Chapter 41 - Crimson Clouds Searing Skies (1/2)

Ye Chen digested the situation before him and then proceeded to whip out Palms Puncturing the Cosmos. The mantras in the manual were not of much help to him, but on the other hand, the battle spells were quite good. They all boasted a skill ranking of six or seven at the very least, which was what Ye Chen desperately needed.

Cultivation systems were only useful for cultivating one’s Celestial Chi. In order to refine said Chi into combat ability, one would have to learn battle spells.

After one has mastered the Nina Astra Skies, they can master virtually any other battle spell.

Ye Chen flipped open the pages of Palms Puncturing the Cosmos and skimmed through it.

The first form of Palms Puncturing the Cosmos – Crimson Clouds Searing Skies!

A Lower Six Rank battle spell!

Even the battle spells back at Ye Castle were Upper Third Rank at most. Save for those smart alecs from the elite families, Ye Chen could practically obliterate anyone on his level if he mastered a rank six spell.

According to his findings, the spells inscribed within the manual should be combinations of fire and metal elemental spells, which was evident by the fiery characteristic for the current form of Crimson Clouds Searing Skies.

Rank six battle spells were obviously much more intricate compared to their rank three counterparts, Ye Chen thought as he read on.

The cultivation of a high-ranking battle spell was divided into six stages – Minor Advance, Minor Adroitness, Minor Arete, True Advance, True Adroitness and, True Arete. Additionally, the Palms Puncturing the Cosmos consisted of six forms – Crimson Cloud Searing Skies, Fury of Shattering Earth, Kunlun Sundering the Mountains, Heavenly King Rupturing the Sun, Rage Against the Horizon, and Usurper of the Welkin. Each form surpassed its predecessor in its might and of course, difficulty. Only by mastering the preceding spell to the state of True Advance would one be allowed to progress onward. Once all six forms were successfully mastered, they combined to form an unrivaled spell!

To Ye Chen, getting the hang of the spell was not a huge deal. The true challenge lied within cultivating it to the state of True Advance, as that would take a considerable amount of trial-and-error.

For now, Ye Chen memorized the incantations to Crimson Cloud Searing Skies and pondered in silence, when he suddenly had an epiphany.

Channeling the Blazing Discourse from Nine Astra Skies, a blazing aura enveloped Ye Chen. He howled, Crimson Cloud Searing Skies!

Ye Chen’s blazing right fist mirrored the dance of a flare. Flexing his hand, the grass surrounding him was engulfed in flames and disintegrated into nothingness.

His first time casting a rank six battle spell and he had already achieved the Minor Advance stage. The other elite combatants would surely be astounded if they had witnessed this.

The effort required to cast a rank six battle spell in comparison to a rank three battle spell was significantly higher. In fact, some practitioners could spend years upon years honing it to no avail, yet all Ye Chen did was take one look at the manual and he was already able to replicate it seamlessly.

“That was a little too weak. Compared to the intensity levels described by the manual, it can’t compete.” Ye Chen frowned and went back to casting Crimson Cloud Searing Skies repeatedly until he was out of Chi. He then took a break to recuperate, before returning to fine-tune things.

Ye Chen was completely immersed in his training as Little Tanuki watched indifferently. As a result of all the intense heat Ye Chen released, it was forced to retreat into its space.

As time went on, Ye Chen would smile to himself every time he had an epiphany. A faint light lingered in the skies, nightfall was beginning to settle in. Ye Chen was so engrossed with his training that he had completely forgotten about dinner.

Ding, ding, ding, a few knocks came from the door.

Ye Chen finally paused his training, turned to open the door, and saw a tiny silhouette as he raised his head to look. It was Ye Xuan.

“Sister Ye Xuan, why are you here?”

“Dad and the elders noticed you weren’t present at the dining room for dinner, so they had me send some food to you.” Ye Xuan kept her head down as she replied meekly.

“Let me take that.” Ye Chen felt rather touched upon noticing the trays of food in Ye Xuan’s hands.

“No, let me,” Ye Xuan responded, “I’ll place it on the table for you.”