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Chapter 117 Enlightenment, Inheritance of a Nominal Disciple
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Tianmu Holy City.
Xia Mangqing's clone returned from an ancient ruin.
During this time, he would often leave Tianmu Holy City and venture into some ancient ruins. Each time, his gains were not small. To date, apart from magical treasures and rare items, he also had a fortune of more than five million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid.
"The Heart Sword Technique, along with many other sword techniques and illusion formations."
Xia Mangqing searched within the Dharma Realm, eventually spending over 300,000 cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid to obtain the first seven forms of the Heart Sword Technique, seven illusion arrays at the Dao Lord level, one thousand illusion arrays at the World Realm level, and one thousand sword techniques at the World Realm level.
They still worked together, with one clone studying the formation and the other studying the "Heart Sword Technique".
"The first two moves are relatively simple, but starting from the third move, mastering them is enough to reach the sixth level of sword power."
Inside the Holy City Cave, Xia Mangqing sat cross-legged in the Time Chamber, cultivating at a time flow rate a hundred times faster than normal.
He quickly grasped the first and second moves of the Heart Sword Technique. Although he mainly studied the way of the sword, both swords and sabers are ways of using weapons and have commonalities.
Therefore, relying solely on his understanding of the way of the sword, and through analogy, he still reached the fifth level in the way of the sword.
Although the core of "Heart Sword Technique" is the unity of three forces, its profound swordsmanship is equally impressive, making it a relatively strong path. If Xia Mangqing wants to learn it, his understanding of swordsmanship must also be excellent.
"I can take this opportunity to comprehend sword techniques and also cultivate the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art," Xia Mangqing thought.
He had possessed the "Immortal Tribulation Sword Manual" for tens of thousands of years, but his swordsmanship was not advanced, and at that time, the priority was to deal with the Old Man of Source, so he did not study it in depth.
Therefore, he has never been able to fully unleash the power of this sword technique. Now that he is studying the way of the sword, he can comprehend it at the same time.
After all, this sword technique is one of the three great sword techniques that can be compared with the "Grass Character Sword Technique" and the "Pacifying Chaos Technique". In the Wilderness, it is an unparalleled sword technique of the Eternal or even the Sovereign level.
If he could grasp some of this, perhaps he could develop his own unique way of using weapons.
Of course, a tall building starts from the ground up, and the cultivation of any great path requires a solid foundation, which is why he purchased a thousand kinds of sword techniques at the World Realm level.
"Begin to comprehend it—"
Xia Mangqing calmed his mind and, together with his other clones, began to comprehend the thousand sword techniques at the World Realm level.
Time passed slowly. When Xia Mangqing awoke from the profound mysteries of sword techniques, more than ten thousand years had passed in the Time Chamber. Unbeknownst to him, within his Golden Core Chaos Space, a Dao Tree belonging to the Dao of the Sword grew next to the Dao Tree of the Dao of the Knife.
However, the Sword Path Tree is only a few thousand feet tall, far from the near-perfect Blade Path Tree.
"The third form of the Heart Sword Technique is finally complete."
With a thought, Xia Mangqing unleashed an endless barrage of sword light throughout the Time Chamber.
The third move, "Luo Tian Style," can form its own sword world, representing the profound mystery of the sixth level of sword power, "Sword World."
As for the fourth move, "Corner of the Cliff," Xia Mangqing also comprehended part of it, but his foundation was too shallow at the moment, so he had not yet undergone a qualitative transformation and had not been able to fully understand its profound mysteries.
"Upon reaching the sixth level of sword power, one's application and evolution of the Immortal Tribulation Sword Technique can also reach the supreme level."
Thinking of this, Xia Mangqing began to comprehend the "Immortal Tribulation Sword Technique," a sword technique that is said to be so powerful that even immortals must undergo tribulations. It is one of the three great sword techniques of antiquity, and its mysteries are unfathomable.
When Xia Mangqing further evolved it, boundless sword light erupted, each beam containing an inexhaustible power of calamity, seemingly capable of slaying immortals and killing gods, which was extremely terrifying.
On the Sword Dao Tree within the Golden Core Chaos Space, a particularly lush branch has sprouted, representing Xia Mangqing's understanding of the "Immortal Tribulation Sword Technique."
The second section represents "The Art of Heart Sword".
"The progress of the Heart Sword Technique is slow, but the formations—they have already taken shape."
With shared memories, he also knew the progress of his other clones.
In fact, being able to cultivate a path to the sixth level in about ten thousand years, even with the foundation of insights into other great paths, is still a very fast speed.
But compared to formations, it falls far short.
Over the past ten thousand years, numerous clones who have studied array formations have comprehended many illusion arrays at the World Realm level, as well as seven types of illusion arrays at the Dao Lord level, and have created a prototype of an illusion array.
In fact, this rudimentary illusion array could already be considered a common array formation, but even reaching this level in array formation still couldn't break Qingyu Daojun's illusion array.
