Successive Epiphanies (Seeking Recommendations and Favorites)

Successive Epiphanies (Seeking Recommendations and Favorites)

In the valley, the power of heaven and earth around Ye Yun gathered along with the movements of his fists. Gradually, a cloud of dust rose within the valley.

In Ye Yun's mind, his understanding of the Heaven-and-Earth Grand Momentum became increasingly clear. Yet there was always a hurdle between him and the Entry-Level Fist Force Realm that he could not cross. As time passed, Ye Yun gradually withdrew from his state of enlightenment.

"Just now, as I practiced the Layered Waves Fist, I seemed to enter a wondrous realm. It was as if I were in the middle of an ocean, my body moving with the rhythm of the waves. Could it be that I had fallen into the legendary state of enlightenment?" Ye Yun carefully recalled the scene from before.

"I never expected that today, not only would I gain clarity on how I should walk my martial path in the future, but I would also unexpectedly enter enlightenment and comprehend the Half-Step Fist Force Realm." Ye Yun sighed.

This was because, while comprehending Fist Force earlier, there had always been a hurdle between him and the Entry-Level Fist Force Realm that he had failed to overcome. Thus, he could only be considered to have reached the Half-Step Fist Force Realm.

The Half-Step Fist Force Realm allowed one to mobilize the power of heaven and earth within five meters of one's body.

The Fist Force Realm was also divided into four stages: entry-level, minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, and perfection. Upon first entering the Fist Force Realm, one could mobilize the power of heaven and earth within fifty meters. At minor accomplishment, one could mobilize it within five hundred meters; at major accomplishment, within a radius of one kilometer. Upon reaching Fist Force perfection, one could mobilize the power of heaven and earth within a radius of five kilometers.

During the following days of cultivation, aside from his daily essential true qi cultivation and martial arts practice, Ye Yun would go deep beneath the Cold Spring to observe the fusion of water and fire created by the collision between the Frost-Ice Soul's power and the Earthcore Flame.

Every time he observed this wondrous spectacle of heaven and earth, Ye Yun's understanding of the momentum of heaven and earth deepened further. It was of great help to his comprehension of Fist Force.

Autumn's coolness always slipped away before one noticed, while winter's bone-piercing cold winds arrived right on schedule.

A month passed like this amid Ye Yun's daily arduous cultivation. During this time, although he had not broken through to the Entry-Level Fist Force Realm, he had successfully raised all the martial arts he had learned by a minor stage. Naturally, the Selfless Realm was an exception.

At night, Ye Yun sat cross-legged atop the Iceheart Lotus Platform in the cultivation room.

After a month of continuous cultivation, his Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer cultivation had been thoroughly stabilized. It was time to take the Human Origin Pill.

After adjusting his condition, Ye Yun took the Human Origin Pill from his Storage Bag and swallowed it. Once it entered his stomach, it transformed into a vast surge of medicinal power. He immediately circulated the Ice Profound Force, controlling that medicinal power as it charged toward the eleventh meridian within his body.

Over the past month, Ye Yun had already opened nearly half of the eleventh meridian. Now, under the impact of the immense medicinal power transformed from the Human Origin Pill, the remaining impurities blocking the meridian began to totter.

After repeated assaults that consumed one-third of the Human Origin Pill's medicinal power, the eleventh meridian was finally opened.

Yet his cultivation had not ended. Under Ye Yun's control, the remaining medicinal power launched an assault on the twelfth meridian.

The medicinal power battered the Impurity Barrier like a swelling river crashing against a dam. From being utterly unmoved at first, the Impurity Barrier gradually began to loosen beneath the relentless impacts.

Time passed, and the Human Origin Pill's medicinal power continued to be consumed. Ye Yun launched assault after assault against the Impurity Barrier. In the end, the barrier could no longer withstand the medicinal power's barrage and cracked open with a small fissure.

A thousand-mile dike collapsed from an ant hole. The appearance of that tiny fissure exposed a flaw in the Impurity Barrier. Ye Yun seized the opportunity and launched a fierce assault, shattering the barrier to pieces. He successfully broke through to the Seventh Level of the Qi Refining Realm.

At the instant of his breakthrough, a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth surged into Ye Yun's body. Washed by that spiritual energy, both his cultivation and body grew stronger.

After more than ten minutes, the breakthrough gradually came to an end, and the fluctuations of spiritual energy from heaven and earth slowly calmed.

Only after stabilizing the true qi within his body did Ye Yun slowly exit his cultivation state. Sensing the strengthened true qi and body within himself, the corners of his lips lifted slightly.

With every breakthrough, Ye Yun's body had been tempered by the washing of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. In terms of raw strength alone, he had reached more than sixty thousand jin. With strength alone, he could rival martial artists at the first or second layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

At some point, snow had begun falling from the sky outside the window.

After tidying himself up, Ye Yun went outside and watched countless snowflakes drift down from the sky, draping the earth in a layer of silver.

"What a pity. I can no longer enjoy this snowy view with Grandfather." Looking at the beautiful scene, Ye Yun could not help but feel a measure of longing for his grandfather.

The sorrowful mood left Ye Yun somewhat downcast. With a movement of his feet, his figure flickered, and he arrived in the valley.

Ye Yun stood in the valley, then began to move, slowly unfolding the Layered Waves Fist. He punched to his heart's content, as if trying to vent the suppressed emotions in his heart.

The Layered Waves Fist flowed through Ye Yun's hands like drifting clouds and running water. At times fast, at times slow, the fist technique seemed slow but was actually fast, seemed fast but was actually slow. In his hands, the entire set of Layered Waves Fist seemed to come alive.

In the valley, the snowflakes falling from the sky were stirred by Ye Yun's fist wind, moving with each sweep of his fists. At that moment, the snowflakes seemed to dance in the air.

Ye Yun cast aside all distracting thoughts and practiced the fist technique again and again. His entire being entered an ethereal realm. The insights he had gained from his other martial arts continuously surfaced in his mind, then unknowingly merged into his fist technique.

Gradually, the fist technique in Ye Yun's hands changed, slowly evolving from the Layered Waves Fist into another kind of fist technique.

This nameless fist technique unfolded move by move through Ye Yun's hands. As he performed it, its momentum grew increasingly grand, transforming from the ocean-wave-like force of the Layered Waves Fist into a tsunami that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

His fist force struck the air, producing explosive cracks. Listening closely, one would discover that the fist force came in wave after wave, causing nine explosive bursts.

As Ye Yun's fist technique danced, the sounds gradually grew from soft to loud. At their loudest, they resembled thunder exploding. Yet afterward, the sounds shrank from loud to soft, becoming dull thuds, until finally there was no sound at all.

After a long while, Ye Yun slowly withdrew his fists and stood still, exhaling a breath of turbid air. The heat met the freezing air and immediately turned into white mist.

"I only wanted to practice my fist technique and vent these sorrowful emotions. I never expected such an unexpected harvest." Ye Yun's eyes brimmed with delight.

While practicing his fists, he had unexpectedly entered enlightenment once more. During that enlightenment, he fused his insights from other martial arts into the Layered Waves Fist, elevating it into another set of fist techniques. When performed, this fist technique carried the momentum of a tsunami, and its fist force came in nine full layers. With one punch, all nine layers of fist force poured forth, making it immensely powerful.

Ye Yun named this fist technique "Ninefold Waves." With this fist technique, there were not many martial artists of the same level who could take one of his punches.

What puzzled Ye Yun, however, was that he had entered enlightenment only a month ago. How had he entered enlightenment again today?

Didn't the sect's records say that some people could go their entire lives without entering enlightenment even once? Why had it become so easy for him?

(End of Chapter)