Chapter 145 - 174: Ten Thousand Li Sword’s Congratulations, Ten Thousand Li Saber’s Return Courtesy! Two Words of Fist Intent
Su Bai was stunned to see the blood-red pointer land on the "Cultivation Technique" section!
It was the first time he had ever drawn a Cultivation Technique from the lottery wheel.
In the past, everything Su Bai had drawn was always Experience Points.
After the pointer landed on the Cultivation Technique section and slowly came to a stop,
a massive, cyan ball of light swiftly emerged from the center of the wheel.
After absorbing the ball of light, a torrent of memories flooded his mind.
Su Bai watched for a moment before realizing they were the memories of the Seventh Sequence.
After having absorbed the thousand-year memories of the Soaring Demon, the memories of someone like the Seventh Sequence—who only had a Cultivation at the Ninth Level of the Spirit Transformation Realm and had lived for a mere few hundred years—
seemed rather insignificant.
It only took a moment for Su Bai to finish absorbing them.
These memories weren’t complete. They only
began after the Seventh Sequence broke through to the Extraordinary Realm.
The man’s memories were also rather dull.
An endless cycle of training, practicing, assassinating, cultivating...
One repetitive scene after another.
The Cultivation Technique he obtained from these memories, however, was somewhat interesting.
[Cultivation Technique: Heaven Nourishing Scripture! (Seventh Grade) Realm: Returning to the Essence (0)]
The Heaven Nourishing Scripture!
From the name alone, one might think it was some incredible Cultivation Technique.
In reality, however, it was one of the top legacy Cultivation Techniques of the Evil Spirit Pavilion and had nothing to do with "nourishing heaven."
The entire Heaven Nourishing Scripture could be summarized in five words—
Slaughter as Sacrifice to Heaven!
A Martial Artist who practices the Heaven Nourishing Scripture can increase their strength simply by continuously killing!
The stronger the cultivation of their targets, the more power they receive in return.
In simple terms, after practicing the Heaven Nourishing Scripture, for every person killed, the practitioner could absorb a portion of the victim’s essence to nourish their own body.
"Sacrifice nine-tenths of the life taken to heaven, keep one-tenth for yourself."
This was the core of the Heaven Nourishing Scripture.
On his second lottery draw, Su Bai didn’t get a Cultivation Technique, but rather Experience Points.
Five million Experience Points. Not a huge amount.
’Just a few more days of this, and my Cultivation will break through to the Ninth Level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.’
’Then, breaking through to the Divine Platform won’t be far off.’
Then again, Su Bai’s current formidable combat power relied almost entirely on the support of his Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques.
Ever since he obtained the Purification Tripod, the Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques he had learned could only be described in four words:
Too numerous to count!
He had a great many Sixth and Seventh Grade Cultivation Techniques as well.
Currently, in the Tripod Master section, the list of Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques Su Bai possessed was incredibly dense. If even a fraction of them were revealed, a Divine Platform expert would likely be scared to death!
And from the moment Su Bai had stepped onto the Martial Dao until now,
it had been, all told, less than three years.
He had grown from a frail, sickly boy to his current Eighth Level of the Spirit Transformation Realm!
Such a cultivation speed was simply unheard of.
After obtaining the Heaven Nourishing Scripture at the Returning to the True Realm, Su Bai felt he had grown stronger again, though for the moment, he couldn’t quite put his finger on how.
Clearly, it had bolstered his Martial Dao foundation.
The most direct manifestation was that Su Bai’s Divine Sense had strengthened slightly once more.
After finishing all this, Su Bai returned to Sector B of the prison.
Life went on as usual.
Early the next morning, Su Bai was walking down the street and saw that the Daoist Study was open.
Su Bai went inside and purchased the latest issue of *Matters of the Martial World*.
’I get the feeling that Chen the Sixth has something on his mind,’
Su Bai mused to himself as he walked out of the Daoist Study, holding the latest issue of *Matters of the Martial World*.
Seeing that it was still early,
he found an inn, ordered a pot of Mingxiang Tea and a dish of crispy peanuts, and sat down on a wooden chair to read.
He opened *Matters of the Martial World* to the first page, which featured this issue’s headline.
Whoa...
’It’s about me again.’
A Boxing Saint in Xia Imperial City!
Su Bai chuckled.
Including this time, he had graced the headlines of *Matters of the Martial World* twice.
