Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 850 - 557: Breaking Into Returning Ruins: The Third Layer!

"Martial arts is a path with countless threads."

"I use 'Mutual Teaching and Learning' as a mainline, which can help sort out the general context."

"'Mutual Teaching and Learning' requires rotations around various King City realms, constantly teaching, which is a martial arts lecture, a comprehensive enhancement."

"Apart from the King City realms, I once promised the Iron Clothes Sect to assist Lv Zhong at Sitting Mountain Country, to help give martial arts lectures to his Divine Generals. Lv Zhong is at least Sixth Grade himself, with many Divine Generals under his command. I would gain benefits by giving martial arts lectures there, but most importantly, I must keep my promise to Lv Zhong and go."

"With Old Wang waking up and the Demon Ape returning, I have a fallback. As long as the War God doesn't appear on the Sitting Mountain Country's battlefield, there's limited threat to me, so I can go."

"But before I go, it's best to raise my strength a bit more."

Thus.

Around in circles, and back to the aspect of strength enhancement.

First, cultivation. It just needs a large amount of resources and Primordial Pills. After completing cultivation to the Innate Seventh Layer and reaching Fifth Rank in 'Fire Demon Golden Bell Shield', Yan Chuan's resources were already depleted, including the raw stones worth a thousand Primordial Pills scavenged earlier in Golden Talisman City, which have already been sold off. Yet, counting the past half month's income from the Tan Valley Realm, Yan Chuan barely has 200 Primordial Pills.

Cultivation to the Innate Eighth Layer faces a Primordial Pill crisis.

Yan Chuan urgently needs money.

"Having sufficient Primordial Pills is crucial for further enhancing cultivation."

Cultivation is linked to Primordial Pills.

To acquire a large number of Primordial Pills, establishing military merits on the Sitting Mountain Country's battlefield is one way.

And then there's—

"Returning Ruins!"

September 1st.

Night.

Yan Chuan's martial arts lecture in the Yuanzhou Territory was unfinished, and he made a detour midway, using Wang Zhengyi's 'Soul Channel' to instantly return to outside the Returning Ruins in the Tan Valley Realm.

This time.

Yan Chuan is finally going to break into the 'Returning Ruins'.

…

"'Wave Riding Micro Steps' created the second chapter, while the first chapter is already Late Fifth Realm, and can certainly be used."

Once unfamiliar, twice acquainted.

Yan Chuan didn't even think, directly igniting—

"Limit-breaking True Seed!"

"Nine Yang True Seed!"

"Thin and explosive!"

The third form of '72 Transformations', 'Cultivation Transformation', initiates first, this time Yan Chuan's physique is stronger, already Fifth-rank, 'Limit-breaking True Seed' continuously explodes, Yan Chuan's cultivation skyrockets from Innate Eighth Layer to Innate Fourteenth Layer in an instant, which is the Third-Rank Peak, the current limit of 'Limit-breaking True Seed'.

This isn't high.

But it doesn't matter, Yan Chuan still has 'Nine Yang True Skill'.

On the basis of 'Limit-breaking True Seed' temporarily boosting cultivation to the Third-Rank Peak, 'Nine Yang True Seed' then explodes.

Yan Chuan's cultivation remains at the Third-Rank Peak, but during the explosion of 'Nine Yang True Seed', his entire aura drastically increases, surpassing, and far beyond, comparable to Fifth-Rank Peak.

This is the limit.

This is the limit under the joint effect of '72 Transformations' and 'Washing Marrow Scripture', Yan Chuan bursts from Innate Eighth Layer of Second Rank to Fifth-Rank Peak.

Unprecedentedly fierce!

Mid-grade True Technique '72 Transformations'.

Strange True Skill 'Washing Marrow Scripture'.

They possess such capabilities.

"Fifth-Rank Peak!"

"Next—"

"'Wave Riding Micro Steps'!"

"Let me see your limit!"

Yan Chuan, in the state of peak burst, with basic strength comparable to Fifth-Rank Peak Divine General, he moves his thoughts, crackle, third layer 'Purple Gold Battle Boots' adorns—

"Change without regularity, as perilous as it is stable, progress and retreat difficult to predict, as though going and returning, this is 'Impermanence'!"

Yan Chuan stepped through the sixty-four hexagrams, his figure flickering, elusive, speed instantly surging to 679 meters per second.

Faster!

Faster!

Faster by a bit!

Boom!

In an instant, finally breaking through double the speed of sound—

680 meters per second!

Succeeded!

Yan Chuan treads on 'Impermanence', he has already seen the first layer of Returning Ruins, the great door of Returning Ruins finally fully opens to Yan Chuan.

But Yan Chuan didn't enter.

