"910,000!" At the very moment Yaoguang executed that Space-Splitting Strike with practiced precision, Li Hanqiu’s suppressed voice rang out right after. "Your attack power reached 910,000!"
A faint tremor ran through his spiritual consciousness as he spoke. "That is already the upper limit that over ninety percent of Azure Golden Core cultivators can reach! And you achieved it as a Blazing White Golden Core... Once you reach the Azure Golden Core Realm, your combat power will definitely reach 1,200,000, and possibly even 1,500,000!"
Once he advanced to the Azure Golden Core, he could reach 1,500,000 combat power. What kind of strength was that?!
Even within the Taiyi Immortal Sect, among all Azure Golden Core cultivators, there might not be a single person who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
As for Heavenly Venerable Jiang... Even if he had mastered a supreme divine ability, even with a Void-Shattering Realm supreme elder as his master, his combat power would likely only be around one million.
In other words, once Yaoguang reached the Azure Golden Core Realm, he would surpass Heavenly Venerable Jiang and become an even more powerful existence. That was true talent.
"Not even a million?" Yaoguang frowned slightly upon hearing this.
He had wielded a top-tier spirit treasure, the Wandering Dragon Sword, and executed a supreme divine ability that he had empowered with Void’s Child. But his combat power had not even reached a million.
"If supreme divine abilities are not enough, then I will try a Dao Technique," he said, drawing in a deep breath as the Void Sword circulated continuously within his mind.
Stronger spatial ripples surged from the blade of the Wandering Dragon Sword. At the same time, his Void’s Child trait and his perception of the outside world were pushed to their limits.
He felt drawn into a strange illusion... If he could unleash this strike, he would be able to slice open the space before him like cloth, tearing it apart and forming a true spatial rift.
Yet no matter how he sensed space around him or how he accumulated power, he felt something was lacking, even if only slightly.
And just as he began to prepare the Void Sword Dao Technique, even Li Hanqiu, a Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal standing right before him, felt a surge of unease.
Looking at Yaoguang’s Wandering Dragon Sword, Li Hanqui felt that the ripples emanating from that top-tier spirit treasure were truly terrifying. Once that strike was unleashed...
Even if he fully activated the power of his Primordial Void, he might not be able to withstand it. And this difficulty in resisting was not the usual kind that relied on targeted countermeasures.
Because Void-Piercing Realm battle immortals lacked precise control over the power of the Primordial Void within their bodies, its operational frequency was easily perceived and analyzed by opponents.
Once those frequencies were deciphered, enemies could use specific divine abilities or secret arts to disrupt them, shattering the balance of the Primordial Void and causing the cultivator to collapse and fall.
This was why, if a Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal failed to kill an opponent quickly, they could instead be killed in turn.
The frequency of the Primordial Void was an unavoidable fatal weakness.
Yet now, as Li Hanqiu watched Yaoguang, what he sensed from that sword was a threat entirely different from techniques that targeted Primordial Void frequencies.
It was a method capable of directly breaking a Void-Piercing Realm cultivator's Primordial Void through sheer force, causing it to collapse completely.
This applied not only to battle immortals, but even to true Void-Piercing Realm experts.
At most, a true Void-Piercing Realm expert's Primordial Void would be more stable and would require greater power to break.
"I can't do it." After a long while, Yaoguang exhaled softly and stopped.
He looked at the gradually dissipating spatial ripples on the Wandering Dragon Sword and had to admit that, at present, he was still unable to unleash the Void Sword Dao Technique.
"My strength is not enough. The void ripples I can generate are extremely limited. In this situation, no matter how great my talent is or how proficient I am with the Dao Technique, it is like trying to cook without ingredients," Yaoguang muttered.
It was like a child who had just learned to walk. Even if that child possessed the soul of a martial grandmaster, he would still be easily defeated by an ordinary adult with no combat ability.
Dao Techniques were ultimately a domain accessible only after reaching the Void-Refining Realm.
Even among Void-Piercing Realm cultivators, those who could truly wield Dao Techniques were exceedingly rare.
Without exception, they were deputy sect masters of major sects who had obtained Dao Artifacts in advance, or inheritors of supreme elders at the Void-Shattering Realm.
To come into contact with Dao Techniques and cultivate them at the Azure Golden Core Realm...
Only the most favored direct descendants or direct disciples of Dao Lords would have such an opportunity.
For a Void-Piercing Realm cultivator to master and release Dao Techniques, they must rely on Dao Artifacts. With my Void’s Child talent, I might be able to release void-type Dao Techniques without relying on a Dao Artifact once I reach the Void-Piercing Realm. But to do so below that realm, I must have a compatible void-type Dao Artifact... and even that alone is not enough. I must also have an extremely high comprehension of the technique. Yaoguang thought.
Right now, his grasp of the Void Sword was merely superficial, roughly equivalent to the beginner stage. That was far from sufficient. He would need to be at least proficient in it, or even reach complete mastery.
Mastery in Dao Techniques... Even among Void-Shattering Realm experts, most remain at the proficient stage. Those who reached mastery are all outstanding figures. Once a Dao Technique is cultivated to perfection, one can comprehend a Great Dao. And once a Great Dao is formed, one can step into the domain of Dao Lords! Yaoguang continued thinking.
