Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Nameless Daoist Scripture and the Supreme Divine Ability, Nine Heavens Bone-Forging Art

Eyes fixed on the Qi Refining Manual, Su Yu poured a steady stream of cultivation points and Dao attainments into it.

An hour later, after consuming 9.8 million cultivation points and 70 points of Dao attainment, the Ziyuan Qi Refining Manual had been elevated to the fortieth level.

But this was only the beginning. After a brief rest, he spent another 27 million cultivation points and 140 points of Dao attainment in one go, pushing the Ziyuan Qi Refining Manual to the fiftieth level.

Ziyuan Qi Refining Manual Level 50: Qi and blood +2000, mana +4000, spell power +2000, mana recovery +10 points/second.

Derivative technique from the fortieth level of Ziyuan Qi Refining Manual: Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission. Infusing mana into the voice to transmit it over a thousand miles; base range is 20 kilometers, with an additional 2 kilometers per level of the mental cultivation method.

"Not bad!"

With the bonus from his "Golden Finger," the fiftieth level of this manual was equivalent to the hundredth level for others. In terms of mana alone, he had caught up to many ordinary players, though his other techniques still lagged behind.

Closing the panel, Su Yu extended his right hand. Blue light gathered in his palm, forming a water vortex from which a clear stream flowed.

The vortex expanded rapidly, gushing out a large amount of clear water that soon submerged the floor.

With a closing of his five fingers, the vortex vanished. He reached out to grasp the water on the floor, pulling it back toward him until it coalesced into sharp, crystalline water arrows in his palm.

With a flick of his finger, a water arrow struck the wall, splashing into droplets.

"The power has increased quite a bit."

Su Yu could clearly feel that as his cultivation improved, the control over the Great Dao of Water granted by the Sea-Suppressing Pearl had risen accordingly, becoming significantly more powerful.

Previously, a single water arrow would deal twenty or thirty points of damage; now, it could reach forty or fifty.

While still not high, if the volume were sufficient, the destructive power would be considerable. Most importantly, this move consumed almost no mana—the cost of a single water arrow was lower than his automatic recovery rate.

"Next, the Basic Sword Manual!"

Su Yu reopened the panel to check the level cap of the Taibai Sword Scripture, closed it, and opened the guild channel. He ordered ten volumes of "Loose Immortal Cultivation Notes" from the trade association, spending a total of 10 taels of gold. He also spent 5 taels of gold on five "Third-Grade Dao Heart Pills."

The delivery arrived quickly. Refining the Dao Heart Pills yielded 300 points of Dao attainment.

He used the cultivation notes one by one; the ten volumes increased the level cap of the Taibai Sword Scripture by forty levels. What was previously a thirty-level cap was now seventy.

Then...

Level 20 to 30 consumed 8.43 million cultivation points and 90 points of Dao attainment.

Level 30 to 40 consumed 18.75 million cultivation points and 150 points of Dao attainment.

Level 40 to 50 consumed 40.5 million cultivation points and 210 points of Dao attainment.

Including the previous cultivation, he had spent a total of 104.48 million cultivation points and 660 points of Dao attainment, leaving him with 14.26 million cultivation points and 256 points of Dao attainment.

Taibai Sword Scripture Level 50: Flying sword damage +3000, attack speed +2000, sword-flying speed +2000 km/h.

Derivative from the thirtieth level: Taibai Light-Splitting Sword—mana activation releases a barrage of sword energy to strike enemies. Attribute: 10 base sword beams, with +2 beams for every five levels of the Basic Sword Manual. Consumes 30% of maximum mana; cooldown is 10 minutes.

Derivative from the fiftieth level: Taibai Sword Qi Aura—condensing sword energy into a lethal aura. Attribute: Aura damage is the sum of the sword manual power and flying sword power; mana consumption is 50 points/second.

All these were enhanced by his Golden Finger, significantly boosting their power compared to the original versions.

