Cultivation Techniques

Qi Tian understood what Mikita meant. For people with average talent, they had to master a Combat Secret Technique completely before they could use it.

Every movement had to meet the standard, and there were specific ways to direct the gene Origin Energy within the body each time. If even one movement changed during cultivation, the flow of force would clash, making the motions disjointed and causing the attempt to fail.

But for some geniuses, a Combat Secret Technique was merely a reference. Once they mastered the Force Application Technique, they could gradually work out a fighting style suited to themselves.

However, turning those insights into a mature secret technique was beyond the abilities of ordinary geniuses. Even the experts of the Human Race advised their disciples against trying to create their own techniques too soon.

In Mikita's mind, the Buddha Lord was exactly that kind of genius. Even if he wasn't particularly powerful in the universe yet, he would rise step by step in the future. Mikita firmly believed that Qi Tian could become a supreme powerhouse.

When Qi Tian heard Mikita say he could cultivate those secret techniques, he immediately asked him to teach them to him. He also had Mikita pass the basic Guidance Technique and cultivation methods to Qi Jingshi and the other two, so they could organize the material and teach it to the rest of their people bit by bit.

Qi Tian also arranged for Mikita to guide Qi Jingshi and the other two. As for the four crew members under his command, two had been subjected to soul-searching and were still unconscious, their brain nerves badly damaged. It was a miracle they were still alive.

The other two had been implanted with Slave Chips. Along with the many Planetary Level slave cannon fodder brought aboard the spaceship, they were assigned to teach the people on the planet how to cultivate.

Inside the spacious Holy Temple, Qi Tian sat alone atop the altar, cross-legged with his eyes closed as he cultivated gene Origin Energy.

His body was somewhat unusual. He felt no resistance when cultivating—or, perhaps, he simply hadn't encountered a bottleneck yet.

When Qi Tian had first created his body, he had used the liquefied golden energy condensed in the Golden Mist Space. Even using all of it for that purpose had only brought him to Universe Level 9.

Now that he had a Guidance Technique for absorbing energy, he didn't want to use up that golden liquid directly. He had a feeling it would be useful for something else in the future.

For now, he could also feel the energy within his body slowly increasing by naturally absorbing gene Origin Energy, and the speed wasn't bad.

For two whole months, Qi Tian remained in the Holy Temple, continuously following the Guidance Technique and absorbing gene Origin Energy, yet he still couldn't sense any signs of a breakthrough.

"Without treasures to aid my cultivation, breaking through to Domain Lord Level won't be easy." Qi Tian frowned slightly.

Seeing his own situation, Qi Tian figured it would take quite some time to reach Domain Lord Level. He decided to stop for the time being and turned to another section of the cultivation manual.

It covered another important marker on the path from Universe Level to Domain Lord Level: the domain.

The cultivation material described domains. They were originally a hallmark of Domain Lord Level, but as cultivation methods in the universe matured, many at Universe Level had also come to understand them.

Qi Tian had already mastered a domain. He had a deep appreciation for the wonderful harmony between telekinesis, Origin Force, will, and body.

What interested him was how to improve his control over the domain. According to the secret technique, his domain was currently at the first level.

After all, only a few months had passed since Qi Tian's creation. He had no inheritance, and before Mikita and the others arrived, he hadn't even understood this world's cultivation system.

After carefully studying the methods for cultivating a domain, Qi Tian gained a deeper understanding of it.

"So that's how it works. Directing Origin Force this way makes it better suited to controlling the domain when it's released."

"Mikita awakened a wind affinity, and the secret technique he exchanged for also focused on insights into wind domains."

"Too bad my affinity is for metal. Some of the techniques in this secret technique aren't suited to me, but I'm starting to get a general idea."

Qi Tian slowly worked out ways to use his domain in his mind, combining them with the unfinished move he had glimpsed during a moment of enlightenment when he lit the divine fire and tempered his will.

As he compared the two, his understanding of the domain surged. His domain spread around him, covering the entire Holy Temple and making the space within resonate.

Without even realizing it, he began to move again. A light straight punch drew on the power of his domain.

His casual punch sent energy through the air, causing the enormous Holy Temple, built entirely of metal, to tremble faintly.

That slight vibration jolted Qi Tian back to his senses. He stopped cultivating for the moment. He should at least leave first, or he might cause another massive disturbance.

He hadn't moved for two months, and even he was impressed with himself. Back when he was in school, he couldn't sit through even a forty-minute class without fidgeting.

Yet he didn't find this prolonged cultivation dull at all. On the contrary, he was thoroughly absorbed. Keeping in mind the need to balance work and rest, he got up and left the Holy Temple, intending to inspect the Gold Soul Clan Sacred Land.

Qi Tian didn't alert anyone. Instead, he rose alone to a certain height and spread out his awareness and telekinesis to survey the Sacred Land.

With Mikita and the large number of Planetary Level slaves serving as instructors, cultivation had become all the rage on Gold Soul Planet.

With instructors available, Qi Shixuan, the clan chief, had schools set up in every city on the planet. Each school was assigned a slave, and everyone with a talent for cultivation was sent to study.

At the Gold Soul Clan Sacred Land, two slaves at Star Level 9 were teaching the people. Mikita, while guiding Qi Jingshi, also held public lessons from time to time to instruct other members of the Gold Soul Clan.

Qi Tian nodded with satisfaction, left the Gold Soul Clan Sacred Land, and quickly rose into space. From a distance, he gazed at the blue Gold Soul Planet before him.

He sensed the faith coming from the planet and found it had clearly increased. The improvement wasn't just in quantity.

Now that the people had cultivation methods, their wills had grown stronger as well, and the faith they offered Qi Tian was purer.

Qi Tian slowly closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink as he examined the Combat Secret Technique he had obtained from Mikita—Wind-Riding Thirteen Blades.

It was a blade technique focused on speed, well suited to Mikita's wind-affinity Origin Force. It was also thanks to this technique that he had begun to grasp the threshold of a domain.

Qi Tian, however, preferred a more forceful, wide-sweeping style of combat. As he had experienced when unleashing his strength beneath the sea, he felt a rush of exhilaration in the clash of fists and feet.

Still, the Force Application Technique in the secret art was worth learning from. Qi Tian took a War Blade from his Space Ring, one he had obtained from one of the Star Level slaves, and began imitating the moves one by one.

He started with the basics: swinging the blade and chopping. As he practiced, he focused on how his waist and arms generated force with every properly executed movement.

Once he had the hang of those, he continued practicing the other movements: lifting, thrusting, intercepting, blocking, crashing, slashing, slicing, drawing, and wrapping.

With his powerful body and keen awareness to support him, Qi Tian's mastery of the basics of blade technique improved rapidly.