Zhang Xuan walked into the room.
This Compendium Pavilion was different from the ones he had been to before. The latter contained books on the respective occupations. For example, the books on beast taming in the Beast Tamer School and the books on medicine in the School of Medicine …
On the other hand, this Compendium Pavilion contained all kinds of cultivation techniques and battle techniques, as well as general knowledge on the history of the Hongyuan Empire.
Even though the books on the first floor were accessible to students, they were far from simple. There were all kinds of cultivation techniques from Consonant Spirit realm to Chrysalis realm, and there were rows upon rows of them.
In the ten thousand years since the founding of the Master Teacher Academy, there had been innumerable outstanding master teachers who had emerged from the academy. These people would record down the insights they had on cultivation for future generations to refer to. In fact, there were even some who had created their own cultivation techniques and passed them down.
Because of that, there were countless different kinds of cultivation methods for each level.
Taking the Consonant Spirit realm as an example, with just a casual glance, Zhang Xuan was able to find more than ten thousand different cultivation techniques. Every single one of them had their own unique system and heritage.
For other students, seeing so many different cultivation techniques, it was only natural for them to pick a specific category to study. Otherwise, if they were to come into contact with too many cultivation techniques, they would be unable to discern the difference between right and wrong, and their cultivation could go berserk.
However, Zhang Xuan didn't care about such matters. He didn't have any requirements for the category of cultivation technique. On the contrary, the more the merrier, the better.
It took him roughly two hours to collect all of the Consonant Spirit realm cultivation techniques into the Library of Heaven's Path.
Compile! Zhang Xuan thought.
A book appeared before his eyes, and he flipped it open. It was the Consonant Spirit realm Heaven's Path Divine Art. Even though the cultivation path was slightly different from the one he had compiled previously, it was still similar.
Moving on to the Cosmos Bridge realm cultivation technique manuals, Zhang Xuan spent another two hours collecting all of them.
After compiling the Heaven's Path Divine Art, Zhang Xuan compared it to the one he had compiled previously, and there wasn't much of a difference between it and the one he had compiled previously. The only difference was that the details were more detailed, making it easier for him to cultivate.
It seems like all Heaven's Path Divine Arts are similar … There shouldn't be too many differences in the content!
Nodding, Zhang Xuan continued to collect the Heaven's Path artifacts as he proceeded forward.
Since he was already here, and he was not in a rush for time, he might as well collect all the books. It would also increase his knowledge and foundation.
Ten hours later, Zhang Xuan had collected all the Cultivation Methods and Martial Skills in the library into his Sea of Consciousness.
Although these books did not allow his cultivation to increase, they allowed his knowledge to increase greatly. He also gained a better understanding of the various cultivation systems.
If one were to judge him based on the breadth of his knowledge, even all of the master teachers in the academy combined would be inferior to him.
Not only so, there were all kinds of battle techniques, sword arts, saber arts, spear arts, and the like, which formed their own Heaven's Path Heaven's Path Divine Art. As long as one were to cultivate them, one would be able to raise one's comprehension of Weapon Intent to a higher level.
Zhang Xuan was not in a hurry to cultivate. Instead, he continued walking forward.
The second floor was a room that only teachers were allowed to enter. The battle techniques and cultivation techniques that were left behind on the second floor were far more profound than those on the first floor. There were even Half-Saint cultivation techniques on the second floor!
After collecting all of the books, Zhang Xuan continued down.
The third level was a place where only elders were allowed to view. There were already Nascent Saint and Saint realm cultivation manuals, but there were far fewer of them compared to the first and second levels.
By this point, he had already compiled all of the Heaven's Path Divine Art manuals for Transcendent Mortal 9-dan Chrysalis realm and Half-Saint.
In other words, as long as he was willing to cultivate, he could easily advance from Chrysalis realm primary stage to Saint realm primary stage within six hours!
With a faint smile, Zhang Xuan flipped open the Half-Sage level book and lowered his head to read it.
A moment later, he frowned.
