Chapter 209 - 151: Primordial Barbaric Energy

Chapter 209: Chapter 151: Primordial Barbaric Energy

Inside the Martial Alliance.

Chen Xuan was in the library, searching for a Cultivation Technique related to the True Essence Realm.

His Cultivation had reached the True Essence Realm, but his offensive methods were still the same old ones.

It was a bit unbecoming of his status.

Of course, for him, brute force solved everything.

But a good horse deserved a good saddle. If a stronger martial art was available, who wouldn’t choose it?

[Great Black Mountain Palm!]

[Starlight Cascade Skill!]

[Cyan Dragon Claw Skill!]

[Tripod Suppressing Mountains and Rivers Skill!]

...

"What are all these ridiculous names?"

Chen Xuan muttered.

Admittedly, these were all top-tier Cultivation Techniques.

Any one of them would cause a massive sensation if it appeared in the outside world.

But there were too many, and their names were so varied that he couldn’t decide which one to pick.

Just as he was hesitating, a soft chuckle suddenly sounded by his ear.

"Xiaochen, what kind of Cultivation Technique are you looking for?"

Chu Shanhe approached with a smile on his face.

"Alliance Leader."

Chen Xuan immediately greeted him, then mused, "Do you have any offensive ones? The kind where the greater the power, the better."

"The greater the power, the better?"

Chu Shanhe smiled. "Of course we do."

He walked to a corner of the library and pulled out an old-fashioned book bound in beast hide. It was made entirely of black hide, with thick white thread stitched along one side.

"Take a look at this one."

"Primordial Barbaric Energy?"

A flicker of surprise appeared in Chen Xuan’s eyes.

’This name...’

’It’s so aggressive.’

’The kind you understand just by looking at it.’

’It’s just too awesome.’

’A Cultivation Technique like this actually exists?’

Chen Xuan immediately opened the book and began to read.

In the Ancient Times, the world was overrun by Immortal Gods, humans, demons, and all manner of living beings. Among them, Primordial Giant Demons roamed the lands. They possessed infinite strength and terrifying power, capable of shattering any existence with a single palm strike and tearing the heavens and earth asunder with ease. Their dreadful might could crush anything. After one died a tragic death, later generations discovered a line of small characters on its vertebra, which contained its true teachings.

But such true teachings attracted greed. Upon its discovery, it drew the covetous eyes of countless powerful experts.

After several struggles, the vertebra was shattered into pieces and seized by various factions.

Eventually, after changing hands many times, an elder of the Martial Alliance fortunately obtained one of the pieces. Combining it with his life’s knowledge, he created the [Primordial Barbaric Energy].

However, cultivating [Primordial Barbaric Energy] came with an extremely harsh requirement.

[Only those with the strongest of physical bodies may attempt this technique!]

[It is recommended that before cultivating, one should first master all the Horizontal Training arts in the world. Only then can one obtain a physical body powerful enough to avoid suddenly exploding and dying while cultivating Primordial Barbaric Energy.]

"Is it really that dangerous?"

Chen Xuan’s interest was piqued even more.

But he soon saw a second line of annotation.

[For those favored by heaven’s will, no taboos apply.]

Seeing this line of text, Chen Xuan’s spirits lifted.

’Favored by heaven’s will?’

’Is there anyone more favored by heaven’s will than me?’

He had a system, the Innate Tyrant Body, skin of bronze and bones of iron, Innate Divine Strength, Primordial Unity Qi, and all sorts of buffs stacked on him...

’You couldn’t find... no, you probably couldn’t find another person like him in the entire world.’

’So this technique was most likely meant for me.’

"Chen Xuan, for you to reach the True Essence Third Layer at such a young age, you must be one of the latter—someone favored by heaven’s will. That’s why I thought of this Cultivation Technique for you."

Chu Shanhe warned, "However, whether you can actually succeed in cultivating it, I do not know. In any case, you must be careful. Extremely careful. This Cultivation Technique is too treacherous; it has killed who knows how many masters of our Martial Alliance."

He sighed with emotion.

The Martial Alliance has existed for several thousand years.

There were too many heaven-gifted prodigies who refused to believe the warnings and tried to cultivate this technique.

Without exception, every single one of them exploded...

Someone also tried to master every Horizontal Training art in the world.

But he gave up halfway through.

Because there are far too many Horizontal Training methods in the world.

Even if a person spent their entire life, it would be impossible to master them all...

