155: Power Level

“In her opinion, your strength is far inferior to Ji Yunfeng’s. Even if Ji Yunfeng was no match, escaping would be effortless for him.”

“To be able to kill a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator while in the Early Nascent Soul Stage, and not let them escape, this method is somewhat unbelievable.”

You had already thought of an excuse: “I used the black gold twin fish jade pendant you gave me, and asked the tianshu giant eye for help.”

She nodded slightly, then asked, “How is the matter I entrusted to you progressing?”

Seeing that she no longer pursued the matter, you secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

You could never quite fathom the temper of this Female God of Slaughter.

Fortunately, from the tenth simulation, you gathered from her attitude that she had no good feelings towards Ji Yunfeng.

However, Ji Yunfeng was, after all, a member of the Liu Clan Immortal Family, so she probably found it inconvenient to discipline him.

It seems the internal relations of the Liu Clan Immortal Family are also very complex.

Your expression turned serious as you reported, “Your subordinate investigated through various channels and finally found someone who might possess the Spotless Sword Body. As it has not yet been confirmed, I recently took her as a disciple and kept her by my side for observation.”

“Oh?” Liu Jinfeng’s gaze shifted slightly. “Bring her here.”

You immediately sent a voice transmission to summon Zhong Linger.

After Zhong Linger arrived, you said sternly, “Ling'er, this is the Second Elder of the Liu Clan Immortal Family. Quickly come and pay your respects.”

Upon hearing this, Zhong Linger’s eyes showed joy, and she hurriedly stepped forward, knelt, and kowtowed: “Greetings, Second Elder.”

Liu Jinfeng’s Divine Sense swept over her, then she raised her hand and lightly waved. A cold light streaked across Zhong Linger’s arm, and a drop of vital blood floated up from the wound, suspended above her palm.

Zhong Linger was startled by this sudden scene and looked at you nervously.

You calmly reassured her: “No need to panic. The Second Elder is examining your Aptitude.”

The drop of vital blood in Liu Jinfeng’s palm began to boil, emitting a sharp Sword Intent, and finally condensed into a small transparent sword.

Seeing this, Liu Jinfeng’s face showed satisfaction. She slowly stood up and said to Zhong Linger, “Good, come with me.”

With that, she flicked her sleeve, and carrying Zhong Linger, transformed into a streak of light and shot straight into the sky.

You mustered your courage and shouted towards the sky, “Commander, may this subordinate go to the time-space pagoda...”

Liu Jinfeng’s cold reply came from the clouds: “Granted!”

After watching the two disappear, you knew you had to race against time.

You understood that Liu Jinfeng wanted to use Zhong Linger to refine the qingming mirror, thereby investigating the past of the Tianhuang Continent—she definitely wanted to see the details of Liu Ruyan’s demise.

However, Zhong Linger currently only has Foundation Establishment Cultivation and is not yet able to refine the grotto-heaven magical treasure, the qingming mirror. She needs to Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm before she can refine it.

From this, you deduced that Liu Jinfeng planned to train Zhong Linger to become a Black Armored Guards, helping her Cultivate to the Nascent Soul before refining the qingming mirror.

As for the Spotless Sword Body, Liu Jinfeng probably doesn't need it—she has already reached the Spirit Transformation Realm and must possess a more powerful Physique and talent herself.

This matter left you both expectant and uneasy.

You hoped Zhong Linger would successfully refine the qingming mirror, but also worried if she truly succeeded.

If she truly refined the qingming mirror after reaching Nascent Soul, then you could also control the qingming mirror.

After all, when you escaped the Tianhuang Secret Realm, that Restriction left you with lingering fears, and you were truly worried about being completely trapped in the future. So, you had to take a risk and strive to control the qingming mirror.

It was also fortunate to have the candle dragons eye, which gave you an extra chance of success.

However, you must master all the Cultivation Techniques you obtained before Zhong Linger forms her Nascent Soul, and exhaust all existing resources to maximize your strength.

You immediately sent a voice transmission to the candle dragons eye: “Senior Candle Dragon, when Zhong Linger breaks through to Nascent Soul and refines the qingming mirror, that will be our opportunity to leave the Liu Clan ancestral land.”

The candle dragons eye responded excitedly: “Good! Hahaha... good boy!”

