Peerless Sovereign

Su Lie sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. Earthen yellow spirit energy continuously surged out from his hands and continuously flickered in the air above his head.    

His hands constantly formed seals.    

His consciousness permeated through the elemental energy and was slowly gathering to form a yellow mountain above his head.    

Both of his hands moved, causing the air to distort. The mountain quickly took shape, and gradually became corporeal, as if an ancient divine mountain had broken free from the void. An ancient aura surged like a storm, spreading throughout the entire Pill Refining Room.    

The earth attribute spirit energy vortex was successfully formed. Su Lie activated it and converted his spirit energy into earth attribute spirit energy, making it even more stable and heavy. His Triple Mountain Fragment cultivation became extremely smooth and it had only been two tries, and he seemed to have succeeded.    

As he felt the powerful energy in the illusory mountain gradually form, Su Lie's heart was filled with joy. The hand seals he made were not only several times faster than before.    

Su Lie felt as if he had used his soul force to create a terrifying mountain peak that was about to take shape.    

Before, before the earth attribute whirlpool of elemental energy was formed, the earth elemental energy in his body was still weak and unstable, and training the Triple Mountain Fragment was extremely strenuous. But now, cultivating it was actually extremely relaxing, and he even had a faint feeling that it was completed in one breath.    

This was the benefit that the elemental energy whirlpool brought to him. Once he successfully condensed all five elemental energy whirlpools, he would be able to easily grasp all elemental energy regardless of their attribute.    

"Just a little more …"    

Su Lie could feel an extremely powerful energy brewing within the mountain shadow. It was as if it was about to break free from the shackles of the void, and it immediately appeared.    

However, as the power in the mountain shadow continued to expand, the mountain shadow started to tremble again, as if it was unable to withstand the great power hidden within the mountain shadow.    

This was how he failed the first two times. The mountain shadow was not stable and eventually collapsed due to the immense force.    

"Is there a problem with that place?"    

Su Lie couldn't help but become anxious within his heart. His hand seals quickly changed and he strove to stabilize the illusion of the mountain peak above him. At the same time, he began to swiftly ponder in his heart.    

He felt as if there was something wrong there, just a little bit off.    

Boom!    

Just as he was distracted for a moment, the mountain peak above him suddenly exploded after flashing a few times.    

If not for him waking up in the nick of time and dodging, he would have been injured.    

Although the energy within the mountain shadow was not completely formed, it was already extremely strong. It exploded within the Pill Refining Room as waves of force struck against the four walls. The light rays that were reinforced in the cave circulated and wiggled continuously before slowly melting away the energy.    

Su Lie raised his head and looked at the Pill Refining Room that was filled with energy. He sat there in a daze and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of contemplation.    

After a few minutes, he faintly moved his hand, flipped his hand, took out the Triple Mountain Fragment scroll, and started to carefully study it.    

"No problem …"    

After he carefully read through the Triple Mountain Fragment once more, Su Lie couldn't help but reveal a trace of doubt on his face.    

He was certain that he had indeed followed the cultivation technique to cultivate. There was no mistake, but why had he been unable to cultivate successfully?    

It was one thing if he was still lacking in cultivation, but every time, he would feel as if his cultivation was lacking by the last tiny bit. This was quite puzzling.    

Could it be that there was something wrong with the martial arts itself?    

However, how did Gongsun Cheng manage to cultivate successfully? It should be impossible.    

He couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.    

"Tianzi …"    

No longer thinking about it, Su Lie's consciousness immediately sunk into his Dantian and called for Tian Zi.    

This Triple Mountain Fragment was also a dragon's technique, Tian Zi definitely knew of something, so he asked him directly.    

The ranking challenge was just around the corner, and there was no time for him to slowly study it. He had to succeed as soon as possible.    

"Tianzi!"    

When Su Lie saw the dragon race within the Ancient Cauldron, he could not help but let out a loud cry.    

Tian Zi coiled comfortably within the ancient cauldron. Her eyes were slightly squinted as she slept soundly.    

"Ugh …"    

Tian Zi turned over, her two dragon claws over her ears, and continued to sleep.    

Su Lie could not help but shake his head. His consciousness drilled into the ancient cauldron and he roared.    

"What …"    

Tian Zi immediately snapped out of her daze and raised her head to look around. When she saw the tiny person formed from Su Lie's consciousness, she couldn't help but glare at him with her sleepy eyes. "What are you shouting for? Can't you see that I'm sleeping? How rude …"    

Su Lie was too lazy to bother with him and directly said: "Triple Mountain Fragment is not your dragon race's cultivation technique. Help me check if there are any problems there."    

"That's all?"    

Tian Zi's long body stretched out before softly lying down. She half-closed her eyes and said, "I'll tell you when I wake up."    

Wang Jianshu became anxious, and said: "If I can't protect the Jiumai Peak during the ranking battle, my cultivation speed will slow down, and once my cultivation slows down and my strength is insufficient, if you want me to help you find more treasures that can help you recover, then you can only drag it on."    

