Chapter 200 – Divine Sense Combat Technique!

After hearing this, Shennong Youtian thought for a moment and said:

“Though I have learned a divine sense combat technique, it may not necessarily suit you…”

“You could go to the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion and take a look. There are some quite impressive divine sense combat techniques there…”

Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, and didn’t press further.

Soon, Su Xing brought Shennong Youtian back to the main hall.

Su Xing’s master, Luo Ying, had already been waiting for quite some time.

After completing his task, Su Xing didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he turned to his master, Luotian Sect’s Sect Master Luo Ying, and asked:

“Master, this disciple still has a few questions regarding cultivation that I’d like to consult you about…”

For a Sacred Son-level genius like Su Xing, Luo Ying was clearly very patient. She smiled and asked:

“My dear disciple, what questions do you have? Ask away!”

Su Xing then asked:

“Master, it’s about primordial energy divine abilities… My divine ability Protective Hardened Qi has already reached the Great Perfection level, but I feel there’s still room for improvement, yet I don’t know how to improve it…”

Su Xing roughly outlined his problem.

Luo Ying nodded slightly after hearing this and said:

“Protective Hardened Qi — I do know of this divine ability. Was it Grand Elder Niu Rilie who taught it to you?”

“Protective Hardened Qi can be considered quite an impressive primordial energy divine ability, with extremely strong defensive power…”

“Generally speaking, as your cultivation realm rises, the power of your primordial energy divine abilities will increase accordingly. However, if you wish to surpass the realm of the ability’s original creator, you would need to further deduce and evolve it after reaching Great Perfection… This requires extremely high comprehension and luck — it’s something that can only be encountered by chance, never sought.”

Su Xing sighed after hearing this.

He roughly understood what Luo Ying meant.

In other words, for divine abilities, reaching Perfection was the end of the road.

Otherwise, you had to find a way to deduce further improvements yourself. Perhaps only if Su Xing could enter that state of epiphany again would he have a chance of deducing something.

“Thank you, Master!”

Su Xing could only take his leave for now. He then hurried to the Scripture Pavilion.

Stepping onto the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Su Xing began searching for a suitable divine sense combat technique.

But after searching for a while, Su Xing was still completely lost, unsure where to begin.

At that moment, Ghost Granny’s voice came from behind him.

“Child, are you looking for a divine sense combat technique?”

Ghost Granny asked.

Su Xing hurriedly nodded upon hearing this. “Greetings, senior… This junior is indeed looking for a divine sense combat technique…”

Ghost Granny nodded slightly and said:

“Child, if you’re willing to do something for me… come back to this instance in a year, and I can teach you a divine sense combat technique!”

After a pause, Ghost Granny continued:

“As for divine sense combat techniques, generally speaking, it’s best to seek them in the Void Realm, as those will be more suited to yourself.”

“But I have a divine sense combat technique here that integrates both offense and defense — it’s a decent transitional technique for the early stages…”

Before Ghost Granny could finish, Su Xing hastily said:

“This disciple is willing…”

Su Xing had already lost count of how many times Ghost Granny had made requests of him.

“But this Luotian Assembly instance repeats the same day over and over… Even if I enter the instance next time, Ghost Granny will still forget about this matter, won’t she?”

“Ghost Granny must have an unfulfilled wish in her heart… If there’s an opportunity later, perhaps I can ask about it…”

Su Xing thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Ghost Granny before him had already extended a finger toward Su Xing’s forehead and said:

“This divine sense combat technique is called the Ruyi Golden Cauldron!”

“Once mastered, it can make your divine sense act as a cauldron to protect yourself, and can also strike with the weightiness of a cauldron while making it seem effortless… Both offense and defense in one!”

Soon, the cultivation method of the Ruyi Golden Cauldron merged into Su Xing’s mind.

Su Xing closed his eyes tightly, and only after a long while did he open them again. A trace of pleasant surprise showed in his eyes as he said sincerely:

“Thank you, senior!”

After transmitting the Ruyi Golden Cauldron to Su Xing, Ghost Granny seemed somewhat fatigued. She said:

“Cultivate well… and don’t forget what we agreed upon.”

With that, Ghost Granny vanished from where she stood.

Su Xing sighed and said, “What a pity — I might never find out what that agreement was about…”

With this, Su Xing no longer needed to memorize a divine sense combat technique, and could continue memorizing the “Heaven Sword” chapter of the Three Talents Sword Art.

