Splitting the Heave

After entering the large completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm, Shang Xia seemed to finally take a break. He looked like he had given up on absorbing more energy as he conversed with Shang Pei, but in actuality, the energy that was flowing into his body didn’t stop.

The way he was absorbing it was truly special. Even though Shang Pei had been standing in front of him earlier, she didn’t notice a thing.

Well, that might have something to do with the beneficiary of the world origin he was absorbing. Every bit absorbed went to his sea of consciousness to repair the Crimson Soul Tablet.

Since he utilized the Crimson Soul Tablet to deduce his martial intent after entering the large completion stage earlier, the third crack appeared on it. However, the crack seemed to recover after he absorbed the world origin around him. 

Realizing how important the world origin was, Shang Xia started to use his divine sense to direct the world origin pouring into his body to head up into his sea of consciousness!

The crack was still extending slowly, but the size of the crack was much smaller than the first two.

After his martial intent was displayed on the surface of the Crimson Soul Tablet, the crack immediately stopped. It didn’t stop there. The tiny crack that just formed started to seal up as more world origin poured into it. 

The speed at which it was recovering was slow, and Shang Xia had been absorbing world origin to seal the crack while he spoke to Shang Pei earlier. When Shang Pei took her advancement medicine, the words fully appeared on the tablet.

Martial Intent: Heaven Startling Spear

Prerequisite Secret Art: Providence Chapter

Prerequisite Martial Art: Nine Providence Spear

Requirement: Sufficient Heaven and Earth Qi

Medicine Required: Startling Soul Needles

Special Requirement: Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter

Success Rate: 75 - 85%

That was the martial intent derived by the Crimson Soul Tablet. Since one’s martial intent was an all-rounded upgrade of all the techniques they had learned in their current realm, Shang Xia didn’t find it surprising that the prerequisite martial art was called ‘Nine Providence Spear’. 

The rest of the requirements made sense too. It went without saying his secret art was a requirement for him to comprehend his martial intent. It also went without saying that he required a ton of heaven and earth qi.

Currently, he was submerged in a sea of world origin. The heaven and earth qi around him was especially dense, and that requirement wouldn’t be a problem. The amount used by Shang Pei to charge into the Martial Extermination Realm barely created a dent in the total amount that would be transferred back to the institution. She was absorbing a huge amount of it now, but there was a limit as to how much she could take in. Since he was merely comprehending his third martial intent, he would naturally use less energy than Shang Pei! There would be more than enough energy for him in the spirit cave!

However, the only problem was the medicine required. He didn’t know what the Starting Soul Needle was. He didn’t know if it was a physical object or a method of acupuncture! Was it also possible to be a type of injection he hadn’t heard of? 

After racking his brains, he felt that the latter possibilities were a little more likely.

He shifted his gaze involuntarily to Shang Pei who was cultivating in the other corner. This Third Aunt Pei of the Shang Clan had been roaming the world for close to twenty years. She should be much more experienced than himself and she might know a thing or two about the Startling Soul Needle he was looking for.

Moreover, Shang Xia knew that the medicine required was something that could increase his success rate, but it wasn’t strictly necessary!

For example, the medicine he used when comprehending his first martial intent in the Martial Realm was only used to treat his injuries!

The medicines he used while comprehending his Yin Yang Sword Formation, which he later renamed to the Seven Laceration Sword, in the Martial Extremity Realm, had nothing to do with his second martial intent! They were only used to widen his meridians and make them stronger! 

The only thing that Shang Xia found truly surprising was the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter. When he glanced at it, the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter seemed to appear in his memories automatically. To understand why it appeared in his mind automatically, one would have to go back to the root of cultivation. 

The worth of every special requirement was actually close to the martial intent he comprehended. For example, the Blood Collection Lightning Art he learned when comprehending his Chaos Essence Lightning Palm. It allowed him to temper his body to be strong enough to withstand the power contained in his martial intent. One had to know that the higher one’s cultivation realm got, the stronger their souls and body would become. 

However, if they wanted to increase the strength of their physical body or soul even further, they would have to pay a huge price.

The Blood Collection Lightning Art allowed a cultivator in the Martial Realm to increase the strength of their physical bodies, and that was already a huge benefit. 

After he handed it the guide to comprehend the Chaos Essence Lightning Palm and the assistive technique that was the Lightning Collection Blood Art to the institution, he realized that there would be a much higher demand for the Lightning Collection Blood Art than the full guide. 

