Soul Emperor Martial God

Xiao Yi, holding the Token given by the Hall Master, made his way to the Demon Hunting Hall's treasure vault.

Entering the vault, the dazzling array of treasures made Xiao Yi's eyes light up.

The size of the vault was not a bit smaller than that of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect's, it was in fact much larger.

And it housed a much larger variety of treasures.

Subspirit Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts, Primordial Artifacts, Elixir, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Demon Beast Cores, Essence Blood, and so on.

As well as other Cultivation Items and Treasures, far too many to count.

Of course, this was after all the Demon Hunting Hall's vault.

The most abundant items inside were the Demon Beast Cores and Essence Blood.

And their grades were quite high.

The weakest was Level 6, almost all were Level 7.

True, there were no Level 8 Demon Beast Cores or Essence Blood here.

Xiao Yi had anticipated this.

A Level 8 demon beast was equivalent to an Extreme Realm Expert.

Such demon beasts nearly only existed in legends.

Their cores and Essence Blood were immeasurably precious.

There certainly weren't many, and they would not be kept in the treasure vault.

Xiao Yi pondered for a moment.

Originally, upon completing the task given by the Hall Master, he could freely choose up to a hundred thousand Demon Beast Cores or Essence Blood within the vault.

Half of that would be fifty thousand.

Currently, both his Physical Strength and Martial Arts Cultivation were at the Peak of Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

But, there was no doubt that, at present, the power exerted by his Martial Arts Cultivation had already surpassed his physical strength.

Moreover, Martial Arts Cultivation was the essence of a Martial Artist.

After half a moment of thought.

Xiao Yi chose fifty thousand Seventh-level Demon Beast Cores.

He left the vault, satisfied.

Fifty thousand Level 7 Demon Beast Cores, if brought outside.

Their value was almost beyond imagination.

At this time, Xiao Yi headed towards the seclusion room.

He was preparing to start Alchemy.

...

Inside the seclusion room.

Xiao Yi took out the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace and a large number of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

As well as the fifty thousand Level 7 Demon Beast Cores he just collected.

Boom... Boom...

Xiao Yi conjured two flames in his hands.

In his left hand was the Purple Flame, in his right the Star Fire.

The Purple Flame had always been Xiao Yi's first choice for refining due to its capacity to destroy everything and its terrifyingly high temperature that could make the process of Alchemy incredibly fast.

Of course, this depended on his almost perfect Fire Control Technique.

The reason for conjuring the Star Fire now was naturally to use its ability to gently nurture and reinforce the medicinal power of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Two flames were injected into the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace.

Then, countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures along with the Demon Beast Cores were thrown into the furnace.

Before long.

One by one, Pure Heavenly Yuan Pills were refined.

Though the Heavenly Origin Pill was a seventh-grade Elixir and extremely difficult to refine.

But for Xiao Yi, who had mastered the perfect refining method, it was quite fast.

Moreover, with the Eight Dragons Burning Fire Furnace, now unleashed from its Prohibition and ranking as an Eighth Grade Refining Furnace, aiding him.

His speed in making Elixir had soared once again.

Two days later.

Fifty thousand Level 7 Demon Beast Cores were used up.

And the Pure Heavenly Yuan Pills that had been refined numbered a total of over sixteen thousand.

Xiao Yi did not hesitate and swallowed the pills one by one.

The Elixir, upon entering his mouth, instantly turned into pure energy and spread throughout his body.

After that, in the Small World within his body, both of his Martial Souls opened at the same time, quickly absorbing this energy.

The pure energy then transformed into two types of Primordial Power, one cold and one hot.

Soon, the Qi Spring in his body was gradually filled to the brim, reaching 100 percent.

And it was at this moment, just as Xiao Yi had anticipated, that his 'nightmare' occurred.

Normally, filling the Qi Spring to 100 percent would signify a breakthrough, a progress into the next realm.

But at this moment, he did not have a breakthrough in his realm.

Instead, the Primordial Power within the Qi Spring was continuously condensing.

One other thing, as Xiao Yi knew, the requirement for breaking through from the Earth Origin Realm to the Heavenly Origin Realm was to convert Primordial Power into a liquid state.

Primordial Power at Earth Origin Realm was gaseous.

Primordial Power at Heavenly Origin Realm was liquid.

But now, within the Qi Spring, the gaseous elemental power was constantly being compressed yet showed no signs of change.

Xiao Yi furrowed his brows and then gritted his teeth, quickening the pace of consuming elixirs.

It must be said, his Cultivation was only at the Earth Origin Stage.

