Saying this, Long Hanshui slowly took out a thin jade tablet, only half the size of a palm, from his Arms, and with a casual push, sent it floating lightly into Li Hai’s palm.
Then he spoke again:
“This is your reward this time—a Tyrant Level Cultivation Technique. Take it back and read it carefully; all the content of the Cultivation Technique is inside.
But remember, this jade tablet can only be read once. After one reading, all the content within will be completely cleared.
At that time, you can keep the jade tablet if you wish, or break it freely if you don’t.
Alright, no need for more nonsense. I’m leaving.”
After speaking, Long Hanshui soared into the air and shot towards the sky.
In an instant, he disappeared into the Dragon-shaped Tian Zhou (Azurefall Sky Ark) that was silently suspended at the edge of the sky.
Another moment later, the Tian Zhou (Azurefall Sky Ark) sailed towards the horizon, quickly vanishing into the vast sea of clouds.
Throughout the entire process, he did not exchange a single word with anyone else, appearing extremely arrogant.
Yet, not a single person present felt there was anything wrong with this.
They only regretted in their hearts that they didn’t have the chance to admire the Eternal Overlord’s demeanor a bit longer.
As soon as Li Hai received the jade tablet, he immersed his mind into it, quickly browsing through the various pieces of information within.
At the same time, the mechanical host standing on the high-altitude floating platform spoke again, announcing the successful conclusion of the Tianjiao Ranking Competition and inviting everyone present to return home.
Thus, the more than a thousand people from the eight departments—the Four Major Military Regions, the Divine Armory, the Special Operations Division, the Military Intelligence Division, and the Demon Slayer Division—began to leave the area one after another, preparing to take their respective Tian Zhou (Azurefall Sky Ark) across the thousands of miles of Gobi Desert back to the heartland of Great Jing.
However, amidst the vast crowd departing, Shan Xiuran’s biological sister Dan Xiuxiu and Oriental Smile’s Junior Sister Ke Qing, suddenly turned their heads simultaneously before leaving, casting a deeply hateful and venomous gaze at Li Hai on the arena.
And it was precisely this gaze that Li Hai, who had just finished reading all the content of the jade tablet and happened to raise his head, caught squarely.
“Hmm? Such venomous and hateful gazes will surely lead to all sorts of troubles in the future, disturbing my peaceful life,” Li Hai’s eyes narrowed, and he said coldly in a low voice, “These two women must not be allowed to live.”
Driven by the ruthless thought of eliminating all threats in their infancy, he immediately raised his hands and rapidly formed seals and incantations, as powerful magical energy surged forth.
In an instant, Li Hai unleashed over a dozen sinister curses designed to devastate the soul and consciousness, and he sent these curses silently across hundreds or even thousands of feet, suddenly embedding them into the bodies of the distant Ke Qing and Dan Xiuxiu.
Under the terrifying effects of these poisonous curses, after just fifteen minutes, the two women’s memories would begin to blur.
After thirty minutes, their thoughts and perceptions would collapse, and after forty-five minutes, their souls would completely melt and disintegrate, ultimately turning them into two empty, soulless living dead.
Cruel? Perhaps.
But only by doing so could Li Hai’s heart find peace.
“Young Military Supervisor!”
At this moment, Gai Fu and Gong Shuo Hong walked over quickly, laughing heartily as they congratulated Li Hai. The other members of the Demon Slayer Division naturally didn't fall behind, and they also quickly gathered around Li Hai, constantly offering various compliments.
Meanwhile, the Commander of the Army Feng Heyue, stood outside the crowd, leaning on her Dragon-headed staff, looking at Li Hai with a faint smile.
In the boundless sky, the Bì Luò Tian Zhou (Azurefall Sky Ark) was flying at extreme speed.
Li Hai, seated in a cabin within the Tian Zhou (Azurefall Sky Ark), was meticulously studying the extraordinary Cultivation Technique stored in the jade tablet in his mind—the Celestial Key Scripture.
No, strictly speaking, this Celestial Key Scripture was not a Martial Arts Cultivation Technique in any literal sense, but rather more like a key.
A key that could connect all the Martial Artist’s lifelong learning and fully integrate them into one, a method of extreme complexity, difficulty, profundity, and obscurity.
And according to Long Hanshui’s message in the jade tablet, as long as one could raise their Realm to the Grandmaster Great Perfection level before the age of one hundred and fifty,
and then, through the Celestial Key Scripture, break through all barriers and perfectly integrate all the Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques they had Cultivated over the past century or so,
they could suddenly break through numerous obstructions and step into the Realm of the Eternal Overlord.
Therefore, in a sense, there truly isn't any Martial Arts Cultivation Technique in this vast world that can allow a Martial Artist to ascend from bottom to top into the Tyrant Level Realm.
There is only the Perfection Great Grandmaster who, by nurturing a hundred scriptures, creates their own methods, and then, in this process of creation, naturally enters the Tyrant Level Realm.
That is why Long Hanshui's personal interface had so few Zhengchuan Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques, because all his original Cultivation Techniques had already been Fused by him, until only one Tyrant Level Cultivation Technique remained—the Heaven Piercing Method.
And that Heaven Piercing Method was something only Eternal Overlord-level figures were qualified to Cultivate and use. One could say that this was a logical barrier existing between the Martial Arts Overlord and the many Martial Artists below the Overlord.
If you don't become an Overlord, then even if you obtain a Tyrant Level Cultivation Technique, you cannot Cultivate it.
But if you want to become an Overlord, you can only create your own Tyrant Level Cultivation Technique and, in this process of creation, gradually become an Overlord.
As for the Celestial Key Scripture, it is merely a small ‘tool’ that can slightly reduce the difficulty of creating a method.
Whether one ultimately succeeds in creating a method and ascending to the Overlord depends on the Martial Artist's own talent, Comprehension Ability, and perseverance.
However, these intricacies were meaningless to Li Hai, who possessed a System.
Because if he wanted to, he could completely achieve the goal of upgrading by consuming Strong Fragments.
Or he could directly push the Heaven Piercing Method, which he learned from Long Hanshui, to max level, and similarly achieve ascension.
It's just that Li Hai temporarily didn't want to do that.
“According to Long Hanshui’s message in the jade tablet—”
In the ship's cabin, Li Hai, sitting cross-legged on the ground, quietly pondered, “As long as one has a Perfect Grandmaster-level Zhengchuan Martial Arts Cultivation Technique as a foundation, and then Fuses three to five other lower-level Grandmaster-level Cultivation Techniques,
and finally Fuses seven or eight other Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques from even lower Realms, one can meet the minimum requirements for creating a method.
Of course, on this basis, the more Cultivation Techniques integrated, the stronger the created method will be.
I have already achieved all of these, and even far exceeded them, so—should I try creating a method now?”
Li Hai was somewhat eager to try, wanting to know how strong the Cultivation Technique he would create with his current foundation would be.
But then, thinking of the many old geezers in this world who deserved to have their fragments burst, he suppressed his restless heartstrings and calmed down again:
“No need to rush. Now is not the time. I’ll wait until I accumulate a few dozen more fragments, then it won’t be too late to proceed with the Cultivation Technique Fusion.”