Chapter 355: Secret Technique “Hundong Crushing”

“Great Chaos True Power? What about other divine-level secret arts? Are there any others I can cultivate?” Dongbo Xueying pressed eagerly. Although both senior apprentices believed this secret art was more suitable, he still wanted to compare.

“None of your three true meanings have reached the Divine Mind state. Except for the ‘Ten Thousand Calamities Chaos Sutra,’ which you can access due to your Void Body, every other divine-level secret art will be difficult for you. Among the martial energy and divine power secret arts, there are two that would be relatively easier for you—still challenging, but with a chance of mastery. One is ‘Mysterious Firmament Star Power,’ which leans toward defense and is quite formidable in strength. The other is ‘Great Chaos True Power,’ which offers an utterly extreme and overwhelming force,” explained the youth in the thick robe. “And in this war, with your Ten Thousand Calamities Chaos Body, your defenses are already sufficient for survival. What you need is greater strength. That’s why both I and Senior Seven believe ‘Great Chaos True Power’ is the most suitable for you.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded, but couldn’t help asking, “Senior Brother Ge Bai, you said ‘Great Chaos True Power’ would be somewhat difficult for me. It won’t be too hard, will it?”

“If you had reached the Star Divine Mind state, you could easily begin cultivation. But as it is, since you’ve created your own star-meaning secret techniques, with a bit more effort, you should be able to manage it,” replied Ge Bai, the thick-robed youth. “How long it will take to master it, however, is hard to say! If your comprehension is deep enough, you might succeed quickly. But if you hit a bottleneck, it’s entirely possible that you won’t master it even by the time the war erupts.”

“Hmm,” Dongbo Xueying felt the pressure.

He must master it!

“How should I choose my treasures?” Dongbo Xueying asked again. “How can I win?”

The red-cloaked youth said, “Junior Brother, don’t rush. You still have plenty of time. Senior Brother Er and I will think it through carefully and prepare the best plan for you.”

Though Senior Qi Wei and Senior Hongshi had high standards, they mainly followed the guidance of the Holy Master of the Red Dust.

His two senior brothers, however, had operated in the Divine Realm, enduring countless dangers and possessing more practical combat experience.

“Alright,” Dongbo Xueying nodded.

“With your two senior brothers helping you, don’t worry. Come on, let’s go accept the inheritance of ‘Great Chaos True Power.’ Oh, and you haven’t planned to cultivate any other divine-level secret arts, have you?” Senior Hongshi asked.

“Just ‘Great Chaos True Power,'” Dongbo Xueying affirmed. He also found his senior brothers’ reasoning convincing. Since the enemy’s power was suppressed, he should do everything possible to enhance his own might. The stronger, the better! When the gap was wide enough, even the most refined and profound rules and mysteries would be useless. This was the so-called triumph of sheer power over technique!

Inside a hidden cave.

Whoosh.

Dongbo Xueying was teleported into the cave. Inside, there was nothing except a single drop of water suspended in midair. The droplet was dark and shadowy, as if it devoured all light. Looking closely, one could sense within its darkness the profound and destructive essence of cosmic laws, causing Dongbo Xueying to involuntarily hold his breath.

“Dongbo Xueying, accept the inheritance,” Senior Hongshi’s voice echoed through the cave.

Whoosh!

The suspended droplet immediately shot out a beam of black light, piercing Dongbo Xueying’s forehead, and a flood of information instantly flooded his mind.

“I, Dongbo Xueying, swear before the Blood Blade Divine Emperor…” Dongbo Xueying instinctively spoke the oath. Semi-transparent words of the vow floated in the cave, forming the key to the inheritance. Without swearing the oath, he would never access the deeper secrets of the inheritance. Thus, in the Divine Realm and the Abyss, even powerful beings who learned divine-level secret arts couldn’t reveal them.

For once revealed, the oath would be broken, and the Blood Blade Divine Emperor would strike them down!

After swearing the oath,

Countless pieces of information gathered in Dongbo Xueying’s consciousness, forming the image of a droplet. Within this droplet flowed countless runes, deep and unfathomable. There was simply too much information; his soul was too fragile to absorb it all at once. It had to condense into a droplet, gradually transmitting the knowledge within his capacity to receive.

“How formidable is the ‘Great Chaos True Power!'” Dongbo Xueying exclaimed.

The ‘Great Chaos True Power’ was divided into six layers of cultivation!

