Chapter 8

Shang Xia, who was in a light slumber, was actually in a state of consciousness, deducing the martial arts technique "Hunyuan Thunderhand."

This time, however, the deduction was not to find a cultivation path with a certain degree of universality.

On the contrary, Shang Xia was trying to raise the cultivation threshold of this technique, making the cultivation process more painful.

Of course, there was one extremely important point: the power of the technique had to be weakened even more!

Indeed, the moment Shang Xia successfully descended into this world, he had already grasped the correct cultivation path of "Hunyuan Thunderhand."

However, this cultivation path did not come from the original host!

Or, to be more precise, the method the original host controlled before seclusion was not perfect, and it did not differ much from the records of this technique held by the Academy of the Mystic Path.

Shang Xia even suspected that the information the original host had about "Hunyuan Thunderhand" came from the academy's scripture library.

What a stubborn person!

Knowing that the cultivation of this technique had a huge element of chance, and that most cultivators either died or were injured, and even those who survived were lucky, he still dared to start cultivating.

Moreover, the original host's cultivation of the Hunyuan Palm and Thunderhand had already reached a very profound level.

This indicated that the original host had long coveted "Hunyuan Thunderhand."

What kind of confidence did he have in his own talent?

Or was it some mysterious confidence bestowed by fate?

Without a doubt, when the original host attempted to integrate the Hunyuan Palm and Thunderhand, forcing the creation of "Hunyuan Thunderhand," he lost control of his internal essence energy, completely going mad, and his soul consciousness was gradually dissipating.

At this critical moment, whether by human intervention or coincidence, a bolt of lightning split the seclusion place, bringing Shang Xia, who had just bought an ancient iron ruler from an antique market in his home world and was playing with it while taking shelter from the rain, to this world, and successfully occupying the original host's body and memory.

However, the first thing Shang Xia did after completing the transmigration was not to celebrate his survival, but almost to curse out loud.

Because the original host's internal essence energy had gone out of control, directly annihilating the original host's soul consciousness, and his body was on the verge of collapse.

More terrifyingly, the bolt of lightning not only brought Shang Xia's soul consciousness but also a thread of scattered thunder power that permeated his body, exacerbating the internal essence energy's turmoil.

If Shang Xia could not suppress and integrate the internal essence energy in time, he would immediately "die" again after just "coming back to life."

Even though Shang Xia inherited all the original host's memories and instincts, he seemed helpless in the face of the current situation, waiting to die.

At this critical moment, Shang Xia suddenly discovered a rough, red, quadrilateral stele gradually taking shape deep within his soul consciousness.

What is this, a golden finger?

Without hesitation, Shang Xia's consciousness rushed towards it.

In this situation, nothing worse could happen, and this suddenly appearing quadrilateral stele was the only possible variable.

The moment Shang Xia's consciousness touched the stele, the stele, standing in his soul, began to tremble, and large chunks of rust-like red began to dissolve on its own.

Only then did Shang Xia realize that the quadrilateral stele looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Looking down the stele, he saw two cones on either side at the same distance, seemingly part of the stele...

No, this was the ancient iron ruler he had bought from the antique market, wasn't it?

How did it turn into a towering stele?

The iron ruler, originally covered in red rust, revealed its true form as a red stele after the rust dissolved.

However, Shang Xia soon realized that it wasn't the iron ruler that had turned into a stele, but his soul consciousness that appeared small before the iron ruler!

As the iron ruler transformed into the quadrilateral stele, lines of text began to appear on its surface.

Martial Arts Technique: Hunyuan Thunderhand

Prerequisite Cultivation Method: Hunyuan Force

Prerequisite Martial Techniques: Hunyuan Palm, Thunderhand

These were the three vertical lines of text that appeared on the front of the stele.

However, Shang Xia soon discovered more vertical lines of text on the right side of the stele.

Necessary Medium: None

Auxiliary Medium: Thunderbird Feather

Backup Medicines: Clear Spirit Powder, Snow Condensation Liquid

Again, three vertical lines of text. At this point, Shang Xia had already realized something and quickly shifted his soul consciousness's attention to the back of the stele.

Sure enough, there were still vertical lines of text, but this time there were only two lines.

Essential Secret Technique: None (Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement in Progress)

Shang Xia hurriedly turned to the last side of the quadrilateral stele, where he saw only one large line of text.

Success Rate: 35%

At this point, Shang Xia had a rough idea of what the quadrilateral stele was trying to convey.

The text on the stele seemed to be an explanation of his current state.

The internal essence energy that was out of control seemed to be proving the correctness of the pitiful 35% success rate on the stele.

However, the problem now was not the success rate but how to remedy the situation.

Shang Xia did not want to be blown to pieces by the internal essence energy just as he successfully transmigrated.

As if sensing Shang Xia's thoughts, the text on the quadrilateral stele suddenly changed, and in the blink of an eye, it stopped again.

This time, the four sides of the quadrilateral stele presented different text.

