Perfectly suited technique

A feeling of true satisfaction rushed through Gaofeng's mind as he had stepped into the initial boundary of Shimmer. This was especially satisfying because of the perceived amount of time he had spent arriving at this threshold, as he had felt himself live through the time of a star's birth to its death, a period which generally lasted about 10 million years because of the immense size of the star he was. If it had been a smaller star this number could have been 10 billion, so he felt lucky to be able to gain understanding from the first time he was born and died as a star rather than having to experience it again. This didn't mean that Gaofeng exactly felt as if he was a 10-million-year-old man, but instead that he had truly gained patience and comfort in the solitary after existing alone for such a long time. He couldn't exactly tell because of this unique space, but he had the feeling that he had not only already truly stepped into the heart-realm of boundless, but maybe even the Sage level heart realm, a level equal to that of the Heaven-ascension cultivation realm. His aura had become more reserved, but it was also hiding a tyrannical will.

Gaofeng's next choice of ability was the combat ability he felt the greatest compatibility with, and one could understand why simply from its name "Yin-Yang Dragon Fist". This time the process of achieving success in the initial boundary of this divine technique was much easier, as the moment he felt himself become a martial artist utilizing the power of Yin and Yang to manifest a golden dragon, he instantly understood every process regarding the utilization of Yin and Yang. This was naturally his Holy Yin-Yang physique going to work, as anything regarding Yin and Yang would become all too simple for Gaofeng to comprehend and utilize. The only intricacy Gaofeng had to pause at was the point at which himself as this manifested martial artist manifested the golden dragon. Due to Gaofeng's ability to easily grasp the rest of the concepts, however, this part became much more digestible. Thus, it only took two punches before he had truly stepped into the threshold of the Yin-Yang Dragon Fist. Even Gaofeng hadn't expected such an easy time, so he was pleasantly surprised. This technique wasn't as simple as a fist-strike manifesting a golden dragon, however, as when the complete technique was transferred into his mind he realized that each dragon contained the complete power of his all-out strike, but that they wouldn't simply disappear. Instead, he would eventually be able to create multiple dragons which could circle him at all times, or even scout or attack in his absence, with the end point being an infinite amount of dragons. Not only could they fight on his behalf, but he would experience what they experienced, and thus he would gain insight from their fights, making him able to always have dragons in fights to better his combat abilities. Naturally, after these dragons finished won their fights, they would be able to bring Gaofeng the spoils of their opponents, making them the best way to accumulate massive wealth in the eyes of Gaofeng. The only requirement was that his own strength was first up to par and that if the dragons lost their fight the enemy wouldn't be able to track Gaofeng down using the energy from the dragon, but as a perfect divine technique how could tracking Gaofeng down be so simple? Naturally, the technique had countermeasures for such eventualities.

Gaofeng felt that his heart-realm had risen significantly once again, to his great delight. A smile was plastered on his face as he decided on his next ability. What he truly desired was an ability to strengthen his body and increase his raw power, and to do this there was only one option in Gaofeng's mind. It was simply called "Bloodbath". This technique strayed far from the norm in terms of cultivation, but its power was equally amazingly great from what Gaofeng could understand. When Gaofeng touched the blood-red sea that represented this divine ability, the scene which appeared in front of his eyes was wildly different compared to what he had experienced in the other ability trials. He appeared to have been surrounded by people worshipping him, kowtowing towards him with great reverence, and asking "When will my blood be offered to the great God Gaofeng?". They all presented their wrists at the same time, begging for Gaofeng to extract their blood. Utilizing his heart-realm boundary, Gaofeng understood that this was a test of the heart. The threshold to gain the acceptance and to learn this ability called "Bloodbath", was not so much based on talent as it was on ruthlessness. He would have to create a true bloodbath. For a true aspiring monk, such a scenario would definitely have made them give up this chance, but how could Gaofeng limit his path based on the foolish beliefs of the all-too-peaceful monks? He had been taught ruthlessness and scheming from a young age, and as the young master of the largest Shangsheng family branch on this continent how could he not have been plotted against or have had attempts on his life? He had always been vulnerable due to his lack of cultivation, but this was the turning point of his life. He could not give up such an opportunity. He would not. Thus, he steeled his heart. This test might have asked for Gaofeng to simply slice open the wrists of these mortals to extract their blood, but Gaofeng sought not simply to pass, but instead excel.

In this spiritual world, Gaofeng wasn't a simple mortal with no true power, instead he had become a true God with great power, and thus he could finish this requirement with a simple wave of the hand. Instead, however, he decided to manifest a gigantic saber. The saber now in his hand was slowly lowered until it reached the neck-level of the mortals, and in one swift motion in which Gaofeng made a full turn of his body, every single mortal praying to him had their heads sliced off. Millions of fountains of blood splashed out liters upon liters of dark red liquid, rapidly turning the basin below into a true sea of blood. To complete the trial, Gaofeng absorbed this blood until there wasn't even a drop left, and felt boundless power surge into his body while he revolved the beginning of the Divine Demon technique "Bloodbath" as it had been projected into his mind. At this moment, not only was Gaofeng accepted by the Demonic technique, but he was fully enveloped in the red sea, being bathed in its blood. This represented not only achieving the initial threshold for the technique, but was actually representative of the peak of the first level of the technique, which could show might more than a hundred times that of the initial threshold. This change, however, didn't merely happen to Gaofeng's spirit projection, but there was also a surging sea of red surrounding his true body, rapidly entering it through his pores and orifices to eventually join his own blood and continuously change every molecule and atom of his blood and flesh, for so to continue to his skeleton and organs, even his eyes and brain. After this change, his entire body turned even more pale, with the veins underneath the skin being more visible than ever, pumping large amount of Divine Demonic blood through his body. This changed Gaofeng's body at the foundational level, making his future path of strengthening his body easier. The other changes which might have been brought on by this change would reveal themselves in the future. Gaofeng released a satisfied "Ah" as if having just eaten the best meal of his life, and his soul had changed slightly to include a tinge of crimson in it. When he opened his eyes again a similar crimson tinge could be seen in them, even in this manifested form, and he immediately set his eyes on his next target.