From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

On the tenth day after returning from Ping'an Town, it was snowing heavily.

At Chen Xun's home.

In the courtyard, a thick layer of snow had piled up.

Inside the room, Chen Xun was wearing only a thin shirt, and his exposed hands, feet, and face were all flushed red.

A white mist surrounded him.

Chen Xun was immersed in cultivation.

Every now and then, a line of text would float before his eyes.

[Bull Demon Breathing Technique Experience Points +1]

[Bull Demon Stance Skill Experience +1]

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In the [Martial Arts Diligence Record], the progress of these two skills increases slowly but steadily as experience points accumulate.

[Bull Demon Stance Skill (99% Perfection)]

[Bull Demon Breathing Technique (Perfect 54%)]

The stance training is only a little bit away from reaching the next level.

As experience points gradually increase, this last bit of progress will soon be filled.

The time is today.

Thinking of this, Chen Xun felt excited, and his motivation to cultivate became even stronger.

His right leg has now been fully strengthened.

Strengthen the left leg, focusing on the thigh area.

This rate of progress is truly astonishing.

Even if Chen Xun told the truth, probably no one from Chen Family Fort would believe him.

Because they cannot comprehend how terrifying the enhancement to cultivation is that the perfected [Bull Demon Stance Skill] and [Bull Demon Breathing Method] can provide.

Time passed second by second.

The experience points for the [Bull Demon Stance Skill] are increasing little by little.

Suddenly, at a certain moment, when a line of "[Bull Demon Stance Skill Experience +1]" floated before Chen Xun's eyes again, Chen Xun's body trembled violently.

99% Perfection → Breaking Limits

The Bull Demon Stance Technique has been mastered.

At the moment of breakthrough, another wave of memories surged into Chen Xun's mind.

In his memory, he transformed into the Bull Demon King, growing from a newborn bull demon to a fully grown one, then fighting against different monsters, breaking through in battles, getting injured, and finally dying.

While Chen Xun was immersed in the memories of transforming into the Bull Demon, his body was also undergoing tremendous changes.

Between heaven and earth, streams of energy rapidly surged into his body, beginning to transform it.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xun regained consciousness.

Chen Xun was still somewhat dazed, though he was fully conscious.

Soon, he snapped out of his bull demon persona.

Looking at that extra memory again, the sense of immersion wasn't as strong as before; it felt like watching a movie.

Afterwards, Chen Xun felt much lighter, and a powerful force surged through his body.

Then he smelled an unpleasant odor.

"What does it taste like?"

Upon closer inspection, the scent was found to be emanating from him.

Upon closer inspection, his white shirt had turned grayish-black and was covered in oil stains and filth.

"What's going on?"

Chen Xun was somewhat bewildered.

Then he hurriedly went to the kitchen to fetch water and take a shower.

While drawing water, I didn't control my strength and accidentally crushed the wooden ladle.

"How did I become so much stronger?"

Chen Xun stared at his hands in shock.

This power far surpassed the power he originally possessed.

He then thawed the frozen water in the water tank, and before the water could be heated, Chen Xun used the cold water to clean his body.

With his current physical condition, the cold water only made him feel a slight chill, but not much coldness.

After taking a shower, Chen Xun immediately checked his newly mastered [Bull Demon Stance Skill].

Upon seeing this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

[Bull Demon Stance Skill (Limit Breaking Trait: The Strength of an Ox)]

The strength of an ox: to increase the body's strength by a thousand pounds.

"So, beyond the realm of perfection lies the breaking of limits?"

Chen Xun murmured.

"After breaking the limit, a special trait will actually be born."

He examined the trait closely, and then it dawned on him.

"I see. That explains why I've become so strong."

"So the strength of one ox is the strength of a thousand catties? Does that mean I now possess strength exceeding a thousand catties?"

Thinking of this, Chen Xun quickly began to verify it.

In his courtyard, there were several stone locks, the heaviest of which weighed a thousand pounds.

Chen Xun had tried before, but it didn't budge.

Upon entering the courtyard and seeing the snow covering it, Chen Xun scratched his head.

The stone locks were all buried in the snow.

He had to spend some time clearing the snow.

With his current strength and stamina, he cleared most of the snow from the yard in less than ten minutes, revealing the buried stone lock.

The largest stone lock is as tall as half a person and is carved from thick and sturdy bluestone.

That is the thousand-pound stone lock.

Reaching the heavy stone lock, Chen Xun gripped the lever with his right hand and easily lifted it with a single effort.

Then, he even lifted it above his head.

With a loud thud, the stone weight fell to the ground, leaving a deep crater in the frozen, hardened sand and gravel, demonstrating its terrifying weight.

"Cool."

Chen Xun exhaled a breath of turbid air, which transformed into a white column of air before disappearing into the air.

"My current strength has indeed exceeded a thousand catties."

To be able to lift a thousand-pound stone lock above one's head, one's strength must definitely exceed a thousand pounds.

Moreover, Chen Xun did not feel any strain during the process; on the contrary, he found it quite easy.

"My current strength is probably not even comparable to that of an ordinary Bone Forging Realm martial artist."

Chen Xun thought to himself.

Afterwards, he spent some time in the courtyard getting used to the sudden surge of power.

After practicing the [Bull Demon Mighty Fist] for nearly an hour, Chen Xun finally managed to barely control the power.

While practicing his boxing, Chen Xun was surprised to find that his progress in this set of boxing techniques had increased dramatically out of nowhere.

【Bull Demon's Mighty Fist (Minor Success 65%)】

Clearly, this is inseparable from Chen Xun's breakthrough in the [Bull Demon Stance Skill].

It was precisely because his progress in boxing techniques had improved significantly that Chen Xun was able to barely control the sudden surge of power in a short period of time.

After an hour of boxing, Chen Xun was only slightly sweaty.

The ability to exert the strength of an ox not only enhanced his physical power but also significantly increased his endurance.

After all, oxen are strong and have great endurance.

At this moment, Chen Xun's excitement gradually subsided.

He began to carefully prepare blood-nourishing medicinal soups. For him now, those ceramic bowls were far too fragile; if he wasn't careful with his strength, he would crush them.

After finally managing to make a bowl of blood-nourishing medicinal soup, Chen Xun drank it all in one gulp and began practicing standing meditation.

During this training, Chen Xun discovered something different once again.

The first thing is the speed at which the power of qi and blood is gathered.

His perfected stance training allowed him to condense a ball of qi and blood power in three minutes.

After breaking the limit, this speed increased again, and it could condense a ball of blood energy in one minute.

Then there's the quality of Qi and blood.

After the Qi and Blood power is condensed into Qi and Blood through breathing techniques, its quality is much higher than before the breakthrough in stance training.

The quality is almost twice as good as before.

Clearly, this was because Chen Xun's body had been strengthened, which in turn strengthened the qi and blood condensed from his body.

Finally, there's the change in physical strength.

Because he suddenly gained a thousand pounds of strength, Chen Xun's physical strength far exceeded that of before.

This resulted in his skin and flesh being much stronger than before.

Therefore, areas that originally required hundreds of strands of Qi and blood to be strengthened now only need a dozen or so strands.

These changes combined to greatly increase Chen Xun's cultivation speed.

Of course, the consumption of blood-tonifying powder also increased significantly.

Almost every hour, one serving of blood-replenishing medicinal soup is needed.

In less than a day, a dose of blood-replenishing powder was used up.

In less than three days, Chen Xun digested three doses of blood-replenishing powder.

At the same time, his cultivation level also reached the peak of the Stone Skin Realm.

His entire body's skin and flesh were strengthened once again, becoming as hard as stone.