I am a high-level martial arts master.

"What do you think the foundation of the Way is?"

Inside the icy pool, Ye Li sat alone, while the Dragon Girl asked a question deep within his consciousness.

"Don't answer questions with questions!" he said impatiently.

"If you have a solution, just say so quickly. Don't beat around the bush!"

The dragon girl pursed her lips. "They say even a night of marriage brings a hundred days of kindness."

Ye Li yelled at him for another woman he had just met; how heartless!

"The foundation for enlightenment is the terminology!" the Dragon Girl said slowly.

"Entry?"

Ye Li was surprised to hear this explanation and said with a strange expression:

Why is the entry titled "Daoji"?

The dragon maiden slowly said, "Because cultivating martial arts requires relying on incantations!"

"Those who do not have the necessary knowledge are not qualified to cultivate."

"A person must first possess the necessary attributes before they can break through the five realms of [Body Tempering], [Acquired], [Innate], [Grandmaster], and [Martial Saint]!" the Dragon Girl murmured from the depths of her soul.

"Martial arts is a system unique to us, the people of the universe. Only those who possess the relevant knowledge can cultivate it!"

"is that so?

Ye Li's expression was strange; this was the first time he had heard such a statement.

Ye Li wondered if, as a transmigrator, he could also be considered a person from the universe.

The Dragon Girl didn't dwell on this point, but slowly said:

"It is obvious that the elder's Dao foundation must have been damaged for some reason."

"Can the entry still be damaged?" Ye Li asked, somewhat taken aback.

"Of course you can. The term itself is the embodiment of miracles, and countless things can be done based on it."

The Dragon Girl said calmly, "For example, the 'Cause and Effect Calamity Blade' that you saw in my Grandmaster Secret Realm is a blade that cuts through the ultimate cause and effect by discarding everything."

"Everything here, including memories, cultivation levels, terms, concepts..."

"Just think about how terrifying the power of keywords can be?"

"Even if it's just a white-label entry, its effect is a stable bonus for a Martial Saint."

"One of the steps to breaking through to the Martial Saint level is to connect with the mental energy of the words within one's body, transforming the words into perpetual kinetic energy, and continuously drawing upon the power of miracles to become stronger."

"If the loss of an entry is the constraint, then unleash a world-shaking strike."

"That power is something even a grandmaster couldn't withstand; perhaps only a martial saint could."

"As for Shen Fuyao, he has a legendary entry, but he has not yet broken through to the Martial Saint realm. This is probably because he once faced a life-or-death crisis and used such a technique, which damaged his foundation and prevented him from breaking through."

Ye Li frowned slightly and asked, "So, what about the method of making amends you mentioned?"

"The way to complete the foundation of the Dao is naturally to use other terms and rules to make up for it, such as the [Heavenly Book] in this competition."

The Dragon Girl smiled faintly and said, "If a bowl is shattered, it's natural to find a replacement made of the same material."

"If we find a celestial book, and use its epic-level essence to mend the missing parts... it can become a Crimson Affix." "Crimson Affix?" Ye Li was slightly taken aback.

"What kind of term is this? I've never heard of it before?"

"This is something only powerful forces are qualified to do. By frantically slaughtering white entries of the same type and level and devouring their origin, they can strengthen their own entries."

"Approximately 10 [White - Clever and Quick-witted] can be upgraded to [Green - Exceptionally Quick-witted], then 100 [Exceptionally Quick-witted] can be upgraded to [Blue - Exquisitely Insightful], and then 1000000 [Blue - Exquisitely Insightful] can be upgraded to [Purple - Peerless Genius]!" "These kinds of affixes obtained by absorbing the essence of the same level are called Crimson Affixes after promotion."

"Because this method requires a massive number of martial artists of the same realm and with the same attributes, it becomes completely thankless and exhausting after the blue level."

"Only immortal sects have the means to find so many people with the same realm and the same attributes. Those small countries simply don't have the resources to hold such ceremonies. It's normal that you didn't know before."

Ye Li's breath hitched slightly; he hadn't expected there to be such a method of improvement.

"What about orange? Do we need 1000 billion or 100 billion?"

The Dragon Girl slowly shook her head: "Orange is unique; it's impossible to obtain it from the bottom up through a purple attribute."

"The ultimate limit of this method is purple; otherwise, why do you think so many grandmasters and martial saints don't even have orange-level attributes?"

"If slaughter could make an epic title, the entire universe would have been filled with countless heads long ago, instead of this small-scale conflict." The dragon girl didn't finish her sentence, but Ye Li could roughly guess how rare orange titles were.

Over the years, no more than 10,000 grandmasters in the entire martial arts world possess orange-level attributes.

Most grandmasters, and even many martial saints, don't have orange-level attributes; they became martial saints through sheer talent, even if they were just plain-level.

In this situation, how difficult would it be to find a martial artist with an orange-level entry to create a divine book?

Just as Ye Li was lost in thought, the Dragon Girl looked through Ye Li's soul at Shen Fuyao beside her:

"This little girl possesses the sub-attribute 'cold on the outside, warm on the inside,' which could be used as a template to complement that attribute."

"I wonder what that grandmaster was thinking when he took this little one in and raised her. Did he intend to turn her into a celestial book from the very beginning?"

The Dragon Girl only guessed and didn't speak, thus avoiding any further complications.

