Indeed, 'hax' techniques were truly unfair. Despite not having even cultivated it yet, nor the ability to cultivate it at present, the mode of transmission the Six Paths Demon Sect used was akin to a master directly passing it down to his chosen inheritor before death, which was very exhaustive and made comprehension easier.

Because of that, Li Ling could see the parts of the technique that were not necessary to list in its features on the store page but were still relevant to the practitioner who chose it. He had already been largely aware that the list of pros for this technique was long and moving, but he realized that he had underestimated what was left unsaid.

Grandmist, Hunyuan, Primordial Chaos, True Chaos, Origin Energy, Origin Qi, etc.

This kind of concept had different names across different sources of media that Li Ling had consumed on Earth, but one thing that was true was that it was on par with Dragonkind in terms of being universally acknowledged as 'the strongest' in its category.

With the mystical Dragon race, whether in the East or the West—or even the South or North—the general, universally agreed truth was that they were the strongest and most superior species within creation, usually the most desired racial affiliation of many creatures.

No matter how many times one saw it, anything about a mystical dragon that was presented before a person through various media would make one's heart thump with greed. If the scene featured the direct arrival of an actual mystical dragon itself, there was an instant feeling of 'oh shit' in the mind of the audience that not even a phoenix, angel, demon, nephilim, mind flayer, or divine being could evoke.

If there was a sale event, or typically an auction, and the list of bloodlines was those of a dragon, a phoenix, an angel, a demon, and so on, even though one's logical mind told one to pay more attention to the others as they also had great benefits and might have something more unique, it was inevitable that one's eyes—and one's heart—would always trail back to the draconic bloodline.

It was just the way it was, almost a law of reality.

Just like Li Ling himself finding that True Dragon Ball a week ago. From the moment he encountered it, he treated the entire matter quite seriously, not even going back to seize the item into his Void space and leaving everything as it had been so as not to mess things up.

And in this regard, the world of cultivation held universally that the 'strongest' concept and power was the path of Primordial Chaos.

Grandmist held the same kind of rank and reputation that dragons did when one thought of races and species in the sense that, when one saw a list of techniques—cultivation or daoist art—that even included awesome dimension-hopping effects, time-control powers, or perfect divinatory foreknowledge, one would still pine for the Primordial Chaos–related art.

It was just the end point of all things, the peak.

The understanding of the way of the world was that there were many daos, some even split into smaller sub-daos, and that these smaller daos could theoretically overshadow and overtake their original dao in reaching the peak.

This was true and was possible, but what exactly was the peak? Was it a realm or a level of skill? Or even a certain state of being, or having a special understanding of the universe?

Typically, Primordial Chaos was the fastest shortcut to finding this peak, whether it was in terms of power, understanding, state of being, or level of skill.

The Six Paths Demon Sect even having a few touching on this topic was, in lesser part, due to their power as a top-five sect on the entire continent, allowing them to have the power to keep the technique from being seized by other powers.

But the more important reason why they could even have methods involving such a crucial and complicated concept was mainly due to their immortal sect in the upper realm passing down simplified versions of what was at their level.

It was entirely like taking two students in fourth grade. One was an orphan who had no senior figure in their life, toughing it out themselves and encountering algebra for the first time, their face changing as they struggled to comprehend.

Meanwhile, the other student had an older brother in junior high who even dealt with geometry and trigonometry, with the older brother using his higher viewpoint to simplify algebra for his younger bro, allowing him to remain mostly unfazed when encountering it in class, unlike the orphan whose world had collapsed.

Likewise, Li Ling simply chose the technique because he wasn't worried about being trapped by the Six Paths Demon Sect. A normal cultivator could only devote their limited time and energy carefully, which was why, above the fourth realm, hardly anyone ever dual cultivated body and qi.

Most would have picked their path from there, with most leaving the other path at the third realm peak at most.

But he could easily swap techniques at any time, even crushing his cultivation to restart from scratch in one or both disciplines as long as he had Slaughter Points!

Li Ling opened the Infinite Slaughter System.

｢Infinite Slaughter System Owner: Li Ling

Status: Healthy

Age: 20/350

Slaughter Points: 1,567

Qi Cultivation Base: Foundation Establishment Perfection (0/5000)

Qi Cultivation Technique: One Line Chaos Art

Body Refinement Level: Body Foundation Perfection. (0/1000)

Body Refinement Technique: Blood Asura Descent.

Mind Power Realm: Acolyte Realm Level 1 (0/2)

Mind Power Technique: Expanding Mind Sequence

Daoist Arts:

1. Fire Stream Art – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

2. Mana Regressing Art – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

3. Dao Seeing Eye – Entry (0/1500)

4. Heavenly Network – Entry (0/5000)

5. Spirit Sense Control – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

6. Earth Tunneling Art – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

7. Golden Blockade Technique – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

8. Restoration Spell – Entry (0/200)

9. Spirit Isolation Mantra – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

10. Yin-Yang Reversal Art – Expert (0/1500)

11. The Meteor Spell – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

12. Dao Soldier Technique – Entry (0/5000)

13. Memory Archive Extraction – Entry (0/250)

14. Blessed Augury – Perfection (Cannot be Limit Broken, Insufficient Realm.)

15. Tai Xu Mysterious Method – Advanced (0/5000)

16. Nine Heights Pagoda - Level 6 (0/60)

Non Daoist Techniques:

1. Li Family Spear Technique – Perfection (Can be Limit Broken, 0/50)

2. Disguise Art – Perfection (Can be Limit Broken, 0/50)

3. Swift Swallow Step – Perfection (Can be Limit Broken, 0/50)

4. Sky Rending Palm – Perfection (Can be Limit Broken, 0/50)

5. Hidden Sleeve Art – Mastery (0/4).｣

Li Ling's lips twitched, because indeed, the price was as steep as expected. The Blood Asura Descent, which was known for being one tier more expensive than its current realm, was even at a mere 1000 Slaughter Points, but the One Line Chaos Art directly opened its lion's mouth to demand a whole 5000 Slaughter Points!

Well, it was just as well that today was the final day of the war. Li Ling raised his head to glance outside his courtyard, his expansive spirit sense showing that the entire outpost was next to empty as most parties had already set out for the final siege.

Due to the downtime needed to absorb the two techniques he purchased, he was quite late for the mass deployment, but it was no problem for him.

"Leave here and find Bai Ruyi in the Holy City." Li Ling instructed his two test subjects with voice transmission before disappearing in a soft purple flash, entering the folds of space.

Luo Roumei and Kong Beiwu, who had taken a break from the constant 'work' they were given since there was a confirmed conception, shared a look of slight confusion but unhesitatingly obeyed their supreme master's order.

However, as they left, they couldn't help but wonder how things were looking at the core of this pseudo-region.

Well, if you asked the disciples of the Black Heaven Sect, who had reached quite a sizable number for a low-tier sect, it was absolutely grim beyond measure. Their sect was set into a mountain range that was full of rivers with spirit fish and wildlife, with immortal cranes flying overhead along with lazily multicolored clouds that looked like candy.

This nominally idyllic scene was broken by the sight of the huge warship hovering above the mountain range on which hundreds of figures could be seen glancing over the edge, looking down upon them with disdain, malice, greed, and utter rapacious intent.

The flying warship was big enough to crush a small hill on its own, and looking at its white and gold design that was reminiscent of a certain top demonic path sect, those below could only feel despair in their hearts as the promised doomsday had finally come.

If there was anything they had to say about it, it was that they were completely and totally unwilling to go out like this!

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