Ling Xiao estimated that the Moonlight Sect had placed <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula> behind the wooden door because they were afraid that the more talented inner disciples would be tempted by it.
Generally speaking, disciples who had just entered the Inner Sect were very unlikely to choose martial arts that were very difficult to cultivate while having high requirements and being extremely dangerous.
It was not easy to step into the Transcendent Realm, but if you failed to cultivate this martial art, you would at best become a cripple. This price was a little too high.
After concentrating on comprehending it, Ling Xiao discovered that <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula> had two traits.
The first type was the same as most inner core laws: with every additional lotus, the realm would improve by one layer. At the same time, the total amount and quality of true essence and ome’s cultivation base would also increase. Altogether, there were twelve layers, three layers more than most internal core laws.
The second type was special. With every additional lotus, one could draw support from a different celestial phenomena power. Like the levels, there were twelve types of celestial phenomena powers.
There was no difference between celestial phenomena powers. With more lotuses, their power would continue to increase.
First layer: can feel celestial phenomena power and strengthen <Snow Lotus Sword Art>;
Second layer: celestial phenomena power gradually forms, and its effect and power would be more obvious;
Third layer: celestial phenomena power completely crosses the threshold, and its might also increase greatly. Moreover, because you can borrow three types of celestial phenomena powers, you can fuse them together, making <Snow Lotus Sword Art> invincible among same grade martial arts;
Fourth to sixth layers: celestial phenomena power would gradually reach the small success, and its might rise further. Moreover, the scenes of celestial phenomena would become even clearer. A special effect would be produced when combining them with a move. For instance, wind can sever, thunder can stun, rain can restore true essence, and lightning can paralyze an opponent;
Seventh to eighth layers: celestial phenomena power would gradually reach the big success, the destructive power of the celestial phenomena powers would be even more terrifying, and the might of <Snow Lotus Sword Art> would also become even more terrifying;
The ninth layer: the perfection of celestial phenomena power, where nine celestial phenomena powers would dance chaotically. With their combination, natural celestial phenomena would be induced. The probability depended on one’s martial souls and weather. Once successful, one would be invincible below Celestial Realm martial artists. Even an Initial Celestial Realm powerhouse would have to avoid conflict;
Tenth to twelfth layers: no one has reached it, so the effect was unknown. However, it was speculated that one could completely trigger celestial phenomena power, reaching the level of bombarding a Celestial Realm expert to death.
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Not mentioning the final three layers, because there was no actual example, so the speculation might not be reliable, just the ninth layer, the perfection realm, was already terrifying.
Once the weather was suitable, and the celestial phenomena power was triggered, Ling Xiao would be almost invincible below the Celestial Realm. He might even be able to instantly kill his opponents.
Even Celestial Realm experts would have to avoid him.
An ancient martial art was truly an ancient martial art. Moreover, this <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula> was created by a madman. With such terrifying power, it was absolutely not a rare-grade martial art, it might even be higher than superior gold-grade martial arts.
Could it be that it was a peak gold-grade martial art?
Who would have thought that this <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula> was the most terrifying martial art among gold-grade martial arts, but it was also the most dangerous!
This point could be seen from how Moonlight Sect had lost several hundred peak geniuses to this merit law.
Only a madman dared to create such a martial art.
While knowing such danger, only a madman would cultivate this martial art.
Ling Xiao had always felt that he had no foundations and no clan backing, so he had to go to the extreme. Otherwise, how could he compare to the geniuses of those illustrious clans?
Fortunately, he had the Landscape Martial Soul, alchemy, and the law of refining arrays. Relying on these, he could minimize the risk of cultivating <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula>.
After comprehending it, the next step was practicing.
The first layer, condensing the first golden lotus and feeling celestial phenomena power, was wind focused.
Ling Xiao didn’t have a wind martial soul, but he had the Landscape Martial Soul.
The Landscape Martial Soul was all-encompassing. It was a world in itself, and included nearly all celestial phenomena. Therefore, it was nothing for Ling Xiao to comprehend celestial phenomena.
When cultivating, Ling Xiao simply activated his Landscape Martial Soul.
He didn’t dare to use it in combat. However, he was not afraid of using it during cultivation. Not to mention that all cave dwellings had a guardian protection formation, he had also created an aura disturbance; therefore, no one would notice his Landscape Martial Soul.
After all, what he was using was just one of the powers of the Landscape Martial Soul——Wind.
At this moment, a fierce wind wreaked havoc in the Landscape World, whistling could be heard from the forest, and big waves continuously appeared on the seas.
Ling Xiao began to cultivate by taking advantage of this environment.
With the help of his martial soul, coupled with his outstanding comprehension power, and the analysis ability of the Landscape Martial Soul, within a mere hour, Ling Xiao successfully cultivated the first layer of <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula>, and in his dantian, a lotus shining with golden light appeared.
“Heh heh, it seems my judgment was correct. With the Landscape Martial Soul, this <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula> is perfect for me!”
Although Ling Xiao had already expected that the cultivation of this martial art wouldn’t be too difficult since he was already cultivating a superior gold-grade martial art and had accumulated a lot of experience with gold-grade martial arts, he had never thought that it would be so easy.
According to the contents of this manual, even the person who had created this martial art had taken at least seven days to successfully reach the first layer. As for the others, it had taken them a few months to several years. Some even took decades.
Ling Xiao’s advantage lay in his terrifying comprehension and also the multiple celestial phenomena powers possessed by the Landscape Martial Soul.
These things made him cultivate rapidly. Even the person who had created this technique might not have ever imagined this.
The cultivation of the second layer was relatively harder, but this was also in line with most merit laws. The higher you reached, the harder it was to cultivate.
However, the degree of difficulty was just in comparison to the first.
The celestial phenomena power that the second layer needed to draw support from was ‘Thunder’, which was actually even less difficult for Ling Xiao.
After the Landscape Martial Soul activated itself, the weather changed from a windstorm to a thunderstorm.
Behind him, the phantom of a thunder bear appeared.
With the help of these two, the second lotus was condensed in just four hours.
This was an advantage, a huge advantage!
As he condensed two lotuses, his cultivation also improved, already reaching 50% Half Great Master from 20% Half Great Master. This speed was like flying.
Sure enough, with a good internal core law, his cultivation speed was much faster.
As for the third layer, the difficulty was even higher. Ling Xiao wanted to give it a try, but because his previous two layers weren’t stable enough, it would be very difficult. Moreover, there might be many hidden danger.
He thought for a bit and temporarily stopped cultivating <Twelve Golden Lotuses Formula>. He then created clones to consolidate the previous two layers.
As for the other clone, it continued to comprehend <Snow Lotus Sword Art>.
