Shennong Dao Master

The people who cursed got tired of cursing, and those who barricaded got tired of blocking.

As for a small few, they still refused to give up.

It was because they were the ones who would benefit, and Zhao Xing's emergence had touched upon their interests.

Regarding this, Zhao Xing didn't pay any attention, but silently took note of certain thorny individuals in his little notebook.

"Zhou Cheng, Yang Boguang, Zhong Hai Ming, Wu Chen, Cui You..."

In the Memory Palace, Zhao Xing wrote down the names of a dozen or so individuals.

"Hmph, you few in Tianyuan Prefecture are the ones shouting the loudest, and some of you have already pledged loyalty to Prince Liang. Just wait for you to rebel, I'll be the first to stomp you to death!"

It was as if only they knew how to investigate; Mr. Zhao in Pinghai State was also a man of influence and background.

He could easily dig out the details about these people.

Upon checking, he found many were potential 'traitors.'

"Just endure a little longer; once I've mastered the skills, I'll kill you all!"

By coincidence, Zhao Xing encountered a similar event in the Spirit Mountain District of Kunyuan Academy.

But the Earth Advantage Sect's exclusion of the Self Sect wasn't quite so severe.

Furthermore, Meng Kun used resources he and Gu Changqing had on their own, without seizing others' resources.

With no conflict of interest, the matter was much less significant.

But just as Li Boqian said, once he reached a higher position in the future, things would likely not be so amicable.

...

In the year thirty-two of the Jingxin Calendar, on the fourth day of the tenth month.

The Earth Spirit Divine Storage Method was mastered! Main body at Three Transitions, clone at one.

Rebuilding is harder than destroying; the Earth Spirit Divine Storage Method was also the longest for Zhao Xing to complete among the Earth Advantage Skills.

By now, Zhao Xing had mastered four types of top-level skills.

They were:

From Xuantian Thunder Skill, "Heavenly Thunder Finger"

From Cloud Sky Dao, "Yunmen"

From Returning Ruins Palace, the Hanhai Palace Technique

From Earth Spirit Divine Storage Method.

"Four methods leading directly to the ultimate top-level skills, learned in the thirty-second year of the Jingxin Calendar, October, all at the top-level Three Transitions, and the clone at top-level one."

There was a sequence in time, but the realms were the same, mainly an issue of energy allocation.

Advancing to Four Transitions from a top-level Three Transitions skill is extremely difficult.

It requires a great deal of time and energy to comprehend, and it was impossible for Zhao Xing to learn it in a short period of time, so after reaching top-level Three Transitions, he ceased contemplating and moved on to the next skill.

Now, having learned four types, Zhao Xing allowed his two clones to go offline, no longer engrossed in contemplation every day.

Because the first layer of his Derivation God Decision had reached the most critical moment.

On the fifth day of October, Zhao Xing began his assault on the seventh star.

"Boom~"

He'd witnessed the secret pattern stars turn countless times.

Atop the Star Platform, Zhao Xing stood with hands behind his back, watching the planet before him enlarge and spin increasingly faster.

His eyes flashed with innumerable star rings, and seven stars appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

The stars exerted pressure on his Sea of Consciousness, but at this point, such pressure could no longer affect Zhao Xing at all.

"Come then, the seventh star!"

Zhao Xing looked at the seven secret pattern stars.

Previously, each time he made a breakthrough, one less star would attack within his Sea of Consciousness during visualization.

But at the final gate, the seventh star reappeared.

To form the seventh star, the pressure was tens of times greater than the combined force of all previous stars!

"Boom~"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The seven secret pattern stars kept bombarding Zhao Xing's Soul Body.

Each collision was a clash within the realm of the soul!

To split one's Life Soul is to defy the heavens, to reach a limit that is beyond the reach of others, one must withstand the verification by the way of the soul.

The attacks from the secret pattern stars indeed contained the utmost truths of heaven and earth, relentlessly striking at Zhao Xing's Life Soul.

If he could withstand it and resonate with the first star, it would mean he was on the ultimate path of the soul.

"Boom boom boom~"

The six-star Life Soul soon developed a crack under this kind of high-frequency attack.

However, Zhao Xing was also accommodating those secret pattern stars in the process of being hit.

Each time he was struck and sent flying, he corrected his posture, and the secret patterns on his Life Soul adjusted accordingly.

