Azure Dragon Perfection! Peak Attainment!

Azure Dragon Force (96/100)

Azure Dragon Force (97/100)

Azure Dragon Force (98/100)

Inside the martial arts arena, Ye Li practiced the Azure Dragon Force over and over again, savoring the sensation of knowledge flooding into his brain with every repetition.

As his progress increased and knowledge continued to pour in, his understanding of the technique grew increasingly profound.

At this moment, a mere glance was enough for him to easily spot the glaring flaws in the gang members around him who were practicing the same martial art.

Where they exerted too much force, where their movements were too small, whether their breathing and inhalation were too fast or too slow...

Any slight deviation was an obvious blemish in the eyes of Ye Li, who was now nearing perfection.

Never mind these students; even Instructor Feng, who had been immersed in the Azure Dragon Force for over a decade, would have his fair share of defects picked out by Ye Li.

It should be this way!

A sense of natural entitlement rose in Ye Li's heart:

These people only rely on diligent practice, so their foundations are naturally shaky. How could they compare to me, whose insights are infused by a cheat, solid as a rock?

If I could be outdone by these people, why bother with a cheat? Why bother practicing martial arts? I might as well go home and farm.

Thinking this, after several consecutive rounds of practice, a layer of sweat had appeared on Ye Li, but his eyes grew increasingly brilliant!

Azure Dragon Force (99/100)

Perfection! Perfection! Perfection!

Driven by a surge of momentum, Ye Li had reached this stage after three days of grueling cultivation; he could not let this effort go to waste!

Carrying this indomitable spirit, Ye Li's movements became even more focused.

This posture, in the eyes of the surrounding members who were merely mimicking him, seemed increasingly mysterious.

As sweat soaked his clothes, Ye Li's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"World-Shocking Wisdom! Break through for me!!!"

Carrying supreme dominance, Ye Li struck out with the final move!

BOOM—

Mortal (37/1000)

Azure Dragon Force (100/100)

As an invisible explosion echoed in his heart, a sense of profound bliss rose within Ye Li.

It was an insight into the technique that felt as if it had been carved into his DNA!

When those martial artists went through all sorts of hardships to climb to the peak of the Azure Dragon Force, they would find that Ye Li had already been waiting there for a long time!

Azure Dragon Force: Great Perfection!!!

"The Azure Dragon Force they have been using all these years is nothing but a counterfeit!"

Ye Li looked down at his hands, lost in thought: "Only the version I use is the genuine article!"

"I am the god of the Azure Dragon Force domain!!!"

"At this moment, this technique has reached its limit in my hands!"

"But..." Ye Li looked down at his hands, filled with surprise: "That's not right???"

According to standard tropes, there should be other effects after reaching perfection.

Such as the classic marrow cleansing or excreting impurities through the pores.

There was nothing???

But perhaps that was for the best; after all, he was currently in the martial arts arena. If he were to strip down in public, his gang career might just come to an end!

Filled with doubt, Ye Li began to push the Azure Dragon Force once more with his supreme insights.

This time, performing it with the insights of the Azure Dragon Force's Great Perfection, it felt incredibly smooth.

But in an instant, unfamiliar information surged into his heart once again!

It was still information infused by World-Shocking Wisdom, still guidance on the Azure Dragon Force!

Under this insight, Ye Li once again discovered a flaw and a loophole in the Azure Dragon Force that needed to be modified and patched.

"As long as I modify the 37th move and follow the information, I can slightly trigger the training of the cardiac muscle?"

Feeling the information, a trace of doubt appeared in Ye Li's eyes.

Because this cardiac muscle had never been actively involved in the previous cultivation process; it could even be said to be beyond the scope of human intervention.

"And... didn't I already reach Great Perfection in the Azure Dragon Force? Why can it still be modified!"

Carrying this doubt, Ye Li calmed his mind and practiced the Azure Dragon Force again, following the modified method. It was indeed even smoother than before!

"Could it be that there is a Great Perfection beyond Perfection? A Supreme Great Perfection? An Ultimate Supreme Great Perfection?"

An incense stick's time later, having finished another round of the technique, Ye Li slowly withdrew his energy. His gaze fell upon the panel, and the description above left him stunned!

Name: Ye Li

Realm: Mortal (38/999)

Technique:

"Azure Dragon Force (101/100)"

Affix: [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom]

Description:

"You have practiced the Azure Dragon Force to completion, discovered flaws in the technique, and gained +1 Insight."

"Compensating for technique defects, increasing cultivation speed, required experience cap -1."

"The experience cap for my realm has decreased by 1 point, and for the technique column, the Azure Dragon Force has actually exceeded the cap of 100?"

The changes on the panel left Ye Li dumbfounded.

He had never expected such a situation; this reduction in the experience cap would save him at least an hour of grueling cultivation.

For a moment, Ye Li was overcome with wild joy:

"According to the panel, before the technique reaches perfection, this [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom] affix teaches me how to better execute the technique."

"But after reaching perfection, the affix is developing and modifying the flaws of the technique itself!"

"The difference between the two is like the difference between being taught how to use software and modifying the underlying code of the software!"

"In other words, what I am executing after perfection can no longer be considered the original Azure Dragon Force, but rather a more efficient Azure Dragon Force: Revised Edition!"

"After all, Instructor Feng previously said that the human body has over six hundred muscles, yet the original version can only train 500 or more at once, leaving room for improvement!"

"Calculating based on 1 hour of cultivation yielding 1 experience point, using the revised Azure Dragon Force, I now only need 999 hours to break through the Skin Refining stage!"

Ye Li's heart surged with excitement.

Because based on the current information, as long as he continues to practice the Azure Dragon Force and push this technique further, the cap for his realm will continue to shrink.

The experience bar that originally would have taken over three months to fill might be completed ahead of schedule.

"Good, good, good! It is truly worthy of [Dazzling: World-Shocking Wisdom]; it can actually keep up with my efforts and progress alongside me!"

Thinking of this, Ye Li immediately invigorated his spirit and circulated the divine technique once more, wanting to see where the limits of his talent and aptitude lay!

"Knowledge gained from books is always shallow; my previous understanding of the affix was too superficial. The functions of this affix might go far beyond this!"

Ye Li had heard of the grading system for affixes, simply divided into:

Gold (Legendary), Orange (Epic), Purple (Excellent), Blue (Rare), Green (Fine), White (Common).

Throughout history, Gold-tier affixes were extremely rare; at the very least, the Xia Kingdom where he resided had never seen one.

An [Dazzling] affix like his own had never even been mentioned.

And every Gold-tier affix recorded in history belonged to a world-renowned figure, provided they did not perish prematurely!

"Even those world-renowned figures of the past were, in the end, just born a few years earlier than I was."

"Were those people just early birds catching the worm, or were they avoiding my brilliance?"

Carrying aspirations for the future, Ye Li became immersed in his cultivation, and before he knew it, a month had passed in the blink of an eye.

The date for the end-of-month assessment had arrived.