Seven Settling the Universe, Ultimate Skill Reaches Perfection! Ice Block's Request

"Let's try the Heavenly Book Seal first."

Li Mo took out the Heavenly Book Seal and pressed it down.

There was no reaction.

The small characters on the surface showed no signs of flowing into it.

Clearly, the Heavenly Book Seal could not perfect incomplete martial arts manuals.

"Should I try learning the first eight forms first?"

Li Mo felt a toothache.

If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to learn an incomplete manual either.

If there was truly no other way, he would just have to wait until he went down the mountain for sect missions and check out the trading firms. It would be best if he could buy a suitable martial art with money; if not, he could offer a heavy reward to have the firm help him find one.

Anything that could be solved with money was, for the time being, not a problem for young Li.

Half an hour later.

He had already memorized the general outline of the Twelve Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves by heart.

Although he was reluctant to admit it.

It seemed he really did learn hammer techniques much faster than sword techniques.

"An incomplete manual... should be able to have martial dao insights injected into it."

Li Mo gave it a light try.

[One year of insights injected successfully.]

[In the first year, due to your astonishing talent for hammer techniques, even though the martial art you obtained was incomplete, you persisted in practicing it. You reached the entry level in one month, became familiar with it in three months, and achieved minor success in six months.]

[Exactly at the one-year mark, a flash of inspiration struck you, and you actually broke through to major success!]

Li Mo: "...?"

No, brother.

Major success in one year, and practicing an incomplete martial art at that—is this really me?

Unfamiliar, far too unfamiliar.

The good news: he had finally discovered a talent other than his good looks.

The bad news: this talent...

"As expected, interest and talent are two different things."

"Blades, spears, swords, or halberds would have been fine, so why did it have to be a hammer?"

Li Mo felt conflicted.

Could he actually rely on an incomplete manual to comprehend hammer techniques to the realm of perfection?

[Five years of martial dao insights injected successfully.]

[In the first year, you practiced the Twelve Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves to completion, but because there were no subsequent chapters, you hit a bottleneck and remained stuck at the completion stage, unable to make any progress.]

[In the second year, you began to ponder deeply, contemplating the true meaning of this hammer technique and attempting to find the missing parts.]

[In the third year, the path that had originally been cut off was actually found by you, and you discovered a direction to move forward. Feeling your way across the river, you created the ninth and tenth forms.]

[In the fourth year, this hammer technique was merely a puzzle with a missing corner in your mind. You easily and naturally created the eleventh and twelfth forms, successfully obtaining a complete Twelve Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves. Compared to the original version, it vaguely surpassed the master.]

[In the fifth year, your Twelve Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves entered the realm of perfection.]

"..."

Li Mo held his forehead, doubting his life.

One reason was the countless hammer technique insights currently surging through his mind.

The second was... his talent in this area seemed even better than he had imagined!

Five years!

An incomplete martial art!

He had actually forced it to be completed and even practiced it to the realm of perfection!

Compared to the snail's pace of learning sword techniques, this was no different from riding a rocket.

"Is it that I am naturally good at hammer techniques?"

"Or is it because I became the master of the Calamity Meteor Hammer, and my talent in this area has been enhanced?"

Divine weapons seemed to be more than just powerful in might.

Sensing the Calamity Meteor Hammer within the World Seed, Li Mo did not delve deeper for the moment.

He couldn't even take the divine weapon out to use it yet, so there was no point in overthinking.

"Let's perfect the Twelve Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves first."

Li Mo walked over to a relatively flat bluestone.

He spread out the paper and began to write with a flurry of strokes.

Before long, a complete superior martial art leaped onto the page.

He took out the Ancient Bronze Heavenly Book Seal and pressed it down; the tadpole-sized characters immediately filed in, rapidly rearranging and combining themselves.

In the end, even the name of the martial art underwent a transformation:

Seven Settling the Universe

A brand-new ultimate art had been forged.

Seven Settling the Universe could be considered a super-upgraded version of the Thirteen Hammers of Settling the Wind and Waves; without altering the core tenets of the latter, the former pushed the concept of "slowness" to its absolute limit.

It emphasized defeating speed with slowness, handling heavy burdens as if they were light.

