Chapter 166: A Sea Transformation Realm Expert!

"So... so strong!" Nanfeng Zhirou gritted her teeth, struggling against the oppressive force.

Just then, a faint wisp of soul power extended to her, and the pressure suddenly eased.

Nanfeng Zhirou looked at Ye Yuan in surprise, but Ye Yuan just gave her a faint smile.

"This guy... has he already reached such a level in controlling soul power?" Nanfeng Zhirou was astonished.

To her, Ye Yuan was like an endless map.

Whenever she thought she understood him better, she found she only knew a part of him.

"This... this person is so strong. Where does he come from?" Nanfeng Zhirou asked.

"How would I know? I only know those Crystal Condensation Realm martial artists from the Qin Kingdom, nothing else. And I don't think the Qin Kingdom has any Sea Transformation Realm martial artists." Ye Yuan said helplessly.

His predecessor was an utter novice, needless to say.

Ji Qingyun was also completely in the dark about the Boundless Realm; he had never heard of any strong names in all this time.

"Sea... Sea Transformation Realm?"

Nanfeng Zhirou's eyes widened. This was her first time seeing a Sea Transformation Realm expert.

"Otherwise? Even a ninth-level Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist couldn't release such powerful pressure, right?" Ye Yuan curled his lips.

At that moment, a streak of light flashed across the sky, and a "big bird" hovered in midair. On the bird stood an old man, his aura overwhelming.

"All of you, get out of here! Anyone who crosses within a mile of the valley entrance will be killed without mercy!"

The old man's words rolled like thunder, spreading in all directions and reaching everyone's ears. He left this extremely arrogant remark and drove the big bird toward the valley entrance.

"Who is this guy? So arrogant! He tells me to leave, and I'll just leave? I won't!"

The people beside him looked at him as if he were an idiot: "Then stay. We're leaving!"

"Hey, hey, don't! Let's go together, together! Who is that person? How can he be so strong? Just one look at him makes me feel like I'm about to collapse!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that old man is the Black Crow Elder, who disappeared for many years! When he disappeared, he was only in the Crystal Condensation Realm. Who would have thought he not only didn't die but advanced further, stepping into the Sea Transformation Realm!"

"Oh my god! Sea Transformation Realm! I'll never make it in this lifetime..."

"We all know..."

The crowd receded like a tide, and even the Crystal Condensation Realm martial artists who had come earlier wisely retreated.

Before a Sea Transformation Realm martial artist, Crystal Condensation Realm martial artists were nothing!

The Sea Transformation Realm was not among the major realms divided by martial artists but a special state between the Crystal Condensation Realm and the Soul Sea Realm!

Sea Transformation, fully called Core Shattering Sea Transformation!

After martial artists entered the Crystal Condensation Realm, their compression of primal force had reached its limit!

It was no longer possible to continue storing primal force within the body.

When a Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist reached the ninth level of Crystal Condensation, the dantian instead became the greatest obstacle to breakthrough!

Thus, the ancients, with great courage, broke the shackles of the dantian and created the step of Core Shattering Sea Transformation, laying a solid foundation for martial artists to continue breaking their limits!

A Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist shatters the dantian along with the crystalline primal force within it, transforming it into a peculiar state. This process is Sea Transformation!

This sea is called the Dantian Sea.

After the dantian transforms into a sea, the martial artist can initially communicate with the heaven and earth primal force outside, mobilizing it for their own use, greatly enhancing their strength.

Mobilizing external heaven and earth primal force is naturally superior to using the primal force within the body.

Therefore, the strength of a Sea Transformation Realm martial artist is on an entirely different level from that of a Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist!

No matter how strong a Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist is, they cannot make everyone feel such oppression. But a Sea Transformation Realm expert, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, can easily do so.

However, Core Shattering Sea Transformation is only a peculiar state, a prototype of the Soul Sea Realm, so it cannot be classified as a major realm.

Even so, the power of a Sea Transformation Realm martial artist already surpasses ordinary people's understanding.

It can be said that Crystal Condensation Realm martial artists still belong to the realm of mortal martial artists, while Sea Transformation Realm martial artists have taken the first step toward transcendence!

Ye Yuan watched the old man's receding figure and couldn't help curling his lips: "Just a first-level Sea Transformation Realm, what's there to show off?"

Nanfeng Zhirou quickly covered his mouth: "Do you want to die? That's a Sea Transformation expert!"

Feeling the faint fragrance from Nanfeng Zhirou's palm, Ye Yuan felt it seep into his heart.

"Isn't it just the Sea Transformation Realm? Give me ten years, and I guarantee you'll break through to the Soul Sea Realm! Hmm... but ten years seems a bit too long." Ye Yuan transmitted his voice.

When Ye Yuan said ten years was too long, he meant he might not stay in the Boundless Realm for ten years.

Even if he could stay for ten years, he would eventually leave the Qin Kingdom and the Nether Cloud Sect; he couldn't stay by Nanfeng Zhirou's side as a babysitter forever.

But Nanfeng Zhirou didn't think so: "Ten... ten years? Soul Sea Realm?"

Even though it was a voice transmission, Nanfeng Zhirou felt her tongue was tied.

Breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm in ten years—no one in the Qin Kingdom, or even the Nether Cloud Sect, would dare boast that, right?

Moreover, Ye Yuan wasn't saying he would break through himself, but that he would help her break through!

And Ye Yuan wasn't talking about breaking through to the Sea Transformation Realm, but to the Soul Sea Realm!

Was he kidding?

It didn't sound like talking about breaking through realms, but like playing a game, casually saying they'd break through.

Ye Yuan misunderstood, glanced at Nanfeng Zhirou, and said, "Ten years is too long? Hmm... eight years is fine too! But no less! With your talent, eight years would be a stretch, and your foundation would be unstable."

"Pfft!" Nanfeng Zhirou almost spat out blood.

Although she knew Ye Yuan was very capable, this sounded so unreliable.

It wasn't Ye Yuan's fault. He hadn't been reborn for long. Although he had gradually adapted to life in the Qin Kingdom, many of his concepts still lingered from his previous life.

In his view, with the aid of pills, as long as one's talent wasn't too poor, breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm was a piece of cake.

Nanfeng Zhirou's talent wasn't bad, but compared to true geniuses, the gap was considerable.

So when Ye Yuan said ten years, it was actually a relatively generous timeframe.

But to Nanfeng Zhirou, it sounded completely different, as if he was blowing things out of proportion.

"Can you die if you don't brag? Breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm in ten years—you could become the sect master of the Nether Cloud Sect!" Nanfeng Zhirou said disdainfully.

Ye Yuan then realized he might have gone too far. With Nanfeng Zhirou's perspective, she simply couldn't understand.

"Haha, you caught me. Let's hurry up and leave, or that old freak might really kill us, and that wouldn't be worth it."

"I knew you were bragging! Can't you at least think before you speak?" Nanfeng Zhirou rolled her eyes at Ye Yuan.