It transformed the most fundamental forces—martial energy and divine power—through complex processes into more potent and unique forces. Like turning mud into bricks! Like turning stone into gold! Guided by the divine-level secret art ‘Great Chaos True Power,’ created through the research of divine realm experts, it could unleash greater efficiency. Even though the divine realm experts had already created it, learning it still demanded extremely high cultivation requirements.

The first layer was already extremely difficult.

If one could cultivate all six layers and reach the ultimate state of mastery, the power would be indescribable. One must understand that the ‘Great Chaos True Power’ was formed from droplets of power, countless droplets composing an immense force.

When one reached mastery, each droplet of true power contained a ‘Chaos Cavity!’

What was a Chaos Cavity?

A Chaos Cavity was the ultimate destruction of a collapsing world, its weight rivaling an entire mortal world. And this was merely the power of a single droplet of true power. Countless such droplets formed the immense ‘Great Chaos True Power.’ A cultivator who had fully mastered it could unleash unimaginable power with the slightest movement. Even a ripple of its energy could reduce a star to dust!

A mere breath could annihilate countless deities.

It pursued the ultimate power and might!

“Oh? Truly remarkable,” countless runes appeared in Dongbo Xueying’s consciousness, billions of runes seamlessly integrated, layer upon layer, intricately connected, ultimately forming a unified whole—an unfathomable mystery.

“Compared to this, my own secret techniques are indeed quite crude,” Dongbo Xueying felt excited inwardly.

There was a difference between secret techniques and secret arts.

Secret arts were fixed rune patterns, while his secret techniques were formed through various changes and connections.

Yet, observing the incredibly complex runes of the first layer, which were almost entirely based on the profound mysteries of the Star Divine Mind, Dongbo Xueying gained many new insights into his own secret techniques. Previously, he had thought they were already quite refined, but now he realized they were still too crude and could be further enhanced!

Time passed day by day.

Inside his private cultivation sanctuary, both Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu were immersed in cultivation. The sanctuary maintained a hundredfold time acceleration.

“Hmm?” Yu Jingqiu had been continuously studying the ‘Senior Snow’ artifact, a supreme divine treasure.

Senior Snow was a top-tier divine weapon forged through blood-bonding!

Dongbo Xueying’s future divine spear was newly forged to this level, so Yu Jingqiu naturally needed to study it carefully to unleash its greater power.

Dongbo Xueying, on the other hand, was cross-referencing the first layer of ‘Great Chaos True Power’ with his own secret techniques. He discovered that this approach significantly improved his efficiency and enhanced the power of his techniques. He even renamed his original star-meaning secret technique from ‘Star Rotation’ to ‘Chaos Crush,’ determined to crush the Demon God and the Great Devil God with this move. However, it was still in the process of refinement.

“Dongbo, Dongbo.”

A voice came from outside.

Dongbo Xueying opened his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Yu Jingqiu also paused her cultivation.

“It’s Senior Hongshi,” Dongbo Xueying smiled. “He’s actually come to find me personally. That’s quite rare. If I’m not mistaken, my blood-forged divine spear must have been completed.”

Yu Jingqiu was also delighted, “Completed? Let’s go see!”

“This is just my guess. It might not necessarily be about the blood-forged divine spear,” Dongbo Xueying said as he walked out of the sanctuary with his wife, quickly leaving his private cultivation sanctuary.

At the entrance of the sanctuary courtyard stood Senior Hongshi, dressed in his usual resplendent attire.

“Dongbo, the blood-forged divine weapon has been completed,” Senior Hongshi smiled and waved his hand. “Come take a look.”

A black spear materialized from the void, hovering weightlessly in the air. Its shaft flickered with countless tongues of dark flame, while its tip pulsed with a faint golden radiance. An overwhelming pressure emanated from it, akin to a colossal star hanging in the firmament, radiating boundless oppressive might. The spearhead gleamed with a terrifying sharpness that sent shivers through one’s very soul.

Within the shaft and spearhead, countless veins pulsed—these were the divine rune pathways formed from Dongbo Xueying’s own blood.

As Dongbo Xueying looked upon it, he immediately felt a resonance in his soul.

“Excellent,” he couldn’t help exclaiming. The more he looked, the more delighted he became, instinctively reaching out to grasp it. The spear let out a low, resonant hum.

“I haven’t yet opened my divine sea, so I can’t cultivate or nurture it yet. But in the future, I will cherish you dearly,” Dongbo Xueying whispered, gripping the spear. The flames on the shaft and the golden glow on the spearhead immediately receded.

“Dongbo, this spear will accompany you through countless trials. Give it a name,” Senior Hongshi smiled beside him.