Boundless Sea Divine Art, Soaring Strength

Underground, Lin Heng sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, cultivating with his eyes closed.

Nearly a year had passed since he broke through to Great Grandmaster.

Other than briefly going out on the day of the Great Grandmaster Celebration to receive the congratulations of the heroes of the Jianghu, Lin Heng had spent all his remaining time here revising and refining the martial arts he had created himself.

Built upon the inheritance of Cloud Sword Palace, it gathered the essence of the Hundred Schools Martial Arts and was forged together by Lin Heng's powerful comprehension.

Now, this peerless divine art that Lin Heng had named "Boundless Sea" had finally neared Great Completion.

At this moment, Lin Heng's Meridians were a vacuum, without the slightest trace of Internal Breath flowing through them.

All of his Internal Breath was concentrated within the 1,296 Acupoints throughout his body. The vast, sea-like Internal Breath had formed countless whirlpools inside the Acupoints.

These whirlpools were all spinning at high speed.

Driven by the whirlpools, an immensely powerful force of suction and pull formed around Lin Heng's body, stirring the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy in the surrounding air.

At this moment, the Origin Energy between Heaven and Earth surged wildly into Lin Heng's body at a speed like vengeance being exacted.

Using Lin Heng's empty and spacious Meridians as channels, this Heaven and Earth Origin Energy rapidly gathered within the Acupoints throughout his body. The whirlpools inside the Acupoints sucked it in, shredded and refined it, then expelled it as pure Internal Breath, turning it into part of Lin Heng's power.

With every passing second, Lin Heng's cultivation rapidly rose.

This was the essence of the Boundless Sea Divine Art: turning the human body into a sea, regarding it as a low-lying region where the Origin Energy between Heaven and Earth was sparse.

The whirlpools formed a force of attraction, drawing the endless Origin Energy of Heaven and Earth backward into the human body for refinement, producing an effect akin to a breakthrough in Artistic Conception, where Heaven and Earth Origin Energy gathered to nourish oneself.

In this way, one could borrow Heaven and Earth to nurture oneself and rapidly increase one's cultivation.

Very soon, the Acupoints that had been greatly expanded after Lin Heng broke through to Great Grandmaster were filled to the brim by the surging Internal Breath, reaching the limit of Great Grandmaster First Heaven.

But this was not the end. Over the past period of time, Lin Heng had comprehended the Artistic Conceptions left behind by Ancient Sages and integrated the essence of the Hundred Schools Martial Arts, cultivating his own Artistic Conception to an extremely high level. Now, he was cashing in all that accumulated potential.

At this moment, Heaven and Earth Origin Energy was still surging toward Lin Heng at a speed like vengeance being exacted.

Lin Heng began returning the still-surging Internal Breath in his Meridians and Acupoints to its origin, using it to nourish his Physique and spirit, shatter the limits of the Human Body, and allow his body to bear even more cultivation.

Throughout this process, Lin Heng's cultivation rose at a terrifying pace.

Great Grandmaster Second Heaven. Third Heaven. Fifth Heaven—

Xiao Rang paused his meeting with the Elders and came to the underground space, only to witness this scene.

His disciple Lin Heng, seated cross-legged not far away, was enveloped by surging Heaven and Earth Origin Energy.

Because too much Heaven and Earth Origin Energy had gathered, it had formed Five-Colored, visible specks of light that covered his figure.

His aura was explosively rising with every moment. It had already surpassed Xiao Rang's Great Grandmaster Fourth Heaven and was advancing toward a Realm Xiao Rang could gradually no longer fathom.

"This level of Artistic Conception is no weaker than Patriarch Ling Yun's—perhaps it is even a notch stronger."

Xiao Rang murmured inwardly in shock.

Ling Yun, the patriarch of their Cloud Sword Palace, had been a Great Grandmaster Seventh Heaven expert. He had been the Number One Expert Under Heaven in his time, hailed by the heroes of the Jianghu as the Supreme Great Grandmaster.