Seeing Ye Li deep in thought, the Dragon Girl smiled faintly:

"What, if you want to cure this elder, you either need to bring a heavenly book to make amends, or you need to create an orange-level entry in the future and then offer it up."

"You must have taken a fancy to this elder, so your lust got the better of you... *sound of 'oh ...

Ye Li snorted coldly and activated the slave seal, instantly causing the dragon girl to panic.

Now that he unilaterally controls the slave seal, he will no longer indulge the dragon girl.

If this guy hadn't had so many unique insights as a veteran, he would have forgotten them long ago.

A dozen or so breaths later, the Dragon Girl collapsed into the depths of Ye Li's soul, glaring hatefully at the man who had been hit where it hurt and was now furious. Half an incense stick's time passed quietly amidst the nourishment of the Frozen Moon Realm's icy pool and the Dragon Girl's conversation.

Ye Li slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp and piercing.

The subtle damage caused by the slave seal cutting deep within his soul has been completely healed, and he is even more refined and clear than before.

He rose to his feet, raising a spray of icy water. His bare upper body revealed sculpted muscles that gleamed like jade in the moonlight. With a gentle gesture, his robes appeared from the depths of his soul within the crimson-gold palace and draped over his body.

"How does it feel?"

Sensing the movement within the cold pool, Shen Fuyao got up and walked in, looking at Ye Li.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister Qinglian. My soul injury is healed." Ye Li cupped his hands, his voice steady.

Upon hearing the name Qinglian, Shen Fuyao still felt a slight discomfort, but she nodded in the end, pretending to be indifferent, and led the way, saying, "Let's go. Master has instructed that I will take you to the Five Elements Creation Pool to cleanse your foundation."

Ye Li nodded and followed behind the other person.

Leaving the Condensed Moon Realm, they passed through a small array gate within the sect and instantly arrived at the foot of Dao Source Peak.

As the scenery changed, a majestic, towering peak that seemed to pierce the clouds appeared before Ye Li's eyes.

The mountain peaks appear to be composed of some kind of strange jade imbued with Taoist charm, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

A staircase, about ten feet wide and a thousand feet long, made of the same material, winds its way up like a jade belt, disappearing deep into the swirling clouds and mist, with no end in sight.

Thousands of disciples were seated on these steps, cultivating their skills.

"What is this?" Ye Li looked at the steps in front of him, a look of doubt on his face. "Why are a group of sect disciples sitting here in silence?" Shen Fuyao looked at the steps in front of her and explained, "This is the sect's most precious treasure, the Thousand-Section Dao Steps."

"This staircase has a total of one thousand sections, which was formed by the sect's Martial Saint Ancestor using great supernatural powers to fuse the laws of heaven and earth."

"Those who step upon it will resonate with the Great Dao, pointing directly to the essence of cultivation. It is as if the Great Dao is guiding them from the side, which is of great help to cultivation."

"Whether it's cultivation techniques, martial arts skills, or realms, once you step onto the Dao Rank, it will be sensed, and the Great Dao will comment on you." "The more perfect your cultivation, the further you can go on this Dao Rank; conversely, if your cultivation is full of flaws, you will hear the Great Dao's rebuke and suffer resistance to your progress."

Shen Fuyao said with a hint of pride in her eyes:

"The Five Elements Creation Pool and the Thousand-Section Dao Steps are the most precious treasures of my Heavenly Illusion Immortal Sect. Even geniuses from other sects will apply to come to my sect to walk the Thousand-Section Dao Steps and find the shortcomings in their cultivation."

"These disciples receive guidance from the Great Dao at the Dao level, so that their foundations may approach perfection."

"This Five Elements Creation Pool is located at the summit of the sect's Dao Source Peak. To reach the pool, one must traverse a necessary path."

"Only by traversing at least 600 steps can one be qualified to enter the Five Elements Creation Pool."

"The sect leader will accept you as a disciple, but there's no need to go through the Dao steps. I'll just take you floating up into the air."

"but""

She abruptly changed the subject, deliberately drawing out her words in a seductive tone:

"Since this is your first time joining the sect, are you sure you don't want to take this path?"

"This young lady climbed all 990 steps in one go on her first try. As one of the top 10 geniuses in the Universe Realm, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to surpass me, right?" "Besides, you'll definitely be coming to this staircase quite often in the future, won't you?"

Shen Fuyao spoke with malice in her heart.

The higher the level of cultivation on these thousand-step Daoist staircase, the more difficult it becomes to traverse.

The difficulty of physical tempering and acquired cultivation is completely different.

Because the later the stage, the greater the impact of defects on cultivation, and the more difficult it is to reverse them.

When Shen Fuyao first walked this path, she had just entered the Body Tempering stage and could directly reach the 990th step.

However, as cultivation levels increase, errors accumulate. Even with constant corrections on these Heavenly Steps, reaching the 930th step is now a struggle. For the other sects' post-natal realm prodigies, this is their first time traversing these steps, and the errors from their body tempering to post-natal cultivation have accumulated significantly.

At the 200th step, he was so terrified by the voice of the Great Dao that his soul trembled, his face turned pale, and he was unable to move forward.

Even with exceptional talent, it would take at least six months to gradually correct any flaws in one's cultivation before reaching the 8th or 900th level. As for Ye Li, in Shen Qinglian's eyes, reaching the 300th level would be considered quite good.

She paused, looking at Ye Li's still calm face, and chuckled inwardly:

"You've taken advantage of me in Xia Country! Let's see where you can go!"