Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 334: Acquaintance from a Past Life?

Time passed, and Xu Ping’an consumed a full hundred catties of Tianlong Marrow.

In just one day, he had consumed a total of five hundred catties of Tianlong Marrow.

The Niwan Palace in his mind had expanded tenfold.

However, this caused the barriers of his Niwan Palace to become extremely thin, leaving only a transparent membrane.

If this continued, Xu Ping’an’s Niwan Palace would likely burst.

Once the Niwan Palace burst, and before Xu Ping’an’s soul had fully formed, there would only be one outcome—he would be on a path to certain death.

Thus, Xu Ping’an quickly stopped, no longer absorbing soul power, and he liquified the remaining soul power.

"My current Soul Realm should be at the initial stage of ’Heart as Clear as a Mirror,’ but the quantity of my Soul Primordial Liquid is already comparable to that of an ordinary person in the intermediate or later stages of ’Heart as Clear as a Mirror,’" Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

Occupying up to thirty percent of Niwan Palace is considered the initial stage, thirty to sixty percent is the intermediate stage, sixty to ninety percent is the later stage, and one hundred percent is perfection.

Therefore, Xu Ping’an’s Soul Origin Liquid was less than a layer of his own Niwan Palace.

"It’s time to consume the Tianlong fruit," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

Tianlong fruit contained an extremely strong soul power, but most importantly, it also contained a lot of Indestructible Force.

This Indestructible Force was the best substance for reinforcing the barriers of the Niwan Palace.

Xu Ping’an hesitated no more and directly consumed the Tianlong fruit.

As soon as the Tianlong fruit entered his stomach, a pure and immense soul power surged once again into Xu Ping’an’s mind.

Along with the influx of soul power, there was a mix of a golden force, powerful and full of vitality.

Soul power is transparent and colorless, which made this golden force very conspicuous.

Xu Ping’an urged the golden force to merge into the barriers of his Niwan Palace.

As the golden force merged into the barriers of the Niwan Palace.

Xu Ping’an immediately felt an extremely pleasant sensation of comfort.

That feeling was like soaking in a hot spring with countless gentle hands caressing his head.

As the golden force merged, the barriers of Xu Ping’an’s Niwan Palace began to gradually thicken and become more solid.

Xu Ping’an was overjoyed immediately.

Indeed, it was a success.

He was right in his expectation—the Indestructible Force was a power born within the Ninth Rank Experts.

This power could not only repair the body but also the soul.

Even Ninth Rank Experts highly valued this force, as it was key to their achievement of the Emperor’s Body.

The barriers of Xu Ping’an’s Niwan Palace not only returned to their previous strength but also became much stronger.

And that vast amount of soul power was transformed by Xu Ping’an into Soul Origin Liquid.

At this moment, that Soul Origin Liquid occupied about one-tenth of his Niwan Palace.

As time went by, the medicinal effect of the Tianlong fruit gradually wore off.

"It’s a pity that the Indestructible Force contained in a single Tianlong fruit is too little; otherwise my Niwan Palace’s barriers would become even more solid," Xu Ping’an sighed to himself.

Lei Shi, upon hearing this, immediately felt the urge to hit someone.

This kid actually complained that there was too little Indestructible Force in the Tianlong fruit?

You must know that this was Indestructible Force! An exclusive power of Ninth Rank Experts.

Moreover, a Tianlong fruit contained no less than ten strands of Indestructible Force.

A Ninth Rank Initial Stage Expert would need three months to cultivate a single strand of Indestructible Force.

Ten strands of Indestructible Force, that was thirty months, a total of more than two years’ time saved. It could be even more since Ninth Rank Experts can’t cultivate all the time.

Now Xu Ping’an was actually complaining that the Tianlong fruit had too little Indestructible Force.

Those Ninth Rank Experts would probably beat him to death if they heard this.

This kid was truly infuriating.

But Xu Ping’an ignored all of this and took out a second Tianlong fruit.

Seeing this, Lei Shi completely lost his mind.

This kid had just finished eating one Tianlong fruit, and now he was going to eat another?

