"For normal saber skills, swordsmanship, boxing, and finger skills, I have many references and examples to draw from, and the ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ can help considerably."

"But techniques like the ’72 Transformations’ that specialize in transformations are really rare. Whether it’s researching texts or gaining inspiration from ’Mutual Teaching and Learning,’ it’s much harder than conventional martial arts."

Yan Chuan knew it was difficult, but he couldn’t shy away from challenges nor avoid them just because they were hard.

The difficulty wasn’t just in development.

In future cultivation, even with ’Mutual Teaching and Learning,’ if others practice less and think less, then feedback will be minimal, making it hard for Yan Chuan as well.

One should not give up because of difficulty.

"In the future, as I travel the world, altering my appearance will be inevitable. If I can develop it once and for all now, I can further develop the ’Self Martial·72 Transformations’ in the future, constantly enhancing it, so these transformations keep becoming more diverse and extensive. In the future, if I ever achieve enlightenment and immortality, this ’72 Transformations’ might indeed become as boundless as Sun Wukong’s transformations!"

Yan Chuan had ’Purple Mist Palace,’ and his ambitions for the future were not small——

The ’Nine Yang Divine Skill’ can become ’Nine Breaths Qi’!

The ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ can become ’Shrinking Land to Inches’!

The ’Six Meridian Divine Sword’ can become ’Heaven Cutting Seven Swords’!

The ’Ladder Cloud Jump’ can become the ’Ascending Earth Golden Light Technique’!

...

Secular martial arts have never been the limit in Yan Chuan’s mind——

’Mediation Creation’, ’Inverted Yin Yang’, ’Moving Stars and Changing Directions’, ’Returning to Heaven and Returning to the Sun’, ’Call the Wind and Summon the Rain’, ’Shaking Mountains and Earth’, ’Cloud-Riding Mist’, ...

’Primordial Gold Seal’, ’Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill’, ’Heaven Cutting Seven Swords’, ’Tathagata Divine Palm’, ’Reversed Palm of Tathagata’, ’Heavenly Emperor Jade Scroll’, ’Emperor’s Golden Book’, ’Demon Emperor Manual’, ’Four Immortal Slaying Sword Scripture’, ’One Qi to Three Pure Ones’, ...

’Divine Image Prison Suppressing Power’, ’True Demon Unbreakable Body’, ’Swallowing Heaven Creation Absolute No Divine Dao’, ’Hongmeng Parasitic Technique’, ’Creation Heaven Scripture’, ’Creation Jade Body’, ’Finger-shocking Thunder’, ’Spirit Rat Rolling Oil Pot’, ’Yin Yang Shifting’, ’Bodhisattva Scripture’, ’Eight Divine Kings Scripture’, ’Supreme Elixir Scripture’, ’Cosmic Two Classics’ ...

...

These are the ones!

"With ’Purple Mist Palace,’ my future is the stars and the sea, the universe’s vastness and desolation!"

...

Myth!

Stars!

Vastness!

Everything is still too far away.

In fact, at this moment, Yan Chuan couldn’t even develop a single martial skill of his own, ’Washing Marrow Scripture.’ He was too far off, with myths being out of reach, and he had to take each step forward.

"Heavenly Ladder City!"

"In the Postnatal Realm, the ’Thousand-Person Battle’ and ’King City Competition’ were the keys to my rise."

"In the Innate Realm, the ’Friend Slot’ and ’Spectator System’ will be my stepping stones to soar."

Having temporarily given up on Golden Talisman City, Yan Chuan had more time to cultivate in ’Heavenly Ladder City.’ Originally, he played one match for three hours a day, but starting today, he doubled the time, increasing it to two matches for six hours a day.

Bitter cultivation!

Martial arts lecture!

Bitter cultivation!

Martial arts lecture!

Yan Chuan grounded himself in Tan Valley, where bitter cultivation was monotonous, but martial arts lectures were enriching——

In Heavenly Ladder City, six hours a day with at least two unfamiliar opponents, each practicing different martial arts and possessing completely different growth trajectories, with at least the Innate level, always able to give Yan Chuan new experiences and feedback from various perspectives.

For six hours, Yan Chuan was tireless.

