A turbulent clump of energy, of Ki, span at increasingly higher degrees. It twisted and bent in a seemingly completely random direction, this region could only be described as a cluster of complete chaos. Still determination glowed in Inanis eyes as he continued to trust energy in a specific pattern, most of the time the energy would simply not bow down before his commands, and instead trust itself in directions were it carried momentum. [Abyssal Heavenly Cyclone Foundation], was what was classified as a chaotic method, instead of setting up arrays in the cultivators Dantian in calm and collected manner eventually triggering a chain reaction of energy completing their cyclone, one had to spin the energy in certain patterns. The arrays set up by so called controlled methods, were setup by setting up ancient arrays, triggering the energy to react in certain ways, not very different from how the ancient ancestor set up the teleportation “portals”.

Still there were an abundant of chaotic methods, these methods required above average control of you energy and was considered to be the hard choice when laying your foundation. The effect of every method was in essence different, chaotic methods were generally assumed to cultivate a more wild and uncontrollable Ki. Therefore after a cultivator laid their foundation, their Ki could be gentle, mysterious, cold, hot or overbearing. Obviously if one cultivated a Fire method it would not be ideal to build a foundation based on cooler Ki, the same could be said in reverse. The praxis in the cultivation world was therefore to not limit your Ki to an attribute but instead building it in a special nature, regularly which related to your personality.

[Abyssal Heavenly Cyclone Foundation] was a superb method of cultivating suppressive Ki, in Azure Palace it was considered top five of all methods they currently had, which was almost a hundred by this point, a collective of almost a hundred thousand years.

A drop of sweat slowly slid down Inanis face as he gritted his teeth tightly. The minutes passed before he finally collapsed on the floor, a small pool sweat had accumulated on the hard wooden floor in response to his constant attempts.

“Old Hai, [Abyssal Heavenly Cyclone Foundation] is so taxing.” Inanis said as he sighted exasperated.

“The energy moves by a complex set of patterns at a high speed, it’s as expected.” Old Hai said without a hint of an expression.

“Let’s continue then!” Inanis gritted his teeth tightly as sweat continued to run down his delicate face. He couldn’t help but furrow his brow as he felt his bodies’ heaviness looming of his every action. He felt the energy moving as fast as before and even more precise but couldn’t help but grimace in pain every time the energy rebounded across his body. These last two days had not been without improvement, but the mental difficulty of not reaching his goal sooner was exhausting his concentration slightly.

The hours passed as Inanis felt his body externally shake in a wave of exhaustion, still his determination regarding finally learning battle techniques kept reverberating across his mind. As the hours had passed the energy rebound had also decreased drastically, the energy was by no means moving in a completely organized manner but it visible in reach by this point.

As the minutes passed he couldn’t hold on any longer, as he hastily passed out on the floor. His heavy breath was loud to the extent of almost echoing across the vast hall.

“I need to sleep” Inanis said in a quiet voice as he simply decided to sleep, right where he lay.

Old Hai, stood quietly and watched as his young master was slowly descending into sleep. A rare and barely noticeable smile was plastered across his otherwise cold and empty face.

“How is he?” a cold voice suddenly resounded quietly beside the old servant right ear. The sound was so mulled and quiets it actually only managed to reach his ear, not leaving a sound in the vast hall.

“Even more talented than you, at that age.” Old Hai simply responded.

“I’m happy” the voice that responded this time was instead looming with happiness, not a hint of cold remained.

Old Hai nodded as he continued to stare at Inanis exhausted body.

The next morning Inanis once again continued his exhausting endeavor and he felt that he kept getting closer and closer. The energy rebound was getting so miniscule that he barely noticed anything and the toll on his body had decreased by a noticeable amount.

Suddenly something finally clicked, the energy was not rebounding, and the path was it travelled was correct and precise. Inanis currently having his conciseness inside his mind could feel the miniscule improvements constantly, as the image of a cyclone was slowly coming to fruit his energy was breaming in happiness. As a certain amount of energy finally passed through a complete cycle, the white powder of Ki instead diluted and transformed. Gone were the gentle and kind energy if old, instead he was greeted by a murky blue Ki, almost black, it carried with it a terrifying pressure. It felt like a pressure one only felt only tens of thousands of meter down the oceanic abyss, it was suffocating and heavy. Amazingly enough Inanis felt it pleasant instead of what it appeared to be, it was completely in his control. As the minutes passed Inanis continued to observe as his Ki was quickly transforming, his meditating position was steady and a bright grin was looming on his face. As he opened his eyes, his was met by the familiar cold face of Old Hai

“Congratulation young master” Old Hai said quietly.

“I feel light and powerful” Inanis said with a bright smile. He kept touching all over his body, trying to get a firmer grasp on his current condition.

Old Hai only nodded in response.

