Transcending the Nine Heavens

Chapter 97: The Power of Soft Water

Gu Duxing searched through all the words in his mind and found that there was no single word that could describe someone like Chu Yang! He had transcended the very concept of "human"!

The rank of martial artists becomes increasingly difficult as one ascends! Each major rank is divided into nine tiers; within each tier, there are high, medium, and low levels. Throughout history, who hasn’t taken one step at a time, accumulating little by little, and then breaking through?

Martial artists… although they are lowly, it is not uncommon for someone to rise several ranks after taking spiritual medicine! However, those who have not consumed spiritual medicine and have just cultivated on their own; throughout history, the one who advanced the fastest was Liu Yongxiang of the Limitless Blade, that living legend! When he was young, he created a record of advancing one rank in just three days!

No one has ever broken that record throughout history!

But today, Gu Duxing witnessed a freak who broke through a first rank in just one short hour! He personally witnessed a miracle happening!

Gu Duxing let out a groan from his throat, feeling an extreme sense of inferiority…

Oh my, it’s not over yet… Gu Duxing’s eyes widened again, as he felt the slight fluctuation of energy from Chu Yang…

He reached the fifth rank of warrior!

No thunderclap could describe Gu Duxing’s feelings at this moment; he felt numb!

The fifth rank of warrior was high…

Peak of the fifth rank of warrior…

He reached the sixth rank…

He broke through to the sixth rank…

Oh… heavens and earth, it finally stopped. If it hadn’t stopped, I would have coughed up blood… It stopped at the peak of the sixth rank! Gu Duxing banged his head on the ground, silently praying: Being with this freak is really a blow to my self-esteem!

I… I’m also a genius ah ah ah… But compared to him, I… I might as well just slit my throat with a knife…

In less than two hours, he had risen two ranks! Gu Duxing felt like he had just had a dream: an incredible, absurd, unfathomable dream!

Chu Yang finally woke from that wondrous state.

Just as he woke up, the voice of the Nine Calamity Sword resonated in his heart: "You have finally comprehended the power of heaven and earth!" This voice was filled with a sense of relief.

"The power of heaven and earth?" Chu Yang, puzzled, asked: "Is this the power of heaven and earth?"

"Of course, this is still far from the true power of heaven and earth. This is merely a trivial kind of it; since you were by the lake, what you comprehended is the power of soft water from the lake. This is also a stroke of fortune. In your previous life, you were blinded by hatred and obsession, unable to comprehend anything. Who would have thought you would understand something so early in this life?"

"Oh?"

"Water has both tangible and intangible powers; tangible powers include the force of raging seas, the destructive force of mountain floods, the nurturing power of heaven’s will, and the violent force of heaven’s will. What you have comprehended is the gentle power among the tangible forces."

"What use is this power?"

"Soft overcomes hard." The voice replied: "How to use it depends on you. In Nine Calamity Nine Heavens, no power is unusable."

"Oh, so mountains, rivers, seas, lakes, forests, vast lands, winds, thunder, rain, snow, clouds, mist, and stars are all different powers?" Chu Yang asked while pondering.

"Cannot be said. If you can comprehend it, it is your fortune; if you cannot comprehend it, no matter what I say, you still won’t understand! This is destiny… and also your insight." The voice became ethereal and gradually disappeared.

"Then your existence is to guide me to gain this opportunity, right?" Chu Yang asked.

The voice did not answer, seemingly having fallen asleep.

But Chu Yang understood; the Nine Calamity Sword was not omnipotent! To reach the peak, one still relied on oneself! The Nine Calamity Sword and the Nine Calamity Nine Heavens Divine Skill, while having a soul, were not him.