Soul Emperor Martial God

Somewhere in the Demon Beast Forest.

Xiao Yi and Qing Lin found a secretive location.

Xiao Yi set up some formation restrictions, then the two sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

It had been two days since they left Black Poison Villa.

But after a fierce battle, they needed to find a place to properly recover from their injuries.

Qing Lin's injuries were quite severe.

First, he fought fiercely against three Saint King Realm experts, then faced Vice Manor Master, who was at the Fifth Layer of the Saint King Realm. Naturally, his injuries were not light.

Sitting cross-legged, a wave of aura surged around Qing Lin, evidently healing him.

Xiao Yi also sat cross-legged, but his injuries were not as severe.

Dealing with those ordinary Mountain Villa Martial Artists was not much pressure to him.

Even against the Vice Manor Master and others, he wasn't really injured.

It's more about resting his exhausted mind than healing from injuries.

The impact of overwhelming killing intent and the emergence of a heart demon undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on his mind.

Sitting cross-legged, Xiao Yi was healing his minor injuries and also pondering.

First, was the matter of the Blood Pill.

He could control the Blood Pill, but had no way to destroy it.

However, keeping it, such an extremely bloodthirsty means, if erupted, would cause severe heart demons and consequences.

Xiao Yi frowned deeply.

Second, was the matter of cultivation.

No matter when, martial arts cultivation is always the top priority for any martial artist.

Currently, his cultivation was at the Heavenly Extreme Peak, and his Small World was just initially filled.

Normally, at this stage, a martial artist can begin preparations to break through and step into the Infinite Realm.

But he was still hindered by the 'Ice Mountain Fire Sea'.

Xiao Yi had anticipated this, and wasn't in a hurry because the Ice Mountain Fire Sea itself provided him with a great boost in combat strength.

Of course, he still urgently needed to increase his strength.

As for now, he had several directions for enhancing strength.

One was to find new powerful flames and control them; but during his time in the Central Region, he hadn't found any.

The only clue was the Star Illusion Fire.

And the Star Illusion Fire, even from the perspective of the Central Region, is regarded as the most mysterious and formidable flame.

So, in this regard, Xiao Yi directly ignored it.

Since the Fire Control Skill was temporarily out of reach, only the Sword Cultivator path remained.

In swordsmanship, there were two approaches to improving strength.

Either refine his own Sword Dao to make its power stronger; or achieve a breakthrough in Star Illusion Swordsmanship.

"My Sword Dao, Star Illusion Swordsmanship," Xiao Yi mused.

In Star Illusion Swordsmanship, it was a Sword Dao belonging to Senior Xinghuan, naturally very strong, even allowing him to dominate in Ancient Times.

However, this ultimately belonged to Senior Xinghuan's Sword Dao.

Currently, he could control and descend about 800 starlight strands at most.

This was after a breakthrough in cultivation and the Small World's Primordial Power was filled, allowing him to comprehend this amount.

Previously, he only controlled a few hundred strands.

On the contrary, his own Sword Dao, which shared the same source as his domain, complemented it.

Using the same Sword Dao to manipulate a similar domain, and to enhance it, was the only way to exert maximum combat power.

Combined with the filled formidable Primordial Power of the Small World, his Sword Dao's power grew stronger.

Therefore, for now, the strength his own Sword Dao provided was stronger than the Star Illusion Swordsmanship.

This was also the reason when facing ten Peak Saint King Realm experts, after 800 starlights descended, he didn't use the Star Illusion Sword Array but responded with the Ice Sword Dao.

Starlight Descent naturally had the effect of amplifying strength.

With the amplification of domain, Small World's formidable Primordial Power, and Starlight Power, his Sword Dao's power surpassed the Star Illusion Swordsmanship.

Unless the Star Illusion Swordsmanship could further break through, controlling the starlight descent to over 1000 strands, the power of the Star Illusion Sword Array could surpass his current strength.

"If I could integrate the Star Illusion Swordsmanship into my Sword Dao, there would be far less to worry about," thought Xiao Yi helplessly.

Currently, whether it's his own Sword Dao or the Star Illusion Swordsmanship, both grant him immense power.

Yet there was always a gap between them, and they were never the same means.

If the Star Illusion Swordsmanship could merge into his Sword Dao, it would undoubtedly be ideal.

But Xiao Yi could only wish for that.

The Star Illusion Swordsmanship, as a powerful Sword Dao entirely belonging to Senior Xinghuan, couldn't be easily merged.

If fusion was desired, his cultivation would probably need to be at least above the Saint King Realm.

…

Time gradually passed.

Qing Lin finally fully recovered from his injuries after two full days and awakened from his meditation.

"Phew." Qing Lin exhaled a breath of turbidity, saying, "Finally recovered from the injuries, the feeling of lightness all over is so good."

Speaking of which, a few days ago, Qing Lin was severely injured and near death after being poisoned by the Black Poison Saint King, continuously suffering erosion from the poison.

After barely resolving the Black Poison in the Black Poison Pond, he faced another battle and more severe injuries.

Now that he was healed, naturally, he felt light all over.

"How about now, shall we leave or not?" Qing Lin looked at Xiao Yi, asking.

Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said, "No rush."

"We've flown more than hundreds of thousands of miles away from Black Poison Villa."

"Moreover, with my formations isolating the aura, even if Heavenly King Mountain wanted to hunt us, it wouldn't be so easy."

"Well then..." Qing Lin smiled and said, "Let's start."

As he finished talking, Qing Lin waved his hand, presenting over a dozen Universe Rings.

The Universe Rings flashed with light, revealing a large pile of high-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

"Xiao Yi," Qing Lin smiled smugly and said, "Now is the time to enjoy the fruits of victory."

"However, since I'm not an Alchemist, I'll have to trouble you."

Qing Lin hadn't pursued the path of Fire Control, nor did his Martial Soul have such an ability, so he wasn't an Alchemist.

Xiao Yi nodded, "It's a small matter."

With that, Xiao Yi took out the Alchemy Furnace.

However, it wasn't the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace but the Eight Desolate Furnace obtained from Poisonous Saint's Cave Mansion.

The Eight Desolate Furnace was among Ninth-grade Refining Furnaces, and it worked exceptionally well.

At the same time, Xiao Yi also retrieved his own Universe Ring and began refining.

After half a day...

"Hiss, this…" Qing Lin took a cold breath, staring wide-eyed at the heaps of elixirs piled into small mountains before him.

"Your alchemy speed is unmatched, even compared to some seniors in the academy."

"Are these all Pure Elixirs?"

Xiao Yi nodded, "Let's begin."

The two closed their eyes and started cultivating.

The elixirs before them automatically transformed into pure energy and flowed into their bodies.

"Such a fast absorption rate," Qing Lin glanced at Xiao Yi.

"You're not bad either," Xiao Yi chuckled lightly.

With that, the two said no more and focused on their cultivation.

After a day, the mountains of elixirs before them had disappeared.

The elixirs refined from all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures obtained from Black Poison Villa had been fully absorbed by the two.

...

The third update.