There were two types of cultivation paths in this era, internal and external cultivation. Cultivation methods of both paths in the Four Physical Realms were split into Low-tier, Mid-tier, High-tier, and Peak-tier Techniques.
Internal cultivation involves the absorption of Qi within a person’s Dantian, while external cultivation involves the strengthening of the physical body.
One should also note that internal cultivation methods allow someone to cultivate by adsorbing one of the Six Elemental Qi in the surroundings.
As for martial arts techniques used in the Four Physical Realms, they were separated into levels from weakest to strongest, Black Grade, Bronze Grade, Silver Grade, and Gold Grade. And they can further be sub-divided into Low-class, Mid-class, High-class.
On the second floor of the Techniques Library, both Xi Shen and Yang Su were walking around inspecting the various cultivation m
In this separated area, there were three stone slabs placed in the middle of the twenty-meter wide open room. Standing at the edge of this open room, Xi Shen couldn’t help but notice a clear contrast between the treatment of this particular area than the rest of the section. On the floor and all around the room dust and cobweb overrun the area.Xi Shen could even see where the person responsible for cleaning the Techniques Library stopped, resulting in a contrast of a clean floor and dust-filled one being visible.Xi Shen didn’t mind though and stepped inside this isolated area of space. He then came face-to-face with the three stone slabs that stood side by side at a height slightly below his chest.On top of the three stone slabs, Xi Shen saw, covered under dust that was who knows how many years old, three jade slips.Xi Shen reached out and took up the one that was on the far lef
The first thing that greeted Xi Shen as he entered the store was the numerous assortments of Spirit Artifacts hanging on the walls, as well as some fancy and expensive-looking ones within glass cases situated in the middle of the store.The second thing that greeted him was the several pairs of eyes from disciples who had turned from their buying to look at him.Xi Shen ignored their gazes and started examining the Spirit Artifacts on the wall. Though he was only looking for a musical instrument, specifically a zither, he couldn’t help but look at all the Spirit Artifacts. He was mostly focused on the runes carved on them thoughIn his past life, one of the many professions he had studied were runes, so as a Rune Master he was curious about the quality of the runes on these Spirit Artifacts. And as he looked at them he was slightly disappointed.Even though the runes were decently well carved w
As Xi Shen reached the gate of his courtyard, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. “Screw those arrogant brats and their pompous attitude. Staring at me as if it concerns them whether I’m here in their dumb Sword Division. Do they think I wanted to be here, resulting in me having to deal with their condescending stares? If I was to behave like those snob nose brats I served in my past life, who viewed everyone with a veil of arrogance over their eyes just because they were the Gods' Apostles, I would have had my father make a decree for anyone who looked at me like that to be executed via disembodiment. Having their soul ripped out of their physical body and tortured would surely make them regret looking at their second prince like that...” As Xi Shen was rambling on about gruesome torture methods like any normal crazy old man would, he stepped through his large courtyard’s front gate, but suddenly paused and then glance in the
Looking at the damaged runes on the zither, Xi Shen scowled in disgust before he released his Divine Will and engulf the zither. He then destroyed the runes previously on it and without hesitation, he used a high-level inscription carving technique, where he used his Divine Sense instead of a special tool to inscribe new and better runes onto the zither.Along with carving his own runes onto the zither, Xi Shen mended the broken strings by manipulating the wood element and metal element in the surroundings to combine them and create a flexible hair-like structure that was as strong as steel.After making the repairs, Xi Shen placed the zither on his lap and plucked one of its strings. Immediately afterward a melodious note echoed out within his room.Xi Shen didn’t stop and continued to pluck away at the zither, playing a rather famous song called – Falling White Snow- that his mother in this life had taught
Yang Su, who was previously looking at Xi Shen with a worried expression due to his previous question, had his eyes light up before he stood up and said, “As your assistant, your wish is my command young master. I’m willing to swear any amount of blood oath’s as need be.” However, Yang Su’s excited expression suddenly fell, before he asked slightly embarrassed, “Um, young master, what exactly is a blood oath?” Though Yang Su was unaware of what exactly a blood oath was, and why Xi Shen wanted him to make one, he was still somewhat excited that he was finally able to carry out one of Xi Shen’s orders. Seeing Yang Su going from excited and burning with conviction to being embarrassed, Xi Shen couldn’t help but chuckle at his child-like behavior before he answered his question. “In simple terms, you can say blood oaths are a type of promise. But unlike promises that don’t always have consequence
