Chapter 137 Innate Triple Layer

  Unconsciously, Xuan Tian's excited body suddenly shook violently, and a refreshing feeling spread throughout his entire body in an instant.

  Xuān Tiān's cultivation had already reached the Second Heaven Realm Late Stage when he left Tiān Jiàn Zōng. Later, in the Yīn Fēng mountain range, he continuously fought against yāo shòu and wǔ zhě, and then entered the valley surrounded by jiàn yì. He constantly struggled against jiàn yì, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Second Heaven Realm.

  Just one step away from the Threefold Realm of Innate Nature.

  Originally, from the Second Peak of Innate Realm to the Third Peak of Innate Realm, although it's just one step, but taking this step is not easy. Even with a freakish innate talent like Xuanyuan, without half a month of effort, it would be difficult to break through.

  However, Xuan Tian's body was completely relaxed when he practiced the "Absolute Shadow Sword Technique", reaching a profound and mysterious state.

  When the 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' reached a certain level, Xuan Tian's body also strengthened, unknowingly breaking through the Threefold Realm of Innate in less than half a month.

  The original Xuan Tian body's innate true energy has a feeling of congestion, which is a sign that the cultivation has reached a peak after reaching a certain realm, and the true energy inside the body is too thick, but the meridians cannot bear it. Having only the thick innate true energy, but being restricted by the meridians, it is difficult to exert all its power.

  Although the "Absolute Shadow Heart Method" has been learned by Xuan Tian, however, because the true energy in his body cannot be fully utilized, some of the true energy circulation will always be imperfect.

  This is exactly why Xuan Tian's cultivation of the "Absolute Shadow Sword Technique" has reached a level where he can wield it at will, but he still cannot achieve small success. It's not a problem with Xuan Tian's comprehension, but rather a physical one.

  "The Shadowless Sword Art" is after all a high-grade sword technique of the Mystic Rank, with extremely high requirements for the swordsman's physique. If not for Xuan Tian having cultivated the "Nine Forgings Technique", his physique would be far superior to that of ordinary people, and compared to the pre-heavenly realm six-layered martial artist, he would still be much stronger, making it fundamentally impossible for him to cultivate the "Shadowless Sword Art" to a level just half a step away from minor completion.

  An ordinary swordsman, even if their cultivation reached the Seventh Heaven of Pre-Heaven Realm and possessed the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method', would find it difficult to cultivate the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method' to a small success.

  Stepping into the Xiantian realm for the third time, the innate true energy within the Xuantian body suddenly became unobstructed, and the power surged instantly. Strength has been upgraded again.

  Originally, some of the Xuantian's 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' true energy circulation methods were impossible to achieve. However, after Xuantian's cultivation reached the third level of the Pre-Heaven Realm, everything became effortless and natural for the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method'. Xuantian's mastery of the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' had reached a new height, reaching the fifth layer.

  "Jue Ying Xin Fa", divided into ten layers, each layer has an even more bizarre and extremely difficult way of operating the original true energy. This requires a deep innate true energy and a strong physique to complete.

  The fifth level is the small accomplishment boundary, the seventh level is the medium accomplishment boundary, the ninth level is the great accomplishment boundary, and the tenth level is the great perfection boundary.

  Zhu Wuying created the "Jueying Heart Method", which must have been cultivated to the tenth layer of the Great Perfection Realm. Xuan Tian had some speculations in his heart, the seventh move "Destroy God Style" might require cultivating the "Jueying Heart Method" to a realm above Great Completion, combined with intense sword intent, in order to be executed.

  Otherwise, the moves of 'Mie Shen Shi' are also the six sword moves in front, but if only the six sword moves are used, it is not 'Mie Shen Shi'. It seems that 'Jue Ying Xin Fa' is a very important key.

  With Xuan Tian's current cultivation level, he can at most cultivate the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' to the sixth layer, and also needs to reach the Three Peaks of the Pre-Heaven Realm.

  Xuān Tiān's current physical condition and true energy intensity are not enough to complete the operation of the later layers of 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method', so he can only cultivate up to the Small Accomplishment Realm.

  Then 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' can also only be cultivated to a small accomplishment realm.

  Swordsmanship unified, all laws are unified. Due to the cultivation of 'Absolute Shadow Sword Law', a profound and mysterious realm was reached. Xuan Tian's cultivation broke through the threefold pre-heavenly boundary ahead of schedule.

  After breaking through the threefold Xiantian boundary, Xuān Tiān's innate true energy became even more profound and his physique even stronger. The circulation of his true energy was smoother, allowing him to execute 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' with greater perfection.

  So, after the improvement of his cultivation, Xuantian's practice of 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' reached a new level. As 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' reached the small accomplishment realm, more than an hour later, Xuantian's mastery of 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' finally broke through the bottleneck and also reached the small accomplishment realm.

  Xuān Tiān is able to smoothly operate the fifth layer of 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' and at the same time, completely merge with the sword moves of 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method', unleashing his most perfect attack.

  A warrior's cultivation is like a plot of land, everything else - true energy, sword moves, and sword intent... all need to be operated within this plot. If the cultivation is too low, the plot will be too small, and the true energy, sword moves, and sword intent will all be suppressed. Even if it becomes strong to a certain extent, it will still be restricted by the plot and unable to break through.

