Underground City Labyrinth, Elemental Palace.
In the center of the great hall, a Storm Lord formed from the Wind Element let out a deafening roar. A violent, cyan hurricane swirled around its body, flinging rubble and dust in all directions.
[Mud Ball Sword Casting Skill]
[True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption]
SWOOSH—!
A cold glint of light pierced the air, tracing a graceful arc as it shot straight through the raging wall of wind and struck the Elemental Core with pinpoint accuracy.
The violent, cyan winds swirling around the Storm Lord suddenly froze as if a pause button had been pressed. Its indistinct form trembled violently, letting out a silent, resentful shriek.
The Elemental Core’s light rapidly faded, leaving it as dim and lusterless as a common gray stone. It fell with a CLINK to the cold stone floor.
Having lost its core, the Storm Lord’s body rapidly disintegrated, dissolving into countless specks of cyan light that scattered and vanished into the air.
SWISH!
With a tremor, the Flying Sword pulled free. It executed a nimble turn in mid-air and flew back to Chen Yu’s side. Like a loyal guardian, it slowly circled his round, Gel body, giving off the cold glint unique to polished metal.
Chen Yu slowly opened his small, round eyes. An invisible command was swiftly transmitted through the Gel network.
The Demon Legion, which had been waiting at the entrance to the Elemental Palace, thundered forward. They charged into the labyrinth of the Underground City to harvest and eliminate the last of the remaining Elemental Creatures.
Just yesterday, Chen Yu had successfully trained one of the three true inheritances, the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption*, to Level 1.
He had then personally led the Demon Legion into the Elemental Labyrinth, deep within the Underground City, intending to clear out the last remaining threat within the Kingdom’s territory in one fell swoop.
Although he had only just begun to learn this true inheritance, its empowering effects on his techniques and Daoist Skills were already becoming apparent.
Originally, the *Mud Ball Sword Casting Skill* could only create swords of mud and Stone Swords from common soil. Their power was limited, and they were easily broken.
But now, empowered by the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption*, he could shape even steel at will, forging true iron weapons. This greatly enhanced the Flying Sword’s hardness, sharpness, and durability in sustained combat.
The main advantage of these steel Flying Swords was the ability to craft them quickly from readily available materials. However, when it came to sheer hardness and sharpness, they truly couldn’t compare to meticulously forged Enchanted Weapons.
He had recently been planning to use a Black Dragon scale to forge a true Magical Artifact, but Anvil was still studying the Artifact Refining knowledge he had brought from Void Profound Heaven, so there was no progress to show for it yet.
Of course, the wonders of the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption* weren’t limited to just empowering Daoist Skills.
To Chen Yu’s even greater surprise, he discovered this true inheritance could also empower Magic.
That’s right—the pure Magic of Zeyarira.
Chen Yu pulled his attention back from the labyrinth battlefield currently being cleansed. With a flicker of intent...
[Pea Shot]
[Magic Burst]
[True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption]
A Gel Ball extruded from his Gel body, glowing with a faint Spiritual Light. In the blink of an eye, it swelled to the size of a Fireball and shot down into the center of the Elemental Palace as if it had teleported.
BOOM!!!
A violent shockwave of Magic Power, mixed with detonated Elemental Energy, formed a visible, ring-shaped blast that expanded furiously in all directions.
The entire Elemental Palace shook violently. Dust and rubble rained down from the ceiling, and a scorched, black crater several meters in diameter was blasted into the ground at the explosion’s epicenter.
This terrifying commotion caused the distant Elemental Creatures fighting the Demon Legion to scatter and flee in terror.
Empowered by the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption*, the power of *Magic Burst*—originally a spell of only average strength—had been boosted to an unbelievable degree.
This made Chen Yu all the more suspicious that Yunya Ancestor Master, the one who left behind the three true inheritances, was likely the very same Golden Core Earth Immortal who had accidentally stumbled into Zeyarira.
It seemed the "myriad skills" mentioned in the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption* also included Magic, as it could increase his Magic Power cap, recovery rate, and casting speed.
After all, cultivating the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption* was more about comprehending the Dao Rhyme it contained than about rote memorization of a fixed path for circulating a Cultivation Technique.
In other words, a Mage from Zeyarira, even one who had never encountered any Daoist Skills, could theoretically cultivate the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption* as long as they possessed sufficient wisdom and insight.
When he first discovered this, even Chen Yu couldn’t help but marvel, ’So *that’s* what "myriad skills" really means.’
However, the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption* was considered an abstruse and profound text, as difficult to grasp as a heavenly tome even for Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Void Profound Heaven.
The chances of finding a Mage in Zeyarira capable of comprehending Dao Rhyme were minuscule.
Chen Yu, however, had other ideas.
Within the Slime Kingdom, there were now quite a few Slime Mages who had changed class from Slime Scholars. Thanks to the Kingdom’s unique approach to a Mage’s education, many of these little guys were trained in both Daoist Skills and Magic.
These Slime Mages had all completed their basic Daoist Skill education at the Slime Academy. Compared to ordinary human Mages, their barrier to reading and understanding the true inheritance was even lower.
Slime Mages had always suffered from the racial drawback of low intelligence and perception stats. This meant their Spiritual Power caps weren’t high, and the damage of the Magic they cast was only average. They could only rely on their various Elemental Affinity talents to compensate.
If they could comprehend the Dao Rhyme of the *True Art of Primordial Qi Absorption*, even just a superficial understanding would be enough to compensate for their innate shortcomings.
’Perhaps the Slime Kingdom really could produce some incredible Slime Great Mages in the future.’