A year had passed since his battle with Evil Star, and Ye Chen had finally more or less integrated Power Profoundity into Chaos Style.
During his battle with Evil Star, Chaos Style had only incorporated half of the Power Profoundity.
Next, Ye Chen attempted to merge Phantom Sword Style with Power Profoundity.
Phantom Sword Style differed somewhat from his other sword moves. This move placed rather high demands on Mind Force; only with powerful Mind Force could the sword speed of Phantom Sword Style surpass the heavenly law. Later, it had incorporated the essence of Illusion Essence, causing enemies to hallucinate with a single strike. Thus, Ye Chen guessed that merging it with Power Profoundity would not go very smoothly. After all, illusions and power did not quite belong together.
Sure enough, after a full two years, Phantom Sword Style had only fused with roughly one-third of the Power Profoundity before stagnating. The later it went, the greater the resistance to merging the two became, as though an invisible hand were obstructing the fusion.
"I should merge Burial Sword Style first!"
After persisting for another three months, Ye Chen gave up helplessly.
The process of merging Burial Sword Style went much more smoothly. During the first two years, its fusion speed was even slower than Phantom Sword Style's, but at least it had never stopped progressing.
After seven years, Burial Sword Style successfully fused with Power Profoundity.
Normally, aside from merging sword arts, Ye Chen often took Sky Splitter out hunting. Sky Splitter was now a peak Super Beast.
Ye Chen discovered that for a beast to advance, devouring beasts of the same rank was useless—or rather, of very little use. It had to devour beasts stronger than itself. Sky Splitter had devoured a total of nine peak Super Beasts