Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 80 - Five Elements Lotus Break

He thought this woman was single-minded, merely seeking some knowledge, but little did he expect that this single-minded woman actually had a good brain and wasn’t just a bimbo.

Could it be that her breasts are actually padded?

It makes no sense for her sister to be flat-chested while she is busty!

“Also, you’ve also encountered the Silver Man in the first trial, right?” Zhou Heng changed the subject and asked a question that had troubled him for a long time, “Those Silver Men seem to have reached an extremely high level of skill, overpowering me completely!”

“Those Silver Men, they are strong,” Gu Zi spoke calmly, yet her eyes showed caution and then turned fervent, “You might not know, but the mastery of martial arts techniques has several levels!”

“What levels?” Zhou Heng was stunned.

He had only entered Black Water Hall a few days ago and had not caught up with all the knowledge yet.

“For instance, if you learn a very basic martial art, Black Tiger Fist—” Gu Zi began to explain while throwing punches, creating a fierce wind, “The most superficial understanding is to copy it exactly, mastering its form.”

Indeed, like Swift Cloud Radiant Step, before Zhou Heng obtained the corresponding cultivation technique, he could only master its form, and the effect was already very strong.

But compared to the complete Swift Cloud Radiant Step, it was far inferior; he wasn’t even qualified to compare.

“This is the first realm, the Form Realm!

As long as one is willing to put in the effort to practice, anyone can reach this realm!”

“Then, there’s the second realm, the Intent Realm!”

“This requires completely mastering the martial art, grasping its essence!”

Zhou Heng frowned.

This was the realm he had currently reached.

He could master the essence of any martial art as soon as he learned it, with no difficulty at all.

But from Gu Zi’s tone, this wasn’t the endpoint!

Right, otherwise, how could the Silver Men’s fist techniques and swordsmanship put so much pressure on him, turning complexity into simplicity, the heavy sword edgeless.

“From the Intent Realm, one ascends to the Realm of Momentum!”

“The Realm of Momentum?” Zhou Heng asked involuntarily.

“Those Silver Men have mastered the momentum!” Gu Zi nodded, “They abandon all trickery, ascending to a higher realm, condensing the essence of the technique, naturally making it more powerful!”

Zhou Heng fell silent, but his mind began to contemplate.

If he could condense the thirty-six forms of the Flying Waterfall Sword Technique into five moves, three moves, or even one move, to what extent would its power increase?

Those Silver Men condensed complex variations into a seemingly ordinary move, but its power was immense!

Realm of Momentum!

Zhou Heng’s heart heated up involuntarily.

If he too could reach such heights, especially with the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, then once deployed, not to mention being unmatched within the same realm, could even martial artists at the Initial Separation Realm withstand it?

“The Realm of Momentum is not the endpoint; there is still a fourth layer realm—Domain Realm!”

“However, reaching the Domain Realm means not being limited to any specific type of swordsmanship or fist technique, but transcending and truly standing above it!” Gu Zi showed an immense longing, “For instance, mastering the Sword Domain is equivalent to being the top swordsmanship master in the world, able to break any sword technique!”

“Almost like the Dao, such a realm has never been reached by anyone in the history of Cold Blue Country; at most, there have been geniuses who mastered the Realm of Momentum!”

Zhou Heng took a deep breath, realizing he had only mastered the second realm!

“Being able to master the second realm is enough to be called a genius!” Gu Zi then brought the conversation back, “The third realm is at the level of a grandmaster, extremely rare throughout the world; the fourth realm…

that belongs to the strongest of all times, and words cannot describe them!”

Zhou Heng was somewhat shocked but didn’t think that the grandmasters who reached the third realm were so few, because Gu Zi’s perspective was limited to just Cold Blue Country, even just Tianhang City.

The whole world is full of geniuses!

He wondered what realm his uncle, Zhao Duotian, had reached?

Zhou Heng, filled with enthusiasm, began to delve into the Flying Waterfall Sword Technique, attempting to elevate it to the Realm of Momentum, while Gu Zi started the second-layer trial.

Since Zhou Heng was the master of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower and his Divine Intent omnipresent in the tower, he “saw” Gu Zi’s situation very clearly.

The enemies on the second layer were still in the Spirit Gathering Realm, but Gu Zi’s strength was also suppressed to the Third Layer of Spirit Gathering, which was relatively fair.

Yet Gu Zi was also a genius, and the enemies here were not as monstrous as the Silver Men, so she quickly achieved victory.

After resting for a while, she ascended to the third layer.

This time, she faced a tough battle.

Her opponent was an existence at the Peak Third Layer Heaven of Initial Separation, who quickly battered her ruthlessly, making her cough up blood and tumble back to the second layer.

Crushed!

She wasn’t as exceptionally talented as Zhou Heng, and while she had hopes of victory against an early Initial Separation Second Layer Heaven, she could at most draw against a mid-stage opponent, and was certain to lose against a late-stage one, let alone facing the peak of Third Layer Heaven of Initial Separation.

