Chapter 209: Finally, A Glimpse of the Golden Finger

Chapter 209: Finally, A Glimpse of the Golden Finger

Breaking through to the Divine Will State occurred at a faster pace than Li Xuan had anticipated.

At this moment, Li Xuan was thrilled beyond measure. True to his reputation as a trailblazer in the martial path, he had comprehended the martial art of the Divine Will State in such a short span of time.

"The power and profundity of the Divine Will State surpass my expectations. Where my Divine Will reaches, heaven's mandate is defied, and within its shroud, I am akin to the heavens itself!"

If thousands or even hundreds of peak Grand Masters were to attack him at this moment, Li Xuan could, with a mere thought, make them all kneel before him!

Such dominance was something a Martial Heaven could never achieve.

"What is my golden finger?"

According to his earlier speculations, after opening the Niwan Palace, cultivating the spirit platform, and refining the martial divine will, he should be able to see his golden finger.

Li Xuan, filled with excitement, retracted the divine will shrouding the Canglan Island and directed his consciousness into the Niwan Palace, toward the spirit platform.

At this moment, he excitedly beheld the true form of that golden light.

Within the Niwan Palace, above the spirit platform, and above the form of his divine will, there lay a golden book shrouded in a golden light.

The form of his divine will stirred, as if opening its eyes to gaze upon the golden book. In this fleeting moment, Li Xuan experienced a sudden enlightenment.

The Golden Book of the Great Dao!

This was his golden finger.

His divine will flowed into the Golden Book of the Great Dao, and as the golden light blossomed, the book opened a page.

Although it was somewhat strenuous to open the book with his current level of divine will, he was still able to manage it.

As the Golden Book of the Great Dao opened, information about it also surfaced.

"Excellent! Finally, I can make use of my golden finger to aid in the creation of martial arts."

Li Xuan was elated.

The Golden Book of the Great Dao could assist him in creating martial arts techniques. By inputting a technique into the book, he could determine its level of completion, the smoothness of connection between realms, and the difficulty of comprehension, among other things.

With the aid of the Golden Book, he could input a technique and gain access to the necessary information, allowing him to make gradual corrections and improvements so that the technique could be successfully cultivated.

The martial arts he had created were already recorded in the Golden Book of the Great Dao.

Li Xuan examined the information about the technique he had blindly created before he had comprehended it himself.

Qi and Blood Realm Martial Art:

Technique Completeness: Extremely Low.

Cultivation Difficulty: Extremely High.

Comprehension Difficulty: Extremely High.

Martial Artist: Xu Yan.

Li Xuan's lips twitched as he saw the evaluation of the Qi and Blood Realm martial art recorded in the Golden Book of the Great Dao.

The book had given an extremely low rating for technique completeness, which Li Xuan acknowledged. After all, when he had first started, he had genuinely made it up as he went along, without even a proper theoretical framework.

The lower the technique completeness, the higher the cultivation difficulty, and the comprehension difficulty would inevitably be extremely high as well.

Despite the Golden Book of the Great Dao giving extremely high ratings for both cultivation and comprehension difficulties, Xu Yan had still managed to comprehend and cultivate this technique.

"My senior disciple is truly a monster!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

No one else would have been able to comprehend this technique.

Once a technique was comprehended, it was considered improved, and the conditions required for cultivation would naturally be greatly reduced, making it possible to spread its use.

Innate Realm Martial Art:

Technique Completeness: Upper-Middle.

Realm Connection: Upper-Middle.

Cultivation Difficulty: High.

Comprehension Difficulty: High.

For the Innate Realm technique, Li Xuan had put in more thought and effort, ensuring it could connect smoothly with the Qi and Blood Realm. He had spent a significant amount of time and energy on it.

Hence, the Golden Book of the Great Dao gave it an upper-middle rating for technique completeness.

The realm connection was also rated similarly.

Even so, the cultivation difficulty was still considered high.

Li Xuan then checked the subsequent techniques.

The Transcendence Realm martial art had similar ratings for technique completeness, realm connection, cultivation difficulty, and comprehension difficulty as the Innate Realm.

