Chapter 61: Ten Great Martial Arts

Swordsmanship, saber technique, claw mastery...
Yu Qiye's eyes flickered.
He suddenly discovered a path suitable for himself.
If he could absorb the strengths of all schools, integrate them thoroughly, and forge them into his own Dao, would it be possible for him to carve out a unique path of his own?
For others, it would be impossible.
After all, their innate talent is limited.
Yet, thanks to his innate traits, he could experiment with all kinds of martial arts.
Coupled with the fact that he had already stepped into the realm of a Profound Immortal, blessed with a long lifespan,
he could completely put everything aside in the future and delve into various martial arts.
Of course, this would definitely be after the Journey to the West.
"If that's the case, then I can indeed try to create my very own 'Ten Great Martial Arts'."
With a sigh, Yu Qiye suppressed this thought deep in his heart.
That was still too far away from him.
Moreover, it did not fit the primary theme of this world.
In this world, cultivation was mostly about refining the mind, nurturing character, and seeking longevity.
Yet the Ten Great Martial Arts he pondered were purely for combat, for pursuing the further sublimation of battle prowess.
It was a demonic path of "killing for the sake of killing."

"Li Qiye, where are you?"
"I know you haven't left yet."
"Just you wait, I will definitely catch up to your retreating figure and appear before you once more."
Suddenly, a voice echoed between heaven and earth.
Looking in the direction of the voice, the human cultivator Li Wanxi, dressed in a white long dress, stepped on sword light and stood deep within the clouds.
Her delicate and refined facial features were filled with unwillingness and bitterness.
She had originally been a high-and-mighty prodigy,
a legendary genius of swordsmanship.
Who would have thought that a monstrous talent would suddenly emerge halfway,
defeating most of the disciples of the sect in three months,
and even single-handedly, with just one sword, challenging the entire older generation.
This was simply unacceptable to this aloof female prodigy.

"So this is what it feels like to be chased after?"
Yu Qiye chuckled softly.
For some reason, he found it rather interesting.
It was just a pity
that this human prodigy exerted a bit too little pressure on him.
If the Great Sage Equaling Heaven had said something like that, he reckoned he wouldn't have been able to sit still.

Yu Qiye departed.
He arrived at an unfamiliar mountain peak and began a new round of consolidation.
"The sword is the ruler of all weapons."
"It governs slaughter."

With one utterance after another, Yu Qiye made a grabbing motion in the void, and an ancient sword fell into his hand.
However, he did not grip this ancient sword tightly,
holding it only loosely instead.
Boom!
With a sudden roar, the ancient sword began to spin in his right hand,
resembling an electric drill from his past life.
The wind roared,
and faint electric arcs surged around it.
"This sword strike possesses unfathomable divine might."
Murmuring to himself, Yu Qiye pushed out with a palm.
Boom!
The ancient sword advanced "slowly," yet like a gigantic drill magnified several thousand or even ten thousand times, carrying an infinite storm, it charged toward the nine heavens.
Though it looked slow, it was actually as swift as a streak of light.
Rumble!
The sky split open.
A massive void appeared,
and a vast vortex continuously expanded, sweeping across a radius of thousands or even tens of thousands of miles.
This sword strike seemed to "split the heavens"!

"The sharpness of swordsmanship combined with the power of a storm is truly terrifying."
Seeing this scene, even Yu Qiye drew a sharp breath.
He had a feeling that an ordinary Profound Immortal struck by such a sword, if devoid of trump cards to save their life, would likely perish.
Even someone with terrifying defense like Brother Niu might not necessarily be able to withstand it.
At some point, Brother Niu had become a benchmark of battle prowess in Yu Qiye's mind.
Whether creating his own sword techniques or advancing further, Yu Qiye would subconsciously measure himself against Brother Niu to test his own progress.
From the beginning, when he could barely even scratch Brother Niu's defense,
to the edge of his swordsmanship faintly piercing through Brother Niu's defense,
and finally... completely piercing through Brother Niu's defense.
Yu Qiye was very satisfied with his own growth.
The only problem was that this move created too much momentum.
Brother Niu was no fool; he wouldn't foolishly stand there and wait to be beaten.
"From now on, let's call this sword strike 'Heaven-Splitting'."
Yu Qiye's eyes flashed as he gave his self-created sword technique a fitting name.
However, calling it self-created was actually a bit of a trick.
He had drawn upon much experience from his past life.
For instance, he had borrowed the principle of a drill from his previous life.
Yet, this could also be considered his own ability.
At the very least, he knew how to successfully adapt those concepts, didn't he?

