Used separately, each of the five supreme techniques possessed the pinnacle power of a ninth-grade immortal art.
But the truly terrifying aspect of the Great Five Elements Immortal Art lay in unifying the five elements.
Once the five elements united, the five supreme techniques no longer fought independently. Instead, they fused according to the cycle in which the five elements generated one another.
The wood of the Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist generated the fire of the Crimson Emperor Burn Heavens Palm; its fire generated the earth of the Yellow Emperor Demon-Suppressing Seal; its earth generated the metal of the White Emperor Immortal-Slaying Sword; its metal generated the water of the Black Emperor God-Slaying Finger; and its water, in turn, generated the wood of the Azure Emperor Dragon-Controlling Fist.
The five elements generated one another in an unending cycle, their power building upon itself, renewing without end.
Unity of the five elements at this level surpassed the ninth grade of immortal arts.
He could not achieve it yet.
Unifying the five elements required not only the method, but also a profound understanding of the laws of the five elements.
For now, he had only mastered the general principles of the Great Five Elements Immortal Art and the methods of executing its five supreme techniques. He was still a considerable distance from unifying the five elements.
"Still, with my current cultivation, being able to use the five supreme techniques separately is already no easy feat. Unifying the five elements is a realm only Immortal Lords, or even Immortal Kings, can touch. There's no rushing it."
He thought of something else.
The greatest power of the five supreme techniques came from the blessing bestowed when the true forms of the five ancient emperors descended.
The five ancient emperors were all rumored to have