Celestial Realm Alchemy Sovereign

"Excellent!" Terra Su's lips curled into a smile. He knew that the Iron-Tailed Leopard's tail was the hardest part of its body, and the beast heavily relied on it in battle. Injuring its tail was akin to injuring a human martial practitioner's arm.

Even though Terra Su hadn't fully executed the "Waves Stacking Slash," its power was already impressive, leaving him very satisfied.

"One Sword, Seven Waves!" Terra Su seized the momentum, slashing out an even more powerful strike at the Iron-Tailed Leopard.

Terra Su's aggressive approach completely provoked the Iron-Tailed Leopard's ferocity, causing it to roar continuously. Its massive body lunged at Terra Su, and the two became entangled in a fierce battle.

For the first time since his reincarnation, Terra Su felt such an exhilarating fight. The more he fought, the more excited he became, and his sword technique flowed more smoothly, reveling in the thrill of combat.

In his previous life, he couldn't cultivate, so he devoted himself to alchemy, pouring all his regrets of not being able to practice martial arts into the path of alchemy.

In this life, he finally achieved his wish, becoming a true martial practitioner and enjoying the pleasure of immense power.

At this moment, the Iron-Tailed Leopard had almost become Terra Su's sparring partner, allowing him to fully display and hone his skills. In this actual combat, Terra Su's understanding of martial arts rapidly grew.

Finally, after the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the Iron-Tailed Leopard was covered in blood and wounds, its once-proud iron tail nearly severed. It looked at Terra Su with a trace of fear in its eyes, not understanding how this seemingly weak human could be so powerful.

"One Sword, Seven Waves!" Terra Su was at the peak of his battle fervor, unleashing another masterful Waves Stacking Slash.

At that moment, a series of crackling sounds erupted from within Terra Su's body, like beans being fried. A surge of air currents swept around him, scattering leaves and dust like a whirlwind. The vortex in his dantian compressed to its limit!

Boom!

With a muffled sound, the vortex in Terra Su's dantian expanded, signifying his breakthrough to the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm!

"Haha, breaking through in battle, how exhilarating!" Terra Su laughed heartily, channeling the power of the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm into the Cang Hai Sword, delivering a peak "One Sword, Seven Waves" strike at the Iron-Tailed Leopard!

Splat! A pillar of blood shot into the sky as the Iron-Tailed Leopard's half-severed tail and head were sent flying. Its head, still in mid-air, bore an expression of disbelief, as if it couldn't comprehend how it had been so easily killed by a mere human.

Terra Su was also splattered with blood, but he paid it no mind. Instead, he closed his eyes slightly, savoring the joy of his breakthrough.

"Indeed, each layer of the Inducing Qi Realm is a world apart. The ninth layer is far stronger than the peak of the eighth layer. A monster beast that was evenly matched before can now be instantly killed after the breakthrough."

Feeling the power of the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm within him, Terra Su's aura became even sharper, like a freshly tempered sword, brimming with edge.

Terra Su thought that in his previous life as Emperor Terra, he was indeed lofty and looked down on all beings, but he never had the grounded feeling of walking the path of martial arts step by step.

Being able to live another life was truly a gift from the heavens.

Collecting his thoughts, Terra Su found a small stream to wash off the blood and changed into clean clothes.

Taking a deep breath of the fresh air in the Rising Sun Mountains, Terra Su murmured, "Having broken through to the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, I should now be able to search for that place."

Terra Su's visit to the Rising Sun Mountains was not only to train and improve his strength but also for another important purpose: to find a place he had heard about in his previous life.

In his past life, a sensational event had occurred in Clear River City. An ordinary martial practitioner at the Inducing Qi Realm had suddenly exhibited astonishing martial talent, rapidly rising to become a dominant martial expert. He was later recruited by the Cloud Abyss Empire's royal family, receiving titles and ascending to great heights.

Many were curious about what kind of opportunity had transformed that martial practitioner overnight.

By chance, Terra Su had seen a map, which supposedly led to the place where that practitioner had found his opportunity, resulting in his subsequent surge in power.

The location marked on the map was within the Rising Sun Mountains!

Terra Su didn't know what kind of opportunity was hidden there, but he knew it must be significant. Otherwise, an ordinary martial practitioner couldn't have transformed overnight.

From the timeline, there was still some time before that practitioner's sudden rise in power, meaning he likely hadn't found the place yet.

Terra Su's goal now was to seize that opportunity.

He didn't feel guilty about it. The martial world was inherently a struggle for survival, and no strong practitioner rose without stepping over countless corpses. Those who weren't ruthless couldn't become strong.

Recalling the map in his mind, Terra Su found it still vividly clear despite the years.

"That place should be deeper within the Rising Sun Mountains."

Terra Su shouldered his pack and continued deeper into the mountains.

For the next five days, Terra Su traversed the Rising Sun Mountains. The deeper he went, the more densely populated the monster beasts became. He encountered over a hundred monster beasts in those five days, but only less than ten were worth his serious effort.

With his current strength at the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, ordinary monster beasts of the same level posed no threat to him. Only the stronger ones among them could challenge him.

As for monster beasts at the tenth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, he hadn't encountered any yet.

Through these five days of combat training, Terra Su had also advanced his "Waves Stacking Slash" to the "One Sword, Eight Waves" level, doubling its power.

According to his memory, the place marked on the map wasn't far now.

At this moment, Terra Su's ears twitched as he suddenly heard cries for help and the sounds of fighting not far away.

"Someone's nearby?"

It wasn't unusual to find people in the Rising Sun Mountains, as many martial practitioners formed teams to gather herbs.

But the sounds he heard weren't of herb gathering or even fighting monster beasts; it sounded like two groups of people fighting.

Moreover, the sounds were getting closer to Terra Su.