While Gu Qingfeng was in seclusion and the Guangyang Army was capturing Qingyun State, the situation in Central State was also turbulent.
For half a month.
Continuous reports from Central State kept arriving in Gu Qingfeng’s hands.
Regarding the fact that Ji Chunqiu was half a step into the Divinity Realm, Gu Qingfeng felt somewhat surprised, but he quickly came to terms with it.
At the same time.
During this period.
The text on the attribute panel was constantly refreshed.
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"Your progeny ’Gu Yang’ has received pointers from a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and his cultivation has slightly improved!"
"Your progeny ’Gu Yang’ has broken through to Bone Refining Realm Perfection!"
"Reward Upgrade Points*100!"
"Reward Bone Refining Pill*100!"
"Reward Marrow Cleansing Pill*100!"
"Reward Refining Organ Pill*10!"
"Your progeny ’Gu Yang’ leads the Guangyang Army in conquering territories, greatly boosting his fame!"
"Your progeny ’Gu Yang’ has been attacked by Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists*6!"
"Your progeny ’Gu Yang’ has received pointers from a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and his cultivation has slightly improved!"
"Your progeny..."
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When he saw that Gu Yang had broken through to Bone Refining Realm Perfection, Gu Qingfeng’s expression did not change much.
After all, Gu Yang now controlled a vast amount of resources and had been instructed by Martial Arts Grandmasters, so it was only normal for him to achieve a breakthrough.
On the contrary.
If Gu Yang hadn’t made any progress in his cultivation, that would have been genuinely surprising.
Now that Gu Yang had made a breakthrough, Gu Qingfeng used the extra hundred Upgrade Points and directly applied them to the Pure Yang True Body.
In an instant.
This Grandmaster-level cultivation technique was elevated by Gu Qingfeng from Small Success to Perfection in one breath.
"Pure Yang True Body Perfection!"
"Pure Yang Body Level Four!"
"This cultivation technique is truly exceptional!"
After achieving Perfection in the Pure Yang True Body, Gu Qingfeng felt the terrifying Pure Yang Qi Blood in his body and his expression showed a trace of surprise.
Such power of Pure Yang Qi Blood, if cultivated by others, could transform the vital essence of a martial artist’s life, making their Qi Blood far stronger than that of a common Grandmaster.
From this, it was apparent.
The one who created the Pure Yang True Body had extraordinary vision and strength.
Unfortunately.
Since it didn’t induce a transformation in the martial artist’s life essence, the Pure Yang True Body could only be considered a normal Grandmaster-level Martial Arts technique.
At most.
It was simply a more powerful Grandmaster’s secret technique, not having transformed to a higher level.
Even so, attaining Perfection in the Pure Yang True Body did make Gu Qingfeng’s Qi Blood significantly more condensed, and even though it wasn’t enough to break through to the Late Stage Extreme Dao Master, it was still more powerful than before.
"To break through to the Late Stage Extreme Dao Master, I still need to accumulate a bit more!"
"However, with enough Grandmaster-level secret techniques, advancing in cultivation at the Extreme Dao Master realm is not too difficult!"
Gu Qingfeng pondered.
Normal Grandmaster-level Martial Arts required two hundred Upgrade Points to be brought from Beginner to Perfection.
Two hundred Upgrade Points isn’t considered few, but also isn’t too many; at the current rate, it would take about one or two years to accumulate enough.
The biggest problem.
Lies in the difficulty of obtaining higher-level Martial Arts; breakthroughs must be achieved using the Breakthrough method.
Martial Arts Breakthrough.
The consumption involved was beyond measure.
For example, a Grandmaster-level Martial Arts technique would normally require fifty Upgrade Points, but to Breakthrough would cost ten times more.
Such expenditure was significant.
Afterward.
Gu Qingfeng’s gaze fell upon a collection of Martial Arts techniques in the Grinding Blade Hall.
