Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies

Shen Qing, as his breath steadily climbed, did not feel much comfort.

Quite the opposite, he felt waves of pain.

At this moment, Shen Qing's breathing grew more rapid, his face contorted as if he were struggling to the death against some invisible force.

He could sense the spiritual power within his body roaring like torrents, surging tumultuously, operating at its peak.

But in the blink of an eye, the capacity of his flesh to absorb spiritual energy had reached its limit.

Yet, the spiritual energy from the outside world continued to pour into his meridians, converging in the mysterious Spirit Sea, showing no signs of stopping.

Shen Qing only felt an intense swelling sensation assaulting him, the rampaging aura as if wanting to tear his soul and his physical body to shreds.

He endured, relentlessly suppressing this impulse, breaking through his own limits.

Recently, he had often gone to the Martial Arts Hall to exchange cultivation experiences with the instructors, gaining a deeper understanding of the Spirit Void Realm and beyond.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth, transformed into spiritual power through the Cultivation Technique for martial masters to use, is by seizing the nature's spiritual energy, mastering transcendent force.

Every breakthrough is a qualitative change in power.

But this power was too great; if not controlled well, it was easy to become possessed, lose oneself, and suffer backlash.

It was like a commoner becoming rich overnight.

Confronted with sudden wealth, many people squandered it recklessly, ending up poorer than before, or even worse off.

The two scenarios followed the same principle.

The greater the wealth, the easier it was to become possessed, and the more likely for martial masters to suffer backlash.

What if the power was too great and prone to backlash, would a smaller amount suffice?

That wouldn't work either.

The spiritual energy that martial masters cultivated was originally just a part of nature, but once it was transformed into spiritual power after cultivation, it showed it had become completely different from the external spiritual energy.

Having something so different confined inside the martial master's physical body was not a problem, but if it was used extensively outward, it would inevitably conflict and contend with the external world.

If a martial master's power was too small, once they encountered a bottleneck and faced the world, they would easily be dissipated and fall into confusion.

Based on this, to safely breakthrough, in addition to grasping the balance of power, countless Great Powers thought of a compromise, which was to let their own spiritual power fall into a state of nothingness.

To create presence in absence, and absence in presence.

Hence, the realm above the Innate Realm was called the Spirit Void Realm. Discover exclusive tales on empire

Shen Qing ceaselessly formed seals, pressing down on the spiritual power within his body, starting to assault the bottleneck of the Spirit Void Realm.

Once he reached a certain limit, Shen Qing could clearly feel a thunderous rumbling sound, like the beating of a drum, continuing to emerge.

At a certain moment, Shen Qing found his spiritual power becoming elusive and ethereal, as if wanting to break free from the physical constraints and merge with the heaven and earth.

He had caught that sensation.

Shen Qing's eyes suddenly opened wide, a bright light burst forth, and he roared lowly, "Break for me!"

He mobilized all his strength, including the faith force contained within the Wish Power Pearl and the abundant spiritual energy from the Jade Token, the three combined into a single force, charging towards the bottleneck of the Jade Void Realm.

Just at that moment, within the Cultivation Room, winds surged and spiritual energy roared chaotically, as if the Void Realm itself had emerged with rippling tremors.

Shen Qing's body was enveloped in a layer of faint crimson-gold light.

"Boom!"

Shen Qing only felt an enormous sound from within, deafening.

The bottleneck of the Spirit Void Realm was finally broken by this tremendous force.

All the spiritual energy within his body turned into nothingness, yet this nothingness was closely connected to him.

It was mysterious beyond mystery.

With a wave of Shen Qing's hands, he felt an unprecedented powerful force surging within him, merging seamlessly with the surrounding nature's spiritual energy.

"It's the Spirit Void Realm! I've finally broken through to the Spirit Void Realm!"

He couldn't help but stand up, look up to the heavens, and let out a long howl, his face brimming with ecstatic joy.

In all of Great Zhou, there were very few who could break through to the Spirit Void Realm before the age of twenty, and you could count them on one hand.

Without a doubt, each one was a cultivation prodigy.

Now, he, Shen Qing, was already a bit stronger than most of his peers from the prominent families.

"With this in mind, if I enter the Jing Luan Assembly, I will also have some confidence, and perhaps I can contend for a spot in the top hundred."

Shen Qing clenched his fists tightly, filled with self-assurance.

The pressing feeling from just a short while ago had been greatly relieved.

The timing was just right.

Shen Qing exhaled a breath of stale air lightly, looking spirited.

He didn't give it another thought but continued to bury himself in tough cultivation, seriously preparing for the battle ahead.

After his breakthrough in his cultivation realm, Shen Qing devoted all his energy to mastering skills, particularly the Heavenly Bow Technique that evolved from Bow Technique.

Through his relentless effort, he finally filled the entire progress bar.

[Skill: Heavenly Bow Technique (Great Perfection)]

[Progress: 2001/2000 points]

[Status: Breakthrough possible]

[Note: Diligence is life's reward. Through continual and unyielding cultivation, you have finally brought the Heavenly Bow Technique to the brink of a Limit Break. With this breakthrough, you will master the Heavenly Bow Technique's Limit Breaking Skill 'Sun Shooting Skill'.]

Shen Qing didn't hesitate at all and focused his consciousness on the Water Ink Panel to choose the breakthrough.

The information on the Water Ink Panel rapidly refreshed.

[Skill: Heavenly Bow Technique (Break Limit)]

[Progress: 1/3000 points]

[Status: Breakthrough not possible]

[Note: With this breakthrough, you have mastered the Heavenly Bow Technique's Limit Breaking Skill 'Sun Shooting Skill'. From the depth of your heart, a breath is drawn, which turns to an arrow, as fierce as the sun's blaze; with one arrow, it shall be shattered!]

Shen Qing, looking at that line of notes, became emotionally stirred.

A flood of familiar memories didn't give him any chance to react, forcefully inserted into his mind, and stirred around a couple of times, causing his whole body to tremble.

Relying on his ever-strengthening Divine Sense, Shen Qing suppressed the unease in his mind completely.

Soon after, he digested the vast memories.

In those memories, he was isolated from the world, immersed in endless cycles of cultivating the Heavenly Bow Technique.

Day and night, he practiced the Heavenly Bow Technique, shot countless arrows, and finally, a flash of spiritual light sparked in his heart. He had an epiphany and achieved a breakthrough, mastering the Heavenly Bow Technique's Limit Breaking Skill 'Sun Shooting Skill'.

Shen Qing spread his hands open, and with one glance, a strong sense of familiarity struck him.

Shen Qing casually summoned with his hand.

The previous Hundred Shi Heavy Bow was drawn into his grasp.

He pondered for a moment, then stood up with the bow in both hands, stretched his arms long like those of an ape, and started to operate the Heavenly Bow Technique.

A crimson light began to gather on the bowstring, gradually taking the shape of an arrow.

As this arrow took form, the atmosphere around it suddenly changed, filled with a deadly aura.

Shen Qing was extremely satisfied, "From within my chest, I condense a breath, turning it into the force of a thousand jun, forging it into an arrow. Even if the blazing sun lies ahead, radiating brilliantly, nothing can withstand the power of my single arrow! All can be shattered! Hahaha..."

He dispersed the Cultivation Technique and casually tossed the longbow.

The Hundred Shi Heavy Bow landed perfectly on the wall mount.

"This bow is a bit too weak, it seems it can't withstand my power. Thinking about the time, Wu Sheng should be returning from the Capital by now; perhaps there will be news of a treasure bow."

Shen Qing murmured to himself.