Soul Emperor Martial God

In the seclusion room, Xiao Yi sat down cross-legged.

For a Martial Artist, seclusion not only involved absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to amplify their Cultivation.

it also had the effect of enlightening the mind and calming the heart, significantly beneficial for comprehending Martial Arts and enhancing one's mental state.

Speaking of which, he had been running around these days and had not truly secluded himself for a long time.

Even on the rare occasions he entered the seclusion room, it was only for a few hurried days.

At this moment, he quietly pondered.

The main purpose of seclusion was naturally for cultivation.

Regarding cultivation, he naturally considered the two major Cultivation Techniques he was currently practicing.

The Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique was based on Martial Arts, sourcing immense power to imprint the Ice Patterns.

In future cultivation, he could continuously absorb Martial Arts Power, adding it to the Ice Patterns.

This would increase the condensation and "depth" of the Ice Pattern Foundation, allowing the Ice Patterns to accommodate an even greater power.

By doing so, the Ice Patterns would become increasingly powerful.

However, he had reached a bottleneck in the absorption of Martial Arts Power.

Before an increase in his Cultivation Realm, the absorption of Martial Arts Power had reached its limit at his current level.

And with his own Small World being so vast, it was not easy to achieve a breakthrough in his Cultivation Realm.

Thus, the cultivation of the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique had to be temporarily halted.

The same went for the Nine Yang Reincarnation Technique.

Until he obtained the fifth kind of formidable flame in the world, the cultivation of this technique was also temporarily halted.

Xiao Yi slightly furrowed his brow, pondering over matters regarding formations.

Undoubtedly, the long-lost profession of Array Master held considerable combat power.

However, setting aside the fact that the systemic cultivation of Array Masters had been lost,

Given the complexity of formations, comprehending or studying them alone was too troublesome and time-consuming.

Of course, this was not something Xiao Yi was worried about.

With his comprehension ability, truly understanding formations would not be too difficult.

But the problem was that even in some major powers, the formations that had been passed down and preserved were not very strong.

They were all low-level formations.

This meant that even if he comprehended some knowledge of Array Masters, he had no formations to set up.

The Wind Snow Formation was one of the stronger formations among those that had been passed down.

Moreover, the Wind Snow Formation had already been imprinted onto the Heavenly Mechanism Sacred Plate, which he could trigger with a mere thought, as naturally as moving his arm.

In such a case, there was currently no need to waste time understanding the content and knowledge of Array Masters.

If later he had the opportunity to obtain a more powerful formation,

It would not be too late to contemplate it then.

After much consideration, Xiao Yi immediately began the cultivation of a Soul Master.

Ten days later.

Xiao Yi abruptly opened his eyes, a sharp light bursting forth.

"Phew…" A breath of turbid air was lightly exhaled.

But his eyebrows were still tightly furrowed.

Within his Small World, the two Martial Souls.

The Fire Control Beast Martial Soul, wrapped by a fire attribute Soul Power, was exceedingly peculiar.

Around the Ice Phoenix Sword Soul, however, it was completely empty.

He had already encountered this situation before.

The Ice Attribute Soul Power cultivated would be completely absorbed by the cracks in the Ice Phoenix Sword, leaving nothing behind.

The content of the "Ice Storm Devouring Soul" soul skill flashed through Xiao Yi's mind.

After a while, he shook his head with some helplessness.

Ice Storm Devouring Soul was a Ice Attribute soul skill; without Ice Attribute Soul Power, it simply couldn't be executed.

Unlike True Qi or Primordial Power.

Martial Artists absorb external forces, such as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, Elixirs, and so on, which can be freely converted into different attributes of True Qi or Primordial Power inside their bodies.

Generally, the attribute of Primordial Power matches the Martial Artist's Martial Soul.

Of course, there are mismatches.

Take, for example, Thunder Attribute Primordial Power.

If Xiao Yi wished, he could consume Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures containing pure Thunder Attribute power.

By leaving behind a Thunder Attribute "seed" within his body, he could freely convert it into this type of Primordial Power.

However, lacking a compatible Martial Soul, his control over this Thunder Attribute Primordial Power would be quite weak.

This results in such Primordial Power being weak even after conversion, barely affecting combat and offering little enhancement to his strength.

Thus, a typical Martial Artist, unless in special circumstances, would not indulge in such futile matters.

And on the aspect of Soul Power.

