Chapter 956: Perfecting the Chaos Body Refining Technique!

TL: Etude

There was no reward for perfecting the Boulder True Body Technique. Ye Tian had known this all along, which was precisely why the other True Monarchs were unwilling to stay there.

However, Ye Tian felt that acquiring a Chaos Body Refining Technique was already a tremendous gain.

“The incomplete version of the Boulder True Body Technique is far inferior to the Profound Void Technique. Though it can be cultivated, its speed is far too slow, and the power increase it offers is weak.

But to think that once perfected, this Chaos Body Refining Technique’s power would surge so drastically! Although it still doesn’t surpass the Profound Void Technique, it is no weaker than the Chaos Body Refining Techniques from some True Ancestor factions!” Ye Tian thought to himself.

He also understood that the Boulder True Body Technique was so powerful because it contained traces of a terrifying, forbidden Chaos Body Refining Technique. Without that, it could never have been this strong.

“Onward to the second level!”

With a movement of his figure, Ye Tian entered the second level of the damaged stone stele’s trial space.

Here, he obtained another Chaos Body Refining Technique, one superior to the Boulder True Body Technique. This one was called the Black Iron Battle Body Technique, though it was still an incomplete version of a Chaos Body Refining Technique.

He knew that perfecting the Black Iron Battle Body Technique would require even more time. Perfecting the Boulder True Body Technique alone had taken him several centuries. Perfecting the Black Iron Battle Body Technique would likely take thousands of years—or perhaps even longer.

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Time flowed by.

The ruins gradually opened to the public, transforming from a battlefield into a sacred ground for cultivation.

Many True Monarchs entered the ruins, using its six treasure sites to enhance their foundations and strength.

Additionally, the top factions began to repair some of the formations within the ruins, evidently intending to turn the place into a true cultivation sanctuary.

The True Monarchs from these top factions also constructed a colossal city within the ruins, enclosing the True Time Pagoda within it.

This city was named Sky Ape City to commemorate the fallen sect, the Sky Ape Sect.

Sky Ape City also became a hub for trade, jointly developed by the top factions. To facilitate this, they collaborated on the creation of a spatial teleportation formation linking the ruins to the major True Nations.

With this formation in place, the factions no longer needed to pass through the Vajra True Nation to reach Sky Ape City.

Otherwise, if True Monarchs from various factions entered the Vajra True Nation freely, it would undoubtedly displease the local True Monarchs.

The introduction of the teleportation formation resolved this issue.

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Six thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

“Finally, it’s perfected!” Ye Tian let out a light breath.

Though six thousand years wasn’t particularly long for him, spending that much time perfecting a single Chaos Body Refining Technique was no small feat.

The difficulty of perfecting a technique differed greatly from creating one from scratch. Creating a Chaos Body Refining Technique would take millions of years, but perfecting an incomplete one could take only a few centuries—or even just a few decades.

Even though the process of perfecting the technique seemed relatively straightforward, it still took Ye Tian six thousand years. This alone showed how difficult it was to perfect this Chaos Body Refining Technique.

“This perfected Black Iron Battle Body Technique is likely comparable to the Chaos Body Refining Techniques used by some top-tier True Ancestor factions. It might even match the techniques of certain newly-ascended Dao Ancestor forces,” Ye Tian murmured to himself.

This demonstrated how extraordinary the Sky Ape Sect must have been. For a mere True Ancestor-level faction to casually possess such a Chaos Body Refining Technique implied that its foundation was as profound as that of the Void Sky lineage.

Ye Tian decided not to proceed into the third layer of the trial space just yet. He knew he could return at any time, as there was no restriction on how many times one could enter.

After leaving the trial space, he gathered information on the state of the other treasured areas within the ruins. He then made his way to the Scripture Pavilion.

He wasn’t particularly interested in obtaining a True Disciple Token, even though it would provide access to a valuable inheritance. Such an endeavor would consume too much time, and he preferred to dedicate himself to perfecting the incomplete Chaos Body Refining Techniques within the damaged stone stele’s trial space.

His primary reason for visiting the Scripture Pavilion was that it contained knowledge of the Domain Realm’s cultivation systems. This would greatly aid him in refining and perfecting the Chaos Body Refining Techniques.

He had already realized that the Sky Ape Sect’s cultivation system differed considerably from the Chaos cultivation systems he was familiar with. Perfecting the Boulder True Body Technique and Black Iron Battle Body Technique using only his existing knowledge had already been challenging. If he wanted to go further, he would undoubtedly reach a bottleneck.

Therefore, he needed to expand his knowledge.

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In the following years, Ye Tian immersed himself in the Scripture Pavilion of the Sky Ape Sect.

Although the pavilion’s books didn’t contain any powerful inheritances, the wealth of knowledge they offered provided new insights for many True Monarchs. As a result, the Scripture Pavilion was frequently visited by other True Monarchs eager to broaden their understanding.

Ye Tian spent over ten thousand years browsing through countless texts, and by the end, he had gained a deep understanding of the cultivation systems used in the Domain Realm.

To his surprise, the Domain Realm’s cultivation system was similar to that of the human race.

Both systems revolved around cultivating an inner world, though there were some differences. Still, there were aspects that Ye Tian could adapt for his own purposes.

For instance, cultivators of the inner world path could harness the power of their inner world or universe to perform a Domain Technique. These techniques were not divine abilities but methods of manipulating the power of one’s internal universe to create a unique domain field that could isolate all forms of energy.

For example, if an enemy attempted to escape using a spatial divine ability, the domain could lock down space, preventing their escape.

Moreover, the domain could suppress opponents, and a sufficiently powerful domain could render them immobile. When combined with space-origin divine abilities, suppressing an enemy would become incredibly easy.

Unfortunately, Domain Techniques were extremely rare, and ordinary ones were of little practical value.

Since the Scripture Pavilion did not contain any Domain Techniques, Ye Tian could only sigh in disappointment.

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Afterward, Ye Tian returned to the damaged stone stele’s trial space to continue the trials.

The Third Trial Space.

The next incomplete Chaos Body Refining Technique he encountered was called the Silver Purple Emperor Technique. Its intricacy far surpassed that of the Black Iron Battle Body Technique. If perfected, it might even rival the Profound Void Technique.

Seeing this technique filled Ye Tian with excitement, and he threw himself wholeheartedly into the task of perfecting it.