444 - Made-Up Martial Arts, Have You Really Mastered Them, Disciple?

Chapter 444: Xu Yan's Breakthrough to the Innate Dao Physique The consciousness of the Flame Demon was annihilated, transforming the web of flames that sealed off the area back into a singular scarlet flame, radiating an intense heat. Xu Yan extended his hand and captured the flame at his fingertips, sealing it with a series of restrictions that dropped into place. Though he wasn't a practitioner of the Mysterious Martial Path, Xu Yan was familiar with the art of restrictions and knew how to seal such treasures. After all, the art of sealing wasn't particularly profound and could be learned with some effort. Hence, both Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu had mastered the art of sealing to a degree. Once sealed, the flame's intense heat subsided, transforming into a gentle, scarlet bloom. Seeing this, Mute Witch's expression shifted greatly. This flame contained a wisp of the Flame Demon's primordial fire, yet Xu Yan had somehow subdued it with ease. Initially, even if the Flame Demon's consciousness had dissipated, Xu Yan should have faced significant challenges in subduing this primordial fire. Who would have thought he could conquer it so effortlessly? With Enchantress Witch preoccupied and Flame Demon defeated, only the injured Mute Witch was left, no match for Xu Yan alone. "Xu Yan, you better rise to prominence; otherwise, you will surely die someday," Mute Witch warned coldly. With a bang, he destroyed his own avatar. Thus, the avatars of these three formidable figures were all defeated, particularly Enchantress Witch, who suffered a significant setback. But regardless, both Mute Witch and Flame Demon remembered Xu Yan, vowing to kill him given the opportunity. "Sooner or later, I'll confront your true selves," Xu Yan dismissed Mute Witch's threat. "Breaking Void, Heaven and Earth, Dao Establishment... Once I break through to the Dao Establishment Realm, I'll be able to handle them, right?" Xu Yan contemplated. "Almost there, it's time for a breakthrough," he thought. With artifacts in hand, it was time to prepare to breakthrough into the Breaking Void Realm. "Tiansha Deying, just wait. Once I break through, we'll have our game," Xu Yan coldly smiled. Once entering the Breaking Void Realm, not even an Immortal Heavenly Venerable posed a threat to him. Even under siege, he would not fear. The power of Breaking Void could easily shatter the Heaven and Earth's grasp that Immortal Heavenly Venerables held. This breakthrough would be a significant leap forward. Emerging from Heavenly Abyss, Xu Yan gazed over the vast and profound Guangyou Realm, deciding to find a secluded place to prepare for his breakthrough into the Breaking Void Realm. He knew he needed to sort through his acquisitions, particularly a remarkable jade bamboo, which might aid his understanding of the Dao Establishment Realm. Xu Yan swiftly departed in search of an ideal retreat. --- In the Qinghua Realm, Li Xuan hadn't sought out Tian Zi in some time. He couldn't rush obtaining more secrets about Heaven and Earth from her. "Your disciple Xu Yan, using your sword, successfully ambushed a supreme expert, and you received the Thousand Triggers Leverage," came the feedback from the Great Dao Golden Book abruptly. Li Xuan was instantly overjoyed. Success in pitting against the Enchantress Witch! "The Thousand Triggers Leverage, quite useful indeed." The Thousand Triggers Leverage was a unique divine art, capable of controlling the power infiltrating an enemy's body from afar, growing and hiding it. Unless the opponent's strength was overwhelmingly superior, they couldn't rid themselves of this power. In battle, if the adversary was evenly matched, they could use the leverage to keep causing internal havoc, preventing healing. It could also secretly ambush an enemy, worsening the injury continually. Anyone who fell victim to it, without an absolute power advantage, would be unable to remove it, like a bone-infected maggot. "Excellent, let's see how the Thousand Triggers Leverage fares," Li Xuan chuckled. He focused his mind and sensed the power within his wooden sword. "The Enchantress Witch is remarkably strong!" Li Xuan marveled; her strength was greater than his current self. "Though she's stronger, my sword isn't easy to purge. With the Thousand Triggers Leverage, the Enchantress Witch cannot remove this sword easily," Li Xuan chuckled with delight. With a thought, he manipulated the leverage, causing a mystical aura to appear, seemingly drawn from an endless distance. Zeng! A sword's hum echoed within the Enchantress Witch, as the blade roamed her body, absorbing external power to fortify itself. Boom! "The Enchantress Witch's strength is impressive indeed," Li Xuan remarked, feeling the sword under immense pressure again. "However, she is unfamiliar with my Sword Dao. To think of purging it is pure fantasy," he smiled, fingers moving in subtle gestures, guiding the sword against her power. The blade evaded her efforts and reformed elsewhere inside her. "Even though I've finished the Tai-Cang Manual, it won't be dull anymore." Li Xuan, invigorated, found this long-distance conflict with the powerful Enchantress Witch quite fascinating, especially since it occurred within her. "Is she losing her mind from rage?" Li Xuan mused, noticing her heightened aura. With her strength, without the Thousand Triggers Leverage, she'd eventually remove the sword given time. Yet this timeframe might not be brief. Her current inconvenience made her expend energy dealing with his sword, putting