When practiced to the realm of perfection, even a seemingly feather-light strike could erupt with terrifying, incomparable power.

Splitting mountains, cleaving seas, and severing rivers were all within its grasp.

No more words were needed.

Martial Dao enlightenment, activate!

Meanwhile.

Clear Abyss Main Peak.

Following a series of tests, the elders began to deliberate.

At the Blood-Qi Realm, she could already wield the rosy light to perfectly execute a superior sword technique at the realm of perfection.

Her body, tempered daily by the Taiyin Power, possessed a terrifying physical strength—truly an ice-like skin and jade-like bones.

Her intent-soul, for reasons unknown, was also vastly different from that of an ordinary person.

"Little Bing's combat power is definitely not below that of the Inner Breath Jade Liquid Realm."

"If her bloodline weren't so pure, I would have suspected she was the transformed descendant of some incredibly powerful auspicious beast."

"Indeed, born with twenty-four meridians, and she hasn't even reached the halfway point of the Blood-Qi Realm..."

The elders had lived for more than half a lifetime.

Yet today, they found themselves at a loss for words, the turbulent waves in their hearts never once subsiding.

However.

What they did not know was that this was not the extent of Ying Bing.

She still possessed a trace of Taiyin Power that she could command.

She still possessed the incomparably profound Rosy Soul.

She still possessed that world-topping, ancient and peerless talent for combat.

And she possessed the vision and experience of the former Phoenix Heavenly Empress.

The elders had not noticed, and Ying Bing had no intention of bringing it up.

Her display today was not for the sake of showing off before others; she had never cared for the opinions of others.

"I wish to go down the mountain to the Purple Sun Prefecture city."

Ying Bing held her sword and said softly.

Her cold, clear voice fell to the ground, and the elders fell silent for a moment.

"Could you tell us what you intend to do by going down the mountain?"

Shangguan Wencang asked.

"Sect mission."

"There are missions that can be completed within the sect, and you are not lacking in contribution point rewards."

"There must be other matters you need to attend to, correct?"

The elders followed up with their own inquiries.

Although Ying Bing had not been practicing martial arts for long, her strength was formidable enough.

Comparable to the Inner Breath Realm, going to the Purple Sun Prefecture city shouldn't lead to any mishaps.

But one could never be too careful!

Ying Bing remained silent, which was taken as an admission.

Xue Jing thought for a moment and smiled:

"If it is a major matter, why not discuss it with us? We have, after all, eaten more salt than you have rice, and we hold some sway in Purple Sun Prefecture."

"If it is a trivial matter, it would be better to entrust it to someone you trust by your side, so as to avoid any complications."

"I have no..."

Ying Bing parted her crimson lips, on the verge of saying that she had no one she could trust, let alone anyone by her side.

Yet, in her mind, the image of a sunny youth inexplicably flashed past.

He, surely, could be considered someone worthy of trust, right?

After a moment of silent contemplation, Ying Bing nodded:

"Very well, I understand."

On the other side.

"Achoo!"

Young Li, currently returning to the Autumn Water Pavilion from the waterfall, let out a sneeze.

Strange.

With a physique like his, where crushing bluestone was as easy as crushing a soft persimmon, could he really be catching a cold?

Hmm...

He clearly needed to train harder.

It was a pity that while inside the World Seed, he could neither temper his physique against the Calamity Meteor Hammer nor take it out.

Body tempering would have to be shelved for the time being.

"The Seven Settling the Universe, to think it only took me twenty years to reach the realm of mastery."

"What a pity, this hammer technique wasn't created for those in the Blood-Qi Realm to use in the first place."

"I can currently only execute the first 'Settling' perfectly."

Li Mo shook his head and muttered, calculating just how much power a single strike of his hammer would hold.

Regardless... smashing an Internal Breath practitioner to death shouldn't be a problem, right?

The awkward part was...

Aside from a divine weapon he could look at but not use, he truly couldn't find a suitable hammer.

Clatter—

No sooner had he stepped into the Autumn Water Pavilion than the Sect Master's carriage arrived at the entrance.

After the Ice Block stepped down, her eyes locked onto him.

"What is it?"

"I would like to ask for your help."