Chapter 117: Soul Master Rank

This place truly lives up to the Sacred Martial Academy; its resources and opportunities far surpass the outside world. Even a single pill can transform a person completely.

The effect of this pill is better than the results Ye Liuyun gets from a year of his own cultivation.

Especially his Immortal Overlord Body, which becomes harder to refine over time. Yet after a single purification it advanced to the Sixth Layer—simply unbelievable.

Now, relying solely on his physical strength, he is stronger than the True Essence Ninth Layer Summit. Moreover, his organs, meridians, bones, and flesh are powerful from the inside out.

He is confident that even Yuan Meng, ranked third, cannot match his body‑refining results.

He can now at least guarantee an invincible position among the outer‑sect members.

The effect of the Marrow‑Purifying Pill goes beyond that.

Ye Liuyun's realm also rose to the True Origin Sixfold as his bodily abilities improved.

Undoubtedly, this Marrow‑Purifying Pill truly transformed Ye Liuyun! All aspects of his strength leapt upward by a great margin!

After his realm rose, his True Essence became more condensed, and the Golden Crow Holy Fire grew stronger. Moreover, he can now unleash nine strands of True Essence at once. In sheer quantity, he is no worse than a disciple of the True Essence Ninth Layer.

Once the effects were fully absorbed, Ye Liuyun finally got up to feel the changes throughout his body.

Having experienced the Marrow‑Purifying Pill's effect, he couldn't help but want to forge more for reserve. With his realm now broken through and his true fire stronger, he should be able to craft higher‑grade pills.

So he went to the Spirit Pill Hall and asked Qi Tianyue for the required ingredients.

After returning, Ye Liuyun first took out the pill furnace Huo Lao had given him, studied it briefly, and forged a simple pill.

After becoming familiar with it, he then began forging Marrow‑Purifying Pills.

With his realm raised, the pills he forged were far more effective.

One furnace yielded ten pills: three Earth Tier medium‑grade, four Earth Tier low‑grade, and three Mysterious Tier supreme‑grade.

Then he forged two more furnaces, producing a total of eleven Earth Tier medium‑grade, fourteen Earth Tier low‑grade, and five Mysterious Tier supreme‑grade Marrow‑Purifying Pills.

He gave Lei Ming and Bald Vulture three Earth Tier medium‑grade Marrow‑Purifying Pills each, and took out two Earth Tier medium‑grade and four Earth Tier low‑grade pills to give to Song Yi and Li Mengxi.

Ye Liuyun estimated that after Bald Vulture takes these pills, he should also break through to the True Origin Sevenfold.

As for Lei Ming, his realm was previously indiscernible, but after the Illusion Pupil gained X‑ray ability, it was seen that she had already reached the True Essence Ninth Layer Summit.

Afterwards, he left his quarters to find Song Yi and Li Mengxi.

At that moment the two were cultivating in their rooms; upon arriving, Ye Liuyun handed them the Marrow‑Purifying Pills.

They were naturally immensely grateful.

"Junior brother, have you reached the True Origin Sixfold?" Li Mengxi, observant, instantly noticed Ye Liuyun's change of realm.

"Yes! My strength has leapt upward by a great margin," Ye Liuyun laughed.

Song Yi also told him about the changes among the outer‑sect disciples during this period.

"Long Yue's realm has already broken through to the True Essence Ninth Layer Summit. Nan Xin'er was taken as a disciple by an inner‑sect elder and entered the inner sect directly. Even Qi Tianyue, because of his aunt's influence, has taken the Marrow‑Purifying Pill several times and his realm is now close to the True Essence Ninth Layer."

Ye Liuyun mused, "It seems everyone is advancing rapidly; lag even a step and you'll be left behind."

Immediately, he activated his Illusion Pupil to glance at Song Yi and Li Mengxi.

Song Yi was fine, not very sensitive. Li Mengxi, however, instantly felt a glaring illusion, flushed, and shot Ye Liuyun a glare.

Ye Liuyun now perceives a person's realm by directly seeing through to their Qi Sea, yielding more accurate results. He wasn't deliberately looking at Li Mengxi.

Nevertheless, he forced a nervous laugh to mask his awkwardness.

