Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 804: Number One in the Sacred Land

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Mm Yanlu and Master Haiyue, along with a group of people, arrived at Thousand Geese City.

Chen Fei’s illusory form found Min Yanlu and briefed them on the situation with the Black Divine, leaving them to make their own decision.

Since they were not part of the Thousand Feathers Alliance, there might not have been any immediate consequences for the alliance. The Black Divine sought faith, not slaughter.

However, if they had chosen to remain in the Thousand Feathers Alliance, they would have undoubtedly faced attacks from monsters. Given Min Yanlu and Master Haiyue’s initial strength in the Mountain Sea Realm, it would have been almost impossible for them to defend the Thousand Feathers Alliance.

After deliberation, Min Yanlu and Master Haiyue made a decision and led thousands of people to join Thousand Geese City.

Chen Fei glanced ahead, slowly closed his eyes, and began to cultivate his techniques.

Now without the Black Divine’s Barrier providing insights into techniques, Chen Fei had to rely on himself.

The Purple Sky Stellar Technique, a heritage that integrated the orthodox techniques of the Stellar Sacred Land, was truly extraordinary.

Reaching its peak, lighting up nine stars within the body added the power of three Divine Palaces. Although it was only a single strike, envisioning the power when displayed by someone at the peak of the Mountain Sea Realm revealed its might.

Moreover, lighting up nine stars, apart from temporary exhaustion afterwards had no other lasting effects and did not damage the essence. It fundamentally ’ differed from burning the soul.

Of course, if you lit up nine stars and continued to fight forcefully, the situation would become serious. After just a few moves, the body might collapse.

Lighting up nine stars imposed terrifying pressure on both vitality and spirit, and enduring it would be more exaggerated than burning the essence itself. ‘ Aside from the life-threatening technique of lighting up nine stars in the Purple Sky Stellar Technique, its efficiency in accumulating elemental power and its daily combat capabilities on the Middle Continent were considered top­notch. 1

While some aspects of techniques from other Sacred Lands might excel over the Purple Sky Stellar Technique, overall, they were undoubtedly comparable.

In terms of explosive power, due to the nine stars, the Purple Sky Stellar Technique and the Stellar Divine Technique could be considered the best.

There was also the combination skill of Sword Dominates the Galaxy by his Sword Mastery. Now, it had advanced, integrating new talents into its combination techniques.

Seeing the talent skill Sword Dominates the Galaxy, Chen Fei was somewhat surprised. The maximum number of talents integrated into Sword Dominates the Galaxy was not the four he had imagined, but five.

Over the past few years, Chen Fei had learned that for an average Mountain Sea Realm practitioner to advance to the peak, they must have three talents to suppress the Divine Palaces; otherwise, the Divine Palace would be unstable, hindering true breakthroughs.

Among the Sacred Land Prodigies, they could cultivate up to four talents. With stronger technique inheritances and an additional talent, they firmly established formidable combat capabilities as Sacred Land Prodigies. Yet, as Chen Fei examined the Purple Sky Stellar Technique, this talent technique could astonishingly integrate five talents. This meant that the upper limit for Sacred Land Prodigies was actually five talents, not four.

Upon closely examining the cultivation methods of the Purple Sky Stellar Technique, Chen Fei indeed found five thresholds that allowed practitioners to naturally gather talents.

Rumors sometimes turned out to be true; the profound heritage of Sacred Lands was far deeper than imagined.

However, Chen Fei’s own goal was to integrate one Divine Palace with one talent. There was no need for envy towards those in the Sacred Lands.

The only challenge lay in Sword Dominates the Galaxy. If Chen Fei wished to integrate multiple talents, he needed to acquire techniques from several other sects.

Drawing from the strengths of many was the only way to bring about a new evolution in talent techniques.

Initially, Sword Dominates the Galaxy integrated Sword Mastery, Adamantine Body, and Endless Regeneration.

Over the course of a month, Chen Fei tirelessly practiced his techniques and also attempted to integrate Prison Suppression and Teleportation.

The results left Chen Fei quite satisfied. The new Sword Dominates the Galaxy with the integration of Prison Suppression, provided more defense than offense, while Teleportation increased Chen Fei’s attack and movement speed. As Chen Fei stacked more and more armor, he became increasingly sturdy. The enhanced agility and attack speed undoubtedly played a crucial role in battles.

Even though Chen Fei had only reached proficiency in the Purple Sky Stellar Technique when he was in the stage of mastery, his strength had once again soared due to the talents.

If there was one drawback to Sword Dominates the Galaxy, it was the exaggerated consumption of soul and mental energy, which became more pronounced.

Even with Chen Fei’s current mid-stage Mountain Sea Realm soul, he couldn’t sustain Sword Dominates the Galaxy’s state for too long.

As a top- tier inheritance, mastering the Purple Sky Stellar Technique required astonishing proficiency.

Chen Fei estimated that even with ceaseless day and night practice without any slack, it would take at least two years to fully master the Purple Sky Stellar Technique.

To advance the Purple Sky Stellar Technique from full mastery to Great Completion would require at least five years.

In total, seven years would be needed to elevate such an inheritance to Great Completion, which was extremely fast in terms of speed.

After all, even for the Sacred Land Prodigies, without hundreds of years of practice, they could not hope to master their sect’s techniques to the utmost. Sometimes, even wasting a lifetime, one cannot reach the highest realm of cultivation.