"Excellent. I can now equip a Tier 6 flying sword artifact!"

He took out the Yanyan (Sun-Covering) flying sword, wiped it, removed the Ice Soul, and replaced it.

Yanyan (Tier 6 Flying Sword): Fine quality. A flying sword forged from a mixture of Sun Essence Gold and Star Iron, dazzling like the sun crossing the sky when activated.

Attributes: Attack 360-460, attack speed 320-360, sword-flying speed 330-380, Basic Sword Manual bonus +50%. Features: Armor Penetration +3, Flare.

Armor Penetration +3: Ignores 30% of the target's defense.

Flare: Activates a strand of Great Sun True Fire within the sword, adding 100% additional Sun-attribute damage for 15 seconds. Cooldown: 60 minutes.

Equipment requirements: Basic Qi Refining Manual Level 40, Basic Sword Manual Level 50.

With a base maximum attack of 460 and a 50% bonus from the Basic Sword Manual (1500 damage), the total was 1960. Adding the 30% bonus from his sword art proficiency, the damage of a casual strike reached 2548.

"Hiss!"

"In terms of raw output, am I almost catching up to Li Yingshen's level?"

With the 100% Golden Finger bonus, the fiftieth level of the Taibai Sword Scripture was equivalent to a one-hundredth level advanced basic sword manual.

Normally, before passing the first Great Heavenly Tribulation, the level cap for both Qi refining and basic sword manuals was one hundred; he had now reached that threshold.

Furthermore, this was an advanced sword manual. In a world where exquisite-grade techniques were extremely rare, advanced techniques were already the mainstream standard for the vast majority of loose cultivators.

In terms of base damage, he was no longer inferior to many veterans; he had caught up to those so-called elites who had spent decades grinding away.

"You really are a generous guild leader!"

When you show potential, they truly invest in you. Benefits are handed out without hesitation—hundreds of millions of cultivation points and hundreds of points of Dao attainment given without even requiring a display of loyalty.

Too magnanimous.

With a sigh of admiration, Su Yu retracted his gaze. He flicked his finger, and a bolt of sword energy flew out. He reached out and caught it. Injecting mana, the sword energy turned from intangible to solid, condensing into a cold, shimmering, and indestructible blade of true sword aura.

The aura was a brilliant white, three feet long and three inches wide, resembling a real flying sword, dancing nimbly between his fingers.

"Expand!"

The sword aura quickly grew to ten inches.

"Lengthen!"

The tips of the aura erupted with sword radiance, rapidly turning into a ten-foot-long sword rainbow, the tip easily slicing through the wall upon contact.

The power of the sword aura was the sum of the flying sword's power and the Taibai Sword Scripture's bonus, including the proficiency bonus. It was stronger than the flying sword itself, but the drawback was that its durability was inferior to a real sword, making it unsuitable for head-on clashes.

Additionally, the mana cost was high—50 points per second—which even he couldn't sustain for long.

Beyond that, the thirtieth level of the Taibai Sword Scripture also provided the "Taibai Light-Splitting Sword," an exclusive ultimate technique.

Normally, it provided 5 base sword beams, with +1 beam every five levels. His Golden Finger bonus increased this to a base of 10 beams, with +2 beams every five levels, resulting in an extra 20 beams at level fifty—totaling 30 beams, each dealing 40% base damage. The burst potential was staggering.

With both his core Qi refining and sword manuals at level fifty and a new flying sword equipped, Su Yu's strength had undergone a qualitative leap.

"In the next minor exam, there shouldn't be many who can stand against me."

Judging by the strength displayed by the top performers in the previous exam, only a few posed a real threat.

With their Qi refining levels around fifty or sixty, unless they had spent these three months being "carried" through levels to accumulate another hundred or two hundred million cultivation points, their cultivation couldn't have improved significantly.