Soon, one day passed.

The immersive simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.

Back in the Real World, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction and murmured:

“Not bad. The Body Integration stage breakthrough is showing promise… and I’ve also learned a divine sense combat technique!”

“A hundred thousand zhang of divine sense… With the foundation I laid during the Spirit Transformation stage, my divine sense will ultimately far exceed that!”

“In the end, I still need to make a trip to the Void Realm and have it out with that old dog Long…”

“Let me first learn this Ruyi Golden Cauldron. A secret technique taught by Ghost Granny surely can’t be too bad…”

Su Xing had already completed a small portion of his goals for this simulation. Next, he just needed to steadily cultivate Spirit Burst and the divine sense combat technique!

“There’s also the Three Talents Sword Art cultivation. I’ve already memorized most of the Heaven Sword portion — I just need one more visit to completely memorize the entire Three Talents Sword Art.”

Su Xing thought this as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After leaving the Luotian Assembly instance, you gained much.】

【You waited in the Capital City for several days. On November 8th, you met with Luo Shuying on schedule.】

【With Luo Shuying’s introduction, you successfully joined the Advent Cult.】

【You quickly leveraged your Self-Help Guru talent to gain a large batch of loyal devotee followers.】

【Over the next two years, you refined pills daily while accumulating the Great Wisdom state bonus.】

【In the third year, seeing that the time was ripe, you took Luo Shuying and defected from the Advent Cult.】

【You came to the Capital City, and soon over twenty thousand followers came seeking you. You talked them into joining Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【You handed over all two hundred thousand-plus pills you had refined to Xia’s military. Afterward, you began to devote yourself to cultivating the divine sense combat technique.】

【In the fourth year, you discovered that your divine sense strength was very high, and cultivating the Ruyi Golden Cauldron went unexpectedly smoothly.】

【Furthermore, the Ruyi Golden Cauldron seemed to be faintly connected to the Ruyi Visualization Method you had previously cultivated.】

【You used up the two months of Great Wisdom state you had accumulated.】

【In just one year, you had already reached the introductory level in the Ruyi Golden Cauldron divine sense combat technique!】

Seeing this, Su Xing nodded slightly and said:

“As expected — sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the work of chopping wood. My divine sense was already powerful enough, so switching to cultivating a divine sense combat technique naturally yields twice the results with half the effort!”

“In this simulation, the Ruyi Golden Cauldron technique might be able to reach the Minor Mastery level!”

“When that time comes… even if I’m not a match for that old dog Long, I should have no problem protecting myself!”

Su Xing thought this as his gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【In the fifth year, after reaching the introductory level of the Ruyi Golden Cauldron, you felt your divine sense become even more powerful.】

【You could transform your divine sense into a small golden cauldron.】

【In this form, your divine sense strength and defensive capability were more than a level above what they had been before!】

【Beyond that, you could even control your divine sense to ram toward opponents — the small cauldron struck with tremendous force, its power remarkably impressive.】

【You sensed the profound mysteries of this divine sense combat technique and cultivated even more diligently.】

【But after reaching the introductory level, the difficulty of cultivating this secret technique increased somewhat. Moreover, without the Great Wisdom state bonus, your cultivation speed slowed slightly.】

【Thus, in the day-after-day cultivation, three years passed in the blink of an eye.】

【In the eighth year, your mastery of the Ruyi Golden Cauldron had improved considerably. You discovered that when combined with the Ruyi Visualization diagram, cultivating the Ruyi Golden Cauldron went remarkably smoothly.】

【In just three years, you had touched the threshold of Minor Mastery for the Ruyi Golden Cauldron…】

【At the same time, besides cultivating the divine sense combat technique, you began attempting to research Spirit Burst.】

【Year nine, you devoted yourself to researching Spirit Burst.】

【But Spirit Burst’s power was too great — you didn’t dare experiment in the Real World.】

【So you chose the perfect battlefield: Demon-Sealing Pass!】

【You arrived at Demon-Sealing Pass, standing atop the city walls as spiritual energy slowly gathered in your hands.】

【You continuously compressed the spiritual energy in your hands, the power in your palms rapidly condensing, growing volatile…】

【Gradually, a vortex formed in your hands.】

【You took a deep breath and hurled the spiritual energy vortex with all your might.】

【Guided by spiritual energy, the vortex flew over a dozen kilometers, striking dead center into the core of a demon army.】

