I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

At least if you're just using a balance scale to test the value of memory, there shouldn't be any major problems.

After a moment's thought, Uesugi Tetsu placed his finger on one side of the scale and agreed to the "access request" sent to him.

He was quite curious about the value of his own memories compared to the memory orbs of the Onmyoji and the swordsman from earlier.

boom!

The moment Uesugi Tetsuya placed his finger on the scale, the scale immediately slammed down on one side, and a large blue chip marked "100" fell on the other.

But that was far from enough; the scales didn't even tip in the direction of the chips.

Bang bang bang!

In the blink of an eye, five purple chips marked "1000," each the size of a normal person's palm, landed on the scales, causing the scales, which were neither too big nor too small, to creak stiffly.

After this change, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly hear the fox-masked woman in front of him instinctively let out a sound of astonishment.

At the same time, he could feel all the waiters around him turning their gazes toward him.

These gazes, from different directions and angles, all conveyed the same emotion.

Are all these waiters the same person?

Uesugi Tetsuya didn't have time to think.

Because in the brief moment he was lost in thought, the chips on the scales before him had already piled up densely.

White, green, blue, deep purple, golden, and even bright red chips as translucent as ruby ​​appeared out of thin air...

Every instant, the chips on the other side of the scale multiply exponentially, seemingly without end.

The fox-faced woman could no longer lift the scales; she hurriedly took several steps back, her voice trembling with fear.

"Whether human or demon, it's impossible... What are you... What exactly are you!"

She screamed, "Don't touch the scales! Don't touch them again!"

Uesugi Tetsuya was also surprised. He thought to himself that his experience wasn't that legendary. It had only been a hundred or two hundred days since he came into contact with the supernatural.

At that moment, a fragment flashed through his mind.

Could it be that time when all things were divided...?

Before Uesugi Tetsuya could even form a thought, the scales in his hand snapped and exploded with a loud creak!

The entire world also exploded.

Amidst the deafening roar, everything around seemed to be swept away and swallowed by a giant, dark wave, including the bustling streets outside and the Hanafuda shops where countless gambling games were taking place.

Everything was swallowed up by the thick darkness.

Uesugi Tetsu was no exception.

Seeing the fox-faced woman vanish into nothingness amidst her terrified screams, Uesugi Tetsu could only sigh and accept his bad luck.

Who would have thought that testing some data would cause the instance to explode?

Darkness surged in, erasing Uesugi Tetsuya's body from the neck down in the blink of an eye.

However, a mere fatal wound posed little threat to Uesugi Tetsuya's consciousness, who was already accustomed to being beheaded.

For three seconds, his thoughts remained clear.

In that final instant, just before the final darkness descended, Uesugi Tetsu caught a glimpse of a faint purple light out of the corner of his eye.

That is……

[The Memory Orb of the Swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro!]

The prompt still appears.

[Read?]

Without any unnecessary thoughts or considerations, Uesugi Tetsu made the most correct choice in the shortest amount of time.

--yes!

The next moment, everything returned to nothingness.

……

When I opened my eyes again, I didn't see the familiar ceiling.

Rather, it is what Tokugawa Yugoro, a swordsman from the powerful Tokugawa family during the Edo period, saw and heard.

Those were fragments of the swordsman's experiences when he was young.

From the age of nine to fourteen, Tokugawa Yugoro's life consisted of nothing but training and fighting.

Over the course of five years, he participated in a total of seventy-two real sword duels.

He killed only twenty-three people, yet he was never defeated!

He deliberately spared the rest and let them go, telling them to come back and seek revenge after they had achieved success in their cultivation.

This would be a great insult to a samurai and would make him countless enemies in the future, but Tokugawa Yugoro never considered the possibility of his defeat.

What arrogance, what conceit!

As for demons, he had long since stopped counting the number he had killed.

There's no need to count.

However, these events were only briefly mentioned in the memory orb; the only real focus was on the time Tokugawa Yugoro spent practicing breathing techniques.

At the young age of fourteen, Tokugawa Yugoro, who practiced one of the four extreme breathing techniques, the "Myo-gawa Breathing Method," had already opened up a total of 108 major acupoints and created a vast and boundless sea of ​​qi.

With terrifying talent and unimaginable effort, he mastered all four ultimate forms of the Flesh Palace.

Thus, with this terrifyingly solid foundation, he arrived at the third stage of the Life River Breathing Technique, following the Sea of ​​Qi and the Palace of Flesh.

——【The Hidden Spirit】!

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had been merging with Tokugawa Yugoro's perspective for quite some time, was taken aback.

He remembered that after the Palace of Flesh, there should have been the [Five Organs Immortal], according to what Ririko said in the notes Tokugawa Hoshi had given her.

But soon, the answer appeared in Tokugawa Yugoro's mind—

The third stage, "Nourishing the Spirit," is where the Life River Breathing Method truly differentiates itself from other breathing methods.

The true wonder of the Myokawa Breathing Technique begins to emerge from here.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was about to hear about the differences between the Spirit-Nourishing Treasury and the Five Visceral Immortals, his consciousness began to drift off again.

The memory orb stopped here.

……

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, your Corona Breathing Technique is being completed...]

[This update is complete!]

With a splitting headache, Uesugi Tetsuya clenched his temples and opened his eyes with great difficulty.

The prompts keep popping up like flowing water.

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, your Corona Breathing Technique has manifested one of its four ultimate forms, "The Abyss of Skin"!]