The difference between the ordinary path and the strongest path is too great!
At the very least, one must be able to create a strong Dao and possess mastery of formations to break through that illusionary formation.
"Let's go buy some more methods first."
Xia Mangqing pondered, and at the same time, a flash of inspiration struck him: "The ways of the sword and saber both belong to the way of application. Perhaps, we can directly bypass the limitations of the sword and saber and create a way of weapon application."
They all belong to the realm of application, and there is no need to limit them to the types of weapons. They can be integrated with each other, thus breaking free from limitations and constraints, and controlling them in another form.
Of course, his current understanding is not enough, so this time, in addition to buying sword techniques, he also plans to buy some knife techniques and other methods of using weapons.
In the Dharma Realm, after Xia Mangqing had selected many Dharma gates, he found a guardian puppet.
"A total of 170,000 cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid."
The guardian puppet said, and Xia Mangqing nodded, took out a jade bottle and handed it to him. After confirming the quantity, the guardian puppet released the restriction and let Xia Mangqing memorize all the methods.
After he memorized them, the guardian puppet threw all the techniques back to him and said to Xia Mangqing, "Three thousand years from now, there will be a treasure competition in Tianmu Holy City, jointly organized by Feiyu Tower, Heishui Pavilion, and Yubao Palace. If you are interested, you are welcome to participate."
"A treasure hunt?"
Xia Mangqing nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this. He had never participated in a treasure-hunting competition before, since the things he needed were generally not rare.
However, a treasure hunt held in a holy city is definitely worth a trip; perhaps one can even obtain the treasure he desires.
Thank you for letting me know.
Xia Mangqing thanked the guardian puppet, then took his leave of the Dharma Realm and returned to his cave.
"Three thousand years—that's not a short time."
Xia Mangqing casually set up a restriction to remind him of the time to emerge from seclusion, and then resumed his seclusion at a time speed of a hundred times to continue comprehending the techniques of swordsmanship and other arts.
This time, the various clones comprehended different things. The Holy City clone was responsible for comprehending the way of the sword, while other clones were responsible for comprehending the way of the saber, the way of the spear, etc. However, apart from the saber and the sword, the goals for the other ways of application were not high. They only needed to reach the fifth level and condense the Dao seed.
On the other hand, as a means of application, it is very easy to reach the fifth level by drawing inferences from similar cases.
Moreover, since it wasn't just one of his clones comprehending this, three thousand years, which adds up to three hundred thousand years, was enough time for him to gain a sufficiently deep understanding of this kind of great Dao.
After ten thousand years of seclusion, Xia Mangqing mastered the fourth form of the Heart Sword Technique. Compared to the third form, the fourth form did not undergo any fundamental transformation and could be comprehended by following the steps.
Over the next three thousand years, he comprehended the Dao of the Sword to the perfection of the World Realm. He was already skilled in the Dao of the Sword, and with the help of many other methods, his improvement was rapid. The only thing he regretted was that, to this day, he had not yet obtained any top-level Dao of the Sword inheritance.
After 30,000 years of seclusion, Xia Mangqing had mastered the fifth move of the Heart Sword Technique, "World Sinking." At this point, his understanding of the foundation of swordsmanship was complete.
After 100,000 years of seclusion, the sixth move, "Twinkle in Spirit," was finally understood. This was a fundamental leap forward. Once this move was successfully mastered, one would reach the Perfection of the Normal World Realm and be able to unleash the peak combat power of the World Realm with the divine weapon of the Dao.
It should be noted that the vast majority of those at the peak of the World Realm rely on Eternal Divine Weapons. Very few reach the peak of the World Realm purely through Dao and Dharma. And those beings who can reach the peak of the World Realm without relying on external objects generally have the hope of becoming Dao Lords of Life and Death through their own efforts.
Of course, becoming the Dao Lord of Life and Death was never an obstacle for Xia Mangqing; it was very simple for him. It's just that he pursued the ultimate Chaos Dao, so he didn't break through.
After 220,000 years of seclusion, Xia Mangqing comprehended the seventh move of the Heart Sword Technique, "Heart of Heaven and Earth," a sword strike that perfectly harnesses mental power and merges it with divine and magical power.
It can also be said to be the true starting point of "Heart Sword Technique".
"The three forces combined—so that's how it is."
Xia Mangqing quietly comprehended the formation, while his clones, who were also studying the formation, were also comprehending the profound mystery of the unity of the three forces. On that side, the illusion formation had been perfected to a relatively strong level.
However, the methods he purchased were not enough to push it to the strongest level. But there was no rush now; the key was to comprehend the method of the unity of the three forces.
Although he had mastered the seventh form of the Heart Sword Technique and was able to achieve the unity of the three forces through swordsmanship, his goal was not limited to this; he also wanted to apply this technique to other great paths.
This requires him to further comprehend and deduce.
After 270,000 years of seclusion, Xia Mangqing achieved a perfect unity of magical power and mental strength in the formation, greatly increasing its power to be no less than that of the strongest Dao.
