Chapter 1736: Mysterious Saber Breaks Through to Ancient Saint

Whoosh!

Zhang Xuan stopped.

"How is it?"

Xing and Meng Swords Saint looked over with great curiosity.

They knew their son had a student who was a soul shaman and also the clan leader of the Jiang family, so he must be extremely skilled in the way of the soul, but they were not clear on exactly what level he had reached, and they were very curious.

"Well..." Zhang Xuan scratched his head, looking embarrassed. "This painting world is too small; my soul threads have already touched the edge..."

The painting world, even though Master Kong had sealed a piece of heaven and earth with great means, was still just a folded space, not boundless like the Master Teacher Continent. In total, its diameter was less than a million kilometers.

Thus, experimenting here could never reach the limit.

However, one thing was certain: in the way of the soul, he was already comparable to an Ancient Saint!

Of course, it was only comparable in 'quantity'; in 'quality' he was still far behind. At most, he could ensure that an Ancient Saint could not kill him with soul attacks, but he certainly could not contend with a powerhouse of that level.

"Even if the painting world is small, being able to extend to its edge shows that your soul realm is extremely powerful... As long as you also temper your mind and cultivation, breaking through this realm is inevitable!"

Xing Swords Saint sighed in admiration.

His son's talent was truly too heaven-defying.

For others, even when their cultivation reached the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm, their souls were still far behind, but he, at the peak of the Golden Body Realm, already had enough.

It was foreseeable that the Ancient Saint realm, which was difficult for others to break through, might not be so hard for him, just like other realms.

"Actually, increasing the soul is also very simple. I have a set of soul cultivation techniques here; you can practice them..."

With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Xuan produced a manual on soul cultivation.

Having comprehended the True Solution of the Soul and his attainments in soul shamanism, Zhang Xuan had long formed his own system of understanding regarding the soul. The technique he gave them was tailored to the Zhang family's constitution and had nothing to do with the Jiang family's techniques, so it did not leak clan secrets.

"This technique has great effects on increasing the soul. If you practice it diligently, barring accidents, in a month you can break through a million kilometers in soul realm!"

After reading the technique, Xing Swords Saint was filled with excitement.

"I hope you two will soon succeed in breaking through to Ancient Saint..." Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

"Break through to Ancient Saint?"

Xing Swords Saint shook his head. "Increasing the soul does not mean you can break through to Ancient Saint. There is also the mind, comprehension of techniques, understanding of heaven and earth, and self-accumulation... In short, Ancient Saint is extremely difficult. Although this technique has great effects, it can only increase my chances by about one-tenth!"

"Only one-tenth?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

"Yes, Ancient Saint changes fate, transcends the Heavenly Dao. This step is no less than a carp leaping over the dragon gate. The essence of life undergoes a complete transformation, even the meridians change... It is definitely not so easy to succeed..."

Xing Swords Saint nodded and explained, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the entire painting shake violently, and clusters of spiritual energy rapidly converged in one direction.

Then, a majestic force shot straight into the sky, splitting the world in two.

"This is... breaking through to Ancient Saint?"

His eyes wide, Xing Swords Saint felt his mind nearly explode; he was going crazy.

He had just said that breaking through this realm was very difficult, and now someone was breaking through. Who could it be?

He hurriedly looked toward the center of the spiritual energy convergence and saw a somewhat eerie long saber quietly suspended in the air, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy and Ancient Saint power in the air. Its power grew more and more vast and grand.

It was like rivers converging into the sea, increasing so fast that the aura inside the saber could not be controlled, surging and shaking.

"This is... your weapon?"

Swallowing his saliva, Xing Swords Saint couldn't help asking.

Zhang Xuan nodded, even he himself was slightly surprised.

The one breaking through now was the Mysterious Saber.

After driving away the people from the Hundred Schools of Thought earlier, it had not returned to the storage ring but had followed behind into this Four Seasons Painting.

The Mysterious Saber was originally a half-step Ancient Saint level divine weapon. Moreover, after devouring the blood and souls of 110,000 alien tribesmen, and having just harvested the souls of many alien tribesmen it had slain, its accumulation was already sufficient, only lacking the final push. Now, with ample Ancient Saint power in the painting, it succeeded in one go, smoothly reaching this realm.

Rustle!

The vast spiritual energy swept like a hurricane, the ground shook violently, and the entire painting world seemed unable to bear it, on the verge of collapse.

"The spiritual energy here is insufficient for its advancement. If this continues, I'm afraid the painting world will be directly destroyed..."

Xing Swords Saint's pupils contracted.

Normal cultivators breaking through to Ancient Saint would prepare countless resources so that they wouldn't run out of power midway.

The Mysterious Saber was just a weapon; even Zhang Xuan hadn't expected it to break through at this moment, so there was no advance preparation.

On the Master Teacher Continent, with ample spiritual energy, it could be sustained, but this was just a painting, not very stable. It had already begun to shake and could collapse at any moment.

Having finally found Ancient Saint power to impact the Ancient Saint realm, if it were damaged, wouldn't all efforts be wasted?

"Saber, swallow this..."

Knowing there was no time to hesitate, Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows and flicked his finger.

Whoosh!

A drop of blood flew straight out, emitting extremely pure power.

It was left behind by the old ghost Yu, who had been injured earlier.

The Zhang family's ancestor had collected the blood and given it to him. At this moment, if anything contained the most spiritual energy, it was definitely this, nothing else.

Sizzle!

As soon as the Mysterious Saber touched the blood, it drank it all up like drinking blood, but the spiritual energy still seemed insufficient.

Zhang Xuan continued to flick out drops of blood.

Another four drops in succession.

After absorbing these five drops, the Mysterious Saber finally stopped pulsating. A vast, invincible aura spread out, tearing through space, as if about to burst out of the painting world.

Rumble!

The painting space tore open a crack, and then a dark cloud covered it.

Heavenly Tribulation!

The Ancient Saint Tribulation that only appeared when breaking through to Ancient Saint!

Under normal circumstances, a folded space could not attract lightning tribulation, but breaking through to Ancient Saint was too powerful; the painting world could no longer conceal it.

Crack!

Thunder and heavenly fire descended from the sky, landing on the Mysterious Saber. The blood on it had not yet been fully consumed, and under the force of these two powers, it completely merged into the saber's body, leaving streaks of bloodstains.

Tempered by heavenly fire and thunder, the saber's body became even more eerie, captivating the soul.

Whoosh!

After an unknown time, the dark cloud dissipated. The Mysterious Saber hovered quietly in the air. With a gentle slash, the painting space split like tofu.

"I've reached Ancient Saint, haha..."

The spirit within the Mysterious Saber laughed loudly, then flickered and came before Zhang Xuan, directly kneeling: "Master!"