The various methods of a Soul Master, derived from the Martial Soul, must also be executed through the Martial Soul.

Thus, Soul Power is only linked to the Martial Soul.

Moreover, Soul Power is not absorbed and transformed but is cultivated through the condensation of the Martial Soul.

The Fire Attribute Martial Soul can only condense out Fire Attribute Soul Power.

The Ice Attribute Martial Soul can only condense out Ice Attribute Soul Power.

To put it simply, the Ice Attribute Soul Power that Xiao Yi now cultivates and condenses is all absorbed by the Ice Phoenix Sword.

He simply doesn't have any Ice Attribute Soul Power available to execute "Ice Storm Devouring Soul."

This made him quite helpless.

And the Fire Attribute Soul Power condensed by the Fire Control Beast, lacking a soul skill of this attribute to execute, was not powerful.

That Fire Attribute Soul Power, Xiao Yi could also release invisibly and tracelessly with just a thought.

But, they were like scattered sand, unable to condense into a powerful force.

"Whew," Xiao Yi took a deep breath.

A grueling ten days of cultivation brought no significant increase in strength.

The techniques of a Soul Master could only temporarily serve as surprise moves.

Xiao Yi shook his head and shifted his focus to the last aspect of his cultivation, the physical cultivation of the Asura Battle Body.

Come to think of it, he hadn't cultivated the Asura Battle Body in a long time.

Firstly, his speed in Martial Arts cultivation was too fast, with his strength already far surpassing the combat power provided by the Asura Battle Body.

Secondly, he had always not accumulated enough Demon Beast Essence Blood.

If he couldn't significantly increase his physical strength all at once, the cultivation would also be futile.

Thus, he had always been stuck at the fourth level of the Asura Battle Body, with the physical strength it provided reaching only the Peak of the Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

Although after undergoing Heavenly Thunder Body Refining, his physical strength reached the Heavenly Origin Level.

But the level of the Asura Battle Body always stayed at the fourth level.

Over the past year, he had accumulated quite a lot of Demon Beast Essence Blood and naturally wanted to resume his cultivation.

In the Extreme Cold Land, he had slain numerous demon beasts.

A few days ago, he had also killed Bing Chengtian, Cold Ice Palace Master, and the Everday Palace Master, obtaining their cultivation items.

Their Universe Rings contained many seventh-level or even Level 8 Early Stage Demon Beast Essence Blood.

Most importantly, the last time he returned to the Main Hall, the Hall Master had given him the remaining half of his reward.

Fifty thousand Demon Beast Inner Core Essence Blood, forty thousand Seventh-level Peak Stage elixirs, and ten thousand Level 8 Early Stage elixirs.

It must be said, the Demon Hunting Hall truly lived up to its reputation as the most ancient power, with an astonishingly deep foundation.

Returning to the main topic.

Xiao Yi fully began to absorb the Demon Beast Essence Blood.

Only after several days, did he manage to absorb all the Demon Beast Essence Blood.

By then, the fourth level of the Asura Battle Body was already broken through, reaching the Peak of the Fifth Layer.

This signified that his physical strength had reached the Peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Simultaneously, the Asura Power reached eighty drops.

Of course, these eighty drops of Asura Power had also become much more refined than before.

One drop now probably contained more power than twenty drops from before.

Xiao Yi speculated that when the Asura Power accumulated to a hundred drops, it would be the time to break through to the sixth level.

At that point, the physical strength would be equivalent to an Extreme Realm Expert.

An Earth Extreme Realm Martial Artist, due to Martial Arts Power, possesses formidable strength.

Yet, entering the sixth level of the Asura Battle Body, merely relying on physical strength, can narrow the gap in Martial Arts Power.

The mighty strength of the Asura Battle Body speaks for itself.

"Crack, crack, crack." Xiao Yi clenched his fists, feeling his explosive physical strength.

With a clanging sound, the Blizzard Sword appeared out of thin air.

He vaguely remembered that when he previously held the Blizzard Sword, it felt tremendously heavy and was extremely strenuous to pick up.

Only after activating the "Ice Pattern" did it feel as light as feather.

But now, merely relying on physical strength, holding the Blizzard Sword felt as light as nothing, extremely effortless.

"Now, just with physical strength, holding the Blizzard Sword alone qualifies as Extreme Realm combat power," Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

"What level would the combat power reach if the Ice Pattern were activated now?"

Xiao Yi's eyes were filled with anticipation.

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First update.