Xi Shen was slightly taken aback by this because despite the main dining room being a good distance away from the front gate, he could clearly hear the knock as it echoed throughout the entirety of the mansion.Xi Shen thought that whoever was knocking on his front gate had extremely good control of their Spiritual Qi, as he or she was able to transmit the sound of the knock through vibrations in the Surrounding Spiritual Qi at such a wide radius.However, despite this person’s amazing display of Spiritual Qi control, they were obviously trying to be disrespectful by doing such a thing. And Xi Shen was quite annoyed that someone would be so arrogant as to do something like this.Either this person didn’t know it was his courtyard, or they knew, but just didn’t care it was his.After the echoing of the knock died down, Xi Shen turn to Yang Su and said, “Yang Su go and see who t
Xi Shen thought for a moment and then said, "The only reason they want me to join their faction, despite me being known to be unable to cultivate, is because they probably figure out the relationship between me and that Ye Fei guy, and possibly the fact that it was the strange Head Master lady who ordered him to help me."Hearing how Xi Shen was casually speaking about legendary figures like the Vice and the Head Master of the Sword Pavilion in such a way, Yang Su couldn't help but quiver in fright.He was already traumatized by the thought of offending powerful cultivators when that elder had broken his arm, and now that crazy senior sister almost kick him to death. But Xi Shen's words just now caused him to feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.Trying to change the topic Yang Su hesitantly asked, "Is that why she... uh…"Yang Su
Yang Su visibly relaxed upon hearing Xi Shen's words. He had indeed thought Xi Shen would be upset with him when he heard his first words, but he was glad to hear that his current situation was something that naturally happens when cultivating.Xi Shen could then be heard asking curiously, "So, have you grasped the basics of the Sword Skill yet?"Yang Su nodded his head slowly before he said, "I read that there are four levels of mastery when learning any Martial Arts techniques. During the days I studied the Sword Skill, I learned a lot, but I haven't actually tried practicing the Sword Skill with a weapon as yet. So I'm not sure what level of proficiency I'm at, elder brother Shen."Hearing that, Xi Shen flipped over his hand and a wooden sword appeared resting on his palm."Here, demonstrate the Sword Skill and let me see," said Xi Shen as he
So, that's the end of Book One."..."Are you mad?"..."Of course you are, I'm sorry."Fuck you, Author..."Wah! I'm really sorry!!*start groveling and begging for forgiveness.*For those of you who haven't seen it in the last chapter(it's not like I didn't put it in the title.) I made the decision to end Book One here, right on the edge of a massive cliff... don't kill me haha, I swear I'll write Book Two.Oh, did you see the title of Book Two? If not here it is again... BOOK TWO: War Of Continents... coming soon.I always intended to split this novel into separate books, but I never planned on stopping Book One here. At first, I made the decision to go on hiatus, but then as I read over the last few chapters I realized this was somewhat of a good place to end Book One... please don't kill me.For all the readers who have reached this point... thank you.I've been writing this book for over a year now. Arguably I haven't posted much in the last three months, but we don't talk about t
When Gu Min landed in front of him, Yang Su stood there staring at him with a blank expression while tears ran down his cheeks.“What, you won't even come running to hug me after not seeing me for so long? You always did when we were little. Or have you grown too big now? You’re almost as tall as I am.”Gu Min said this jokingly, but Yang Su could only lower his head and began wiping his tears.Gu Min walked up to him and hugged him.“It’s okay, why are you crying?”“I-I thought you died because of me. And Mom and Dad, they…”“Did they blame you?”A sad expression appeared on Gu Min’s face, but Yang Su shook his head.“No, after they thought you died they wouldn’t let me out of their sights. It's because of you that I couldn’t even set foot outside of the house.”Gu Min cracked a smile when he heard his little brother’s words.“I’m sorry I didn’t come home, I-”“It’s fine.”Yang Su suddenly said cutting off Gu Min.“As long as you’re fine I don’t care if I never see you again, I just
Ling Tian was in the sky scanning the crowd of disciples down below.His heart was filled with both anger and frustration.Soon, his gaze stopped on a figure that was trying to blend into the crowd as much as possible.But despite the hood hiding their appearance, Ling Tian knew exactly who this person was.In a fit of rage and worry, he bolted toward this person.On the ground, Li Shen looked at Yang Su and asked.“Yang Su, what do you mean, is that person your older brother?”Everyone in the group heard this and they all turned to look at Yang Su.Yang Su nodded and said.“He looks slightly different, but I’m sure that’s him.”While Xian was smiling off to the side, Mu Fan glanced at Yang Su’s brother in the air and scowled.“His hair is ever redder than yours, how revolting.”Jun frowned and elbowed Mu Fan to shut up.As Yang Su continued to look at his brother he started to become more agitated.He was skeptical of Xian’s words before but now that he saw his brother he was overcom
