Chapter 158 Advancing to the Nine Empyreans Realm
Injured?
Getting injured is completely normal!
That monster was so powerful; it would be unreasonable not to get injured after managing to destroy it!
However!
Still acting so arrogant even while injured?
His vital breath was brimming with vigor!
Su Yizhao had some doubts, but lacked any evidence!
Forget it!
He stood up and walked toward the platform!
The moment he came into contact with the purple radiance, a wave of deep comfort washed over his entire body!
In his Niwan Palace, the ten-foot-tall giant soul was actually drooling!
With a slight stretch of his hand, the top-grade purple ore pill flew right over!
Cupping it in both hands, the purple radiance enveloped his entire figure.
Pure bliss!
Every single pore on his body opened up, and the injuries on his flesh healed at a rapid pace!
"A top-grade ore pill!" Qin Hongyi exclaimed in admiration!
"Here, take it!" Su Yizhao suddenly handed the top-grade ore pill over to her!
Qin Hongyi was stunned!
This thing was priceless and entirely unavailable on the market!
And he was just handing it over like this?
She hurriedly pushed it away and said, "I don't want it!"
Su Yizhao was astonished: "Why?"
"I don't want my cultivation realm to rise too fast!" Qin Hongyi replied with utmost sincerity!
Su Yizhao was instantly rendered speechless!
Comparing oneself to others could genuinely drive a person to despair!
She could casually cultivate for a brief moment and successfully advance to the Tenth Void Realm, unlike him!
The Tenth Void Realm!
That was undoubtedly an elder-level figure eagerly sought after by every major faction!
The crucial point was that she was still so young!
"Then I'll keep it!" Su Yizhao stopped dwelling on it and stowed the top-grade ore pill into his storage ring!
Next up was gathering the top-grade profound stones!
He called out to Qin Hongyi, "Fellow Daoist Qin, you must accept some of these top-grade profound stones!"
Qin Hongyi naturally stopped declining.
The two of them set to work together, and the top-grade profound stones scattered across the ground flew in a flurry straight into their storage rings!
Suddenly!
The voice of the divine deer echoed in his mind: "You can make your breakthrough now!"
Su Yizhao was overjoyed! He hastily crossed his legs and sat down!
Qin Hongyi asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Su, what's wrong?"
Su Yizhao replied, "I'm about to advance!"
Qin Hongyi immediately stopped collecting profound stones and said happily, "Really? Then hurry up, I'll guard you!"
Su Yizhao stopped talking.
From within the jade disc inside his Niwan Palace, a scroll of cultivation technique flew out.
The sixth level of the *Profound Qi Creation Art*!
Su Yizhao suddenly understood that the jade disc absorbing profound qi was actually the divine deer absorbing profound qi.
Whenever the divine deer felt like it, it could spit out a cultivation technique at will!
This silly deer!
It was truly driving him up the wall!
Still, this was fine as well—at least he now knew the origin of this cultivation technique!
While contemplating the technique, he asked, "Grandpa Deer, how many levels does this technique have?"
"It can only help you reach the first star of the Real Realm!"
"What? Only the first star of the Real Realm?" Su Yizhao felt a subtle sense of foreboding!
The divine deer retorted with annoyance, "You're still not satisfied! The first star of the Real Realm is more than enough for you to roam and conquer this realm!"
Su Yizhao fell silent!
Indeed, it was enough!
He truly could not rely on it too much!
At that moment, as he circulated the *Realm-Breaking Art*, the profound qi within his profound qi pool instantly began to boil!
A massive surge of profound qi washed through his meridians and relentlessly impacted his dantian!
His dantian continuously expanded, and the regular octagon-shaped profound qi pool expanded along with it!
When the dantian expanded to its absolute limit, and the regular octagon also expanded to its limit, it would break through one node and reconnect to form a regular enneagon!
Just how formidable was the Ninth Void Realm going to be?
Su Yizhao filled with anticipation!
Within a space spanning forty to fifty feet around him, the dense profound qi rushed toward Su Yizhao.
As Qin Hongyi stood before him, the profound qi inevitably enveloped her as well, causing her cultivation realm to steadily rise!
With a slight frown, she flashed and moved ten feet away!
Cultivation was as simple as drinking water for her; she had no idea what had gone awry!
Didn't people say that comprehension and enlightenment were required?
Why was it that when it came to her, nothing of the sort was needed?
Could this be the exact reason why she had no idea how to fight?
With a soft look in her eyes, she stared fixedly at the center of the platform and muttered inwardly, "As long as he knows how to fight, that's enough!"
