CHAPTER 2423  COMPREHENDING CLOUD DRAGON STRIDE

Xukong's words about years turning irrelevant to Lin Mu were correct as he found himself forgetting about them entirely as he practiced hard.

He comprehended his existing Dao Embryos and enhanced his understanding of them as well as tried to comprehend other Daos he felt like he was close to.

Among them, he tried to focus on the Sky Dao, as he was hoping to learn more of the Cloud Dragon Stride. Back in his time in the Astral Dimension, Lin Mu had actually managed to comprehend it to the point where he could create clouds on his own and use the footwork too.

Of course, it was in a dream-like state so Lin Mu didn't fully grasp it right away, but after three years of training in the Sleepscape, he could once more use it.

~WHOOSH~WHOOSH~WHOOSH~

Lin Mu dashed around the Sleepscape as a trail of clouds was left behind in his wake. His legs almost felt like they were wearing boots made out of clouds and every step of his was profound. His footwork created clouds that obscured his movement, making it hard to understand what would be his next location.

Another improvement was in his instantaneous speed, which had increased by at least twice.

He could generate a burst of speed with his legs, which allowed him to dodge and maneuver around things faster than ever before. While Lin Mu could do this with the help of Blink and Flicker too, the Cloud Dragon Stride expanded his repertoire of skills and gave him a better scope of actions.

In fact, this allowed him to improve the effectiveness of his Spatial Skills too, since he could use this as misdirection.

He could now use both in conjunction to confuse and outmaneuver the enemies if need be and make them wonder how he was doing it.

Lin Mu was sure that cultivators with weaker senses might not even be able to tell that he was using Spatial Skills and might think this was just pure speed when he used the Cloud Dragon Stride.

The consumption of Qi when using the Cloud Dragon Stride was also lower than his Spatial Skills, so it was an improvement in efficiency too. Lin Mu's main obstacle back in the Bridge Plane had been the fact that he couldn't fully comprehend the 'Sky Dao' due to there being no true sky there with clouds. But in the Astral Dimension, he had experienced all of them, thus allowing him to finally grasp the creation of clouds.

Thus, he could now be considered being at the Beginner Stage of the Cloud Dragon Stride.

In all, the skill had four stages of mastery, like most other skills; Beginner, Intermediate, Expert and Peak. The Beginner Stage only needed one to be able to create clouds while using the Footwork. In order to reach the Intermediate Stage, one would need to be able to generate the clouds without even needing to use the footwork, while in the expert stage, one would have to create clouds that would resemble dragons.

Peak stage of the Cloud Dragon Stride though, was undefined, as every person would have their own comprehension of it and would lead to a different kind of mastery.

This was why the Grand Bagua Mythic Series was considered so profound and also why there were so many variations and fragments of it.

But even these four stages of mastery were the mere conception of the technique, as the true masters would evolve the technique behind its original state. This would eventually lead to the birth of an entirely new technique, which would expand the Grand Bagua Mythic Series.

When one had managed to create an entirely new technique, was when they could truly be said to have mastered the specific section of the Grand Bagua Mythic Series.

"Your improvement is better than I expected. I had thought that you would need the help of the Saintess to fully grasp it." Xukong said as he observed Lin Mu skillfully flit across the Sleepscape.

~WHOOSH~

Lin Mu came to a stop beside Xukong while a cone of clouds was left behind him.

~Huu~

"My time in the Astral Dimension helped a lot. Plus, I think observing the Armored man use his Daos also helped me learn better." Lin Mu stated honestly.

"Hmm… I suppose the Astral Dimension is better than I thought at it." Xukong had to admit it.

"Though I've certainly hit a wall with it." Lin Mu spoke. "I don't think I can improve this any further here."

"Indeed, you'll need real world experience to improve more. A battle would be the most ideal for it." Xukong agreed.

"Perhaps I should focus on other things now." Lin Mu thought about it.

"You do have a lot that you can do." Xukong said before thinking of something. "Why not work on the Omnicore Ascendancy?" he asked.

"Oh Yes!" Lin Mu was ecstatic hearing that. "I did stock up on a lot of things in the Bridge Plane plus the previous things I have." He had actually bought them for this very moment.

"Go for it then. Perhaps you might even finish something." Xukong spurred him on. is the owner.

Last time Lin Mu had practiced the Omnicore Ascendancy was when he was struck in the initial trials of the expedition and had to wait for the others to arrive. He had managed to make tiny cores that were the size of sand grains back then but hadn't progressed as much.

But now he hoped to see how much he could grow them.

With that in mind, he took out piles upon piles of resources he had in his storage.

Some of them were old ones that were leftover and some that he had 'freshly' bought from the Offering Hall, with his extra credits. Since the Omnicore Ascendancy needed a variety of materials rather than mostly quantity, Lin Mu had managed to buy a lot of them in the Offering Hall. He could go from the cheapest to expensive to maximize his gains, after all.

But even these four stages of mastery were the mere conception of the technique, as the true masters would evolve the technique behind its original state. This would eventually lead to the birth of an entirely new technique, which would expand the Grand Bagua Mythic Series.