Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 464 - 461: Dragon Soul

Chapter 464: Chapter 461: Dragon Soul

During the following time, Ye Xuan did not venture out again—his pressing concern was to refine the Fighting Soul Pill and condense his Martial Soul.

Whether he could successfully condense his Martial Soul depended on if Ye Xuan could smoothly refine the Fighting Soul Pill. Moreover, it was not only about using the pill to condense a Martial Soul but a powerful one with high potential; otherwise, it would be better not to attempt it at all.

After all, the type of Martial Soul condensed would determine the enhancement of Ye Xuan’s future cultivation. As Ye Xuan primarily practiced the Sword Dao, he would most likely condense a Sword Martial Soul. However, this was not absolute; any other type of Martial Soul would simply not be as useful as the Sword Martial Soul to him.

Holding the Fighting Soul Pill in his palm, Ye Xuan took a deep breath and then stuffed it into his mouth. Before he could even chew, the pill turned into a hot stream and poured down his throat.

The surging heat flooded his body like a vast deluge, and Ye Xuan clenched his teeth and hurriedly sat down cross-legged, waiting for the moment when the pill’s power would erupt.

Whoosh!

Ye Xuan had just sat down when he felt towering waves surging throughout his body. Especially within his dantian, the Martial Arts Golden Core, which had already nearly reached a state of perfection, ballooned to more than twice its original size after absorbing most of the pill’s energy. Its aura became exceedingly unstable.

Feeling the restlessness of the Golden Core, Ye Xuan quickly circulated his True Qi to envelop the unstable core, suppressing its tendency to expand further; otherwise, the Martial Arts Golden Core would continue swelling and explode before even the slightest semblance of a Martial Soul could form.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the Golden Core. In the next instant, the crack rapidly spread across the surface. Inside the core, a power akin to the primordial chaos was brewing.

The Golden Core must shatter for the Martial Soul to form.

"Break!"

Suddenly, Ye Xuan shouted, and the Golden Core, the size of a fist, instantly split apart. A stunning radiance of sharpness burst forth.

The moment the Martial Arts Golden Core split, countless sword-shaped energies shot out from within. These sword-shaped energies seemed unstoppable, instantly coursing through Ye Xuan’s body and shooting through every limb and bone.

As the True Qi within him whirled fiercely, a powerful True Qi had already turned into a thin mist that completely enveloped his body. Without his conscious control, the energy mist even began to condense on its own.

Inside Ye Xuan, his True Qi spun like a whirlwind, roaring violently. It even produced some sharp and unusual sounds, and a faint pain was emitted from his meridians.

Inside the dantian, the force unleashed from the shattered Golden Core had transformed into a sword-shaped form, resembling a peerless Divine Sword suspended in the center of Ye Xuan’s dantian.

Indeed, it was a Sword Martial Soul.

Ye Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. The Sword Martial Soul was undoubtedly beneficial to his cultivation. Now that it had successfully condensed, he didn’t need to worry too much.

However, just as Ye Xuan was letting his guard down and preparing for the next step, a buzzing sound emerged. The Sword Martial Soul suddenly trembled violently, causing his expression to change. But before he could react, a power incompatible with the Sword Soul was squeezed out, forcibly separating itself from the Sword Martial Soul.

Ye Xuan’s expression shifted, and this sudden change alarmed him. He quickly urged his True Qi to suppress the unstable Sword Martial Soul, but in just an instant, the discordant force broke through his barrier and exploded violently within the dantian.

Whoosh! |

With the expulsion of that stream of peculiar energy from his meridians, it seemed to be drawn by some force, rushing straight toward Ye Xuan’s tightly clenched teeth. At that moment, it forcefully broke through with an odd sound wave, quivering the soul, roaring mightily from Ye Xuan’s mouth!

"Roar!"

Beneath this bizarre sonic boom, the usually tranquil Spirit Frost Pavilion became completely submerged in a stunned silence.

Whoosh whoosh...

Within the Dantian, True Qi surged chaotically like a wild tide, forcibly expanding the Dantian further. At the same time, the position of the Sword Martial Soul was shaken and displaced from the center to the right side.

And the power that had detached from the Sword Martial Soul radiated an immensely daunting pressure, finally condensing into a dragon-shaped light. This tremendous pressure immediately radiated outward.

"Could it be... a second Martial Soul!"

Ye Xuan inspected the newly formed dragon-shaped light in surprise. This newly split, powerful translucent energy was not something else but was conspicuously identical to the earlier Sword Martial Soul. Although the vibrations they emitted were different, their essence was the same.

This second Martial Soul was the Demon Dragon Martial Soul, to be precise, it was not a Martial Soul but a Demon Soul. It was the Demon Soul derived from Ye Xuan’s half-Demon Clan bloodline.

Sword Soul, Dragon Soul.

That is to say, Ye Xuan now possessed these two great Martial Souls.

"I never expected to condense two great Martial Souls all at once."

The appearance of the second Martial Soul even startled Ye Xuan. Usually, a Dantian can only accommodate a single independent Martial Soul. The occurrence of dual Martial Souls is said to be a rarity not seen in a century, being exceedingly scarce even in the Heavenly Realm.

Unexpectedly, Ye Xuan’s half-demon lineage helped him condense a second Martial Soul. Having an additional Martial Soul was not as simple as one plus one equals two. The two Martial Souls had different properties, but their power was formidable; if they could be combined properly, the resulting force could potentially be even greater.

"With the twin Martial Souls established, even without having extracted the True Yuan, there’s no need to fear the likes of Huang Tianyi anymore."

With both the Sword Soul and Dragon Soul fully formed, Ye Xuan’s confidence soared, and the inherent dominance in his very marrow was unreservedly unleashed once again.

The way of the sword inherently harbors sharpness, and Ye Xuan was none other than the reincarnation of the Martial God. Although he had previously been oppressed by the Gentleman Sect to the point of suffocation, now his strength had significantly increased. Huang Tianyi, whom he had once felt obliged to fear, was no longer someone he needed to shy away from.

Now should he encounter Huang Tianyi again, Ye Xuan felt confident about defeating him head-on.

"With the Martial Soul achieved, what remains for the breakthrough to the Martial Venerate Realm is the extraction of True Yuan."

The two benchmarks of a Martial Venerate Expert—Martial Soul and True Yuan—are indispensable. Often, a Martial Sect Master who has refined True Yuan is deemed a Half-step Martial Venerate, but Ye Xuan was the opposite; he had first condensed his Martial Soul, and without refining True Yuan, he was still considered a Half-step Martial Venerate. However, his status as a Half-step Martial Venerate with twin Martial Souls was incomparable to that of an ordinary Half-step Martial Venerate.

Once the True Qi was fully transformed into True Yuan, he would then truly enter the Martial Venerate Realm.