Primordial State

Ye Wudao's words had barely left his mouth when Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng both turned to look at him.

Zhang Hankuang said quietly, "The Primordial Art was discovered decades ago in an unremarkable Taoist temple."

"Over the decades, countless people have studied this technique, and every single one of them has failed."

"Some even went mad from cultivating it."

"Many more simply wasted their time and years of their lives."

Hu Lianfeng nodded beside him. "You may have extraordinary talent, but to be honest, there's something wrong with this technique."

Ye Wudao was surprised by what the two men said.

Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng usually followed Elder Qin's lead. He didn't know why their attitudes changed so much whenever this technique came up.

He looked at Elder Qin, silently seeking an answer.

Qin Tianlong nodded. "Little Zhang and Old Hu are right. Ever since this technique was unearthed, no one has managed to cultivate it successfully."

"If your talent weren't so unusual, I wouldn't have told you about this technique."

"In fact, many Grandmasters are studying it right now."

"They all believe that the reason they can't advance beyond the Grandmaster Realm isn't that they lack talent, but that they don't have the technique required to break through."

"Nowadays, there are two kinds of people in the Martial Dao World studying how to advance beyond the Grandmaster Realm."

"One group wants to use the Primordial Art to merge techniques. The other wants to develop new techniques by studying the ones we already have."

"Ultimately, both groups are taking different roads to the same destination: finding a technique that can break through beyond the Grandmaster Realm."

"Personally, I think the Primordial Art has the best chance."

"No one knows what happened in ancient times that caused so many techniques to appear all at once."

"But one thing is certain: in all these years, no one has managed to create a new technique. That proves our era isn't suited to creating them."

"The right time, place, and people, the right opportunity—all of these are factors."

He paused, then looked at Ye Wudao seriously. "If you can cultivate the Primordial Art, it won't just benefit you. It'll be a blessing for the entire Martial Dao World."

"You've seen the situation in the Rift World. No one knows when those demon beasts will descend upon Blue Star."

"But I can tell you this: before powerful demon beasts, even Grandmasters are utterly incapable of fighting back."

"What I want to do now is open a path for you to advance beyond the Grandmaster Realm."

"Whether you take that path is up to you."

"With your unusual talent, reaching the Grandmaster Realm won't be a problem."

Hearing Elder Qin's words, Ye Wudao smiled faintly and answered without hesitation, "I'll learn it!"

What Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng were worried about was that cultivating the Primordial Art might drive him mad and waste his time.

But their concerns didn't apply to him at all.

If a technique could be recorded in the system, then he could learn it.

As long as he could learn a technique, he could stimulate it and let it cultivate automatically.

If the Primordial Art couldn't be recorded in the system, he wouldn't waste time studying it.

Qin Tianlong looked at Ye Wudao and nodded. "In that case, I'll teach you the Primordial Art. Give it a try, and if it doesn't work, give up."

Then he slowly recited the Primordial Art's incantation: "Before Chaos divided, heaven and earth hung suspended; from the One's beginning, all things took form. Yin and Yang joined, giving birth to the five energies; the five elements flowed and returned to the dantian..."

[Congratulations, host, you have comprehended the special technique Primordial Art. This technique has no proficiency level and can be used to fuse techniques that have already reached perfection!]

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[Congratulations, host, you have unlocked the special state—"Primordial State." You can now cultivate two different types of techniques at the same time!]

When Ye Wudao saw this system notification, he froze.

The Primordial Art had no proficiency level. He could use it as soon as he comprehended it.

However, the requirements for using the Primordial Art were exceptionally high. He needed techniques that had reached perfection before he could fuse them.

And it wasn't enough for just one technique to reach perfection. Both techniques had to reach perfection before they could be fused.

Cultivating two techniques to perfection was incredibly difficult.

That was before even considering how difficult it was to reach perfection.

The two techniques would conflict inside the body, and as their levels rose, the conflict would grow more and more violent.

Once both techniques reached the minor mastery stage, there was a risk of qi deviation.

At even higher levels, the risk of qi deviation would rise sharply.

The Primordial Art had a special state called the "Primordial State"!

In fact, half of the Primordial Art's incantation explained this "Primordial State."

The so-called "Primordial State" meant embracing all things.

To cultivate the Primordial Art, one first had to comprehend this state of primordial unity, enabling the body to cultivate two different types of techniques at once.

Thanks to the system, he had automatically comprehended the Primordial State as soon as he understood the Primordial Art.

In other words, he could now cultivate two techniques at the same time.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the three men, who were watching him anxiously.

Hu Lianfeng was the first to ask, "How does it feel?"

Zhang Hankuang followed right after him. "Can you cultivate it?"

Qin Tianlong spoke slowly. "Did you memorize it?"

Ye Wudao nodded and looked at Qin Tianlong. "The technique's incantation is very simple. I've memorized it!"

Then he looked at Hu Lianfeng and Zhang Hankuang and said softly, "I think I can cultivate two techniques at the same time now."

"After I comprehended the Primordial Art just now, the key principles of the technique appeared in my mind."

"This technique requires me to comprehend a special state. For now, I'll call it the 'Primordial State.'"

"With this state, two different types of techniques can operate independently inside my body without interfering with each other."

"I think that once I cultivate both techniques to perfection, I'll be able to fuse them."

Hu Lianfeng and Zhang Hankuang listened, completely baffled. They had never heard of a technique that required someone to comprehend a "Primordial State."

But Qin Tianlong, standing beside them, stared at Ye Wudao in shock. After a long while, he finally spoke. "You described it exactly as my father did!"

At those words, Hu Lianfeng and Zhang Hankuang both turned to look at Qin Tianlong.

Qin Tianlong spoke slowly. "My father once studied the Primordial Art. He said it wasn't actually a Martial Path technique, but a Taoist one."

"To cultivate this technique, one had to first comprehend a special state, allowing the body to enter a special form."

"Unfortunately, my father studied it for over thirty years and never figured out how to enter that state. In the end, he died miserable and disappointed."

"Before he died, my father left these words: whoever successfully cultivates the Primordial Art will reach a realm never attained by those who came before, nor surpassed by those who come after."

"This is a fusion of the Tao and martial arts. The person who created the Primordial Art must have practiced Taoism. Somehow, they studied the Martial Path and created this technique."

"My father suspected that the person who created this technique might not have managed to cultivate it successfully themselves."

"I never expected your unique talent to let you truly master this technique!"

Hearing this, Ye Wudao gave a wry smile. "So from the beginning, you never had much hope that I could cultivate the Primordial Art!"

Qin Tianlong shook his head. "It's not that I had no hope. Your talent in the Martial Path is extremely unusual, so I did have some hope."

"It's just that no one has managed to cultivate this technique in all these years, so I couldn't be sure you would succeed."

After speaking, he looked at Zhang Hankuang and said softly, "Little Zhang, teach him the Infinite Art now and let him give it a try."

"I'll take the opportunity to see what's so special about the Primordial Art!"

Zhang Hankuang nodded and said to Ye Wudao, "Wudao, listen carefully!"

"The infinite has no limits. Train the body without end, train strength without limit..."