"Two years of comprehension have reached the critical point, now is the moment of verification," Zhao Xing said, focusing intently.

Collapsing time after time, repairing himself again and again.

Time quickly went from the fifth to the tenth of October.

By then, Zhao Xing also had to take Primordial Soul Liquid to replenish what he had spent.

He swallowed bottle after bottle of Primordial Soul Liquid.

"Only the last five bottles remain," King Heavenly Destiny said anxiously, "This youngster has never drunk this much before during a breakthrough, but this time he's gulped it down until only five bottles are left."

Clearly, King Heavenly Destiny understood Zhao Xing was at a crucial moment.

If this assault failed, the next opportunity was unknown.

Because a long-prepared breakthrough had not succeeded, it was a serious blow to one's Dao heart, leading to self-doubt.

Even if the Dao heart remained firm, in this process of correction, it was very easy to lose oneself, making the almost complete Dao more flawed and taking much time to adjust.

Then the time came to the nineteenth of October in the thirty-second year of the Jingxin Calendar.

"Hum~"

At a certain moment, the seven secret pattern stars on the Star Platform all stopped moving, radiating dazzling light.

"Is it a success?" King Heavenly Destiny became ecstatic, as the secret pattern stars only stopped in three situations.

One was manually pressing the stop button.

Two was the cultivator fainting and becoming unable to be targeted, which would naturally cause it to stop.

Three was, having thoroughly comprehended the first layer.

Zhao Xing had not fallen, nor had he pressed the button, so there was only one possibility.

"He truly succeeded!"

King Heavenly Destiny felt a powerful surge of Soul Power rising in front of him.

He was so excited that he plucked out a handful of his own beard.

"Jingxin Calendar year thirty, October twenty-third, began the cultivation of the Soul Refining chapter of the Derivation God Decision."

"Jingxin Calendar year thirty-two, October nineteenth, completed the cultivation of the first layer."

"Just four days short of two years, impressive, truly impressive!" King Heavenly Destiny trembled, "The most talented practitioner of the Derivation God Decision in history has appeared."

"In the future, he might comprehend that most mysterious Yanshen Stele!"

When everything settled, Zhao Xing swallowed the remaining five bottles of Primordial Soul Liquid to recover his Soul Power.

Seeing King Heavenly Destiny appear, Zhao Xing walked down from the Star Platform. "I have seen King Heavenly Destiny."

"Zhao Xing, have you broken through?"

"Yes, I have not failed to live up to expectations," Zhao Xing said. "It's all thanks to the Prince's cultivation. I hope I have not tarnished the Prince's reputation."

"Hahaha..." King Heavenly Destiny burst into laughter. "Do you know how you rank in terms of cultivation speed?"

"How so?"

"Hahaha, your cultivation of the first layer is the fastest in our dynasty, breaking the five-year record set by your teacher Liu Tianning."

"Moreover, you've also broken the historical record of the Derivation God Decision of over thirty thousand years, bringing it within two years!"

"What?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised upon hearing this figure.

He had set a record?

Then what was all that daily urging about?

Zhao Xing was speechless, initially thinking he was somewhat behind and puzzled: How could there be so many geniuses in the Great Zhou era, all so strong?

But now it seemed that King Heavenly Destiny never said he was falling behind, he was just persistent in urging, creating an atmosphere that seemed lagging.

"No wonder Luo Hou King keeps losing bets to you, who can play better than you..." Zhao Xing criticized inwardly.

King Heavenly Destiny watched Zhao Xing for a while and then finally stopped laughing: "Alright, don't blame me, who would have thought your first breakthrough would set a record? This is a chance to witness history, how could I miss it?"

"The Prince is really... thoughtful," Zhao Xing replied.

"By the way, after your breakthrough, how many Life Souls could you differentiate?" King Heavenly Destiny looked at Zhao Xing, "Why do I feel that your breakthrough is a little different?"

Liu Tianning differentiated ten thousand and eighty-six Life Souls, achieving perfection in the first layer of the Derivation God Decision.

But in King Heavenly Destiny's perception, Zhao Xing's breakthrough was very different from Liu Tianning's.

"My teacher and I chose different paths," Zhao Xing replied, "He may have differentiated many Life Souls, but I only differentiated six from the Main Soul."

"What?" King Heavenly Destiny was stunned, "Only six?"