So this technique was gradually left to gather dust in a corner.

"Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing."

Chen Xuan’s eyes glinted as he nodded immediately.

’I have the Innate Tyrant Body, which can instantly heal any injury.’

’The moment something goes wrong, it can correct it.’

’Besides, I still have the system.’

"Very well then."

Chu Shanhe nodded lightly and spoke again. "By the way, Chen Xuan, the Sword Washing Pavilion has responded. They’ve arranged for your duel to be held tomorrow. What is your true strength? Can you give me a hint?"

Their fighter, Ling Shuangzi, is at the True Essence Third Layer.

He had probed him more than once.

That kid was truly a monster.

Although his aptitude couldn’t compare to Chen Xuan’s, his foundation was incredibly solid.

Now, with the duel approaching, he was actually starting to feel a little nervous.

"What do you think, Alliance Leader?"

Chen Xuan gave a slight smile.

"You can also fight above your level. You should be able to defeat a True Essence Fifth Layer, right?"

Chu Shanhe asked tentatively.

As long as he could beat a True Essence Fifth Layer, this was in the bag.

"True Essence Fifth Layer? What kind of trash is that?"

Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "Alliance Leader, maybe you should hold onto something."

"Hold onto something?"

Chu Shanhe was taken aback. "Hold onto what?"

"The wall. So you don’t fall over."

Chen Xuan said lightly.

BOOM!

Before Chu Shanhe could ask further, a terrifyingly dense and scorching aura erupted from Chen Xuan’s body. It surged forth, vast and mighty, with roiling flames and interwoven strands of golden light, all infinitely compressed, making Chen Xuan look like a humanoid sun.

Blinding rays of light shot out from him continuously.

A powerful and terrifying aura surged like a wildfire, its presence immense.

Even though Chu Shanhe himself was on the Heavenly Ranking, had weathered countless storms, and wouldn’t bat an eye if Mount Tai collapsed before him, at this moment, he was utterly stunned by Chen Xuan.

He felt his heart, his pupils, and even his soul spasming wildly.

"True Essence Sixth Layer!"

’What the hell...’

’What kind of monster is he?’

’Even the ancient progenitors might not have had this kind of aptitude, right?’

’Wasn’t he just at the True Essence Third Layer yesterday?’

Chu Shanhe’s mind was reeling in horror, completely dazed.

He, a Heavenly Ranking master who prided himself on his calm composure and having everything under control, was feeling boundless pressure from a junior in the True Essence Realm for the very first time...

He had seen many geniuses.

But compared to Chen Xuan...

...they were all just farts in the wind!

’No wonder the kid told me to hold onto the wall...’

"Alliance Leader, do you think I can defeat Ling Shuangzi now?"

Chen Xuan’s tone was calm as he continued, "If not, then how about this?"

BOOM!

He suddenly activated his Innate Tyrant Body, and his aura, already at the True Essence Sixth Layer, surged upward once more as if some powerful seal had been broken.

The already dazzling golden light became even more terrifying. Droplets of liquefied True Essence boiled and bubbled, like molten gold, containing an unimaginable amount of power.

Note, this was the result of Chen Xuan intentionally compressing it. Since this was the library, he didn’t want to burn all the books, so he compressed all the heat together.

This made him look even more like a sun.

Chu Shanhe’s eyes flew wide open.

’It’s still climbing!’

’True Essence Seventh Layer... Eighth Layer...’

"You!"

Chu Shanhe was completely horrified, as if he had seen a ghost.

He knew that Chen Xuan had mastered a Secret Technique that could boost his strength.

But he had assumed that reaching the True Essence Sixth Layer just now was the result of using that Secret Technique...

He never imagined that Chen Xuan hadn’t used it at all.

He had only just used the Secret Technique now.

’What the hell...’

’Who could possibly beat him?’

"Enough, enough! Quickly, retract your Divine Techniques!"

Chu Shanhe said hastily.

If he continued to erupt with power, the library would definitely catch fire.

Chen Xuan frowned and had no choice but to retract his aura again.

’Actually, I haven’t even used my Primordial Unity Qi yet.’

’If I activate my Primordial Unity Qi, I can boost my strength by another five times.’

’Tell me, how is a mere True Essence Third Layer supposed to fight that?’

’Fight me with his head?’

’Would Chen Xuan even consider the possibility of losing?’

