Only I am Venerable

The old Daoist had given him a second life, teaching him various styles of martial arts—fist fighting, kicking, swordplay, and bladesmanship—along with all kinds of Lightweight Skills... The old Daoist also made him go to school, giving him the fundamental things needed to truly stand firm in society—knowledge and strength!

Of course, Qin Li’s most vivid memory was the scene of the old Daoist presenting the Innate Purple Qi Technique as if it were a priceless treasure. It was as if the thing were a true Immortal Technique!

However, this very thing had tormented Qin Li for many years. He went from eagerly circulating the Cultivation Technique every day, full of anticipation, to later, even when he knew it was a fake, circulating it once a day out of habit.

It got to the point where after Qin Li grew up, he could never let the matter go. He often thought about how unscrupulous the old Daoist was. ’What damned Immortal Technique? It’s clearly a fraud!’

’Otherwise, wouldn’t the old Daoist have become an immortal long ago?’ Thinking of this, a small smile touched Qin Li’s lips.

Shangguan Shiyu, who had been keeping a constant vigil by Qin Li’s side, suddenly noticed the faint smile gracing his lips, as if he were having a pleasant dream.

Shiyu’s perpetually worried heart finally settled. She knew that Qin Li was going to be all right!

As Qin Li thought of the old Daoist, a deep sense of longing and sorrow welled up within him. ’So many years have passed. Could the old Daoist still be alive? And even if he is, can I... ever go back there?’

Joy, anger, sorrow, and longing—the full gamut of human emotions—surfaced alternately in the depths of his memories, continuously cleansing his Divine Soul. In his Dantian, the purple crystal began to slowly, slowly change!

The process was long, so long that Qin Li felt as if centuries had passed.

And so, he grew bored and began to search through the inherited memories of Hu Yanbo in his spiritual world: Alchemy, Artifact Refining, the application of various Arrays, the customs and traditions of the Primordial Era, the knowledge of various schools of thought, and even some theories from the Great Mages of the Primordial Era!

Later on, Qin Li continuously simulated and cultivated the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat technique within his Sea of Consciousness. It was during this long process that he suddenly discovered a truth he had long overlooked.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable was not a combat technique that relied on strength and skill. Its true essence lay in its aura!

A domineering aura that looked down upon the world, advancing ever forward without hesitation!

That was the true essence of this combat technique!

The Cultivation Technique included within the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable was something that completely remolded a Martial Artist’s body! In other words, by constantly transforming the Martial Artist’s body, it allowed the Cultivator to reach a state where they could withstand this world-scorning aura!

The first level of the Only I am Venerable combat technique was the ingenuity and power of its moves, something Qin Li had understood when he first began cultivating it.

The second level was Mental Suppression. Especially after fusing with the Innate Purple Qi, Qin Li’s Spiritual Power had become tyrannical to the extreme. His Divine Sense had always been several levels ahead of his cultivation base! This was the fundamental reason why he could repeatedly deceive the Great Witch Master, whose power had already reached the Pill Nascent Soul Transformation.

The third level of the Only I am Venerable combat technique was the physical body—the strength of his Tendons and Bones! Had Qin Li not already cultivated to this level, the dying self-detonation of the Great Witch Master’s Nascent Soul-transformed Inner Core would have been enough to blow him to smithereens! Even if it hadn’t killed him, the impact of being slammed into the twenty-meter-thick, stone-block castle would have turned anyone else into a meat paste.

Yet Qin Li had only fallen into a coma, a testament to how powerful his physical body had become!

The fourth level of the Only I am Venerable combat technique was Sword Intent! The realm of Unity of Body and Sword! If not for this tyrannical realm, it would have been impossible for Qin Li to repeatedly challenge and defeat Martial Artists far stronger than himself. Even the Great Witch Master, a master of the Pill Nascent Soul Transformation, had felt a tremor of fear from his Sword Intent and had not dared to face it head-on!

And now, what Qin Li was breaking through to was the fifth level of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat technique! The changing of his bloodline!

According to legend, the peerless experts of the Primordial Era all possessed their own inherited bloodlines. Whether human or Spirit Beast, their bloodline inheritances were all powerful to an unbelievable degree!

They had already cultivated to the Transformation Realm. Their descendants, by relying on the bloodlines passed down from them, were born with a strength and an understanding of the Martial Dao that others could hardly hope to attain!

Of course, as this bloodline was diluted over generations, it would become weaker and weaker, eventually becoming difficult to even awaken. But as long as it was awakened, that person was destined to become a supreme expert!

This was something that Qin Li originally did not possess! But the unique combat technique, Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable, was now changing his very bloodline!

After breaking through this level, Qin Li would ascend to a new height. Not only would he himself benefit endlessly, but even his descendants would reap the rewards for countless generations!

