Heaven-tier cultivation arts

Li Yu's eyes nearly popped out of his head!

These were Primordial Spirit cultivation arts. In the Five Lotus Sect, even a chief-seat Golden Core cultivator like Wen Weilan had no way to obtain a complete copy to study.

Yet now, so many lay before him.

At the very top of the search page was an explanation of Primordial Spirit cultivation arts:

[Only cultivation arts with which three or more cultivators have successfully reached Spirit Transformation may be included in this category.]

If only one person had successfully reached Spirit Transformation, that person might simply have possessed extraordinary talent, or obtained some immortal pill or divine medicine. It would not prove that the cultivation art was responsible. But three successful cases would essentially prove that the art offered a viable path to the Primordial Spirit realm.

After reading this, Li Yu felt that the Galaxy Alliance was very rigorous. Then the first thought that flashed through his mind was: I'm not practicing the Taiyi Scripture anymore!

After all, even though Jiang Taiyi was a heaven-born genius, the highest realm anyone had attained through this art was his Nascent Soul Perfection. Whether it could produce a Primordial Spirit remained unknown.

The tens of thousands of Primordial Spirit cultivation arts before him, however, all had successful examples.

Moreover, the vast majority of cultivation arts on the Galaxy Platform had streamers explaining them, or even demonstrating them directly.

Now, even if all five of the Five Primordial Spirit Cultivation Arts of the Five Lotus Sect were placed before Li Yu, he would turn up his nose at them—unless a Primordial Spirit patriarch personally taught him.

Li Yu continued reading, considering which divine art suited him.

The Galaxy Alliance's Primordial Spirit cultivation arts were further divided into four tiers-heaven, earth, mystic, and yellow-based on a comprehensive assessment of their success rates, power, and various factors affecting further advancement to Mahayana!

The highest, heaven tier, comprised supreme cultivation arts proven capable of leading to Mahayana, or even immortality.

After reading this, Li Yu immediately added a new condition to the search bar: [Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method only].

In an instant, ninety-nine percent of the pages vanished.

Barely containing his excitement, Li Yu clicked on the first Primordial Spirit cultivation art, titled "Ancient Desolate Dao Body."

It ranked first on the search page, which also meant it had the most people discussing and practicing it.

Opening the first page and reading the introductory outline, Li Yu immediately felt dizzy. There was nothing wrong with the art; he simply could not understand it at all, yet kept straining to comprehend it, exhausting too much of his mental energy.

Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method—terrifying indeed!

Li Yu began reflecting on how he had reached too high and too far.

His foundations were weaker than those of even the Galaxy Alliance's elementary school students, yet he had actually dreamed of practicing a Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method.

He also looked through the comments section for the Ancient Desolate Dao Body. Many were questions from people practicing the art, with kindhearted individuals offering answers based on their own insights. The atmosphere was very friendly.

From these comments, Li Yu learned that this was the Galaxy Alliance's foremost body-refining art. Once mastered, it directly granted a Mahayana immortal body, impervious to all arts, with strength so tremendous that a mere lift of the hand or foot could shatter the starry heavens.

Li Yu desperately wanted to practice it, but he had not even mastered the most basic Purple Glow Art. With this Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method, his heart was willing, but his strength fell short.

He should keep his feet on solid ground and advance one step at a time.

Once he thought it through, Li Yu actually felt much calmer. He began browsing the remaining Heaven-Tier Cultivation Methods simply to broaden his horizons.

The second was titled "Thousand Mechanisms Evolution."

This was a method for cultivating the path of formations, and the Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method that tested comprehension the most. At its pinnacle, one could see through past and future and, with a single finger, seal off every chance of an opponent's survival. Those killed by this method could not even reincarnate.

With no intention of trying to comprehend or study it, Li Yu instead managed to read the entire outline.

Thousand Mechanisms Evolution used the path of formations to extrapolate the Heavenly Dao. Its entry requirement was to comprehend the fourth-tier Grand Evolution Formation during Foundation Establishment and forge its core into one's own Dao foundation.

This counted as an alternative form of "immortal path foundation establishment." Only then would mastering Thousand Mechanisms Evolution become possible.

Wasn't the entry threshold for this Heaven-Tier Cultivation Method a little too high?

Li Yu was deeply shocked. After all, the Five Lotus Sect's sect master, a Nascent Soul cultivator, was only a fourth-tier formation master.

Unfortunately, to prevent lower-realm cultivators from setting their sights too high and overestimating their abilities, only the outlines of these Heaven-Tier Cultivation Methods were free to view. Obtaining a complete copy came with different requirements for each.

For example, obtaining the full inheritance of the Ancient Desolate Dao Body required traveling deep into Silver Heart at the very center of the Galaxy Alliance and passing the Primordial Nine Dragons trial.

Thousand Mechanisms Evolution was somewhat simpler. As long as one completed immortal path foundation establishment according to the art's requirements, one could apply to Grand Evolution Academy, one of the Galaxy Alliance's top three universities. Complete the forty-nine formation examinations of "The One That Escaped" under the witness of its teachers, and one could enroll.

After enrollment, there were still 480 million formations to study. Once all had been fully extrapolated and incorporated into the core of one's Dao foundation, Thousand Mechanisms Evolution would count as perfected.

Li Yu could only find this outrageous.

Since he knew the limits of his own comprehension, he did not even look at the comments for Thousand Mechanisms Evolution and clicked straight through to the next heaven-tier cultivation art.

The artifact cultivator's "Boundless Ocean Canon," the thought cultivator's "Stillness and Extinction Heart Scripture," the sword cultivator's "Starry Heavens Sword River"...

Li Yu paid particular attention to Starry Heavens Sword River, because ever since childhood, he had dreamed of becoming a sword cultivator who soared through the azure heavens and roamed freely across the world.

The outline stated: [This is a supreme art of the Starry Sky Dao Sword Sect. Those who establish their foundation with a sword heart may enter without examination.]

The Starry Sky Dao Sword Sect?

Li Yu instantly recalled the first small-time streamer he had followed on the Galaxy Platform. He had never imagined that the girl with the sword hairpin was actually practicing a heaven-tier cultivation art.

No wonder she had leveled a mountaintop a thousand li away with a single sword strike.

Li Yu immediately searched for "sword heart" and discovered that this, too, was an alternative form of immortal path foundation establishment. Those born with sword Dao immortal bones would, during Light Opening, perceive within the cosmic starry sky a sword force most closely attuned to their own essence, qi, and spirit, and use it to forge a sword heart.

After the hundred days of Foundation Establishment, when the sword heart transformed into intent, it became a "heart sword."

In other words, besides comprehension, it also required a particular aptitude.

Knowing that he certainly did not possess sword Dao immortal bones, Li Yu went on to examine the other heaven-tier cultivation arts and discovered one common point: they all required "immortal path foundation establishment." Only such profound foundations offered the potential to reach Mahayana.

Once he understood this, Li Yu immediately felt dejected.

Here in the Eastern Lands, he could not think of any way to achieve immortal path foundation establishment.

Of course, he could try Thousand Mechanisms Evolution. This heaven-tier cultivation art depended only on comprehension, not external resources. But Li Yu had absolutely no confidence in his own comprehension.

Just then, a strand of rosy light shone through the window, reminding Li Yu that the sun had risen.

Li Yu

sighed. As he prepared to head outside and practice the Purple Glow Art, something suddenly occurred to him, and he entered "Taiyi" into the tablet's search bar.

Relevant content soon appeared on the page.

The top result was titled "Taiyi True Explanation."

Just as Li Yu clicked on it, a prompt popped up on the tablet: [Open local file?]