Besides this, he also lectured on martial arts among the thirty thousand Tan Valley Army members. If he didn’t go out, he’d lecture for three full hours, breaking down and interpreting the ’Five Fists,’ ’Arhat System,’ and ’Dragon Elephant Wisdom.’

If he grew tired of lecturing to the Tan Valley Army, Yan Chuan would head to Guangming City, where he’d lecture the city’s army and civilians atop the walls at nightclubs.

Lecturing martial arts was another form of cultivation.

This was Yan Chuan’s unique method of understanding martial arts, gathering collective wisdom and receiving endless feedback. Yan Chuan advanced comprehensively, with his martial arts improving continuously, and even Eighth Realm martial arts made rapid progress.

As early as February 6th, above Nanxiong City, while toying with Fu Xixiang, Yan Chuan had a moment of clarity, allowing both ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ and ’Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar’ to break through from Early Stage Eighth Realm to Mid Stage Eighth Realm.

In the following near-month, the progress of these two absolute skills almost stagnated, with very little advancement.

Until March 13th, when Yan Chuan lectured martial arts atop Guangming City’s walls to a million army and civilians, both ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ and ’Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar’ began to quickly improve again.

On the same night, Yan Chuan entered the ’Innate Realm Sky Ladder City’ for the first time, lecturing Zhang Tao on martial arts for three hours. The feedback was substantial, causing further advancement of his absolute skills.

After that.

’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ and ’Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar’ skyrocketed as if on rockets.

By April 1st, after Yan Chuan doubled his time and energy in Heavenly Ladder City, while the increase in the enhancement of his absolute skills wasn’t exactly doubled, there was still an improvement.

April 13th.

Yan Chuan’s friends increased to 41 people.

On this day, Yan Chuan’s first Innate friend, ’Zhang Tao,’ paid 20 Primordial Pills for Yan Chuan’s guidance lasting three hours——

...

"One month."

"Just by listening and spectating for a short month, I completely mastered the first and second moves of the first Chapter ’Nagua Chapter’ of the ’Tiger Soul Divine Spear’ and realized two ultimate moves. Now, even the third move is about to reach Great Success!"

Zhang Tao was excited.

The first Chapter of ’Tiger Soul Divine Spear’ contains six moves, and Zhang Tao could already perform them all, but only roughly. Each move had so much more potential to be unearthed that when each was comprehended and tempered to a certain level, corresponding ultimate moves could be realized——

The first move ’Yin Yang Harmony.’

The second move ’Qiankun One Qi.’

The third move ’Dominate the World.’

"If one can comprehend the third move ultimate move of the first Chapter ’Nagua Chapter’ of ’Tiger Soul Divine Spear’ within half a year of proving Dao in the Innate Realm, they can enter a first-level cave mansion."

"And I probably only need four months!"

Zhang Tao firmly held his spear. If he could break through this time, 20 Primordial Pills would be a bargain even if it were multiplied tenfold!

...

"From the Jianjing acupoint down to the sole of the foot, it is called vertical."

"The right arm then collects the energy of the left arm, passing it from the base of the bone through intention into the right arm, reaching the two ’Door Açupoints,’ therefore called horizontal."

"In this spear technique’s third move, the emphasis is on using both ’horizontal’ and ’vertical’ forces without confusing them, thus allowing the smooth rising and descending of primordial energy, clearly defining the concept of Xun Shun."

"The Gen Xiang said: Acting when it’s time to act, stopping when it’s time to stop, its meaning is profound!"

...

On the platform, Yan Chuan was entirely acting as a sparring partner, lecturing martial arts and giving pointers.

A whole month had passed since he first encountered Zhang Tao. During that time, Yan Chuan had lectured to Zhang Tao every single time. The first Chapter of ’Tiger Soul Divine Spear’ mastered by Zhang Tao was already laid bare to Yan Chuan, who then continually improved during each subsequent bout, eventually surpassing Zhang Tao in mastering the third move ultimate move ’Dominate the World.’

