Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Although it was still the Five Animals Fist now, it was completely different from the Five Animals Fist from just moments ago.

He looked at the panel again, and saw that the Skill column on the panel had already changed.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist+ (Perfection 100%)

"The Experience Value has accumulated to Perfection, so I wonder how many Source Points the next step, the breakthrough, will need!" Jiang Ning murmured in his heart.

A thought flashed again, "Based on previous experience, if it’s superior martial arts, the Source Energy required is 100 points, which converts to 0.01 Source Points."

"But judging from my feeling just now, the grade of this Boxing shouldn’t be limited to superior martial arts."

"If it’s an ultimate art, then the Source Points needed for the breakthrough would be one point."

"Above that grade is the level of the Taixu Yin Yang Sword. According to my previous experience, the Source Points needed for the first breakthrough is 100 points."

"Further up would be the likes of the Sun Scripture and the Taiyin True Scripture. I don’t know how many Source Points are needed for the initial breakthrough, it might be a thousand Source Points, or it might be ten thousand Source Points."

All sorts of thoughts flashed through his heart one by one.

Then his gaze steadied slightly and fell onto the panel.

His mind moved at once.

[Source Points]: 1694.5

The panel instantly appeared before him.

"Then let’s give it a try!" The thought flashed through his heart again.

The next moment.

The Source Points value on the panel changed at once.

[Source Points]: 1594.5

"Ten points consumed!" His heart stirred, and he closed his eyes.

...

It only took a short moment.

The new Five Animals Fist completed its breakthrough.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes and lowered his head to look at his palm.

Five-colored radiance gathered on his five fingers.

He could sense that within his five fingers, the tiger resided in the thumb, the ape in the index finger, the bear in the middle finger, the crane in the ring finger, and the deer in the little finger.

Within the five animals, the Five Elements were contained, divided into red, black, white, orange, and green.

The five-colored radiance intertwined, as if he were holding heaven and earth within his palm.

Yin Yang patterns flowed, and Chaos Qi permeated.

"So it’s a Cultivation Technique that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Taixu Yin Yang Sword!" He murmured inwardly, filled with excitement.

Among all the Cultivation Techniques and Skills he had mastered.

The Taixu Yin Yang Sword was already ranked as a Third Grade Cultivation Technique.

It was only beneath the Sun Scripture and the Taiyin True Scripture.

And the Sun Scripture and the Taiyin True Scripture—one was the fundamental scripture of a Moon Palace Woman, a True Immortal.

The other was the scripture of the Sect Master of the Shangyang Immortal Sect, at the level of a Heavenly Venerate Taoist Ancestor.

Either one of the two was supreme.

The grade of the Taixu Yin Yang Sword was only beneath these two scriptures.

Yet now, the Five Animals Fist he himself had comprehended had reached, in grade, the level to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Taixu Yin Yang Sword.

At this moment, Jiang Ning also understood that to gain such a stroke of fortune.

Was greatly related to all of his accumulated foundation.

The Five Elements merge into Yin Yang, Yin Yang returns to Chaos.

And the Taixu Yin Yang Sword he cultivated had long since entered the realm of Perfection, and upon the level of Perfection he had taken an even more crucial step.

The Immortal Foundation he had formed for his Primordial Spirit Immortal was also based on Yin Yang.

In recent days he had drawn on the Origin of Taiyin and Taiyang to temper the foundation of his Primordial Spirit, then undergone further transformation, where the Yin Yang Immortal Foundation condensed a Chaos Seed, its shoots and stems extending, ruling over the Primordial Spirit.

Long accumulation had allowed him to successfully reach this step.

Thinking of this, a wave of emotion surged in Jiang Ning’s heart.

He clenched both fists, feeling that mysterious power in his palms where five colors intertwined, Yin Yang flowed, and Chaos faintly appeared.

This new Boxing, born from the Five Animals Fist, though its name remained unchanged, was fundamentally different.

It was no longer a rudimentary Boxing that had merely entered the superior tier, merely imitating the forms of the five animals.

Instead, it blended his profound understanding of the Five Elements, Yin Yang, and Chaos; it was a manifestation of his journey thus far, an interpretation of his Dao.

"Taking the Five Elements as the foundation, Yin Yang as the core, and Chaos as the Origin..." he murmured, his eyes growing ever brighter.

This Boxing was a Boxing unique to him, his path.

It was the Boxing formed from all he had gained, understood, and contemplated throughout his life.

In grade, it even stood shoulder to shoulder with the Taixu Yin Yang Sword.

This transformation left him incomparably satisfied.

A sense of accomplishment arose unbidden.

Learning Cultivation Techniques and mastering them was, in the end, standing on the shoulders of predecessors, standing on the shoulders of giants.