There was nothing wrong with these cultivation techniques. As long as he cultivated them properly, he would be able to swiftly reach Half-Saint, Nascent Saint, and even Saint realm.
However, even if he did manage to reach Saint realm, his Origin Core would only be a Grade-3 Origin Core, which was far inferior to the lowest Grade-2 Origin Core recorded in the Saint Ascension Decipher.
Initially, Zhang Xuan had thought that it was a little weird as to why there was such a huge gap between Consonant Spirit realm and Heaven's Path Divine Art. However, after pondering for a moment, he came to a realization.
Among the many cultivation techniques in the library, there was no first-grade Origin Embryo cultivation technique. No matter how many he collected, they were just ordinary cultivation techniques.
It was just like how no matter how many books he had on building a house, he would never be able to build a royal palace.
The two were fundamentally different from one another. Even though there were many similarities between the two, and they could allow one to reach higher realms, they were still on completely different levels.
"Even though the Saint Ascension Decipher is more difficult to cultivate, there is a good chance that one will be able to form a First-Grade Origin Embryo and become a Saint acknowledged by the heavens. On the other hand, if I were to cultivate these ordinary cultivation techniques, there would be no hope at all!"
Zhang Xuan thought.
The Saint Ascension Decipher required treasures to cultivate, so it might be more difficult to cultivate. However, if he were to succeed in cultivating it, he would be able to wield power far surpassing that of ordinary cultivation techniques.
Since he was only going to cultivate it once, it was only right for him to choose the more powerful one.
Having made up his mind, Zhang Xuan didn't rush into cultivating it. Instead, he continued on his way.
The fourth floor was a floor that only the principals of the academy were allowed to enter. There were no books on cultivation techniques or battle techniques here. Instead, there were books on the insights and insights left behind by the previous principals, as well as the secrets of the academy.
Stowing these books into the Library of Heaven's Path, Zhang Xuan continued on his way.
The fifth floor was left behind by Mu shi. Even though it didn't contain the Saint Ascension Decipher, it did contain all of the valuable cultivation techniques that Zhang Xuan had collected. Most of them were on Saint 1-dan, but there were a few on Saint 2-dan and 3-dan. However, due to the limited number of them, they weren't of much use to him.
There were also a few soul and body tempering secret manuals. Since he had nothing better to do, Zhang Xuan collected them all.
"Alright, time to start cultivating!"
By the time Zhang Xuan was done collecting all of the books, he had already compiled at least a dozen Heaven's Path Divine Art and Heaven's Path battle technique manuals. Taking a deep breath, he found a spacious area and stopped.
He had already prepared all of the Chrysalis realm cultivation technique manuals and the Scarlet Firefly Fruit required for him to achieve a breakthrough to Half-Saint.
Taking out the formation flags, Zhang Xuan set up a grade-6 Spirit Gathering Formation before placing a pile of high-tier spirit stones into the formation.
Hong long!
The Spirit Gathering Formation activated, and boundless spiritual energy was drawn out from the high-tier spirit stones, forming dense clouds that gushed into Zhang Xuan's pores.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Zhang Xuan activated his acupoints and absorbed the spiritual energy frenziedly.
The spiritual energy within high-tier spirit stones was far purer and denser than that of the Earth Vein Spirit Essence, making it ideal for him to achieve a breakthrough.
Closing his eyes, Zhang Xuan drove the contents of the Saint Ascension Decipher and guided the surges of zhenqi to and fro within his dantian.
The new Saint Ascension Decipher was completely different from the previous one.
The previous one required seven surges of zhenqi to form a grain, seven grains to form a bundle, and seven bundles to form a decipher.
On the other hand, this required nine surges of zhenqi to form a grain, nine grains to form a bundle, and nine bundles to form a decipher.
Nine was the limit of numbers. Only by stacking nine surges of zhenqi together would one be able to conform to the laws of the universe.