Building on this foundation to explain the third move, Yan Chuan was already thorough, and with the support of ’Mutual Teaching and Learning,’ he enhanced Zhang Tao’s comprehension efficiency by 100%. Zhang Tao absorbed and grew rapidly, akin to achieving Enlightenment. This speed surpassed even guidance from a sixth-rank God or even seventh or eighth-rank Divine Generals by far.

"’Tiger Soul Divine Spear’!"

"This is one of the true skills inherited from a top historical family in Yuanji Province of Wangyou Country, the ’Purple Sandalwood Zhang Family.’ It’s not passed on to non-direct bloodlines, and that person is a direct lineage of the Zhang family, but what is the background of this ’Yun Zhonghe’?"

In the Observation Seat, Ge Ji watched intently.

He had only encountered ’Yun Zhonghe’ at the beginning of April, sparring for three full hours. His family’s true skill, ’Wave Cutting Saber Technique,’ which he had honed for ten years, held no secrets from Yun Zhonghe, who discerned everything. Yun Zhonghe lectured as they fought, and by the end of three hours, Ge Ji had gained immensely, successfully realizing the first ultimate move.

Ge Ji was convinced.

Subsequently, he naturally became a ’monthly friend’ of ’Yun Zhonghe,’ paying 2 Primordial Pills a month to observe every one of ’Yun Zhonghe’s matches.

In less than half a month since then, Ge Ji had made significant progress.

"This person’s lectures are like pearls of wisdom, each sentence insightful, always providing inspiration. Even if I’m practicing saber skills and he is lecturing on spear techniques, by analogy, I can find the shadows of saber skills and improve in that area."

"I reached the Innate Realm by taking drugs, and at 42, I proved Dao. Now at 52, over fifty, but before encountering ’Yun Zhonghe,’ I hadn’t even fully grasped the first move of the first layer of ’Wave Cutting Saber Technique.’ Within my family’s direct lineage, I was considered a complete failure, already marginalized, and this affected my wife and children too, making it difficult to obtain resources."

"But encountering ’Yun Zhonghe’ in Heavenly Ladder City is an opportunity I must seize!"

"The first layer of ’Wave Cutting Saber Technique’ has seven ultimate moves. I’ve spent ten years mastering the first one; the second and third seem unreachable in my lifetime. However, if I continue to listen to ’Yun Zhonghe’s’ lectures, there is hope for the second and third moves."

"Then, even as an old man past fifty, I may shine too!"

Ge Ji’s heart, dead for ten years, came alive after meeting ’Yun Zhonghe.’

He wanted to strive forward.

To thoroughly master the first layer of ’Wave Cutting Saber Technique’ and then guide his wife and children, so they could progress together as a family!

But Ge Ji still had worries——

"Yun Zhonghe!"

"Who exactly are you!" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Such a master!

So incisive!

Why does this person lecture martial arts in low-level matches? How long will such lectures last?

Unknown.

Unclear.

Ge Ji only hoped it could last a bit longer!

...

"Ribs, assisting, and fish gills too."

"The chest, though protruding, is not high; though closed, not constrained; though expanded, not open. The mysteries here are challenging to convey verbally."

"Just watch me——"

"Put forth strength with intent, let the Qi surge, with the spirit ample, then it’s a unified form, not using the strength of bones and flesh. Breathe in one Qi through the ribs for opening and closing. Use the hands entering and exiting for opening and closing, the body’s movements for opening and closing. High-step strength is in the feet, middle-step strength in the ribs, lower-step strength in the back, all natural principles."

"Kan Three Li Three, Kan and Li Trigrams, these are the intrinsic meanings of the body."

...

The first Chapter ’Nagua Chapter’ of ’Tiger Soul Divine Spear,’ realizing the first move ultimate move ’Yin Yang Harmony,’ holds power approximately equivalent to an Absolute Skill at the Late Stage of the Seventh Realm. Realizing the second move ultimate move ’Qiankun One Qi’ is approximately the Peak of the Seventh Realm. Beyond this, realizing the third move ultimate move can rival Absolute Skills of the Eighth Realm——

"Third move, Early Stage of Eighth Realm."

"Fourth move, Mid Stage of Eighth Realm."

"Fifth move, Late Stage of Eighth Realm."

"Sixth move, Peak of Eighth Realm."

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