Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2162: Chapter 2159: Reflection

Holy Heart Hall, inside the seclusion room.

Xiao Yi sat cross-legged, deep in thought.

For now, he might have to temporarily set aside the Great Freedom Sword Dao.

This Sword Dao requires a fusion that far exceeds the difficulty of the Ice Nether Sword Dao.

He also had another issue to consider.

It was precisely the fusion of his various techniques and various Martial Arts.

Currently, his Poison Dao, Sword Dao, Fire Dao, Soul Dao, and Body Cultivation Dao have all reached Legend.

The Body Cultivation Dao and Soul Dao go without saying.

The Poison Dao doesn’t pose much of an issue either.

After all, those over ten thousand complete Poison Daos are stored within the Poison Realm.

It is an existence separate from his normal Small World.

However, the Sword Dao, Fire Dao, and some other miscellaneous Martial Arts together exceed ten thousand paths.

And these Martial Arts are almost entirely independent.

The Sword Dao is the Sword Dao, the Fire Dao is the Fire Dao, and other Martial Arts are other Martial Arts.

There are also no fusion points between these complete Martial Arts.

In other words, between various Martial Arts, each can only exert its own power.

Of course, even so, these Martial Arts can exert power above the Saint Sovereign Realm.

After all, his entire Cultivation Realm exists.

But this also makes his current strength seem somewhat redundant, no, rather some means of strength overflow without being utilized where they truly should.

His current cultivation is the First Layer of the Saint Sovereign Realm.

With the Sword Dao power, in coordination with Purple Lightning, he can battle across several layers, and when combined with Dawn Without Limit, he can reach the Peak of Second Layer invincibility.

Additionally, should he activate the Demonic State of Asura Sword, fully unleashing the Purple Lightning Power, he can reach invincibility at the Sixth Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm.

But such a result places immense pressure upon him.

The Demonic State is a pressure in itself; and now that Purple Lightning is a Top-grade Holy Artifact, fully unleashing its power adds even more immense pressure.

Only because his body has undergone several immense Heaven and Earth Baptisms, becoming nearly perfect, can he endure it.

Otherwise, a normal Martial Artist simply couldn’t bear these two pressures.

And if you account for the Blood Realm Four Forms, his Sword Dao power could reach the Saint Sovereign Realm Eighth Layer.

However, the cost of this is consuming his own Essence Blood.

This method could be used before in the battle with a hidden expert, but in ordinary times, it absolutely cannot be used.

Unless he wishes to die from exhausting all his blood.

Of course, this is also an immense pressure.

Aside from all these potential backlashes and costly methods, his usual explosive Sword Dao power only reaches the Peak of Second Layer invincibility in the Saint Sovereign Realm.

And the Fire Dao power is roughly at this level too.

Those powerful flames, though formidable, add an enhancement roughly comparable to, or only slightly above, Dawn Without Limit, considering his current Dawn Without Limit has not yet Great Achieved.

If you include the Asura Control Fire’s Demonic State and add Nine Yang Reincarnation, it could suppress the Sword Dao power by a notch.

But these are all independent.

The Sword Dao power, Fire Dao power, cannot be fused.

This is also why in previous battles, if he used the Sword Dao power, he didn’t need to use the Fire Dao power anymore.

The difference in Martial Arts Realm seems to be just the number of complete Martial Arts paths, but the actual difference in power far exceeds such a calculation.

Take ten Saints, mastering twenty complete Martial Arts, for instance, that’s Saint Sovereign Realm Second Layer.

Thirty paths, Third Layer; forty paths, Fourth Layer.

It seems that each layer only differs by ten complete Martial Arts paths.

In reality, it’s a huge difference in domain.

The difference between Saint Sovereign Realm Second and Third Layer can be a fivefold power gap; but between the Third and Fourth Layer, it could be a difference of dozens of times in power.

This gap is simply a leap in enhancement.

Similarly, in the Saint Emperor Realm, a thousand Saint Emperors, can comprehend Martial Arts True Intent.

