<h4>Chapter 1894 (Raw 1995): Bitter Cultivation</h4>


    Xiao Chen decided to progress from easy to difficult. He would practice Light of Freedom first to perfect his Thunder Dragon Steps.


    He had created Thunder Dragon Steps himself, and it did not have aplete sequence of ideas.


    As for the many Martial Techniques of the Heavenly Dragon Pce, they had been passed down through many generations, continuously perfected with a lot of effort.


    Xiao Chen’s Thunder Dragon Steps might still be fine for his own cultivation, but it was not worthy of beingpiled in a secret manual to be passed down.


    This was the difference. Right now, he needed to perfect his Thunder Dragon Steps.


    Light of Freedom was a lightning-attributed Movement Technique. After it reached Great Perfection, his entire physical body would turn into a sh of electric light.


    One would be able to move five hundred kilometers in the clouds within a few breaths of time.


    The more exquisite part of this Movement Techniquey in the word “freedom.”


    Lightning was uncontroble. It was not like wind or other attributes. After a direction was determined, lightning would not be able to turn.


    Although lightning was fast, it was straight and direct.


    However, Light of Freedom could be freely controlled within a short distance, allowing one to change directions as one pleased.


    However, its shoring was also rather obvious. One could only turn into a bolt of lightning. During that time, one’s offensive means would be limited.


    Hence, this Movement Technique was excellent for fleeing or traveling. However, it had limited use for killing an enemy.


    Xiao Chen flipped open the secret manual and seriously read it. Then, the Thunder Great Dao’s Dao disk spread out silently.


    The purple Dao disk gave off a gentle glow. As Xiao Chen flipped the pages, it flickered slightly.


    Without his intentional control, the world changed as Xiao Chenprehended Light of Freedom. Thunderclouds gathered, and lightning asionally tore across the sky.


    Night and day passed as Xiao Chen read Light of Freedom’s secret manual over and over again.


    His eyes looked like stars, sparkling with intelligence. It was like his eyes pierced through time and space to watch the creator of this Movement Technique practicing it.


    Seven dayster:


    “Crack!”


    Xiao Chen, who appeared to have petrified, mmed the secret manual closed. The light in his eyes extinguished, and he withdrew the Dao disk into his body. The surrounding mysterious phenomena vanished, and the world turned quiet.


    “Whoosh!”


    Without any warning, Xiao Chen’s body suddenly transformed into specks of electric light, a bright sh of lightning that streaked to the courtyard’s wall. In the next moment, the lightning turned back into Xiao Chen.


    “Pu ci!”


    After standing stably, Xiao Chen vomited a mouthful of blood. However, he showed a faint smile on his face. “I see.”


    He had sessfully executed a Medial Grade Earth Ranked Movement Technique.


    This was Xiao Chen’s first time using it, and he was clearly unfamiliar with it, injuring himself in the process.


    This Movement Technique involved turning into lightning. When reforming, there would be ag. Otherwise, if one reformed too hastily, one would injure one’s self, which was very risky.


    “This Movement Technique is really strong. Probably only the Dragon Race can practice it. If other cultivators wanted to cultivate it, they would only be seeking death as they do not have the strong recovery ability of the Dragon Race,” Xiao Chen said to himself.


    Then, in the next moment, he turned into a sh of lightning again, rushing to the peak of a mountain near Cold Moon Cave.


    “Whoosh!”


    After Xiao Chen’s body reformed, he turned back into lightning again and leaped up to the clouds.


    After he turned into lightning, his speed in the clouds increased by a hundred times, allowing him to experience a thrill that he never felt before.


    “That was fast!” Xiao Chen could not help eximing after recovering his body.


    However, when he checked on his Veritable Essence Energy, he got a surprise. He had actually consumed one-third of the primal chaos Veritable Essence Energy in his 9-Star Primal Core in just a few breaths of time.


    “If I don’t raise my cultivation, I can’t use this Movement Technique casually,” Xiao Chen said to himself after returning to Cold Moon Cave.


    No wonder the secret manual specially instructed that while this Movement Technique was extraordinary, it did not have a highbat ability and was only suitable for fleeing.


    However, using Light of Freedom to improve Thunder Dragon Steps would result in a perfect match.


    Once that thought urred to him, he applied himself to it without hesitation.


    In the following days, Xiao Chen kept switching between the two Movement Techniques in Cold Moon Cave.


    Sometimes, he would turn into lightning, moving freely. Sometimes, he would ride on a lightning dragon and move about.


    While the thought was great, the reality was cruel. Every attempt at merger failed.


    Failure. Failure. Failure. Failure. Failure...


    After multiple failures, the berserk lightning had riddled Xiao Chen’s body with wounds. However, he did not show any intention of giving up.


    On a certain day after half a month:


    “Boom!”


    Suddenly, a strange bolt of lightning fell from the sky. It fell straight down. Just as it was about to reach the ground, it suddenly turned and moved around the mountains and rivers.


    When the strange lightning was close to Cold Moon Cave, it released Dragon Might and turned into a realistic-looking lightning dragon.