  When the cultivation breaks through, the field will become larger, and the true energy, sword moves, and sword intent can flow freely on the field, exerting their maximum effect. When it becomes strong to a certain extent, it will break through accordingly.

  So, Xuan Tian's cultivation broke through the Threefold Heaven Realm, and immediately after that, the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' reached the Small Completion Realm. Then, the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method' also reached the Small Completion Realm.

  It's not that Xuan Tian's innate talent has reached such a degree, but rather that he had already cultivated the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' and 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method' to nearly the small accomplishment realm before. It was just because of the suppression of his cultivation base that he couldn't break through.

  When Xuan Tian's cultivation made a breakthrough, 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' and 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method' also broke through.

  At the second refinement of the Innate Realm, what was restricted was also the intensity of Xuantian's sword intent.

  Xuān Tiān's sword intent, after undergoing the tempering of first-stage, second-stage, third-stage, and fourth-stage sword intent, has been strengthened to the critical point of the peak of the first stage, but has never broken through to the second stage.

  The intensity of one's sword intent is directly proportional to their mastery of sword techniques.

  Xuān Tiān's cultivation of the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique' had reached a bottleneck. Naturally, the intensity of his sword intent had also reached a bottleneck, and he was unable to break through his understanding of the sword, so his sword intent could not be broken through either. Strengthening it would only allow him to strengthen it within the same rank.

  When Xuantian cultivated the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Technique' to the small success realm, Xuantian's suppressed sword intent burst out in an instant. The intensity of the sword intent became more and more intense, finally breaking through the boundary point of the first-order peak and reaching the intensity of the second-order sword intent.

  When Xuan Tian's cultivation broke through the third layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction. First, the 'Absolute Shadow Heart Method' was cultivated to the Small Success Boundary, followed by the 'Absolute Shadow Sword Method' breaking through to the Small Success Boundary. Immediately after, his sword intent also broke through, reaching the second level of intensity.

  Xuantian's overall strength surged up a notch.

  At this moment, meeting the black-clothed old man of the Sixth Heaven again, Xuan Tian was not afraid of him in the slightest. In fact, with a second-level sword intent, he could even defeat the black-clothed old man if he wanted to.

  In the valley filled with sword intent, the old man in black was extremely afraid of the second-level sword intent.

  "My cultivation has reached the third level of Xiantian, and my 'Nine Flame Profound Fire Technique' has already reached the fourth level. I can now condense a Profound Fire Heart Flame within my body, which is even more overbearing than the Xiantian True Fire. With this flame, I can start attempting to refine Xuan-grade artifacts."

  "The cultivation of 'Nine Forgings' can be further advanced, and it is possible to reach the peak of the fourth forging, strengthening one's physique to its strongest state. This will allow for a more thorough refinement of impurities in the materials used to forge precious artifacts, increasing the success rate of artifact creation. If I am able to successfully forge an Xuan-tier artifact, I will have transcended my identity as a blacksmith and become a true artifact refiner."

  Xuān Tiān's mouth was curved with a hint of a smile, his cultivation had broken through to the third level of the Pre-Heaven Realm, for him, it was almost a stage-like progress, finally reaching the minimum requirement to become an Alchemist.

  "Although there are some precious materials in the spatial ring, condensing the 'Xuanhuo Heart Flame' and cultivating it to the fourth level of the 'Jiuzhuan Gong' will take a considerable amount of time. If I were to refine another treasure, whether or not it would be successful is beside the point, but the time required would be even longer. Now that I'm trapped here, it's clearly not the right time to refine treasures, so this matter can wait and doesn't need to be rushed."

  "Now, I still want to know how to leave this place. Even if I managed to get through the 'Six Swords Absolute Killing Array', and left this place, who knows if I'll run into those black-clothed men again? I don't know if they have any other accomplices. If we meet again a second time, I definitely won't be running away. I must give them a painful lesson, and investigate their origins."

  To ensure that nothing is lost, first cultivate a 'Mystic Fire Heart Flame'. Although it's only one move, this flame can refine even the materials of lower-grade treasure equipment. For warriors in the Pre-Heavenly realm, it has lethal damage. The 'Ghost Shadow Soul Step' can also be cultivated to the third level, allowing me to create sixteen illusory shadows, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion, even if I encounter a seventh-level Pre-Heavenly warrior, I can still retreat unscathed.

  Xuān Tiān's mind turned quickly, and he soon had a plan. He put aside the matter of refining equipment for now and focused on cultivating a "Mystic Fire Heart Flame". He would cultivate the "Ghost Shadow Soul Step" to the third level, and then leave this place.

  When 'Absolute Shadow Swordsmanship' is cultivated to the small success realm, there is a 50% chance of passing through the 'Six Swords Absolute Killing Array', and understanding the second-order sword intent. There is an 80% chance of passing through the 'Six Swords Absolute Killing Array'. If you can also cultivate 'Ghost Shadow Soul Step' to the third level, then passing through the 'Six Swords Absolute Killing Array' will basically be risk-free.

  When the 'Nine Flames Mysterious Fire Technique' is cultivated to the fourth layer, it's not difficult to refine a strand of 'Mysterious Fire Heart Flame' within the body. In fact, it's just converting the innate true energy into innate true fire and gathering it in the dantian, constantly removing its impurities and retaining its essence.

  All the innate true energy in the body of Xuantian was transformed into innate true fire. After about three hours, a semi-transparent flame the size of a fist condensed in the dantian.