The Primordial Chaos Skill

"Tao Jun? Why does that name sound so familiar? Let me think..."

Outside the simulation, Zheng Qian stared at the subtitles that had just appeared before him and muttered in confusion.

He vaguely remembered that among the supporting characters in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, there seemed to be someone with this name, but for the moment, he could not recall which Tao Jun it was.

However, after only a few breaths, he remembered who Tao Jun was.

"Right! Isn't that the name of Yue Buqun's seventh disciple? Could my identity in this reincarnation be his?"

[Although your family was not wealthy, you could basically afford enough food and clothing.

However, the combined effects of the talents "Eating is a Blessing" and "Strength Multiplier" gave you an astonishing appetite from a young age, greatly increasing the burden on your family.

But no matter how poor they were, your parents never let you go hungry.]

[In the second year, you ate and slept well and were in excellent health, making your parents extremely happy.]

[In the fourth year, bandits appeared near your village. Fortunately, you were saved from disaster by Sect Leader Yue of the Mount Hua Sect.

He also discovered that you were an unusual child. After examining your bone structure, he was delighted and said that he wanted to take you as his disciple.

However, your parents were unwilling and refused him on the grounds that you were still too young.]

[In the sixth year, there was no rain all year, and a severe drought left the fields almost barren.

Because you ate so much, your family had hardly any grain stored in the first place, making life at home even more difficult.]

[At the beginning of the seventh year, your parents were no longer able to support you.

With nowhere else to turn, they were forced to send you to the Mount Hua Sect more than ten miles away as soon as the New Year ended. You officially became Yue Buqun's fourth disciple.]

"Fourth disciple? Wasn't he the seventh disciple? Why did the simulated version of me join the sect so much earlier?"

Staring at the subtitles before him, Zheng Qian muttered in confusion.

But after thinking about it briefly, he understood the reason.

Although he had done nothing, his increased appetite had left his family unable to survive the famine year that they should have weathered steadily. They had no choice but to send him to the Mount Hua Sect early.

For Zheng Qian himself, however, this was naturally a good thing. It would allow him to cultivate martial arts more effectively.

[In the fourth month of the seventh year, after celebrating your sixth birthday, you awakened your dormant wisdom and learned of your current circumstances.]

[In the eighth year, after a year of arduous cultivation, you successfully restored your strength to the early Body Tempering Realm.

During this period, your master, Yue Buqun, taught you only a stance exercise for laying a foundation, the Primordial Chaos Stance, and had you practice it with several senior brothers for an hour every morning and evening.

According to him, the Primordial Chaos Stance was the foundational stance exercise of the Primordial Chaos Skill, one of the Mount Hua Sect's Nine Skills. It was a superior stance exercise for laying a foundation.

After experimenting, you discovered that your master, Yue Buqun, had not been lying. The effects of the Primordial Chaos Stance were indeed powerful, even better than the cultivation effects of several Perfection Level martial arts you knew, such as Huo Family Fist.

However, the prerequisite was that you first had to comprehend it to the Great Accomplishment Level or above.]

[With your insight, this naturally posed no problem for you. You spent only half a year comprehending the Primordial Chaos Stance to the Great Accomplishment Level.]

[At the end of the ninth year, with the help of the Great Accomplishment Level Primordial Chaos Stance, your strength broke through again and reached the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm.]

[In the tenth year, after several years of cultivation, you successfully comprehended the Primordial Chaos Stance to the Perfection Level, and your cultivation speed became even faster.

That year, your master brought back another disciple named Gao Genming. Although he was already twelve years old, he had joined the sect later than you, so he became your fifth junior brother.]

"Hm? Why is Gao Genming still fifth? Then whose position did I take?"

Staring at the subtitles that had just appeared before him, Zheng Qian muttered in confusion.

His position had changed from seventh to fourth, so the original fourth, fifth, and sixth disciples should each have moved back one place. Yet that had not happened.

However, after being puzzled for a moment, he remembered why.

Lau Der-no! Although this spy sent to the Mount Hua Sect by Zuo Lengchan ranked second, he had been the last to become Yue Buqun's disciple. He had not joined the sect yet...

So, although the simulated version of him was said to rank fourth, he would ultimately rank fifth. Gao Genming, who had just joined, would ultimately rank sixth. That explained everything.

[In the eleventh year, your strength broke through again and reached the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

That same year, your master, Yue Buqun, brought back another disciple named Lu Dayou. He was twelve years old and likewise older than you, but because he joined the sect later, he became your sixth junior brother.]

[In the thirteenth year, your master, Yue Buqun, brought back another junior brother named Ying Bailuo, who ranked seventh.

Meanwhile, your strength continued advancing steadily through the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.]

[In the fifteenth year, your master, Yue Buqun, brought back another junior brother named Shu Qi, who ranked eighth.

After several years of arduous cultivation, your strength finally returned to the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, putting you at the same level as your senior brother, Linghu Chong.

However, you were only fourteen this year, while he was already twenty.]

[That same year, you listened in while your master, Yue Buqun, taught the Primordial Chaos Skill to your senior brother, Linghu Chong.

You had performed well over the years. Although you had so far only displayed martial strength at the initial stage of the late Body Tempering Realm, you had still satisfied your master, Yue Buqun, greatly.

Therefore, he did not drive you away, and you consequently learned the complete Primordial Chaos Skill.]

[Ding! You have obtained the superior-grade Houtian cultivation technique, Primordial Chaos Skill. Would you like to use the [Innate-Level Technique/Martial Art Simplification Opportunity] to simplify the Primordial Chaos Skill? Yes/No?]

"Hm? It's actually letting me choose? That's quite good..."

Looking at the pop-up window that had suddenly appeared in the subtitles before him, Zheng Qian froze. Then he muttered in surprise.

As for the Primordial Chaos Skill being classified in the notification as a superior-grade Houtian cultivation technique, he was not surprised at all.

He had obtained information about this when he first awakened the [Simulator].

According to that information, cultivation techniques and martial arts were ranked according to the highest realm they could reach.

The so-called first-rate martial arts he had previously obtained, such as Huo Family Fist and Flying Goose Skill, were actually superior-grade Body Tempering martial arts. When cultivated to the Great Accomplishment Level, they could reach the late Body Tempering Realm, while at the Perfection Level, they could reach the peak of the Body Tempering Realm.

The lower second-rate martial arts were middle-grade Body Tempering martial arts. When cultivated to the Great Accomplishment Level, they could reach the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm, and at the Perfection Level, they could reach the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

By the same logic, third-rate martial arts were low-grade Body Tempering martial arts. Even at the Great Accomplishment Level, they could only reach the early Body Tempering Realm, while at the Perfection Level, they could reach the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

However, reaching the Perfection Level was not so easy. One had to create or modify the technique until it was completely suited to oneself.

The martial arts and cultivation techniques of the Body Tempering Realm were classified this way, and the cultivation techniques and martial arts of the Houtian Realm, Innate Realm, Grandmaster Realm, and all higher realms were classified in the same manner.