Two days later, a formidable aura emanated from the platform!
Su Yizhao slowly opened his eyes!
Deep within his pitch-black pupils, a streak of crimson figure flickered away!
His dantian had expanded to twice its previous size!
Right in the center of the dantian lay a regular enneagon.
As he circulated his cultivation technique, countless nodes flashed instantaneously! Profound qi sprayed forth from those nodes.
He could feel his entire body surging with strength!
His magical power was so abundant that it felt as though a casual wave of his hand could split the heavens and cleave the seas.
Su Yizhao looked at the densely packed nodes within the regular enneagon and felt a slight dizziness!
One hundred and twenty-six nodes!
That was more than double the fifty-seven nodes of the Eighth Void Realm!
This meant that when casting spells, the power of every single spell would double once again!
Of course, that wasn't all!
What was even more formidable was the simultaneous burst of power!
Much like when he slaughtered that werewolf.
The flying sword, positioned right before his eyes, had suddenly erupted with ten thousand sword lights before any defense could be mounted!
Su Yizhao remained seated cross-legged on the ground, circulating his cultivation technique!
Immediately, the *Creation Art* began to circulate in tandem with it!
In reality, once cultivation reached the Eighth Void Realm, the *Profound Qi Art* had already reached its limit!
All one needed to do was continuously absorb profound qi and endlessly expand the dantian to steadily raise one's cultivation realm!
However!
How many people could possibly possess such good fortune?
Cultivating while sitting atop a top-grade profound stone mine—who would ever believe such a tale if spoken aloud?
Even if someone managed to arrive here by sheer coincidence, they would undoubtedly perish beneath the giant pincers of that monster.
Su Yizhao reined in his thoughts!
He needed to cultivate diligently to live up to this stroke of fortune!
As the *Creation Art* circulated, the dense profound qi rapidly filled the profound qi pool.
Having transformed from a regular octagon into a regular enneagon, the storage capacity of the profound qi pool had increased by more than double!
And this was merely the early stage of the Ninth Void Realm!
Gradually, the nine sides were stretched longer, and the surface area of the profound qi pool grew larger and larger!
One day later.
The surface area of the regular enneagon barely reached half of the dantian.
The mid stage of the Ninth Void Realm!
Another seven days passed!
The nine vertices of the regular enneagon had already pressed against the boundaries of the dantian.
The late stage of the Ninth Void Realm!
Half a month later!
The nine sides of the regular enneagon were practically clinging to the circular boundaries of the dantian.
The peak of the Ninth Void Realm!
At this point, the sixth level of the *Creation Art* lost its effect.
No matter how he circulated the cultivation technique, aside from bringing intense pain, the expansion of the profound qi pool was practically negligible!
Su Yizhao opened his eyes once more!
He extended his right hand!
And clenched it into a fist!
With a faint crack, the void was torn apart!
Relying purely on magical power, a casual pinch possessed such terrifying might!
Such formidable strength!
He summoned his flying sword, his brow furrowing slightly!
The flying sword had already been damaged; although it could still be used, its power was insufficient!
Of course, at a level like this, whether a flying sword was sharp or not was no longer of utmost importance!
In all the martial arts of the world, only speed is unbreakable!
Once speed surpassed a certain limit, everything in existence became sharp!
Circulating the *Mystic Heaven Sword Art*, the *Creation Art* suddenly surged into motion alongside it!
The damaged flying sword flashed swiftly across the entire space, at times piercing through the void, at times transforming into tens of thousands of sword lights, at times moving in complete silence, and at times emitting a piercing, shrill shriek...!
Two days later, Su Yizhao stood up!
The formidable aura had already been completely restrained.
Yet the confidence and composure in his eyes became even more striking!
Qin Hongyi stepped forward to greet him, offering her congratulations: "Fellow Daoist Su, it feels like you've become much more than just a little stronger!"
Seeing her smiling face, Su Yizhao's confidence shrank back slightly!
Damn it!
In front of this monstrous prodigy, what confidence was there to be had?
She only needed to sit cross-legged for a brief moment to advance to the Tenth Void Realm!
Meanwhile, he had merely advanced to the Ninth Void Realm, consuming countless top-grade profound stones and spending so much time in the process!
How utterly humiliating the comparison was!
However, she did not possess the mastery of the complete *Mystic Heaven Sword Art*!
And that was the most formidable sword art in this entire continent!
Su Yizhao regained his confidence!
He could be certain that if he encountered those eight pursuing beast monsters again, a single sword strike would be enough to annihilate them...!