“Was I faster than father?” Inanis said with a proud grin hanging across his face.

“About the same” Old Hai said quietly.

“I am ready to learn a battle technique!” Inanis said as he jumped to his feet. The huge grin from before was still clearly present on his face. His eyes almost glittering as he stared intensely in the old servant’s direction.

“What type of technique would you like me to pass on?” Old Hai said as met the young master’s eyes straight on.

Inanis rubbed his head slightly. He had sought after the foundation realm for better part of his life, battle techniques was one part of it. People had kept telling him; get to the foundation realm before learning them and now he was finally there. He had read up on battle techniques in anticipation for this moment, the clan did restrict him from reading about the more dangerous once though, at least until he met the correct realm.

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“In your opinion what techniques is most suitable for me to learn?” Inanis asked with a grin still looming across his face.

“Young master, do you prefer any weapon?”

Weapons were a great funnel for executing techniques; if the grade of your weapon was also high it could be a lethal combination. Still not everyone preferred to use weapons; some relied only on external Ki to strike with elemental attacks, such as ice or fire, while other dealt in bizarre techniques such a mind techniques. Inanis had during his childhood been briefly introduced to different kind of weapons but had not developed any particular preference.

“Not really” Inanis said honestly.

“Then [Ode of the Icebound God], it goes good with your [Repressive Ocean One Profound] which is water in nature” He said as a hint of glitter sparkled in the old servants other almost dead eyes.

“[Ode of the Icebound God] huh..” Inanis said as he rubbed his shin. This was a technique he was completely unfamiliar with, but he could gather from the name that it quiet the technique. Inanis had never heard of a master that had the courage to actually put the word God in their training methods.

“It’s sounds powerful..” Inanis said as a grin rested on his delicate face.

“Old Hai, why have I never heard of such a technique?” Having such a name and not being famous across the clan was odd, even if it wasn’t consider a peerless technique, it would still had caught lots of attention and it couldn’t be one of those techniques trained at tyrant level, why otherwise would Old Hai even mention it?

“It’s rather dangerous and unconventional” Old Hai said as he showed a glare of awe in his eyes.

“But I believe now is the time for it to pass on its inheritance” A small grin loomed on Old Hai’s face.

Inanis couldn’t help but frown as he saw the old servant have a grin across his face, this was actually the third time in his entire life he had seen the old servant showing any kind of emotion on his otherwise completely cold face. What is going through this old servants mind..

“Then I won’t train in it!” Inanis said as he stood tall. He couldn’t help but feel suspicious towards the old servant sudden change in demeanor.

“It’s your choice young master.” Old Hai said as his cold demeanor returned.

“But in terms of potential, this technique should be the clan’s undisputed number one, even superior to art your ancestor the Azure Serpent left behind.” Old Hai said as he slowly put his hand behind his back.

Inanis couldn’t help but gasp in response as he froze and stared with wide eyes towards Old Hai’s sudden remark. A seed of intrigue suddenly bloomed and expanded inside Inanis mind, a technique which was superior to the ancestor’s art? Wouldn’t this make him superior to even his father in the future?

“If you cultivate this, even your father will be a match once you reach a certain stage!” Old Hai reclaimed loudly.

A small laugh left Inanis mouth as he continued to think about the possibilities.

“Old Hai, what are the consequences? What are the dangers?” Inanis said staring intensely in the old servants eyes.

“You need to understand a concept of frost, any concept would do..” Old Hai said as he took a breath highlighting the seriousness of his next sentence

“Otherwise you will simply freeze”

Inanis frowned.

“What do you mean freeze?”

“Freeze to death, Icebound forever”

Inanis took a step back as the words left the old servants mouth, he couldn’t help but freeze in surprise.

“Dea..th” he managed to stammer out.

“But if you cultivate this art I will assure your safety, I promise!” Old Hai said with a stern face.

“I need to see my father” Inanis said as cold sweat was beginning to take form.

“Do you not trust in me?” Old Hai said as he frowned deeply.

“It’s not that..” Inanis said rather embarrassed.

“A concept, I have studied the painting of the ancestor for several years, still I am not even close to understanding it.” Inanis said as he frowned and looked towards that majestic painting.

“That concept is not easy to grasp, even your father took several years.”

“When you study a frost concept obviously you do not need to choose such a hard one.” Old Hai said with a reassuring smile.

“Still..”

“Death” Inanis said with wide eyes.

“Didn’t your father tell you to trust me?”

Inanis could only nod in response, confirming the assumption.

“Then you have nothing to worry about” Old Hai said as a matter of fact.

Inanis couldn’t help but nod.

“Then..” Old Hai said as he instantly appeared before Inanis. As his finger touched lightly on Inanis forehead a stream of information kept pouring into his mind. Inanis couldn’t help but closing his eyes in response, this was a soul transfer and a large one, something that needed complete concentration to receive.

