Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 523: Rapid Increase in Strength

Xu Ping’an quickly returned to the Lieyang Royal Mansion.

And the rewards were swiftly delivered to the mansion as well.

After making a copy of the Elixir Repository for Situ Lie, Xu Ping’an entered his room.

He planned to use these rewards to elevate his cultivation to the Eighth Rank.

This time, the rewards included twenty drops of Fire Spirit Fluid, one hundred thousand low-grade Immortal Pills, and five Ninth Rank superior-grade Immortal Pills.

With these twenty drops of Fire Spirit Fluid, Xu Ping’an could also attempt to break through to the Eighth Rank in terms of body cultivation.

And these five Ninth Rank superior-grade Immortal Pills were also Immortal Pills that enhanced True Elemental, greatly aiding in cultivation.

"I’ll enhance my body cultivation first; the absorption of True Elemental might not reach the Perfection Realm," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

So, he took out the Fire Spirit Fluid and began to absorb it.

Fire Spirit Fluid is an extremely crimson liquid, emitting an immensely powerful energy from its surface.

It pulsed like flames, giving off an intensely scorching sensation.

Without hesitation, he ingested a drop of Fire Spirit Fluid.

As the Fire Spirit Fluid entered his body, it seemed as though a blazing inferno had ignited within him.

Such a terrifying liquid, the energy contained within is so strong.

It’s not any less than ordinary Ninth-Rank superior-grade elixirs.

Xu Ping’an operated the Tyrant Heavenly Dragon Elephant Technique, a body refining technique, and furiously devoured this power.

To advance from the Seventh to the Eighth Rank in body refinement, one must transform the True Power within one’s body into True Dragon Power.

This process requires an incredibly large amount of strength.

Xu Ping’an needed to condense all the True Power in his body into a single force, forming a colossal dragon of True Power.

Once a dragon of True Power is condensed, it signifies the First Layer of the Eighth Rank.

At the Ninth Layer of the Eighth Rank, one could fully condense nine True Power giant dragons.

The process is naturally extremely difficult, but for Xu Ping’an, once he formed the True Power giant dragon, his combat power would be tremendously enhanced.

"Swallow!"

Xu Ping’an frantically absorbed the Fire Spirit Fluid, and then gulped down another three drops in succession.

As his cultivation technique operated, the strength of his physical body rapidly increased.

The True Power within him also began to show signs of merging.

Once this True Power completely merged, it could form a True Dragon.

"More!"

Xu Ping’an devoured wildly, with absolutely no intention of stopping.

Time ticked away bit by bit.

Xu Ping’an’s twenty drops of Fire Spirit Fluid were completely consumed.

"Condense for me!"

With a roar, Xu Ping’an absorbed the last of his strength.

Finally, the nine attributes of True Power began to gradually merge.

"Roar!"

A dragon’s roar emanated from within Xu Ping’an, followed by the emergence of a colossal and illusory dragon.

This giant dragon exuded an immensely terrifying power, coiling behind Xu Ping’an with an incredibly daunting presence.

"Did I break through?" Xu Ping’an immediately felt elated.

At last, he had completed the breakthrough.

Feeling the True Power within his body condense into a force, as if filled with endless strength.

"This is the Eighth Rank True Dragon Power, such a powerful sensation; my physical body seems to be much stronger than before," Xu Ping’an thought to himself.

Now, with just the strength of his physical body, Xu Ping’an could contend with someone at the Initial Stage of the Ninth Rank.

If he were to use both True Yuan and True Power, even facing a fighter in the Seventh Layer Realm of the Ninth Rank, I would still stand a chance in battle.

This powerful feeling, filled him with immense joy.

"Next, I should try to break through my True Yuan. There are two ways to go from the Seventh to the Eighth Rank, one is through Soul Power breakthrough, and the other is through True Yuan breakthrough. Of course, both could be accomplished, but the resources required are incomparably immense."