In his later years, he had secluded himself in this underground Library Pavilion. In the end, he failed to break through, died of old age, and was buried in a Stone Chamber.

Within that Stone Chamber were sword marks he had carved while deducing martial arts Before Death. They retained an undying sword intent tinged with unwillingness, which had not entirely dissipated even after several hundred years.

Therefore, Xiao Rang knew clearly what the Artistic Conception of Great Grandmaster Seventh Heaven looked like.

Yet at this moment, the Artistic Conception emanating from Lin Heng's body was already no weaker than that of Great Grandmaster Seventh Heaven—perhaps even stronger by a notch.

It was not merely the flavor of his Artistic Conception. His level of power was also racing toward the Realm known as the Supreme Great Grandmaster at a speed that left one dumbfounded.

Such a display defied common sense.

Normally, for a Martial Artist to break through to Great Grandmaster, they had to temper their spirit, Physique, and Internal Breath to the Peak. Only then would they possess enough Spiritual Power to comprehend a stronger Artistic Conception and break through to the next level.

After breaking through a level, they would still need to spend a great deal of time accumulating Essence, Qi, and Spirit before their Combat Power could match their Realm.

But Lin Heng was not only breaking the common sense of comprehending Artistic Conception—he was also breaking the common sense of how Martial Artists accumulated power, as though he were devouring and plundering Heaven and Earth Nature like a whale.

Just as Xiao Rang stood stunned, the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy swirling around Lin Heng like something tangible gradually dispersed. Lin Heng slowly opened his eyes, and two seemingly solid white sword lights flashed through them, blasting two small holes into the ground before him.

"Great Grandmaster Eighth Heaven."

Lin Heng spoke softly.

At this moment, he had fully realized the potential accumulated from a year of comprehending Artistic Conception, becoming a Great Grandmaster Eighth Heaven expert who surpassed Patriarch Ling Yun.

From here on, the speed of Lin Heng's growth would not slow either.

The Boundless Sea Divine Art provided Lin Heng with abundant Origin Energy to nourish his spirit. He could unleash his comprehension to the Peak without restraint, comprehend Heaven and Earth Nature and the Myriad Phenomena of the Mortal World, turn them into accumulations of his own Artistic Conception, and raise his cultivation Realm.

Though it would be impossible for him to increase his strength by seven Heavens in a single day again as he had now, he would still far surpass the speed at which ordinary Great Grandmasters required ten years—or even several decades—to advance one cultivation Realm.

This was the meaning behind Lin Heng's creation of the Boundless Sea Divine Art: to raise his cultivation Realm at the greatest possible speed and break through toward the Heaven-Human Realm.

"Master, did you need something from me?"

At that moment, Lin Heng noticed Xiao Rang standing not far away and asked.

For now, he had only completed the Boundless Sea Divine Art. As originally planned, he still had to create an external martial art compatible with the Internal Cultivation, and he had yet to finish it completely.

Although, with the Internal Cultivation as a foundation, creating a corresponding external martial art would not take long, it would still require at least around a month. He could not have Xiao Rang waiting here endlessly.

"N-No, nothing."

"I merely came to bring you food, and to inform you, my disciple, that petty villains may be watching the Cloud Sword Palace Mountain Gate in the coming days. When the time comes, we will need you to step in and quell the chaos."

Xiao Rang recovered from his shock, handed over a Food Box he had prepared long ago, and spoke with a smile.

At this moment, he had long since thrown the purpose for which he had initially come to find Lin Heng to the back of his mind.

Hadn't his fine disciple Lin Heng just said it himself?

He was now Great Grandmaster Eighth Heaven!

That was a Supreme Great Grandmaster!

Before absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were empty illusions.

Heavenly Star Valley, Ice Frost City, and all the other mice hiding in the shadows and stirring restlessly—they could all come and deliver themselves to death.