The last time was for his battle with Chaos.
He casually scanned the detailed text below.
Su Bai discovered that the Fate Peeping Pavilion had correctly guessed that the one who broke through to the Saint Realm in the Fist Dao this time...
was the same person as the mysterious Dao Palace Realm Great Power who fought Chaos!
’They must have found some clues from when I made my move on Dongchan Mountain!’
Su Bai paid it no mind and continued reading.
The second piece of news, however, left Su Bai a little surprised.
The Old Sword God of the Celestial Sword Sect to Congratulate Xia Imperial City’s Boxing Saint Soon!
Seeing this, Su Bai froze for a moment.
’The Boxing Saint of Xia Imperial City... that’s me.’
’But if the Old Sword God of the Celestial Sword Sect is coming to congratulate me, how come I’m the last to know?’
’My identity is a secret. I usually use the Concealing Breath Scripture to hide my aura, and when I make a move, I use powerful Divine Thoughts to obscure my form. No one knows who I really am.’
’So how is this Old Sword God from the Celestial Sword Sect supposed to congratulate me?’
Just as Su Bai was thinking this,
he suddenly felt a stir.
Leaving behind a shattered afterimage, his figure flickered and appeared high above the Imperial City!
He gazed toward the east, his eyes scanning the far horizon.
There, high in the eastern sky, the vast and colorful sunset clouds suddenly parted down the middle.
They slid smoothly apart!
A streak of dazzling white light shot forth from the horizon.
It was accompanied by the roar of a dragon, the howl of a tiger, and the cry of a Phoenix!
In an instant, the white light arrived above Xia Imperial City.
Su Bai saw that it was a small, illusory sword, condensed from a wisp of True Qi and a trace of pure Sword Intent!
The small sword hummed.
The next moment, gasps of astonishment echoed throughout the vast Imperial City.
They were joined by the sound of countless Sword Artifacts, which began to hum with an excited BUZZ!
Immediately after, innumerable Sword Artifacts broke free from their masters’ control and flew high into the air.
They converged rapidly!
In an instant, they formed a gigantic character for "Congratulations," shimmering with golden and purple light, visible for miles in every direction.
And the small sword...
...its brilliant Sword Intent gushed forth like a waterfall, taking center stage as it soared to the highest heavens!
This scene left the countless powerful Martial Artists in Xia Imperial City utterly dumbfounded.
Even Su Bai couldn’t help but marvel.
"A Ten Thousand Li Sword Congratulation!"
’So *this* is their idea of a congratulation!’
’Are all the big shots in the Martial Dao this flashy?’
Su Bai sighed in amazement, and then, with a single thought,
the Sea of Divine Soul in his mind, the Dantian Qi Sea in his body, and the boundless Fist Intent pouring from his entire being
all began to churn at extreme speed!
A wisp of profound energy trickled from his fingertip.
In that instant, countless sabers and blades throughout Xia Imperial City were drawn by Su Bai’s energy, flying into the sky with a great HUM!
And this time...
Su Bai formed them into the character for "Thanks."
At this moment,
the character for "Congratulations" formed from thousands of Sword Artifacts, and the character for "Thanks" formed from thousands of blades!
They resonated faintly above the Imperial City, each reflecting the other’s brilliance!
This wondrous sight left many of the Imperial City’s citizens utterly mesmerized, a memory that would last a lifetime.
It was surely a glorious scene worthy of being recorded in the annals of history!
But Su Bai felt he wasn’t quite finished.
’It’s rude not to return a gesture!’
After a moment’s thought, Su Bai flicked a wisp of Golden Purple True Qi, entwined with a trace of Fist Intent, from his fingertip.
Instantly, the vast "Thanks" character in the sky dissolved, reforming into a brilliant river of blades that surged toward the east...
That day,
the brilliant river of blades arrived at the Celestial Sword Sect.
Within the Celestial Sword Sect, blades hummed in harmony!
And high in the sky above,
a wisp of Fist Intent took center stage.
Countless blades from the surroundings quickly converged, forming two large words—
Eaten yet?
When the Old Sword God of the Celestial Sword Sect saw the massive words "Eaten yet?"
he couldn’t help but laugh heartily three times, stroking his beard and sighing in admiration!
"This new Boxing Saint of Xia Imperial City..."
"...is truly a fascinating fellow!"