Chapter 273: Chapter 221 Immortal Dao 2nd Stage: Creation·Enlightenment! [1 More Chapter!]
Such as the ’Nine Doubts Skill’.
And the ’Najia Divination Method’.
Both were honed through trials in the Slaughter Ring Sea. The former is a technique for concealing heavenly secrets, capable of obscuring one’s own destiny. Should anyone attempt to divine it, they would doubt the heavens, the earth, gods, ghosts, and everything in between—how could the truth be clearly discerned?
The former conceals heavenly secrets.
The latter, however, calculates them.
Incorporating techniques such as the ’Circular Light Skill’, when cultivated to profound depths, one could calculate the present, past, and future, as well as everything and everyone across the Three Realms.
Of course.
Chen Jichuan’s practice of the ’Najia Divination Method’ has been brief; reaching such a level is a distant dream, far off in the mists of time.
"Geniuses among first-order cultivators, such as the ordinary True Disciples of the Heaven Mending Sect, require decades at the very least to fully master a high-level technique and achieve the first realm of ’Ming Technique’. Reaching the second realm of ’Universal Technique’ demands over a century, even several centuries of painstaking cultivation and comprehension."
"As for the third realm of ’Body Fusion’."
"With a first-order cultivator’s three-hundred-year lifespan, achieving it within one’s lifetime is already exceedingly difficult. Once a high-level technique is cultivated to the third realm, the individual can dominate their peers. Such a technique becomes their ’trump card’, their ’signature skill’."
Take Chen Jichuan, for example.
As he roamed the Slaughter Ring Sea, techniques like the Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method and the Five Thunders True Skill were cultivated to the third realm. Each time he made a move, his expertise was evident. Mention the Heaven Mending Sect’s ’Jade-faced Judge’ Dai Zong, and people would think of these techniques. Mention these techniques, and people would think of Chen Jichuan.
Clearly, cultivating a high-level technique to the third realm is an extraordinarily challenging feat.
In the Heaven Mending Sect,
of over four hundred True Disciples, fewer than two hundred have cultivated even one high-level technique to the third realm, thereby possessing a ’trump card’.
Those who have cultivated two high-level techniques to the third realm are even rarer, numbering at most a few dozen.
For instance, ’Iron Flute Dragon Girl’ Xue Xiao, before leaving the Heaven Mending Sect, managed to rank forty-eighth on the Immortal List precisely because she mastered two high-level techniques at the third realm.
’Seven-Handed Yaksha’ Cheng Beixuan, however, was even more formidable.
He mastered four high-level techniques at the third realm, excelling in offense, defense, speed, and explosive power, leaving no weaknesses. As a result, he managed to briefly hold fifth place on the Immortal List before departing the Heaven Mending Sect.
But for someone like Chen Jichuan,
who has ten high-level techniques cultivated to the third realm in his arsenal, he is capable of consistently securing the top position on the Immortal List.
However——
"I rely on ’Creation·Derivation’ to gain one high-level technique after another. Starting from low-level, progressing to middle-stage, then to high-level, advancing step by step, coupled with several lifetimes of hundreds of years of relentless cultivation—only in this lifetime have I been able to comprehend so quickly and cultivate ten high-level techniques to the third realm."
"But the newly obtained techniques."
"Such as the ’Nine Doubts Skill’ and ’Najia Divination Method’, are much slower to comprehend. Nearly a hundred years of effort has brought me far short of the second realm."
Chen Jichuan gazed at the stars twinkling in the sky and shook his head.
By comparison,
his natural talent and comprehension are a level below that of the ordinary True Disciples of the Heaven Mending Sect.
The latter, at their worst, could still be called ’average geniuses’.
Chen Jichuan could only barely be considered ’ordinary’. Cultivating even a single high-level technique is no easy feat.
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"High-level techniques are already hard to comprehend."
"Not to mention super-level techniques."
Chen Jichuan’s gaze shifted to the three largest stars in the galaxy before him——
The Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method.
The Daluo Heavenly Sleeve.
The Heaven Mending Seal.
