Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2122: Chapter 2120: Purple Lightning, Top-grade Holy Artifact

These past six months were absolutely an indelible experience along Xiao Yi’s Martial Arts Dao.

Though they have drifted away with the wind, all those past scenes are still vividly clear in his mind.

Xiao Yi shook his head and stopped thinking further.

Broad-minded as he was, he had no interest in dwelling on the past.

He clenched his fists; those powerful hands were the source of his confidence.

Ever since he stepped onto the path, even when beset by countless hardships, he shattered them one by one with his own hands.

Now that he had stepped into Legend, Xiao Yi began pondering his current strength.

Speaking of Martial Arts Realm, in truth, what people called Legend was precisely the Saint Sovereign Realm—Ten Thousand Dao Saint Venerable.

In the Martial Arts Realm, one Dao to the extreme is the entry, ten Dao is the Saint Realm, a hundred Dao is the Saint King Realm, a thousand Dao is the Saint Emperor Realm, and ten thousand Dao... is the Saint Sovereign, the Martial Arts Venerate.

From the moment a Martial Artist grasps one thousand complete Martial Dao, he steps into the Saint Emperor Realm.

After that, two thousand Dao, three thousand Dao, up to nine thousand Dao and even 9999 Dao are all still within the scope of the Thousand Dao Saint Emperor.

It is just that nine thousand Dao is the Saint Emperor Realm at its peak.

Nine thousand five hundred Dao is a Martial Arts Great Power.

Dao is a Supreme Expert.

Whether Martial Arts Great Power or Supreme Expert, they still belong to the Thousand Dao Saint Emperor category.

However, within the mundane world of the Central Region, beyond 9500 Dao one already has the capital to found his own sect; beyond 9990 Dao, one is already the strongest battle power that can run rampant in the open.

Therefore, the titles Martial Arts Great Power and Supreme Expert came into being.

Yet only Ten Thousand Dao is truly the next Martial Arts Realm—the Saint Sovereign Realm.

To control Ten Thousand Dao is to become the Martial Arts Venerate; this level of combat power has already surpassed the public scope of the mundane Central Region.

Once one grasps Ten Thousand Dao, Heaven and Earth Resonance becomes violent, and one receives the Heaven and Earth Baptism—this is the next Great Realm after the Saint Emperor Realm.

Overall, the Martial Arts Realm is Saint Realm, Saint King Realm, Saint Emperor Realm, and Saint Sovereign Realm.

And after reaching the Saint Sovereign Realm, the gap between Martial Artists becomes even more enormous.

Because with each Layer of the Saint Sovereign Realm, the difference is a full ten thousand Dao.

Now that Xiao Yi controls ten thousand complete Martial Dao, he is at the First Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm.

Those so-called Legendary Twenty Thousand Dao, Legendary Thirty Thousand Dao are the Second Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm and the Third Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm; of course, they are also called Twenty Thousand Dao Saint Sovereign and Thirty Thousand Dao Saint Sovereign.

In the past, ordinary Saint Venerate Realm Experts were generally addressed by the two characters ”Legend.”

Firstly, the four characters Martial Arts Venerate carried an enormous pressure.

Only above Ten Thousand Dao can one be called Venerate on the Martial Arts Dao.

For the younger generation, or the Heavenly Talents of one’s own force, this is a form of pressure.

Secondly, it is a term of respect.

Even if some Heavenly Talents and Monsters of Hidden Forces knew of the existence of the Saint Sovereign Realm, they still addressed it with the word ”Legend.”

Because the Saint Sovereign Realm is worthy of being called a Legend.

Thirdly, it stems from the pride of Saint Venerate Realm Experts themselves.

Every Martial Artist who steps into the Saint Sovereign Realm must have gone through countless tempering; their very experiences are a legend in themselves.

Stepping into the Venerate Realm is what they are proud of.

Martial Artists who have not reached this level—what right do they have to know the two words ”Saint Sovereign”?

