Three-Part Return-to-Origin

Xiong Ba eyed Li Chenfeng with suspicion in his hawkish gaze.

Li Chenfeng did not care what Xiong Ba was thinking. From what he knew, a tyrant like Xiong Ba valued his life above all else. Especially now, when the World Society was on the verge of unifying the realm—if he died now, everything would come to nothing.

Li Chenfeng had carefully considered whether to take Xiong Ba's life. If Xiong Ba died at the hands of Sword Worship Villa now, Sword Worship Villa would certainly become famous throughout the realm in a short time, but the drawbacks would be no less significant.

After all, Sword Worship Villa had been in decline for over a century. The forces it commanded were far inferior to those of the World Society and Unparalleled City.

Although Li Chenfeng had been secretly cultivating his own forces over the years, time was limited, and there were only a few truly capable talents among them.

Moreover, Sword Demon was now dead, leaving him without a peerless expert at his command. This was no small blow to Sword Worship Villa's strength.

That was also why Li Chenfeng had delayed taking action against Sword Demon for so long.

However, Li Chenfeng was not overly concerned about this. He was confident that within two years, he could reach the Xiantian Peak Realm and become a true peerless expert. By then, he would fear no force in the martial world!

But that would take time. During this period, the calmer the martial world remained, the more advantageous it would be for him.

If Xiong Ba died, the World Society would inevitably descend into chaos. Though Xiong Ba's three disciples were all exceptional men, none had fully matured yet. They simply could not support the enormous behemoth that was the World Society. When that happened, the Central Plains martial world would once again fall into turmoil.

At this thought, a cold glint flashed in Li Chenfeng's eyes. He struck like lightning, his fingers shooting toward the major acupoints across Xiong Ba's body.

Yet just as Li Chenfeng's sword fingers were about to touch Xiong Ba, Xiong Ba also extended his right hand and jabbed a finger at him.

"Hmph, I was prepared for that!"

With a cold snort, Li Chenfeng shifted his feet. His body twisted at a bizarre angle, evading Xiong Ba's finger while opening the distance between them to prevent this man from launching a final counterattack before death.

But Li Chenfeng had clearly worried too much. That finger strike had already gathered all of Xiong Ba's remaining strength. He had originally intended to ambush Li Chenfeng while he was off guard, but Li Chenfeng had struck first, forcing him into a hasty counterattack that ultimately achieved nothing.

Seeing that Xiong Ba had lost all ability to fight, Li Chenfeng instantly stepped forward. His right sword fingers used the Meridian-Severing Sword Qi technique to seal every major acupoint across Xiong Ba's body, causing him to collapse completely to the ground.

The Meridian-Severing Sword Qi did not merely seal his acupoints; it also damaged his meridians within his body. Even if Li Chenfeng did not kill him, Xiong Ba could forget about using his true qi anytime soon.

"You have no choice. Trading your divine skill for your life is a fair bargain, isn't it?" Li Chenfeng asked Xiong Ba again.

Feeling the condition of his body, Xiong Ba's heart sank completely. He had truly become meat on the chopping block!

"Xiong Ba, have you made up your mind?" Seeing Xiong Ba remain silent, Li Chenfeng spoke again, somewhat impatiently.

Though he had become someone else's captive, Xiong Ba's eyes still revealed an absolute arrogance and dominance.

Looking at Li Chenfeng's somewhat youthful face, his heart found it difficult to remain calm.

"Is there truly such a genius in this world?"

From Li Chenfeng's earlier attack, Xiong Ba had sensed a powerful, vast, and razor-sharp Sword Qi. It was scarcely weaker than Sword Demon's, leaving Xiong Ba deeply shocked.

Sword Demon was a peerless expert who had been famous for decades. The Sword Qi within his body had accumulated, been tempered, and refined over several decades, so reaching such a level was hardly strange. Yet according to what Xiong Ba knew, this young master of Sword Worship Villa was at most around the same age as his second disciple, Bu Jingyun. Not only had he already become one of the rare Xiantian Realm experts in the martial world, but his accumulation of true qi could even rival that of the older generation's masters. That was not something mere hard training could achieve!

"This boy will surely become a great threat to my unification of the realm in the future!"

Even so, boundless ambition rose in Xiong Ba's heart in an instant. So what if you possess the bearing of a peerless genius?

I, Xiong Ba, am a true dragon of the nine heavens. Wind and Cloud have already gathered, and the day the dragon soars through the heavens is right before me. Even if the dragon wanders the shallows today, a dragon remains a dragon. Once it rises with the wind, it will surely stir the winds and thunder of the nine heavens!

"Fine. What harm is there in giving you the Three Absolutes Divine Skill and Three-Part Return-to-Origin Qi?" Though severely wounded, Xiong Ba still stared brightly at Li Chenfeng and declared in a resonant voice.

Seeing the kingly aura return to Xiong Ba's body, Li Chenfeng could not help but feel killing intent rise within him once more.

For someone like Xiong Ba, no setback, no matter how great, could easily crush his fighting spirit.

He let out a long breath...

Li Chenfeng finally suppressed the killing intent in his heart. He had lived three lives and had the mysterious Myriad Worlds Gate to rely on. Could he truly fear a mere Xiong Ba?

If you aspire to rule as king and hegemon, then I will hold the realm in my palm with a flip of my hand!

The Three Absolutes Divine Skill: fist—the Frost Fist; palm—the Cloud-Purging Palm; leg—the Wind God Leg!

Three-Part Return-to-Origin Qi. The so-called "three parts" referred to the enduring force of the Wind God Leg, the fierce power of the Cloud-Purging Palm, and the cold inner strength of the Frost Fist. "Return-to-Origin" meant merging these three distinct inner forces into one, forming an incomparably fierce Three-Part Return-to-Origin Qi.

When this divine skill was used together with Xiong Ba's self-created Three-Part Divine Finger, it possessed the power to shake heaven and make ghosts weep. But its most formidable aspect was that if the Three-Part Return-to-Origin Qi could be fully merged into one, the true qi within one's body would become inexhaustible, and one's force would flow without end!

Having prepared beforehand, Li Chenfeng took out a piece of white silk and had Xiong Ba write down all the moves and mental formulas of the Three Absolutes Divine Skill.

Given Xiong Ba's character, he would never carry such things on his person.

"Xiong Ba, I hope you recognize the situation. I do not want the Three Absolutes Divine Skill I receive to be incomplete. Do not secretly hold something back, like you did when teaching your disciples. Catching Wind and Shadow, Stalwart Grass in the Wind, Furious Storm, Thunderous and Swift, Wind Sweeping the Ruined Tower, Divine Wind's Furious Howl—these six forms of the Wind God Leg are something I have long heard of!"

Xiong Ba's writing hand paused slightly, and his gaze at Li Chenfeng became even sharper.

Yet Li Chenfeng merely smiled faintly, his face inscrutable, as though he understood everything perfectly.

After staring for a long while, Xiong Ba nodded slightly and said calmly, "Since I agreed to give you the Three Absolutes Divine Skill, I naturally will not hide anything. I, Xiong Ba, still possess that much credibility!"

Li Chenfeng sneered inwardly. If his words had not just frightened you, there was no way you, Xiong Ba, would have given me the correct Cultivation Method!

Watching Xiong Ba finish writing out the Three Absolutes Divine Skill, Li Chenfeng nodded slightly. Although he did not yet know whether these techniques and mental formulas were correct, Xiong Ba had at least written down all ten forms of the Frost Fist, all twelve forms of the Cloud-Purging Palm, and all six forms of the Wind God Leg. As for their authenticity, Li Chenfeng would naturally verify it himself!