Chapter 450: with translation of chapter title

Heavenly Spirit Realm....?

Although Yan Buji now has the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, he heard that cultivators below Nascent Soul Phase in the Heavenly Spirit Realm would quickly drain their magical power upon going there, so he has never dared to go.

The main issue is that although there is no mortal danger and one would be sent back automatically before magical power runs out, if the time is insufficient and there is no news, wouldn't that be wasting the fruit?

"Forget it, since we can't find it, let's not look for it for now; let's quickly study the upcoming Martial Dao Profound Skill."

"This time we salvaged quite a bit of Martial Dao Profound Skill; almost half are top-tier Profound Skills, but the paths differ, so we can only take a unified and simplified route."

Yan Buji thought, took out some animal hides and dried ancient books, and began to read.

However, unlike before, Yan Buji can use the Martial Avatar to first simulate cultivation, to see how these Profound Skill components are.

"Heaven-Shocking Skill.... Meteor Secret.... Breath-Absorbing Dawn Cloud Skill...."

Yan Buji examined them one by one and discovered that these techniques all share a common trait.

That is, they do not emphasize sudden bursts of True Essence, but advocate a gradual, incremental increase that is triggered in battle, giving a feeling of wave after wave.

But Yan Buji has basically never encountered an opponent of the same realm who could match him in a fight; either he gets beaten badly or he beats others badly, straightforward and direct.

Yan Buji watched for a long time, then suddenly discovered that the Martial Avatar's True Essence furnace had started operating, as if it had smelted all these Profound Skills once through.

"What's going on?"

Yan Buji looked puzzled; the foundation of the Martial Avatar was based on Yan Buji's own Blood Heaven Ascension Degree, so in theory, any Profound Skill tested on the Martial Avatar that is not too far beyond Yan Buji's own foundation can be used for his own cultivation.

But this is strange—why does the Martial Avatar's True Essence furnace melt all these techniques together, forming a brand-new Martial Dao Profound Skill!

Huh?!

In the blink of an eye, the Martial Avatar broke through the middle stage of the Lianqi Phase, and a feeling of extreme deficiency in vitality and spirit came over.

Yan Buji furrowed his brows and transferred his own vitality and spirit over.

Then the Martial Avatar digested it all, but remained very weak.

Having no choice, Yan Buji, while taking pills and sending vitality and spirit, spent a full day and night before stabilizing the Martial Avatar's condition.

Looking at the Martial Avatar, which based on the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree, autonomously operating and having smelted out the new Profound Skill, Yan Buji examined it carefully.

"No, the Martial Avatar's Blood Heaven Ascension Degree only has the most basic threefold core outline, so its cultivation path differs from mine."

But the new Profound Skill manifested by the Martial Avatar has smelted almost all the Profound Skills Yan Buji found, distilling the essence from the dozens of ancient martial artist sect's Profound Skills, and when operating, the Profound Skill gives a feeling of a tide.

Each wave higher than the last!

The total amount of True Essence remains unchanged, but the limit that already exists after bursting will, due to this Profound Skill's wonder, gain an additional height?!

Awesome!

Yan Buji observed the Martial Avatar's cultivation path, then he himself also tried to cultivate.

"Hmm.... Indeed, I still need to adjust my cultivation path."

Although the foundations are the same, it is obvious that the Martial Avatar's path differs from mine.

Moreover, the Martial Avatar's strength is too low to be able to exert the true power of this new Profound Skill.

According to Yan Buji's calculation, this Profound Skill will produce a self-adapting tidal surge enhancement based on the martial artist's own True Essence limit. For example, if Yan Buji is not bursting at full power, he can have a terrifying tenfold tidal surge enhancement, but he cannot directly soar to the peak like going all-out, and the tenfold tidal surge enhancement is not as strong as his all-out state.

Roughly speaking, it's equivalent to... Yan Buji's Bright King Degree plus the enhancement state of the Vigorous Degree.

You should know, Yan Buji's Blood Heaven Ascension Degree is not just two layers of skill that can greatly increase total True Essence and even realm; rather, while raising the realm, it bursts the total True Essence all at once, which is a total outbreak of Yan Buji's Profound Skill at each cultivation stage, achieving an all‑around terrifying instantaneous enhancement!

But this new Tidal Profound Skill is not like that; it has two states:

First, in the state of only the Tidal Profound Skill, one achieves the degree of a tenfold tidal surge;

Second, in the all‑out, victorious posture, there is at most a threefold tidal surge enhancement.

Both of these situations are a kind of gradual, progressive state.

In other words, if Yan Buji can master this new Profound Skill, he will have the stamina for prolonged combat; and even in a limit‑bursting situation, he can still gain a terrifying enhancement!

"Let's just call it Tidal Skill."

Yan Buji also couldn't be bothered to think of a name, and began to modify his path according to his own Profound Skill condition.

Two months later.

Yan Buji has finished modifying his path.

"Perhaps we shouldn't cultivate here."

Yan Buji thought, and if he completes the cultivation of the Tidal Skill this time, his True Essence would likely instantly reach an ultimate level.

At the moment of realm breakthrough, he probably couldn't suppress the Martial Dao Golden Core, and might instantly reach the peak of Golden Core, with no way to advance or retreat; he fears that his True Essence might still surge, forcing him to keep moving forward.

If he goes further, that would be the common sense known to the world, the ultimate truth of the sages, and the despair of Martial Dao!

But he, in such an environment, must break despair, break the sages' ultimate truth, break the world's common sense, and break through the Martial Dao Nascent Soul....

Yan Buji rose to his feet and stopped cultivating.

"Too fast, not allowed."

Yan Buji took a deep breath and stopped cultivating the Tidal Skill.

He looked at his own Martial Avatar and fell silent.

Everything seems to be pushing him forward to break the sages' taboo; all obstacles on the Martial Dao pose no problem for him.

Including this Martial Avatar that he himself created, it seems as if, in the unseen, it is helping him take that final step.

"So, what am I hesitating about?"

Is it unwillingness to be a pawn, or fear of these inexplicably obtained benefits?

Yan Buji self‑mockingly laughed: "I've been living a bitter life for too long; occasionally gaining some benefits still makes me anxious and fearful—what is there to be afraid of?!"

Breaking through Nascent Soul, regardless of whether it's Martial Dao or Magical Cultivation, if I must ultimately stand on the chessboard as a pawn, then I just need to ensure that at least the power I wield will not betray me!

Therefore!

Yan Buji intends to re‑cultivate his Martial Dao Profound Skill from scratch!

Starting from the most basic Blood Essence Skill and Guān Tiān Dēng Mó Zhuàng to enter the Lianqi Phase via the Supreme Primordial Classic; cultivating the Supreme Primordial Classic and the core outline of the Blood Essence Skill to reach the early Foundation Establishment, from the Bright King Degree and the Vigorous Degree to the Dragon‑Tiger Mysterious Skill to the early Golden Core; from the Martial Avatar to the final Tidal Skill.

Yan Buji's martial dao cultivation, after tallying, actually spent little time searching for the core outline, but precisely because he completed the foundational core outline, he could possess a full-power, peak state.

Only the Martial Avatar counts as another type, so Yan Buji clearly knows that if he continues to cultivate the Wave Surge Skill, his True Essence will truly be unable to suppress and will completely break through the barrier.

Re-cultivating the Mystic Skill is also to sort out some errors in martial dao cultivation, change the cultivation method a bit, so that the Blood Heaven Ascension Degree, this Mystic Skill, becomes more suitable for himself.