As for the Heavenly Origin Pills, being one grade higher than his Cultivation, their effects were extremely powerful.

Time gradually passed.

With each elixir swallowed.

The Primordial Power within the Qi Spring was also being compressed without cease.

Yet, there seemed to be no sign of a breakthrough in his Cultivation.

After consuming ten thousand Pure Heavenly Origin Pills, the degree of compression of the Primordial Power in the Qi Spring had reached a terrifying level.

Another three thousand pills.

Still no breakthrough.

But, under introspection, Xiao Yi could clearly feel that the Primordial Power within his body seemed to have compressed to a critical point.

Xiao Yi felt elated.

He quickly swallowed more elixirs.

When hundreds more Pure Heavenly Origin Pills were consumed.

Boom!

Within his body, the Qi Spring's elemental powers suddenly began to churn rapidly, as if turning into a raucous ocean.

An extremely icy aura, a fiercely hot breath, erupted at the same time.

This sensation was all too familiar to Xiao Yi.

"Just as I thought," Xiao Yi couldn't help but sigh bitterly.

Several seconds later.

In the Qi Spring within him, an Ice Mountain and a Fire Sea suddenly emerged.

The thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty Zhang Qi Spring was completely divided.

Each occupied half.

"Ice Mountain Fire Sea, it's returned," Xiao Yi's face showed a hint of bitterness.

This meant he would be trapped at the Peak of Earth Origin Ninth Layer for a long time once again.

And...

That's when Xiao Yi rapidly consumed a few more Pure Heavenly Origin Pills.

Indeed, as soon as the pure medicinal power of the Pure Heavenly Origin Pills entered the Small World and turned into Primordial Power.

It all 'spilled' out from the Ice Mountain Fire Sea and then was absorbed by the Ice Phoenix Sword to repair the crack.

"Huff." Xiao Yi took a deep breath, calming the bitterness in his heart.

In truth, he had expected the return of the Ice Mountain Fire Sea.

And he was not disappointed because of it.

After all, he was eager to see just how powerful the Ice Phoenix Sword would become once it was truly repaired.

Moreover, the Ice Mountain Fire Sea was one of his trump cards.

In the past, with Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Cultivation, he could challenge those in the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Apart from formidable flames like Purple Flame being sufficiently powerful.

The Ice Mountain Fire Sea, as solid-state strength, had tremendous explosive power. Using it as the source for unleashing flames was an indispensable factor.

However, since the breakthrough to the Earth Origin Realm, the Ice Mountain Fire Sea had temporarily disappeared.

Now, at the Ninth Layer Peak of Earth Origin and after consuming over sixteen thousand Pure Heavenly Origin Pills, it had returned.

At this moment, Xiao Yi had a doubt.

The breakthrough from Earth Origin to Heavenly Origin required gaseous elemental power to turn into liquid elemental power.

Post-Heavenly Origin Cultivation was all about filling the Qi Spring with liquid elemental power to increase the Cultivation Realm.

Yet why had his gaseous elemental power skipped the liquid stage altogether and sublimated directly to a solid state?

This question puzzled Xiao Yi for a long time, and he could not figure it out.

Perhaps, it was related to the Ice Phoenix Sword.

Xiao Yi didn't dwell on it further.

Of course, while his elemental power is now solid-state, higher than the liquid state, it doesn't mean that Xiao Yi's Cultivation is within the scope of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

As he knew, after stepping into the late stage of the Heavenly Origin, both Martial Arts Cultivation and the Qi Spring would undergo deeper changes.

This kind of change is what makes the late-stage Heavenly Origin much stronger than the mid-stage.

It is also because of such changes that the Heavenly Origin Ninth Layer Martial Artists are known as the peak experts.

Of course, Xiao Yi currently had no interest in thinking about these later stages of Cultivation.

After all, stepping into the Heavenly Origin might be hindered for a long time again due to the existence of the Ice Mountain Fire Sea.

Not to mention progressing to the later stage of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

For now, he tried out the power of the Ice Mountain Fire Sea, formed from condensed Primordial Power.

Seconds later, a terrifying aura erupted from him.

A more powerful Ice Sky Splitting Slash condensed on the sword.

"So strong," Xiao Yi was shocked.

With the power of the Ice Mountain Fire Sea and just a few seconds.

It was far stronger than the Ice Sky Splitting Slash he used to cast after a long preparation, drawing on several portions of gaseous elemental power as the source.

Xiao Yi was even certain that with this one sword right now, he would be able to seriously injure an expert of the Blood River level.

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The third update. (Yesterday's third update).