Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2275: Chapter 2271: Breakthrough, Saint Sovereign Realm Level 3

Splash...

A surge of aura on Xiao Yi’s body suddenly collapsed.

That kind of collapse was like a broken dam bursting, like a flood of wild beasts crashing down.

The first Ice Pattern on his arm, in an instant, its aura completely dissipated.

Xiao Yi’s face also turned slightly pale.

Erasing an Ice Pattern was like erasing Martial Arts Power; not difficult, but far from pleasant.

After a while, Xiao Yi steadied his breathing and began to reconstruct.

On his arm, strands of Martial Arts Power of Cold Ice Sword Dao kept roaming.

While carving, Xiao Yi also asked, ”The size of an Ice Pattern can in fact be linked to the Small World.”

”But in the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique I obtained, it’s never mentioned, nor is there such a cultivation method.”

”Senior, did you have some particular intention?”

Xiao Yi voiced his doubts.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness watched Xiao Yi’s carving; his face had originally shown shock, astonished at Xiao Yi’s perfect control over Martial Arts Power.

Now hearing this, he answered, ”It doesn’t really count as any particular intention.”

”The existence of the Small World is to carry one complete Martial Dao after another.”

”And to carve Ice Patterns, you need the Martial Arts Power of complete Martial Dao.”

”Thus the size of the Ice Pattern can indeed be made to match the Small World; the two share many similar aspects.”

”However, to carve such a more enormous Ice Pattern demands extremely high Martial Arts Realm and Martial Arts control power from the Martial Artist himself.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness paused, then continued, ”You ought to know, branding Ice Patterns is already extremely difficult.”

”And if you fail during the carving process, the power contained within the Ice Pattern will leak out in an instant and cause an immense backlash.”

”It’s equivalent to a one-time eruption of all the Primordial Power in the Martial Artist’s own Small World; you can well imagine how serious that backlash would be.”

”So, for caution’s sake, this old man did not record this method in the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique.”

”Lest difficulty pile upon difficulty, and a fortuitous chance turn into calamity.”

”Of course.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness explained, ”As long as one truly comprehends the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique, then when his Martial Arts Realm is high enough in the future, he will naturally discover the subtleties within.”

”Like you—did you not, on your own, come to know the subtlety that the first Ice Pattern can be linked to the Small World?”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness smiled.

He actually had one more sentence he hadn’t spoken—that discovering this subtlety required exceedingly high talent and aptitude.

He deliberately refrained from making this method explicit in the Ice Venerate Sacred Pattern Technique, precisely because he did not wish for mediocrities to gain this Cultivation Technique and fortuitous chance, only to bring harm upon themselves instead.

Whereas if a Monster obtained it, he would eventually discover it himself, so there was no need to add this method as a redundant extra.

Time passed, bit by bit.

An entire day later, Xiao Yi finally stopped carving; on his arm, the Ice Pattern belonging to Cold Ice Sword Dao condensed once more.

”Hiss, a full thirty-three thousand zhang and more in Ice Pattern size.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness drew in a slight breath of cold air.

Xiao Yi smiled.

Over the Ice Venerate Hall, surging Spiritual Energy came crashing like waves.

Xiao Yi absorbed it one strand at a time.

After another full day, the entire Ice Pattern was completely filled with Pure Element Power of the Saint Sovereign Realm.

”The first Ice Pattern is complete.” Xiao Yi muttered to himself, his face full of joy.

”Next, I should thoroughly stabilize my Cultivation.”

”Absorb.”

Xiao Yi shouted low, and the two great Martial Souls in his body once again frenziedly absorbed the vast Spiritual Energy pouring out from the Ice Venerate Hall.

For a full half a day.

Within the Small World, the Qi Spring’s height reached thirty percent.

At the same time, the complete Martial Dao descending in strands had all been absorbed into the Small World.

This meant that Xiao Yi had fully stepped into the Saint Sovereign Realm Third Layer of cultivation, into the thirty-thousand Dao layers.

