One year passed, then another…2

Lower Path Core Formation arts were nothing terribly complex and largely relied on external aids to form the core. In just three years, Luo Chen had cultivated all three arts to the Grandmaster level. At that point, he stopped pursuing further progress and instead began attempting to merge them with Beaded Curtain Lock.0

However, the fusion process did not go smoothly. The four arts came from different sects and systems, each carrying its own nature and methods, and contradictions inevitably arose between them. He spent a year making only slow progress.4

By the fifth year, Luo Chen decided to include the principles of Stilling Wind and Waves as well. And when that technique entered the mix, the four conflicting secret arts unexpectedly reached a strange balance.2

One day, inside the cultivation chamber, Luo Chen summoned his status panel and held in both hands a bamboo scroll written by him. This was the Core Formation art he had spent five years creating, merging the strengths of many schools and drawing from his own comprehension.0

Fine Dust Primordial Art, Core Formation Secret Art… of which path? Let's see!3

When the system displayed the usual prompt, Luo Chen closed it with a smile. In the end, there was no need to rely on the system to achieve Beginner level. Every single part of this art, whether principle or details, was his own creation; no one understood it better than he did, and the foundation had already been laid. There was no need to waste achievement points; all he had to do was practice it normally....4