Chapter 9 – Creating My Own Sword Technique, One Sword Opens Heaven's Gate!

“Breeze Swordplay, Seven-Star Step, and Sunflower Nine Needles—all have been cultivated to perfection.”

In the library, Qin Yang opened his eyes from his feigned slumber, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Three days had passed since his breakthrough to the Innate Realm.

In just three days, Qin Yang had utilized the Enlightenment Space to bring all three martial arts he had learned to the pinnacle of mastery.

The stages of martial arts cultivation were divided into entry, minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, and perfection.

Qin Yang could be considered to have reached the highest level in these three martial arts.

“It’s just a pity that the first floor only contains basic martial arts.”

Basic martial arts were also known as Acquired Realm martial arts.

Above them were Innate Realm martial arts and Grandmaster secret techniques.

Although Qin Yang had now reached the Innate Realm, he had yet to cultivate even a single Innate Realm martial art.

If he were to face other Innate Realm experts in battle, Qin Yang would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.

As the largest library in all of Jianghai City, the Jiangdao Martial Library surely housed Innate Realm martial arts on its upper floors.

But given Qin Yang’s current status, he wasn’t qualified to access them unless he revealed his Innate Realm cultivation.

“Wait…”

“I have the Enlightenment Space—could I attempt to create my own Innate Realm martial art?”

A sudden spark of inspiration lit up Qin Yang’s eyes.

So-called Innate Realm martial arts and Grandmaster secret techniques were all created by martial arts masters in the first place.

If others could accomplish this, surely he—with the Enlightenment Space—could do the same?

However, martial arts masters typically possessed extremely profound martial arts foundations.

With only three martial arts currently mastered, Qin Yang’s foundation seemed somewhat insufficient.

“If my foundation is lacking, I’ll just continue learning…”

On this point, Qin Yang felt completely confident.

The library contained so many basic martial arts that they would be more than enough to elevate his martial arts foundation to a remarkably high level.

“First, I’ll set a small goal: create an Innate Sword Technique!”

Qin Yang considered himself a dedicated person.

Even after breaking through to the Innate Realm, he remained devoted to swordplay.

Subsequently, Qin Yang stood up and began selecting sword techniques from the shelves.

“Telepathic Sword Technique.”

Qin Yang picked up a manual and quickly flipped through it.

After breaking through to the Innate Realm, Qin Yang’s spiritual power had greatly increased. With the Enlightenment Space at his disposal, he could now achieve perfect memorization with just one reading.

After simply skimming through the manual once, he had already committed all its contents firmly to memory.

“Hey, kid, not sleeping anymore? Back to reading books?”

Just as Qin Yang was intently studying, Xia He appeared behind him.

Over the past few days, Qin Yang had been immersing his consciousness in the Enlightenment Space to comprehend martial arts.

Xia He viewed Qin Yang as being just like himself—someone who spent their days lounging and dozing off—and felt quite relieved.

This kid has finally come to his senses.

That’s right—we’re all slacking off here, so why were you overexerting yourself?

That really wasn’t appropriate.

But now, seeing Qin Yang reading again, Xia He immediately felt somewhat displeased.

So you’re back to secretly overachieving, eh?

What’s so great about these boring books?

We’re all mediocrities here—isn’t it better to just peacefully slack off?

Qin Yang had no time to bother with Xia He’s thoughts.

After memorizing the contents of the Telepathic Sword Technique, he returned to his seat, closed his eyes, and sank his mind into the Enlightenment Space.

“That’s more like it—just sleep and be done with it.”

Seeing Qin Yang so receptive to advice, Xia He nodded with satisfaction.

He then returned to Sector 2 and, with a clear conscience, joined in lazing around and sleeping.In Qin Yang’s view, the simplest way to create one’s own martial art was to improve upon these foundational techniques—discarding the dross and integrating the essence—ultimately yielding an exquisite Innate Realm martial art.

Under the influence of the Enlightenment Space, Qin Yang’s comprehension reached an extraordinary level.

As the contents of the Telepathic Sword Technique surfaced in his mind, various insights into this swordplay blossomed like exquisite brushstrokes, rapidly emerging in his consciousness.

He greedily absorbed these realizations, and the proficiency of the Telepathic Sword Technique swiftly increased.

Beginner.

Minor Achievement.

Major Achievement.

Perfection!

In just one day, Qin Yang had cultivated the Telepathic Sword Technique to perfection.

However, this alone was insufficient to help him create an Innate Realm martial art.

Qin Yang’s idea was that if he were to create a sword technique, it must be one of astonishing power.

He planned to first learn nearly all the sword techniques from the first floor of the library and be fully prepared before proceeding.

Thus, in the following days, Qin Yang lived up to Xia He’s expectations.

He spent each day seemingly dozing off in the library, while in reality, he was comprehending various sword techniques and martial arts in his mind.

Not only did Qin Yang master all the sword techniques in Sector 1 and Sector 2,

he also found excuses to visit several other sectors, memorizing every sword technique manual available.

In just half a month, Qin Yang had learned over a dozen foundational sword techniques and cultivated all of them to perfection.

Now, with an immensely profound foundation in the Sword Dao, he could rightly be called a Sword Dao master.

Late at night, in the suburbs of Jianghai City.

“It’s about time.”

Having mastered so many foundational sword techniques, Qin Yang finally paused.

Next, he intended to leverage the extraordinary comprehension provided by the Enlightenment Space

to discard the dross and extract the essence from the more than ten sword techniques in his mind,

ultimately merging them into a powerful Innate Sword Technique.

Creating an Innate Realm martial art would inevitably produce unusual phenomena.

For this reason, he deliberately came to the outskirts to avoid disturbance.

Gazing at the tranquil night scenery around him, Qin Yang closed his eyes, and the dozen or so sword techniques flashed through his mind one by one.

His brain operated rapidly, like a highly efficient machine.

As Qin Yang continued to comprehend, a faint glow emanated from his body, attracting numerous mosquitoes.

However, when these insects came within ten meters of him, they suddenly seemed to suffer a heavy blow, turning into dust and vanishing into the air.

If a perceptive expert were present, they would clearly sense an intangible sword radiance enveloping Qin Yang, akin to a Sword Qi domain.

In the air, one could almost hear the crisp, humming resonance of swords.

Thus, Qin Yang stood motionless in place.

Just before dawn, he suddenly opened his eyes, which seemed to flicker with sword light.

“Finally succeeded!”

With a thought, the True Essence within Qin Yang’s body surged rapidly, then materialized in his palm as a Sword Qi condensed from True Essence.

As Qin Yang continuously channeled True Essence, the Sword Qi lengthened swiftly, transforming into a ten-meter-long sword beam.

Sensing the sharp Sword Qi within the beam, Qin Yang’s face lit up with excitement, and he turned his gaze toward a mountain peak ahead.

“This move shall be called… One Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate!”As soon as Qin Yang’s voice fell, the Sword Qi in his hand abruptly shot out, transforming into a hundred-meter-long arc of Sword Qi in the void that directly slashed toward the mountain peak before him.

(End of Chapter)