Of course, when Saint Venerate Realm Experts clash with one another, they usually address each other as ”Venerate” to show respect.

And naturally, there are Saint Venerate Realm Experts who are so used to saying ”Legend” that they simply keep using it.

In short, the Saint Sovereign Realm is the true title of the Legendary Realm.

At this moment, Xiao Yi was introspecting his strands of complete Martial Dao and nodded slightly.

Right now, he was only Legendary Ten Thousand Dao, that is, Saint Sovereign First Layer; at this level, he could be considered just having stepped into the Saint Sovereign Realm.

Some spatial means, he could barely use now.

By relying on the intense resonance between his Small World and this heaven and earth, he indeed could perform Space Escape.

But to manipulate it as freely as his own arm, even to the extent of Space Retrospection, would require the level of Twenty Thousand Dao—that is, Saint Sovereign Second Layer—before it could be achieved.

Of course, this did not have too great an impact on combat power.

At present, his Sword Dao, Fire Dao, and Physical Dao had all stepped into the Venerate Realm, but there was not much to say about that—it was simply far stronger than before.

Instead, it was his Poison Dao.

He cultivated the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book, this Cultivation Technique that subverted the Cultivation System, to achieve his current Poison Dao.

By rights, a breakthrough in a Martial Artist Realm cultivation should only trigger one Heaven and Earth Baptism.

Within his Small World, there were complete Martial Dao of Sword Dao, Fire Dao, and an Ice and Snow Dao; even when he broke through, it only summoned a single Heaven and Earth Baptism.

Yet the Poison Dao alone drew down a separate Heaven and Earth Baptism.

The reason was simple—precisely because of the existence of the Unique Poison Realm.

The Unique Poison Realm was distinct from his original Small World, containing strands of complete Poison Dao.

Or to put it more simply: at this moment, Xiao Yi possessed two Small Worlds.

A normal Martial Artist could only have one Small World.

But Xiao Yi had two, and they were mutually independent, not affecting each other.

Being able to independently open up a Small World—namely the current Unique Poison Realm—was the true reason the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book could be said to have subverted the Cultivation System.

Xiao Yi lightly probed it.

He discovered that ever since his Small World had been restored, all the Physical Strength brought by the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure Book had vanished.

No, he could not say it had vanished into thin air.

He should say that all that strength had entirely returned to the Poison Realm.

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes; with a single thought, a portion of the Poison Power within the Poison Realm overflowed.

Boom...

In an instant, a surge of Poison Dao aura burst out from Xiao Yi’s body.

Xiao Yi clenched his fist again, distinctly feeling his Physical Strength become stronger.

Once he drew upon the Poison Power within the Poison Realm, all of his Poison Dao Physical Strength returned.

And superimposed upon the Physical Strength granted by the Asura Battle Body, it made his Physical Strength all the more terrifying.

Swish...

That trace of Poison Power dispersed.

The aura around Xiao Yi vanished in an instant, and his Physical Strength returned to normal, only at the level granted by the Asura Battle Body.

As for the reason, Xiao Yi himself couldn’t quite explain it.

Perhaps it was because the Poison Realm and his own Small World were independent of each other and did not interfere.

Xiao Yi made a brief comparison.

The Poison Realm was far inferior to his vast Small World of thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three zhang.

But because the Poison Realm was unique, its power was in no way weak.

”Right now, even without counting the external force of Spirit Stone Spirit Veins, just relying on my own battle strength, if I unleash it fully, I should be able to shake an ordinary old Legendary Expert.” Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.

From the moment he came to this high mountain, restored this body, and received one Heaven and Earth Baptism after another, three days had already passed.

Which meant that today was the fourth day.

However, the ’three days left’ that Xiao Yi had spoken of before did not include the day of arrival.

In other words, today was truly the day to fulfill the three-year appointment.

”Time to go keep that appointment.” Xiao Yi’s eyes turned cold. He was just about to rise into the air when he suddenly remembered something.

