Breakthrough Again! Golden Sun Tang Saber!

The sun shone brightly, and a gentle breeze blew.

Fang Yi, well-rested after a good night's sleep, rose early and sat cross-legged on the windowsill, preparing to cultivate.

"Morning is the best time of day. With the brilliant sunlight shining upon me, cultivation will be even more effective."

Cultivators like them sometimes made extremely dangerous choices in pursuit of pure perfection—for instance, cultivating a Yang Attribute under the blazing sun, or cultivating a Thunder Attribute during a thunderstorm...

The results were naturally there.

Visualizing the sun could help improve the efficiency of the Golden Sun Breathing Technique. Thus, Fang Yi gazed at the sight of the Rising Sun ascending in the east, breathing in the morning air and exhaling slowly.

The Golden Sun Breathing Technique circulated within his body.

It continuously transformed into strands of radiant golden breath that surged toward him.

After entering the Divine Axe Realm, the internal scene he saw while circulating the Golden Sun Breathing Technique had become even more magnificent. Lava flowed across the enormous Divine Axe, grand and imposing, tyrannical and mysterious.

The breath formed by the Golden Sun Breathing Technique seemed like strands of thread wrapping around the axe handle, like giant dragons coiling around the Divine Axe, eager to make a move!

Fang Yi's breathing remained steady.

As more and more golden threads appeared, they seemed to weave a Cocoon beside the Divine Axe, lifting it up.

The Divine Axe hung silently above it.

Just then.

The threads suddenly tugged at the Divine Axe, then yanked it fiercely. The axe, as heavy as a mountain and weighing a thousand tons, shifted slightly, as though it were about to swing downward.

"I'm breaking through again?"

Joy flickered across Fang Yi's brow.

Every breakthrough in the Divine Axe Realm required swinging the Divine Axe. One swing represented one star, and swinging it consumed an enormous amount of mental energy. Without sufficient preparation, a lack of strength could instead injure oneself.

He tried consuming mental energy to sense it.

"I've already reached the threshold of two stars. I only need one final push."

Fang Yi could feel that the axe was no longer as heavy as it had been yesterday. He was like an untiring woodcutter: when he first touched the axe, he could only swing it once; after practicing for a while, he could swing it twice, and so on.

Study diligently and train hard, day after day.

One day, he would be able to wield this Divine Axe as naturally as his own limbs, swinging it freely.

Cultivation was the same.

There was no secret to it—only persistence!

The Golden Sun Breathing Technique had also played an indispensable role in this process. After all, cultivation was countless times more intricate than chopping wood. Without a refined and powerful Cultivation Method to guide him, no amount of practice would yield results.

Just then, Fang Yi's heart stirred.

He pushed the Golden Sun Breathing Technique with all his strength. Strands of golden light tightly bound the Divine Axe and, with unstoppable force, fiercely dragged it downward.

Golden light burst forth, merging with the scorching lava. Like golden dragons and waves of heat entwining around it, they viciously pressed the Divine Axe down!

BOOM!!!

A thunderous roar erupted.

The Divine Axe crashed down, plowing a long, scorching-black trail through the ground. Blazing heat surged forth, searing and intense!

Once, twice.

The Divine Axe completed its second swing.

This meant Fang Yi had directly advanced to two stars.

He had only broken through to one star yesterday, yet today he was already at two stars.

This rate of advancement... was simply terrifying!

"Whew—"

Fang Yi exhaled a mouthful of scorching breath.

At that moment, if one looked from the outside in, the veins on his body displayed strange golden patterns. The gold was faint and shimmered subtly. This was the effect brought about by the Golden Sun Breathing Technique after his breakthrough; the blood and qi within him had already been dyed into a sea of pure gold.

"Though my improvement has been fast, it's because I already sensed something when I broke through to one star. The residual gains I had accumulated through cultivation hadn't been fully used up."

"From here on, I'll have to advance steadily, one step at a time."

If other Pioneers heard Fang Yi say that, they would probably be so infuriated that their blood and qi would surge, making them cough up blood and curse him for showing off.

Two days—he had advanced to Divine Axe Two Stars in only two days. Was there any justice in that?

Throughout this process.

The dominance of a top-tier Cultivation Method had been displayed to the fullest.

Those cultivating ordinary methods spent more time than Fang Yi, yet gained less than he did, and their advancement speed was absolutely nowhere near his.

"With every star I break through, my physical body feels stronger. If I break through to the next realm, it's hard to imagine just how much my body will be enhanced."

Fang Yi clenched his fist.

He felt filled with strength. Before, one punch could knock down a child; now, even a 190-centimeter athletic student with an eight-pack wouldn't be able to take a single punch from him.

These were the incidental benefits brought by cultivation. As he leveled up, his physical body would grow increasingly powerful.

So while killing enemies above one's level sounded simple, the gap in physical strength alone was an insurmountable chasm.

After breaking through, Fang Yi could feel the Yang Attribute spiritual energy within him surging around the Divine Axe, lush and abundant!

"My Yang Attribute was already refined. After tempering, it has become incomparably pure."

Just then.

The phone on the table rang.

"Is this the delivery? I'm home. I'll open the door now."

Fang Yi answered the call as he opened the door. Sure enough, an SF Express Courier was standing outside.

After unboxing and signing for it, Fang Yi was in high spirits, smiling. These days, delivery packages were always left in parcel lockers or pickup stations, forcing him to go downstairs and collect them himself. Door-to-door delivery was practically extinct.

Inside the package lay a Tang Saber.

"By touching an item, I can forcibly implant an attribute into it. I tested it on a mug before."

Fang Yi pressed his hand directly onto the Tang Saber.

Should Data Points be consumed to implant the 'Yang Attribute' into this item?

"Yes."

Boom!

In an instant.

Golden light surged forth, enveloping the Tang Saber. It was as if it had been granted some mysterious power in an instant, making it feel as though one were gazing at the sun.

It was different from the Fire Attribute.

If fire was merely simple combustion, then Yang was the ultimate scorching heat!

A person could look directly at a torch, but not at the sun. A single glance was enough to burn someone to ashes, vast and majestic beyond compare!

Data Point Assignment Successful!

Fang Yi reached out and gripped the Yang Attribute Tang Saber.

He could sense that this blade was exceptionally compatible with the power within him. They shared the same origin and nourished one another.

Fang Yi weighed the Tang Saber in his hand, his fingers lightly brushing across its blade.

"Perhaps it's because I cultivated by visualizing the sun, and now possess pure Yang Attribute within me. This blade is the same. Our attributes align perfectly."

"Though it hasn't been sharpened, I feel that it's even more powerful instead. After all, in the future, martial artists' battles may not simply involve ordinary weapons clashing."

Fang Yi wanted to test the Yang Attribute power within the blade.

He left home and headed to the Back Mountain.

The Back Mountain was secluded. Other than young couples sneaking off for trysts, no one usually came here.

Fang Yi drew the Tang Saber from his waist.

The blade pointed lightly through the air.

In an instant, the streak of golden light along the blade was so domineering that it blotted out all dust. The sky was set ablaze by the golden light, as though a blazing sun burned fiercely overhead!

Everything around him melted beneath the scorching flames!

"Hmm?"

Fang Yi's eyes trembled slightly.

His first thought was:

That was close. Good thing I came to the deserted Back Mountain...