I made it up, and you actually succeeded in cultivating it?

Xu Yan's Blood Essence circulated within his body, merging and unifying, consolidating into one. The gateway to the Martial Dao had opened, and he was now stepping through it.

After a night of cultivation and comprehension, he finally understood how to merge and unify, how to consolidate his entire being.

Although the three foundational stages—Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining—had been completed, it didn't mean he had stepped through the gateway to the Martial Dao.

Only when these three merged into one, consolidating his entire being, his physical body undergoing a Transformation, and his Blood Essence becoming perfectly unified and radiating outwards, burning like a steel aura, would he truly enter the threshold of the Martial Dao.

"This is merging and unifying, consolidating my entire being. I feel myself ascending, feel myself becoming powerful."

Xu Yan silently experienced his own Transformation. His Blood Essence grew increasingly fiery, more powerful and condensed, radiating outward about ten feet and solidifying into a steel aura.

Crack!

At a certain moment, a dull sound echoed from within his body. Following the first sound, more followed in quick succession.

His bones and muscles trembled, emitting thunderous roars. With each tremor, his Blood Essence surged violently, becoming turbulent and powerful, which in turn caused his bones and muscles to emit even louder sounds.

"Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar! This is the Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar!"

"I'm finally about to step into the door of the Martial Dao!"

"Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar, Blood Essence like a steel aura—it's been achieved!"

Xu Yan was immensely excited. After such a long period of arduous cultivation, today he was finally about to enter the gateway of the Martial Dao.

With each Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar, his Blood Essence would surge, his physical body would grow stronger, his strength would skyrocket, and his control over himself would continuously improve.

The steel aura of his Blood Essence also became more intense.

Rumble!

The sky had turned white; the night had passed.

Faint dark clouds obscured the sun.

Suddenly, thunderous sounds erupted in the small mountain village, growing increasingly rapid, one after another, each louder than the last.

Li Xuan woke up and washed himself. He suddenly heard the sound of thunder.

He looked up in confusion. "Is it thundering? Is it going to rain?"

He walked out of the house and his eyes suddenly widened, his mouth agape. He was completely stunned.

He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, then looked again with wide eyes.

Xu Yan stood in his training spot. His bones and muscles were thundering, his Blood Essence was like a steel aura, and the fiery aura enveloped his entire body. Even from a distance, one could feel the powerful force contained within.

The thunderous sounds were coming from within Xu Yan's body.

Li Xuan was dumbfounded, completely stunned. "I made it all up! How did you actually cultivate it successfully? What kind of monstrous talent are you?!"

Back when Xu Yan insisted on becoming his disciple, Li Xuan, just to get a betrothal gift, had to make up a cultivation method and set a one-year deadline.

He had thought that Xu Yan, diligently cultivating, was just a simple-minded fool obsessed with the so-called Martial Dao!

But now!

Was the clown actually me?

Li Xuan was so shocked his eyes were about to pop out. He actually succeeded in cultivating a made-up technique? What kind of monstrous talent was this?

Could it be that anyone who gets their engagement broken is destined to be a child of destiny?

Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar, Blood Essence like a steel aura—weren't these exactly what he had made up?

At this moment, Xu Yan's bones and muscles were thundering, the sound echoing throughout the entire small mountain village. The fiery steel aura enveloped him, containing terrifying power.

"I'm just a liar! I made it all up! You actually succeeded? If you succeeded, what am I supposed to do?"

"Keep making things up?

"What if I get exposed? Won't I be punched to death?"

Li Xuan was completely numb.

This disciple was too monstrous, so monstrous that he was scared!

Just then, a ball of golden light surged in his mind.

A voice echoed in his head: "Your disciple has successfully entered the Martial Dao by cultivating the technique you fabricated. You have directly achieved Great Perfection, your strength a hundredfold that of those in the same realm!"

Boom!

