Chapter 31: The Ninefold Profound Heaven Technique

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“This is a piece of beast bone I obtained from the Forbidden Zone. It contains a cultivation technique left behind by a mighty expert from ancient times. You have only just become a Profound Practitioner, so you probably have not yet chosen a cultivation technique. This should be useful to you!”

Xing Haotian placed the flawless white beast bone into Wei Zi’s hands. Her fingers trembled, and she immediately clasped it tightly.

“Th—thank you!”

At that moment, holding the beast bone, Wei Zi felt as though her heart were about to stop. She cast aside her prejudices and sincerely thanked Xing Haotian.

Of course, she recognized this beast bone. The incident surrounding it had shaken the Huatian Nation to its foundations, and its repercussions had lingered for many years.

In this lifetime, it should happen about six months from now. The leader of the dark forces wanted by the major nations—the Dark Godfather, Beiming Ke—would hijack the chairman and several high-ranking officials who were traveling to a neighboring country on a diplomatic visit.

The chairman of the Huatian Nation had simply been unlucky. Beiming Ke had originally intended to kidnap only the neighboring nation’s leader, but in the end, he had gotten one hostage free with another.

Naturally, Xing Haotian would have to rescue the chairman. But Beiming Ke was a figure every nation deeply feared. Worried that he might execute his hostages, the government planned to pay a ransom for the chairman and the other officials. Of all the possible ransoms, the item most valuable—and the one that pleased Beiming Ke most—was this beast bone.

At the time, Beiming Ke had appeared on the screen wearing a spotless white mask and holding the beast bone in his hand as he thanked the Huatian Nation. Everyone knew, of course, that he was deliberately mocking the nation’s incompetence.

After obtaining the beast bone and learning the cultivation technique and profound arts within it, Beiming Ke’s strength became increasingly unfathomable. Over the following years, he repeatedly escaped Xing Haotian’s pursuit. Once Xing Haotian became a marshal, his position changed, and he no longer went out on missions. Beiming Ke became even more unrestrained.

Every time he appeared, he caused tremendous upheaval. Many nations condemned the Huatian Nation for aiding evil by handing over such an exceptional cultivation technique and thereby creating a demon.

This cultivation technique was called the Ninefold Profound Heaven Art.

A cultivation technique for Profound Practitioners was different from profound runes. It was a method of guiding profound energy through the body. The quantity and strength of one’s profound energy were inseparably linked to the cultivation technique one practiced.

To give the simplest example, with a good cultivation technique, one might reach S-rank within a year. With a poor one, even ten years—or more—might not be enough to break through.

Wei Zi had never imagined that this beast bone did not belong to the Huatian Nation, but had instead been brought back by Xing Haotian from the Forbidden Zone.

The Forbidden Zone was a place Wei Zi had never set foot in, a place that all Profound Practitioners treated with profound fear and caution.

If the beast bone belonged to a nation, then no matter how great Xing Haotian’s authority was, he could never have taken it out for his own use.

This cultivation technique was capable of creating an unparalleled powerhouse.

Most importantly, cultivation techniques and profound arts engraved on beast bones or hides—those that could be learned directly—would completely shatter after being cultivated.

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They were resources that could never be reproduced. It was easy to imagine how precious they were.

Besides the Ninefold Profound Heaven Art, the beast bone also contained two powerful profound arts driven by the cultivation technique: the Ninefold Frost Domain and the Ninefold Ice Body.

These two profound arts would later become Beiming Ke’s signature abilities.

Wei Zi carefully stroked the runes carved into the beast bone, so excited that she could hardly contain herself. With this cultivation technique, would she become as powerful as Beiming Ke? Could she even stand shoulder to shoulder with Xing Haotian?

“Thank you. I truly need this cultivation technique.”

Wei Zi felt that her gratitude was far too slight for such a powerful technique, so she added, “You no longer need to feel guilty toward me. This cultivation technique is enough to make up for what you did.”

Her voice was soft but sincere. She truly meant it.

Xing Haotian had destroyed her innocence after her rebirth, but she had defied fate and preserved her S-rank talent. Now she had also obtained an exceptionally powerful cultivation technique. It was the equivalent of Xing Haotian handing her the key to becoming an S-rank powerhouse.

Perhaps this was reincarnation. What Xing Haotian had owed her in her previous life, he had begun repaying in this one.

The Ninefold Profound Heaven Art was more than sufficient.

She had decided to stop hating Xing Haotian.

Of course, not hating him did not mean she liked him. It meant she would treat him as though he did not exist.

Xing Haotian was delighted by the first half of her words. But when he heard the second half, it felt as though five bolts of thunder had exploded around him, and his expression darkened frighteningly.

“Wei Zi, I gave you this cultivation technique not to make up for anything. I do feel guilty toward you, but I did not give it to you because of that guilt. Do you understand?”

Xing Haotian frowned, desperately concealing the bitterness in his heart. He did not know why, but after giving her the cultivation technique, he felt that his relationship with Wei Zi had only grown more distant.

The opposite of love was not hatred, but indifference. Wei Zi’s reaction made Xing Haotian feel as though he had just climbed one step higher, only to fall into an abyss, farther than ever from his goal.

“I don’t understand, and I don’t want to understand!”

Wei Zi looked at Xing Haotian and said, “In any case, thank you.”

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“Wei Zi… Forget it.”

Xing Haotian gave up dejectedly, then quickly rallied himself.

“Perhaps you haven’t seen the good in me yet. That’s all right. I can wait. I only hope that you can give me a chance as well.”

Wei Zi did not want to answer. She did not understand Xing Haotian, and she was even afraid of him. Given what had happened in her previous life, not a single word he said seemed trustworthy.

Of course, at times she could not help mocking herself. Was Xing Haotian treating her this way only because she had not been disfigured? Perhaps he was nothing more than a shallow man who had taken a liking to her appearance and was therefore trying to please her in every possible way.

“I’ll go out first. Focus on comprehending this cultivation technique. The lawyer I hired will arrive at two this afternoon,” Xing Haotian said.

“Mm.”

Wei Zi answered softly as she watched him leave the bedroom. His back looked terribly lonely. Her heart trembled, but the feeling soon settled into calm, like a sealed iceberg that no one could pry open.

Wei Zi’s gaze fell upon the Ninefold Profound Heaven Art. Then she exerted strength with both hands and activated her profound core.

With a thunderous crack, the white bone exploded.

In the next instant, countless profound runes drifted around Wei Zi like waves upon the sea before merging into the center of her brow.

There was no need for her to carve them herself. The profound runes had already been powerfully imprinted upon her profound core. This was the strength of profound runes engraved on beast bones and hides.

Such beast bones were also known as profound-art manuals. Compared with rune books that merely recorded profound runes, they were far more powerful and far rarer.

In an instant, she mastered the Ninefold Profound Heaven Art, the Ninefold Frost Domain, and the Ninefold Ice Body.

But mastery did not mean she could unleash them. Her strength was still far too low. She still had a long road ahead before she could reach Beiming Ke’s level.

Wei Zi naturally sat down cross-legged. Following the cultivation method of the Ninefold Profound Heaven Art, she guided her profound energy through her meridians.

The Ninefold Profound Heaven Art changed with every level. The first level was extremely simple, yet profoundly wondrous, and it led Wei Zi into a state of transcendent emptiness.