Self-Improvement Leads to Cultivation Method Improvement! Incomplete Cultivation Methods Limit Efficiency!

Seeing that Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng had both been drained, Qin Tianlong stood up as well.

He walked over to Ye Wudao's side and said softly, "You are truly the strangest freak I have ever met in my life."

"If the people from the Demon Slayer Guard knew you practiced cultivation methods and martial arts like this, they would surely drag you off to be dissected!"

"In truth, martial arts have always been about quality over quantity."

"Because a person's energy is limited; having to cultivate internal arts while also learning martial techniques is already pushing one to the limit."

"Furthermore, the strength of a martial art is tied to its mastery level. No matter how many you practice, if you cannot raise your proficiency, it is all for nothing."

"However, none of this is a problem for you at all."

"Your cultivation methods and martial arts can both cultivate automatically. To me, this sounds like a fantasy, yet it is happening right before my eyes."

"Since that is the case, I will hold nothing back. I will teach you every martial art I know."

"However, you must integrate and master them yourself."

Having said this, he paused, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Telling you to integrate and master them seems a bit redundant."

"Given your situation, where you can bring every martial art to the Realm of Perfection, you should understand integration better than an old man like me."

Ye Wudao smiled but did not speak.

Qin Tianlong had spoken the absolute truth; all of his cultivation methods and martial arts could automatically reach the Realm of Perfection.

Every time a martial art leveled up, the corresponding insights would appear in his mind, just as if he had practiced them countless times himself.

It was etched into his brain; there was no need for comprehension, as if he were born knowing them.

Qin Tianlong picked up a wooden stick from the side and said to Ye Wudao, "My primary focus is spear techniques, and it is a Xiantian-level spear technique at that."

"This spear technique is called the 'Overlord Spear,' a peerless art left behind by the Chu Overlord several thousand years ago."

"The 'Overlord Spear' emphasizes dominance, an indomitable spirit, and overwhelming force."

"You are currently only in the Body Tempering stage and cannot unleash the full power of this technique. The moment you ascend to the Xiantian Realm and use Xiantian True Qi to drive the spear, that will be the peak of this art."

"Watch closely!"

As his voice fell, the wooden stick in Qin Tianlong's hand suddenly thrust forward.

Ye Wudao's expression changed instantly; he could feel that the wooden stick in Qin Tianlong's hand had transformed into a real spear at that moment.

This was because Qin Tianlong had practiced spear techniques for years, reaching the realm of unity between man and spear.

Ye Wudao watched with great focus. The Overlord Spear was indeed formidable; every movement was filled with dominant power.

This spear technique had no retreat, only advancement. Every move was directed forward; not a single step was taken backward.

It truly lived up to the name of the Chu Overlord!

As the system recorded the Overlord Spear, Ye Wudao sighed inwardly: It is worthy of being a Xiantian-level martial art; just to reach the entry level requires 100,000 proficiency points.

Body Tempering martial arts require 1,000 proficiency points to enter, while Houtian Realm martial arts require 10,000.

After reaching the entry level, regardless of the grade of the martial art, the proficiency required to continue upgrading increases tenfold each time.

After teaching the Overlord Spear, Qin Tianlong continued to teach him several more martial arts.

Chain Cannon Fist, Tiger Subduing Fist, Air Splitting Palm, Vajra Palm, Horse Slashing Blade Technique, Six Harmonies Spear, Thousand Catty Drop, and Lost Trace Steps.

There were eight martial arts in total, all of them Houtian-level.

Qin Tianlong was indeed a powerhouse of the Xiantian Realm; he had mastered far more martial arts than Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng.

According to Qin Tianlong, he actually knew some of the martial arts that Zhang Hankuang and Hu Lianfeng had taught him as well.

Looking at the dense list of martial arts on his system panel, the corners of his mouth curled into a grin.

In the martial arts section, there were now twenty-one techniques in total.

Moreover, he had already stimulated all of them once, putting them into an automatic cultivation state, and these two stimulations had brought a cultivation efficiency increase of +20/minute.

He had calculated it carefully: taking a Houtian martial art as an example, it would take about seven hours to go from uninitiated to entry level, and about thirty-five hours to go from entry level to minor success.

To go from minor success to major success would take about two hundred hours.

To go from major success to the Realm of Perfection would take about a month.

During this period, if he could successfully stimulate or motivate them to increase cultivation efficiency, the speed could be even faster.

In other words, it would take about a month and a half for a Houtian martial art to go from uninitiated to the Realm of Perfection.

Body Tempering martial arts required only one-tenth the proficiency of Houtian arts, meaning they could reach perfection in about five days.

For Xiantian martial arts, the required proficiency was ten times that of Houtian arts, taking about ten months to reach perfection.

While Xiantian martial arts seemed difficult to cultivate, they were not actually hard at all.

According to Qin Tianlong, he had practiced the Overlord Spear for half his life and had only reached major success; he was still some distance away from the Realm of Perfection.

As for the cultivation methods, it was simpler. The two methods he was currently practicing were both for the Body Tempering stage, and each only required 1,000 proficiency points to reach the entry level.

This meant that even to reach the Realm of Perfection, it would only require 1.1 million proficiency points.

Cultivating both methods to perfection would actually only take about five days.

As long as both cultivation arts were practiced to the Realm of Perfection, they would grant him 200,000 realm experience points.

Two hundred thousand realm experience points were enough for him to advance to the Houtian Realm.

To achieve the Houtian Realm in five days—if this cultivation speed were made public, it would likely shock the entire martial arts world.

That evening, the three masters headed to the Rift World, leaving Ye Wudao alone in Cell No. 1.