Gurgling sounds echoed as the spiritual energy flowed within Zhang Xuan's body. Under his control, the surges of zhenqi formed into a grain, a bundle, and a decipher …
The purpose of the Saint Ascension Decipher was to form a higher tier Origin Core. As such, it was much more difficult and complicated than cultivating the Heaven's Path Divine Art.
Normally, a Heaven's Path Divine Art cultivator would be able to raise his cultivation by a realm within two hours. Yet, this Saint Ascension Decipher was so minuscule that he didn't even manage to raise his cultivation by a single small realm within two hours.
At this moment, he finally understood why Mu shi had to spend several hundred years to form a Second Grade Origin Core. While the Origin Core formed by the Saint Ascension Decipher was powerful, its demand on spiritual energy was simply too great.
It was no different from a bottomless pit.
Putting everything aside, given his current cultivation speed and the grade-6 Spirit Gathering Formation, it would take him at least an entire day to reach Chrysalis realm pinnacle.
Normally, he would be able to raise his cultivation by a realm within two hours. Yet, he had to spend an entire day to do so … This showed just how difficult it was.
However, he wasn't in a hurry.
According to the records in the Saint Ascension Decipher, Mu shi had taken more than two hundred years to reach his current level.
Sitting on the spot, Zhang Xuan drove the zhenqi in his body and slowly raised his cultivation. Layer by layer, the bottlenecks that had been holding him back began to crumble.
Chrysalis realm primary stage!
Chrysalis realm intermediate stage!
Chrysalis realm advanced stage!
…
A day later, he finally reached Chrysalis realm pinnacle, just half a step away from achieving a breakthrough to Half-Saint.
"I am so much stronger than before …"
Halting his cultivation, Zhang Xuan took a look at his body, and he couldn't help but lament.
Normally, the difference between Chrysalis realm minor realms was roughly 3 million ding, but after cultivating the Saint Ascension Decipher, the difference was 6 million ding!
(Chrysalis realm primary stage 25 million ding, intermediate stage 28 million ding, advanced stage 31 million ding, and pinnacle 34 million ding!)
Zhang Xuan's previous zhenqi cultivation was already 29 million ding, and with the addition of 18 million ding, his zhenqi cultivation had reached 47 million ding!
If he were to factor in the 20,000,000 ding from his soul cultivation and the 32,000,000 ding from his physical body, that would be a total of 99 million ding, just a million ding away from reaching Saint realm!
In other words, his strength was already on par with a Saint realm expert.
Fearsome!
No one would believe that a Chrysalis realm pinnacle cultivator could rival a Saint realm expert in terms of strength.
However, even though his strength was on par with a Saint realm 1-dan primary stage cultivator, his true fighting prowess was still lacking.
Saint realm cultivators were able to comprehend the laws of the world, allowing them to launch attacks from far away without losing any of their strength. On the other hand, if Zhang Xuan wanted to tap into their full strength, he would have to get close to them. If he couldn't get close to them … his physical body and soul cultivation wouldn't be of much use.
Without those two, his zhenqi cultivation was only on par with a Half-Saint advanced stage cultivator.
Even so, it was still a fearsome feat. He was far stronger than even Principal Mo Liuzhen back then.
"My zhenqi cultivation has indeed improved significantly, but it's a pity that the consumption of high-tier spirit stones is simply too great …"
Feeling the strength in his body, Zhang Xuan glanced at the debris on the ground and smiled bitterly.
Cultivating the Saint Ascension Decipher had indeed strengthened his cultivation, granting him greater strength and zhenqi. However, there were also many problems with it. For example, the consumption of high-tier spirit stones had reached an astounding level.
The several hundred high-tier spirit stones he had obtained from Wu Xu, Lu Cheng, and the others, as well as the congratulatory gifts from the Beartiger Beast and the Cloudmist Ridge … In total, he had accumulated more than eight hundred high-tier spirit stones, making him wealthier than any of the Ten Great Master Teachers.
Yet, just to advance from Chrysalis realm primary stage to pinnacle, he had already expended five hundred high-tier spirit stones!
This was practically burning money!
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