Xuanwu War Sovereign

Within the Great Marsh, at the base of a hill.

The Snake Cave was awash with a brilliant radiance. Several Radiant Crystal Stones emitted a soft, bright glow, illuminating the dark cavern as if it were broad daylight.

Seated cross-legged in the center of the cave, Qin Feng activated his Mixed Element Star Technique. Stream after stream of incredibly pure Essence flowed from the Red Lotus Mark, through the meridians in his palms, and into his Circulation Meridians.

The pure Essence surged like rivers and seas, flowing endlessly as it permeated his meridians. Within his body, his Primordial Star True Qi moved like a Star River, rapidly refining the Essence that was pouring forth from the Red Lotus Mark.

Qin Feng remained expressionless, his mind serene and empty. His fingers intertwined, rapidly executing one Seal Technique after another, helping his Primordial Star True Qi devour and refine this gluttonous feast of energy.

His Realm at the Late Stage of Martial Arts Twelve Heavens began to loosen. The Primordial True Qi surged like a river of stars. After the twenty-seventh tide of True Qi, it quickly swelled into the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth tides, before reaching the thirtieth with unstoppable momentum.

RUMBLE!

Within him, the surging, milky-white Star True Qi roared like a Nine Heavens Star River, its vast power utterly unrivaled.

In the cave, countless motes of starlight seemed to flow beneath the black-robed youth’s skin, making him resemble an eternal Taigu Star Monarch. His skin suffused with a silvery-white light; a single wisp of his aura was potent enough to annihilate the entire Great Marsh.

Qin Feng desperately channeled the Secret Technique from the Innate Primordial Qi to compress his Primordial Star True Qi. The scattered wisps of Star True Qi began to condense as if a tide were gathering.

With every Circulation, the True Qi in his body grew more condensed, its volume shrinking slightly.

The buoyant starlight Qi was slowly condensed into tangible, silvery-bright strands of power as fine as silk threads.

After a full day of repeated circulations, the once-surging Star True Qi was condensed to a mere one-tenth of its original volume.

Yet, every strand of Star True Qi was now like a tangible thread of silvery-white hair, radiating an exceptionally brilliant silver light.

Qin Feng opened his eyes, a brilliant silver gleam flashing within them before vanishing. He moved his fingertip slightly, and a strand of silver light shot out. All at once, a massive section of rock in the cave walls shattered, turning to fine dust.

’Thirty tides! The Martial Arts Twelve Heavens Peak!’

This single day of Cultivation was worth more than months of his previous efforts.

Qin Feng’s eyes burned with fervor. The Essence surging from the Red Lotus Mark was comparable to any Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Elixir.

Moreover, it was even purer and more suitable for a Martial Arts Strongman to absorb and refine!

He glanced at the cavern, which was now several times larger, and raised his palm. In its center, a bewitching red lotus appeared, startlingly lifelike.

The Essence Qin Feng had drawn from the lotus so far was less than one-twentieth of its total reserves.

The Essence was an amalgamation of power from eight Ape Clan Kings and more than thirty of the Ape Race’s greatest prodigies. Even if Qin Feng could only draw a mere one percent of it, it was still a formidable amount of power.

After meditating and regulating his breath for half a day, Qin Feng began his assault on the Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens Realm.

For Qin Feng, there was no longer any bottleneck holding him back from the Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens Realm.

After steadying his mind, Qin Feng again activated his Cultivation Technique to draw Essence from the Red Lotus Mark. An endless stream of pure Essence, like wisps of a soft, bright Flame, bored into every one of his Circulation Meridians before merging into his Primordial Star True Qi.

’This is it!’

Qin Feng gathered the vast Star True Qi within his body and charged. With a deafening CRACK, the final Martial Arts Divine Pass shattered. A stream of Divine Storage Essence Qi, vibrant as a great dragon, burst forth. It shook its head and whipped its tail before crashing into his Primordial Star True Qi.

It was like a spark landing in a barrel of oil.

BOOM!

An immense bang erupted from within, a deafening roar that echoed in Qin Feng’s mind and nearly caused him to pass out.