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, your Corona Breathing Technique has manifested one of its four ultimate forms, "Mountain of Bones"!]

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, the proficiency requirements for the four ultimate forms, "Skin Abyss" and "Bone Mountain," have been greatly reduced!]

Uesugi Tetsu frowned, suppressing the pain with his inner energy, while struggling to turn his thoughts around.

He still remembered that Tokugawa Yugoro in the memory orb was practically invincible after mastering the four ultimate forms!

Although he will be called a swordsman in the future, he has never used a sword to fight an enemy at this time.

Rather, he never even touched a sword. He only tempered his body and will, practiced the Tokugawa family's Life River Breathing Technique, and then used his fists to crush all his enemies.

His body is the most powerful weapon in the world!

【Pi Zhiyuan (0/3000)】

[Skin of the Abyss: The ultimate form of skin tempering. The ultimate defense! The skin membrane transforms into a deep abyss; any qi or force landing upon it will be like falling into an abyss, disappearing without a trace over time and distance.]

【Mountain of Bones (0/3000)】

[Mountain of Bones: The ultimate form of bone forging. Indestructible, yet unbreakable! Bones as solid as mountains, harder than refined steel, bare hands superior to a thousand weapons.]

[Note: Based on your current cultivation progress, you can currently choose to cultivate either "Abyss of Skin" or "Mountain of Bones" from the four ultimate forms.]

However, once you have chosen one of the four ultimate forms of cultivation, you must complete the cultivation of that form completely, otherwise you will not be able to cultivate the next form!

At the same time, regular practice of Corona Breathing will be suspended!

it is good!

After listening to the four ultimate forms for who knows how long, I can finally officially begin my training!

Uesugi Tetsu, clutching his head which was about to explode from being crammed with a massive amount of knowledge, sat up under Kaga Kiyomitsu's worried gaze, wanting to consider which ultimate form to train first.

But the newly popped-up notification interrupted his thoughts.

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, you have also learned some knowledge of the Four Extremes Breathing Technique: Myokawa Breathing Technique...]

Uesugi Che was stunned.

He never expected that the Tokugawa family's Four Extremes Breathing Technique, which he had tried so hard to obtain but had no clue how to acquire, would fall into his hands in such an unexpected way today.

The surprises brought by Tokugawa Yugoro's memory orb... are far from over!

Chapter 262 Mastering the 108 Great Acupoints Makes One a Warrior Against Ghosts and Gods! The True Reason Why the Life River Breathing Technique Ranks Among the Four Extremes!

[Because you have learned some of the memories of the swordsman Tokugawa Yugoro, you have also learned some knowledge of the Four Extremes Breathing Technique: Myokawa Breathing Technique...]

After the prompt, an ancient, semi-transparent scroll slowly unfurled before Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes.

The table of contents contains only three short words composed of ancient characters, while the lower half is empty.

【Sea of ​​Qi】

【Palace of Flesh】

【Hidden Spirit】

"Four Extremes Breathing Method, Life River Breathing Method..."

Uesugi Tetsuya silently stared at the simple table of contents, first using his mind to quickly flip through the rest, wanting to see the whole thing and the general outline.

In less than ten minutes, when his headache had eased a little, Uesugi Tetsuya had roughly figured out the completeness of the "Myokawa Breathing Method" in front of him.

The Sea of ​​Qi and the Palace of Flesh are almost complete.

The reason for saying "almost" is that, apart from this time, Uesugi Tetsu had never actually witnessed how the Four Extremes Breathing Technique was practiced in real life.

However, some key aspects, such as the "microcosmic and macrocosmic circulation," "the Qi Sea after opening the 108 major acupoints of the human body," and the complete cultivation methods for the four ultimate forms of the Flesh Palace...

These all match Uesugi Tetsu's impressions and the notes Tokugawa Hoshi left for Ririko without any errors.

Furthermore, Uesugi Tetsuya knew that if it were a normal breathing technique, even if it were complete from beginning to end, it would only mark nine major acupoints of the human body in the Sea of ​​Qi.

Impressive. Some less common breathing techniques only specify the practice methods for twelve or eighteen major acupoints.

As for the Corona Breathing Technique, Uesugi Tetsuya was not very clear about the details because he was practicing a fragment he had obtained for free.

But it shouldn't exceed the threshold of "eighteen" or "thirty-six".

—Because if the Corona Breathing Technique were truly that powerful, it would mean that the barrier to entry would be raised, and it would be impossible for it to spread widely.

In contrast, the Life River Breathing Method clearly marks a total of 108 major acupoints in the human body, and the major acupoints are closely connected to each other.

Once all the skills are mastered, they can be combined to form a human constellation chart that resembles the stars in the celestial sphere!

During this process, Uesugi Tetsu discovered that the Meikawa Breathing Method also had an additional note that although it had 108 major points like other four-stage breathing methods, it placed more emphasis on "holistic" aspects.

If we say that each of the other four breathing methods opens up a major aperture—for example, seven or nine apertures connected together—it will produce its own unique and miraculous effects.

The Namikawa Breathing Technique treats the 108 acupoints as different components. Only after all of them are opened can these major acupoints be connected into one, forming the "inner divine treasure".

If we define it by 108 acupoints, and expand the Qi Sea, then the Qi Sea will be so powerful as soon as it is born that it is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Tokugawa Yugoro called it "Star River".

In the breathing method of Meikawa