Ping’an muttered to himself.

At present, his Soul Power had not yet reached the Seventh Rank Peak, so a breakthrough was simply out of the question.

Therefore, the only thing he could do now was a True Yuan breakthrough.

However, having cultivated the Heavenly Sword Manual, he must complete the Nine Transformations of his True Yuan to break through.

Currently, his Fire Attribute, Thunder Attribute, and Metal Attribute True Yuan had all reached the Seven Transformations Peak, still some distance away from the Nine Transformations.

The sheer quantity of his True Yuan was also terrifyingly vast, making it nearly impossible to bring all of it to the Nine Transformations.

"Well, I’ll first enhance my Thunder Attribute True Yuan, striving to raise it to the Nine Transformations in one go. Doing so will strengthen my control over the Indestructible Thunder." Ping’an muttered to himself.

During the previous battle, he found that the Indestructible Thunderous Force was indeed very effective.

So, before reaching the Tenth Rank, Ping’an thought it best to enhance his Thunder Attribute, which would be of greatest help to him.

"Buzz!"

Ping’an directly swallowed a Ninth Rank Superior Grade Elixir.

He then activated the Heavenly Sword Manual, striving to transform his Thunder Attribute True Yuan into the Eight Variations.

However, one Elixir down the hatch did not bring about the breakthrough, which left Ping’an somewhat helpless, forcing him to take another.

After absorbing half of the second Elixir, Ping’an finally broke through to the Eight Variations of True Yuan.

Afterward, Ping’an continued to take Elixirs, absorbing True Yuan, and successfully broke through to the Nine Transformations.

The third, the fourth, until after the fifth was devoured.

Only then did Ping’an’s Thunder Attribute completely finish the Nine Transformations.

"Buzz!"

Streams of extremely fierce golden Thunder Sword Qi surged out from the palm of Ping’an.

"Buzz!"

Ping’an flicked his finger.

The void was instantly cleaved apart.

"Such terrifying True Yuan, the sword-shaped True Yuan has completely transformed after the Nine Transformations. No wonder the Heavenly Sword Manual is known as the number one secret technique; it’s truly fearsome." Ping’an was astounded.

When he first received this inheritance, he did not feel the true power of the Heavenly Sword Manual.

But now, he really understood what was meant by terror.

At the Seventh Rank Peak, in terms of the domineering nature of his True Yuan, he was nearly approaching the Ninth Rank Peak.

"Once I complete the Nine Transformations for both my Metal Attribute and Fire Attribute True Yuan, even without breaking through to the Eighth Rank, I could possibly battle against the Ninth Rank Peak, and even if the three types of True Yuan were fused, I could slay anything below the Tenth Rank." Ping’an muttered to himself again.

A deep excitement shone in his eyes.

To battle across two full ranks was something unprecedented in history.

The power of the Chaotic Reversal Scripture combined with a secret technique like the Heavenly Sword Manual could truly be described as formidable.

"It’s a pity that I don’t have enough resources now to break through anymore." Ping’an sighed to himself.

As aberrant as these two cultivation techniques were, the consumption of True Yuan was equally horrifying.

Five Ninth Rank Superior Grade Elixirs, for anyone else, would be enough not just for a breakthrough to the Eighth Rank, but could enhance one’s strength by three or four levels even at the Ninth Rank.

Yet in Ping’an’s case, it was only enough to achieve two transformations, and that too for a single attribute.

"Well, I can only look for more resources." Ping’an muttered to himself once more.

"What I need to do now is to quickly comprehend my own worldly trends and create my own combat techniques." Ping’an said internally.

He was now simultaneously comprehending both the temporal and spatial worldly trends.

Should he manage to apply them, his future combat power would undoubtedly be even more terrifying.

For the following three days, Ping’an devoted himself to understanding his own worldly trends, creating his own combat techniques.

Soon enough, he actually managed to forge a nascent form of a combat technique.