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Gu Zi wasn’t simple, either.

After a strand of blue brilliance passed over her body, her wound quickly healed, but the spiritual power she had used up wasn’t so quickly recuperated, revealing a strong sense of fatigue.

“Don’t lose heart, you can still continue to challenge in the future,” Zhou Heng comforted.

Gu Zi nodded but then took a book from her arms, saying, “This is the reward I got for passing the first challenge!”

Zhou Heng leaned in for a look and saw the title “Five Elements Lotus Break” written on it.

He opened the book, and both he and Gu Zi began reading.

“Earth Level Upper Grade Martial Skill?” he couldn’t help but be stunned; previously, he had only heard about there being three qualities: upper, middle, and lower.

How had an Earth Level suddenly appeared?

“Whether it’s a cultivation technique or martial arts techniques, they all fall into three ranks—Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Each rank is further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades,” Gu Zi knew Zhou Heng’s experiences were quite limited, immediately started explaining to him.

“The highest that’s circulated in Cold Blue Country are only Earth Level middle-grade cultivation techniques and martial arts techniques.

I didn’t expect the first challenge’s reward to be an Earth Level upper-grade martial arts technique!”

Although Gu Zi sounded excited, her face was still devoid of expression, overly calm.

So that’s how it is, no wonder whether it’s Black Water Hall or other forces, they can’t produce very strong experts; a large part of it must be due to the limitations imposed by their cultivation techniques’ grades.

The two exchanged looks, continuing to pore over the “Five Elements Lotus Break.”

This was a martial arts technique, very difficult to practice.

It required absorbing Five Elements Spiritual Energy, forming a five-colored lotus which, upon encountering an enemy, would explode, unleashing damage that surpassed a minor realm—it was terrifying!

An improved version of the Flying Waterfall Sword Technique was already quite formidable; used by a martial artist at the early stage of First Layer of Spirit Gathering, it could contend with a martial artist at the late stage of the same realm—provided the opponent didn’t possess advanced martial arts techniques.

However, Five Elements Lotus Break could forcibly enhance the destructive power by an entire minor realm, which was absolutely terrifying!

How many people could possess a Dantian space eight times larger than the average person like Zhou Heng?

That required a heaven-defying opportunity, but the Five Elements Lotus Break was heaven-defying in and of itself!

And this was just an Earth Level Upper Grade Martial Skill.

What about a Heaven Level Upper Grade then?

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but grow solemn; the imperial dynasties’ powerful families surely possessed Heaven Level Upper Grade Martial Skills, and if one day he encountered such opponents, he absolutely must not underestimate them just because their realms weren’t high!

The Five Elements of heaven and earth—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; these five types of spiritual energy repel yet give rise to each other, maintaining a great balance.

The Five Elements Heavenly Lotus aimed to form this great balance from these energies, and then with one’s own spiritual power, unleash tremendous damages.

Both were martial arts fanatics; after they finished reading, they immediately started practicing.

This first layer was a place for rest and storage, natural not to be destroyed, so they moved to the second level, because they had both passed this level.

Entering the Gate of Light afterward didn’t separate them, nor did any enemies appear.

—If someone had not passed the test, the Nine Mystic Trial Tower would create a separate space for them.

A hundred people entering would result in a hundred separate spaces.

The most crucial part of Five Elements Lotus Break was achieving absolute balance of spiritual energy; the difficulty lay in this balance.

This martial arts technique was divided into four stages, the first of which involved controlling two types of spiritual energy, the second three types, and the final stage was the great balance of the five elements.

Two types of spiritual energies could also repel and trigger an explosion, producing enormous destructive power, though of course, its might couldn’t compare to the great interplay of creation and destruction of the Five Elements, but it was much less difficult.

Zhou Heng started with the basics, drawing water spiritual energy with his left hand and fire spiritual energy with his right hand, attempting to form a black and white lotus.

Bang!

Before the black and white lotus could even take shape, an instability caused it to explode, hurling him back, crashing heavily into the wall behind him, making him spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

This was equivalent to him striking himself with full force; he was lucky his bones were not broken.

Bang, on the other side, Gu Zi wasn’t doing so well either, similarly injured by her own explosion.

Fortunately, both of them possessed Bloodline Power, with a frighteningly strong self-healing capability.

At the cost of consuming spiritual power, they could instantly smooth over their wounds.

This also showed how powerful Spiritual Bodies were; it was no wonder the entire Cold Blue Country had only about ten thousand of them.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Both were going through failure after failure.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

A glint flashed through Zhou Heng’s eyes, and in his hand was now a lotus no taller than an inch, its petals one black and one white, in absolute balance.

With a wave of his right hand, the lotus instantly shot forward, incredibly fast.

“Explode!” Zhou Heng uttered softly, and bang, a loud bang ensued as the black and white lotus suddenly exploded, generating a terrifying shockwave, with unfathomable power!

He had succeeded!

A slight smile appeared on Zhou Heng’s face; this was just the first step, next was merging the Three-Colored Lotus!