"Don’t you know that taking it now may reduce the effectiveness by thirty percent?"

Xu Ping’an certainly knew, but increasing his strength rapidly was the most important thing at the moment.

This time, Xu Ping’an expanded his Niwan Palace with Soul Power while using the Indestructible Force to repair the walls of his Niwan Palace.

After several Hours, Xu Ping’an’s Niwan Palace expanded again, now twelve times larger than the original size.

The amount of Soul Origin Liquid increased significantly, but its proportion in the Niwan Palace had decreased.

Afterward, Xu Ping’an consumed ten jin of Tianlong Marrow, but instead of expanding his Niwan Palace, he completely converted it into Primordial Liquid, bringing the proportion of Primordial Liquid back up to ten percent.

Having done all this, Xu Ping’an finally left the cave.

"Not bad, my Soul Strength has increased substantially, enhancing my control over my power, including my perception which has expanded to five hundred meters," Xu Ping’an murmured happily in his heart.

Within the range of five hundred meters, he could clearly perceive every movement of the wind and grass.

Of course, the benefits were not limited to these. Now, even an Initial Stage Seventh Rank expert would have a hard time shaking his Soul origin, and the weaker ones couldn’t even break through the barriers of his Niwan Palace.

"It’s time to go to the entrance of the Heavenly Star Palace. With my current Soul Strength, it would be difficult for anyone below the Intermediate Stage of the Seventh Rank to injure me. I’ve finally started to address my weaknesses," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

He then swept toward the depths of the Heavenly Star Wasteland.

After all, relying on Cang Xue’s power was an external method; what was key was his own strength.

Xu Ping’an had always been very clear about this.

"Puchi."

With his hand as his sword, a thin thread of a sword-strike flashed and vanished.

Instantly, a Seventh Rank First Layer Realm Longyan Lion was sliced in half.

Seeing the huge body fall, a smile also appeared on Xu Ping’an’s face.

The feeling of breaking through to the Sixth Rank was exhilarating.

Before, his strike could only summon about seven thousand strands of True Yuan.

That was about seventy percent of his own True Yuan power.

Now, his full-strength attack could summon a whopping forty thousand strands of power.

Although his control over True Yuan had weakened, the quantity of True Yuan had greatly increased.

That last strike was about thirty thousand strands of True Yuan.

A normal Seventh Rank First Layer Realm fighter would only have around one hundred thousand strands of True Yuan.

The power unleashed by one hundred thousand strands of True Yuan was roughly equivalent to the Power of One Dragon.

However, Xu Ping’an’s thirty thousand strands of True Yuan were already comparable to the Power of One Dragon.

This was the terrifying aspect of the sword-type True Yuan.

"I still need to improve my control over True Yuan. If I can strike with eighty or even ninety thousand strands of True Yuan, then with just the power of True Yuan alone, I would have the Power of Three Dragons," Xu Ping’an mused in his heart.

Currently, his Physical Strength was three and a half Dragons, and his True Yuan power was one Dragon, totaling four and a half Dragons.

If he were to overlay the Giant Character Dao Principle, his Combat Power should be able to reach the strength of eleven Dragons.

Add to that the extra one Dragon of power from the Black Nether Fist Wraps, and his full might could burst forth to around twelve Dragons.

With that power, he could virtually assassinate anyone below the Eighth Rank with a surprise attack.

With this in mind, Xu Ping’an continued on his way, hunting Demon Beasts to improve his control over True Yuan.

The Demon Beasts Xu Ping’an targeted were mostly Seventh Rank.

"Huh?"

However, just as Xu Ping’an was nearing the edge of the deep parts of the Heavenly Star Wasteland, a figure of incredible grace entered his perception.

At this moment, the figure was somewhat disheveled, apparently having sustained serious injuries, and kept coughing up blood.

Xu Ping’an initially did not want to get involved, but in the next moment, he suddenly paused.

He then swept toward the direction of the woman.

"How can that object be with this woman? I clearly already gave it to someone else," he thought while on his way.

The image of a long-neglected, lovely figure emerged in his mind.