Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture

Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture: First Layer (0/2000)

In an instant, a brand-new Internal Energy Cultivation method appeared in Ning Xiu's mind.

The meaning behind its words was obscure and profound, enough to make Ning Xiu cry out that it was a nightmare. If this evolved technique couldn't be comprehended directly, he estimated he'd have to struggle over this first step for months before he could understand it.

One thing worth noting was that improving the Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture required exactly as much Universal Proficiency as the Heavenly King Vajra Art.

In other words, this Internal Energy Cultivation method was on the same level as the Heavenly King Vajra Art.

Another priceless technique!

Ning Xiu immediately added 2,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture: Second Layer (0/3000)

A warm current emerged from Ning Xiu's dantian, then quickly flowed along his meridians toward the Martial Aperture in his chest.

The moment this current appeared, the Internal Energy in Ning Xiu's body, which had originally belonged to the Great Sun Profound Scripture, was drawn toward it.

Like a magnet carrying countless iron filings, the current rushed straight into the Martial Aperture, followed closely by all of Ning Xiu's Internal Energy.

At that moment, his Martial Aperture became a furnace, beginning to smelt his original Internal Energy together with the warm current until they fused as one.

From then on, what flowed back out of the Martial Aperture was no longer wisps of silver light, but dazzling golden rays.

They were like the blazing sun in the firmament, so bright no one could look straight at them.

Ning Xiu tried releasing his Internal Energy outward. His palms instantly lit up with patches of golden light, forming a scale-mail-like layer that covered his hands.

Compared to before, when his Internal Energy could only extend three inches beyond his body, it now reached a full five inches.

With five inches of Internal Energy protecting him, along with a body tempered by the twelfth layer of the Golden Bell Shield and the Divine Ability: Golden Bell Body Protection, Ning Xiu was now extremely confident in his defenses.

The experts of the Great Dao Fifth Rank might not even be able to break through these three layers of defense and draw a drop of his blood.

He continued improving it, adding 3,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture: Third Layer (0/4000)

The Internal Energy in Ning Xiu's body instantly began compressing. The original wisps of golden light shrank, transforming toward the shape of threads.

If the Lower Three Ranks of the Martial Dao were a process of cultivating Internal Energy from mist into liquid, then the Middle Three Ranks involved using the Martial Aperture to temper Internal Energy and make it denser and more compact.

It was like compressing a river ten zhang wide and a hundred zhang long into a narrow stream, then finally into a single drop of water.

To achieve that would be a sign of great mastery.

If you told ordinary people this, they would only find it unfathomable and hard to believe. But martial artists who had successfully opened their Martial Apertures knew it was possible.

Once Internal Energy was compressed to that degree, one would have entered the Upper Three Ranks.

The Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture had only reached the third layer, yet Ning Xiu could already clearly feel the Internal Energy in his body beginning to compress. However, the process wasn't particularly fast.

Ning Xiu naturally wasn't about to put up with that. He immediately added another 4,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture: Fourth Layer (0/5000)

At once, the efficiency of refining his Internal Energy increased by at least thirty percent. But that still wasn't Ning Xiu's limit. He still had 52,800 points of Universal Proficiency on the Proficiency Panel.

So he could keep improving it.

He used 5,000 points of Universal Proficiency to raise the Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture to the fifth layer!

In an instant, Ning Xiu's entire aura changed abruptly.

Martial Dao Fifth Rank!

The time he'd spent progressing from Subordinate Seventh Rank to Fifth Rank totaled less than two days. If anyone learned of this speed, they would be so shocked their jaws would hit the floor.

In the Demon Subduing Bureau, the average age of experts at the Fifth Rank across the various paths was around eighty-six. Those with poorer talent might not reach the Fifth Rank until they were over a hundred, while the gifted could make it in their sixties or seventies.

Anyone who saw a young-looking expert above the Fifth Rank would assume one of two things: either the person had mastered the art of preserving their looks and taken excellent care of themself,

or they were using an illusion technique on their face. Anyone weaker who looked at them would fall straight into the illusion, seeing the appearance that person wanted others to see.

Otherwise, they really were one-in-ten-thousand prodigies, reaching the Great Dao Fifth Rank at a young age.

People like that were usually listed as key candidates for development by the Demon Subduing Bureau, so that they could take up the Bureau's mantle one day and become candidates to lead it in the future.

Qin Daorong was one such person. It had taken him only forty-six years to reach Painting Path Rank 3.

But!

An under-eighteen Martial Dao Fifth Rank expert was something that had never appeared in the hundreds of years since the Demon Subduing Bureau was founded—not even once.

He could be called the first in the Bureau's history, a peerless figure with no predecessor and no successor.

If word of this got out, he would surely be inducted into the Demon Subduing Bureau's future leadership and, upon reaching the Upper Three Ranks, immediately be granted the title of Silver Tiger Demon Subduing Captain.

Ning Xiu didn't let it go to his head. He studied the Proficiency Panel intently.

Spiritual Eye Qi Observation Technique: Fifth Layer (34/3000) (+)

Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture: Fifth Layer (0/6000) (+)

Heavenly King Vajra Art: Second Layer (6/3000) (+)

Fivefold Hammer Force: Unranked (0/100) (+)

Universal Proficiency: 47800

If things followed the usual pattern, he would probably have to raise the Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture to the tenth layer before he had a chance to break through again and reach Martial Dao Fourth Rank.

But it was also possible that even after reaching the tenth layer, he wouldn't break through and would remain at Martial Dao Fifth Rank.