”My sword...” Xiao Yi frowned slightly.

It was only now that he once again thought about his Purple Lightning.

Whoosh... Xiao Yi’s figure flickered, directly Controlling the air as he flew toward the Asura Territory.

Purple Lightning, within the Asura Main Hall, was not any sort of secret.

Of course, Purple Lightning was his sword, so he naturally had a certain sense of it.

”Such speed.” Xiao Yi was slightly startled.

After stepping into the First Layer of Venerate Realm, his flying speed was more than ten times faster than before.

...

An hour later.

Asura Territory, above the Asura Main Hall.

A streak of flowing light, wrapped in a terrifying stream of air, tore through the sky and arrived.

”Hm?” Within the Asura Main Hall, an aged voice let out a soft ”hm”.

One elder after another suddenly appeared out of thin air.

”Presumptuous.” A low, aged shout.

The elders stared coldly at the streak of flowing light rushing from afar.

Whoosh... In the blink of an eye, the flowing light landed.

”Who dares to act so wantonly in my Asura Main Hall...” An elder barked, his aura erupting.

But before his aura fully burst forth, before he finished speaking, once he saw the newcomer’s face clearly, his body jolted violently, then he froze.

The newcomer was a handsome young man in Young Master’s clothes.

”Purple Lightning, return.” Xiao Yi shouted low.

Clang...

Inside the Main Hall Master’s chamber, a heaven-shaking sword cry rang out and purple light surged.

Up in the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The Divine Sword that had been hanging in the Main Hall Master’s chamber, unmoving for half a year, for the first time once again released the radiance that belonged to it, once again unleashed its own sword cry.

Clang...

A streak of purple flowing light, wrapped in strands of purple lightning, tore through the sky and landed steadily in Xiao Yi’s hand.

”Xiao... Xiao... Vice Master Xiao Yi?” The elder who had shouted earlier recognized Xiao Yi at a glance.

”Secluded Palace Masters.” Xiao Yi nodded slightly.

”Y-you... you’re not dead...” That elder cried out in shock.

Xiao Yi smiled faintly. ”Lucky to still be alive.”

”I’ve been running around outside for half a year. Today, I finally returned.”

”Hm?” Looking at the Purple Lightning in his hand, Xiao Yi’s brows suddenly knit, and the next second, his expression changed.

”Top-grade Holy Artifact?”

Around them, the elders couldn’t suppress the joy and astonishment on their faces.

That elder nodded, speaking subconsciously, ”The Hall Master said that one day you would personally come back to reclaim your sword.”

”So he went to the Six Dragon Territory, paid some price, and traded with the Long Domain Master for that Thunder Dragon Evil Qi. Then he spent a huge amount of Thunder Attribute Supreme Treasures to raise this sword’s level by a grade.”

Xiao Yi understood.

However, with someone as stingy as Long Xiao, to get him to trade out his Thunder Dragon Evil Qi, the Asura Hall Master must have paid no small price.

And the Thunder Attribute materials needed to upgrade a High Grade Holy Artifact into a Top-grade Holy Artifact must have been incredibly vast.

”Where is the Hall Master?” Xiao Yi asked.

The elder slapped his own forehead. ”When the Holy Moon grand event began, the Hall Master and the Wind Shattering Palace Master already led a group there.”

”I don’t know if Vice Master Xiao Yi, you can still make it in time now.”

”By my count, the Holy Moon grand event started yesterday.”

”I can make it.” Xiao Yi smiled.

An event of that scale can’t end in less than ten days.

And today was exactly his appointment day; going now was just right.

Whoosh...

Xiao Yi rose, riding his sword.

Crackle crackle crackle... In the high sky, purple lightning, mixed with sword light, shone to the extreme.

”Impossible.” Below, the elder’s face changed. ”He’s controlling the Thunder Attribute within the sword to such a consummate degree?”

Before he could react.

That Purple Lightning Sword Light had already cleaved through heaven and earth, vanishing into the distant horizon.

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