Qin Feng clenched his jaw, forcibly enduring the violent tremor.

The Primordial Star True Qi was incredibly domineering. This brutish method of breaking through the pass sent violent tremors through his meridians as the energy rampaged about recklessly. The pain was so intense that Qin Feng felt like he was about to vomit blood.

Qin Feng suppressed the agonizing, twisting sensation and guided the Primordial Star True Qi to temper his tendons, bones, and meridians.

Unlike the placid Innate Primordial Qi, the Primordial Star True Qi possessed a domineering and savage quality. Its power was profound, as vast and unstoppable as the seas.

The way it forged his tendons, bones, meridians, and flesh was utterly barbaric.

In contrast, the pure Essence contained an ultimate Vitality. Like gentle water, it moistened and nourished his tendons, bones, and meridians, neutralizing the internal injuries caused by the forced tempering of the Primordial Star True Qi.

The two forces intertwined, creating a perfect synergy.

CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

As the incredibly potent Primordial Star True Qi tempered his body, a crisp, popping sound, like roasting beans, echoed from within his tendons, bones, and meridians.

The residual impurities in his tendons, bones, and meridians were forcibly expelled by the Primordial Star True Qi, making them increasingly strong and resilient.

A terrifying aura erupted from Qin Feng, flooding the cavern.

Qin Feng’s presence began to skyrocket.

Early Stage of the Martial Arts Thirteenth Heaven! Middle Stage! Late-stage Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens!

Qin Feng felt an urgent desire to charge directly past the Martial Arts Thirteen Realms and assault the Condensing Vein Realm!

He had a gut feeling that he could break through the bottleneck at any moment and naturally advance to the Condensing Vein Realm.

’No. This is the final step. I can’t just force my way through. This is an illusion caused by my explosive increase in power. If I break through now, I’ll almost certainly ruin the Unrivaled Foundation I’ve worked so hard to build!’

Sensing the changes within him, Qin Feng grew vigilant and warned himself.

’I’m already at the Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens Realm; this is the final step. It took so much effort to cultivate the Innate Primordial Qi to the 13th Layer. I can’t let a moment of impulse ruin everything.’

Qin Feng circulated a Secret Technique to suppress his Realm. With each Circulation, his liquid-like True Qi condensed slightly, growing a fraction brighter.

He slowly purged the remaining impurities from his True Qi.

When the True Qi in his meridians had been condensed to a third of its original volume, it slowly approached its absolute limit.

’Still at the Late-stage Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens! It seems the quality of my Primordial Star True Qi has reached its absolute peak!’

With that thought, Qin Feng stopped the condensation process.

’But my meridians can still handle more. This means my current Realm isn’t the true limit of the Martial Arts Thirteenth Heaven. I still have room to grow. I haven’t reached the Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens Peak!’

A sharp glint flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes as the Innate True Qi within him began to circulate wildly.

As his Cultivation Technique operated, a ceaseless stream of pure Essence was pulverized and refined by his True Qi before merging into the vast expanse of his Primordial Star True Qi.

The True Qi in Qin Feng’s body grew ever stronger and purer.

The immense True Qi surged through his body, creating a roar like a cataclysmic tsunami that caused the entire cave to tremble violently. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Countless fragments of rock rained down from the ceiling. An invisible shockwave radiated from the seated Qin Feng, sweeping outward and pulverizing everything within a radius of several meters into fine powder.

Slowly, the capacity of Qin Feng’s meridians reached its absolute limit.

On this day, Qin Feng opened his eyes. A thick beam of silver light shot forth from his gaze. His black hair whipped about behind his head as a terrifying aura exploded from him.

Qin Feng looked inward and saw that the True Qi in his body was as massive as a True Dragon from a Star River. It contained immense power, and with a single surge, it shot upward as if to pierce the very heavens.

When it circulated, it let out a terrifying dragon’s roar.

His meridians throbbed with a taut, swelling pain, as if his entire body was about to explode.

Instead of being alarmed, Qin Feng was elated. This was the sign that he had reached the Martial Arts Thirteen Heavens Peak.