Divine-level Base

"Excellent! Shu Feng, you’ve advanced to a Great Spirit Master! That’s wonderful! Come with me!"

The moment Fang Yao saw Shu Feng emerge from the Dragon Transformation Spirit Pool, her beautiful eyes lit up with excitement. She grabbed him and flew toward her home.

"These are the remaining Secret Techniques of the Sun and Moon Scripture. They will allow you to cultivate all the way to the Spirit Venerable Realm!"

As soon as they got back to her house, Fang Yao tossed a manual for the Sun and Moon Scripture to Shu Feng.

Shu Feng asked curiously, "A Spirit Venerable? Are there no Secret Techniques for after the Spirit Saint realm?"

"Secret Techniques for the Spirit Saint realm aren’t that easy to come by. In the entire Qianyuan Republic, the number of factions that possess techniques to cultivate to the Spirit Saint level can be counted on one hand."

"I do have one Secret Technique here that allows cultivation to the Spirit Saint level, but unfortunately, it can’t compare to the Sun and Moon Scripture. Besides, if you were to cultivate this technique, I’d have to kill you to silence you. Do you still want to learn it?"

Fang Yao gave Shu Feng a faint, teasing smile.

Shu Feng said, "I think the Sun and Moon Scripture is just fine!"

"The Secret Technique of the Sun and Moon Scripture for advancing to the Spirit Saint realm is in the Star Sacred Land within the Black Tortoise Realm. It’s inscribed on the Sun and Moon Holy Stele and can neither be copied nor described with words."

"After you cultivate the Sun and Moon Scripture to the peak of the Spirit Venerable realm, you can specialize in other Secret Techniques to advance to a Spirit Saint. However, if you want to achieve a perfect advancement, you must go to the Star Sacred Land and secretly learn the technique from the Sun and Moon Holy Stele."

"Of course, if your talent is heaven-defying, you could also draw upon the strengths of many different schools and use other Magic Techniques to advance to a Spirit Saint. Spirit Saint Wu Zhongchao advanced to the Spirit Saint realm using this very method."

"The national high school Spiritual Martial Arts tournament gathers all the Spiritual Martial Arts geniuses from across the Qianyuan Republic. There will be more than ten prodigies at the Great Spirit Master Level."

"The Spiritual Abilities those guys have awakened are all related to Spiritual Martial Arts. Every single one of them is a little monster. Relying on the Sun and Moon Scripture alone, you may not be able to defeat them."

"I have one Swordsmanship, one Palm Technique, one Fist Technique, and one saber technique here. For the next two months, I want you to pick one and train hard. Tell me, what do you want to learn?" Fang Yao said.

Shu Feng said, "I want to learn Swordsmanship!"

Fang Yao said, "Swordsmanship? This Swordsmanship of mine is called the Sun and Moon Divine Sword. It’s an Unparalleled Swordsmanship recorded in the Sun and Moon Scripture. However, this technique also relies heavily on comprehension. Someone with poor comprehension could practice for a lifetime and never achieve anything with it."

Shu Feng was full of confidence. "I can definitely master it!"

His Epic Swordsmanship gave him an extraordinary talent for the sword, which was the very source of his confidence.

"Good! Let’s go!"

Fang Yao smiled, then led Shu Feng out of Shuijing City.

A hundred miles west of Shuijing City, beside a hundred-meter-tall rock mountain.

"My dear disciple, watch closely! This is the first form of the Sun and Moon Divine Sword, Great Sun Across the Sky!"

Fang Yao let out a sharp cry. The silver Spirit Sword in her hand erupted with a dazzling Spiritual Light as she thrust it forward. It was as if a sun had stabbed into the hundred-meter-tall rock mountain.

BOOM!!

A terrifyingly loud crash echoed as countless rock fragments flew everywhere. A massive, horrifying hole had been blasted through the center of the hundred-meter-tall rock mountain, clean through from one side to the other.

’So strong! So this is the power of a Spirit Venerable Realm expert. Truly incredible! I definitely chose the right master!’

Shu Feng’s Steel Beast was exceptionally ferocious. Since its creation, it had only ever been defeated once, at the hands of the Blood Demon Xue Honghong. But in the face of Fang Yao’s sword strike, even Xue Honghong would have met a dead end.