However, the latest technique, the Divine Will Realm martial art, was a little different.

Divine Will Realm Martial Art:

Technique Completeness: High.

Realm Connection: High.

Cultivation Difficulty: High.

Comprehension Difficulty: Upper-Middle.

Li Xuan was somewhat surprised to see that the Golden Book of the Great Dao had given an upper-middle rating for the comprehension difficulty of the Divine Will Realm technique.

"Is the Divine Will Realm technique this easy to comprehend? Is that why Xu Yan was able to understand it in such a short time?

"Could it be that the Golden Book of the Great Dao's evaluation is based on Xu Yan's standards?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but suspect that the Golden Book had given an upper-middle rating for comprehension difficulty because Xu Yan had comprehended the Divine Will Realm technique so quickly.

"In other words, as long as the comprehension difficulty of the techniques I create is upper-middle, Xu Yan will be able to comprehend them very soon."

Li Xuan fell into deep thought.

With the Golden Book of the Great Dao, he now had a reference for creating techniques and could determine whether they could be comprehended.

Creating subsequent martial arts for higher realms would be much easier; it would just require a few more trials and errors, gradually correcting and improving until he achieved the desired martial art.

Li Xuan then proceeded to check the physical martial art.

Great Sun Golden Bell Cloak Technique:

Technique Completeness: Low.

Comprehender: Meng Chong.

The Great Sun Golden Bell Cloak Technique was the foundational cultivation method of the Physical Martial Way. While the perfection of the Great Sun Golden Body Technique wasn't extremely low, the Great Dao Golden Book only gave it a low rating.

Both cultivation and comprehension difficulties were rated as high.

"Meng Chong is also a freak. It wasn't easy for him to comprehend this," Li Xuan marveled inwardly, feeling sorry for his disciple who had managed to decipher this technique.

Great Sun Golden Body Technique:

Technique Perfection: Upper-Middle.

Realm Connection: Upper-Middle.

Cultivation Difficulty: High.

Comprehension Difficulty: High.

The Great Sun Golden Body Technique only received an upper-middle rating for perfection.

"An upper-middle rating for technique perfection should be enough to ensure that someone can comprehend it," Li Xuan thought.

He then proceeded to check the evaluations for the Medical Elixir Martial Way.

The ratings were similar to those of the Physical Martial Way, but the comprehension difficulty for alchemy was rated as high-superior, just shy of extremely high.

Li Xuan now had a general understanding of how the Great Dao Golden Book evaluated martial arts techniques.

The ratings ranged from extremely low, low, low-superior, middle, upper-middle, high, high-superior, to extremely high.

Li Xuan further examined the evaluations for the Sword, Saber, and Eight Trigrams Martial Ways, and couldn't help but marvel at the results, exclaiming, "My senior disciple is truly a monster! He's worthy of being the trailblazer of my Martial Ways."

Gazing at the Great Dao Golden Book in his Niwan Palace, Li Xuan began to ponder the next stage of cultivation for the Physical Martial Way.

Meng Chong had already reached the Insight Clarity Realm.

It was about time he created the advanced technique for the Great Sun Golden Body.

If Meng Chong could comprehend this as well, his Physical Martial Way would advance to the Divine Will Realm, and his strength would surge even further.

"What about the Great Demon Technique?"

Li Xuan suddenly recalled that he had created the Great Demon Technique, and that Red Cat was currently undergoing a transformation.

With a shift of his consciousness, the Great Dao Golden Book flipped open again, revealing its table of contents.

Listed were the Pure Martial Way, Physical Martial Way, Medical Elixir Martial Way, Sword Way, Saber Way, and so on.

"Where's the Great Demon Martial Way? Could it be that the Great Demon Martial Way belongs to the beast and demon categories, and I'm unable to receive feedback on it?" Li Xuan frowned, noticing the absence of the Great Demon Martial Way in the table of contents.

"Wait, the table of contents only records the Martial Ways that have been comprehended. Although Red Cat is in the midst of a transformation, it hasn't completed the final step yet," Li Xuan realized.

With that thought, he turned to a blank page in the Great Dao Golden Book and inscribed the Great Demon Technique upon it.