To reach mastery in Dao Techniques... His current Immortal Dao(Void-Refining Realm) was clearly insufficient. At the very least, he would need to reach the Immortal Dao(Void-Shattering Realm), and his progress would need to exceed forty-one percent.
My next objectives are to increase my strength and reach the Void-Piercing Realm as soon as possible, accumulate enough experience to raise my cultivation realm, and upgrade the Wandering Dragon Sword into a Dao Artifact.
Yaoguang already had a plan.
If they could clear all the bandits listed on the bounty board of the Great Shang Immortal Dynasty, they would earn more than enough.
"Yaoguang." Li Hanqiu looked at him, uncertainty flickering across his expression. "Just now, you..."
"I was trying to practice a Dao Technique, but it seems like I failed." Yaoguang gave a brief explanation.
"A Dao Technique..." Li Hanqiu could not help but chuckle. "Isn’t it a bit too early for you to be thinking about practicing Dao Techniques? Even at the Void-Piercing Realm, not everyone practices them."
"Preparing in advance." Yaoguang smiled slightly. "At this rate, reaching the Void-Piercing Realm will not take long anyway."
Li Hanqiu was momentarily stunned. Only then did he seem to realize that the one speaking of cultivating Dao Techniques was not an ordinary Blazing White Golden Core, but Yaoguang!
Just ten years ago, he had been at the Heavenly Fire Realm, but by now, he had condensed a Blazing White Golden Core!
With such talent and aptitude, how far could the Azure Golden Core Realm really be?
And once he reached the Azure Golden Core Realm, only one final step remained: to collapse the supergiant stellar form of the azure star into a Primordial Void.
If he could take that step successfully, he would soar and rise in one bound to the pinnacle of the world.
On top of that, he already possessed the ability to refine Dao Artifacts. With a Dao Artifact in hand, comprehending Dao Techniques would follow naturally. It was indeed time to prepare ahead.
"Good! Good! Good!" Li Hanqiu repeated the word three times.
At his current level of insight and knowledge, he found that beyond saying "good," he no longer knew what else to say.
Although he was a Void-Piercing Realm cultivator, Yaoguang’s achievements had already, in some aspects, surpassed his own. He no longer had the qualification or ability to comment further.
"I plan to make a trip to the Chaotic Sea next," Yaoguang said, then smiled. "With my current strength, I assume you will no longer worry, Perfected Lord?"
Li Hanqiu also smiled. "With your combat power, along with the treasures you have, as long as you do not come across a true Void-Piercing Realm expert, you can withdraw unscathed from any danger. I will not interfere with your growth anymore. However, many dangerous zones in the Chaotic Sea can pose fatal threats even to Void-Piercing Realm cultivators. When you go to train there, you must remain cautious."
"I understand." Yaoguang nodded. "I will first find some locals to inquire about the situation in the Chaotic Sea before taking further action."
The Chaotic Sea had become a haven for bandits and wanted criminals precisely because of its harsh environment and numerous natural formations. The constant threat to life was what made Void-Piercing Realm cultivators view those bounties, each worth over a hundred thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills, as somewhat useless.
If there were no life-threatening risks, however, even for just over a hundred thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills, those Void-Piercing Realm cultivators would never let such targets go.
After all, those with relatively shallow foundations at the Void-Piercing Realm only earned a few hundred thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills per year.
Although Yaoguang had confidence in his ability to preserve his life, he would not be arrogant enough to underestimate places capable of trapping and killing even Void-Piercing Realm experts.
Li Hanqiu looked at Yaoguang, hesitating as if he wanted to say something.
"Is there something else?" Yaoguang asked.
"Yaoguang, you are only fifty-five this year, not yet sixty, yet you have already formed a Blazing White Golden Core. With such strength, you could completely join a top-tier force. And with your combat power reaching 910,000, competing for the position of true disciple would be no problem. Once you become a true disciple, it is equivalent to having a top-tier sect as your backing. Acting afterward would undoubtedly become much smoother," Li Hanqiu said.
"I have considered it, but I think that even if I join a major sect, the help it would offer me may not be significant. Instead, it might restrict my own development," Yaoguang replied.
"To be honest, I did not intend to bring this up. You have always had your own judgment, and my limited perspective should not interfere too much. However..." Li Hanqiu carefully chose his words. "In the overall environment of the North Sea Star, very few people can remain independent. Anyone who reaches the Void-Piercing Realm will inevitably have to take a side. And having the backing of a top-tier force versus having none are entirely different matters."
Yaoguang’s thoughts stirred slightly. "Have you received invitations, Perfected Lord?"
"Yes." Li Hanqiu nodded. "After it became known that a Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal had appeared in the Yunchuan Mountains, both the Great Shang Immortal Dynasty and the Immortal Martial Sect sent people."
He glanced at Yaoguang. "You have likely heard that the Yunchuan Mountains are chaotic. But in these past ten years, have we encountered any trouble? On one hand, my status as a somewhat inscrutable Void-Piercing Realm cultivator carries a certain deterrence. On the other..."
His tone grew heavier. "It can also be seen by a 'courtesy first and force later' move by these top-tier sects."
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