TL: Etude
Difficult! Too difficult!
As soon as Ye Tian began refining the Silver Purple Emperor Technique, he felt its astonishing difficulty. He knew that it would take an incredibly long time to perfect it.
“This is way too difficult!” Ye Tian muttered to himself.
He guessed that there were other trials between the Black Iron Battle Body Technique and the Silver Purple Emperor Technique. However, due to the stone stele being damaged, some of the trials were incomplete.
Regardless…
This didn’t affect him much. Ye Tian quickly adjusted his mindset and continued refining the Silver Purple Emperor Technique.
Years passed.
Ten thousand years! A hundred thousand years! A million years!
Finally, on the 1,860,000th year, Ye Tian perfected the Silver Purple Emperor Technique.Once perfected, the Silver Purple Emperor Technique was not inferior to the True Spirit Chapter of the Profound Void Technique. Moreover, it allowed dual cultivation, enabling the enhancement of the physical body to a higher level.
Thus, the Silver Purple Emperor Technique still held some value for Ye Tian, though it was not particularly significant.
What Ye Tian truly cared about was not the Silver Purple Emperor Technique, but the trials that followed. If the trials continued, the Chaos Body Refining Technique fragments he encountered would certainly surpass the Profound Void Technique.
Continuing the trial, Ye Tian entered the fourth trial space.
To his surprise, he found himself closer to the damaged stone stele than he expected. This was already the final trial layer.
“So there are only four trial spaces. It seems this stone stele is too badly damaged. Otherwise, there would have been more trial spaces!” Ye Tian thought to himself.
Upon entering the fourth space, Ye Tian naturally obtained a fragmented version of a Chaos Body Refining Technique—the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique!
“This body refining technique… it’s way too complex!” Ye Tian was utterly shocked.
He originally thought this Chaos Body Refining Technique would only be somewhat stronger than the Profound Void Technique. To his disbelief, it was far superior, as if they belonged to completely different tiers—at least two tiers apart! It was unimaginable that a small sect like the Sky Ape Sect, with just a True Ancestor as its leader, could possess such a powerful refining technique.
However, Ye Tian furrowed his brow and thought to himself, “Since this Golden Ape Body Refining Technique is so advanced, perfecting it will likely be extremely challenging!”
Spending billions of years to perfect this Chaos Body Refining Technique might not be worth the effort.
But he didn’t want to give up. If he abandoned the technique now, he would quickly forget its contents once he left this place.
“I have to perfect it. Even if it takes an endless amount of time, I must refine this Chaos Body Refining Technique! Without it, I won’t be able to reach the physical body’s limit at the True Monarch level. Even the True Spirit Chapter of the Profound Void Technique could only get me to about ten percent of the maximum potential. I need a powerful Chaos Body Refining Technique or an enormous amount of resources to push my body’s strength further!” Ye Tian muttered under his breath.
Determined, Ye Tian decided to perfect the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique.
The moment he began, Ye Tian was stunned to find that the refining process seemed boundless, yet his progress was astonishingly fast.
“It’s the damaged stone stele!” Ye Tian understood.
Under the influence of the damaged stone stele, he could refine the Chaos Body Refining Technique at an accelerated pace.
This must have been a benefit granted by the Sky Ape Sect. Without it, even disciples at the True Monarch level would struggle for their entire lives to perfect the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique, defeating the purpose of the trial.
“Normally, perfecting the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique would take at least billions of years. But now, I estimate that it will take only one million years to completely and perfectly refine this technique!” Ye Tian calculated.
As time passed slowly, the discovery of the Sky Ape Sect’s ruins caused many True Monarchs to advance rapidly. Over ten of them used the opportunities and inheritances within the ruins to shatter their bottlenecks, successfully condensing a complete Great Dao and stepping into the Half-Step True Ancestor realm.
Some True Monarchs also gradually climbed the rankings. However, Ye Tian, who had been fully absorbed in refining and perfecting the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique, temporarily halted his cultivation and, as a result, fell off the ranking altogether.
Ye Tian didn’t care about this. If he wanted to return to the ranking, he knew it would be an easy task.
None of the other True Monarchs dared to underestimate him either. Ye Tian’s rapid progress was well-known, and everyone was aware that his lack of advancement was due to his efforts in perfecting the Chaos Body Refining Technique within the damaged stone stele.
In the blink of an eye, countless years passed.
Then, on that day—
Ye Tian’s laughter echoed throughout the fourth layer of the trial space within the damaged stone stele. Yet, no one was there to hear it.
“Finally perfected!” Ye Tian laughed heartily.
The perfected Golden Ape Body Refining Technique turned out to be a heaven-defying Chaos Body Refining Technique, far surpassing the Profound Void Technique. It now contained even more traces of that mysterious, forbidden Chaos Body Refining Technique hinted at in fragments.
Based on Ye Tian’s deduction, that forbidden technique must be unimaginably powerful. Unfortunately, the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique was already the highest-level refining art available here.
Even so, Ye Tian felt completely satisfied.
Immediately, he began cultivating the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique, abandoning the True Spirit Chapter of the Profound Void Technique altogether.
The Golden Ape Body Refining Technique was divided into six realms, and each realm was further subdivided into four stages: Entry, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, and Perfection.
The first realm was suited for cultivators below the Heavenly Monarch, the second realm for Heavenly Monarchs, the third and fourth realms for True Monarchs, and the fifth and sixth realms for True Ancestors.
In short, the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique could be cultivated all the way to the pinnacle of the True Ancestor realm.
This fact alone demonstrated its incredible value as an unparalleled Chaos Body Refining Technique.
It wasn’t long before Ye Tian realized that the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique was an almost perfect fit for him—far more suitable than the Profound Void Technique.
“Strange… I’ve been cultivating the Profound Void Technique since I was weak. So why does this technique feel so perfectly suited to me the moment I begin practicing it?” Ye Tian pondered in curiosity.
Soon, the answer dawned on him.
The reason was simple: the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique had been perfected by him. To some extent, it had been refined according to his own situation and needs, making it a natural fit. In contrast, the Profound Void Technique was created by Dao Ancestor Void Sky, not tailored specifically for him.
This was why the Golden Ape Body Refining Technique suited him so well.
At that moment, Ye Tian finally understood the purpose behind the Sky Ape Sect’s method of refining Chaos Body Refining Techniques within the stone stele. The sect likely believed that only by perfecting the technique themselves could cultivators create an art most suitable to their own needs.
Every person, through refining their own version of a Chaos Body Refining Technique, could unleash their fullest potential.
“This Sky Ape Sect is no ordinary sect!” Ye Tian murmured to himself.
Afterward, he left the trial space and entered the True Time Pagoda.
This time, he planned to use the pagoda’s time-acceleration feature, which could increase the flow of time by ten thousand times, to fully enhance his strength.