Chapter 189

There was no problem that an epiphany could not solve.

After one round of enlightenment, Su Fan directly solved the issues of breaking through, using forbidden techniques to raise his realm, and how to condense a true Spirit Sword.

"Begin the breakthrough!"

His lifespan burned wildly, and a heavenly ladder appeared before his eyes.

The higher his realm, the more lifespan he needed to expend when using the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder to break through.

Su Fan had no worries about his lifespan, so he burned it without restraint.

The heavenly ladder grew clearer and clearer.

At last, the first step solidified and appeared.

Within Su Fan's consciousness, a heavenly ladder stretched toward an unknown place, its end nowhere in sight.

The higher it went, the more illusory the ladder became.

Boom!

Stepping onto the solid first stair, Su Fan felt his power surge and his strength skyrocket.

The Profound Sword Realm was complete.

Immediately afterward, the second stair appeared.

Su Fan stepped onto the second stair.

Boom!

At that moment, his entire body was undergoing transformation.

"Condense!"

At that instant, the speed at which Su Fan burned his lifespan surged, and a black sword emerged.

Streams of lifespan washed over the sword.

At a certain moment.

A trace of spiritual charm appeared within the sword.

"Continue!"

Su Fan continued burning his lifespan madly to scour the sword. At a certain moment, the black sword gave birth to spirituality!

The Spirit Sword was formed!

Boom!

He broke through to the Spirit Sword Realm!

Su Fan did not stop there, instead preparing to continue advancing.

His lifespan was still burning wildly, and the third stair began to solidify.

Yet just as the third stair was about to fully solidify, it suddenly began to shake.

The entire heavenly ladder seemed unable to hold itself together.

I've reached the limit!

Su Fan frowned.

The heavenly ladder vanished.

This time, using the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder had raised him from the late Profound Sword Realm to the early Spirit Sword Realm.

The span of his advancement was considerably smaller than when he had first used the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder.

"The further one advances in realm, the harder every breakthrough becomes."

Su Fan sighed.

Even by burning his lifespan wildly, he could not resolve the inherent limitations of the forbidden technique itself.

The Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder was undoubtedly an incomparably powerful forbidden technique.

It could directly raise one's realm.

However, the further one cultivated, the more each minor realm breakthrough became a vast leap.

Thus, even a technique as powerful as the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder saw its gains diminish as one's realm grew higher.

Still, even breaking through one minor realm every month was terrifying enough.

Since ancient times, what powerhouse had ever managed to break through one minor realm per month?

Su Fan was simply somewhat dissatisfied with that.

"At the early Spirit Sword Realm, with my strength, the Void Sword Realm poses no threat whatsoever!"

Su Fan assessed his own strength.

As his realm rose, the speed of burning his lifespan increased, as did the upper limit of lifespan consumption. Accordingly, the power of his forbidden techniques also rose sharply.

After breaking through to the Spirit Sword Realm, Su Fan looked toward the Forbidden Art Graveyard.

It was time to cultivate a new forbidden technique.

And further enhance the forbidden techniques he had already cultivated.

He arrived before the tomb of the forbidden technique Nine Heavens Sword Escape, opened the grave, opened the jade coffin, and took out the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip.

"Nine Heavens Sword Escape, using lifespan as a sword, one sword escape through the Nine Heavens..."

By burning lifespan and executing a sword escape, one could attain unimaginable speed.

Crossing layer upon layer of space in an instant was no difficult feat.

It possessed the ultimate speed of rising to the Nine Heavens with one sword and plunging into the Nine Netherworld with another.

Of course, that required an exceptionally high realm and the expenditure of an enormous amount of lifespan.

It was far beyond what the Spirit Sword Realm, or even the Emperor Sword Realm, could achieve.

"With this forbidden technique, let's see who can escape from my grasp!"

Su Fan was overjoyed.

From this day onward, anyone he wished to kill would be unable to escape, even if they ascended to the Nine Heavens or descended into the Nine Netherworld!

After pressing the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip against his forehead and obtaining the cultivation method of the forbidden technique.

He closed the tomb of Nine Heavens Sword Escape.

Su Fan directly used the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique, cultivating Nine Heavens Sword Escape through enlightenment.

His talent now did not lose out to any peerless prodigy.

Coupled with his enlightenment, one session was enough for him to directly master Nine Heavens Sword Escape.

With a thought from Su Fan, his entire body seemed to transform into a streak of sword light.

In a single flash, he had already appeared at the other end of the Forbidden Art Graveyard.

Within the cave, sword light seemed to flicker. With every flash, a figure appeared.

Swish, swish, swish!

Su Fan continuously executed Nine Heavens Sword Escape. Sword light flickered through the cave like lightning, reaching the other end in an instant.

"As expected of a forbidden technique. This speed is invincible!"

Su Fan halted and said with feeling.

"My strength no longer has any real weaknesses or flaws."

"I'll enhance every forbidden technique once more."

Su Fan began enhancing all his forbidden techniques, increasing the speed and upper limit of lifespan consumption.

This was a process of constant cultivation and accumulation.

Forbidden techniques could only be improved by expending lifespan.

Su Fan's lifespan was endless; for him, this was an entirely ordinary cultivation method.

In the blink of an eye.

Nearly half a month had passed since Ling Rushuang last brought him food.

Judging by the time, Ling Rushuang would soon be bringing food again.

At Su Fan's current realm, he basically no longer needed to eat.

Yet he still concealed his cultivation.

He looked the same as before, a useless cripple in the Mortal Realm.

Moreover, though he no longer needed food to fill his stomach, Su Fan still greatly enjoyed the pleasures of the palate.

"With my current strength, the Void Sword Realm is no match for me."

"Even an ordinary Emperor Sword Realm that has form but no substance probably cannot threaten me."

The current Su Fan already possessed a certain degree of confidence.

Yet he was still far from invincible.

"Once I reach the Emperor Sword Realm, it will be about time to descend the mountain."

Su Fan estimated that once he broke through to the Emperor Sword Realm, his strength would be enough to utterly crush other Emperor Sword Realm cultivators.

Even God Realm experts would probably be unable to threaten him.

Besides, there seemingly were no longer any God Realm experts in the world.

Even the Heaven Realm was more or less a legendary existence.

At least, that was true in the Chu Kingdom and throughout the cultivation world of the Eastern Region.

"At the Emperor Sword Realm, if I unleash my forbidden techniques, I won't lose even to the God Realm!"

Su Fan's heart stirred with excitement. The day he descended the mountain was not far off.

Those who wanted to kill him could wait for him to come knocking.

Furthermore, there seemed to be something suspicious about the matter of the broken engagement.

When the time came, he would seek out Wu Aoxue and ask what had happened.

If the Tianwu Royal Estate did not know what was good for it, then he would destroy it!

A cold gleam flashed through Su Fan's eyes.

Looking at the many forbidden technique tombs in the Forbidden Art Graveyard, Su Fan felt that he still needed to master more forbidden techniques.

All kinds of forbidden techniques.

There was no such thing as too many forbidden techniques.

After all, different circumstances required different forbidden techniques.

"I don't need to learn them all. I'll pick out some powerful, unusual, and obscure forbidden techniques to learn. There's no downside!"

After all, there was still more than half a month before his next realm advancement.

It was the perfect opportunity to learn several more forbidden techniques.

Su Fan left the Forbidden Art Graveyard and arrived atop the Cliff of Reflection.

As usual, he stood beneath that great tree.

Waiting for Ling Rushuang to arrive.

This time, he intended to ask Ling Rushuang why she specifically brought him food. Was she acting at someone's request, or was there another reason?