Soul Emperor Martial God

Xiao Yi continuously absorbed pieces of mid-grade Spirit Stones.

As the Qi Spring Elemental Power inside his body rose, the Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power in the Small World also continued to increase.

Strands of Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power incessantly shot in from the horizon.

Controlling a whole Martial Art was nearly effortless for Xiao Yi.

The biggest reason was that he had absorbed Bai Mohan's Martial Arts Ice Crystal Martial Soul.

That Martial Arts Ice Crystal Martial Soul hadn't given Xiao Yi much power.

However, the countless martial arts within it provided immense help to Xiao Yi at this moment.

Of course, those numerous martial arts were almost all first-class Martial Arts.

Since Xiao Yi devoured that Martial Arts Ice Crystal Martial Soul, all the Martial Soul Power and all the martial arts in it have been controlled by Xiao Yi.

Therefore, Xiao Yi's current breakthrough merely requires continuously absorbing the Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power from the surroundings.

Though comprehending and understanding first-class martial arts posed no difficulty for Xiao Yi, it did save him a lot of effort and time, at least.

Two hours later.

"Phew." Xiao Yi exhaled a breath of foul air, and his cultivation ceased abruptly.

He glanced at the Universe Rings and pieces of mid-grade Spirit Stones before him and frowned.

"I can't continue cultivating now," Xiao Yi said solemnly.

He definitely had enough Primordial Power for a breakthrough; after all, there were so many mid-grade Spirit Stones.

However, in terms of Martial Arts, progressing too quickly is definitely not a good thing.

In the past, when he was in the Earth Origin Realm or the Heavenly Origin Realm, he tried jumping multiple layers at once.

But after reaching the Saint Realm, doing so inevitably leaves hidden dangers.

His current cultivation was perfecting his Sword Dao.

These complete Martial Arts, he constantly condensed and controlled within his Small World.

But truly integrating them into his Sword Dao, truly merging into the now perfected Sword Dao, was yet unfinished.

The perfection of Martial Arts isn't achieved through seclusion and cultivation alone.

It is a unique Martial Dao that belongs solely to him, a path walked by himself.

In addition to understanding and controlling, personal experience and tempering are also needed to genuinely perfect it.

"Time to go out and train," Xiao Yi murmured.

After the Saint Realm, infinite possibilities arise, but his Martial Dao is a singular, unique path.

"Forget it," Xiao Yi smiled faintly.

Although ceasing cultivation now and halting the increase of cultivation leaves some reluctance.

But, after all, these mid-grade Spirit Stones aren't going anywhere and will always be with him.

At the very least, he won't have to worry about cultivation items for a long period in the future.

He won't stagnate in cultivation due to this vast Small World for long.

Going out to train a bit and waiting for the Sword Dao to truly perfect itself, the breakthrough will naturally follow.

Xiao Yi stopped absorbing, but in his heart, the phrase he heard before came to mind suddenly; after the Saint King Realm, each layer difference in cultivation is no different from an instant kill.

After the Saint Realm, every increase of a layer in cultivation requires controlling ten complete martial arts.

Such a difference is already immense.

After the Saint King Realm, every increase of a layer in cultivation requires controlling one hundred complete martial arts.

Thus, such a difference will be terrifyingly great.

Simply put, just in terms of the number of complete martial arts, the gap between the Second Layer of the Saint King Realm and the First Layer is almost equivalent to the gap between the First Layer of the Saint King Realm and the ordinary Saint Realm.

No wonder there's such a saying that each layer difference is akin to an instant kill.

Xiao Yi shook his head. Although he had already reached the Saint Realm Third Layer, he admitted that his strength was still far from enough.

Looking across the Central Region, he was still too weak.

"Strength, strength," Xiao Yi murmured twice.

"Since there's no immediate improvement in cultivation, let's upgrade the secret technique," Xiao Yi squinted, forming a plan.

Apart from cultivation and Martial Techniques, his greatest secret technique naturally came from the spirit of the Ice Venerable... the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique.

Xiao Yi started absorbing again, as pieces of mid-grade Spirit Stones rapidly turned to powder.

Streams of pure power did not enter his body but instead merged into his arm.

"The third Ice Pattern, condense."

The Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique, condensing the Ice Pattern, can instantly burst during battle.

The so-called Ice Pattern is formed by using Martial Arts power as the base and enormous power as the source.

Each Ice Pattern requires a Cold Ice Attribute Martial Arts as the foundation.

The first Ice Pattern was constructed by the Ice Sword Dao.

The second Ice Pattern was constructed by the Cold Ice Palm Technique inherited from Fengxu King.

As for the third Ice Pattern...

This time, Xiao Yi planned to use his Sword Dao to construct the base of the Ice Pattern.

His current Sword Dao was primarily based on the Ice Sword Dao, continually integrating other Sword Daos to perfect it.

Simply put, his Sword Dao, though a Sword Dao, is also a Cold Ice Dao.

His Sword Dao shares the same origin as the Ice Sword Dao but is stronger than it.

Traces of Heaven and Earth Power continuously fell from the sky, with varying auras.

Xiao Yi's Sword Dao isn't any specific Martial Arts in the world but is formed by merging many Sword Daos.

Naturally, the Heaven and Earth Power descending varied as well, with different auras.

The Heaven and Earth Power gathered in his arm, transforming into blue lines that meandered mysteriously.

At the same time, the pure Spiritual Energy from the mid-grade Spirit Stones was continuously absorbed, flooding into his arm.

Two hours later.

The meandering of the blue lines came to a halt, and an enigmatic and beautiful Cold Ice Pattern condensed there.

The influx of pure Spiritual Energy vanished instantly.

The entire pattern was filled with enormous power.

Xiao Yi checked the Universe Ring, finding that more than half of the second mid-grade Spirit Vein had been consumed.

The Ice Pattern can, in fact, be continuously expanded, continuously filled with power, to increase its amplification power.

However, the level of the Ice Pattern can never exceed the existing Martial Arts Cultivation, so Xiao Yi stopped absorbing.

That means the current third Ice Pattern, in terms of level, reached the Saint Realm Third Layer.

But the Ice Pattern is also linked to the small world of the engraver.

Thus, the power contained within is vast and astonishing.

The power exploded in an instant is absolutely formidable.

"The third Ice Pattern is complete."

Xiao Yi murmured as he stopped cultivating.

Yet, he did not leave the seclusion room.

He was still pondering if there were any other methods to enhance his strength.

This might be his last seclusion for a short time.

As he's about to head to the dangerous domain of the Four-direction Domain, he must be fully prepared.

"Cultivation, Secret Technique..." Xiao Yi pondered.

In fact, the first thing he thought of was the Asura Battle Body.

However, the Asura Battle Body can only be cultivated using Demon Beast Essence Blood; other things, no matter how precious the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, even these extremely pure mid-grade Spirit Stones, are equally useless.

This seems to be a heaven-defying technique born solely to resist and hunt demon beasts.

Since he couldn't cultivate the Asura Battle Body for the time being, Xiao Yi could only skip it and continue pondering.

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The third update.

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