In the Sacred Lands, there are many at the peak of the Mountain Sea Realm, but only one or two in the Sun Moon Realm forever. This illustrates the difficulty of practicing sect techniques in the Sacred Lands.

Such challenging techniques might deter many Mountain Sea Realm practitioners from attempting to cultivate them.

In Chen Fei’s heart, there was some nostalgia for the days when he absorbed insights from techniques within the Black Divine’s Barrier, which in one day equaled more than a month of hard labor.

Chen Fei didn’t actually reject the idea of spending several years diligently cultivating his techniques to reach Great Completion.

But in today’s world, every increase in strength is the greatest guarantee of one’s own safety.

Chen Fei was willing to spend years cultivating, but in this world, there was no guarantee of being granted peaceful years of cultivation.

The Adamantine Body talent, after a month of hard work, was now at the Mastery stage.

Except for exchanging the Stellar Divine Technique with the contributions earned previously in the Black Divine’s Barrier, Chen Fei had exchanged all of the remaining pills and spiritual materials.

Chen Fei now had all the resources to cultivate the fifth Divine Palace, with the only thing missing being when the Adamantine Body talent would reach the Great Completion stage.

If the Adamantine Body talent didn’t reach Great Completion, the first step into breaking through the void might get stuck. Therefore, not cultivating the talent first and attempting a direct breakthrough would be like cutting off one’s own foundation.

Another technique Chen Fei was cultivating was the Water Source Shadow Technique, which was progressing smoothly. It would likely reach Great Completion in about half a year less than Chen Fei had initially estimated. By then, Chen Fei would have a significant fallback plan. His clone could stay in the Sacred City, allowing Chen Fei’s main body to teleport back even if he encountered danger outside.

As long as he wasn’t blocked by formations, there shouldn’t be any major issues.

Tang Shouchang and the others turned to look at Chen Fei. Seeing him start practicing again, their gazes fluctuated.

Despite being the strongest and most talented, he still put in the most effort in cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, twenty days passed. Thousand Geese City flew tens of thousands of miles and finally approached the vicinity of the Sacred City.

During these tens of thousands of miles, they encountered no obstacles and not a single monster appeared, as if monsters had completely vanished.

While Chen Fei practiced, he could faintly sense a slight change in the natural energy around him. However, he couldn’t yet articulate what this change meant.

Just like when the Black Divine’s Barrier was about to undergo a major change, Chen Fei had a similar perception back then.

Since the disappearance of the Black Divine’s Barrier until now, nearly two months have passed. Whether in the Middle Continent or the seas beyond, everything has been calm and peaceful.

However, the Eight Sacred Lands not only continued constructing the Sacred

City but also accelerated their progress.

When they were still over ten thousand miles away from the Sacred City, Chen Fei saw many practitioners from other forces.

Just as Chen Fei and his group chose to lift up the entire Thousand Geese City, other sects, as long as they had the ability, eventually moved their respective sect gates together.

After all, the various rune formations set up within sect gates might have existed for thousands of years or more. Abandoning them directly would be a great loss.

Moreover, by relocating their sect gates to the Sacred City, they could directly connect the large formations of the Sacred City with those within their sect gates, which invisibly enhanced their security.

The only things that couldn’t be relocated were those secret realms. They could only harvest various spiritual materials from the secret realms and then abandon them.

Those capable of moving mountains and cities must be at least in the Mountain Sea Realm, and the number of Mountain Sea Realm practitioners must not be too few, or else this couldn’t be achieved.

As for those sects with only Combined Aperture Tempering realm practitioners, they could only pack up obediently and couldn’t delay. They had to depart as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it’s possible that monsters might suddenly descend even before reaching the Sacred City.

When Chen Fei and his group were fifty miles away from the edge of the Sacred City, a figure flew towards them from a distance.

“Halt there!”

The voice echoed from afar. Chen Fei opened his eyes, commanding Thousand Geese City to halt in midair as he flew forward himself.

Thousand Geese City has already reported in from the Ethereal Lake,” Chen

Fei declared loudly.

“Thousand Geese City?”

Lu Zhongjing quickly flipped through the contents of the jade slip in his hand found the information about Thousand Geese City, then looked up at Chen Fei “Follow closely behind me, I’ll take you to the designated location.”

“Thank you, sir!”

Chen Fei stepped forward and discreetly handed a piece of Fourth-Tier spiritual material to Lu Zhongjing.

Without looking at it, Lu Zhongjing simply rubbed the surface of the spiritual material with his fingers. His previously tense expression softened into a smile.

Chen Fei nodded in acknowledgment. Thousand Geese City resumed its movement and followed behind Lu Zhongjing.

Thousand Geese City was now hundreds of meters above ground. Many people inside the city had learned that they were near the Sacred City and had gathered on the city walls, looking outward.

Soon, everyone saw a vast city wall stretching endlessly ahead, towering over a hundred meters high, spanning who knows how many miles.

This city wall, crafted over nearly two months by the Eight Sacred Lands and numerous top powers, serves as the protective barrier of the Sacred City. Standing over a hundred meters tall, it’s an insurmountable barrier for ordinary people but clearly inadequate against monsters, especially those of Fourth-Tier or higher.

Thus, these walls are inscribed with runes and connected to the entire array of the Sacred City. A prohibition formation suppresses the flight of monsters.

As Thousand Geese City leapt over the walls of the Sacred City, everyone sensed a subtle change in the natural energy, as if something had shifted.