"The move for Great Sun Across the Sky is simple. Its most profound aspect is channeling and overlapping your Spiritual Power to unleash it all in a single sword strike!"

"According to legend, the founding ancestor of the Star Sacred Land once injured a Divine Spirit using this very Sun and Moon Divine Sword technique. Who knows if it’s true or not!"

Fang Yao said with a leisurely expression and a soft sigh.

There are no Divine Spirits in the Black Tortoise Realm; the strongest are the legendary Martial Saints. The Martial Saints of the Black Tortoise Realm, much like the Spirit Saints of Blue Star, are all peerless individuals, geniuses among geniuses. They are incredibly powerful, and their names are known across the four great worlds.

The Seven Great Holy Spears of Blue Star once joined forces to slay a Divine Spirit, but there is no precedent of a Martial Saint from the Black Tortoise Realm ever doing so. This is a regret shared by all Martial Artists.

After this moment of reflection, Fang Yao proceeded to teach Shu Feng the first form of the Sun and Moon Divine Sword, Great Sun Across the Sky.

Fang Yao said, "For this Great Sun Sword Technique, overlapping Spiritual Power to the Third Layer is considered Entry Level. The Ninth Layer is Minor Achievement, the Eighty-First Layer is Great Success, and the seven hundred twenty-ninth layer is Mastery, allowing you to slay a Saint in one strike. Legend says that if you can overlap it to the Ten Thousandth Layer, the Sword Momentum of this one move can even slay a Divine Spirit. Alright, you try it!"

Shu Feng held the Spirit Sword, Bao Feng. His Spiritual Power surged, and he channeled it into Bao Feng before slashing out. However, after overlapping the Spiritual Power only twice, the Sword Momentum immediately collapsed.

’It really is difficult!’

Shu Feng’s eyes lit up. He closed them in thought for a moment, then slashed out with his sword again. This time, he overlapped his Spiritual Power three times. A phantom image of a great sun appeared as a terrifyingly powerful Sword Qi erupted, striking the rock mountain and carving a gash about a meter deep.

Fang Yao’s beautiful eyes lit up as she exclaimed in admiration, "Not bad, Shu Feng! It seems you really do have a talent for the sword! Reaching Entry Level in a single day... you’re only a tiny bit slower than I was back in my day!"

Fang Yao said, "For the next few days, you will practice your swordsmanship right here! You have to make me proud and beat that bitch!!"

"Yes, Master!"

In the days that followed, Shu Feng practiced the Great Sun Sword Technique during the day and absorbed Spiritual Power at night to cultivate the Sun and Moon Scripture, while also training his Hundred Refinements Steel Body.

In just a few days, Shu Feng had cultivated his Hundred Refinements Steel Body to the Fiftieth Refinement. Once activated, his entire body became as hard as steel, impervious to blades and spears, and resistant to both fire and water.

However, after reaching the Fiftieth Refinement, advancing the Hundred Refinements Steel Body any further was not so simple. Thus, Shu Feng focused his efforts on diligently training the Great Sun Sword Technique.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the eve of the national high school Spiritual Martial Arts tournament had arrived.

「On this day.」

"Alright! Shu Feng, put your sword away and come with me! We’re going to seize the crown at the Spiritual Martial Arts tournament!"

Fang Yao arrived before the rock mountain. Looking at the peak, which was now covered in sword scars, a flash of satisfaction appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Shu Feng said, "Yes, Master!"

「Inside the Grand Martial Arts Arena of Shuijing High School.」

Song He stood on a high platform, looking down at the twenty young men and women below. These twenty were the most talented and powerful Spiritual Martial Arts geniuses of Shuijing High School.

Song He’s gaze swept over a tall, handsome boy with short hair and a sunny disposition; a boy who looked completely ordinary, the type you wouldn’t notice in a crowd; and a girl with dyed-blonde hair, a hot, curvy figure, and gorgeous features, dressed like a hot-girl.

Shuijing High School was famous for its powerful Spirit Spear Technique; in terms of general Spiritual Martial Arts, it was far inferior to Azure Dragon High School and Xuanwei High School.