Beyond cultivation were artifacts, but theirs were already strong. Several already possessed advanced artifacts; it was unlikely they would acquire another one for the next exam—it wasn't as if they were as common as cabbage.

"So, in the next exam, I might be able to secure a spot in the top three. With a bit of luck, even first or second place is within reach."

He didn't dare guarantee it because the power of advanced artifacts was too great. He couldn't be certain of an easy victory. Besides, three months had passed; while he grew, others grew too. Who knew how much they had improved?

"But it's not a big problem. My strength will only continue to rise, and the rate of improvement will only get larger. By the third round or the year-end exam, I will absolutely be able to suppress everyone."

Feeling confident, Su Yu closed his panel to get some rest.

The night passed uneventfully. The next day, he headed out to the guild trade association to purchase a batch of pills.

With his mana now at 4300, the Spirit Recovery Pills were no longer sufficient, so he switched to the "Restoration Pills."

A low-grade Restoration Pill could restore 3000 mana at once. At 500 wen each, he bought 100 of them for 50 silver taels.

He also spent 100 taels of silver on a "Great Teleportation Talisman," which could teleport him to a safe spot within a 10,000-kilometer radius after a 15-second activation. By default, it would return him to Qianyu City; if the distance exceeded 10,000 kilometers, it would send him to the safest location available.

After finishing his shopping, Su Yu was about to head back when he remembered something. He returned to the trade association and spent some time searching until he found the ninth and tenth pages of the "Nameless Dao Book."

The ninth page cost 3 gold, and the tenth cost 5 gold, totaling 8 gold.

After the purchase, his remaining funds dropped to 7 gold and 62 silver.

"Tsk tsk, the expenses..."

While the currency in *Beyond* was quite stable and had strong purchasing power, the costs were even higher. The further one progressed, the more one spent; a decent flying sword or artifact could easily cost dozens of gold.

Take the Yanyan sword he had just equipped—a Tier 6 fine-quality flying sword—it would fetch at least 200 gold taels on the market.

Returning to his residence, Su Yu took out the other eight pages of the Nameless Dao Book and added the two he had just bought. The pages, which had shown no abnormality before, suddenly began to glow, and specks of starlight appeared on their surfaces.

The starlight grew brighter, gradually turning into glowing, tadpole-like runes that swam across the pages.

Shortly after, the now fully activated pages floated into the air, merging and stacking into a single book.

*Rustle!*

The pages of the Dao book turned on their own. The tadpole-like spiritual runes flew off the pages, suspended in the air, and slowly converged into a torrent that poured into Su Yu's forehead.

Once the runes had departed, the Nameless Dao Book turned into ash and scattered in the wind.

The torrent entered his sea of consciousness and coalesced into a massive rune, its interior chaotic and constantly shifting.

Su Yu quickly opened his attribute panel and saw a chaos formed by countless tadpole runes churning and changing. He had an epiphany: this was the random extraction of a Dao technique.

Whether it was good or bad depended on this moment.

With luck, he could obtain a powerful technique—be it a Qi refining heart method, a basic sword manual, a thunder spell, or various secret arts.

If luck was poor, he might end up with a low-to-mid-level Qi refining method or even just an ordinary spell.

And his own luck...

Su Yu glanced at his fortune for the day: only 12 points. This surely wouldn't yield anything great, but...

As his consciousness sank back into his sea of consciousness, his gaze fell upon the massive tadpole rune.

At a certain moment, he felt something. He looked up and saw specks of starlight suddenly appearing above his sea of consciousness, growing in number until they filled the space.

"As expected!"

He knew his Golden Finger would take effect.

A moment later, the starlight suddenly plunged downward, turning into a sky full of light filaments that poured into the tadpole rune.

*Boom!*

As if heaven and earth were being created, the chaos on his panel exploded, revealing a single point of spiritual light that merged into the panel.

His eyes shifted, and he saw a name appear in the "Divine Abilities" column.