As he finished Old Hai spoke up again

“Condense the Heart of Ice!”

“Yes!” Inanis said as his doubt had been pushed far back in his head. The information kept pouring inside his head, the Heart of Ice was a large clump of Ki condensed into a specific array. This clump would then slowly begin to transform, transform into something of extreme cold, the Heart of Ice.

As Old Hai saw that Inanis was currently in deep meditation a big grin loomed on his face.

“Haha” he couldn’t help but laugh, but mere moments later he suddenly disappeared, out of sight.

In another large hall, lithered with statues of giant serpent slithering across the walls and ceiling, with blue flames lighting its dark interior, stood a man that looked a lot like Inanis. He had black hair dark blue eyes and delicate facial features, there was a big different though, his exterior was completely cold, not much from Old Hai. The vast hall seemed brooding and dark, its air was suffocating and overbearing, there was therefore not a single servant in sight. Suddenly a black shadow entered through the halls giant iron gates; he pushed open those massive gates weighing as much as smaller mountains as easy as moving a pebble.

“Senior Hai, why have you come?” The middle aged man said facing towards this ancient elder.

A rare smile crept up the old Servant face as he laughed slightly

“I taught your son [Ode of the Icebound God]!” He said while clasping his hands behind his back.

“WHAT!!” The middle aged man that appeared by most eyes mortal suddenly exploded as he clenched his hand terrifyingly hard. The hall filled with an unprecedented aura of suffocation, Inanis standing there would simply have exploded in blood and gore from its very presence. It didn’t seem to slow down either, the aura was claiming higher and higher getting fiercer and fiercer. The walls made by almost unbreakable material were beginning to give in by its pressure.

The old servant who seemed by all means unaffected frowned slightly as he dismissively waved his hand in the air. The terrifying pressure slowly grew weaker as the hand once again fell to his side.

“Before you try to attack me, you should know that he has already begun condensing the Heart of Ice”

That did not comfort any of the middle aged man’s anger.

A dragon head, as large as this entire hall suddenly materialized in front of him. Its blue scale’s and red eyes brought a sense death and suffering. The dragon was entirely made up of water but for some reason it appeared almost real.

“To think that you cared for him to this extent” Old Hai frowned as he once again waved his hand in dismissal. The might water dragon suddenly disappeared out of thin air. The energy and sense of death crumbled easily before the middle aged man’s eyes.

“Two hundred years..”

“That’s when you will surpass me..”

“Until then listen” Old Hai said as he had a frown on his face.

The middle aged man was just about to open his mouth before Old Hai once again spoke

“You should know more than anyone what the future holds!”

The middle aged angry face turned darker and darker by Old Hai’s sudden remark. He gritted his teeth and anger before opening his mouth

“What does that have to do with my son?” He almost screamed those words in the old Servants face.

“He was born with the

Tyrannical Divine Veins.. “ Old Hai said slowly as he meant the words to slowly sink in.

“What?” The middle aged man said his mouth suddenly opened, staring with wide eyes towards the old servant.

“Yes. He is the ultimate vessel.” Old Hai said quietly.

The middle aged man anger disappeared slightly as he slowly sat down on the floor. Clearly this news had taken a rather big toll on him. Signs of shock will still visible on his delicate face.

“My son is too careful to throw his life away so easily. Did you trick him?” Anger was still very much present on his now rather pale face.

“Too a degree, yes.”

“Did you know he has deep seated desire to surpass you?” Old Hai said as he laughed lightly.

“Maybe I have been too cold towards him” The middle aged man said as he scratched his head and lowered his head.

“I only told him regarding the condition for the first level, if I told him the whole truth there is no way he would have listened.”

“Also he has a deep trust in me. A seed planted since childhood” Old Hai said as he stroked his chin.

“And a gentle mind technique certainly helped” Old Hai said as he laughed slightly

“Even if he has the Tyrannical Divine Veins, you must take good care of him!” The middle aged man said with clear concern across his face. His anger had quietly calmed down, he knew that he could do nothing to this Old Servant and even if he called up one of his senior elders it would be unlikely they would act on his regard. Since the Ice of Heart was already initiated there was no turning back and honestly there was none better than this old servant to take of him.

“Of course! This concerns the future of the clan, I wouldn’t dare slack off.” Old Hai said with certainty in his voice.

“Frost concept is the first step if I am not mistaken…” The middle aged man said lost in thought as he stared towards old servant intensely.

“Yes. But before that he needs experience. He does not understand the world.” Old Hai said as he scratched his head.

“The Tyrannical Divine Veins should keep the curse in check for a while...”

“I’ll take him to the main land.” Old Hai said as clasped his hand together before once again disappearing in a flash.

The middle aged man only stared into empty space as a sense of helplessness overcame him.

“Inanis…” he said softly