Soul Emperor Martial God-Chapter 1493: The First to Awaken

"Young man, you’re awake." Elder Yun Yuan and the other laughed.

Xiao Yi opened his eyes and understood.

"Did the two seniors not go to comprehend?"

Xiao Yi speculated that Elder Yun Yuan and the other should have been by his side all along.

"We did comprehend." Elder Yun Yuan nodded.

"However, compared to you who took days to wake from comprehension, we were much faster."

"How much faster?" Xiao Yi asked with a smile.

The smile carried a hint of pride.

Because he clearly noticed that among all the comprehenders in the Ten Thousand Sword Stele Forest, he was the only one to open his eyes so far.

The others were still in meditation.

This meant that he was the first to successfully comprehend and awaken from it.

Elder Yun Yuan and others had a much higher cultivation realm than him, so it was normal they woke up faster from comprehension.

But Xiao Yi guessed they wouldn’t be much faster than him.

However, Elder Yun Yuan smiled triumphantly and said, "How much faster? Not by much."

"Exactly how much?" A bad premonition flashed in Xiao Yi’s mind.

Hui Deacon chuckled and said, "For us, comprehending was just like closing our eyes and opening them again."

"Closing and opening the eyes?" Xiao Yi was almost startled.

"Haha." Elder Yun Yuan laughed, "We comprehended the Sword Stele back in the day, so it’s naturally much easier."

"Comprehending it again now is just a formality, for some reference."

"Of course, the focus of this grand event isn’t here."

"Not here?" Xiao Yi looked puzzled.

"You’ll know in a while," Hui Deacon replied.

Xiao Yi nodded.

He remembered what the senior had mentioned, that his path of comprehension wasn’t over yet.

In the distance.

Lin Xiao and two others stood with their hands behind their backs.

Lin Xiao and the old Sect Master of the Artifact Sect merely smiled faintly.

The Qi Sect Master, however, wore a cold expression, "That brat really did manage to wake up from comprehension."

"It seems the kid’s luck isn’t bad."

"Not just luck," Lin Xiao shook his head.

"Hmph," the Qi Sect Master snorted coldly, "So what if he wakes up successfully, he’s just a jumping clown in the end."

"If he was comprehending the Sword Emperor Stele, he’d have failed long ago."

The Qi Sect Master looked at Lin Zifeng and Zhuo Wanzong under the Sword Emperor Stele.

"Anyway, the real opportunity lies with the Sword Emperor Stele."

"Hmph," the old Sect Master of the Artifact Sect snorted coldly, a trace of displeasure flashing across his face.

After all, Ding Qiuyue was only comprehending under an ordinary Sword Stele and hadn’t the chance to comprehend the Sword Emperor Stele.

Lin Xiao smiled, "There’s no need for the old Sect Master of the Artifact Sect to be upset."

"Ding Qiuyue is quite talented, just too young."

"Next time during the Sword Domain grand event, when she truly matures, she will have the chance to comprehend the Sword Emperor Stele again."

Hearing this, the old Sect Master’s displeasure vanished.

True, there is always a next time.

Although the Ten Thousand Sword Stele Forest won’t open again for decades. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

But compared to a martial artist’s long lifespan, decades mean nothing.

On the other side, Xiao Yi remained seated cross-legged, organizing the sword dao knowledge he comprehended from the Sword Stele.

This time, he indeed comprehended a vast amount of sword dao knowledge.

It greatly enhanced his sword dao.

If he breaks through his cultivation now, he could quickly integrate enough sword dao to achieve a leap in cultivation.

However, his Qi Spring is immensely large, breaking through requires more than a short moment.

Besides, the current event is not yet over.

Once this grand event is over, he will immediately start advancing his cultivation.

There’s no need to rush now, not yet.

Another surprise was unexpected delight.

Unexpectedly, the senior Zhixing had also integrated Star Illusion Swordsmanship.

In fact, Xiao Yi could use Star Illusion Swordsmanship to integrate Star-cutting Sword Dao.

It’s just that with his current cultivation and level, he is far from achieving it; it’s something only achievable with higher cultivation and level in the future.

However, when he truly reaches that level in the future, completely integrating both top martial ways would be quite easy.

The real surprise lies in the senior Zhixing’s Star Illusion Swordsmanship techniques, which are far superior; allowing him, with just a day of comprehension, to significantly enhance his understanding of Star Illusion Swordsmanship techniques.

Xiao Yi had no doubt that if he gathered Starlight Descent and started training now, he’d easily control an additional thousand stars, reaching the level of ninety-five thousand stars.

Controlling ninety-five thousand stars is essentially on par with martial artists controlling nine thousand five hundred stars, which is considered a Martial Arts Great Power.

Of course, this too is not urgent.

After the grand event, he will start training, and it won’t be late then.

By then, relying on sword dao alone, he would reach the level of a Martial Arts Great Power, and his true strength won’t be far from a supreme expert.

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"Whew." Xiao Yi took a deep breath.

Comprehension is one thing, control is another, these are not the same.

Comprehension is about understanding the mysteries, while control turns them into personal techniques.

After this grand event, Xiao Yi intends to seclude himself for a while.

Time passed gradually.

Half a day later.

Bang... bang...

Inside the Ten Thousand Sword Stele Forest, two beams of light flashed by.

This indicated two people had successfully comprehended and awakened from it.

One was Lin Zifeng under the Sword Emperor Stele.

The other was Ding Qiuyue, who was comprehending Mist Swordsmanship beside Xiao Yi.

The two awoke almost simultaneously.

Ding Qiuyue awoke with a face full of joy.

Such joy is the purest joy.

It is the unconscious joy of a swordman gaining insights in sword dao.

"Oh." Ding Qiuyue looked at Xiao Yi, "Big brother, did you wake up earlier than me?"

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded.

"Big brother is indeed amazing, far more amazing than I am." Ding Qiuyue exclaimed with joy.

Xiao Yi shook his head, "My cultivation is higher than yours, my realm is higher, so naturally I woke up earlier."

Another half day later.

The comprehenders were gradually waking up.

Next to awaken was Zhuo Wanzong under the Sword Emperor Stele, and Fengg Ji under an ordinary Sword Stele.

Then followed the old-school sword cultivators such as Snow Mountain Sword Emperor and Quu Changtian.

Lastly were Yuee Tian and other young sword cultivators from various factions.

However, during this period, not everyone awakened normally.

Some sword cultivators awoke coughing up blood.

Like some disciples from Five Fools Academy, spitting a mouthful of blood, waking with a look of discontent.

Waking by coughing up blood indicates that their spiritual sense failed in comprehension, forcibly ejected from the comprehension space, hence causing the blood spat.

Those who failed comprehension could proceed no further.

A day later, all the comprehenders had awakened.

But nearly all awakened by coughing up blood.

Those who were confident of successful comprehension had awakened on the previous day.

This time, there were no less than thousands of sword cultivators and comprehenders.

But those who successfully comprehended and awakened normally were less than a tenth, merely a few hundred.

"Alright," over at Lin Xiao’s side.

The Qi Sect Master laughed, "Most of the useless ones have been weeded out, the true comprehension should begin."

"Hmm," Lin Xiao nodded, casting hand seals.

Shortly, the space within Ten Thousand Sword Stele Forest trembled intensely.

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Seventh update. (Additional)