Chapter 189

Su Fan emerged from the Forbidden Art Graveyard. Ling Rushuang would bring food today.

There were only three days left until he could use the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder to raise his cultivation again.

Three days later, he would be a Spirit Sword Realm cultivator.

Although he was only at the late Profound Sword Realm, his strength had already surpassed the bounds of the Spirit Sword Realm.

Even if he had not reached the Void Sword Realm, he was not far from it.

Su Fan did not wait long before Ling Rushuang arrived.

As always, Ling Rushuang set down the food box, picked up the old one, turned, and prepared to leave.

Su Fan said nothing either.

Now was not the time to ask. Once his strength rose to the Void Sword Realm, it would be time to ask why.

"I won't come again until half a month later."

Ling Rushuang left behind those words and departed.

Su Fan froze. Not until half a month later?

Carrying the food box, Su Fan returned to the Forbidden Art Graveyard and continued consuming his lifespan to cultivate forbidden arts.

"It's time to raise my talent again."

Su Fan pondered. As his talent improved, the amount it increased each day had begun to weaken steadily.

By now, it could only increase his talent by ten percent.

The first improvement had yielded the best results.

Though theoretically, the forbidden art Mend Talent had no upper limit on how much it could raise one's talent.

Still, as talent increased, its effects would weaken, while the lifespan it consumed would rise.

"Since Mend Talent was created, why can't I improve it, or find a way to boost my talent massively in one go?"

Su Fan's heart immediately stirred.

He directly cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique and entered a state of enlightenment.

After awakening from enlightenment, Su Fan entered a sage-like state. After taking a moment to recover, he entered enlightenment again.

After his talent improved, the effects of enlightenment also rose dramatically.

After several rounds of enlightenment, Su Fan finally realized a method to greatly improve his talent.

There were still some limitations, however.

But once his talent rose this time, it would be enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with those peerless prodigies.

Perhaps even surpass them.

"Burn a thousand years of lifespan and patch up my talent!"

Su Fan was ecstatic. He directly cast the enlightened version of the forbidden art Mend Talent, and his lifespan began burning wildly.

The exhilarating sensation of talent improving washed over him.

His consciousness became more ethereal and keen, while even his physique underwent transformation.

When the improved forbidden art Mend Talent raised his talent, it also caused his physique to transform to a degree.

Boom!

A thousand years of lifespan were consumed, and his talent soared dramatically.

This time, Su Fan deeply felt the difference within himself.

"So this is what it feels like to be a peerless prodigy?"

"No, my talent now should be thirty percent stronger than those peerless prodigies!"

Su Fan clenched his fist, feeling that his strength had grown beyond what it had been before his talent improved.

"With my current talent, coupled with the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique, what cultivation method could I possibly fail to learn?"

"Not only that, I can create cultivation methods myself!"

If one enlightenment was not enough, then he would enter enlightenment several more times.

With enough instances of enlightenment, cultivation methods could naturally be created.

Were not the cultivation methods of this world also created by ancient great powers?

Boom!

Su Fan's aura erupted. Heaven-Shattering Sword Intent surged, and a black longsword materialized.

Forbidden art, Heaven-Shattering Sword!

At this moment, the Heaven-Shattering Sword's might was even more terrifying.

The sword intent that exterminated all things swirled around Su Fan like a raging torrent.

Its momentum was horrifying!

Was this something a Profound Sword Realm cultivator could achieve?

Rumble!

All of a sudden, the Heaven-Shattering Sword Intent around Su Fan surged again, and a second black longsword emerged.

"Even if I'm not yet equal to the Void Sword Realm, I should not be far off."

Su Fan withdrew the forbidden art.

That burst had consumed several hundred years of lifespan.

To Su Fan, a mere few hundred years of lifespan was not worth even blinking over.

The Void Sword Realm was not merely about surface-level killing power. Its essence lay in the word "void."

The sword was like nothingness; killing was formless!

That was the true essence of the Void Sword Realm.

Back in the day, Void Sword Realm experts of Sword God Mountain had been able to contend with ordinary Emperor Realm experts of the cultivation world!

That was also why Sword God Mountain had once been incomparably powerful.

But now, most Void Sword Realm experts possessed only the power, not the form.

Their strength was merely comparable to King Realm experts, let alone enough to contend with Emperor Realm experts.

Naturally, Su Fan, who cultivated forbidden arts, could not be judged by ordinary logic.

"It's time to cultivate a new forbidden art."

Su Fan entered the Forbidden Art Grave Forest and headed directly toward the stretch of great tombs in its depths.

The forbidden arts buried here were clearly stronger.

"Forbidden art, Tomb of Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor!"

Su Fan stopped before a great tomb. Was this a defensive forbidden art?

As he opened the tombstone, a three-foot jade coffin appeared.

Lines of tiny characters on the jade coffin introduced the forbidden art.

"Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor: use lifespan as armor to resist any attack. The more lifespan consumed, the stronger the defense..."

"This forbidden art is not bad!"

Su Fan nodded. Now that he had offensive forbidden arts, how could he lack a defensive one?

Normally, such forbidden arts were cast only at critical moments to preserve one's life.

But for Su Fan, forbidden arts could be used anytime, anywhere.

He had no need to worry about his lifespan.

Taking out the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip, Su Fan memorized it and could not help marveling at the power of this defensive forbidden art.

By burning lifespan, it formed a layer of defensive armor that protected every direction.

"Enlightenment!"

Su Fan directly cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique and entered enlightenment.

Although with his current talent, comprehending this forbidden art would not take much time.

He had simply grown accustomed to enlightenment.

Enlightenment was the best method of cultivation.

When Su Fan awoke from enlightenment, he had already mastered the forbidden art Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor.

His lifespan burned in an instant, and a layer of invisible armor clung to his body.

There was not the slightest fluctuation.

No one would be able to discover that he actually had an invisible layer of protection around him.

Su Fan raised his hand and directly sent a Heaven-Shattering Sword strike crashing down upon himself.

Ripples spread.

An attack nearly comparable to the Void Sword Realm was unable to harm him in the slightest.

"With my current defense, even if I stand still, Spirit Sword Realm cultivators won't be able to hurt me!"

Su Fan was overjoyed.

Forbidden arts truly were extraordinary. Every one of them was immensely powerful.

They could directly defend against attacks a whole major realm above.

Ordinarily, after casting the defensive forbidden art Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor, one would inevitably consume a considerable amount of lifespan. The stronger the attack faced, the more lifespan it consumed.

An ordinary cultivator could only use it at a critical moment.

They would resist an attack at the price of consuming their lifespan.

Since Su Fan had infinite lifespan, he naturally would not begrudge such consumption.

For the sake of his life, and to prevent sneak attacks, he even decided to keep consuming lifespan to maintain the defense of Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor.

"For everyday defense, it only needs to withstand attacks one major realm higher, but that cannot be its defensive limit."

With a thought from Su Fan, his lifespan burned wildly as he began raising Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor's defensive limit.

"If crossing one major realm is not the limit, then what about defense across two major realms?"

"There's nothing enlightenment can't solve. Let me enter enlightenment and see how to increase Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor's defensive limit!"

Su Fan directly cast the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique.

He entered a state of enlightenment.

This time, after only three rounds of enlightenment, he raised Heavenly Imperial Sword Armor's defensive limit.

It simply could not be maintained for long.

But that was enough.

Defense across two major realms!!!

That was the power and terror of forbidden arts.

But the lifespan they consumed was equally terrifying.

An ordinary Spirit Realm cultivator would likely exhaust their lifespan and die after casting it just two or three times.

Even casting the forbidden art once would burn so much lifespan that it damaged their foundation!