Martial Arts Technique: Hunyuan Thunderhand

Prerequisite Cultivation Method: Hunyuan Force

Prerequisite Martial Techniques: Hunyuan Palm, Thunderhand

Necessary Medium: Wood core struck by lightning for over 500 years, peach wood preferred

Auxiliary Medium: Thunderbird Feather, Heavenly Thunder Stone, etc.

Backup Medicines: Life-restoring healing medicines, pain-relieving medicines

Essential Secret Technique: Thunder Essence Blood Refinement

Success Rate Fluctuation: 45%-65%

Shang Xia had just memorized the text presented this time, but he was still despairing.

He needed a method to immediately control the internal essence energy, but what the quadrilateral stele provided seemed more like an improved or perfected version of the cultivation path for the martial arts technique.

These things could not provide an immediate solution to his current situation.

As Shang Xia's thoughts raced, the text on the quadrilateral stele changed again, reverting to the initial state of his current condition.

Martial Arts Technique: Hunyuan Thunderhand

Prerequisite Cultivation Method: Hunyuan Force

Prerequisite Martial Techniques: Hunyuan Palm, Thunderhand

Necessary Medium: None

Auxiliary Medium: Thunderbird Feather

Backup Medicines: Clear Spirit Powder, Snow Condensation Liquid

Essential Secret Technique: None (Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement in Progress)

Success Rate: 43%

Almost instantly, Shang Xia noticed the difference from before.

The success rate had increased from 35% to 43%!

What caused the 8% increase in the success rate?

At this moment, the success rate changed again, jumping from 43% to 45%!

This already reached the lower limit of the success rate of the suspected perfected version!

Shang Xia's gaze quickly fell on the "Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement in Progress" in the essential secret technique section.

Comparing it to the suspected perfected version, if the wood core struck by lightning for over 500 years was the key medium for the cultivation of "Hunyuan Thunderhand," then "Thunder Essence Blood Refinement" might be the key to the final qualitative change of the technique.

However, Shang Xia did not know what "Thunder Essence Blood Refinement" was, but the quadrilateral stele indicated that he was currently in the "blood refinement" process.

So, there was only one possibility. Shang Xia's gaze fell on the word "Heavenly Thunder" again!

The bolt of lightning that brought Shang Xia to this world, although most of its power had been dissipated when it split the seclusion place, still had a small part of the heavenly thunder power permeate his body, unintentionally completing the "Thunder Essence" step and entering the final stage of "blood refinement."

The moment Shang Xia understood the reason, the success rate jumped from 45% to 48%!

The "Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement" in the essential secret technique section was still in progress.

Shang Xia suddenly had an idea and quickly focused all his attention on the Hunyuan Force he had cultivated.

Previously, due to the internal essence energy's turmoil, Shang Xia could not control the Hunyuan Force.

Now, although his internal essence energy was still turbulent, Shang Xia could sense that these energies were undergoing some kind of change.

This change allowed the turmoil to be restrained, enabling Shang Xia to mobilize a tiny thread of essence energy with the Hunyuan Force.

Although this tiny thread of essence energy seemed insignificant compared to the abundant essence energy in Shang Xia's body, once it was completely under his control, it immediately began to gather more and more out-of-control essence energy as it flowed through the Hunyuan Force's circulation path, like a snowball rolling down a hill.

At the same time, the success rate on the quadrilateral stele in Shang Xia's soul space continued to increase, from 48% to 51%, surpassing the 50% threshold, and then to 54%!

However, the "Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement" process was still ongoing.

At this moment, Shang Xia had almost completed the integration of the out-of-control essence energy. The moment the essence energy was fully under his control, the success rate on the quadrilateral stele jumped again to 57%!

At the same time, Shang Xia changed the circulation path of the essence energy, no longer following the Hunyuan Force's path but instead using the circulation paths of the Hunyuan Palm and Thunderhand.

Instantly, a thread of thunder power seeped out of his body and gradually merged with the circulating essence energy.

The success rate on the quadrilateral stele suddenly jumped from 57% to 60%.

However, Shang Xia did not have the energy to check it, as the fusion of thunder power and essence energy brought a numbing sensation followed by excruciating pain, making him feel as if he was being torn apart from the inside out.

In the seclusion place, a thunderbird feather in Shang Xia's hand suddenly exploded, and threads of lightning shot out and instantly entered his body.

The success rate on the quadrilateral stele increased by 2%.

Enduring the pain, Shang Xia managed to take out a jade box from his waist, opened it with trembling fingers, and inhaled the Clear Spirit Powder inside.

After throwing away the jade box, he took out a jade bottle from his sleeve, uncorked it, and drank the Snow Condensation Liquid inside.

The pain in his body was finally relieved, and Shang Xia could clearly sense a warm current flowing through his body, slowly healing his internal injuries.

At this moment, the success rate on the quadrilateral stele had increased by 3%, reaching 65%, the upper limit of the suspected perfected cultivation method.

At the same time, the only preparation the original host had made for comprehending "Hunyuan Thunderhand" had been used up by Shang Xia.

At this point, Shang Xia's only reliance was the ongoing "Heavenly Thunder Blood Refinement" and the Hunyuan Force circulating through the paths of the two martial techniques.

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