But to create a Cultivation Technique, especially one on a par with the Taixu Yin Yang Sword in grade, in his eyes that was true strength.

The Five Animals Fist carried the original intent of his entry into Martial Arts.

It carried his understanding of his own Martial Arts and his personal experiences; this was a path unique to him, a road that climbed step by step from basic martial arts to today’s Peak.

Thoughts surged secretly in his heart, and he tightened his fists.

On his fists, five-colored divine light shimmered, and Yin and Yang Qi flowed.

Then, all these phenomena slowly dissipated.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Break Limit once 1.2%) (trait: Grandmaster (light gold))

[Grandmaster (light gold)]: One who opens the road may be called a Grandmaster.

Looking at the panel at this moment, Jiang Ning’s gaze flickered.

"One who opens the road may be called a Grandmaster!" he murmured, and a smile surfaced on his face.

At this moment, his heart grew even clearer, even more resolute.

The transformation of the Five Animals Fist was not only a breakthrough in Boxing, but also the first time in his history that he had sorted out his own path.

The Five Elements, Yin Yang, and Chaos.

The three became one, merged in his hands into a single whole, becoming a Boxing unique to him.

All of this came from the accumulation of his journey and his final realization.

This moment was his path’s metamorphosis from cocoon to butterfly.

He raised his head and looked into the distance.

The sun hung high, the sky was clear and bright.

His heart was likewise full of ease.

"Next, it will be the breakthrough of the Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method!"

"Once the strength of my Golden Body truly steps into the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and I stand firm on the three hundredth level of the Heavenly Ladder, I will be able to receive another reward from the will of the Upper Yang Inner View. At that time, the reward gained may bring an increase in Source Points, allowing my Vajra Immortal Body to break through as well."

Thoughts flashed through his heart one by one, and the road in his heart grew clearer.

Just then.

"Little Uncle—"

A youth’s voice drifted over with the wind.

The moment the voice sounded, it instantly shattered Jiang Ning’s thoughts.

"It’s Yiming!" A thought flashed in Jiang Ning’s heart as well.

Then, his nose twitched.

From the wind, he smelled an extremely faint fragrance of noodles.

After that.

Thinking of Liuu Wanwan’s cooking Skill, his mouth instantly began to water.

It was braised beef noodles!!

The next moment.

A slender youth appeared within his line of sight.

It was Jiang Yiming.

"Little Uncle!" Jiang Yiming cupped his hands toward Jiang Ning from across the lake. "It’s time for breakfast."

Jiang Ning nodded. "Alright, I’m coming."

"Then I won’t disturb Little Uncle." Jiang Yiming said.

"Let’s go together!" Jiang Ning leaped into the air, skimming across the lake in an instant, and landed in front of Jiang Yiming.

"Little Uncle, when will I be able to do that as well?" Jiang Yiming looked at Jiang Ning gliding over the lake like a wild goose at this moment, his eyes full of envy.

"When you enter the Fifth Grade Realm and achieve Great Success in Inner Strength." Jiang Ning smiled faintly.

"I used to think it was very easy, because Little Uncle was ahead," Jiang Yiming shook his head. "But once I truly walked this Road, I realized it’s far too hard! For an ordinary Martial Artist to reach the Fifth Grade Internal Strength Realm is almost impossible! I still have Little Uncle’s help—without Little Uncle’s help, I wouldn’t even dare to think about Fifth Grade Internal Strength."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning patted Jiang Yiming’s shoulder.

"Your Talent isn’t bad. As long as you keep at it, you can reach this step. Later, I’ll pass you a Boxing. I just comprehended it; it’s Boxing that fuses all I’ve gained, thought, and understood throughout my life. How much you can grasp will depend on you—if you can comprehend even a bit of its outer skin, it’ll be enough for you to complete the step of Inner Strength! There’s no strict order between Inner Refining and external training."

"Little Uncle’s Boxing!!!" Jiang Yiming’s eyes immediately lit up as he looked at Jiang Ning, his gaze full of surprise and joy.

"That’s right!" Jiang Ning nodded.

He understood in his heart.

As for this Boxing from just now, if he tried to expound it in a boxing manual, he couldn’t do it.

Techniques of this level could no longer be fully expressed with words and diagrams.

They were closer to Dao.

This Boxing also was not like the Five Animals Fist, constrained to merely imitating postures and moves.

It emphasized intent, spirit, and realization.

It relied even more on the practitioner’s comprehension of the Five Elements, Yin Yang, and Chaos.

By ordinary means, Jiang Yiming would not be able to learn it.

But with what he possessed now, accomplishing this was not difficult.

He only needed to use the power of his Primordial Spirit to transmit what he had comprehended, obtained, and felt in his heart to Jiang Yiming.

As for how much Jiang Yiming could truly master, that would depend solely on Jiang Yiming’s fortune and insight.