If we go a step further and combine the three forces, the power of the formation will almost merge with the strongest Dao!
"Let's break the formation first and see what Daoist Qingyu left for the inheritors." On the second floor of a tall tower on the third level of the Heavenly Ruins Realm, Xia Mangqing had already gained some insights through Perfect World's transfer.
Then, he stepped out of the Time Treasure and looked at the still peaceful and sacred world before him. He activated his Heavenly Eye to its fullest extent, and because his mastery of illusion arrays was already very high, many array patterns were clearly visible in his eyes at this moment.
"As expected of the strongest illusion array, even I find it so difficult to understand." Xia Mangqing deduced it step by step. This array was perfect and flawless, reaching the pinnacle of illusion arrays. Every change was incredibly profound.
Even with Xia Mangqing's current mastery of array formations, after memorizing numerous array patterns, he still spent tens of thousands of years studying the Time Treasure before finding a way out.
When Xia Mangqing stepped out of the illusion array, the stunningly beautiful woman reappeared, looking at Xia Mangqing with considerable amazement: "Your talent is truly astonishing."
In just two or three thousand years, even at a thousand times the speed of time, it would only be two or three million years, but he actually comprehended a relatively strong path, which happened to be the path of illusion arrays!
To comprehend the Great Dao so precisely and so quickly—such comprehension is truly astonishing.
"Thank you for the compliment, senior."
Xia Mangqing smiled faintly. His comprehension, influenced by the cheat system, the second primordial spirit technique, the clone technique, and the chaos restriction, had indeed reached an extremely exaggerated level.
Moreover, no weaknesses have been found yet, and his comprehension of various Daos is quite rapid; he is naturally suited to walk the path of chaos.
The stunningly beautiful woman smiled and then said, "Follow me. The Dao Lord's legacy is in that magnificent hall ahead."
After exiting the illusion array, the second level of the world unfolded before their eyes. There was nothing special about it; it was just like an ordinary chaotic world. In the very center, there was a small palace.
The stunningly beautiful woman led Xia Mangqing inside, saying, "The master has prepared three inheritances, one for a true disciple and two for nominal disciples."
"Now, I need to ask you a question."
"Please speak, senior," Xia Mangqing nodded.
"Are you willing to give up becoming the personal disciple of the Heavenly Ruins Emperor?"
"A stunningly beautiful woman asked."
Xia Mangqing pondered for a moment, then shook her head. Although Daoist Qingyu followed the path of fusion, and at the edge of merging with the Dao, she could rival a top-tier emperor, she ultimately failed and perished.
However, the Heavenly Ruins Emperor is a living lord of a holy city and one of the most powerful beings in the entire Endless Territory. The choice is obvious.
"Sigh—I knew it." The stunningly beautiful woman sighed with a wry smile: "I really think you are very suitable to become the master's personal disciple. After all, you have an exceptionally high talent in the art of formations, and you may be able to perfectly inherit the master's mantle."
"Unfortunately—"
She didn't continue, but Xia Mangqing understood.
It's a pity that Daoist Qingyu died and his Dao disappeared. No matter how glorious and unparalleled he was in the past, it's all gone. But Emperor Tianxu is a living, powerful figure and a reliable backer.
"Fine." The stunningly beautiful woman shook her head. "Since you're unwilling to give up, then you can only become the master's nominal disciple."
As she spoke, she led Xia Mangqing to a side hall: "The inheritance that a disciple can receive is here, but you can only choose one. The hall will discern the winners, so don't think you can take them all."
"Um.
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Xia Mangqing nodded and then stepped into the hall.
The interior of the hall was simply decorated. On the left and right sides, there was a long table with two items on it: a precious pearl and a jade slip. There was nothing else.
Xia Mangqing first walked to the left and used his senses to initially examine the pearl and the jade slip, and was immediately shocked.
Inside the pearl are three things: ten million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid, a set of nine flying swords that can reach the level of eternal supreme divine weapons, and an array plate personally refined by Daoist Qingyu.
The most precious item is the array plate, a spacetime array plate. Once activated, it allows for instantaneous spacetime teleportation, which even top-tier emperors cannot stop.
As for the jade slip, it contains two methods. One is the "Nine Scrolls of Killing Arrays," which records Qingyu Daojun's insights into killing arrays.
Another type is a secret technique similar to the Heavenly Eye, called "Illusory Heart Divine Eye." It is a secret eye technique that uses mental power and can also be used to detect formations. It also has the power of illusion.
The treasures were all amazing, but Xia Mangqing did not make a choice immediately, but instead walked to the other side.
The pearl on the right also contains ten million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid and an array plate, while the weapon is a set of world-class top-grade eternal divine weapons, with a value comparable to the one on the other side.
As for the methods, there are two: one is the "Nine Scrolls of Illusionary Arrays," and the other is the secret method "Heart of the Divine Array."
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