Martial Saint through Reading

As the Black Blade appeared, Yiyang Lie felt as if something was gripping his heart, causing the Qi and Blood in his whole body to stagnate.

”This item was bestowed upon me by Duke An, it has no name. It’s easy to slay a Tier Six opponent. If you resonate with it, you might even have a chance to slay Tier Seven.”

Shi Ying only mentioned that the Black Blade could slay Tier Seven opponents, but didn’t inform Yiyang Lie that this blade was a sacrificial weapon requiring one’s life.

Slaying Tier Seven?

Enough to drive any Sixth Realm Martial Artist mad with desire.

Even a Tier Seven would first think to claim the Black Blade for themselves upon hearing this.

Thus, the already embittered strongest figure in the Yiyang Kingdom, Yiyang Lie, was immediately captivated by the Black Blade.

”Please, my lord, allow me to try!”

”...” Shi Ying deliberately paused, then laughed, ”You can try, but don’t blame me for not warning you in advance. Gaining this blade’s approval isn’t easy, and a slight misstep could cost your life. Have you thought it through?”

”I’ve thought it through!” Yiyang Lie didn’t think twice.

”Great, seeing how loyal you are, I agree. If you resonate with the blade, you can avenge your brother’s blood feud yourself. If you fail, I will personally take revenge for you.”

In reality, there’s no such thing as resonance with a sacrificial weapon; one must make a sacrifice to awaken it.

”Thank you, my lord.”

Hatred clouded his judgment, causing him to lose reason.

Clearly, Yiyang Lie was no exception.

Or perhaps he already suspected the Black Blade’s hidden danger, but for revenge, he had no choice but to make this risky move.

”Sacrifice your Qi and Blood, and connect with the Black Blade.”

Shi Ying’s eyes flickered, watching expectantly.

Just with a few words, he made a Sixth Realm Martial Artist willingly sacrifice his life to awaken the sacrificial weapon, which made him eager with anticipation.

Yiyang Lie didn’t hesitate, reaching out his right hand to grasp the Black Blade, pouring his Qi and Blood Power into it.

Whoom!

Suddenly, a cold yet violent aura seeped from the Qi and Blood into his chest, into his Sea of Qi.

The Sea of Qi, already turbulent with hatred and unrest, suddenly boiled over.

The Qi and Blood Power Yiyang Lie had accumulated over hundreds of years seemed to be on the verge of evaporating entirely at that moment.

Or rather, not evaporate, but be absorbed by the Black Blade.

In such a situation, an ordinary person would be scared to throw away the Black Blade and cut off their Qi and Blood.

Yiyang Lie didn’t do so; instead, he actively burned his Sea of Qi, accelerating the absorption of his Qi and Blood Power by the Black Blade.

As his Sea of Qi boiled and his Qi and Blood Power was being absorbed, he realized the Black Blade did not resonate as Shi Ying had said, but was actually devouring sacrifices.

Yet he remained undeterred.

Because he felt the overwhelming power flowing from the Black Blade.

”Hehe, not bad. You resonate well with this blade. However, your strength is somewhat lacking; to unlock its full power, you’ll need to slay some strong opponents...”

”...”

...

Two days later.

At the border between Yiyang Kingdom and Seven-Star Kingdom, at the White River Basin, a young man in black soared into the sky.

”Hoo...”

Chu Ming gazed at the sky, letting out a long breath.

For several days, he had been tirelessly deducing Divine Techniques and Primordial Techniques without rest, which greatly exhausted his Heart Spirit.

However, Heaven rewards diligence; this period of seclusion was highly rewarding.

Golden Sun Annihilation, Seven Swords Falling Stars, Sky-Splitting Slash, and other Martial Arts Divine Techniques were successfully deduced.

For example, Golden Sun Annihilation, originally with the power of a full-force strike at the Sea of Qi Realm late stage at perfection.

Now, even a casual shot carries the full-force power of the perfection at the Sea of Qi Realm.

His favored sword technique, using the Moon Killing Saber for the Sky-Splitting Slash, even without using True Intent, could easily dispatch Round Strong Persons like Heavenly Inquiry Tower’s Wu Dai or Seven-Star Kingdom’s Xing Hong.

”If I use True Intent...”

Chu Ming smiled.

The Sky-Splitting Slash technique actually has a second layer, which integrates Destruction True Intent.

True Intent Divine Techniques of sword technique—Sky Splitting Annihilation!

Though still rough, once executed, it should threaten those above the Sixth Realm.

This is likely because Chu Ming hasn’t truly tested the might of ’Sky Splitting Annihilation’.

And ”Sky Splitting Annihilation” thus became his second True Intent Divine Technique after the ”Nine Heavens Secret Scripture” gifted by the Seventh Prince.

The power of True Intent Divine Techniques depends first on the integration level of True Intent with Divine Techniques, and second on one’s understanding of True Intent.

Chu Ming’s understanding of Destruction and Golden Gang Indestructible True Intents is at the first layer success, but since ”Sky Splitting Annihilation” was deduced by himself, the integration of Destruction True Intent with Sky-Splitting Slash is better, making its power level surpass the ”Nine Heavens Secret Scripture.”

Apart from Martial Arts Divine Techniques, next are the Primordial Qi Secret Techniques.

In over ten days, he mainly deduced three Primordial Qi Secret Techniques: Thirty-Three Star Rings, Dark Ash Forbidden Curse, and Moonfalling Stars.