Ever since the eradication of the Tianyang Sword Sect and the capture of various counties of Qingyun State by Guangyang Prefecture, Gu Yang had been continuously requisitioning Martial Arts from across the world and sent them here.
But because Gu Qingfeng had specific demands, all Martial Arts below the level of Grandmaster were discarded, resulting in Gu Yang sending primarily Grandmaster-level Martial Arts.
Among these Grandmaster-level Martial Arts.
There were Swordsmanship.
And techniques for other Internal Cultivation Methods, as well as Body Refining Techniques, and so on.
However.
Most of these techniques were not attractive to Gu Qingfeng and would be considered for cultivation only at the very end, if at all.
After a while.
Gu Qingfeng’s gaze settled on a certain Martial Arts technique.
Blood Refining Scripture!
A Great Grandmaster Martial Arts technique!
This was a truly top-tier Martial Arts technique obtained by Gu Yang after annihilating the Tianyang Sword Sect.
This cultivation technique, similar to the Pure Yang True Body, focused on tempering the martial artist’s Qi Blood, and the ’Blood Refining’ in the Blood Refining Scripture referred to condensing the martial artist’s Qi Blood, thus bestowing power akin to stepping into Extraordinary.
According to the records within the Blood Refining Scripture, if a martial artist could condense their blood to a sufficiently terrifying level, they could even achieve blood rebirth.
However.
The so-called blood rebirth.
Was but a figment of the creator of the Blood Refining Scripture.
After all, even if a Great Grandmaster Martial Arts technique was cultivated to the highest level of Perfection, true blood rebirth was not possible.
"Blood rebirth, the creator of this technique had a wild imagination, but to think that a great Grandmaster Martial Arts technique could achieve such a feat is indeed a bit of a stretch.
However, what a great Grandmaster can’t do, perhaps a realm beyond that could achieve. There are no absolutes in such matters."
Gu Qingfeng thought of that droplet of blood that gave birth to the Nine Curves Evil Buddha.
A mere drop of blood wielded such divine might that, perhaps, such a powerful being could achieve the regeneration from a drop of blood as imagined by the creator of the Blood Refining Scripture.
But these things were too distant for Gu Qingfeng.
After all, if one truly reached the step of blood regeneration, it was likely that one had already transcended the mortal realm and reached the supreme realm akin to that of Immortals.
Subsequently.
Gu Qingfeng earnestly read through the Blood Refining Scripture, committing the many profound mysteries of this Martial Arts to memory.
After a moment.
Gu Qingfeng glanced at his attribute panel once more and saw that the Blood Refining Scripture had been successfully incorporated into it.
The Blood Refining Scripture was divided into eight levels.
The first four levels corresponded to the four stages from the Initial Stage Grandmaster to Grandmaster Perfection.
The latter four levels corresponded to the four stages from Grandmaster Initial Stage to Grandmaster Perfection.
One could say.
The Blood Refining Scripture was truly a top-notch cultivation technique for Grandmasters.
After all, among Grandmaster-level Martial Arts, some could only allow one to break through the Grandmaster Initial Stage, while others, like the Blood Refining Scripture, could directly propel a Martial Artist to Grandmaster Perfection.
Without a doubt.
The higher the limit of the Martial Arts, the more precious it was.
"The Tianyang Sword Sect managed to obtain such top-notch Martial Arts, it’s likely that the Grandmaster who created the Blood Refining Scripture also fell at the hands of the Tianyang Sword Sect."
"Even the most illustrious Martial Arts Grandmasters are ultimately no match for the heritage of these Immortal Sects!"
Gu Qingfeng took a deep breath and calmed his mind.
A single misstep leads to a cascade of failure.
In this world, Martial Arts are flawed, and this dooms Martial Artists to be inferior to Magicians.
An innate disadvantage is incredibly hard to compensate for later on.
Body Refinement in five realms.
In Gu Qingfeng’s view, this is the most crucial step in cultivation.
