Chapter 853: One Year
The Martial Arts Divine Stone Space resembles a vast starry sky, dark and void, with martial arts imprints shining brightly like the stars adorning the heavens.
From the lowest Half-Saint to the most exalted Ancient Great Power's martial arts imprints, they are all present.
They encompass the martial arts imprints of the strongest warriors, each with various combat styles represented.
Among them, there are disciples of the Ancient Divine Palace, elders of the Ancient Divine Palace, and hidden outside powers recruited by the Ancient Divine Palace. Their Primordial Spirits manifest within, engaging with battle marks to acquire corresponding martial arts imprints.
This is a priceless treasure vault of martial arts, containing the most powerful martial arts scholarly works throughout history from countless strong warriors on the Ancient God Continent. With proper use, it can foster the beginnings of a Supreme Sacred Land.
Ye Chen walked among them, brushing past others, neither knowing nor communicating with each other. Instances like Gu Xuefeng disturbing others' cultivation are rare; generally, no one does that, as it would cause irritation.
Before long, he rushed towards another limited group of a dozen or so Half-Saint Level martial arts imprints, following previous practices, confronting those Half-Saint battle marks, swiftly absorbing the information of various martial arts imprints, and digesting them completely.
He could instantly execute them and continually refine them through repeated performances, enhancing their power significantly.
Indeed, Ye Chen, with intent, could instantly release these Half-Saint Divine Skills, and their power in his hands was many times stronger than their original owners.
However, anyone qualified to leave martial arts imprints in the Martial Arts Divine Stone is a remarkable Super Half-Saint, generally imbuing each martial art with a fresh perspective, granting Ye Chen insights and allowing him to use these martial arts imprints to grasp other Daos.
Naturally, Ye Chen's goal was partly to collect these vast martial arts imprints to bring back to the Heavenly Gate, enriching the martial arts treasure vault, strengthening its foundation.
Yet more importantly, he aimed to perfect his own Dao and refine myriad Daos into one—Chaos!
Chaos, the origin of everything, the strongest Dao among the myriad Daos.
To achieve universal mastery and multitude mastery essentially speaks of the Chaos Dao, capable of interpreting all other Daos!
To realize the Chaos Dao requires reversing the process, integrating myriad Daos into one.
This step is arduous; even with Ye Chen having Ten Thousand Dao Traces, possessing various cultivation information, methods, and Divine Skills from Jiuyue Great Power and the Heavenly Gate, it was quite insufficient.
He needed to grasp the complete breadth of Daos, something neither the Heavenly Gate nor the Gulan Great World could supply much of.
The countless martial arts imprints contained in the Martial Arts Divine Stone Space were an excellent solution to the major dilemma he faced. While not allowing complete mastery of the myriad Daos, they significantly extended his journey along the Chaos Dao.
After completely digesting the Half-Saint martial arts imprints, his gaze shifted to another set of martial arts imprints—the Saint Level!
Swish—
Ye Chen quickly approached each one, personally experiencing the Divine Skills manifested through the battle marks, fully comprehending all Secret Techniques with the Heavenly Eye, and then defeated each battle mark with a wave of his hand, absorbing the martial arts imprints.
A continuous stream of grand information flowed into his Sea of Consciousness.
In the mountains, without the passage of time, winter's end and summer's arrival are unnoticed!
Just like that, a year went by!
He had long forgetten about the external world, absorbed in the martial arts imprints, continually battling and absorbing, endlessly deducing and refining, repeatedly circulating.
When he awakened, he realized that he had unknowingly digested all Saint Level martial arts imprints within the Martial Arts Divine Stone Space— a full eighteen hundred twenty-three of them—mastering over eighteen hundred Divine Skills, completely digesting and thoroughly comprehending them.
Undoubtedly, if this were revealed, it would be incredibly shocking.
Because none of these martial arts imprints were acquired or innate martial arts; they were Saint Level, naturally quickly mastered at a Saint Master Level. However, complete mastery would take time, and achieving mastery over eighteen hundred is impossible, even for a Heavenly King.
The sheer voluminity of the information was staggering; each martial arts imprint was a Saint's lifetime creation, with profound Dao Realm aura, containing numerous advanced Daos.
Over eighteen hundred Saint scholarly works, the number of Daos contained was unimaginable, and the informational volume was overwhelming.
A Heavenly King's Primordial Spirit might explode.
Yet Ye Chen somehow endured it and thoroughly digested everything within a mere half-year, thanks to the enhancement of Power of Faith, which improved his mental sensitivity, and his Primordial Spirit being sufficiently strong, almost comparable to a Heavenly Divine Level.
Around the small Primordial Spirit figure, brilliant lights shone like a peerless god, radiating the profound and supreme Daoist aura.
Various Dao auras wrapped around the small Primordial Spirit, appearing increasingly mysterious, invisibly twisting together, seemingly forming a pitch-black hole, deep enough to send chills to the heart!
Within a short year, he made another breakthrough.
Saintly Treasure Seventh Layer Heaven, this was his current realm, within the true Saint Master Level domain, naturally with powers far exceeding his realm.
At his level of cultivation, the realm could not prove everything, for he had defied boundaries and fought across Great Realms long ago.
Nevertheless, this speed of cultivation was astonishingly rapid, remembering that just a few years ago he was merely a Half-Saint, yet now had reached the Seventh Layer of Saint Master Level. If this speed were publicized, it would shock the world, being exceptionally rare throughout ancient times and even earning a place in history.
Yet Ye Chen felt little joy; breakthroughs were only a matter of time, and this just happened to occur a bit earlier than expected.
Absorbing over eighteen hundred Saint Level martial arts imprints did help Ye Chen refine his cultivation, invisibly mastering numerous advanced Daos, thereby furthering the perfection of the Chaos Dao.
Regrettably, most of these Holy-grade martial arts imprints fell far short compared to those dozen Half-Saint martial arts imprints in Ye Chen's view; they were ordinary, lacking the mysterious Divine Skills of Half-Saints and inducing some disappointment.
However, he also realized that anyone qualified to leave a martial arts imprint in the Martial Arts Divine Stone was at least a Saint; those few Half-Saints being included proved their remarkable talent.
After absorbing all Saint Level martial arts imprints, his gaze turned towards yet higher-level martial arts imprints, such as Ancient Saints.
The Martial Arts Divine Stone held numerous precious imprints, which brought Ye Chen immense delight.