The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 443: Chapter 443: Deduction of Sword Array_1

In just three days, for others, it might only suffice for them to recuperate and maintain their Dao Body, True Yuan, and soul in a peak state!

But for Shen Mo, there were many more things he could accomplish.

Within the secluded cultivation chamber of GuanYun Mansion.

Shen Mo sat cross-legged on a jade couch, his eyes slightly closed, his mind focused on the Destiny Panel.

Three days, even with the assistance of the Special Destiny [Martial Performance] for cultivation, isn’t enough time to cultivate any magic and martial arts to the Extremely Perfection level.

Exchanging Sect Merit for a new spiritual-level cultivation method from the Magic Tower followed the same principle; without reaching the ”Entering the Hall” level, it would have no decisive effect against a peak Spirit Sea Realm cultivator from a top sect!

However, apart from increasing cultivation method proficiency, the Special Destiny [Martial Performance] also had another magical effect: deducing cultivation methods...

[Would you like to consume 215,000 low-grade Spirit Stones to deduce the *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation* to the next stage?]

Looking at the panel prompt, Shen Mo slapped his Universe Bag.

In a flicker of light, Spirit Stones appeared before him, piling up into a small hill in the blink of an eye!

The sources of these Spirit Stones were quite varied.

Part of this income was from Shen Mo’s earnings through his three sub-occupations—elixirs, talismans, and artifacts—and part was from the six percent share dividends from four shops: Baodan Pavilion, Ascending Pill Shop, Talisman Hall, and Myriad Immortal Warrior Tower!

In addition, Shen Mo had given all the spiritual materials and ores he obtained from the Wando Archipelago, such as Spirit Banned Frost Sand, to Shopkeeper Qian to be sold for cash.

As a core disciple, Shen Mo could also receive a monthly supply of cultivation resources worth fifty middle-grade Spirit Stones from the sect. He had not collected his monthly salary for several months during his overseas journey, and it had accrued into quite a considerable sum.

Moreover, Shen Mo and Ming Yu also had shares in the profits made from trade transactions between Wei Ye, the Sect Master of the Gold Toad Tower, and the various forces under Demon Lord Ming Cang.

A short while ago, Wei Ye had personally delivered their share of the profits to GuanYun Mansion.

At that time, Shen Mo was still on his return journey. His maid and disciple, Lu Taorui, had inventoried the delivery and stored it in the mansion’s Treasure Hall after he got back.

All told, including the thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones Shen Mo originally had... setting aside other spiritual item resources for the moment, he possessed a staggering three thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones. This was equivalent to three hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones!

This also gave Shen Mo the confidence to expend a large sum of Spirit Stones to deduce spiritual-level cultivation methods!

Immediately, with a thought, he offered the small mountain of Spirit Stones before him to [Martial Performance].

As a golden light flickered at the spot between his eyebrows, the pile of Spirit Stones was instantly drained of its Spiritual Qi, turning into a heap of spiritually inert powder.

And in the peculiar space that only Shen Mo could perceive, the Martial Performance Body also began the rapid deduction of the *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation*...

Streams of profound and abstruse insights constantly surged into Shen Mo’s mind!

He was completely enveloped in this mysterious aura.

Under the influence of this aura, strange phenomena manifested around Shen Mo’s Dao Body. One could faintly glimpse the outline of a Sword Array, accompanied by various unusual sounds resembling dragon roars and tiger howls!

A Sword Array was a Formation that maximized the power of Dao swords!

It was five parts Array Path, five parts Sword Path...

His mastery of the Sword Path was arguably unparalleled within the Riverside Sect. However, when it came to the Array Path, he was a complete novice.

When performing this magic, he knew what it did but not fundamentally how it worked. He was likely just following the instructions recorded in the cultivation method to set up the Sword Array and unleash its power!

This situation was quite normal in the cultivation world. For instance, a cultivator could unleash a talisman’s power even without knowing how to create one.

However, as the Martial Performance Body continued its deductions, insights concerning the Sword Path, the Array Path, how the two could be combined and evolved into a Sword Array, the foundational principles of Sword Array operation, the influence of the Dao swords’ star positions on the array, and similar profound realizations continuously flooded Shen Mo’s mind!

Shen Mo was profoundly affected. His previously nebulous understanding of Sword Arrays gradually became crystal clear.

Concurrently, his proficiency in the Array Path also broke through the threshold that had hindered him for so long!

[Through deducing the *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation*, you have gained insight and mastered some basic principles of the Array Path. Your understanding of the Array Path has deepened. Array Path experience +14.]

[Through continuous insight, you have gained a new understanding of swordplay, successfully comprehending the endless mysteries of the *All-Encompassing Sword Canon*. *All-Encompassing Sword Canon* experience +35.]

[Through continuous insight, your experience with *Startling Swan Sword Technique* +20.]

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Besides the progress bars increasing for several swordplay martial arts not yet cultivated to the Epic (MAX) level, his advancement in the Array Path was also astonishing.

Shen Mo was finally no longer a layman in the field of the Array Path.

Even without a grade, the first step from nothing to something is the hardest one!

Shen Mo hadn’t found a master to guide him. Even though he had read many Manuals on the Array Path, he had long been unable to cross that intangible threshold.

Now that he had successfully crossed the threshold, there would be ample opportunities in the future to increase his proficiency in this area.

Of course, all of the above were unexpected boons.

More importantly, the *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation*, this martial arts and cultivation method, had finally entered a new stage under the deduction of the Martial Performance Body.

If a Sword Array were deconstructed layer by layer, its effects on enemies were primarily caging, trapping, suppressing, restricting, bewitching, defending, and attacking. The Big Dipper Swords would produce different effects as they moved to different star positions!

But the ultimate goal, after all, was to annihilate the enemies within the Sword Array.

After the [Martial Performance] deduction, the new *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation*, compared to the original... its overall framework remained unchanged, but many details had been altered, rendering it more intricate and profound than before.

Consuming the same amount of Mana now produced significantly more potent effects; and the flow of the seven Dao swords had become more fluid and versatile, seemingly giving rise to many new, wondrous variations!

At the same time, Shen Mo noticed on the panel that the original The Big Dipper Array, which had reached Epic (MAX), had now become Senior (150/18,000).

This wasn’t a regression in his cultivation method proficiency; rather, the new The Big Dipper Array was of a higher grade!

His previous accumulation of proficiency, when applied to this new stage of the *Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation*, only reached the Senior level, indicating there was still ample room for further deepening.

After trying it out, Shen Mo basically confirmed this.

The Sword Array’s power hadn’t diminished; on the contrary, it had increased, granting him even greater potential for improvement in this martial art!

Actually, the current enhancement wasn’t overly exaggerated compared to the original; it was probably only about thirty percent stronger than before.

The remainder would require Shen Mo to invest considerable effort to cultivate its more profound aspects!

[Destined Lord: Shen Mo]

[Cultivation: Spirit Sea Realm Layer IV]

[Talisman Path: Grade III (4,901/6,000)]

[Alchemy Path: Grade IV (3,530/9,000)]

[Forge: Grade IV (2,005/9,000)]

[Array Path: Grade V (24/500)]