【Boom!】

【A massive explosion rang out, and the auras of thousands of demon soldiers dissipated in an instant.】

【A single Spirit Burst directly killed dozens of Demon Kings, seven or eight Demon Emperors… the casualties among Grandmaster-stage and above demon beasts were beyond counting!】

【On the battlefield, this terrifying power instantly threw the demon forces into chaos.】

【Demons possessed intelligence too — they could feel fear.】

【Such a devastatingly powerful wide-area technique threw the entire demon army into disarray.】

【You nodded with satisfaction at Spirit Burst’s power, then assessed your remaining spiritual energy.】

【That single blast had consumed a full tenth of your spiritual energy.】

【If you were willing, you could even pour a third of your total spiritual energy into a single Spirit Burst, and the resulting power would be even more terrifying — even Legendary powerhouses probably wouldn’t survive!】

In the Real World, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction after reading the text before him, murmuring:

“Not bad. Spirit Burst’s power has indeed met my earlier expectations…”

“Crushing everything through sheer spiritual energy alone — in this Age of Dharma Decline, probably no cultivator can match such extravagance…”

“But I sit upon a grotto-heaven blessed land, and I possess millions of spirit liquid, hundreds of thousands of Spirit stones… this kind of consumption is well within my means!”

Su Xing rubbed his chin and continued:

“Still, the power isn’t enough yet…”

“Next, I should find a way to inject even more spiritual energy. If I could pour in half my total spiritual energy at once, combined with triple-element spiritual energy attributes… that would be a true killing blow!”

With this in mind, Su Xing formulated his own insights on the direction for further Spirit Burst research.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Year ten, aside from researching Spirit Burst each day, you also cultivated the divine sense combat technique, Ruyi Golden Cauldron.】

【Through continuous research, you gradually grasped the mysteries of Spirit Burst.】

【You attempted to infuse fire-attribute spiritual energy into the Spirit Burst vortex, and discovered that the fire-attribute vortex was far more violent.】

【Because the vortex was too volatile, you could only inject a tenth of your spiritual energy at most in a single attempt — any more and there was a risk of premature detonation.】

【But you also discovered that the fire-element Spirit Burst was extremely powerful, carrying a burning effect with devastating force.】

【Afterward, you sequentially tested infusing wood and lightning-attribute spiritual energy.】

【You found that the wood-attribute spiritual energy vortex had the greatest stability, allowing the most spiritual energy to be injected and producing devastation over an enormous area.】

【The lightning-attribute spiritual energy vortex, on the other hand, had the fastest release speed, with destructive power surpassing even the fire-attribute vortex…】

【Thus, the three types of Spirit Burst each had their own strengths and weaknesses.】

【Year eleven, your cultivation of Ruyi Golden Cauldron naturally progressed to a new level, reaching Minor Mastery.】

【This astonishing cultivation speed filled you with joy — indeed, the Ruyi Visualization Method greatly benefited the cultivation of this divine sense combat technique!】

【After reaching Minor Mastery, the small cauldron formed by your divine sense had significantly greater offensive power, and its defensive capabilities were also substantially improved, truly achieving unity of offense and defense.】

【After reaching Minor Mastery with Ruyi Golden Cauldron, you originally wanted to enter the Void Realm and have it out with that old dragon dog.】

【But after careful consideration, you decided to play it safe and see if you could advance this combat technique to Major Mastery!】

【And so, with day after day of cultivating the divine sense combat technique and researching Spirit Burst, three years slowly passed…】

【Year fourteen, you began further research on Spirit Burst.】

【After years of research, you could now inject nearly half your spiritual energy into Spirit Burst. If you infused it with lightning-attribute spiritual energy, even a Peak Legendary powerhouse who took a direct hit would be severely wounded if not killed outright!】

【You had a premonition — if you could research Spirit Burst to Major Mastery, even a Peak Legendary powerhouse would be instantly obliterated!】

【But your research into Spirit Burst’s power had hit a bottleneck, requiring you to invest even more time and effort.】

【During your daily research, one day a sudden inspiration struck — what would happen if you infused wood-attribute spiritual energy into a fire-attribute vortex?】

【According to your theory, wood feeds fire, so the wood-attribute vortex’s energy should dramatically amplify the fire-element Spirit Burst’s power.】

【With this idea in mind, you began in-depth research.】

【But you discovered that infusing wood-attribute spiritual energy into a fire-attribute vortex caused extremely unstable phenomena.】