If he gambled on giving it a try, he would use up all the Universal Proficiency he had, leaving him unable to improve the other three techniques this time.

"The Heavenly King Vajra Art is no less impressive than the Burning Sun Grand Radiance Scripture. Fivefold Hammer Force can greatly increase the power of the Startling Thunder Hammer, and the Spiritual Eye Qi Observation Technique will be of some help when I accompany Monk Zhengwu to Cloud Mist Mountain."

After thinking it over, Ning Xiu decided to use the remaining 47,800 points of Universal Proficiency on the other three techniques.

A martial artist was best off without any weak points.

Last time, when he'd raised the Heavenly King Vajra Art by two layers in Wendeng County, his body had grown by a foot.

When he used the Heavenly King State, his larger body brought greater strength and combat power, but also slowed him down accordingly.

If he ran into a nimble enemy while in the Heavenly King State, he would surely be put at a disadvantage.

But Ning Xiu had three means of defense: Internal Energy released beyond his body, a body tempered through external training, and the Golden Bell Body Protection. He could simply endure and block the enemy's attacks, then look for a chance to deliver a fatal blow.

When he swung the Startling Thunder Hammer, any enemy who couldn't dodge was in for a miserable end.

As the saying went, I could make mistakes countless times, but you couldn't afford even one.

The Heavenly King State could greatly enhance Ning Xiu's combat strength in ordinary circumstances.

The only thing worth complaining about was how much clothing it consumed. He basically had to change into a new outfit every time he activated it.

Ning Xiu decided to improve the Heavenly King Vajra Art first, then use any remaining Universal Proficiency on the Spiritual Eye Qi Observation Technique and Fivefold Hammer Force.

He spent 3,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

Heavenly King Vajra Art, Second Layer → Heavenly King Vajra Art, Third Layer

He spent 4,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

Heavenly King Vajra Art, Third Layer → Heavenly King Vajra Art, Fourth Layer

Just as expected, a numb sensation and a tearing pain immediately welled up inside Ning Xiu.

It was as if someone were smashing his bones one by one with an iron hammer, only for the bones to put up a good fight and start healing and growing wildly.

Even though he'd experienced this exquisite agony before, Ning Xiu still couldn't bear the feeling of his flesh, skin, and bones tearing and growing at once.

The Heavenly King Vajra Art was without a doubt the most physically punishing technique he'd ever cultivated.

No wonder it was a Buddhist body-tempering technique. This was truly not something an ordinary person could master.

"Better to endure a short spell of pain than a long one. I really can't take this exquisite agony if it happens over and over. I'd better get it all over with in one go." Ning Xiu's eyes were bloodshot; cold sweat poured off him, and veins bulged all over his body.

The fact that a Martial Dao Fifth Rank expert could be reduced to this state showed just how much pain he was enduring.

Ning Xiu added another 11,000 points of Universal Proficiency to the Heavenly King Vajra Art, directly raising it to the sixth layer.

The pain bursting through his body intensified instantly, and his bones began growing much faster than before.

Puchi, puchi!

The flesh on Ning Xiu's body couldn't keep up with his bones' growth. The bones in his fingers burst right through his fingertips, leaving them drenched in blood.

That wasn't all. The bones in his arms and legs were growing too, quickly stretching Ning Xiu's skin until it turned pale, faint blood-red lines appearing beneath it.

Fortunately, just like last time in Wendeng County, this drastic change came quickly and disappeared just as fast.

After about thirty breaths, the changes in his body finally began to settle down. Aside from lying on the ground like a bloody man, nothing else seemed amiss.

Three chi!

After the Heavenly King Vajra Art rose four layers in one go and reached the sixth layer,

Ning Xiu's controllable height had increased by another three chi—that was, a full meter.

When he first activated the Heavenly King State, he'd already stood over two meters tall. Now he'd grown another meter, reaching the astonishing height of one zhang.

Only with a transformation like this could he begin to resemble a Heavenly King or Vajra who subdued demons with sheer strength.

"This really isn't a technique for human beings. What kind of eminent monk was crazy enough to invent a technique that tortures its cultivator like this?" Ning Xiu lay on the ground, gasping for breath as he thought.

He circulated his Internal Energy, sealing every wound on his body in an instant to stop the bleeding and help them close. Then, forcing himself upright, Ning Xiu took out the Trauma Medicine left behind by the former owner of the house and began rubbing it over his body.

Thanks to his cultivation of the Golden Bell Shield, his physique couldn't compare to that of professional Buddhist ascetic body cultivators, but it was still far stronger than that of a martial artist of the same rank.

He was sure these injuries would heal almost completely before long.

The Heavenly King Vajra Art only increased his height once every two layers. If Ning Xiu wanted to grow again, he would need to spend 15,000 points of Universal Proficiency.

That would leave him with too little to improve Fivefold Hammer Force and the Spiritual Eye Qi Observation Technique.

Besides, he was still shaken by that exquisite agony. He clearly didn't want to experience it again anytime soon, so he immediately abandoned the idea of continuing to improve the Heavenly King Vajra Art.

He put the Universal Proficiency into Fivefold Hammer Force, the technique that currently cost the least to improve, and began raising its level.

First layer...

Second layer...

Third layer...

Fourth layer...

A flood of insights into cultivating Fivefold Hammer Force appeared instantly in Ning Xiu's mind, as if he had painstakingly trained in it himself. They were etched into his memory.

In the previous chapter, I asked everyone for ideas for technique names, and got so many answers that I picked one character from each of the most popular suggestions and combined them. That way, the name drew on everyone's ideas.

Thank you for sharing your ideas and creativity.