"Nine Heavens Bone-Forging Manual?"

Nine Heavens Bone-Forging Manual (Supreme): Immortal world secret art, supreme divine ability, consisting of three levels.

Attributes: Uses ancient secret arts combined with spiritual objects to refine one's own bones, condensing them into Immortal Bones. These include: Heavenly Might Star Bone (skull), Five-Elements Divine Steel Bone (chest), Supreme Dragon-Transforming Bone (spine), Space-Rending Immortal Bone (wrist), and Magneto-Light Flow Bone (leg).

[Heavenly Might Star Bone]: Requires nine types of extraterrestrial divine iron forged into the body using ancient secret arts to transform the skull.

Attributes: All innate attributes +5, immunity to sub-Celestial-level mental confusion, mental attacks, and demonic possession.

Requirements: Nine types of extraterrestrial divine iron, 10 billion cultivation points, 10,000 points of Dao attainment.

[Five-Elements Divine Steel Bone]: Forging Five-Elements divine iron into the body to transform the chest bone.

Attributes: All innate attributes +5, Five-Elements spell damage and range +100%, Five-Elements resistance +50%, Five-Elements damage reduction +30%. Includes ability: Five-Elements Unity.

Requirements: One of each Five-Elements Divine Crystal, 10 billion cultivation points, 10,000 points of Dao attainment.

[Supreme Dragon-Transforming Bone]: Forging a True Dragon's spine into the body.

Attributes: All innate attributes +5, +1000 Qi and blood per level, +1000 mana, +100 physique, +100 strength. Includes ability: Dragon Transformation.

Requirements: One True Dragon skeleton of legendary template or higher, 10 billion cultivation points, 10,000 points of Dao attainment.

[Space-Rending Immortal Bone]: Forging Void Divine Stones into the body to rend space with a flick of the hand.

Attributes: All innate attributes +5, attacks carry spatial laws, can break restrictions and barriers below the Celestial level, unarmed attacks ignore defense. Includes ability: Space-Rending.

Requirements: Five Void Divine Stones, 10 billion cultivation points, 10,000 points of Dao attainment.

[Magneto-Light Flow Bone]: Forging Magneto-Force into the body to transform the leg bones.

Attributes: All innate attributes +5, all speeds +100%, immunity to sub-Celestial-level Magneto-force techniques. Includes ability: Magneto-Light Escape.

Requirements: Absorb Magneto-Essence, 10 billion cultivation points, 10,000 points of Dao attainment.

Note: Refining all five types of Immortal Bones consumes 100 billion cultivation points and 100,000 points of Dao attainment, merging them into the "Nine Heavens Battle Immortal Body."

"Wow... wow... wow..."

"A supreme divine ability..."

Although he knew it would be powerful, he hadn't expected it to be this strong. Looking at these attributes—not only were they super strong, but they also boosted innate attributes and each came with a unique ability. Refining even one of these bones would drastically increase his power.

However, his joy did not last long. After carefully reviewing the requirements for the Nine Heavens Bone-Forging Manual, Su Yu fell silent.

"This is a bit ridiculous!"

Not to mention the precious materials required—all top-tier items costing thousands of gold—the requirement of 10 billion cultivation points and 10,000 points of Dao attainment for *each* bone meant he would have to save for who knows how long.

It was truly strong, heaven-defying even. But the requirements were even more monstrous.

"Truly a happy annoyance!"

Su Yu smacked his lips and closed the panel before heading out.

He wouldn't count on this for now; he'd revisit it in a few years. Having passed the novice stage, he would only be able to consider this once his strength reached a certain level.

It was worth noting that each person could only synthesize the Nameless Dao Book once. No matter what technique was randomly drawn, it was impossible to draw a second time. Even if Su Yu were to get ten more pages of the Nameless Dao Book, they would remain just pages; they would not synthesize another technique.

Therefore, he couldn't rely on this to continuously pull top-tier techniques.