Originally, in his early years,
Ling Wuyuan's combat techniques had already been exceptionally outstanding, bolstered by his various abilities and everything he had learned and mastered.
Exceptionally outstanding in the literal sense.
There was not the slightest need for false modesty.
Let alone opponents of the same level.
Before him, even stronger individuals one or two levels above him—far older than him, with knowledge and experience vastly surpassing his own—might not necessarily be able to defeat him in that regard.
Yet, due to his living environment and the information he had been able to access, that excellence had ultimately remained within the bounds of what Yan Manyan and the others could comprehend.
In other words, regardless of whether they could learn it themselves, they could at least rely on their advantages in level and experience to understand Ling Wuyuan's techniques and the intent behind them.
Put differently, that excellence had very clear limitations.
It was still confined within the cognitive scope of the Silver Mist Sea Domain and the surrounding Domains.
However, at a certain point, things finally underwent a major turning point.
After Ling Wuyuan encountered Shen Zhenhai, defeated him, and acquired from him some of the techniques and knowledge belonging to Ke Mingyu, Shen Zhenhai's creator,
the whole matter was like a frog once trapped at the bottom of a well, left to ponder the world alone, finally being able to look up at the vast heavens.
A subtle and wondrous reaction naturally began to emerge.
That incomparably precious portion of knowledge, combined with Ling Wuyuan's accumulations over the years,
almost instantly caused the techniques he had mastered to undergo an elevation akin to ascending on the spot.
It was from that moment onward
that Ling Wuyuan's attainments in that regard
successfully surpassed the understanding of Su Qingyue