Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 361: Insane Increase in Strength

The power of freezing quickly vanished, but at the location of the spatial barrier, a gigantic block of mysterious ice remained.

This mysterious ice covered a distance of a hundred meters around it.

Fortunately for Xu Ping’an, the spatial barrier had prevented most of it from spreading over, and his shattered spatial barrier also healed the moment he passed through it.

If it were not for this, given the speed at which the mysterious ice was dissipating, Xu Ping’an would have been unable to escape its range.

"I wonder if Yu Qianzong is dead or not. Although the Mysterious Ice Pearl is terrifying, it may not truly be capable of killing him," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

He looked to the other side of the spatial barrier but did not see any figure.

If Yu Qianzong had been frozen, one would expect to see his figure.

"Forget it, it’s better to leave this place first; I’ve suffered a great loss this time," Xu Ping’an thought to himself, and then he started walking forward.

At this moment, he was completely drained, incapable of even flying.

His injuries were severe, with his internal organs suffering extreme damage.

If it weren’t for the healing pills he took earlier that provided him with some recovery strength in time, he probably would be dead now.

However, he now desperately needed to find a place to heal his injuries.

Soon, Xu Ping’an found a concealed cave.

Xu Ping’an took out some restriction talismans from the storage ring of Yu Xiuyan and attached them around the cave to prevent unknown dangers.

He was still somewhat wary of the Heavenly Star Palace.

After all, Xu Ping’an was not too familiar with the dangers within this ancient palace.

After completing all these preparations, Xu Ping’an took out all the healing pills from his storage ring and poured them into his mouth at once.

Then he began to operate the Chaotic Reversal Scripture to absorb the medicinal power.

Fortunately, he had killed Yu Xiuyan this time, obtaining some elixirs from him.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for his injuries to recover in a short time.

Time passed, not briefly, and all the power of the six healing pills was absorbed by Xu Ping’an.

The shattered internal organs were finally healed, and the broken ribs had also reconnected.

However, there were still some internal injuries that were not completely healed.

But for Xu Ping’an, such recovery was already quite good.

"The injuries are stabilized. After more cultivation, there will be no impediments; however, in order to cause heavy damage to Yu Qianzong this time, I self-destructed the fragment of the Giant Character Dao Principle, now only the fragment of the Fierce Character Dao Principle is left," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

That is to say, he no longer had an increase in strength.

He could only rely on his own strength and some amplification brought by the Immortal Artifact.

This had effectively halved his power.

Currently, his physical strength was around the power of two dragons and thirty elephants.

With the Five Transformations in True Yuan, having a total of six hundred thousand strands of True Yuan, he could unleash 60% of his True Elemental Power at full force, which would be three hundred and sixty thousand strands, equivalent to the power of three dragons and sixty elephants.

Without considering the amplification of the Immortal Artifact, his current explosive power was around the strength of six dragons.

That is, the Seventh Rank Sixth Layer Realm.

With the Immortal Artifact, it was nearly enough to contend with the Seventh Rank Sixth Layer Realm.

"I’ve lost a lot of strength," Xu Ping’an said to himself.

This battle had indeed cost him dearly.

"I’ll settle this account sooner or later; for now, the main thing is to enhance my own strength," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

He planned to improve his cultivation, aiming to reach the Peak of the Sixth Rank, which would give him nine hundred thousand strands of True Yuan.

Even if he could only exert 50% of his True Elemental Power, that would still be the power of over four dragons.

Of course, he still needed to improve his control over the True Yuan.

In his previous life, his control over True Yuan had reached 90%.

Although it was not perfection, it was already extremely terrifying.

Very few among the Immortal Emperors could achieve ninety percent, with most reaching seventy to eighty percent being considered very impressive already.

That’s why, at the time, Xu Ping’an could be called the strongest Immortal Emperor.

Of course, with what Xu Ping’an now understands, there must be Immortal Emperors stronger than him; it’s just that they haven’t shown themselves.

With this in mind, Xu Ping’an took out elixirs once again.

This time Xu Ping’an held nothing back, consuming basically all the elixirs he could.

At the same time, he began to absorb a large amount of the Tianlong Marrow.

He now had only one goal, to break through to the Seventh Rank as quickly as possible.

The size of his Niwan Palace was now almost twenty times that of the Seventh Rank.

This was already extremely terrifying. It wasn’t too late to think about further enlarging the size of the Niwan Palace after breaking through to the Seventh Rank.

Time flew by swiftly, and Xu Ping’an frantically absorbed the power of the elixirs and the Tianlong Marrow.

During this process, Xu Ping’an’s cultivation was continuously improving.

Sixth Rank Seventh Layer Realm, Sixth Rank Eighth Layer Realm, and finally, he stabilized at the Sixth Rank Ninth Layer Realm.

With his realm stabilized, Xu Ping’an began to strengthen his Sword Momentum True Elemental, trying to complete the Sixth Transformation.

His Soul Power was also liquefying continuously, increasing from the initial twenty percent to thirty percent.

Basically, Xu Ping’an absorbed five hundred jin in a single day.

Soon, all the treasures he possessed were completely consumed.

Everything absorbable, everything edible, even some precious medicinal resources, were devoured by Xu Ping’an.

In the end, Xu Ping’an’s cultivation reached the Sixth Rank Ninth Layer Realm, and his two major Attribute True Elementals also completed the Six Transformations.

His Soul origin also reached sixty percent liquefaction.

One could say the progress was quite tremendous.

It’s important to note that Xu Ping’an had absorbed a total of two thousand jin of Tianlong Marrow and two Tianlong fruits.

So many treasures could have enabled twenty people to break through.

Yet Xu Ping’an only reached sixty percent, indicating just how profound his Soul Power truly was.

"My Soul Power has strengthened a lot, and although I cannot use it, I can feel that it’s incredibly terrifying. Once I break through to the Seventh Rank, I fear that inside the Seventh Rank, basically no one will be able to contend with me," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

He was quite satisfied with the improvement of his Soul Power.

Although the increase in Soul Power couldn’t enhance his current strength, it laid a solid foundation for his future power.

"I now have nine hundred thousand strands of True Yuan, and combining both attributes, that’s one million eight hundred thousand strands. However, my control over the True Yuan has decreased quite a bit, only able to unleash fifty percent of the True Elemental Power. It seems that for the following period, the focus should be on improving my control over True Yuan," Xu Ping’an immediately made a plan in his mind.

He might have one million eight hundred thousand strands of True Yuan, but he could only use one type of power at a time.

Moreover, when exerting full strength, he could only deploy fifty percent of the True Yuan, and this level of control was too low.

However, there was no other way; this was an unavoidable downside of rapid improvement.

Additionally, his Sword Momentum True Yuan was inherently more difficult to control than ordinary True Yuan, so Xu Ping’an’s control over True Yuan was so weak.

"Perhaps I can comprehend my own natural domain, which will increase my control over True Yuan very quickly," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

Generally, before the Seventh Rank, the way to enhance control over True Yuan is by refining Combat Techniques.

The stronger the control over the Combat Technique, the higher the control over True Yuan.

But this isn’t the ultimate method; the best way is to comprehend the natural domain.

This domain is different from the Sword Momentum; it can be called a Domain.

This natural domain is also the embryonic form of the Power of Dao Principles, which cultivators typically come into contact with at the Ninth Rank.

But now, Xu Ping’an, who was merely at the Sixth Rank Peak, was already considering comprehending his own natural domain.

If people knew, they would surely think he had gone mad.

"Enough, I should go out and see. Comprehending the natural domain isn’t something that can be achieved overnight," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

He then walked out of his cave.