Wandering the Great Void, Observing the Heavens from the Sea of Clouds

The pavilion elder took the token and deducted the required contribution points.

After the payment was processed, the elder returned the token to Chen Xuan.

The Library Pavilion charged by the day.

A single payment granted access for one full day.

Outer peak disciples were not permitted to borrow books from the Library Pavilion.

Furthermore, the fees were by no means low; if one failed to learn anything, it would certainly be a painful loss.

Relying on these rules, the pavilion successfully discouraged many disciples who were prone to overreaching.

After retrieving his token, Chen Xuan entered the Library Pavilion and began to read.

Many Jade Firmament disciples inside the library noticed Chen Xuan, an outer peak disciple, but after a few glances, they paid him no further mind.

Chen Xuan quickly located a foundational book on artifact refining.

Brother Dragon, it's up to you now to show me what you've got.

Chen Xuan thought to himself.

He flipped open the book.

[Your Dao technique "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame" is learning the art of artifact refining.]

Excellent!

Chen Xuan was overjoyed.

The Purple Imperial Dragon Flame was truly formidable.

Flowing Cloud Myriad Forms, Flowing Cloud Moon-Chasing, you two should take notes.

Chen Xuan flipped through book after book.

[Your Dao technique "Purple Imperial Dragon Flame" has successfully mastered Tier 1 artifact refining.]

The following days passed.

Chen Xuan arrived at the Jade Firmament Peak Library Pavilion early every morning to read.

The Purple Imperial Dragon Flame had already elevated his artifact refining to Tier 5.

Chen Xuan did not return after that.

The elder guarding the Jade Firmament Peak Library Pavilion paid it no mind.

People often came to read and then gave up; he had seen it countless times.

He simply assumed Chen Xuan was just another one of them.

After mastering artifact refining, Chen Xuan began his preparations.

First, he earned a sum of contribution points through alchemy.

Then, he went to purchase an artifact furnace, opting directly for a top-grade artifact.

Immediately following that, he bought a large quantity of materials.

With everything in readiness, Chen Xuan began to refine.

His first priority was to upgrade his Floating Cloud Sword.

The Jade Firmament Library Pavilion contained many blueprints for artifacts and treasures; both the Floating Cloud Sword and the White Cloud Artifact could be melted down and reforged to reach top-grade status.

When he first met Jiang Qiong, the White Cloud Artifact she used had been a mid-grade artifact reforged into a top-grade one.

Chen Xuan spent some time first upgrading his Floating Cloud Sword and White Cloud Artifact to top-grade.

After being reforged, the power and effects of both artifacts were greatly enhanced.

Next, Chen Xuan refined several more top-grade artifacts for himself.

He could essentially be said to have armed himself to the teeth.

Technique Pavilion.

Chen Xuan arrived at the Technique Pavilion once again that day.

Ever since his cultivation broke through to the Spirit Sea Realm, he had gained another point of Enlightenment.

Therefore, it could not be wasted.

He had originally been considering whether to seek out a new Dao technique.

However, after giving it some thought, he decided against it.

He currently possessed three Dao techniques, covering offense and evasion, while Flowing Cloud Myriad Forms could also be used for defense and trapping enemies.

He truly lacked for nothing in terms of methods.

Therefore... he thought of divine sense techniques.

With the Enlightenment System, he could fully cultivate all three paths simultaneously.

Over the past few days, he had also inquired about the better divine sense techniques within the Technique Pavilion.

Upon arriving, Chen Xuan went straight to examine the few techniques he had heard about.

In the end, he stared at two jade slips, caught in a dilemma.

Neither of these two techniques was a complete volume, yet they were the best divine sense techniques available in the Technique Pavilion.

One was named the Divine Wandering Void Scripture, originating from the Void Sacred Land; it was an Emperor Scripture.

The other was named the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique, which came from the Cloud Sea Sacred Land and was created by the Great Emperor who founded that sacred land. This divine sense technique was extremely compatible with the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture.

The Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture was the Emperor Scripture of the Cloud Sea Sacred Land.

The Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture consisted of upper, middle, and lower volumes.

The Flowing Cloud Technique that Chen Xuan was currently cultivating was a simplified version of the upper volume of the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture.

Although he was currently cultivating the simplified version, Chen Xuan had also made inquiries.

As long as he became a core disciple—that is, broke through to the Dao Foundation—he could obtain the upper volume of the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture from the sect.

The Flowing Cloud Technique belonged to the simplified version of the upper volume of the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture.

Therefore, he could switch to cultivating the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture in the future without any issues.

In other words, Chen Xuan was destined to cultivate the Nine Firmaments Cloud Sea Scripture in the future.

Judging by this, cultivating the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique would be best.

However... the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique was not an Emperor Scripture; it could only be considered a Quasi-Emperor Scripture.

The Divine Wandering Void Scripture, on the other hand, was an Emperor Scripture.

A single word of difference, yet a world of difference.

This was where Chen Xuan felt conflicted.

The pros and cons of the two techniques were quite obvious.

The Divine Wandering Void Scripture was an Emperor Scripture and was better; this was beyond doubt.

However, according to the information recorded in the Divine Wandering Void Scripture, this Emperor Scripture consisted of four volumes in total.

The Void Sacred Land made the first volume public for the sole purpose of recruiting geniuses.

Want to learn the subsequent parts?

Sure, as long as you join the Void Sacred Land.

Even if Chen Xuan were to go to the Primordial World in the future, he would certainly be a member of the Cloud Sea Sacred Land; how could he possibly jump ship?

This wasn't like working for a modern company.

Of course, there was another way to obtain the subsequent parts of the technique: steal them.

Compared to the difficulty of obtaining the subsequent parts of that technique, the follow-up to the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique was much easier to acquire. As a disciple of the Cloud Sea Sect, as long as he kept growing stronger, he would definitely be able to obtain it in the future.

Chen Xuan was currently weighing his options.

Should he choose a technique that was easier to obtain but only a Quasi-Emperor Scripture, or choose a technique that was very difficult to obtain but was an Emperor Scripture?

After pondering for a long time.

Chen Xuan took down the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique.

In the end, he chose this technique from his own sect.

The Divine Wandering Void Scripture was good, but unfortunately, it wasn't his own.

Besides... it was true that the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique was a Quasi-Emperor Scripture.

But who could say for sure what the future held? Perhaps it could become an Emperor Scripture!

A surge of immense ambition rose within Chen Xuan's chest.

Don't misunderstand; he didn't have confidence in himself, but rather in the system, and in the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique after being enlightened.

Chen Xuan quickly paid the contribution points, and the contents of the first volume of the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique were imprinted directly into his mind.

Although the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique was only a Quasi-Emperor Scripture, and although it was only one volume, its price was still higher than that of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.

After all, the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique only had three volumes in total.

If one were to divide divine sense, body refinement, and qi refinement into fifteen realms.

Cultivating all three volumes of the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique to perfection could lead one directly to the Quasi-Emperor realm.

The first volume alone could be cultivated to the perfection of the fifth realm.

The first volume of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, however, could only be cultivated to the perfection of the third realm.

Of course, if one were to also redeem the second volume of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, its cultivation effect would be comparable to the first volume of the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique.

Chen Xuan did not exchange for it just yet.

He had not even reached the Dao Foundation Realm, so there was no need to rush.

The contribution points required for the cultivation technique were truly not low.

He would wait until he had obtained the Heaven Dao Qi, successfully completed Foundation Establishment, and reached the Dao Foundation Realm before earning the contribution points to exchange for the second volume of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.

With the technique in hand, Chen Xuan returned to his residence.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and summoned his panel.

[Host: Chen Xuan]

[Qi Refining: Spirit Sea Perfection]

[Body Refining: Second Realm Perfection]

[Enlightenment Points: 1]

[Cultivation Techniques:]

[Flowing Cloud Technique (Enlightened)]

[Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art (Enlightened)]

[Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique (Not Enlightened)]

[Dao Arts: Omitted]