’No, he’d be considering whether to leave a complete corpse.’

"Is the fight tomorrow? Why wait for tomorrow? Let’s do it today."

Chen Xuan said.

"Today?"

Chu Shanhe was startled again.

"Yeah. Since I can flatten him with a single slap, why waste time?"

Chen Xuan’s tone was nonchalant.

He really wanted to fight his way through the Grotto Heavens one by one.

’Let’s see how many retribution points I can rack up.’

"Alright then, I’ll go contact them again and see what they think."

Chu Shanhe said quickly.

"By the way, do you want him dead or alive?"

Chen Xuan asked again.

He knew that some of the Grotto Heavens held grudges against the Martial Alliance.

Since he was going to make a move, he naturally had to ask beforehand.

"...Alive. You must not kill him. The Sword Cleansing Pool just has verbal disagreements with us; their crime doesn’t warrant death."

Chu Shanhe replied immediately.

If he really killed Ling Shuangzi, it would be a fight to the death.

It would trigger a series of chain reactions.

Right now, they had no need to completely fall out with the people from the Grotto Heavens.

"Fine. Go ask."

Chen Xuan said nonchalantly.

Chu Shanhe immediately departed and quickly vanished.

Chen Xuan left the library with the Cultivation Technique and soon ran into Mr. Zhuo outside.

"What was that fluctuation just now? Was the Alliance Leader guiding your Cultivation?"

Mr. Zhuo asked, bewildered.

That aura just now was too terrifying.

It spread from the depths of the library, vast and mighty like a golden sun in the sky. He could sense it clearly even through the library’s walls.

"Yes."

Chen Xuan smiled. "The Alliance Leader also picked out an ancient Cultivation Technique for me to go back and study."

He gestured with the black beast-hide book in his hand.

"Primordial Barbaric Energy?"

Mr. Zhuo’s expression changed in alarm.

’The Alliance Leader actually brought out this Cultivation Technique?’

But he soon hesitated.

’Since the Alliance Leader dared to give this Cultivation Technique to Chen Xuan, it must mean that with Chen Xuan’s aptitude, he should be able to cultivate it... right...?’

Afterward, Chen Xuan returned to his residence.

He sat cross-legged on his bed, quickly leafed through [Primordial Barbaric Energy], and placed three heavenly materials and earthly treasures he had previously acquired from the Martial Alliance beside him.

He glanced at his retribution points.

Remaining: 39,800.

’With these heavenly materials and earthly treasures, I should be able to push Primordial Barbaric Energy to the Completion stage, right? After all, I’m just improving a Cultivation Technique, not raising my Cultivation level.’

Chen Xuan said to himself.

Without hesitation, he took the heavenly materials and earthly treasures and stuffed them directly into his mouth.

He took a bite, and a rich fragrance filled the air.

After a few chews, he swallowed it all down.

"Retribution points, deduce Primordial Barbaric Energy!"

[Ding! You have consumed 8,000 retribution points to begin deducing Primordial Barbaric Energy. Detecting astonishing medicinal efficacy within your body, your Cultivation Speed has received an unprecedented boost, smoothly reaching 300 times the normal speed. Your mind roars as if piercing the river of time. A faint, incomparably colossal shadow appears before your eyes. It battles heaven and earth, peerless in its generation, its strength infinite...]

[Your brain is rapidly grasping this profound mystery. Your body is boiling in response. All of your blood and True Essence are in turmoil. You feel as if your body is about to explode as a power far greater and more vast than before surges out from the endless void of time and space, drilling into your body.]

[Every inch of your flesh is in agony, every bone is convulsing. You feel as if an invisible giant hand is trying to crush you.]

[To stabilize this power, you do not hesitate, consuming another 10,000 retribution points. Finally, this shockingly explosive sensation begins to rapidly subside. Your limbs and bones seem to be gradually adapting.]

[The colossal shadow before your eyes becomes more and more real, more and more substantial, until finally, it crosses the river of time and space and forcibly merges with your body.]

[Congratulations, Host! Your Primordial Barbaric Energy has reached the Completion stage!]

[Derived Profound Mystery: Brute Force Shatters All Techniques!]

BOOM!

A surging, powerful force erupted within Chen Xuan’s body. All of his skin and flesh underwent an unprecedented baptism. His muscles and bones rang in unison like the tolling of an ancient bell. Beneath every inch of his skin, a primordial, colossal power flowed like a great river.