After some deep, calculating contemplation, Li Xuanxiao decided to take the gamble!
Since breaking through to the Void Realm, his previous, highly reliable combat style—relying on overwhelming, continuous firepower to bomb everything to pieces—had become practically impossible to execute.
He had tested it repeatedly over the past month. Relying on only one Void Realm Cultivation Technique to channel energy, he estimated that he could only sustain three active Void Realm Martial Arts simultaneously at absolute most. If he still wanted to unleash five or six high-tier arts at the exact same time like he used to, completely overwhelming his enemies under a relentless barrage, he had to find a workaround. He would have to attempt cultivating multiple Void Realm Cultivation Techniques concurrently!
"Deducing a legacy Heaven Realm Cultivation Technique up to the Void Realm consumes approximately 27 to 30 million Demon Value Points," he calculated internally. "And attaining initial mastery over that newly minted Void Realm technique requires another 40 million points. The entire process will cost roughly 70 million points."
Having mapped out the financial threshold, Li Xuanxiao locked his gaze onto his skill tree and immediately targeted the Heaven Realm Cultivation Technique: 「Heavenly Dharma of Myriad Forms」!
The system's interface flickered rapidly, the numbers in his DVP balance dropping like a stone. Within moments, a crisp notification materialized before his eyes:
[Deduction Successful!]
[Current Demon Value Points: 230.20 Million]
「Heavenly Dharma of Myriad Forms」 → Upgraded to → 「Void-Transcendence Sutra」
Elevating the legacy art into the Void-grade 「Void-Transcendence Sutra」 had cost him exactly 27 million Demon Value Points, requiring nine sequential deduction cycles to reconstruct the technique's pathways.
Next came the true gamble: achieving initial mastery to verify his hypothesis.
Li Xuanxiao took a slow, deep breath. Success or absolute waste depended entirely on what happened after investing the next 40 million points.
[Consuming 40 Million Demon Value Points. 「Void-Transcendence Sutra」 has achieved First Glimpse status!]
The moment the notification cleared, Li Xuanxiao sat cross-legged on the earth, closing his eyes as he silently circulated the newly mastered pathways of the 「Void-Transcendence Sutra」. He pulled his awareness inward, carefully sensing every micro-change within his meridians.
Yet, a long moment passed... and absolutely nothing happened.
Li Xuanxiao's brow furrowed slightly. No way. Is this system cheat really going to scam me? Was it completely useless to run a second core technique?
Just as a sharp wave of disappointment hit him and the urge to cut his losses surfaced, the ambient Heaven and Earth Luck—previously entirely placid—abruptly shifted. It began to slowly churn, surging toward his position like an incoming tide!
Li Xuanxiao instantly detected the anomaly. He locked down his focus, expanding his spiritual perception to map the incoming energy.
This was an aura completely separate from his sharp, aggressive Martial Dao Luck. It circulated around his body with a quiet, immense gravity. It lacked the piercing keenness and lethal killing intent of a warrior's aura; instead, it felt like a deep, resonant chant echoing from the vast expanse of the cosmos—grand, ancient, and boundless.
Sunlight pierced through the overhead cloud cover, casting down ten thousand golden rays. Each beam carried a profound, tranquil power that actively nourished Li Xuanxiao's flesh, mind, and spirit. It felt like the very first light of dawn—warm, protective, and gentle.
Slowly, the surrounding atmosphere began to manifest countless golden particles of light. They spun lazily around him, building into a massive, shimmering halo. Sitting directly at the epicenter of this radiant aura, Li Xuanxiao looked exactly like an ancient, highly accomplished High Monk recognized by the heavenly laws, fully bathed in pure, holy Buddha Light.
The grand phenomenon persisted for a long time, right up until Li Xuanxiao slowly opened his eyes. The ambient Luck gradually dispersed into the surrounding valley, returning the landscape to its former tranquility.
But within his eyes, which had just experienced the deep baptism of the Buddha Light, there was now a profound layer of absolute clarity and enlightenment.
Li Xuanxiao slowly stood up. The massive grin cutting across his face at this moment was harder to suppress than a fully automatic firearm.
His gamble had paid off!
Though the world's natural Luck possessed no concept of internal absorption or storage pools, it was strictly segregated by the system! The Martial Dao was one distinct system, and the Buddhist Path was an entirely different system.
Previously, because he had only cultivated a Void-tier Martial Dao Cultivation Technique, the only universal resource he could draw upon was Martial Dao Luck. But now... Li Xuanxiao could clearly sense two entirely separate frequencies of Luck flowing through the environment. One Martial, one Buddha!
And he held the authority to mobilize both!
This breakthrough was functionally identical to expanding his total resource pool through a loophole. While his individual mobilization capacity per technique remained the same, the total volume of energy he could command on the battlefield had instantly doubled. If a high-intensity battle exhausted his Martial Dao Luck, he could instantly swap channels and draw from his Buddhist Path Luck.
