Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 501: Chapter 248: The Strongest Realm

As for retreating when challenged and refusing to compete, that was out of the question.

The Sect’s resources for each disciple were limited. For every drop in rank, one’s allocation would decrease significantly.

Without resources, you could easily be surpassed by newcomers, growing progressively weaker until you were eliminated entirely.

How could one hope to become the strongest by shrinking back?

Perhaps it was a habit cultivated within the Sect, but the True Disciples of the Blood Moon Sect were known for being the most belligerent and aggressive when they traveled.

Upon encountering True Disciples from other Sects, they would often draw their weapons and fight to the death over the slightest disagreement.

In comparison, the Sutra of Ultimate Sect, with its daily music and revelry, seemed far more alluring—cultivating the Martial Dao while humming a tune.

But Chen Cheng would never approve of the Sutra of Ultimate Sect. Cultivating alongside those who shared their beds with countless partners... it just didn’t sit right with him.

’This world is truly chaotic, and the path of the Martial Dao is fraught with peril!’

Chen Cheng thought to himself. He placed the booklet back on the table, rose, and walked out of the Government Office.

Before long, he arrived at the Scripture Pavilion, located on the fourth floor of the Demon Suppression Tower.

Ordinary Purple-clothed Guards had to spend Merit from the Demon Suppression Department to browse the collection in the Scripture Pavilion.

Furthermore, they could only access the books in the outer section. Exchanging for a Cultivation Technique Manual required special permission and had to be read within a restricted area.

As the Vice Director of the Demon Suppression Department, Chen Cheng didn’t need to spend any Merit. He could come and go from the Scripture Pavilion as he pleased, accessing books from any section.

It was a privilege that essentially granted him free access.

This was true even for the most precious Cultivation Technique Manuals.

The only restriction was that he couldn’t take any books out of the Scripture Pavilion.

As a Government Office directly under the Great Dao Sect, the Demon Suppression Department possessed the largest and most comprehensive collection of books in all of Linji City.

Not even the City Lord’s Mansion could compare.

Chen Cheng had already used his Merit to browse most of the books in the outer section before, so upon entering the Scripture Pavilion, he headed straight for the inner chambers.

The collection in the inner chambers was far more extensive than the one outside. Ordinary Purple-clothed Guards could access some of these as well.

However, the process was cumbersome, requiring them to spend Merit from the Demon Suppression Department and have a designated officer retrieve the books for them.

Chen Cheng, however, faced no such hassle. He strolled right in and began perusing the shelves at his leisure.

The most numerous books in the Scripture Pavilion were, unsurprisingly, a wide variety of Cultivation Technique Manuals.

Most of these manuals were common inheritances from the various peaks of the Great Dao Sect, limited to what would be considered a Superior Technique.

The accompanying Fundamental Diagrams were mostly third-generation copies, with only a rare few being second-generation copies.

After briefly skimming through all the Secret Manuals, Chen Cheng learned about many Cultivation Techniques he had been unaware of, significantly broadening his horizons.

These included things like the Vast Sword Intent from Vast Peak, the Five Elements Realm from Five Elements Peak, and the Four Symbols Realm from Four Symbols Peak.

These Cultivation Techniques were powerful, but on the whole, they were quite similar to the legacies inherited by the Ancestors of the Four Great Clans of the Inner City.

After all, the Ancestors of the Four Great Clans of the Inner City had once been Stewards of the Great Dao Sect, and their training was rooted in the Sect’s teachings.

Each of these Cultivation Techniques required a great deal of time for Cultivation.

Chen Cheng had already mastered more than enough Cultivation Techniques. What he lacked was time for Cultivation, not a need to learn any more.

Chen Cheng turned his attention to other miscellaneous books, such as the notes of his predecessors, collections of secret histories and anecdotes, and various maps.

He also found records of the inherited Cultivation Techniques from other Sects outside of the Great Dao Sect.

The sheer volume and variety of these books were overwhelming, and Chen Cheng had no intention of reading them all.

He figured spending an hour each day to casually browse and broaden his knowledge would be sufficient.

Throughout his Cultivation, Chen Cheng had accumulated many questions. If his master, Mr. Zheng, were here, he could have asked him for guidance.

Now, all he could do was read more books and find the answers himself.

’So the Great Yu Founding Saint Emperor actually wielded the legendary Heaven-Opening Axe, said to be capable of splitting the heavens and cleaving the earth!’

’And the Realm he cultivated was the Eight Trigrams Realm!’

Chen Cheng was startled to read this secret in a miscellaneous book titled *Comprehensive Record of Realm*.

This book cataloged most of the Realms known to have appeared in the Great Yu, providing simple introductions for each and comparing their respective Realm Powers.

The very first page declared that the most powerful Realm in the world was the Eight Trigrams Realm of the Taiyi Sect.

These Eight Trigrams were Heaven and Earth, Thunder Shocking and Xun Wind, Kan Water and Li Fire, and Gen Mountain and Dui Marsh.

By mastering the Eight Trigrams Realm and achieving Eight Trigrams Unity, one could comprehend the ultimate Power of Origin of heaven and earth, gaining the power to sunder the cosmos.

The book recorded that the Great Yu Founding Saint Emperor was one such person who had comprehended the Eight Trigrams Realm. He ultimately achieved Eight Trigrams Unity and became a Martial Saint.

It was only by their skill in divining fate, which led them to the inheritance of the Eight Trigrams Realm and allowed them to carry on the legacy of the Great Yu Founding Saint Emperor, that the Taiyi Sect became the number one Sect in the Northern Territory.

Chen Cheng read on. The next section introduced the Eight Trigrams Realm, which was mostly just a description of how powerful the various aspects within it were.

After the Eight Trigrams Realm, the book briefly introduced various other Realms, always comparing them back to the Eight Trigrams Realm.

After the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, Chen Cheng closed the book and shook his head.

While the *Comprehensive Record of Realm* did indeed catalog many Realms, its conclusion was always the same: Eight Trigrams Unity is invincible.

’This book... could it have been written by the Taiyi Sect?’

He muttered to himself and continued browsing, soon finding another book on the subject of Realms.

*Yin Yang Tai Chi*.

This book, however, argued that the Yin Yang Realm was the most powerful Realm in the world.

The book elaborated on the Yin Yang Realm in great detail.

"All things carry yin and embrace yang. Within yin, there is yang; within yang, there is yin. It is like the mating of two fish, one black and one white; in the black, there is a spot of white, and in the white, a spot of black..."

Yin and Yang were a duality of opposites. For example, the alternation of day and night and the turning of the four seasons were all external manifestations of Yin and Yang.

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