【It required extraordinarily precise control of spiritual energy, as well as a very high level of proficiency to accomplish.】

【If you weren’t careful, the resulting Spirit Burst explosion would rival the force of a hydrogen bomb!】

【Naturally, you would never conduct such terrifying research inside the spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【So you found the perfect testing ground — the Beast Taming World!】

【Year fifteen, you entered the Beast Taming World, the Slaughter Battlefield.】

【On the Slaughter Battlefield, you fought while simultaneously researching Spirit Burst.】

【Whenever your spiritual energy control failed, you simply tossed the unstable vortex far away — even Legendary-stage demon beasts caught in the blast would barely survive…】

【And so, through this dedicated research, three years slowly passed…】

【Year eighteen, after over a thousand attempts, your research on Spirit Burst was finally refined, and you reached Major Mastery!】

【You could continuously inject fire-attribute spiritual energy, controlling the formation of a fire-element vortex… then inject a strand of wood-attribute spiritual energy!】

【The infusion of wood-attribute spiritual energy doubled the fire-element Spirit Burst’s power!】

【With this single technique alone, you could look down upon all Legend rank enemies — truly invincible beneath the Emperor level!】

【But whether this Spirit Burst could threaten an Emperor-level powerhouse… honestly, you weren’t sure…】

【After all, Emperor-level powerhouses absolutely crushed Legendary-stage beings. If you could achieve Void Shattering Grand Perfection in physical cultivation and learn Earth Sword, perhaps you could contend with one.】

【Year nineteen, after reaching Major Mastery with Spirit Burst, you devoted more time to cultivating the divine sense combat technique.】

【With the Ruyi Visualization Method’s enhancement, your cultivation of Ruyi Golden Cauldron improved with each passing day.】

【You left the Beast Taming World, returned to Earth, and focused exclusively on studying the Ruyi Golden Cauldron secret technique.】

【And so, several years slowly passed.】

【Year twenty-three, after years of relentless effort, your cultivation of Ruyi Golden Cauldron finally approached Major Mastery, just one step away.】

【You decided to press forward in one go, continuing your seclusion to break through to Major Mastery as soon as possible!】

【Year twenty-four, heaven rewards the diligent — your cultivation of Ruyi Golden Cauldron finally reached Major Mastery.】

【At Major Mastery, Ruyi Golden Cauldron unified offense and defense, its sturdiness elevated yet another level beyond before.】

【With the divine sense combat technique in hand, you were confident that even if you couldn’t defeat the old dragon dog, you wouldn’t be at too great a disadvantage.】

【The main reason was that the old dragon dog’s divine sense strength was also exceptionally formidable — his divine sense range likely exceeded sixty thousand zhang… the result of over a thousand years of cultivation in the Void Realm.】

Su Xing nodded slightly at this, murmuring:

“In the end, I’ve successfully completed all objectives for this simulation… Spirit Burst plus the divine sense combat technique — though my cultivation level hasn’t increased, my actual combat ability has absolutely skyrocketed!”

“Moreover, after mastering Spirit Burst and the divine sense combat technique, I now face two choices…”

Su Xing narrowed his eyes. With his current strength in the simulator, he still had one year left — enough time to make an attempt.

The first option was to enter the Void Realm and continue exploring it. While there was some risk, it shouldn’t be a major problem.

The second was to enter the Age of Dharma Decline instance and explore the Five Elements Mountain ruins!

After a moment’s hesitation, Su Xing decided to enter the Five Elements Mountain ruins.

“The Void Realm mainly strengthens divine sense… I’ve already decided to bring out Spirit Burst and the divine sense combat technique from this simulation, so even if my divine sense improved, it wouldn’t carry over…”

“As for the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts, the Five Elements Mountain ruins — that Five Elements Master should have Void Return Great Perfection cultivation plus Void Shattering Grand Perfection physical mastery…”

“Though his cultivation exceeds mine, with Spirit Burst and Protective Hardened Qi, I might not be without a chance in battle…”

After a pause, Su Xing murmured:

“Of course, the most crucial thing is that inside the Five Elements Mountain ruins, there’s very likely to be the Five Elements Mutual Generation technique!”

At this thought, a gleam of desire appeared in Su Xing’s eyes.

The Five Elements Mutual Generation technique — if he could learn it, his cultivation speed and Spirit Burst’s power would both see tremendous improvement!

“So when the final year comes… I’ll take a trip to the Five Elements Mountain ruins!”