40: Upon entering the Freedom Realm, his strength skyrocketed! The unlucky Daoist Youquan is about to be killed!

Inside the room of the Shen family's old residence.

Shen Tianxing sat cross-legged, everything prepared.

"Begin Breakthrough!!!"

This time, he aimed to step into the Zizai Realm in one go!

With 292,000 experience points, it was enough for him to significantly elevate his Cultivation Realm!

48,000 experience points were directly spent!

Boom!!!

True Qi surged like a mighty river, powerfully impacting the Meridians throughout his body, almost without any hindrance, a natural progression!

Vajra Ninth Realm!

Continue!!

60,000 experience points were spent!

Boom!!!

In less than half an hour, the Vajra Tenth Realm Breakthrough was completed!

Continuously advancing two Realms only cost 108,000 experience points, which was nothing at all!

It was enough to Break through to the Zizai Realm!

The Zizai Realm and the Vajra Realm seemed to be only one Realm apart, but in reality, they were worlds apart!

Connecting the two bridges of heaven and earth, controlling a trace of the mighty power of heaven and earth, capable of causing mountains to collapse and rivers to reverse with a flick of the hand!

One could briefly fly through the air, condense Qi into matter, and their power would surge dramatically!

At the same time, it involved the power of the Divine Soul, allowing one to perceive a trace of the mysteries of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Only at this step could one truly be considered to have entered the ranks of experts!

"Just 100,000 experience points, entering the Zizai Realm is worth it!"

Boom!!!

The True Qi within Shen Tianxing's body began to surge wildly, and Spiritual Qi from all directions, from heaven and earth, rushed in madly!

If there were an expert nearby at this moment, they would surely discover that the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth seemed to form a giant funnel, enveloping the Shen family's old residence!

Crackling... Shen Tianxing sat with his eyes closed, allowing the endless Spiritual Qi to pour into his body, his bones emitting crisp sounds.

Countless black substances were refined and expelled from his body, his flesh and blood emitting a pure golden luster, as if covered in gold, filling the room with golden radiance!

With each breath, Spiritual Qi transformed into a Dragon, moving through the entire room.

As time passed, the aura within his body grew stronger step by step, until at a certain point, it erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for many years.

"Zizai Realm First Layer!!!"

"It's finally done!!"

Shen Tianxing slowly opened his eyes, clenching his fists, his Qi stirring mountains and rivers.

This terrifying mighty power was more than ten times stronger than that of the Vajra Realm!!!

"This is the feeling of true power!"

The elevation of his Realm was not just a change in strength.

He felt as if he had undergone a complete metamorphosis, his Divine Thought was keen, and everything within a hundred-mile radius was within his perception!

The vendors and porters on the streets, the wealthy merchants, and the passing martial Cultivators, all could not escape his perception.

This feeling was wonderful!

Having completed the elevation of his Cultivation Realm, Shen Tianxing pondered for a moment over the remaining experience points, then used them all to improve the Cultivation Techniques most useful to him.

First, the second-grade lower-tier Body Refining martial art, "Indestructible Great Buddha Body," cost 16,000 experience points to Cultivate to the sixth layer.

Next, it was the Cultivation Technique.

The "Hundred Battles Heart Method" had already reached the eighth layer, and now it could achieve Perfection in one go!

Costing 18,000 points, the "Hundred Battles Heart Method," the earliest Cultivation Technique he obtained, finally reached Perfection!

Immediately after, Shen Tianxing spent another 34,000 experience points to raise the fourth-grade upper-tier saber art, "Azure Dragon Saber Art," to the level of consummate skill.

The remaining 32,000 experience points were all used on the fifth-grade lower-tier movement technique, "Ghost Shadow."

This movement martial art directly advanced from initial mastery to the Realm of consummate skill!

By this point, all 292,000 experience points had been completely used up!

Great investment brings great returns!

Shen Tianxing's Cultivation reached the Zizai Realm First Layer, his Body Refining martial art "Indestructible Great Buddha Body" was at the sixth layer, already surpassing the Great Compassion Monk from before; besides this, the power of his other martial arts and Cultivation Techniques had all greatly improved!

"With my current strength, even without using my Zizai Realm Cultivation, relying solely on my Physical Body strength, no one below the Zizai Realm could withstand a single punch from me, right!"

Shen Tianxing was very pleased.

With the elevation of his Cultivation and the advancement of his martial arts and Cultivation Techniques, his true strength was absolutely beyond imagination!

Now, he could truly hold his own!

...After elevating his Cultivation Realm, Shen Tianxing spent most of the day consolidating himself.

He didn't emerge from his room until the moon was high in the sky.

Shen Tianxing planned to return to the Purgatory Division to see if there was anything urgent, having been away for a day.

After becoming the Chief Punisher, Shen Tianxing not only had more free time but also greater freedom of movement; he no longer had to stay miserably in the Purgatory Division; as long as there was nothing important, he could leave at any time.

If there was truly something important, the Purgatory Division would naturally send someone to find him.

This was the convenience of power.

When the moon was high in the sky, it was usually the busiest time in the Imperial City.

In the past, there would be carriages and horses passing through the streets at this hour.

But today, it was eerily quiet.

There wasn't a single person on the street, which was impossible during normal times.

This situation could only mean one thing: a curfew!

"Is the Imperial City under curfew?"

Shen Tianxing frowned.

Everything had been normal during the day, except for a few more Imperial City Guard soldiers.

Clearly, something he didn't know about had happened during the half-day he spent Cultivating.

At this moment, his identity as Chief Punisher was very useful; he could move freely through the Imperial City.

Soon, he arrived at the second floor of the Purgatory Division.

Xue Hai happened to walk out of the interrogation hall and met him, quickly bowing.

"My Lord, you've returned."

Shen Tianxing nodded, "Is there anything special today? Why is the Imperial City under curfew?"

Under normal circumstances, the Imperial City would not be under curfew, only during special periods.

Xue Hai nodded gravely and said, "The Qimen Division has found clues about the demon chaos from the Ghost Spring Daoist, who was captured a few days ago."

"The Imperial City Guard received orders to immediately seal the city."

"Oh, and the Ghost Spring Daoist is to be beheaded tonight; he caused a commotion this afternoon."

The Ghost Spring Daoist was going to be executed?

He had thought he would live longer; it seemed this old fellow was truly unlucky.

He was finished so easily!

Good heavens, that's tens of thousands of experience points, and the latter part of the "Seven Star Questioning Heaven Scripture" that Shen Tianxing had always wanted from him, how could he let others behead him?

"Leave this fellow to me!"

Shen Tianxing unhesitatingly used his authority as Chief Punisher to take the right of execution into his own hands.

Xue Hai was not surprised by this at all.

During this period, Shen Tianxing had participated in quite a few executions; the Executioners and Judicial Officers on the first and second floors of the Purgatory Division hardly had to lift a finger themselves, as all executions were taken by him.

Of course, no one would object to such a good thing; they wished Shen Tianxing would take them all.

"It's best if My Lord personally handles it."

"Everyone is ready, My Lord, please!"