At that instant, a surge of Blood Essence erupted from Li Xuan, soaring into the sky like a fiery flame, reaching a hundred feet high.

In Li Xuan's mind, the cultivation process and methods for Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining appeared. His Jade Bone was pure and flawless, with spiritual energy flowing through it. His Blood Essence was like surging waves, boundless like the sea.

This was precisely the scene Li Xuan had described when he made up the cultivation method—Great Perfection, Blood Essence soaring a hundred feet, burning like a flame.

"My golden finger has appeared!"

Li Xuan was overjoyed at this moment.

What made him even more delighted was that his Jade Bone was flawless, with spiritual energy flowing through it.

This was exactly what he had made up. The Jade Bone, flawless and eternal, an unshakeable realm.

"This Xu Yan kid is too monstrous. Not only did he succeed in cultivation, but he actually tempered his Jade Bone!"

"I've hit the jackpot! This monstrous disciple, I must make good use of him. Whether I can become invincible depends entirely on you!"

"It's over! If I had known he was this monstrous, I should have made up immortal cultivation techniques."

Li Xuan suddenly felt a pang of regret.

If he had known his disciple was this monstrous, he wouldn't have made up martial arts techniques. Instead, he would have fabricated immortal cultivation methods.

"Fortunately, fortunately, I left myself some room to maneuver. This is just the introductory realm of Martial Dao. I can continue to make things up, to exaggerate, the stronger the better. For the next cultivation realm, I must ponder it carefully and not just make things up randomly."

"What kind of golden finger is this? Did my disciple's successful cultivation have anything to do with my golden finger?"

The golden light in his mind had long since vanished, as if it had never existed.

No matter how Li Xuan called out or searched, there was no trace of it.

Xu Yan, this disciple, was definitely a monster. If he weren't, how could he have succeeded in cultivation and even tempered his Jade Bone?

As for whether his successful cultivation was related to his golden finger, Li Xuan wasn't entirely sure. But regardless, whether he could continue to grow stronger now depended on this disciple, Xu Yan.

Xu Yan had entered the Martial Dao, while Li Xuan had directly achieved great success in his cultivation technique, possessing a power a hundred times greater than others in the same realm.

This "hundred times greater than others in the same realm" was a hundred times greater than the power of someone who had also achieved great success in the cultivation technique!

Li Xuan felt fortunate that he hadn't set the fabricated cultivation technique too low. And this was only the introductory realm. He could only be considered to have achieved great success in the introductory realm.

After all, the techniques he had fabricated only included the basic realms of Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining, along with the introductory stage of Martial Dao.

"Calm down, calm down, don't get too excited, stay steady!

"I am a hidden master, I cannot panic!

"My foolish disciple is coming over. I'll continue to fool him, let him know how powerful his master is.

"Let him know that the Martial Dao is endless and that he must continue to cultivate diligently...

"Don't you dare think about women, all of you, go and comprehend the Martial Dao. I must hype him up thoroughly..."

Xu Yan's bones and muscles thundered, his Blood Essence surged like a steel aura, and he finally stepped through the gate of the Martial Dao.

His face was filled with excitement as he felt his own power, the intense Blood Essence and steel aura, like flames that could burn through vegetation.

"This is Martial Dao!

"I, Xu Yan, have finally entered the gate of the Martial Dao! I can finally become my Master's disciple!

"You all mocked me for being foolish, right? Hmph, just you wait and see what a Martial Dao expert looks like!"

Excited, thrilled, and filled with boundless yearning for the Martial Dao, Xu Yan suddenly felt a terrifying aura surge upwards. An incomparably powerful force, as if it could destroy the heavens and earth, shot up into the sky.

He looked up, and his entire being was stunned!

"Master!"

That terrifying Blood Essence shot up a hundred zhang into the sky, blazing like a flame, capable of boiling rivers and seas. His own Blood Essence, in the face of his Master's, was like a small stream compared to the vast ocean.