"Pushing the ’Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method’ to the super-level is relatively easier than the ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ or the ’Heaven Mending Seal’, but even after ten years of effort, I remain stuck at the second realm, far from the third."
"As for the ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ and ’Heaven Mending Seal’, I acquired the former ninety years ago, cultivated it for forty-five years, and managed to barely reach the first realm. The latter I obtained thirty years ago, cultivated for fifteen years, and have yet to set foot on its threshold."
Gazing at the brilliant sun-like star representing the ’Little Four Nine Wind and Thunder Escape Method’,
then at the equally massive but comparatively dim stars representing the ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ and the ’Heaven Mending Seal’,
Chen Jichuan shook his head: "Too difficult."
Super-level techniques are more powerful and profound, but they are also far harder to comprehend and master.
He had originally resolved to persevere, grinding for hundreds, even thousands of years, hoping to achieve some progress.
But now——
"Enlightenment!"
A flash of inspiration struck Chen Jichuan, and his thoughts connected with the ’Heaven Mending Seal’ among the three super-level stars.
In an instant.
Stars shifted, life and death transformed.
The heavenly mysteries of the Great Dao seemed to unfold before his eyes, and unfathomable truths surged forth like a flood bursting its banks.
"The Heaven Mending Seal."
"One seal creates, one seal destroys."
"Life and death."
"Yin and Yang."
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Endless profundities flooded his mind.
To hear the Dao in the morning, one would gladly die in the evening.
"Marvelous! Marvelous! Marvelous!"
"So that’s how it is!"
Chen Jichuan felt immense joy, a radiant smile spreading across his face.
His understanding of life and death, Yin and Yang, the flow of mana, and the ’Heaven Mending Seal’ surged to new heights, advancing at breakneck speed.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
He didn’t know how much time had passed. To him, it felt like just a blink of an eye before he was ejected from this mysterious state.
Immediately——
"Pain! Pain! Pain!"
Chen Jichuan’s head felt as though it was about to explode.
A deafening buzz echoed endlessly.
Golden light flashed before his eyes, while war drums seemed to pound in his ears.
His entire body was drained of Qi-Blood, his mana depleted, leaving him utterly powerless.
"This——"
Chen Jichuan barely managed to muster a sliver of strength, activating his cultivation technique to restore some mana and Qi-Blood. He grabbed a handful of pills to replenish himself and swallowed them in one go.
Three days passed before he recovered about ten percent, no longer appearing at death’s door like three days prior.
"Thank goodness."
"Thank goodness I didn’t die, or that would’ve been a huge loss."
Chen Jichuan still felt lingering fear but also a sense of relief.
What haunted him was the experience three days ago: the Qi-Blood depletion, the mana exhaustion, the sensation of teetering on the brink of death.
That state—Chen Jichuan had only ever felt it before when truly close to death.
Fortunately, it wasn’t quite the same.
"It was merely excessive consumption."
"But depleting oneself entirely is still dangerous. I’ll need to focus on recuperation in the coming days; otherwise, it might leave behind hidden dangers."
Chen Jichuan remained vigilant.
Then,
he pushed those thoughts aside, allowing the surge of joy over his progress in the technique to take over——
[Heaven Mending Seal (First Realm)]
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"The first realm."
"It took me forty-five years to cultivate the ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ to the first realm. While the ’Heaven Mending Seal’ is also super-level, it’s even harder to cultivate. By my calculations, it would’ve taken at least seventy or eighty years to reach the first realm."
"But now, with just one enlightenment——"
Chen Jichuan was overjoyed.
One enlightenment equaled seventy or eighty years of painstaking cultivation?
That’s simply defying heaven’s logic!
"No."
"My current understanding and mastery of the ’Heaven Mending Seal’ surpass that of the ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ at the first realm. It feels like I’ve gained an additional twenty to thirty years of progress on top of the first realm."
"In that case, one enlightenment is roughly equivalent to a century of cultivation."
Feeling the ’Heaven Mending Seal’ again, Chen Jichuan’s smile widened even further.
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