Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Breakthrough to the Divine Power Realm, The Northern Sword King’s Disciple
After Su Bai chose to use it, an ethereal wheel materialized before him.
On the wheel, only a single slot held flickering cultivation techniques of various grades.
The other nine slots all contained rewards of varying amounts of Experience Points!
In other words, the chance of drawing a Cultivation Technique was likely only one in ten.
He said ’likely’ because the Purification Tripod held the final say in all matters.
WHIR! WHIR!
Then, the pointer on the wheel began to spin.
In the end, the pointer landed on an Experience Points slot!
"Congratulations, Tripod Master, you have obtained 5,000 Experience Points!"
’Five thousand Experience Points... not bad.’
’It’s alright.’
Su Bai didn’t give it much thought and continued his rounds, hoping to run into a newly admitted criminal.
「One month later.」
In his personal palace.
’I’ve finally saved up enough Experience Points!’
A look of delight appeared on Su Bai’s face as he gazed at the accumulated Experience Points on his status panel.
Over this period, he had personally incarcerated several criminals.
His Experience Point income had grown once again!
Now, he was earning over four thousand Experience Points per day!
That’s why he was able to accumulate them so quickly!
Su Bai poured all his Experience Points into his Realm!
RUMBLE!
The next moment, an immense surge of energy flooded Su Bai’s body!
Tempered by this energy, the True Qi within Su Bai began to multiply explosively!
Su Bai felt as if his body was about to burst!
He hurriedly stabilized his Heart Spirit and began to slowly refine the energy.
As time went on, the True Qi in his body rapidly compressed and condensed, appearing to undergo a qualitative transformation!
His Dantian was now completely filled with True Qi, undergoing a tremendous metamorphosis, as if a new world was being born within him.
At a certain point, all the True Qi in his body coalesced into a vortex, shimmering with a miraculous gold and white light!
Now, with a single thought, vast amounts of True Qi would gush from the vortex and flood his entire body.
When he consumed some True Qi, the vortex in his body would automatically begin to spin, endlessly generating more True Qi for his use.
Su Bai stood up and clenched his fist, discovering that his strength had risen to a terrifying level after the breakthrough!
One hundred thousand jin of strength!
This was a Divine Power Realm Martial Artist!
"I’ve finally broken through to the Divine Power Realm!"
Su Bai murmured, his expression tinged with excitement.
He had broken through to the Divine Power Realm First Layer. On top of that, he also possessed a Fifth-Grade Body Refining Technique—the Golden Body Technique!
Su Bai’s current strength was now second to none, even within the entire C Prison Area!
’The True Qi in my body didn’t disappear. Instead, it evolved into that special, dual-colored gold and white vortex!’
’And the quality of my True Qi has likely increased nearly tenfold compared to when I was at the Ninth Level of the Tongxuan Realm!’
Su Bai was somewhat surprised after carefully perceiving the changes.
At the same time, he understood why he had never heard of any geniuses in the prison who could kill those in a higher realm.
It might have been possible in the earlier realms.
But the further one progressed, the wider the gap became!
This so-called "killing across realms" was simply illogical.
Especially after personally experiencing the power of the Divine Power Realm, Su Bai could clearly sense the difference. He could probably kill his past self—the one at the Qi Sea Ninth Level—with a single slap!
The gap was just too vast!
Divine Power! Divine Power!
A Martial Artist who broke through to this realm would experience a massive increase in strength and defense. Their Divine Power was fierce and unrivaled!
’A Divine Power Pattern!’
Then, Su Bai looked at the golden, spiral-shaped pattern that had appeared on his right arm and came to a realization.
A Divine Power Realm Martial Artist would grow one such golden, spiral pattern on their arms for each layer they broke through!
Upon reaching the Ninth Level of the Divine Power Realm, they would have nine golden patterns.
He had heard from a new Prison Chief before that a Martial Artist who reached the Ninth Level of the Divine Power Realm could enter the B-Class Prison and serve as a Prison Chief there.