As he wrote, the Great Dao Golden Book provided its evaluation.

Great Demon Martial Way:

Technique Perfection: High.

Cultivation Difficulty: Upper-Middle.

Comprehension Difficulty: Upper-Middle.

To Li Xuan's surprise, the perfection of the Great Demon Martial Way was rated as high!

"Could it be because of the acupoints? I've unsealed all of Red Cat's acupoints," he mused.

By unsealing the acupoints and modeling the technique after the Great Sun Golden Body, the Great Demon Martial Way had achieved a high rating for perfection.

"An upper-middle rating for both cultivation and comprehension difficulty. It's impressive that Red Cat was able to cultivate this. No wonder I felt its intelligence was higher than average at first glance," Li Xuan rejoiced.

The Great Dao Golden Book was indeed a valuable asset, a powerful tool for creating martial arts.

"It's time to start considering the next Martial Way," Li Xuan thought, already formulating ideas.

He would write down his concepts for the Martial Ways in the Great Dao Golden Book and use its feedback to gradually correct and improve them until he was satisfied with the resulting techniques.

"Even if I can comprehend the Martial Ways that I create, it would still be exhausting to cultivate them myself. It's better to have my disciples cultivate them and provide feedback on their cultivation realms. That's the right way to go," Li Xuan mused, acknowledging the effort required to cultivate his own creations.

Thus, he focused solely on creating Martial Way techniques, leaving the arduous tasks of comprehension and cultivation to his disciples.

Just as Li Xuan was about to inscribe some of his ideas for the Martial Ways into the Great Dao Golden Book to test its feedback, he suddenly felt his consciousness sink, a sense of fatigue washing over him.

The act of utilizing Divine Will was taxing.

Hastily, he stopped perusing the Great Dao Golden Book, retracting his Divine Will and narrowing his eyes slightly as he activated the Divine Will Realm cultivation technique to recover from the exertion.

"Browsing the Great Dao Golden Book consumes Divine Will. With my current strength, I can't afford to spend too much time doing so," Li Xuan exhaled, realizing the limitations of his newfound power.

Aside from providing feedback on Martial Way techniques, the Great Dao Golden Book likely had other wondrous functions, but Li Xuan's current realm was too low to discover or utilize them.

Given that he couldn't spend extended periods examining the Great Dao Golden Book with his current strength, exploring its other potential uses was out of the question.

The consumption of Divine Will had taken a noticeable toll, a rare hint of exhaustion showing in his eyes.

After drinking a cup of Cloud Mist Spirit Tea, Li Xuan lay back in his chair to rest.

"Now that I've reached the Divine Will Realm, I should start thinking about creating pills that can restore Divine Will and primordial spirit power," Li Xuan contemplated.

He thought of the Dark Grass, which possessed such effects, but there was currently only one specimen available.

"My strength is still lacking; it would be unwise to venture into the Spirit Realm just yet. I'll wait until I become more formidable." Li Xuan mused to himself, aware of the dangers that awaited him.

The exertion of using Divine Will had taken its toll, and he felt mentally exhausted. Li Xuan lay down in his chair and allowed himself to fall into a deep slumber, something he hadn't done since becoming a martial artist.

When he awoke, he felt refreshed, his Divine Will restored to its peak. Now, he could utilize the Great Dao Golden Book once more.

"I must be cautious not to deplete my Divine Will too quickly and always leave some in reserve," Li Xuan thought, mindful of the consequences.

The immense consumption of Divine Will could leave him vulnerable if he encountered any enemies. "What new martial arts should I create? How should I approach the foundational techniques?" Li Xuan pondered, his mind buzzing with ideas.

"For now, I'll hold off on creating new martial arts and focus on crafting the next cultivation technique for Meng Chong's Great Sun Golden Body training." Just as he was about to open the Great Dao Golden Book, he planned to begin crafting the next stage of cultivation for the Great Sun Golden Body technique.

Suddenly, the Great Dao Golden Book flipped open, emitting a radiant golden light. At the same time, information appeared on its pages, conveying a message.