In the Saint Emperor Realm, the gap between each layer is a thousand complete Martial Arts paths.

But when applied to Martial Arts True Intent, the gap is enormous.

The gap between Saint Emperor Second and Third Layer might be ten times in power; but the gap between Saint Emperor Third and Fourth Layer could be fifty times in power.

The Supreme Realm is also like this, Supreme Experts possess Supreme Power, their internal Primordial Power leaps to Supreme Primordial Power, the Martial Artist’s explosive power becomes even more overwhelming.

These gaps become even more pronounced and colossal in the later Great Realms.

Such is the case in the Saint Sovereign Realm.

Each layer seems to differ by ten thousand complete Martial Arts paths, but in reality, the difference is vast.

If those ten thousand complete Martial Arts paths are fused, each can contribute to the difference, and the gap becomes immeasurably vast.

Even if not fused, when applied to spatial methods, the inherent Primordial Power explosion is also a staggering difference.

This is why when Xiao Yi fought that day, after using the Sword Dao power, even adding the Fire Dao power had no effect.

The full explosion of Sword Dao power reached invincibility at the Sixth Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm; Fire Dao power is also invincible at the Sixth Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm.

Adding the two together falls short of bridging the gap to the Seventh Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm.

Most importantly, this is just additive.

The gap between realms is indeed vast.

Yet, some heaven-defying methods can even out this gap.

Such as powerful worldly flames, Nine Yang Reincarnation, Dawn Without Limit, Top-grade Holy Artifacts, etc.

But these too come with limitations and extremes.

Xiao Yi, at barely the First Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm, can use these methods to successively surpass layers in the Saint Sovereign Realm, jumping several layers at once, which is already quite monstrous.

And, the enhancement from these methods will weaken as his realm increases but the technique itself remains unchanged.

Like in his Peak of Supreme, solely relying on the Poison Dao combined with the Demonic State of Demon Slayer, he achieved invincible power in the Peak of Second Layer Saint Sovereign Realm.

But now in the Legendary Realm, the difference in realms causes these enhancements to shrink.

Unless his Demonic State becomes stronger.

Similarly, now in the First Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm, using Dawn Without Limit, Sword Dao can reach the Peak of Second Layer.

It’s likely that when he reaches the Second Layer of Saint Sovereign Realm, using Dawn Without Limit will only bring his Sword Dao power to the Peak of Second Layer.

Both hardly change much.

The reason lies in the expanding gap between realms, drastically reducing the apparent effect of enhancements.

Unless, his Dawn Without Limit can breakthrough again, becoming stronger.

In summary, as he advances to higher realms, various enhancements will conversely weaken.

The enhancements from these methods will become extremely difficult to balance the increasingly vast realm gaps.

What Xiao Yi can do is continue to elevate the levels of his techniques.

Of course, this will also become very challenging. Take Dawn Without Limit for instance, now it has reached 61 layers, and it will only become increasingly difficult ahead, with each layer’s mastery several times harder than the last.

Reaching truly over a hundred layers, the escalation in difficulty will be quite terrifying.

If he had enough time, he wouldn’t have to think about these.

If he could, like those older folks, undergo seclusion peacefully, taking enough time to weather these difficulties, it would naturally not be hard.

With ten thousand-year spans at his disposal, he could afford to disregard these numerous challenges.

But evidently, Xiao Yi isn’t someone willing to seclude himself for millennia on end, nor does his current age of just over twenty allow him to ponder such things.

Hence, he can only think of a quicker way.

Such as... Martial Arts Fusion.

Back then, even Senior Luoo advised him not to make things difficult for himself with the Martial Arts difficulties.

Now, perhaps he should begin trying.

Poison Dao, Sword Dao, Fire Dao, Ice Dao, one after another of the Strongest Sword Daos, various Supreme Fires, as well as the Unique Poison Realm and many other Martial Arts and methods.

If he can fully integrate them, his power will undoubtedly soar rapidly.

And with it, his progress on the Martial Arts Dao will undoubtedly become easier, enhancing his cultivation faster than before.

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