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Ning Yue did not hesitate long over which talent to retain and chose [Martial Dao Myth (Gold)].

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the talent: Martial Dao Myth. Loading cheat...]

[Cheat loaded.]

[Current cheats: Martial Dao Myth (Gold), (Empty), (Empty)]

Ning Yue opened the panel and saw that, sure enough, a cheat slot had been added.

He did not check his status panel right away. He still had a reward to choose.

He had some difficulty deciding.

Everyone had seen how the Heaven-Breaking Scripture had performed in the Myriad Heavens simulation. It was a cultivation technique capable of transcending a world; cultivated to its end, it allowed one to manipulate space and comprehend time.

Even if it was only the space and time of a small world, its power could not be denied.

In the end, Ning Yue of the Myriad Heavens world had even ascended thanks to the technique.

It might have been a notch stronger than the Bitter Bamboo Scripture.

The second option was an ancient secret-realm grotto-heaven, though he did not know what was inside.

Even so, a secret-realm grotto-heaven alone was extraordinary. If Ning Yue chose it, he would essentially have a mobile warehouse where he could grow all kinds of spiritual treasures of heaven and earth.

If it also contained an ancient inheritance, his gains would be even greater with the help of the Myriad Heavens Simulator.

Ning Yue did not consider the third option.

As a martial arts protective formation, its power went without saying. It was unquestionably supreme-grade or god-grade.

But...

It was unsuitable for a low-rank martial artist like Ning Yue and better suited to a major power, such as for protecting the entire human race.

Besides, it would do nothing to advance his martial arts realm.

In that case...

"Option one."

Ning Yue made his decision without hesitation.

Faced with a grotto-heaven full of uncertainties, Ning Yue chose the martial arts cultivation technique after all.

Before killing the vicious beasts, Ning Yue might have chosen the grotto-heaven, developed slowly, lain low while building up his strength, and created the strongest rear base until he became the strongest.

After experiencing the vicious beast riot, he realized that no future mattered more than the present.

During that riot, martial artists could fight back and even kill the vicious beasts.

Ordinary people could only pray.

Now, he only wanted to become stronger and stronger. Only then would he be more secure.

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Boundary-Breaking Realm cultivation technique, Heaven-Breaking Scripture.]

[The cultivation technique has been detected as incompatible with the current world. Adjusting automatically...]

[Adjustment complete. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the demigod-grade cultivation technique, Heaven-Breaking Scripture.]

[Transmitting cultivation technique...]

"Why is it only demigod-grade?"

Ning Yue frowned. This was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

Just then, a message came from the Myriad Heavens Simulator.

Only then did he understand that worlds were divided into small worlds, lesser chiliocosms, middle chiliocosms, greater chiliocosms...

Different grades of worlds had different limits on how powerful an expert they could accommodate.

And the Primordial World in the simulation was only a half-step lesser chiliocosm, between a lesser chiliocosm and a small world. The highest realm it could withstand was only god-grade.

As for why his simulated self had already reached god-grade while the cultivation technique was still demigod-grade,

it was because his simulated self had broken through the world's boundary and ascended before he had time to perfect the technique.

Thus, the Heaven-Breaking Scripture he left behind was only a demigod-grade cultivation technique.

Suddenly, a memory was transmitted into Ning Yue's mind.

Only then did he discover how truly powerful the Heaven-Breaking Scripture was. Its cultivation method was much like the Bitter Bamboo Scripture's, but its greatest strength lay in its way of combat.

It covered every aspect of combat, with cultivation methods for defense, movement, attack, the soul, and more.

If cultivated to perfection, one would be an all-around war god.

All the techniques that had appeared in the simulated world were recorded in the Heaven-Breaking Scripture.

Isn't this the same as choosing both one and three? Ning Yue rejoiced.

Open panel, Ning Yue thought.

Character: Ning Yue

Physique: Indestructible Vajra Physique (Spiritual), Eye of Heaven Observation (First Rank, trait: detection)

Realm: Martial Arts First Rank (Early Stage)

Cultivation techniques: Bitter Bamboo Scripture (God-grade), Heaven-Breaking Scripture (Demigod-grade)

Martial techniques: Ninefold Thunder Saber (First Layer), Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique, Eighteen Hammers of Hating Heaven for Having No Handle and Hating Earth for Having No Ring, Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Force, Fist of Origin

Special: Three Threes Without End, Six Sixes Without Limit, Nine Nines Return to the True Protective Grand Formation

Cheats: Martial Dao Myth (Gold), None, None

Inventory: Shadow Cat crystal core (First Rank)

Simulation attempts: 0

The panel's attributes had changed considerably. Even though his Basic Body Tempering Formula had reached perfection, it had vanished. The panel had clearly looked down on it.

Qi and blood points were no longer displayed either; his martial arts realm was shown instead.

A martial techniques field had been added, and the Ninefold Thunder Saber had been classified as a martial technique.

Looking at his empty inventory,

he decided to buy some equipment for an added sense of security.

Although, with the Indestructible Vajra Physique (Spiritual) bolstering his body, ordinary weapons could not break it, he still could not withstand the sharp edge of an alloy weapon.

Not now, though, but before the college entrance examination.

Going by the pattern of previous college entrance examinations, the exam always took place outside the city, where there was a chance of death.

Taking advantage of the special circumstances at the end of the simulation, Ning Yue seized that fleeting moment of inspiration.

He cultivated the Heaven-Breaking Scripture.

An hour later, Ning Yue drew in the vigorous spiritual energy within his body.

"Sure enough, every cultivation technique has its own unique properties. The Bitter Bamboo Scripture's attribute is wood, while the Heaven-Breaking Scripture's is destruction," Ning Yue said in admiration.

In just that one hour of cultivation, he had already opened his second heavenly meridian.

Martial Arts First Rank was divided into nine layers, and one had to open nine heavenly meridians to break through to Martial Arts Second Rank.

At Martial Arts Second Rank, one had to open thirty-six heavenly meridians to achieve minor completion before breaking through to Martial Arts Third Rank.

At Martial Arts Third Rank, one had to open 108 heavenly meridians to achieve a complete grand cycle.

The first three martial arts ranks focused on opening heavenly meridians, and each breakthrough to a new realm produced a corresponding divine ability.

The sheer gulf between each rank was clear from the number of heavenly meridians alone.

And those were only the first three ranks. The gaps between the later realms were even greater, hence the saying that each rank was a world apart.

If Ning Yue had not waited until his qi and blood value reached one thousand before breaking through to the First-Rank Realm, directly gaining chaos-colored heavenly meridians and base attributes a thousand times greater than others', he would not have been able to fight across realms either.

If only cultivation techniques could be fused, Ning Yue thought, somewhat unsatisfied.

That was the direction he would take in the future.

He would forge a hundred martial arts in a single furnace and prove his path as the strongest god-grade martial artist.

"Ning Yue, if you don't have anything to do these next few days, don't go out."

At the dinner table, his father, Ning Baichuan, spoke with a serious expression.

"What's wrong?"

Ning Yue asked in confusion. His parents had never asked this of him before. Had something happened?