Chapter 38: A Thousand Years of Modification! A Million Jin of Strength! 80% Sword Intent!
“Modify the Earth Fiend Art!”
“Time, a thousand years later!”
Gu Yang focused his mind, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.
The Earth Fiend Art had already reached Major Achievement.
If he cultivated it for a thousand years…
What level would it reach?
Soon, the modification was complete.
A flood of memories surged into his mind like a tidal wave.
He closed his eyes, silently absorbing them.
A moment later, his eyes snapped open,
His face was alight with joy.
“It was actually refined?!”
After a thousand years of cultivation, the Earth Fiend Art had been completely perfected and enhanced.
From its original Earth-Grade Lower Tier, it had evolved into Earth-Grade Upper Tier!
Its name had also changed,
“Tempered Essence · Earth Fiend Art!”
Because its grade had risen, cultivation naturally became more difficult.
It was still at Major Achievement, but the increase in strength…
Gu Yang stood up and threw a punch.
A deep dragon’s roar echoed as the sheer force of his strike distorted the surrounding space!
“A million jin of strength! The power of a flood dragon!”
His breathing grew slightly ragged.
He hadn’t expected a thousand years of cultivation to bring such a monstrous improvement!
Originally, he had only possessed two hundred thousand jin of strength.
Even a Bao Yuan Realm expert might not surpass this!
(Though, since he didn’t know how strong the Bao Yuan Realm truly was, he couldn’t be certain.)
Shock and elation warred within him.
This meant he had another trump card in his arsenal!
And this was just the beginning.
With that thought, he focused his mind and modified again!
“Modify the Heavenly Fiend Method!”
“Time, a thousand years later!”
“Modify the Pure Essence Art!”
“Time, a thousand years later!”
This time, Gu Yang chose to modify all his cultivation techniques.
There were quite a few, but the process was effortless.
In no time, every technique had been modified.
Wave after wave of memories flooded his mind,
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Gu Yang’s brow furrowed sharply.
The sheer volume of martial knowledge was overwhelming!
The insights from all the techniques had merged together, forming a chaotic storm of comprehension.
The explosive influx of memories made his head throb with pain.
Fortunately, Gu Yang’s mental resilience was strong enough.
Soon, he managed to integrate all the memories.
Once he fully grasped them…
His expression turned stunned.
Only now did he realize,
Every single cultivation technique he had learned had fused into one unified system!
Because of this, his understanding of cultivation arts had reached an unfathomable level!
Using the Heavenly Fiend Method as a foundation, he had perfected and refined it beyond recognition!
And this refinement was even more absurd than what had happened with the Earth Fiend Art!
A Earth-Grade Lower Tier technique had been forcibly elevated to…
Earth-Grade Peak Tier!
He named this new technique,
“Divine Fiend Method!”
“Twelve layers of perfection in the Divine Fiend Method…”
“My cultivation speed has reached the absolute limit of my talent!”
Gu Yang exhaled in awe.
He hadn’t expected the improvements in cultivation techniques to be this immense.
And this realization sparked another thought,
If techniques could evolve … what about martial skills?
In the Martial Pavilion, the number of cultivation techniques was limited.
They were as numerous as the stars!
His accumulated martial knowledge in this area far surpassed what he had for cultivation arts.
If martial skills could also merge and evolve …
Could he push an Earth-Grade Lower Tier skill all the way to…
The thought sent a thrill of excitement through him.
If that were possible…
It would be beyond incredible!
The Flowing Cloud Sect didn’t possess a single Heaven-Grade martial skill!
In fact, even across the entire Haonan Province, finding one would be nearly impossible!
With this in mind, Gu Yang didn’t hesitate.
He began modifying frantically.
Since the number of martial skills was vast and varied, he proceeded systematically.
First, he modified all sword-based techniques.
“Modify the Cloud-Severing Sword Art.”
“Time, a thousand years later!”
“Modify the Blazing Flame Sword.”
“Time, a thousand years later!”
The sheer number of sword techniques alone exceeded the total cultivation arts he had modified!
And the memories this modification brought were even more overwhelming!
Just absorbing them took Gu Yang two full hours!
He sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes shut tight, devouring the flood of insights.
This was a thousand years of comprehension from countless sword arts!
The depth of understanding was unimaginable!
When he finally assimilated everything…
Gu Yang’s eyes snapped open.
A razor-sharp sword light flickered in his gaze,
It shot out, carving a deep gash into the nearby wall!
His expression was calm, but his eyes betrayed undeniable shock.
“My foundation has reached Sword Dao Grandmaster level… Discarding all existing sword techniques, I’ve created my own based on pure martial insight!”
Just as he had guessed,
The improvements in sword arts were unbelievably extreme!
He had mastered every sword technique’s essence, but instead of being confined by their structures…
He transcended them, using his own comprehension to forge,
“Heaven-Sundering Sword Art!”
So far, he had only grasped the first move: Severing the Vast Sky!
Yet this single move surpassed all Earth-Grade sword techniques!
Even Earth-Grade Peak Tier skills couldn’t compare!
Perhaps the Heaven-Sundering Sword Art wasn’t quite Heaven-Grade yet…
But it was far beyond Earth-Grade!
“Let’s call it… Pseudo-Heaven-Grade.”
Gu Yang murmured to himself.
Though labeled as such, the first move’s power already rivaled true Heaven-Grade techniques!
If he could comprehend just one more move, the Heaven-Sundering Sword Art would officially ascend to Heaven-Grade!
But beyond this Pseudo-Heaven-Grade sword art, the real prize was,
His mastery had skyrocketed to…
Firmly within the Major Achievement realm!
This made perfect sense.
His understanding of the Sword Dao had reached Grandmaster level.
Naturally, his Sword Intent had deepened accordingly!
Though inwardly stunned, the mental fortitude of a Sword Dao Grandmaster kept him composed.
His eyes now held a hidden sharpness, like an unsheathed blade.
“Next… fist techniques!”
Following the same method, Gu Yang began modifying all fist-based martial skills!
There were fewer fist techniques than sword arts, but absorbing their memories still took over half an hour.
The gains weren’t as exaggerated, but they were still immense.
By refining an Earth-Grade Lower Tier fist technique, he had developed,
“Demon-Subduing Vajra Fist!” (Earth-Grade Peak Tier!)
And his Fist Intent had surged to 70%!