He retreated, waiting for the Returning Ruins to close—

"Six Internal Organs are Yin, Six Viscera are Yang, the Sword Qi Ultimate Skill, substantial yet formless, this is 'Six Meridians'!"

Yan Chuan tries Sword Qi again—

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Sword qi span, swift initiation, the Six Meridian Sword Qi unrestrainedly wielded, moving at will, yet the power is already different, far exceeding the power Yan Chuan exerted inside Returning Ruins a month ago at the beginning of August.

Slash!

Sword qi traverses, piercing chaos.

"Still one layer."

Yan Chuan understands in his heart.

His 'Impermanence' and 'Six Meridians' respectively represent speed and attack, now both stepping into the category of Sixth Grade, approximately the standard of the first layer of Returning Ruins, yet this partially comes from 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' reaching Late Fifth Realm, and more because of the based strength from 'Washing Marrow Scripture', achieving Fifth Realm, allowing Yan Chuan to activate any martial arts and gain boosts, effortlessly elevating to another level, enabling 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' to bridge the vast gap between Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade—

"'Wave Riding Micro Steps' is difficult to break into Sixth Grade."

"The real transcendence is due to 'Washing Marrow Scripture'."

But regardless, 'Impermanence' and 'Six Meridians' indeed attained Sixth Grade standard.

Yet the third form 'Flying God' is slightly weaker, as Yan Chuan propels it, it indeed doesn't measure up to Sixth Grade.

This isn't critical.

Yan Chuan attempts briefly, then proceeds to the fourth form—

"Using steps through hexagrams, hexagrams through Qi, Qi through meridians, meridians through sword, this is 'Breaking Body'!"

Walking through hexagrams, hands and feet burst infinite sword qi, breaking through body, sword qi delays hidden in footprints then bursts—

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Sword qi wildly races.

This fourth form actually builds on 'Impermanence' and 'Six Meridians', since 'Impermanence' and 'Six Meridians' both reach Sixth Grade, this 'Breaking Body' of course isn't a problem.

Each sword qi individually is weaker compared to 'Six Meridians', 'Mad Demon' and 'Sword River', but cannot hold against over a hundred sword qi exploding simultaneously, converging, quantitative changes lead to qualitative change, exceeding the power of 'Six Meridians', 'Mad Demon', 'Sword River' even if not by a hundred times, not by ten times, at least by five times.

"Five times the power?"

"Ten times the power?"

"Can it penetrate the second layer of chaos?"

Yan Chuan, with all his might, executes 'Breaking Body', over a hundred sword qi crash fiercely.

With a boom.

As expected, it crashes through the first layer of chaos, but: "Still fails to meet the second layer's standard!"

The second layer of chaos still doesn't open.

"The gap between one layer and two layers is considerable."

Yan Chuan brimming with fighting spirit, he still has a chance—

"Heavenly Gang and Beidou, True Martial Seven Styles, Breaking Body Sword Qi, woven into a net, this is 'Sword Net'!"

'Wave Riding Micro Steps' first chapter's strongest form is the fifth move 'Sword Net'.

Thrust thrust thrust!

Bang bang bang!

Yan Chuan swirls around a hundred acres of chaos, crazily maneuvering, double the speed of sound breaking sound barrier, physical body enduring immense pressure, 'Washing Marrow Scripture' Divine Skill protecting the body, allowing Yan Chuan to maintain a terrifying speed.

Feet on 'Impermanence'.

Hands on 'Six Meridians'.

Footprints densely packed, numbering hundreds, each footprint concealing a sword qi, two hands of 'Six Meridians' also emitting sword qi, sword qi stimulating sword qi, sword qi integrating sword qi, sword qi matching sword qi.

A month later, Yan Chuan's proficiency in 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' has grown, sword qi stimulation, integration, matching all become more skillful, more harmonious, little by little progress, albeit not an increase in sword qi quantity, but for empowering 'Sword Net', certainly undeniable.

Heavenly Gang and Beidou!

Sword Array condenses!

Yan Chuan still perseveres for almost fifteen minutes.

Accumulating power for a while.

Amassing strength, this is Yan Chuan's strongest blow—

Sword Step!

Sword Qi!

Sword Array!

Sword Net!

"Explode!"

Yan Chuan stands firm, suddenly shouting loudly, it's still 1176 footprints, still 1176 sword qi, but the power of each sword qi is more than doubled, the entire sword qi array's power is multiplied and multiplied again!

Long brewing.

Strongest strike.

"Tearing!"

Fifth Realm 'Washing Marrow Scripture'!

Late Fifth Realm 'Wave Riding Micro Steps'!

Strongest fifth move 'Sword Net'!

Brewing for fifteen minutes!

Sword qi shows its power, unexpectedly—

"Chaos!"

"Third layer!"

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