”Alright.” Xiao Yi smiled, his eyes snapping open, completely ending his cultivation.

”Senior...”

Xiao Yi had just turned to the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness when his pupils abruptly contracted.

”Senior, you...”

At this moment, the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness looked almost transparent, his aura incomparably weak.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness smiled, ”Didn’t this old man already tell you?”

”Back then, this old man separated out a strand of Spiritual Imprint into the Ice Venerate Hall and became the Hall Spirit.”

”As for this old man himself, there was not half a shred of power remaining on my body; what had been bearing this old man’s existence all along, was this Ice Venerate Hall.”

”After the Ice Venerate Hall was handed over to you, this old man already had little time left.”

From the moment Xiao Yi truly took control of the Ice Venerate Hall, this wisp of the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Sense would at most continue to exist for only a few more days.

Xiao Yi’s expression changed, and at the same time he came to a sudden realization; no wonder the Ice Venerable had earlier been eager to first tell him in detail all of the Ice Venerate Hall’s effects—this wisp of Spiritual Sense already had little time remaining.

”Alright.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness smiled and said, ”You have already taken control of the Ice Venerate Hall, and you’ve felt its effects as well.”

”This old man has also personally watched you being able to wield the Ice Venerate Hall, and so can rest assured.”

”As for some of the finer mysteries of the Ice Venerate Hall from now on, you can slowly comprehend them yourself.”

”This old man still has a little time; whatever you wish to ask, go on and ask.”

”Yes.” Xiao Yi nodded, his expression tightening; then he stood, and gave a deep bow.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness still sat upon the snow, but did not evade this bow, merely smiling in satisfaction.

”Senior.” Xiao Yi said seriously, ”Back then, this junior ultimately did annihilate your Spiritual Sense. You truly can bear no grudge?”

”And even pass on your whole Inheritance and these Treasures of the Ice Venerate Hall to me without any price?”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness smiled, ”Who said there’s no price?”

”In the days to come, you must take over the responsibility from this old man, and watch over this Wind Snow Netherworld Road.”

Xiao Yi furrowed his brows slightly.

He knew very clearly that to say he must guard this place was, in fact, simply not restricting his freedom at all.

He could still, just like before, run all over the place.

If he wished to return here, he could do so with a single thought through the Ice Venerate Token at his waist.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness smiled, ”Kid, no need for that expression, and no need for the slightest guilt.”

”Man must eventually die; no matter how strong a Martial Artist is, there will come a time of falling.”

”This old man has waited over ten million years, waited for you, waited for such an incomparably outstanding young man, and is already satisfied to the extreme.”

Xiao Yi nodded, yet his expression still held a trace of heaviness.

After a moment, Xiao Yi asked, ”Right, Senior, you previously said that the number of people who know about this place is extremely few.”

”If so, then what is there to guard? You’ve been here for countless years; you probably haven’t seen anyone else come, have you?”

”That mass of Ice Netherworld Ghost Fire Body, I imagine no one can damage it either.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness shook his head, ”That Token at your waist, its true name should be Ice Netherworld Order.”

”Since this old man could, by chance, obtain this Ice Netherworld Order, who’s to say there isn’t a second, a third in this world? Who’s to say other Martial Artists don’t possess one?”

”Since this old man could comprehend a wisp of Ice Nether Martial Way, who’s to say other Martial Artists could not?”

”And besides, what if the Netherworld Gate were not opened from this side, but from the other side?”

Xiao Yi’s expression changed, ”Senior, you mean, opened from inside the Netherworld Gate?”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded, ”Who knows whether the things within the Netherworld have some way to break the Prohibition on the Netherworld Gate from inside and directly descend into the world?”

”The fact that it never happened before does not mean it will not happen in the future.”

”If such a day truly comes, you, bearing the Ice Netherworld Ghost Fire, can easily take control of the Ice Netherworld Ghost Fire Body at the end, and by that withstand it.”

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