The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 267 - 79 Ten Thousand Paths

Chapter 267: Chapter 79 Ten Thousand Paths

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"Ding, congratulations to the host for defeating the boss Zhu Wushi and obtaining Martial Arts Inheritance: ’Absorption Technique’ (three and a half stars), ’Qiankun Great Shifting’ (three stars), ’Heavenly Gang Child Skill’ (three stars), ’Phantom Divine Skill’ (three stars), and many great sect Martial Arts············"

"Obtained one special draw."

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Next came the enormous memory of martial arts from Zhu Wushi, ’Absorption Technique’, ’Heavenly Gang Child Skill’, and so on and so forth, not just those he cultivated himself, but also some he was unable to cultivate due to special conditions.

For instance, ’Dominate the World’ and ’Avici Dao Three Swords’.

In the original work, Liusheng’s Piao Xu once combined ’God-Killing One Strike’ with one-third of ’Dominate the World’ to fake a wound and staged a murder, pinning the blame on Gui Hai Yidao.

Just based on this, one could say that Gui Hai Yidao had always been in Zhu Wushi’s sights, including his cultivation of the Demon Sword. Even, ’Dominate the World’ and ’Avici Dao Three Swords’ might have already fallen into Zhu Wushi’s hands, given how peculiarly Gui Hai Yidao obtained the ’Avici Dao Three Swords’.

Gui Hai Yidao had flipped through his late father’s clothing over and over and never found the sword manual until, in a fit of anger, he threw them into a fire, causing ’Dominate the World’ to reveal itself.

And then, after discovering that ’Dominate the World’ was not invincible, he somehow found an ’Avici Dao Three Swords’ hidden in a secret pocket of the clothing······

In any case, when Qing Yu watched the TV series in his previous life, he found this scene somewhat baffling.

"Dominate the World, a demonic sword that entices one into slaughter, heh, I lack everything except killing machines under my command."

While the Demon Sword was indeed powerful, it was ultimately not quite in line with Qing Yu’s approach, but it could be used to create a new type of assassin.

"And there’s the Absorption Technique······" A rare hint of hesitation appeared on Qing Yu’s face.

It was impossible not to covet the Absorption Technique, but the cautionary tale of Zhu Wushi was still fresh in his mind. Such strong power that even the Divine Origin Realm could hardly match, yet he was always trapped in the Innate Realm.

Without the Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill, the Absorption Technique ultimately had an irreparable flaw. If the True Qi of others could not be refined, the consequences could be more serious than one could imagine.

As a Tribulation Master, Qing Yu was particularly wary of this. Haven’t you seen how miserable the cultivators of the ’Black Heaven Book’, who also relied on others’ True Qi, were?

So, the Absorption Technique would be better used to create expendable soldiers. The Exorcism Sword Guard and Blood Bat Guards were far from meeting Qing Yu’s needs anymore, so he might as well use the Absorption Technique to strengthen them.

The Heavenly Gang Child Skill was something Qing Yu, as a child, could practice. Its vigorous Qi Shield could merge with the Innate Gang Qi.

Besides, this child skill could also significantly enhance the value of Qing Yu’s primal yang. If he could meet a Pure Yin maiden, then at that time, hehehe.

"Right, I still have a special draw. System, start the special draw."

"Special draw, drawing······" The mechanical sound of the system rang out.

Each time a boss was defeated, one special draw could be obtained. The special draw could be for items above the level of the boss, meaning, Qing Yu’s special draw this time should at least grant him Three-star items.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for drawing a Five-star item ’Ten Thousand Paths’."

"Ten Thousand Paths? System, claim it."

The secret manual that flowed into his mind proved Qing Yu’s guess was correct; it was indeed the martial arts of the ’Dominate the World’ Grand Master, Xiao Aoshi, from ’Feng Yun’, ’Ten Thousand Paths’.

’Ten Thousand Paths’ wields thoughts as blades, dominating the hearts of people.

Its essence lies in the Eight Great Paths: "Heaven, Earth, Strange, Righteous, Yin, Yang, Birth, Destruction." The opportune time aligns subtly with Heaven, the Earth represents the transformation into the Nine Palaces, Strange Paths risk the Five Elements, Righteous beginnings extremity north wind, Yin image of morning devoid of items, Yang power of the curtain enters destitution, Birth nation bearing delayed fate, Destruction the world where I proclaim dominance.

The Eight Great Paths, each pair contradictory, elucidating the myriad forms of the cosmos, encompassing the Dao of the world, embracing all things.

’Ten Thousand Paths’ is not a martial art of external power; its true function is to allow the cultivator’s heart to manifest the complexity of the cosmos, directing the myriad paths.

Alas, in the original work, the Grand Master deviated from the true path, combining the Eight Great Paths with eight different Divine Skills. Although this resulted in power, it never reached the level described in the texts, failing to truly master the myriad ways.

Forsaking the myriad for the eight, the Grand Master followed the path that countless villains have trodden, their spiritual training always veering off course.

Compared to such villains, the main character always seems to unwittingly walk the righteous path, despite having strayed, thanks to fortuitous mistakes; the fortunes of the two are incomparable.

Of course, as a protagonist with unyielding righteousness (as Qing Yu perceives himself), he certainly would not stray from the path.

"Ten Thousand Paths to direct the myriad ways, indeed resolves my dilemma."

For a long time, Qing Yu had studied a great variety of arts, including both Righteous and Demonic, Buddhism, and fusion of Dao; had it not been for his advance to the Innate Realm when he founded ’Heavenly Person Transformation, All Things Flourish’ based on the Little Faceless Skill and its principles to establish his main cultivation technique and sort through the cluttered mental methods, he might still be languishing at the fourth or fifth level of the Innate Realm today?

However, the numerous martial arts he subsequently acquired still left him in a predicament. Especially now that he had obtained so many from Zhu Wushi, Qing Yu momentarily felt his path could be swayed by the overwhelming martial arts.

Fortunately, ’Ten Thousand Paths’ arrived at this juncture. Once Qing Yu sorted through everything and integrated the various martial arts with Ten Thousand Paths, he would not face such dilemmas in the future.

"Once I finish sorting through, I can advance to Divine Origin. Ten Thousand Paths have come at the perfect time."

Qing Yu smiled lightly, yet he didn’t rush to sort through the martial arts; rather, he closed his eyes to meditate, maintaining a cross-legged sitting posture as he entered a dream. This battle with Zhu Wushi could be said to have expended his last drop of energy, and had it not been for the Inheritance Space where one couldn’t die, Qing Yu might now be an early-aged corpse.

For now, it was time to rest.

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Sword Palace.

Pavilions, terraces, and waterside pavilions, with numerous imposing buildings. Named after the palace, the Sword Palace’s location truly resembled a palace complex.

In fact, it was indeed a palace complex formerly built in the nine provinces by the last Great Zhou Emperor during a time of extreme luxury.

The Sword Palace originated from one of these traveling palaces. After the Sword God Lake faction split, the first Palace Master of the Sword Palace set his sights on the scenery of this particular traveling palace during his journey and decided to take it over.

At the time, Great Zhou was amid signs of its impending collapse, with Ji Muqing plotting to usurp the throne, so much so that he paid no attention to the bold individual who had seized the Emperor’s traveling palace.

By the time Ji Muqing was crowned Emperor, the Sword Palace had already settled there for several years.

Balancing pride and offending a powerful warrior of the Divinity Realm, the Daqian Court expressed that it was the Great Zhou’s dignity that was lost, not related to their esteemed Daqian.

Thus the traveling palace truly gained a new master.

And on this day, an unusual phenomenon occurred in a certain area of the Sword Palace.

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