I Can Strengthen Everything

"When did he slay the Great Demon?"

Before Feng Xiu could finish, Shen Ye’s eyes widened as he stared at him and demanded.

"It must have been in the last day or two. I saw Lord Fang the day before yesterday, but he was gone yesterday. He probably killed it then," Feng Xiu replied.

!!!

Hearing Feng Xiu’s words, Shen Ye couldn’t help but feel a jolt. His gaze drifted toward Fang Xing’s distant courtyard, then fell to the large, fragrant bowl of meat before him.

"What kind of Great Demon meat is this?" Shen Ye asked, steadying himself as he accepted the bowl.

"It’s from a Tiger Demon," Feng Xiu replied.

"A Tiger Demon..." Shen Ye casually picked up a piece of meat and tasted it. He nodded lightly. "Mm, it’s not bad."

Feng Xiu smiled. "I’m glad you like it, sir."

"Alright, you may go." Shen Ye waved his hand. Feng Xiu nodded and departed.

Closing the courtyard gate, Shen Ye stared at the bowl of meat in his hands, his heart still racing.

’That guy... he quietly went and slayed another Great Demon.’

’It won’t be long before he takes that vacant Vice Marshal position.’

Shen Ye sighed.

His gaze drifted toward Fang Xing’s courtyard.

The change from when they first met to now... it felt like a dream.

’This kind of growth in strength... it’s more than just a small leap!’

’Looks like I need to speed up my breakthrough. Yes, tomorrow I can go to the Merit Hall and redeem that Elixir. I have to at least catch up to his Cultivation level.’

The thought flashed through his mind, and Shen Ye carried the large bowl of meat into his house.

...

「A few days passed in a flash.」

In his room within the courtyard, Fang Xing slowly opened his eyes. An invisible aura of power coiled around him.

In eight days, he had finally and completely absorbed the power of the White Tiger Essence.

With the power of the White Tiger Essence, he had successfully broken through, stepping into the True Qi Third Layer.

The True Qi within his body had increased more than tenfold.

Beyond the breakthrough in his Cultivation, the White Tiger Essence had also allowed him to instantly break through to the Fifth Layer of the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt.

At the Fifth Layer of the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt, his Dragon Scale Purple Armor had become even more formidable.

He could now block the edge of the Demon Suppression Treasure Saber with his body alone, without even needing to channel his energy.

’Eighty thousand pounds of power!’

Fang Xing was deeply satisfied as he felt the Divine Power coursing through his body.

By breaking through to the Fifth Layer of the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt, on top of the tempering and enhancement his Flesh Body received from the White Tiger Essence, his Physical Strength had reached a divine level of eighty thousand pounds.

With pure Physical Strength alone, not even a True Qi Third Layer expert could withstand his power.

A single punch could shatter their True Qi Protection.

’Demon Monster Essence is truly incredible stuff.’

Merely the enhancement from two Demon Cores had given his strength a meteoric rise.

Without the help of the Dragon Essence and the White Tiger Essence, he might not have reached this level even after a year or more.

For breakthroughs in the True Qi Realm, the importance of resources was even greater.

Treasure Medicine, Elixirs, Divine Objects, and the like.

The resources required for each new level increased exponentially.

Strength and resources were directly proportional.

His enhanced ability to break through made him feel like a fish in water.

’I wonder what level my strength has reached now.’

As his Cultivation broke through, his strength naturally rose with it.

This was especially true for his breakthroughs in Divine Skills.

His Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt had now reached the Middle Layer.

His Red Fire Divine Skill had even reached the Late Stage.

At the True Qi Third Realm, he wouldn’t fear facing a Martial Artist at the True Qi Sixth Layer.

He had no fear of a direct confrontation.

’The next step is a major leap between stages. I’m afraid I’ll need even more Demon and Monster Cores to successfully break through...’

The path from the True Qi First Layer to the True Qi Realm Third Layer was basically just a process of accumulating True Qi.

However, the jump from the True Qi Third Layer to the True Qi Realm Fourth Layer... the leap from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage, was no less difficult than breaking through from the peak of Neutralizing Force to the True Qi Realm.

The gap might even be greater.

It required not only a massive amount of resources but also a deeper comprehension of the realm itself.

This was where the importance of Comprehension came into play, as it depended entirely on an individual’s personal insight.

For him, however, Comprehension was not a concern.

His heaven-sent talent for comprehension was a massive boon.

It was this talent that had allowed him to step into the realm of Bright Force in the first place.

The higher one’s Cultivation, the more crucial Comprehension became.

It could even become more important than one’s Root Bone.

Fang Xing had absolute confidence that he could comprehend and cross this Dragon Gate—the barrier between the Early Stage and the Middle Stage of the True Qi Realm.

Just one stage apart meant a difference in strength of at least tenfold.

Under normal circumstances, a Martial Artist in the Middle Stage of the True Qi Realm could absolutely crush one in the Early Stage.

While the disparity wasn’t as vast as the one between Neutralizing Force and True Qi, it wasn’t far off.

Even with his newly mastered Divine Skills, he could, at most, clash head-on with someone in the Middle Stage of the True Qi Realm. Still, he wouldn’t be afraid even when facing someone at the True Qi Realm Sixth Layer.

But against someone at the True Qi Realm Seventh Layer—one who had entered the Late Stage of the True Qi Realm—the situation would be completely different.

With his current Martial Arts, he could not surmount that gap.

Moreover, the further one progressed, the smaller the advantage of having top-tier Martial Arts became.

Any Martial Artist who could reach the Late Stage of the True Qi Realm would surely have mastered top-tier Martial Arts of a similar caliber.

Fang Xing was well aware of this.

For now, however, he still held a significant advantage.

While the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt and the Red Fire Divine Skill were both top-tier Martial Arts, there could be a vast difference in power between one top-tier art and another.

And when cultivated to a High Realm, that difference in power could allow one to completely crush the other.

Cultivating the Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt would make one’s Flesh Body invincible.