Chapter 552 - 236: Golden Taotie, Heaven-rank Cultivation Technique

Lin Ye reached out and took the jet-black jade slip.

It felt heavy in his hand, with a strange texture. It didn’t feel like jade, but rather like some kind of extremely dense metal.

Its surface was smooth and warm, yet it possessed a profundity that seemed to devour all surrounding light, as if he were holding a small, solidified piece of the night.

With a flicker of thought, he carefully extended a wisp of his Spiritual Power, attempting to make contact with the inside of the jade slip.

However, the moment his Spiritual Power touched the jade slip, he felt his consciousness being violently dragged into a massive vortex!

There was no torrent of information as he had expected, nor were there any vast cultivation technique formulas.

Before his eyes was a boundless chaos.

Countless shattered fragments of light and shadow and frenzied energies intertwined, collided, and annihilated one another here, forming a perpetual storm.

His wisp of Spiritual Power was like a small boat in a tempest, instantly losing its way.

Lin Ye immediately severed the link with his Spiritual Power. His consciousness returned to his body, and he frowned.

"Heh, don’t be hasty."

Zhu Mingyi’s voice sounded from beside him, obviously intentional.

’Lin Ye was starting to realize that the older people got, the more childish they became.’

’Zhu Mingyi had already teased him several times today.’

"I didn’t tell you the method, so you can’t read what’s inside."

"Before you choose, I have to explain the characteristics of this Cultivation Technique to you clearly. After you hear me out, you can decide whether you want it or not."

Zhu Mingyi’s expression grew a bit more serious. He led Lin Ye to a seating area to the side, and they sat down.

"First, the cultivation threshold. To cultivate this Cultivation Technique, there are two strict requirements."

"First, your cultivation level must be below the Divine Realm. Second, your life index must be at least two hundred thousand points."

The hand Lin Ye was using to hold his teacup paused slightly.

’A life index of one hundred thousand points in the Gang Condensation Realm?’

’What did that even mean?’

’For an ordinary Gang Condensation Realm Martial Artist, even a prodigy, having a life index that broke ten thousand was already as rare as a phoenix feather or a qilin’s horn.’

’A hundred thousand... that was already far beyond the scope of a normal human!’

’Indeed, only someone like him, with his monstrously high life index, would meet this requirement.’

"The reason for this requirement is that when you begin this Cultivation Technique, it will reconstruct your meridians, bones, muscles, and even every single cell from the most fundamental level."

"It will break you down completely and then remold you from scratch."

"Without a sufficiently tenacious life force to support you, this process is equivalent to suicide. It will literally ’optimize’ you to death."

"Therefore, to the vast majority of people, this is nothing less than a top-tier evil suicide technique."

Waves stirred in Lin Ye’s heart.

’Since embarking on the path of martial arts, he had already undergone several transformations akin to being broken down to be rebuilt.’

’But after hearing Zhu Mingyi’s explanation, he realized his previous experiences were, at best, minor repairs and patches.’

’Cultivating this Cultivation Technique, however, was a true, complete disassembly and reassembly of himself, starting from a single cell!’

"As for why it must be before the Divine Realm..."

Zhu Mingyi continued to explain, "Because once a Martial Artist enters the Divine Realm, their Primordial Spirit begins to fuse with their physical body, becoming inseparable."

"If you tried to rebuild your physical foundation at that point, it would be tantamount to shattering your own Primordial Spirit as well. That wouldn’t be breaking down to rebuild; that would be complete annihilation of both body and soul."

"And for that very reason, the initial stages of cultivating this Cultivation Technique will be extremely difficult to endure."

Lin Ye listened quietly without interrupting.

Zhu Mingyi paused, then threw out another piece of information. "Furthermore, unlike most cultivation techniques of this grade, after you master the Chaos Qi Formulas, it won’t grant you any special skills."

Lin Ye grew pensive.

’For example, Dongfang Zhen’s family Cultivation Technique, when cultivated to a high level, allowed him to condense the Thunder Monarch Dharma Aspect.’

’Yet these Chaos Qi Formulas, whose grade was clearly higher than the Dongfang Family’s technique, didn’t even have a single similar ability. This was indeed rather abnormal.’

’An absurdly high threshold, an incredibly painful process, and no additional skills.’

’No matter how you looked at it, this sounded like a giant trap.’

"But..."

After such a long buildup, Lin Ye had finally gotten to the "but."

"For a Cultivation Technique to have such harsh requirements for a Cultivator, it naturally must have its own incomparable advantages."

"First, its upper limit. If you can successfully cultivate it and truly master the basics, then this Cultivation Technique is enough to support you all the way until you break through to the Martial God Realm!"

Martial God!

Those two words exploded in Lin Ye’s mind like a clap of thunder!

’He originally thought that a Cultivation Technique rewarded by the General Command would be top-tier if it could be cultivated to the Peak of Martial Saint.’

’But this Cultivation Technique could actually lead directly to the Martial God Realm!’

’That was a realm that Lin Ye couldn’t even imagine, and he didn’t even know if it was the end of the path of martial arts.’

’But without a doubt, possessing such a Cultivation Technique was like getting the ultimate ticket to the summit of martial arts!’

"Second, its name is the Chaos Qi Formulas. As the name implies, when it guides the source energy of heaven and earth into the body, it doesn’t distinguish between yin and yang, doesn’t differentiate between the five elements, and doesn’t care about attributes."

"It treats all energies equally, taking in everything without exception!"

"The ultimate state of this Cultivation Technique is to create a scene within the human body similar to the chaos before the birth of the universe."

"Chaos is like the ocean that embraces a hundred rivers; it accommodates all things, making no distinctions."

"On such a foundation, your cultivation speed will naturally be more than just a single notch above any single-attribute Cultivation Technique!"

Lin Ye’s heart gave another violent thump!

’The Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding he was currently cultivating divided source energy into the two attributes of yin and yang, where one was chosen as the major focus and the other was used for balance and as a minor focus.’