Chapter 3547 — Breakthrough! Ascension to the Heavenly Way!
And Wei Zhao, too, wished to give it a try for precisely this reason!
Naturally, Wei Zhao did not intend to force it the way Tianxing Dao had, but rather to fuse the mnemonic of the Creation Battle Art with the fourth-layer mnemonic of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art into one! The fourth layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was a mnemonic that aided breakthrough to the Heavenly Way; if the two were combined, with the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art as the master and the Creation Battle Art as the auxiliary, and with the universal mnemonic obtained from the third stone gate serving as the needle and thread, they would form a new set of mnemonic texts—would that not make a complete mnemonic?
Having the experience of combining martial techniques before, Wei Zhao did not feel that the technique he had combined was in any way improper; it had been upgradeable all the way and its might was boundless. So it seemed that a combined mnemonic should likewise pose no problem!
So Wei Zhao set about doing what he had thought of; after entering the jade pendant's space, he began using the universal mnemonic to recombine the two sets of mnemonic texts!
Drawing a deep breath, Wei Zhao began trying to circulate the universal mnemonic, and then, following the universal mnemonic's mode of circulation, began silently reciting the fourth-layer mnemonic of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, "Seizing Heaven," together with the "Creation Battle Art" that Nantian Jijiu had given him!
These two sets of mnemonic texts alternated and shifted ceaselessly in Wei Zhao's mind, interwoven with the mnemonic of the universal mnemonic! And what had begun as Wei Zhao's silent recitation ended with the contents of the two mnemonics circling automatically through his mind!
Then the order of the mnemonics began to fall into disarray, and the two sets of mnemonic texts slowly recombined, merging into one complete and wholly new mnemonic!
Although Wei Zhao had long known that the things brought out of the Xuanyuan Cave Dwelling were no ordinary items, he was truly shaken at this moment! This was the rhythm of being able to create mnemonics of one's own!
And this newly fused mnemonic seemed to have been branded into Wei Zhao's mind, so that even if he wished to forget it, he could not!
What astonished Wei Zhao most was that this newly fused mnemonic could serve as two mnemonics at once—something exceedingly rare. Cultivated forward, it was a mnemonic with the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art as the主导—as the dominant force—and the Creation Battle Art as the auxiliary.
Cultivated in reverse, it became another mnemonic altogether, with the Creation Battle Art as the dominant force and the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art as the auxiliary!
Still, Wei Zhao would certainly cultivate it forward; after all, his foundation was the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, and that art was a heaven-defying mnemonic—naturally he could not reverse master and subordinate and abandon his original advantage!
This wholly new mnemonic Wei Zhao named the "Heaven-Seizing Creation Battle Art"; then, settling his excited and joyful mood, he began cultivating within the jade pendant's space...
Breakthrough to the Heavenly Way should come early rather than late; even the finest mnemonic produces effects only after cultivation. Since he now had a method to break through to the Heavenly Way and become an expert of the Foundation Establishment stage, Wei Zhao would resolutely waste no time!
Cloud Terrace Island was full of unknown perils, so Wei Zhao had best raise his strength as early as possible!
Drawing a long, deep breath, Wei Zhao slowly calmed his mind and concentrated his spirit, then began circulating this wholly new mnemonic! True qi throughout his body stirred and was set in motion, flowing along his meridians...
Suddenly Wei Zhao felt as though his body and meridians were about to explode! This mnemonic, it seemed, was not something his present strength could master; the agony was such that even an expert of Wei Zhao's caliber—a Heaven-rank great perfection master—could scarcely endure it!
Wei Zhao judged his own endurance to be formidable enough, yet at this moment he still could not help feeling as though he were about to die! But the process of cultivation was exceedingly long; even if the pain was unbearable, Wei Zhao could only continue!
He did not believe there could be anything wrong with this mnemonic—after all, it had been converted through the universal mnemonic. It was only that the process was truly tormenting!
This agony lasted a full stick of incense's worth of time; by now Wei Zhao was drenched in sweat from the pain, and only then did it gradually weaken. And just as Wei Zhao thought he had adapted to this wholly new mnemonic and could breathe easy, something within his body suddenly gave a violent shudder, as though in a trance.
It felt as if a true-qi bomb had exploded inside him; then he sensed a boundless, majestic potency released in an instant, spreading throughout his body, ceaselessly transforming into true qi of the utmost purity and merging into the meridians everywhere.
Wei Zhao had thought that, as a master of great perfection at the peak of the late Heaven rank, the true qi within him was already abundant; but only now did he realize that he had been a frog in a well. For under the working of this mnemonic, in the span of a few short breaths his true qi had already surged by more than double, and even now it continued to rise!
Even taking Qi-Gathering Pills would likely produce no such wondrous and tremendous effect!
After his true qi had surged for a time, Wei Zhao soon touched that same barrier he had encountered before each of the great grades—Heaven, Earth, Mystery, Yellow. His state now was like a bottle already filled with water: pour in more, and it would only spill from the mouth; the water within the bottle would not increase by even a fraction.
And if he wished to rise to a higher level, there was only one way—to switch to a larger bottle!
This should be the critical moment of breakthrough! Yet Wei Zhao seemed always to feel that something was missing, that he could not get past it! He had no larger bottle, but he knew that if the flow of water were fierce enough, the bottle would burst!
No—he must strive! Wei Zhao suddenly thought of Wang Xinyan beside him; he pulled her into his arms and held her close!
At that moment, from some unknown place, a tremendous force suddenly gathered and rose within Wei Zhao, rushing with incomparable tyranny through every meridian; wherever its power passed, the meridians, great and small alike, visibly swelled by a full measure. And at the same time, that faint barrier he had touched began slowly to dissolve.
"So this is breaking through the barrier?" The process went so smoothly that even Wei Zhao found it hard to believe, yet the vast true qi still rising rapidly within him plainly showed that the barrier had indeed been burst by that sudden tremendous force!
After breaking through the barrier, Wei Zhao could clearly sense that the true qi within him, whether in purity or in abundance, had visibly surged by a measure compared with before. (Some readers raised the question of Tang Zhi's breakthrough to great perfection; in fact, the Fishman had passed over Tang Zhi's entry into the jade pendant to cultivate in a single stroke, but since everyone felt it was not detailed enough, the Fishman added some content in Chapter 3542, which readers may revisit.) RS