her at a disadvantage. "This leverage technique is entertaining," he continued manipulating the sword playfully inside her. The Enchantress Witch's strength equated roughly to the Dao Establishment Realm, Li Xuan concluded, though it differed from his own Dao Establishment strength, more akin to practitioners of the Great Wilderness Martial Path. For Li Xuan, his strength was a hundredfold that of Xu Yan's in the same realm, ensuring he would crush the Enchantress Witch if he entered the Dao Establishment Realm. "Dao Establishment Realm is much stronger than the Heaven and Earth Realm," he acknowledged. Each subsequent realm widened the gap in strength. "Indeed, the Enchantress Witch lies beyond this world's confines," Li Xuan verified through the Thousand Triggers Leverage. Although not within Tai-Cang, she drew nearer. "Driven mad with rage? But there's no use. You can't enter Tai-Cang, even if you could, you'd never find me. I fear nothing." Confidently, he continued teasing her through the leverage. "Hmm, she's fighting someone?" Suddenly, Li Xuan detected her intense aura, engaged in battle. The confrontation soon subsided, with her moving away from Tai-Cang. "Interesting!" Li Xuan observed the sky, reckoning someone within Tai-Cang, unlike her, prevented her entrance. "This sword will hide for now. Teasing her constantly would be unwise," he decided. Dong! A resounding roar between Heaven and Earth. "Unrest grows," Li Xuan remarked, predicting Divine Domain heads for chaos times. Some strong factions tolerating Tiansha Deying's movements must aim for prominence or seek to seize the position of Heavenly Lord. "A spectacle to observe," he sighed. "Xu Yan's breakthrough is imminent?" With the Enchantress Witch thwarted, Xu Yan likely possessed the artifacts and neared his breakthrough into Breaking Void Realm. "Your disciple Su Lingxiu realized Dan Medical Alchemy Martial Path methods for the Heaven and Earth Realm; you breakthrough in Dan Medical Alchemy to the Heaven and Earth Realm," reported the Great Dao Golden Book. His prowess in Dan Medical Alchemy also grew. "Growing stronger," Li Xuan celebrated, his joy activating the Thousand Triggers Leverage to jest with the sword inside the Enchantress Witch. Time flew, and three years passed in a blink. --- **Terms Explanation:** 1. **Tiansha Deying (天煞地影)**: No existing translation in the list. Maintained original meaning as it represents a specific person or faction causing chaos. 2. **Guangyou Realm (廣幽境)**: A new term not listed earlier, translated as Guangyou Realm. It's essential to preserve it to indicate the specific area or world in the narrative. 3. **Enchantress Witch (媚巫)**: Not in the list above, denotes a powerful female witch with enchanting abilities. 4. **Mute Witch (墯巫)**: Not previously listed; translated as "Mute Witch," indicating a character presumably silent or associated with silence in some regard. 5. **Thousand Triggers Leverage (千機引)**: Translated to suggest a cunning method or technique involving manipulating power remotely and covertly. 6. **Qinghua Realm (青華境)**: Not listed earlier, translated as Qinghua Realm to indicate the region specifically named in the text. 7. **Breaking Void Realm (破虛境)**: A Realm not explicitly listed before the breakdown but implicates a significant breakthrough that enhances the character's abilities significantly. Corrections or clarifications requested in the lists would include affiliating names like Tiansha Deying separately from terms to reflect inherent personality or allegiance, and the new techniques and realms should be added for clarity and continuity in translations. To a cultivator of strength, three years are but a fleeting moment. The Qinghua Sect has improved daily. In just three short years, it has produced a significant number of Immortal Heavenly Venerables. Though the number of top-tier Immortal Heavenly Venerables is still few, the Qinghua Sect's sheer quantity of Immortal Heavenly Venerables now ranks it among the top ten in the Divine Domain. However, their overall strength still lacks considerably. The Qinghua Grand Array is becoming increasingly perfected, and once it reaches completion, the numbers of top-tier Immortal Heavenly Venerables will surely rise. Furthermore, the trio of Da Yue Emperor, along with others, even has the opportunity to surpass the Immortal Realm. The Da Yue Heavenly Abyss has almost transformed into a Heaven and Earth Divine Furnace, producing vast numbers of pills daily. The methods for cultivating spiritual and divine herbs are also being refined, with the aid of formations allowing for the successful cultivation of a patch of lower-grade divine herbs. Across the entire Qinghua Sect, the number of martial artists below the True King Heavenly Venerable are proliferating. With the assistance of pills, cultivation speeds have increased, bottlenecks are more easily overcome, and the time spent in each realm is significantly reduced. To prevent cultivators from overly relying on pills and ending up with weak foundations, the sect's Elders Council has issued guidelines on pill usage. After breakthroughs, practitioners must temper and ground themselves for a period. The sect also conducts regular inspections of its disciples' martial path foundations to ensure they are solid and check for any signs of power instability. If a disciple's foundations are found wanting, resulting in unstable power, their cultivation resources will be reduced, and their sect status may be downgraded. These sect rules have successfully prevented issues of unstable cultivation strength. In the Qinghua