When he was comprehending his Yin Yang Sword Formation in the Martial Extremity Realm, he managed to develop a special skill to craft Yin Yang Sword Talismans! Because of that, Shang Xia’s skill of crafting talismans increased at a terrifying pace. It also greatly increased his fighting capabilities after he created those special talismans of his. 

He discovered their secret a long time ago. He could vaguely feel that those talismans he created could help cultivators in the Martial Extremity Realm to easily comprehend a sword intent!

Of course, it could only help those who were comprehending one of the seven sword intents Shang Xia comprehended. Even so, it was shocking enough! 

With those considerations in mind, Shang Xia was expecting great things with his Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter!

Carefully examining the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter that appeared in his memories, a strange expression formed on his face. He discovered that he had unknowingly comprehended it ever since he entered the Martial Intent Realm. 

Back when he just stepped into the Martial Intent Realm, he discovered that he could affect the heaven and earth qi around him to a certain extent. After his second divine sense transformation, he could fuse his divine sense with the world around him. That allowed him to hide himself while spying on his opponents. Not even Martial Extermination Realm experts would be able to discover his presence when he did that.

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Even though it hadn’t been long since he completed his third divine sense transformation, Shang Xia discovered something even more special. Not only did his control over the heaven and earth qi around him increase, he discovered that he seemed to have touched on a new realm. He was able to capture minute changes that others might not even discover had happened to predict what would happen in the near future!

That was how his ninth move, Piercing Sun, nailed Gao Yun who was flying away!

Shang Xia noticed where Gao Yun was going and accurately predicted where he would be the next second before shooting out the spear and sending the man to the underworld.

It was a feeling he got after making a good deduction of how the heaven and earth qi was moving in the air.

According to the Crimson Soul Tablet, the feeling was because of the synergy between himself and the world around him.

Of course, the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter wasn’t as simple as that. Even though Shang Xia knew that he could save a lot of effort in comprehending his martial intent now that he was in sync with the world around him, he found it a little questionable. Was he going to become some sort of divine spear entity that could predict the future? That didn’t seem too likely.

That thought merely existed for a second in his mind before he tossed it to the back of his head.

He knew that with the assistance given by the Crimson Soul Tablet, entering the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm wouldn’t be too difficult! With another thought, the worlds on the tablet started to change. 

Martial Intent: Heaven Startling Spear

Prerequisite Secret Art: Providence Chapter

Prerequisite Martial Art: Nine Providence Spear

Requirement: Sufficient Heaven and Earth Qi

Medicine Required: -

Special Requirement: Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter

Success Rate: 75 - 80%

The change used a lot less energy than before. According to the tablet now, Shang Xia discovered that even without the Starting Soul Needle, the success rate was merely lowered by a small 5 percent!

Which also meant that he could try comprehending his martial intent that very moment!

It might seem like a good idea, but Shang Xia eventually managed to suppress his urge. A huge part of the reason was that he was trying to repair the Crimson Soul Tablet with the world origin around him and once he started cultivating, the tablet would stop being restored immediately as he would use up the energy that entered his body at a rapid pace.

The cracks that were forming around the tablet had already crossed his bottom line. He didn’t wish to rush things and doom himself for eternity! The third crack signified that the tablet was about to be destroyed. If he didn’t do anything about it when he could, he might not find another suitable opportunity to fix it!

Secondly, he didn’t wish to interrupt Shang Pei. The amount of energy he would absorb might be inconsequential, but he would interrupt the flow of heaven and earth qi in the spirit cave which might disturb her.

With the path laid out for him, Shang Xia could comprehend his martial intent any time he wanted to! There was no need to risk it all at that moment.

If his impatience caused Shang Pei to fail and the recovery of the Crimson Soul Tablet to stop, the losses would seriously outweigh the gains.

As for why Shang Xia gave Shang Pei the opportunity to break through at that moment… He had his reason. Shang Pei knew that she would owe Shang Xia big time after that, but the opportunity was laid out right in front of her! She had to take it! 

The reason behind Shang Xia’s generosity was simple. Shang Pei knew exactly what he wanted and she didn’t bother placing down any barriers around herself. She allowed him to observe every second of her breakthrough in order to draw on her experience in the future! She knew that Shang Xia was trying to learn a little more so that his breakthrough would be smoother in the future.