Tian Zi's eyelids suddenly twitched. Rubbing her eyes, she said, "Okay, okay. You can cultivate again. Let me see what exactly is wrong."    

Only then did Su Lie smile. He withdrew his consciousness from his Dantian, concentrated his mind, and started to cultivate again.    

"Whew ~ Whew ~ ~"    

Streams of Yuan Power gushed out from his palm and swiftly formed a shadow of the mountain peak, just like bricks and tiles.    

Su Lie had already tried several times. He was already familiar with this step. However, as the mountain illusion was being constructed, power was slowly brewing and becoming more and more powerful. Gradually, he could no longer hold on.    

"Do you know what your mistake was?"    

Tian Zi's faint voice resounded in his mind.    

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If I knew, would I have asked you?"    

Su Lie spoke with great difficulty as he strove to maintain the mountain shadow.    

Within the ancient cauldron, Tian Zi shook his dragon claw, then shook his head: "This Triple Mountain Fragment, the form of the disciple you train in, does not have a spirit."    

"What do you mean?"    

Su Lie could not help but ask.    

"You have misunderstood the difference between the primary and secondary. The most important thing for Triple Mountain Fragment is to condense the energy within, but you placed your focus on the shape of the mountain."    

Tian Zi was slightly stunned. Seeing that Su Lie did not seem to react, she could not help but say angrily: "Why are you so stupid? You can't even figure this out?"    

"As long as you can use the power within it, you don't have to care about the shape of the mountain anymore. Whether it is a mountain or a river, it doesn't matter. As long as it is powerful, it will be alright."    

Tian Zi shook her head.    

Su Lie seemed to be deep in thought. He opened his mouth and said: "You're saying that I want to take the initiative to control the force that is guiding it and place it in the center of attention?"    

"Right, that's the principle."    

Tian Zi nodded, and said: "Its appearance is good enough, there is no need to stick to the mud."    

Su Lie could not help but nod his head as he sent his consciousness into the shadow of the mountain peak. Only then did he realize that he was indeed wrong.    

Within the mountain shadow, a mass of energy was rapidly rising, but it was like a mess as it supported each other.    

"So that's how it is!"    

Su Lie could not help but nod his head.    

This kind of chaotic energy was naturally unstable and would easily cause problems. Even if he could barely cultivate it, the power he could display was also extremely limited. He couldn't focus his attacks at all.    

With a flick of his consciousness, he began to actively control and guide the energy. Like the veins of a mountain, waves of power began to transmit and strengthen.    

It was much smoother indeed.    

He didn't pay any attention to the illusory mountain, but as the veins took shape, they became more and more stable, more and more stable.    

That's it!    

Su Lie could not help but become excited in his heart.    

A terrifying suction force spread out from the peak of the mountain, and in an instant, all of the spirit energy in the cave seemed to have been sucked into the mountain. A terrifying force was condensed inside the mountain, as if a terrifying volcano was hidden inside, and once it erupted, it would become extremely terrifying.    

The mountain peak floating above his head was several zhang tall, exuding an ancient aura. It seemed to have walked across the river for a long time, yet it was still standing, firm and undying, heavy and powerful.    

"Alright, that's it. You've already successfully trained in it. However, you still have to construct it with your will. Only then can you be considered to be a true master of the art."    

Tian Zi opened her mouth wide, stretched her body, and then softly laid down.    

Su Lie didn't care about him anymore. Right now, he only needed to continuously cultivate and familiarize himself with it. Slowly, he would be able to construct it with a thought.    

The Triple Mountain Fragment was a long-ranged attack method. Although it could forcefully lock onto the opponent using Spirit Power, it would naturally not work if the opponent used it too slowly.    

Therefore, he had to be fast and take things by surprise.    

Although it was only the first level of Triple Mountain Fragment, it was after all an Earth Stage Level 5 martial art and it consumed a lot of elemental energy. Su Lie could only activate it five times at best and the elemental energy in his body would be depleted as well.    

Fortunately, the elemental energy seed within his body had increased to thirteen, and his elemental energy recovery speed was extremely fast. This allowed him to have more time to cultivate.    

As he cultivated, two days slowly passed.    

When he woke up from his morning cultivation, Su Lie's palm flashed like a phantom. In less than a breath of time, a shadow of a mountain peak appeared in the sky above his head. A terrifying pressure spread out, as if as long as it landed once, it could destroy the entire cave.    

It was extremely shocking!    

Of course, this was just a feeling.    

Even the experts of the Revealing Astral Realm Realm could not destroy this cave.    

"It's time to go out!"    

Smiling faintly, Su Lie stood up.    

Outside, Luo Xiaoyu was already waiting for him. When she saw him come out, she smiled.    

Today was the day of the ranking challenge, and the sect was destined to be very lively.