In fact, he could theoretically wield Martial Dao Luck in his left hand and Buddhist Path Luck in his right. It was all about seamless utility and total unpredictability.
"Now, I am truly practicing the Dual Cultivation of Buddhism and Martial Arts..." Li Xuanxiao looked down at his palms, slowly curling his fingers into tight fists.
Suddenly, an even bolder, far more unhinged idea surfaced in his mind.
If environmental Luck was strictly partitioned by philosophical systems, then alongside the Martial Dao and the Buddhist Path, the ancient Daoist School had to possess its own distinct System of Luck! If he could hunt down and master a high-tier Daoist Cultivation Technique as well, then...
Dao, Buddha, and Martial Arts. Triple Cultivation.
If I pull that off, who on this continent could even stand in the same room as me?
His desire to secure a Daoist text reached its absolute peak at this exact moment.
"The second I get back to civilized territory, I must pay a personal visit to the Taiyi Dao Sect!"
Making a silent vow, Li Xuanxiao looked down at his remaining balance of 190.20 million Demon Value Points and began to map out his next steps.
Triple System cultivation was a path never before imagined by any master in history. Even within the explosive parameters of the Void Realm, a character running that build would be an absolute anomaly. But the mechanical trade-off was brutal: his demand for Demon Value Points was going to scale exponentially.
With his current clear speed, merely maintaining his dual Martial-Buddhist progression was pushing his resources to the limit. If he arbitrarily added a Daoist engine right now, he wouldn't even be able to afford the basic upkeep costs.
"I have to radically increase my daily kill efficiency."
Li Xuanxiao pulled open his primary character sheet to audit his active skills.
[Character Status Window]
[Host: Li Xuanxiao]
[Realm: Void Realm Fifth Layer]
[Cultivation Techniques:
Void Rank: Primordial Void Refining Art (Major Achievement), Void-Transcendence Sutra (First Glimpse) *Newly Mastered!*
Heaven Rank: Profound Grotto-Awakening Art (Major Achievement)]
[Martial Arts:
Void Rank: Vortex Star Ripple (First Glimpse), Sky-Ripping Astral Slash (First Glimpse)
Heaven Rank: Steps of Unbound Freedom (Minor Achievement)]
[Buddhist Dharma:
Heaven Rank: Boundless Zen Charm (Minor Achievement), Immaculate Pure Land (Minor Achievement), Vairocana's Seven Radiances (Minor Achievement)]
[Demon Value Points (DVP): 190.20 Million]
Analyzing his operational efficiency, Li Xuanxiao realized that his choice to primarily hunt Heaven and Origin Realm Demon Race members was holding him back. If he could elevate the mastery levels of his active Void-tier Martial Arts, he could comfortably stop hunting small fry and start systematically executing Void Realm Demon targets.
One had to remember: eliminating a single Void Realm Demon monster yielded points calculated in the millions! Slaying just one Void-tier beast was mathematically equivalent to hunting down ten Heaven Realm elites or a hundred Origin Realm trash mobs in a fraction of the time.
In other words, switching to higher-tier targets would accelerate his DVP accumulation speed by at least tenfold! Only then could his farming rate keep pace with his astronomical consumption requirements.
With that tactical realization locked in, Li Xuanxiao unhesitatingly dumped his remaining points into his two core Void-grade offensive skills.
[Consuming 80 Million Demon Value Points. 「Vortex Star Ripple」 has advanced to the Minor Achievement Realm!]
[Consuming 80 Million Demon Value Points. 「Sky-Ripping Astral Slash」 has advanced to the Minor Achievement Realm!]
[Remaining Demon Value Points: 30.20 Million]
After burning 160 million points in a single, massive optimization cycle, both of his high-tier Void Martial Arts advanced a full mastery tier.
Li Xuanxiao felt his raw, physical destructive power surge violently. His clear speed had just jumped an entire bracket.
"Excellent. From this microsecond onward, Void Realm Demons are my primary hunting targets!"
With his morale highly elevated, Li Xuanxiao transformed into a streak of light, launching himself straight into the upper atmosphere.
Having personally experienced the incredible utility of Buddhist magic, he was absolutely certain that the Daoist arts possessed equally game-breaking qualities. Whether it was the intricate Formation arrays Wu Jiangming utilized to lock down high-level Demon cells, or the legendary 'Clear Radiance Bright Pupils' that Liang Jianqiu and Lingwuzi had casually mentioned in past conversations, the specialized utility of the Daoist system was undeniable.
Right now, Li Xuanxiao had only one goal: harvest enough Void Realm targets to stack his bank balance, fly back north, and forcibly unlock the Daoist skill tree.