Mu Fan placed everyone down before they all glared at Xian.Xian shrugged his shoulders in response.Jun was about to comment on Xian being here, but Li Shen placed a hand on his shoulder.“Look after Lu Yue for me.”Hearing this, Jun turned to look at Lu Yue before hurrying over.Fei Yin hurried over as well, it looked like she had a few superficial wounds he was able to heal.Li Shen then looked at Xian and asked.“What’s the point of you joining? You seem to have a group of your own.”“Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t join yours right?”Li Shen went silent for a moment and then said.“I’ll think about it. For now, we should focus on why we were teleported here.”Xian turned to look at the front of the hall where a throne was before saying with narrowed eyes.“Isn’t it obvious my other half? Someone wants us here.”Hearing Xian’s words, everyone in the group had their expressions change.They suddenly had a bad feeling rise in their hearts. One that Mu Fan long had.“Master…?”Li She
“D-Damn it, what is happening now?!”Mu Fan cried out as he saw his fingers fading away.Li Shen looked over at him and then down at his own hand to see his fingers were fading away as well, and at a rapid pace at that.Li Shen then looked towards the sky to see that after shattering, what was revealed was a clear blue sky.The shattered fragments of the previous crimson sky were still hovering in the air, reflecting the blue sky above and the Fiery Dimension below at the same time.Looking away from this scene, Li Shen bent down to pick up Lu Yue and carry her bridal style. He then turned to Mu Fan and said.“It’s okay, we’re being teleported to the Hidden Fragmented Realm. Hold onto me.”Mu Fan hurriedly got up and place his overly large palms on Li Shen’s shoulders.Mu Fan then watched in curiosity as a strange black light with starry light in it spread from Li Shen’s body to cover both him and Lu Yue.“What kind of ability is this?”Mu Fan said looking around. It almost seemed as
“Stop being so dramatic, I barely touched you.”Li Shen said as he gave Mu Fan who was on the ground a cursory glance.Mu Fan wined.“It is you. Bastard, do you want to get hit in the head and see how it feels?”Mu Fan then glared at Li Shen, but in response, Li Shen merely rolled his eyes and then turn back to check on an unconscious Lu Yue.Mu Fan also turned to her and asked.Is she going to be alright?”“If we can get to Jun in time, then everything will be fine.”“Is that why you let those bastards get away?”Mu Fan said as he watch Gu Jin and Shiming fly away with the rest of the Fire Empire’’s disciples and Ming Clan members.Li Shen shifted his head to look in their direction before turning back to Lu Yue.“There will come a time when they can longer run away from me, but that time hasn’t come yet. Rather, you should be healing your injuries before thinking about fighting in your condition.”“It merely scratches, I’m fine!”Mu Fan said confidentially, but Li Shen suddenly saw
“You fucker, I’ll definitely kill you for this!!”Shiming’s face was deathly pale, but intense hatred was evident in his eyes.“Huh? How are you going to do that when you’re going to see King Yama?”Mu Fan kicked Shiming’s severed arm that held his saber to the side as he walked towards him.Shiming manage to stop his bleeding and he held his stump as he slowly got up.A crazed look was in his eyes that matched Mu Fan’s own.Mu Fan didn’t care and he rushed to lop off his head like he promised he would.He appeared in front of Shiming and did a horizontal slash.However, a crazed Shiming suddenly grasp the void and a red illusory blade appeared in his remaining hand.Swoosh!Shiming swung it towards Mu Fan’s incoming saber and a Blade Energy no weaker than Mu Fan’s own swept out.BANG!A loud explosion occurred that caused the ground beneath the two to form a massive crater.Shiming was seen flying out of the dust that had risen in the area.Even when he called on his own Blade Will h
Shiming wasn’t in a hurry as he flew over to where Mu Fan was.Previously when Mu Fan had reached this location and realized he had found Lu Yue, he didn’t hesitate to start hacking.Now laying around him were numerous bloody corpses of the Fire Empire Disciples. But of course, there were also disciples who came from various small Sects that were transported here with Lu Yue. A few disciples in the group Mu Fan came with had died too.Mu Fan frowned at this sight.Something didn’t feel right to him. He loved hacking these fuckers for what they were doing, but this type of massacre irked him.It’s as if it was all planned.Mu Fan didn’t know, but he could vaguely sense something was wrong.As Mu Fan was feeling repulsed by this massacre, Shiming’s voice echoed behind him.“Why do I always have to deal with you?”Mu Fan slowly turned to see Shiming land not too far away from him. His eyes narrowed.“You don’t have to worry about that for too long. Once I lop off your head then you never
Gu Jin would send out a fist or a palm strike towards Lu Yue and she would counter it with her Sword Technique.However, she would be blown back and injured every time.After a few more of this, Lu Yue realized that she was getting further away from the battle.Gu Jin had purposely brought them here.“Are you just now realizing the situation you’re in?”Gu Jin said with a laugh.Lu Yue had fallen to the ground and as she slowly got up, Gu Jin’s gaze roamed over her slightly disheveled body.It didn’t take a genius to understand what was going on.However, Lu Yue seemed unphased despite the blood at the corner of her lips and was even weak to the point where she had to lean on her sword for support.Looking at Gu Jin, she said.“And it seems you haven’t realized the situation you're in yet.”Upon hearing that, Gu Jin frowned.However, a moment later his expression changed.Inside his body, he sensed several strands of frigid energy slowly circulating in his meridians.If it weren’t for