Chapter 392 - 180: A Yellow Millet Dream, A Dream Transmission, Receiving the Celestial Pillar Level Qi Dao True Skill—True Martial Demon-Vanquishing

Chapter 392: Chapter 180: A Yellow Millet Dream, A Dream Transmission, Receiving the Celestial Pillar Level Qi Dao True Skill—True Martial Demon-Vanquishing

Seriously speaking, now that he had donned the Immortal Robe and completed the Power Barrier, if he chose not to pursue the Three Great Limits, he could begin sprinting toward the rank of Qi Cultivation Grandmaster right away!

The so-called rank of Qi Cultivation Grandmaster.

The first stage was known as the Qi Sea Realm.

The Qi Sea was divided into Three Vehicles and Nine Grades. The kind of Qi Sea one could condense depended entirely on the Qi Dao True Skill a Martial Artist cultivated, as well as the foundation they had solidified during the Power Barrier.

And it has been so since ancient times.

To become Titled, one must attain one of the Superior Upper Three Grades!

The Four Great Limits, a Superior Qi Sea!

Including the subsequent Dragon and Tiger and Leakless stages, one had to proceed one step at a time. Otherwise, there was no hope of ever obtaining a Title!

If one wished to cultivate one of the Upper Three Grades and manifest the corresponding Qi Sea Weather, the Qi Dao True Skill they practiced could not be subpar.

Ji Xiu’s Master, Duan Chenzhou, had been held back back in the day. The Qi Dao True Skill he cultivated was the Purple Mist Secret Manual, which he had pried from the hands of the previous Purple Mist Daoist School Master.

The Tiers of Qi Dao True Skills in the world were not so different from those of Secret Martial arts, generally falling into the following grades:

Grandmaster, Sect Establishment, and True Sect!

Among these, Grandmaster Level skills were considered somewhat crude and typically only manifested a Lower Grade, Third Grade Qi Sea Weather. Practitioners using them could barely break through their bottlenecks. Their True Qi was often feeble and their Weather faint, making it difficult to advance even an inch further.

As for those who broke their bottleneck using a Sect Establishment Level skill, success came naturally. They could almost all reach the Middle Grade, and the most outstanding talents could even achieve a Superior Third Grade!

For example, Ji Xiu’s Master, Duan Chenzhou, by relying on his Three-Limited Body and cultivating the Sect Establishment Level Purple Mist Secret Manual, had managed to forcefully seize a Superior Second Grade Qi Sea, giving him a chance at becoming a Martial Saint!

Above the Sect Establishment Level was the True Sect Level.

Martial Artists who cultivated a True Sect Level Qi Dao True Skill could, barring any accidents, almost always condense a Third Grade Qi Sea. The True Qi and Weather they generated would be powerful from the very moment they stepped into the realm, and they could be considered to truly possess the bearing of a Grandmaster.

Unlike Secret Martial arts, a Qi Dao True Skill was what truly determined a Sect’s foundation. They were passed down with extreme caution, treated as being on an even higher level than Secret Martial arts.

After all, Martial Arts were for the Guardian Dao.

But a Qi Dao True Skill... was the very root!

That was why when a True Inheritance Disciple was bestowed a Dharma Gate, they had to swear a Divine Soul oath that they would only ever cultivate it themselves and never reveal it to outsiders.

Otherwise, after Ancestral Master Wang Xuanyang disappeared, his own Master would never have resorted to prying a Sect Establishment Level True Skill from another school. He had been forced into it.

After all, the techniques hidden within the Celestial Blade Style were all just crude, Grandmaster Level Dharma Gates. They were no match for the Purple Mist Secret Manual, which was only a hair’s breadth away from being True Sect Level.

Ji Xiu never expected his new Master to be so generous. The very first thing he gave him was a scroll containing a Qi Dao True Skill!

"Master, is this the inheritance you spoke of? The foundational True Skill of our Dragon Elephant True Sect?!"

Ji Xiu rubbed his hands together, his face alight with excitement. He wished he could go see Master Xie immediately, get the complete Feathered Immortal Robe from her, and then—since speed was paramount—break his Great Limit and begin cultivating this new skill.

However, upon hearing his words, Xu Longxiang just smiled faintly and shook his head.

"If this were merely the True Inheritance for the Dragon Elephant lineage, I would normally bestow upon you the True Sect Level skill that I personally created. However..."

He paused, unrolling the Elephant Hide Scroll. Ji Xiu stared, and his breath caught in his throat.

"This is..."

Following his gaze down to the scroll.

The characters were written in a bold, clear script:

True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill!

Tier: Celestial Pillar Level!

"As the Daoist of my lineage, you must naturally cultivate the top Secret Inheritance of True Martial Mountain. Otherwise, how will you ascend True Martial Mountain in the future and contend with the Celestial Pillar Travelers!?"

"In this world, besides the three grades of Qi Dao True Skills—Grandmaster, Sect Establishment, and True Sect—there is another kind: a Qi Dao True Skill that serves as the very preface to the ultimate Chapter of cultivation."

"And these True Skills have another name!"

"They are... Celestial Pillar Level!"

Xu Longxiang’s eyes shone with pride.

"A Dharma Gate of this caliber is incomparably rare, even if you look across the entire vast nine-thousand-year history of the Great Xuan and the Nine Dynasties that preceded it."

"Even among the disciples of the Giant Houses, not every family possesses such a True Skill!"

"If you can master this method and prove your own worth by breaking the Three Limits, then the Qi Sea Weather you condense..."

"...will definitely be at the Absolute Peak!"

"Then, if you continue to work hard and build your foundation right up until the Leakless stage, when the time comes to finally unleash all that accumulated power..."

"...it will be enough to forge a top-tier Martial Dao Treasure Body, giving you the qualifications to be ranked on the Juvenile Dragon Stele!!"