’Time to check my status panel!’
The thought flashed through his mind, and Su Bai proceeded to check his status.
[Tripod Master: Su Bai]
[Realm: Divine Power First Layer (12,000/150,000)]
[Cultivation Technique: Purple Mist Saber Technique (Third Grade Technique) - Level: Entering the Hall!]
[Three Illusions Dustless (Fourth-grade Technique) - Level: Mastery!]
[Golden Body Technique (Fifth-Grade Technique) - Level: Returning to the Essence!]
[Concealing Breath Scripture (Special Cultivation Technique)]
[Stored Experience Points: 12,000]
’Breaking through to the Divine Power Realm Second Layer requires 150,000 Experience Points!’
Su Bai’s heart stirred as he read the realm information on the panel.
This was more or less what he had expected.
As his Realm continued to rise, the amount of Experience Points required would also increase.
However, as his strength increased, the amount of Experience Points he could obtain would also grow.
The two were complementary, in a way.
’The criminals from over a dozen zones have basically all been absorbed into the Purification Tripod.’
’It’ll probably be difficult to increase my Experience Point income any further from just these zones in the short term.’
Su Bai mused to himself with a sigh.
During this time, he had absorbed nearly all the criminals from Zone One through Zone Seventeen into the Purification Tripod, which was how he’d managed to achieve such a high income of Experience Points.
But if he wanted to increase his Experience Point income, he would have to expand his territory.
Or... head to the next level of the prison.
Namely, the B Prison Area!
The criminals there were stronger, so naturally, the Experience Point income they could provide would be much greater.
’No need to rush. First, I’ll absorb all the criminals in the entirety of Zone C into the Purification Tripod.’
’Then I’ll consider heading to the B-Class Prison!’
After a moment’s thought, Su Bai formed a preliminary plan for his future collection efforts.
Though he had never personally been to the B-Class Prison, he had heard about it from some of the other Prison Chiefs.
The weakest criminals imprisoned there were at the Tongxuan Realm, with most being Qi Sea Realm Martial Artists. There was even a handful of Divine Power Realm Martial Artists!
There were even a few Demons who were powerhouses that had surpassed the Divine Power Realm!
The danger level was extremely high!
That was why Su Bai was in no hurry to enter the B-Class Prison.
「One morning.」
Su Bai was walking down the corridor of the interrogation block.
"Su Prison Chief! Morning!"
A few young Prison Guards, escorting a very young-looking criminal, greeted Su Bai as they passed.
’That kid looks like he’s only eight or nine years old, doesn’t he?’
Su Bai’s interest was piqued by the sight of such a young criminal.
"You bunch of mutts! Just you wait until my swordsmanship is perfected! I’ll dice you all into a thousand pieces!"
"And feed you to the dogs!"
The boy roared at them, his face a mask of ferocity.
He looked as savage as a mad dog.
"Is this kid nuts or something?"
Having been cursed at out of the blue, Su Bai glanced at the boy before turning to a nearby Prison Guard to ask.
The young Prison Guard came over to Su Bai and chuckled.
"Shortly after entering the Great Xia Dynasty, he committed a string of major crimes!"
"Su Prison Chief, don’t let his delicate features fool you. He’s actually extremely vicious!"
"Tsk, tsk! I heard that anyone who falls into his hands suffers unimaginable torture. They say it’s like death by a thousand cuts! A fate worse than death!"
"The Prison Chief of our zone is coming to interrogate him personally in a bit!"
Just before he left, the Prison Guard suddenly added.
"Oh, right! Su Prison Chief! He’s also said to be the disciple of the Northern Sword King!"
While the guard was speaking, the boy standing nearby continued to roar incessantly.
Maniacal, cruel, and utterly bloodthirsty!
That was the image the boy projected.
A moment later, as he watched them leave, Su Bai pondered.
’Northern Sword King?’
’That name sounds a little familiar!’