Time in the mountains knows no years, and in the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
During this period...
Yu Qiye practiced his sword at the summit of the mountain ranges,
and danced with his sword beneath a hundred-foot waterfall.
His comprehension and understanding of swordsmanship grew day by day.
"This is the golden trait: Sword Immortal's Demeanor."
"Given time, I shall surely become a generation of Sword Immortal."
Yu Qiye raised his gaze, and the three-foot green peak seemed to sense this, emitting a ringing sword hum,
like a green serpent winding around his body, shuttling back and forth endlessly.
Just at this moment, as Yu Qiye was walking among the mountain ridges, his footsteps suddenly paused.
"Are you Li Qiye of the Sword Sect?"
A sudden voice came from not far away.
Looking toward the source, a huge boulder was actually rolling all the way down from the mountain.
"What is this?"
Yu Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly.
A moment later, the boulder stopped in front of Yu Qiye, and then slowly grew four limbs, along with a head.
"A stone spirit?"
Yu Qiye was somewhat surprised.
Spirits transformed from stubborn rocks were relatively rare.
As for the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, he didn't count; he had merely popped out of a stone, possessing flesh and blood.
Stone spirits were different—they were transformed from stubborn rocks, and their entire bodies were as hard as iron.
"My mistress invites you."
The stone spirit spoke in a muffled voice.
"Mistress?"
Yu Qiye thought of the Snake Lady of the Wanyue Kingdom, who was known as the "Queen of a Hundred Monsters."
"Please."
Speaking once more, the stone spirit erupted with a terrifying demonic aura.
In an instant, sand and stones flew through the air.
"Very well, then I shall make this trip."
Yu Qiye smiled.
Originally, he had been quite interested in this Queen of a Hundred Monsters.
To think she had delivered herself to his doorstep.

Stepping on his flying sword, he followed all the way.
He knew not how much time had passed before Yu Qiye finally arrived at an extremely bizarre place.
Here, toxic mists billowed, and demonic energy soared to the heavens.
Tree after tree danced and brandished their branches like ghosts and monsters, terrifying to the extreme.
Yet at this moment, seemingly sensing Yu Qiye's arrival, the toxic mist slowly parted to both sides, revealing a passageway.
"This concubine did not expect that a mere human cultivator would actually dare to come?"
A lingering, ethereal voice came from the end of the passageway.
"Are you the Queen of a Hundred Monsters, the Snake Lady?"
Yu Qiye's eyes flashed with golden light, piercing through all illusions and toxic mists to lock directly onto the figure in the deepest part of the miasma.
It was a figure with the head of a human and the body of a snake.
Her upper body was curvaceous and alluring, with a charming face.
Her lower body was a massive snake tail wrapped in white scales.
At this moment, she was lying sideways on a giant rock, leaning her head lazily, exuding both indolence and supreme elegance.
"Thanks to the affection of all the monsters, they call me the 'Queen of a Hundred Monsters'?"
Her voice was laced with three parts seduction and seven parts tenderness, enough to make one's bones melt.
"Affection?"
Yu Qiye sneered.
Others could not see through the truth, but he could perceive it at a glance:
【Race: Snake Demon.】
【Tier: Early Demon King.】
【Traits: Demonic Delusion (Gold), Bewitching Infatuation (Red), Dao of Transformation (Red), Toxic Mist Control (Red), Serpent's Call (Purple)...】