Chapter 451

It's easy to say, hard to do.

Yan Buji previously did not know that the Martial Dao path had been severed; by then he had already set foot on this road with no way to turn back, so he could only grit his teeth and continue cultivating.

Although he is now only one step away from shedding mortality and ascending to immortality, setting foot on the starting point of the Immortal Dao, precisely because of this, he needs to redo his profound technique from scratch, sort out the meridians of his profound technique, and alter the upper and lower connections of his profound technique.

This is not only to make full preparations for breaking through the Martial Dao Nascent Soul stage, but also to better master his own power.

Yan Buji will never fear breakthrough; his desire is to stand atop the highest peak—how could he fear these strange powers that have come?

Although he despises power beyond his control, Yan Buji upholds a truth.

The wise seek within themselves, not seeking external power to augment them, but seeking to contain their own power.

Power that cannot be controlled can only be disaster, not strength!

Although Yan Buji is not a pure martial artist, the power he believes in is certainly not strengthened by losing reason and rage, nor does it erupt due to his own moving experiences, nor does it surpass limits for love and separation; in his view, this is absolutely wrong.

They do not know how strong their own power is, which is why only in extreme situations can they force out their potential.

Perhaps they inherently possess such potential, but if they can only rely on emotion and external stimuli to arouse it, Yan Buji can only consider such people unworthy of wielding their power.

So-called power is not strengthened by joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, nor weakened by personal circumstances.

One who understands how to wield their own power remains undaunted in despair, dares to face the strong while weak, struggles desperately, seeks life in deadly situations—only then does true strength manifest.

But this all rests on the degree of control over one's own power; if insufficient, needing external stimulation and emotional arousal to trigger it, to Yan Buji this is utterly contemptible.

Just as with Furious Degree, theoretically the strength of Furious Degree can far surpass Yan Buji's full-power posture; indeed, as long as Yan Buji's anger continues to grow, he need not fear even Nascent Soul cultivators.

But the key is that, in that state, Yan Buji cannot possibly master his own power; thus, even though Furious Degree's potential far exceeds all the profound techniques he cultivates, he still does not value it.

Because he does not need anger to sustain him; what he needs is to exert tenfold effect from a single portion of his power under sufficient rationality.

This is what the wise seek: to contain their power.

"However, after redoing it all, I found that the cultivation of Blood Essence Skill, Guān Tiān Dēng Mó Zhuàng, and Supreme Holy Primordial Scripture all have problems." Yan Buji gave a bitter laugh, circulated his True Essence, and began to make revisions.

Messing with the foundations will inevitably cause Yan Buji's strength to decline; but as the saying goes, "examining the root and probing the bottom, a thousand-mile dike collapses from an ant hole"—not investigating does not mean there are no flaws; only by knowing the errors can we make corrections instead of leaving them be.

Yan Buji's mistake lies in the fact that the three basic martial arts are not at the level of profound technique, yet they are the starting point of his Martial Dao; although later he supplemented them with the Core Outline, turning the three martial arts into profound techniques, a most serious problem still arose.

The progression of his profound technique is to first drive True Essence with qi and blood, using the flesh body as a foundation and spiritual awareness as guidance; if there were no problems in his prior cultivation, then the issue upon breaking through the Nascent Soul stage becomes huge!

Yan Buji's expression changed; his qi and blood surged violently from his apertures, and within two seconds his whole body was drenched in blood, turning him into a Blood Man.

Yan Buji panted heavily, then let out a long exhale:

"Indeed so. If my insight from breaking through the Golden Core stage earlier is correct, then Martial Cultivation Nascent Soul stage.... cannot even be considered Nascent Soul stage, but rather another Martial Dao realm; in the case of spirit and flesh united, it should be the instantaneous eruption of True Essence, qi and blood, and spiritual awareness, not this sequential order."

Yan Buji conjectures that ancient martial artists perhaps never had the idea of spirit-flesh unity; sequential eruption should be correct, and that is also the normal order of Martial Dao Nascent.

But Yan Buji wants to, on this day when the Martial Dao is severed, forge a new path, and therefore absolutely cannot follow the predecessors' ways.

Spirit-flesh union is his only choice.

The problem has been found; it is nothing more than altering the cultivation method so that the three powers can erupt simultaneously.

However, such modification and adjustment is quite troublesome; not only does the profound technique need adjustment, but Yan Buji himself must also adapt to this mode of operation and activation.

One year passed.

Yan Buji has finally completed the most basic changes; next, he will continue to redo and sequentially check the problems in his profound technique.

If you don't check, you won't know; but once you do... hey, everything is fucked up!

Even though Yan Buji feels he is not a paragon of virtue, he cannot help but wonder how he managed to cultivate all the way to this point.

The Bright King Degree achieved by completing the Bright King Prison-Suppressing Technique and the Core Outline Bright King Scripture possesses incompatible traits between the martial technique and the outline portions, requiring revision;

The progression route of the Furious Anger Fire Technique conflicts slightly with Guān Tiān Dēng Mó Zhuàng, and the modified route for controlling the anger amplification also has problems;

The internal and external cultivation of the Dragon Tiger Mysterious Technique's gang qi damages several dead-point meridians, and slight inattention easily causes qi and blood to flow backward;

There is also the sorting out of the Martial Avatar and the possible experiment adapting the Wave Technique......

If we were to re-modify these and then redo them again to seek errors.....

Yan Buji calculated that at least twenty years are needed to adjust and perfect his Blood Heaven Ascension Degree.

What a huge project!

"Alas, it seems that in future Martial Dao cultivation, even the most basic martial arts must be taken seriously; otherwise, once a mistake is made and one's weakness is exposed, death and the disappearance of the Dao can occur in an instant." Yan Buji sighed.

Although he sighed, Yan Buji was quite pleased.

Because having found the error, he will correct it; knowing the correct method allows him to better contain his own power.

Knowing his own potential, knowing the potential of his profound technique, and knowing where his limits lie enables him to make good use of every bit of his power.

So-called cultivation is not merely a yearning for power; the most important aspect is the application after mastery, which is likewise what cultivators should do.

As for what to do after obtaining power?

That is the distinction between righteous-demonic cultivators: some cultivators are burdened by reputation, others act without restraint; for Yan Buji, he can switch his role at any time.

However, he feels that since he has a foundation, technique, and strength, there is indeed no need to embark on perilous ventures.

Most importantly, all kinds of problems have solutions; unless a new problem arises, he has decided to settle his mind and cultivate.

Unless someone seeks trouble with him.

Thinking this, Yan Buji feels he should go out for a walk.

Cultivation is both stillness and motion; whether to go or not, one must still go.