Deduction - Primordial Chaos Divine Art

Upgrading the Three Rivers Heart Method was simple enough. He had already cultivated it to the third level before, and later obtained all the subsequent cultivation methods from the gang but hadn't practiced them. It only cost five Potential Points to upgrade the One-Star High-Grade Internal Energy Cultivation from the third to the fourth level. In one go, he strengthened it to the maximum eighth level of Grand Completion, which only consumed thirty-nine Potential Points. Compared to the Potential Points he currently possessed, it was merely a drop in the bucket.

Although the Potential Points were just a drop in the bucket, strengthening still required time. Each layer of reinforcement needed a brief cooldown period.

Even though his Internal Energy Cultivation was already incredibly strong, the cooldown for further strengthening wasn't the one or two days it took when he first started. It now took two to three hours.

According to the attribute panel's strengthening rules, the higher one's cultivation, the shorter the cooldown interval needed for further Internal Energy Cultivation upgrades. If one's cultivation was high enough, it might be possible to upgrade some low-level Internal Energy Cultivation methods from beginner to Grand Completion in one go without any interval.

In half a day, he had upgraded the Three Rivers Heart Method to Grand Completion, and his Dantian had accumulated over thirty years of inner force again.

Two different types of inner force existed within his body. Due to the vast difference in power, the Three Rivers inner force was strongly suppressed by the Primordial Chaos Internal Energy, causing no adverse effects on his Dantian or meridians.

He opened the attribute panel again, his gaze sweeping back and forth over the three Internal Energy Cultivation methods. Finally, he made up his mind: to use the Yang Sha Scripture and Yin Sha Scripture as the core, integrate the advantages of both, remove their flaws, and then fuse them with the Three Rivers Heart Method to deduce a new Divine Art.

"Deduce!"

With a single thought, the three Internal Energy Cultivation methods on the attribute panel twisted and vanished, transforming into a small vortex. Potential Points were converted into invisible power and poured into the vortex.

"It's a pity I don't have many Internal Energy Cultivation methods to practice!"

Lin Xiao sighed, a rare occurrence. If he had seven or eight Internal Energy Cultivation methods to reference and could combine all their advantages, he would be confident in deducing a Two-Star Peerless Grade ultimate Divine Art. Instead of what he was about to deduce now, which he wasn't sure would be Two-Star High-Grade or...

Well, although the Yang Sha Scripture itself was a Two-Star High-Grade Internal Energy Cultivation method, the difference between Two-Star Peerless Grade and High-Grade, despite being only one level apart, was immense in reality. Relying solely on these three Internal Energy Cultivation methods might not be enough to deduce it.

Fortunately, this deduction wasn't a one-time event. He could continue deducing in the future. For now, he would resolve this issue and practice. Once he found a way to learn more Internal Energy Cultivation methods later, he would use the current deduced technique as the core to continue deducing, believing he could eventually derive a Two-Star Peerless Grade ultimate Divine Art.

A continuous stream of Potential Points was poured into it, and the vortex integrating the three Internal Energy Cultivation methods gradually took shape. At the same time, Lin Xiao felt the inner force in his Dantian changing. A vortex also formed in his Dantian. Both the Primordial Chaos Internal Energy and the inner force cultivated by the Three Rivers Heart Method were poured into the vortex, merging into one. As Potential Points were integrated, an invisible force seeped in, causing a miraculous change in the inner force within his Dantian.

This change happened very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the two types of inner force merged, rapidly transforming. Simultaneously, the attribute panel flickered, the vortex disappeared, and the three previous Internal Energy Cultivation methods vanished. In their place was an unnamed Internal Energy Cultivation method.

Unknown Internal Energy Cultivation (Two-Star High-Grade): Ten layers in total, formed by integrating multiple Internal Energy Cultivation methods. The inner force is Primordial Chaos and profound, capable of activating numerous techniques in the world.

"As expected, it's not enough!"

As expected, Lin Xiao wasn't too disappointed. After thinking for a moment, he casually named this newly deduced Internal Energy Cultivation method the Primordial Chaos Divine Art.

