After an unknown length of time, Ding Songyan's spiritual awareness slowly withdrew from heaven and earth.
His understanding of "Establishing the Six Harmonies" had deepened.
Before the new year, after extracting the "Lesser Limitless Method" from the "Great Change Has the Dao Diagram," Ding Songyan had gone on to extract the traits of "Establishing the Six Harmonies, Dividing the Four Seasons" and "Return All Things to One."
He had decided to name his foundational cultivation art the "Hundun Scripture." At present, it comprised the "Nine Primal Arts," the "Positive and Reverse Circulation Chapter," the "Great Change Has the Dao Diagram," and a chapter that, for now, contained aperture creation methods for only fifty-six unusual apertures.
The "Hundun Scripture" had also given rise to three cultivation arts: the "Lesser Limitless Method," corresponding to "Deriving Dao and De"; the "Cosmic Union Chapter," developed from "Establishing the Six Harmonies, Dividing the Four Seasons"; and the "Book of Returning to Silence," rooted in "Return All Things to One." For now, all three extended only as far as the aperture refinement stage of the mortal realm.
"Demon-Subduing and Evil-Repelling" could not be extracted. Whether one practiced the "Lesser Limitless Method," the "Cosmic Union Chapter," or the "Book of Returning to Silence," similar effects would arise. Of these, the "Book of Returning to Silence" had the strongest "Demon-Subduing and Evil-Repelling" power, followed by the "Lesser Limitless Method," while the "Cosmic Union Chapter" was barely better than nothing.
Besides Zheng Zhuxi, Ding Songyan had also had Xu Chang'an start practicing the "Lesser Limitless Method." It only meant squeezing out an extra hour or two each day and did not interfere with his cultivation of the "Blameless Profound Art."
The "Cosmic Union Chapter" lacked the "Deriving Dao and De" trait and was difficult to reconcile with other martial