Daqian Martial Saint

Inside the room, Chen Ping’an sat cross-legged. The Spiritual Flower on the Spirit Platform deep within his brow flared wildly with Spiritual Energy.

“Breakthrough!” Chen Ping’an’s eyes focused as he uttered the word softly.

On the Golden Finger Panel floating before him, his Experience Points churned wildly, transforming into specks of starlight that sank into the point between his brows.

BZZZZ~

His Spiritual Energy trembled violently as a mystical aura billowed around him.

A vast wealth of insights into the Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique—its cultivation, application, and brilliant uses in combat—surfaced spontaneously in Chen Ping’an’s mind.

BOOM!

After an unknown amount of time, a scorching, tyrannical aura erupted from Chen Ping’an, rippling outward in all directions.

Chen Ping’an’s eyes snapped open. With a grasping motion of his hand, the violent aura around him instantly subsided.

Name: Chen Ping’an

Realm: Early Jade Balance Stage – Condensed Spiritual Flower

Martial Arts: Broken Soul Saber Technique (Minor Achievement: 0/640), Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique (Perfection), Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill (Perfection), Three-Point Human Tribulation Finger (Perfection), Great Vajra Palm (Perfection)…

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‘The Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique… Perfection!’

Feeling the immense, surging power within his body, Chen Ping’an was so exhilarated he felt the urge to let out a long roar.

He had cultivated painstakingly ever since the Beicang Auction, and now, he had finally brought this Horizontal Divine Skill Training to the Perfection Realm. With this, the Divine Wonders of the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body were fully revealed, at last displaying their formidable might!

Chen Ping’an had now officially cultivated three Divine Skills to the Perfection Realm!

With the help of the Golden Finger Panel and the Perfection of the Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique, Chen Ping’an’s Martial Arts Realm was pushed to Jade Balance Early Stage Perfection in one fell swoop! He was now just a single step away from the Mid-Jade Balance Stage!

The Divine Wonders of the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body, the Golden Body Unbreakable Realm, his three great Secret Skill Finger Techniques, the Profound Ice Silk Armor…

By activating his many abilities with his Jade Balance Early Stage Perfection Realm, Chen Ping’an’s current strength was in no way inferior to that of an ordinary Mid-Jade Balance Stage Grandmaster.

He was now a full tier stronger than Gu Qingchan of the Ice Soul Divine Needle had been back then!

“Incredible! Absolutely incredible!” A tremor ran through Chen Ping’an as he clenched his fists. Wisps of black energy emerged, twining around him like phantoms in the night. The energy would coalesce one moment and dissipate into an intangible mist the next, appearing both eerie and tyrannical.

The Divine Wonders of the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body!

Though inferior to the Golden Body Unbreakable from the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill, it was still a top-tier Tyrant Dao manifestation among Horizontal Divine Skill Trainings!

Cultivating the Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique to Perfection had already transformed Chen Ping’an’s physique. With the addition of the Divine Skill’s Divine Wonders, the two effects stacked, and his body’s Protective Power reached an absolutely absurd level!

Furthermore, there was the Divine Wonder of the Dragon Elephant Overlord Body, which granted immunity to certain control effects.

Even Chen Ping’an himself couldn’t be sure just how high his survival capabilities had become!

In terms of combat power, he was on par with the Mid-Jade Balance Stage. In terms of survivability, he far surpassed an ordinary practitioner at that stage. Logically, this should make Chen Ping’an an outstanding individual among those at the Mid-Jade Balance Stage. However, he had a glaring weakness that caused his overall combat effectiveness to plummet.

He had not cultivated an exceptional Divine Skill Body Technique. If he were caught in a difficult battle, he could easily end up simply running for his life.

Fortunately…

Chen Ping’an had already found a way to shore up this weakness!

‘The Wandering Dragon Body Technique!’ A hopeful gleam appeared in Chen Ping’an’s eyes.

Once the Wandering Dragon Body Technique arrived and his weakness was shored up, his overall combat power would experience an absurd increase!

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Now that his Dragon Elephant Dominating Body Technique had entered the Perfection Realm, of the four Divine Skills he possessed, only the Broken Soul Saber Technique was left for him to cultivate further.

The Broken Soul Saber Technique had two major Secret Techniques: Soul-breaking Slash and Soul-Crushing Blood Tears Slash!

Now that he had cultivated the Sword Skill to Minor Achievement, he could begin to grasp its Basic Secret Technique: Soul-breaking Slash!

However, at his current Cultivation Realm, the Basic Secret Technique of a mere Middle Stream Divine Skill wouldn’t actually provide a significant boost to his combat power. At best, it would only be a notch stronger than his regular attacks!

Still, considering the realm he displayed on the surface, this Secret Technique of the Broken Soul Saber Technique—Soul-breaking Slash—was already an exceptionally rare trump card.

Most importantly, the origin of this Divine Sword Skill was completely traceable. He could openly display this Broken Soul Saber Technique without raising suspicion.

‘As for why Li Pingjiang was carrying the Inheritance Realm for a Divine Skill… well, I’ll just let them guess!’

‘What?!’

‘A guy comes out to do some killing, and you’re telling me he’s not allowed to carry a Divine Skill inheritance with him?!’

‘And even if, in the worst-case scenario, someone guessed that I used a Divine Skill Tracing to learn the Entry Level of this Divine Skill, so what? There’s absolutely no proof—it would be nothing more than baseless speculation!’

‘If the day ever came when someone actually figured it out, I probably wouldn’t even care anymore!’

‘I already have the combat power of the Mid-Jade Balance Stage. By the time that day comes, I’ll probably have already become a Top Grandmaster, or… even… something beyond Grandmaster!’

‘What!? Who says you can’t reach the Entry Level of a Divine Skill with a Divine Skill Tracing?!’

‘Sorry, but I can!’

‘Anyone who reaches such a realm is bound to have a few secrets!’

‘This is one secret I can definitely handle!’

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

In the backyard, Chen Ping’an practiced the Broken Soul Saber Technique. He deliberately controlled himself, so the might of the Sword Skill was not too exaggerated. His figure shifted as the gleam of his saber flashed, casting an ethereal glow. A faint blue light mixed with the grayish-white radiance, evoking the very essence of a Broken Soul.

‘This Broken Soul Saber Technique is… passable. I suppose it’s good enough.’

This was his assessment after getting a real feel for it. His standards were much higher now; what he called “passable” was, to the vast majority of Absolute Masters, an exceptionally impressive Divine Sword Skill.

‘Enough time has passed since I killed Li Pingjiang. It should be fine to start revealing this Sword Skill now.’