The sixth and final level of the Only I am Venerable combat technique was an extremely profound realm called Spiritualization! However, the current Qin Li was unaware of this realm. Every breakthrough of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat technique had occurred suddenly, without any preparation on his part.

This time was no different. The golden light that had erupted from the Great Witch Master before his death was no ordinary golden light; it was the essence of the Great Witch Master’s twenty thousand years of cultivation!

This wasn’t to say that the Great Witch Master had a sudden epiphany in the moment before his death and decided to pass those things on to Qin Li. Rather, he had fully intended to use the very essence of his life’s cultivation to obliterate him!

Had it been anyone else, even an expert at the same Pill Nascent Soul Transformation realm, they likely would have been obliterated by the Great Witch Master’s final, dying blow!

Unfortunately for him, he had run into Qin Li!

Not only did this golden light fail to kill Qin Li, but it also triggered another breakthrough of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable combat technique!

It had actually... remolded Qin Li’s entire bloodline! It gave Qin Li the true potential and opportunity to become a peerless expert!

A so-called peerless expert was an Earth Immortal! A Great Power capable of traversing the cosmic void!

However, the current Qin Li was also unaware of all this. He only felt that his Only I am Venerable combat technique had broken through once again!

At the same time, in the instant Qin Li’s bloodline was completely transformed, the vortex of Innate Purple Qi in his Dantian, after an incomparably long period of condensation, suddenly began to rapidly contract!

The speed was unparalleled!

In almost an instant, a purple infant formed within Qin Li’s Dantian!

Pill Nascent Soul Transformation!

Qin Li’s strength, after having just broken through to the Shattering Void realm, had miraculously broken through once again!

Even Qin Li himself was completely stunned by this phenomenon!

’How is this possible? How could I have broken through to the Pill Nascent Soul Transformation realm just like that? And... this fist-sized purple infant, its eyes are lightly closed, but its eyebrows, eyes, nose, and ears are all perfectly distinct. Other than its eyes being closed, it looks exactly like a miniature version of me, with no difference whatsoever!’

’Is... is this really the same realm as other Cultivators at the Pill Nascent Soul Transformation stage?’ Qin Li himself couldn’t help but start to have his doubts.

But regardless, the change in his Dantian was now a reality. Qin Li thought, ’Could it be that the golden light the Great Witch Master shot into my body before he died is what led to this breakthrough? If so, I really ought to thank that wolf... But I know full well that the Great Witch Master’s final act was an attempt to annihilate me with that golden light! For some reason, it ended up helping my strength ascend to a new level instead!’

The transformed blood slowly flowed through Qin Li’s body. He had a feeling... a true feeling of looking down upon the world!

It was as if he now possessed the power to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth! The sensation was intoxicating!

No wonder the emperors and generals of the mortal world clung so desperately to power. No wonder all Martial Artists yearned to become stronger! When you possessed a power countless times greater than anyone else’s, the feeling of holding the world in your hands was truly magnificent!

At the same time, Shangguan Shiyu felt an astonishing aura constantly emanating from Qin Li’s body. This aura was extremely sharp and filled with a domineering air.

Even for an expert like her, at the Shattering Void realm, being enveloped by this aura instilled a fear that came from the depths of her soul. It was an aura that treated everyone else as ants!

Fortunately, the aura came as quickly as it went. With a WHOOSH, it vanished. Shiyu rubbed her eyes, feeling as if she had just been dreaming.

Just then, Qin Li opened his eyes, gazed at Shangguan Shiyu, and asked softly, "Shiyu, how long has it been?"

Shiyu looked at Qin Li with joyful surprise, two streams of clear tears flowing down her cheeks. She bit her lip forcefully, grasped his hand, and said gently, "Five days. You’ve been in a coma for five days!"

"Only five days?" Qin Li frowned slightly. In his Sea of Consciousness, it had felt like several millennia had passed. Because of this, in the instant he opened his eyes, he was even a little afraid—afraid that he would see a world utterly transformed by the passage of time, afraid that he would open his eyes to find that thousands or tens of thousands of years had passed and everyone he knew was gone!

’Thankfully, it’s only been five days!’ Qin Li thought.

He clasped Shiyu’s somewhat cold hand and said softly, "Shiyu, don’t be afraid. I’ve recovered!"

Shiyu gently rested her beautiful head on Qin Li’s chest, closed her eyes, and murmured, "Don’t you dare scare me like that again. If you die, I won’t live either!"

A gentle look appeared in Qin Li’s eyes. He smiled and said, "Neither of us will die. We’re both going to live long, happy lives!"

The two shared a warm moment before Shiyu suddenly remembered what had just happened. She asked, "Husband, right before you woke up, why did your body suddenly release such a terrifying aura?"

"Did it?" Qin Li furrowed his brow, recalling the scene that had appeared when he was looking inward at the giant within his Sea of Consciousness just before he woke up.

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