With nothing better to do, Ye Wudao began to practice his fist techniques.

He started with the Eight Extremes Fist.

After finishing one set, Ye Wudao froze.

A notification he had never seen before appeared on his system panel.

[Host is practicing Eight Extremes Fist. Eight Extremes Fist is motivated; cultivation proficiency +80/minute.]

He had not expected that simply practicing the Eight Extremes Fist would double its cultivation speed.

Seeing this system prompt, he continued to practice the Eight Extremes Fist.

He went through the Eight Extremes Fist again, but no prompt appeared.

He practiced it over and over until the tenth time, when the system prompt appeared once more.

[Host is practicing Eight Extremes Fist diligently. Eight Extremes Fist is motivated; cultivation proficiency +160/minute.]

"So, it's not just verbal stimulation that can increase the efficiency of arts and techniques. My own active practice can also stimulate them and boost efficiency!"

Ye Wudao muttered to himself while looking at the system prompt.

He then continued to practice the Eight Extremes Fist, wanting to see exactly how many times it could be motivated.

He practiced the Eight Extremes Fist ten more times, but no system prompt appeared.

He didn't mind; he had nothing else to do and plenty of time.

At the hundredth time, the system prompt appeared again.

[Host is practicing Eight Extremes Fist with great effort. Eight Extremes Fist is encouraged; cultivation proficiency +320/minute.]

Ye Wudao let out a long breath.

As he had suspected, the art would be motivated whenever his practice count increased tenfold.

Furthermore, this method of leading by example would not cause the art to fall into a state of deviation.

In other words, this was the correct way to use the Martial Dao Self-Improvement System.

The art's self-improvement could make him stronger, while his own efforts could push the art to become even stronger.

At this moment, he seemed to understand the true meaning of the "Martial Dao Self-Improvement System."

He pursed his lips and whispered, "Eight Extremes Fist, is this your limit?"

He wanted to test whether verbal stimulation would still work after the art had been stimulated multiple times.

[Your martial technique Eight Extremes Fist expresses disdain for your words; cultivation speed increases significantly, cultivation proficiency +640/minute.]

Ye Wudao's mouth twitched slightly as he saw this system prompt.

This meant that whether through verbal stimulation or leading by example, there was no upper limit to how many times an art could be stimulated.

As long as he maintained the right rhythm, his cultivation efficiency could increase infinitely!

Just as he was pondering this, another system message appeared.

[Your martial technique Eight Extremes Fist has reached Great Success and is in a wonderful mood; cultivation proficiency +1280/minute.]

1,280 points of cultivation proficiency per minute!

Ye Wudao was completely stunned!

At this rate, it would only take him thirteen hours to cultivate his Eight Extremes Fist to the Realm of Perfection.

All his previous calculations regarding cultivation speed had been overturned.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to sit on his bed and practice the Northern Dark Divine Art according to its guidelines.

This was his first time practicing the Northern Dark Divine Art himself; previously, the art had always operated automatically.

After the art completed one cycle, the system prompt appeared as expected.

[Host is practicing Northern Dark Divine Art. Northern Dark Divine Art is inspired; accelerating cultivation!]

[Art is incomplete; unable to further increase cultivation efficiency. Please complete the art.]

Ye Wudao was taken aback when he saw this prompt.

The art is incomplete?

What did that mean?

Could it be that the Northern Dark Divine Art taught to him by Hu Lianfeng was a watered-down version?

With this thought, he attempted to practice the Infinite Art!

After practicing one cycle, the system prompt appeared.

[Host is diligently practicing Infinite Art, Infinite Art feels encouraged, technique proficiency +80/minute, realm experience +8/minute!]

After circulating his energy for another ten cycles, the system prompt appeared once more.

[Host is diligently practicing Infinite Art, Infinite Art feels motivated, technique proficiency +160/minute, realm experience +16/minute!]

He looked at the newly appeared system prompt, his brows furrowing slightly.

Why was the self-strengthening effect ineffective on the Northern Dark Divine Art but effective on the Infinite Art?

Could it be that Hu Lianfeng was truly holding something back?

Suddenly, he noticed that the cultivation efficiency for both the Northern Dark Divine Art and the Infinite Art was now 160/minute.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind, and he began to continue practicing the Infinite Art!

[Host is practicing Infinite Art, Infinite Art feels inspired, accelerating cultivation!]

[Technique is incomplete, unable to further increase cultivation efficiency, please perfect the technique.]

When one hundred cycles were completed, Ye Wudao saw the system prompt and finally understood everything.

It wasn't that Hu Lianfeng had held something back, but rather that both of these techniques had a cultivation efficiency cap of 160/minute.

He recalled what Hu Lianfeng and Zhang Hankuang had told him when they taught him the techniques: the Northern Dark Divine Art could be cultivated to the entry level of the Grandmaster Realm, while the Infinite Art could be cultivated to the great completion of the Grandmaster Realm.

He then remembered what Qin Tianlong had told him—that no one in the current martial arts world could break through the Grandmaster Realm precisely because of the limitations of the techniques.

In other words, the techniques currently circulating in the martial arts world were actually incomplete, which was why they could only be cultivated up to the Grandmaster Realm.

However, why would such a situation occur?

Weren't these techniques all ancient martial arts passed down from antiquity?

If the techniques were incomplete, how could they still be practiced?

He pondered for a while, but failing to understand why such a thing as incomplete techniques would exist, he simply stopped thinking about it.

Perhaps once he reached the Grandmaster Realm, he would be able to figure it out.

Subsequently, he began to practice martial arts techniques directly.

As it stood, the martial arts techniques appeared to be complete, and their cultivation efficiency could be increased without any apparent limits.