Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System

The others also saw substantial improvements in their strength, and each of them felt immensely satisfied.

After all, if they had entered without Li Yun, they might have only made it to the fifteenth wave at most. They might not even have reached that far.

"Return."

Finally, the group took out their tokens, and their figures vanished at the same time.

In the next moment, Li Yun and the others reappeared within the Purple Mist Sea.

"Hm?"

Upon seeing Li Yun, the black-robed deacon Chen Feng widened his eyes, wearing an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"Major accomplishment stage of the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm?"

He remembered very clearly that before Li Yun entered the Endless Demon Cave, he had only been at the 1st level of Heavenly Core Realm.

Yet now, Li Yun’s cultivation had already reached the major accomplishment stage of the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm, and he was extremely close to perfection.

When Chen Feng learned that Li Yun had passed a total of eighteen rounds, he became even more dumbfounded and utterly shocked.

One had to know that even ten cultivators at the major accomplishment stage of the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm might not achieve such a result when joining forces.

Yet Li Yun had managed to do it with this group of mismatched disciples.

That was right.

In Chen Feng’s eyes, Ye Qingxue and the others were nothing but mismatched disciples.

Their strength was quite ordinary even among those at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm. Looking across the entire outer sect, they could at best rank in the middle.

Such a group would be lucky to make it to fifteen rounds at most.

But now, by following Li Yun, this group had reached the eighteenth round of the Endless Demon Cave.

This was simply a miracle.

"Truly worthy of being the top figure on the Candidate Elite List."

In the end, Chen Feng could only sigh with that sentiment.

After bidding farewell to Chen Feng, Ye Qingxue, and the others, Li Yun directly returned to Profound Sword Island.

With his current cultivation level, he could be considered close to the elite level of the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm.

However, placed within the entire outer sect of Sword Peak, he could only rank in the upper-middle tier.

And with only one month left until the start of the Elite Disciple Challenge Tournament, he had to enhance his strength further within this month.

He did not plan to go to another secret realm similar to the Endless Demon Cave.

After all, raising his cultivation by a major step within a few hours was simply too fast.

Cultivating too quickly was not always a good thing. Excessive speed could easily lead to unstable true essence and an unsteady foundation. While it might bring immediate benefits, it could cause significant harm to one’s future.

Therefore, for the next period of time, Li Yun planned to thoroughly temper the chaos qi within his body.

As long as he could raise his cultivation to the perfection stage of the 2nd level of Heavenly Core Realm, that would be sufficient.

"Since I cannot improve too much in terms of cultivation, I will focus my effort on martial skills next."

Li Yun pondered silently.

Regarding Slow Sword, he had also reached a temporary bottleneck. Progressing further and integrating more of the Mountain River Sword Art into Slow Sword was not something that could be achieved in the short term.

Moreover, even if he could increase the power of Slow Sword by another level, it might not significantly boost his overall strength.

Therefore, what he truly wanted to improve was soul-attack sword techniques.

Possessing the Three Souls Secret Art, Li Yun was inherently gifted in the Way of the Soul.

If he combined that with sword techniques, it would be enough for him to dominate among cultivators at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm.

After all, even cultivators at the perfection stage of the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm, though very close to the Spirit Manifestation Realm, were still not true Spirit Manifestation Realm cultivators.

Their soul strength ultimately had limits.

"Bi Xuan, go borrow a batch of sword technique scriptures related to soul attacks for me."

Thinking of this, he immediately called out.

Only an hour later, Bi Xuan delivered the scriptures he wanted.

However, unlike last time, this batch of scriptures consisted of only a few dozen volumes.

The Way of the Soul was inherently profound and mysterious. Those who could integrate soul attacks into sword techniques were exceedingly rare. Scriptures concerning this aspect were naturally much scarcer and more precious.

And this was within the Profound Origin Immortal Sect.

If it were an ordinary second-rate or third-rate force, they might not be able to find even a few scriptures on this topic even if they emptied their Scripture Pavilion.

In the following days, Li Yun immersed himself in those scriptures.

It had to be said that the Way of the Soul was truly profoundly abstruse, like an endless starry sky, infinite and boundless. One could only ever glimpse one aspect of it and could never easily comprehend its entirety.

Scene after scene continuously surfaced in Li Yun’s mind.

These scenes included his great battle with Crown Prince Xuan Tian, as well as his fight against the clone of the Bloodiron Holy Son.

Scene after scene flashed by like a revolving lantern.

At this moment, Li Yun’s soul and memories seemed to separate. His soul hovered high above, looking down upon all his experiences and memories.

Finally, the scenes froze on an image within the Endless Demon Cave.

A group of ghostly stone tablets with vertical eyes were shooting out dark rays of light.

At this moment, Li Yun suddenly gained insight.

Eyes were the windows to the soul.

In a sense, they represented the soul and were intimately connected to it. Therefore, the most suitable medium for unleashing soul attacks was actually various pupil techniques.

Moreover, Li Yun realized that he had never truly utilized the full potential of his Nine Tribulations Divine Eye.

Now was the best opportunity to do so.

He would combine pupil sword techniques with soul-type sword techniques to create a soul-attack martial skill.

Once he grasped the direction, endless insights immediately began to sprout in Li Yun’s heart.

What he needed to do was sift out the useless parts and retain only the most essential essence.

This process took him nearly a full month.

Only three days before the start of the Elite Disciple Challenge Tournament did he finally open his eyes.

At this moment, his left pupil vanished.

Deep within his eye socket, like a starry river, countless swords continuously rose, fell, formed, and dissipated.

Each sword differed completely in size and style.

Some were as thin and light as fingernails. Some stretched thousands of meters long. Some were incomparably sharp, while others were covered in rust.

Not only that, but the number of swords was also constantly changing.

At times, there were only two or three.

At other times, there were thousands upon thousands.

Each glance revealed a completely different scene.

"Finally created it."

Li Yun let out a breath and said, "This sword technique combines soul power with my Nine Tribulations Divine Eye, so I will call it Illusion-Extinguishing Sword Pupil."

He took one step forward, and his figure directly left the palace.

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