Your recent actions had been under its watchful eye, and it had already deduced your plan.

You no longer delayed and immediately set off for the time-space pagoda.

After receiving Liu Jinfeng’s permission, the Elder guarding the time-space pagoda arranged a Cultivation chamber for you.

You began to seclude yourself, focusing on consuming the various resources you had recently acquired.

Sixtieth year in the outside world,

You spent more than ten years in the time-space pagoda to only achieve initial mastery of the Void Breaking Finger from the

You couldn't help but sigh—no wonder Ji Yunfeng also only managed to achieve initial mastery of these few Cultivation Techniques.

In the sixty-third year, you spent another twenty years in the pagoda and finally achieved initial mastery of the Dragon Binding Art.

In the sixty-sixth year, you spent over thirty years in the pagoda to achieve initial mastery of the Town Origin Palm.

Seventy-second year,

This time, you spent over fifty years in the pagoda to achieve initial mastery of the Vajra Escape.

After achieving initial mastery of these four Spells and Divine Abilities, you did not continue to delve deeper, as you knew there wouldn't be enough time.

So, you turned to improving your own Cultivation.

Eightieth year,

You secluded yourself in the time-space pagoda for eighty years, consuming thirty Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and finally advanced one Realm, reaching the Peak of Early Nascent Soul Stage—which is Nascent Soul Third Layer Perfection.

You felt that Cultivating with Top-Grade Spirit Stones was indeed much faster.

If this news were to spread, countless people would surely be envious.

Such a luxurious Cultivation method is something ordinary people would never be willing to use.

You still didn't know that Top-Grade Spirit Stones actually had more important uses—such as for Breakthroughs to Soul Transformation and so on.

But for you, these were not important for now.

The most urgent task at hand was to quickly improve your strength.

You continued to Cultivate the Spirit Erosion Palm, trying to increase its power—after all, the last time you used it, it couldn't even break through Du Hong’s defense.

Little did you know that most Cultivation Techniques, even when initially mastered, cannot suppress opponents of the same Realm in a single move.

Perhaps you were misled by the Immortal Slaying Sword Art, thinking that all Cultivation Techniques should be as powerful as Lonely Slaying Annihilation.

But you were unaware that the root of a Spell’s power is nothing more than the mighty power of heaven and earth and one’s own Cultivation.

For example, the energy in heaven and earth can be divided into levels: Spiritual Qi, spiritual power, power of heaven and earth, Law Power, Power of the Great Dao... and the top levels of Origin Power and Creation Power.

Which level of power can be mobilized depends on the Cultivator’s Realm and Cultivation Technique—

For example, Qi Refining Cultivators can only refine and utilize Spiritual Qi. Therefore, their magical power is weak, they can only rely on the power accumulated in their own Dantian, and the power of their Spells is limited.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators can transform Spiritual Qi into their own spiritual power, so their level is higher.

Upon reaching the Golden Core Realm, Cultivators initially condense a Golden Core, and can already use the Golden Core to draw a trace of the power of heaven and earth to empower themselves, just like Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artists communicating with heaven and earth.

Therefore, the Golden Core Stage is considered a small leap in the path of Cultivation.

After forming the Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul Cultivators use the more refined Nascent Soul Power as a bridge to draw forth even more majestic power of heaven and earth, resulting in another qualitative leap in strength. This is a major Breakthrough.

Only by achieving the unity of the three bodies and breaking through to the Soul Transformation Stage, where the Physical Body is perfectly integrated with heaven and earth, can one begin to comprehend and wield the Law Power.

And Power of the Great Dao is the supreme power that can only be controlled after successfully Undergoing Tribulation.

You haven't realized yet that the Immortal Slaying Sword Art you Cultivate mobilizes the Power of the Great Dao, which transcends all other Laws.

Because of this, when your Realm is insufficient, even if you barely manage to draw a trace of Power of the Great Dao, your Physical Body and Divine Soul simply cannot withstand it.

After all, using Power of the Great Dao to cast a Divine Ability has a power that can be described as “dimensional reduction attack.”

One must know that even ordinary Cultivators who Cultivate to Undergoing Tribulation merely Cultivate a certain Law to Perfection.

And the path to comprehending Laws begins from Soul Transformation and continues until successful Undergoing Tribulation.