Sect, the number of martial artists below True King Heavenly Venerable is booming. The relative calm of the Heavenly Abyss means there are few places for tempering. Therefore, various Spirit Cities are organizing martial arts competitions to enhance training and actively provoke the Netherworld Abyss to incite battle. "Shi'er has also broken through, huh," Li Xuan mused, noting that Shi'er wasn't far from the Divine Arts Realm. Of course, this was a challenging threshold and not one that could be crossed in a short time. Meng Shushu and Zhou Ying had broken through slightly earlier. Both were currently solidifying their advancements, preparing to enter the Divine Arts Realm. Cai Ling'er had become a True King Heavenly Venerable. After activating her bloodline and receiving the Sea Spirit Emperor's inheritance, her cultivation progressed swiftly. Yue Changming was preparing to break through to the True King Heavenly Venerable Realm, and Yue'er was also preparing for her own breakthrough. It was noteworthy that Yue'er, assisting alongside Su Lingxiu, was highly knowledgeable in divine soul matters. Her divine soul strength surpassed Yue Changming's. In terms of power, Yue'er even had a slight edge over Yue Changming, though in a life-or-death struggle, Yue'er's lack of combat experience would likely lead to defeat. "Your disciple Xu Yan has broken through to the Breaking Void Realm, and you have achieved a small success in the Heaven and Earth Realm," the Great Dao Golden Book announced with a burst of golden light. After three years of accumulation, Xu Yan had finally achieved the Breaking Void Realm. Upon entering the Breaking Void Realm, he could navigate the Divine Domain with ease. Certainly, the current chaos in the Divine Domain might conceal experts beyond the Immortal Realm, yet even so, Xu Yan, possessing the power of the Breaking Void Realm, harbored no fear. "Finally, the breakthrough!" Li Xuan was elated, having reached a small attainment in the Heaven and Earth Realm. "Your disciple Xu Yan, after supreme refinement, has transformed into the Mountain and River Dao Physique, granting you the Innate Dao Physique." Boom! At this moment, Li Xuan felt himself undergoing a transformation. The natural emergence of Dao rhythm in his meridians and bones seemed as though Dao laws were permeating his being. Inside him, Heaven and Earth appeared as though spontaneously governed by Dao laws, embodying the essence of the Dao Establishment Realm, though not yet there. "My strength has once again increased," Li Xuan remarked, delighted to have achieved the Innate Dao Physique. "With my current power, I'm not much weaker than the Enchantress Witch," he said with renewed vigor. The Innate Dao Physique and a small success in the Heaven and Earth Realm rendered him nearly equal to the Enchantress Witch. "During Xu Yan's transformation upon breaking through the Heaven and Earth Realm, he could no longer achieve supreme refinement," Li Xuan noted with a sigh. The evolution of the Mountain and River Dao Physique exceeded mere accumulation before transformation. "Nevertheless, given Xu Yan's extraordinariness, there's still hope," Li Xuan held confidence in this. The Mountain and River Dao Physique was already very potent, allowing Xu Yan's power to surpass ordinary martial artists by far. "When Meng Chong and Su Lingxiu break through and transform, how will my Innate Dao Physique evolve?" Li Xuan wondered with anticipation. With Xu Yan's breakthrough to the Breaking Void Realm, the gains in elevation continued—such as enhancements in divine arts, sword intent, and the Mountain and River Myriad Phenomena—all contributing to a continuous leap in strength. "Soon, it will be time to dominate the scene," Li Xuan eagerly anticipated. After Xu Yan's breakthrough, retaliation against Tiansha Deying was inevitable, and slaying Immortal Heavenly Venerables would come with ease, spreading his renown across the Divine Domain. "Meng Chong is also close to breaking through—within two to three years," Li Xuan observed towards the Da Yue Heavenly Abyss, nearing completion of Su Lingxiu's arrangements, which indicated her own imminent breakthrough. His disciples embarked on a major power surge. "This Heaven and Earth have experienced certain changes," Li Xuan noted. Given his understanding of Tai-Cang's subtle changes, it was readily apparent to him. Most notably, he sensed shifts in fortune, Dao laws, and the primordial source of Heaven and Earth. "It’s time to find an opportunity to have Tian Zi reveal the secrets, time is pressing, and this Heaven and Earth needs a careful plan," Li Xuan contemplated. Before that, he needed to determine what Tian Zi truly was. Suddenly, Li Xuan glanced towards a part of the Divine Domain, where a life-preserving jade talisman he bestowed had been triggered. --- **Terms Explanation:** 1. **Tian Zi (天紫)**: Not previously listed, represents a character or entity linked to divine or celestial attributes. 2. **Da Yue Emperor (大嶽皇)**: New character or title, symbolizing authority or royalty, as “Emperor” suggests. 3. **Shi'er (石二)**: Seen as a character working towards the Divine Arts Realm, potentially a notable apprentice or companion. 4. **Mountain and River Myriad Phenomena (山河萬象)**: Translated to maintain consistency with the previously established terms. Represents a broader understanding or enhancement of natural phenomena related to martial power. These terms maintain themes related to transformation, understanding of divine laws, and power enhancements, reflecting naturally in martial realms and physique advantages.