Only by forging a perfect foundation within these five realms can a Martial Artist go further.
Similarly.
One’s foundational strength also indicates the combat power of Martial Artists at the same level.
Like two Martial Arts Grandmasters, if one reached Grandmaster Perfection with a flawless journey through the five realms of Body Refinement, and the other had deficiencies, the latter would naturally struggle to compete with the former.
Moreover.
The former could easily crush the latter.
This is the fundamental difference between a strong and a weak foundation.
With this thought, Gu Qingfeng’s attention returned to the severed finger.
Now, as he delved deeper into the Undying Blade Intent contained within the finger, Gu Qingfeng gained a new understanding of the Heavenly Blade Swordsmanship he had created, and the level twelve Heavenly Blade True Intent also grew much stronger than before.
Gu Qingfeng believed.
As long as he had more time, the breakthrough of the Heavenly Blade True Intent should pose no problem.
If the Heavenly Blade True Intent could break through to level thirteen, then Gu Qingfeng would have truly created a top-notch Grandmaster-level Blade Technique.
As Gu Qingfeng immersed his thoughts into the Undying Blade Intent, a robust and domineering Blade Intent spread from him.
In an instant.
The entire Grinding Blade Hall was enveloped in a terrifying Blade Intent.
The Evil Slayer Blade, newly returned by Gu Yang, trembled slightly under the presence of this Blade Intent, as if a mighty aura was emanating, intimidating all manner of Divine Weapons.
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Zhongzhou.
The Capital was breached.
This place had completely turned into ruins.
Countless bodies were piled here, belonging to both the court’s soldiers and the rebel army’s troops.
At this moment.
Inside the imperial palace, terrifying fluctuations erupted.
After a long time.
The fluctuations subsided.
Only to see Ji Chunqiu, with his imperial robe soaked in blood, his authoritative eyes filled with icy killing intent, and in front of him, the mighty from numerous Immortal Sects’ families gathered.
Master Taixuan held the head of a Ji Family Grandmaster in one hand, his expression icy as he looked towards Ji Chunqiu.
"Ji Chunqiu, you have already lost. If you willingly surrender now, I can spare a line of your Ji Family’s royal blood. But if you persist in your futile resistance, the Ji Family’s royal line will be utterly eradicated from this day forth."
"Why waste so many words? Even in defeat, I shall make you pay the price!" Ji Chunqiu said coldly, completely unmoved by Master Taixuan’s words.
To be taken prisoner.
That was simply impossible.
Even if preserving a line of the Ji Family’s blood meant nothing, as the Ji Family’s royal line would undoubtedly be reduced to captives after today.
If that was what it meant to preserve their bloodline, it would be better to cut off the royal lineage altogether.
Upon hearing this.
Master Taixuan’s expression turned cold, his fingers suddenly tightened, and the Grandmaster’s head burst apart instantaneously, its headless corpse collapsing to the ground.
"Kill!"
Witnessing this scene, killing intent erupted in Ji Chunqiu’s eyes as the terrifying power associated with the Evil Spirit shook the heavens, strange and chilly spiritual energy rampant. Even his once formidable body now showed signs of cracking, seemingly on the verge of shattering.
Such changes were a sign that the Evil Spirit was about to revive.
To this.
Ji Chunqiu did not care in the slightest.
This battle, he never expected to survive.
So.
What did it matter if the Evil Spirit revived? Ji Chunqiu had only one thought now: to slay all the invaders and bury them with the Ji Family’s royal bloodline.
Seeing Ji Chunqiu advancing with that powerful aura, all the mighty ones looked solemn.
Master Taixuan shouted angrily, "What are you all hesitating for, kill him, and the Taixuan Dynasty shall be no more!"
As he spoke.
Master Taixuan was the first to make a move, clashing with Ji Chunqiu.
The other sect and family powerhouses exchanged glances and then joined the battle at the same time.
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