As soon as he finished naming it, the Unknown Internal Energy Cultivation on the attribute panel quickly changed to Primordial Chaos Divine Art. At the same time, all the detailed information about this Divine Art flooded into his mind.

The Primordial Chaos Divine Art was formed by integrating the Yang Sha Scripture, Yin Sha Scripture, and the Three Rivers Heart Method. It had only ten layers in total, but its power was far greater than the Yang Sha Scripture, which was also a Two-Star High-Grade technique. The greatest advantage of the integrated inner force, besides its profundity, was its ability to activate most techniques in the world.

For example, the fierce inner force of the Yang Sha Scripture could greatly empower vigorous palm techniques like the Vajra Palm and Dragon Claw Hand. However, if it were used to activate agile sword techniques like the Soft Finger Sword, its power would naturally be greatly reduced. Now, with the integration of the three Internal Energy Cultivation methods, these limitations were gone, and most techniques could be fully activated without any reduction in power.

The Primordial Chaos Divine Art only had ten layers, but its power was far greater than the eleven layers of the Yang Sha Scripture. The number of layers wasn't very significant; there was no direct correlation between the number of layers and the technique's power.

Since Lin Xiao had cultivated all three Internal Energy Cultivation methods to Grand Completion before integration, he directly reached the tenth level of Grand Completion for the integrated Primordial Chaos Divine Art. His power was also a complete fusion of the three Internal Energy Cultivation methods: 220 years of Primordial Chaos Internal Energy plus 30 years of inner force from the Three Rivers Heart Method, totaling 250 years of inner force. Using the common martial arts classification, a Jiazi is sixty years, which is equivalent to four Jiazi.

It was a pity that in this low-martial world, inner force wasn't very valuable. If it were in a martial arts world like "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" or "The Return of the Condor Heroes," where the world's tier was higher and inner force could be converted into more powerful Zhenyuan, even two Jiazi of Zhenyuan would be considered that of an expert. With his four Jiazi of Zhenyuan, he might still not be able to defeat Zhang Sanfeng, who was on the verge of entering the Dao through martial arts, but he wouldn't be much worse than the protagonist Zhang Wuji.

According to the differences in energy and rules between worlds, the gap between Innate Zhenyuan and inner force was significant. For an expert like Zhang Sanfeng, if they were in this world's inner force system, they would probably have over a thousand years of inner force, making them incredibly formidable.

The deduction of the Primordial Chaos Divine Art consumed a total of 125 Potential Points, which was within his expectations. Fortunately, he hadn't attempted it earlier at Black Cloud Village; otherwise, those seventy to eighty Potential Points would have been wasted.

With the Internal Energy Cultivation deduced, the next step was to deduce other techniques.

He wouldn't mention Lightness Skills; he only had the Flying Heaven Steps, so there was nothing extra to fuse and deduce. Counting the techniques he could cultivate, he only had Saber Techniques and Fist and Foot techniques.

For Saber Techniques, he had the three he had cultivated before: the One-Star Mid-Grade Three Rivers Saber, Dark Cloud Saber, and Riptide Saber Technique, as well as a One-Star Peerless Grade Saber Technique he found in the gang's Martial Arts Pavilion when he left – Swift Saber.

That's right, its name was Swift Saber, a saber technique with extremely fast saber speed.

In addition to that, when Lin Xiao left the gang, the Gang Leader gave him two Great Merits. Each Great Merit could be exchanged for three Minor Merits, totaling six Minor Merits. He exchanged all of them for martial arts. Besides Swift Saber, the remaining ones were two Palm Techniques, two Fist Techniques, and one Claw Technique, all of which were One-Star High-Grade techniques.

Oh, and he also had the Eagle Claw Technique he had confiscated earlier.

He hadn't practiced these seven techniques before, and they were still at the beginner level. He couldn't directly use them for deduction. He needed to cultivate and improve these six techniques first.

Lin Xiao considered it carefully and decided to go into secluded cultivation in the wilderness outside this pass. He would rely on his own abilities to cultivate these techniques without using Potential Points.

While using the attribute panel for rapid improvement was fast and had no side effects, relying on it solely would lead to dependence on the attribute panel. Over time, it might cause him to subconsciously rely on it, which was not good.