    The lightning dragonnded and sted apart a pce hall within the city-sized Cold Moon Cave.


    A cloud of dust bloomed, and the air flickered with crackling electricity.


    Carefreeughter came from the thick dust cloud. “Hahahaha! I did it! I did it!”


    When the dust scattered, a white-d person appeared among the rubble. He looked fatigued and was covered in dust.


    However, that person tightly clenched his fists. Stubbornness and determination flickered in his clear and bright eyes.


    I must be a heaven-ss core disciple! I must obtain the qualifications to go to Ancestor Dragon City!


    With effort and persistence, there will be a reward.


    “Again!” Xiao Chen roared and shook off the dust on his body. Then, he turned into a lightning dragon and soared into the sky.


    This is it! This is it! Xiao Chen rejoiced in his heart. However, he was scarily calm.


    After he turned into a pure lightning dragon, his speed was no slower than lightning. However, it became easier to control, and his offensive might increased considerably.


    Havingbined the two Movement Techniques sessfully, Xiao Chen improved rapidly.


    After another half month, nine bolts of lightning suddenly flew out of Cold Moon Cave, then turned into dragons in the next moment.


    Nine dragons flew about in the air.


    “Bang! Bang! Bang!”


    The nine lightning dragons easily crushed the tall peaks of the mountain range, sting them into pieces.


    When the nine lightning dragonsnded, they gathered and quickly merged. Then, Xiao Chen revealed his true body.


    “I did it.”


    Xiao Chen finally revealed a satisfied smile. He had finally perfected Thunder Dragon Steps.


    Later on, he would take things in order, moving ording to the framework that he set and practicing Thunder Dragon Steps to its peak.


    He had devoted two months to perfecting this Thunder Dragon Steps. By this time, themotion that he caused at the dueling za should have already passed.


    Xiao Chen wondered about the rich n disciples that entered with him. They should have already made a name for themselves.


    Those people were Holy Venerates in the first ce. After entering this Heavenly Dragon Pce, they had famous teachers to guide them.


    In two months, those people should have improved rapidly and already left closed-door cultivation.


    However, that did not matter. These random thoughts had nothing to do with Xiao Chen for now.


    “Next should be practicing Firmament’s Rage.”


    Xiao Chen sat down cross-legged and took out the secret manual of Firmament’s Rage—the Dragon’s Gate’s Secret Technique—and seriously read through it.


    He no longer thought about anything happening outside.


    The first step of Firmament’s Rage’s cultivation was the tempering of the five fingers, forging them into a w that equaled that of an ancient Divine Dragon. They should be imprable, strengthened to the point where they were akin to a divine weapon.


    Xiao Chen carefully studied the secret manual, continuously thinking about the difficult aspects of the Secret Technique.


    Normal people would find many parts imprable. However, Xiao Chen used his terrifyingprehension ability to figure them out one by one.


    Many stars flickered in Xiao Chen’s clear and bright eyes, looking like they shone with the light of intelligence.


    “Because a mixed-blood dragon’s bloodline is not pure enough, it is very difficult to temper the fingers into a dragon w. Even if one seeded by some stroke of luck, it would not be powerful enough. Hence, mixed-blood dragons indeed cannot practice this Firmament’s Rage.


    “Trying to forge the fingers into an ancient Divine Dragon’s w that is as tough as divine materials without losing their flexibility is a contradiction in itself. This is a big problem.


    “After sessfully forming the w, one needs to infuse their Great Dao Energy to fill their fingers with spirituality. As a result, the move differs from person to person. If it is done with the Sword Dao, the five fingers will be like swords. If it is done with the Saber Sao, naturally, the five fingers will be like sabers.


    “After that, I have to find a way to infuse in the energy of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. I cannotck any of them. With the five elements cycling, Firmament’s Rage can condense space and disy its true might, one that can destroy nations.”


    Secret Techniques were hard to practice and cultivate.


    Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!


    This was especially so for Firmament’s Rage, which was even more difficult. The Martial Technique Pce’s administrator was right.


    Clearly, giving up was not Xiao Chen’s style. He needed to seed in practicing Firmament’s Rage.


    Seven dayster, after hard training, he finallypleted the first step.


    With a thought, Xiao Chen’s fingers flickered with azure light, looking tough and sharp.


    He gently swiped his hand across the floor, which was made of divine materials, and left five w marks.


    “Boom!”


    Xiao Chen pressed his five fingers in and grabbed forcefully. He managed to pull up the entire floor.


    As rumbling sounds rang out continuously, pieces of the floor made of divine materials flew about. The formations in the room immediately broke.


    The next step was the infusion of Great Dao Energy to make his five fingers like sabers. Each finger needed to contain overwhelming saber intent. Naturally, just one type of Great Dao Energy would not satisfy Xiao Chen. He also wanted to infuse the Thunder Dao’s Great Dao Energy into them to produce an even more horrifying might.


    Because Xiao Chen had a Divine Dragon bloodline and a strong physique, hepleted the first step extremely smoothly.


    However, the second step was somewhat difficult.