly as Chen Fei.

Although the spirituality of the bronze cauldron was wild and unrestrained, it hadn’t reached the point of true folly.

Many in the Rule Integration Realm realized that the bronze cauldron was reassessing their strength, so they all deliberately suppressed their own battle strength, hoping to fight Black Demons one rank below their own.

In doing so, not only could they gain contribution points, but they also wouldn’t risk their lives.

However, they soon found out that this tactic simply didn’t work.

Even if they suppressed their battle strength, by the time they reached the third round, the rank of the Black Demons would be equal to their own Cultivation Realms.

It wouldn’t result in the appearance of Black Demons one rank higher as before, but fighting Black Demons of the same rank time after time was an extremely challenging task for many in the Rule Integration Realm.

These Black Demons, seemingly destined to die by the arrangements of the bronze cauldron, grew stronger over time. If each battle dragged on for too long, the power of the Black Demons would gradually return.

Or to be more precise, the power of the Black Demons was recovering.

Their innate imperishable characteristic, once suppressed, would slowly return, gradually increasing their recovery power until they became increasingly difficult to kill.

Of course, the Power of Faith was still the best method to counter the Black Demons.

But aside from the descendants of the Xuan Clan with an abundance of the Power of Faith, other Rule Integration Realm cultivators in the Black Stone Domain, even if they had the corresponding Faith Method, had absorbed very little Power of Faith due to the limited time.

As time passed, the number of cultivators in the Rule Integration Realm started to decrease again after a period of stability.

There wasn’t the same dramatic loss of several thousand cultivators in four rounds as before, but many in the Rule Integration Realm couldn’t withstand the relentless battles and ultimately perished.

The short time allowed to return to the Exchange Space was far from sufficient for many to heal their wounds.

The several dozen in the Open Heaven Realm, aside from slaying Black Demons, continued to search for possible loopholes within the Ruins, albeit with little success.

These Open Heaven Realm cultivators faced Black Demons of the Open Heaven Realm, but these Demons had only barely reached the battle strength of that level, and they were nothing like the intelligent Black Demons.

These Demons were cobbled together, stronger than the peak of the Rule Integration Realm, but nowhere near the real Open Heaven Realm.

So, for these genuine Open Heaven Realm powerhouses, there was no pressure at all.

But for these powerhouses, accumulating enough contribution points to exchange for those seventh-tier Supreme Treasures was not an easy task, as the bronze cauldron had set the required contribution points very high.

This was why they were eager to find vulnerabilities in the spirituality of the bronze cauldron elsewhere.

They came here to plunder, not to obediently follow the bronze cauldron’s instructions to slay those Black Demons.

What’s more crucial is that the bronze cauldron here was only half of the whole; the other half lay with the Soul-devouring Worms.

They had already wasted a few days to recruit the cultivators from the Black Stone Domain, and now time was dragged further while they were slaying Black Demons inside the Ruins.

If it weren’t for the Soul-devouring Worms, slowly killing the Black Demons to exchange for seventh-tier precious treasures wouldn’t be an issue, as there wouldn’t be much danger.

But now, with the Soul-devouring Worms on the other side, what if they devoured the other half of the bronze cauldron first? Would that affect this side?

Or would the Soul-devouring Worms eventually come here and compete with them for those precious treasures?

There were too many uncertainties, so to a certain extent, these Open Heaven Realm powerhouses were even more urgent than those in the Rule Integration Realm below.

Not finding any flaws in the Space Barriers within the Ruins, these Open Heaven Realm cultivators attacked them forcefully, attempting to tear the barriers apart and make their way directly to the vicinity of the bronze cauldron’s true form.

As for whether this would lead to an outburst of Black Demons storming out from the Ruins, the Open Heaven Realm cultivators didn’t care.

Faced with Supreme Treasures that could help them ascend further, even the Open Heaven Realm strong from the Wu Meng Clan and Xuan Clan were less concerned about the safety of their own races.

After all, if they could ascend a step further in their realms, even if all the Rule Integration Realm cultivators from their clans died out, they had the power to continue cultivating more from the Sun Moon Realm members within their clans.

If this was the attitude towards their clan’s Rule Integration Realm cultivators, then their regard for those from the Rule Integration Realm of the Black Stone Domain was even less significant, barely better than weeds.

“Bang!”

Atop the mountain, Chen Fei smashed the Black Demon’s head with a single palm strike, then disappeared, reappearing in the Exchange Space.

Chen Fei directed his mental defense to the phantom image of the bronze cauldron and immediately selected a Rule Crystal.

The sizes of these Rule Crystals and even the rules contained within were nearly identical; it was impossible to find such similarities without mass manufacturing.

Chen Fei, looking at the Rule Crystal that appeared in his hand, looked up to survey his surroundings.