"Your disciple Xu Yan has slain a Martial Heaven, and your Sun Wind Sword Intent has been enhanced. You have gained additional experience in erasing spiritual consciousness."

Li Xuan was taken aback. He had expected Meng Chong to encounter a Martial Heaven, but it was Xu Yan who had crossed paths with one. Moreover, he had defeated and killed the Martial Heaven!

"Was this in the Tomb of the Heavens?" Li Xuan furrowed his brows, intrigued and concerned.

"The Gathered Spirit Realm Martial Heaven? So, this is the realm above Grand Master? An intact Martial Heaven shouldn't appear in the Tomb of the Heavens." Li Xuan speculated, his curiosity piqued.

Martial Heavens varied in strength, and there were likely different levels among them. The Gathered Spirit Realm was probably the realm above Grand Master, representing the weaker Martial Heavens.

"To slay a Martial Heaven so soon..." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh in admiration. He, the master, had yet to achieve this feat, and here his disciple Xu Yan had taken the lead, vanquishing a Martial Heaven with his sword.

"Xu Yan, who has attained Small Success in the Insight Clarity Realm, has already slain a Martial Heaven. This Martial Heaven was truly weak," Li Xuan thought, understanding that Xu Yan's mastery of the Sun Wind Sword Intent had made this outcome inevitable.

Now that he had attained the Divine Will Realm, it would be effortless for him to deploy the Sun Wind Sword Intent to erase the spiritual consciousness of a Gathered Spirit Realm Martial Heaven.

Of course, this applied specifically to weaker Martial Heavens. If he were to face a stronger one, his Divine Will Realm strength might not be sufficient to defeat them so easily.

His understanding of Martial Heavens was still very limited. "I'll know more when Xu Yan returns and tells me about his encounter," Li Xuan decided, choosing not to dwell on the matter further.

He was about to write down some of his ideas for new martial arts in the Great Dao Golden Book to gain feedback and create something truly innovative.

Suddenly, his expression froze as he hastily retrieved an ancient leather-bound book.

This "Tai Cang" book had been a subject of his daily study, and he had been poring over its first page. Through his efforts, he had gained a vague understanding, and from the intricate patterns, he seemed to discern a certain "momentum" or a profound geographical environment.

"This Tai Cang book is extraordinary. Although I don't know why it appeared in the royal treasury of the Wu Kingdom, it's likely that a supreme treasure chose to conceal itself. Regardless of the reason, this book is not ordinary. If I transcribe these patterns into the Great Dao Golden Book, will I obtain the information I seek?"

With this thought, Li Xuan was eager to give it a try. He activated his Divine Will, and the Great Dao Golden Book opened in his spiritual platform.

Li Xuan took a deep breath; the first page of the ancient leather book was imprinted in his memory. However, when it came to actually drawing the first pattern, he hesitated, feeling at a loss.

He was perplexed because even though he had committed the patterns to memory, he felt unsure about where to start when it came to drawing them. Each time he attempted to begin with a particular pattern, he sensed that it wasn't the starting point, and another pattern seemed like the true beginning.

And when he tried to switch to a different pattern as the starting point, he felt that yet another pattern was the correct choice, as if the patterns were constantly shifting.

This only served to reinforce his belief that the patterns in the Tai Cang book were far from ordinary.

Li Xuan opened the ancient leather book, his eyes fixed on the intricate patterns. With determination, he selected one pattern, and his Divine Will began to transcribe it into the Great Dao Golden Book.

"Whoa!" Li Xuan drew in a sharp breath as he realized that transcribing the pattern was surprisingly taxing on his Divine Will.

"Don't rush, take it slow, it doesn't matter if it takes a while," he told himself. With meticulous care, Li Xuan slowly transcribed the pattern into the Great Dao Golden Book, his speed incredibly slow as he simultaneously channeled his Divine Will to replenish the consumed energy.

As he continued, transcribing about a third of the pattern, he began to feel weary, and the task seemed increasingly challenging. Eventually, he had no choice but to stop.

At that moment, the Great Dao Golden Book emitted a soft glow, and the page revealed the information associated with the pattern.

(End of Chapter)

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