Afterward, he took out several Condensing Essence Pills he had forged and gave them to the two. Compared to them, both of their realms had been improving rather slowly; if they don't catch up quickly, they'll fall farther behind.

"Here are some pills for you; I made too many to consume them all. This Condensing Essence Pill is far more useful than a Gathering Essence Pill!" Ye Liuyun told a small lie.

"How can you be so shameless! These pills must be expensive, right?" Song Yi said apologetically, yet reached out his hand.

"Junior brother, you no longer need to look after us; gather more usable resources for yourself. Your own advancement is paramount! We can obtain resources through our own effort. Relying on you constantly breeds dependence!"

Ye Liuyun's care for them was already ample; she didn't want Ye Liuyun's cultivation progress delayed because of looking after them.

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected that this senior sister was stronger than the men!

"Fine! I agree. But this time you should accept them first!"

Li Mengxi finally took the pills.

Afterwards the few of them chatted a while about recent events, and Ye Liuyun returned to his quarters.

Ye Liuyun hadn't gone far before he ran into Long Yue.

When Long Yue first arrived, he was at the True Essence Eighth Layer Summit; now he's at the True Essence Ninth Layer Summit. His rate of progress is indeed rapid.

"Junior brother Ye, you've been living quite luxuriously lately. Valued by Huo Lao and favored by Princess Tianyue, it's truly enviable!" Long Yue initiated conversation, his tone tinged with a sour note.

Ye Liuyun caught a trace of jealousy and resentment in his eyes.

When they first entered the academy, Qi Tianyue was close to him. The two were spoken of as a perfect couple, their family backgrounds well matched.

Recently, however, Qi Tianyue has been getting closer to Ye Liuyun, which makes Long Yue uncomfortable.

Ye Liuyun and Qi Tianyue originally had nothing special, so he didn't mind. He greeted Long Yue and prepared to leave.

"Junior brother Ye, you're the opponent I want to challenge!"

Long Yue, however, tossed a line at him.

"Challenge me?"

Ye Liuyun shook his head; he had never regarded Long Yue as a rival.

Song Yi had just told him that a few days earlier, Long Yue had defeated the 26th‑ranked inner‑sect substitute disciple.

But if Long Yue wishes to challenge him, he's still far away.

After returning, Ye Liuyun immediately resumed cultivation. News of everyone's rapid advancement gave him a slight sense of pressure.

However, his blood meridians, True Essence, Immortal Overlord Body, and realm have just risen, and he hasn't encountered higher‑level techniques yet; after some thought, it seemed he could only start refining his Illusion Eye Technique for now.

He first applied the "Thunderfire Heaven‑Burning" move to the Illusion Eye Technique.

Previously, he had only refined the "Purple Lightning Prison Cage" to trap and drain an opponent's True Essence, but it wasn't a killing move. As for true fire, his body‑refining level was insufficient, so he could never unleash it.

This time, his Immortal Overlord Body had reached the Sixth Layer, finally allowing him to wield flame power through the Illusion Pupil.

It's just that his current Thunderfire Heaven‑Burning Technique hasn't yet incorporated the Golden Crow Holy Fire; because his own Soul hasn't been tempered by the Golden Crow Holy Fire, for now he can only use true fire, but that's still enough to extinguish the opponent's Soul.

Then he began to study the "Illusion Truth Manual" that the Elder had given him.

It is a purely Soul‑type cultivation method, so it starts by outlining the ranking system of Soul Masters.

This completely solved Ye Liuyun's problem of not knowing how to classify Soul levels.

Soul Masters are divided into nine levels.

Level one: Spiritual Soul Attack; level two: Soul Solidification; level three: Dual Use; level four: Soul Multiplication; level five: Ranged Attack; level six: Soul Devour; level seven: Second Soul; level eight: Soul Out‑of‑Body; level nine: Soul Indestructibility.

Ye Liuyun confirmed that he is currently a second‑rank Soul Master, with his Soul in the process of solidification.

A first‑rank Soul Master's Spiritual Soul Attack does not refer to a simple Divine Sense collision, but rather a patterned, precise strike like his Illusion Eye Technique and Soul Sword.

As for the Dual Use of a third‑rank Soul Master, he has not yet met the requirement; he can only slightly divide his attention to perform some simple tasks.