After eating, Cao Jinxing took Fourteen back to his courtyard in Ming Shi Ward. As always, a bundle of sixth-rank spiritual materials lay outside the main room.
Fourteen hopped down with practiced ease, grew to the size of a snow leopard, and sat on the ground with the bundle in its mouth, waiting for him to open the door.
Cao Jinxing rubbed its big head and pushed the door open.
Night had only just fallen. It was still early for bed.
Cao Jinxing lit an oil lamp and sat cross-legged on the bed, tempering his Primordial Chaos True Qi.
Xuan Yuan Fourteen shrank down, lay on Cao Jinxing's lap, and closed its eyes to rest.
His newly created internal art combined the Cold Toad Art, the Absorbing Power Great Method, and the Six Army Mirror.
Besides possessing the properties of eight utterly pure forms of qi, it could devour and accommodate all foreign true qi. It also retained the Hidden Origin Art's ability to conceal his aura, shielding him from Heavenly Calculation.
Cao Jinxing silently circulated his Primordial Chaos True Qi through his eight extraordinary meridians. After just one circuit, his entire body felt refreshed.
As expected of a cultivation method I created myself. Everything the Cold Toad Art has, the Primordial Chaos Art has too. It's surpassed its predecessor, in a way. But... I have the Great Void Finger. Old Song should also have an ice-control secret art that perfectly complements the Cold Toad Art...
Cao Jinxing was pleased, but also a little resigned. This was the limit of the fourth rank.
Even if he reached its pinnacle, he would struggle to break free of that framework and achieve a qualitative transformation.
Below that pinnacle, the other fourth-rank arts were not far behind. He could not underestimate the world's