In that brief moment of shock, it reached his palm.

A sharp pain shot through his hand. Alarmed, Qin Fang dropped the bamboo pole. SNAP! It shattered.

He glanced down and saw a layer of blue frost spreading across his palm.

His Qi Blood rushed to the area, but its flow felt distinctly sluggish as it reached his hand. Then, with a CRACK, the blue frost shattered. His palm looked unharmed.

But a searing, fiery pain erupted along the edge of his hand, feeling as if it had penetrated straight to the bone.

Qin Fang gasped.

’That was just from the coldness traveling through the pole, and it frostbit my hand?’

’If I had jumped in myself, wouldn’t I have been turned into an ice sculpture instantly?!’

At this point, Qin Fang completely abandoned the idea of entering for now.

’This is undoubtedly the power of a Divine Domain.’

There was absolutely no way for him to get his hands on it right now.

Shaking his head, Qin Fang could only turn and leave.

When he exited the cave, he found the sky had already brightened.

He had unknowingly toiled all night, and for absolutely nothing.

Shaking his head, Qin Fang simply returned to his shelter.

Sitting cross-legged in the bamboo forest, Qin Fang let out a soft breath.

’Looks like I can’t count on the Treasure in the Cold Cave.’

’If I want to get the method to reach the Divine Realm from Chen Shanhe... I’ll have to rely on myself.’

’I must grasp that method of striking without any tells... otherwise, things will be difficult.’

That was what he concluded, his gaze flickering.

The man had given him three months. If he could succeed within that time, it would naturally be for the best.

If not...

’Then I’ll have no choice but to leave for a while and go straight to the Prefecture City... The method for Breaking Realm into the Divine Realm... I’m sure they must have it in the Prefecture City, right?’

Qin Fang closed his eyes and began his Meditation...

「Time passed day by day.」

Qin Fang began his journey to further comprehend the Mental Pile.

He had a feeling that the method to hide the tells of his attacks had to be within the Mental Pile.

He just hadn’t fully comprehended it yet...

It was a cold time of year. Heavy snow fell, blanketing the world.

During this period, just as he expected, no one from the True Martial Boxing Hall came looking for him, and no one from Li Family Ao visited either.

Qin Fang immersed himself in the Mental Pile every day. The more he practiced, the more he felt it was unfathomably deep, with many more secrets to uncover.

’It seems an Epiphany doesn’t just instantly instill all the knowledge of a Realm in one go. As long as I keep practicing, I can still make gains.’

After coming to this realization, Qin Fang also picked up the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist and the Gale Saber Technique, which he had previously set aside.

These were his only two Close Combat Techniques, and both had reached the Perfection Realm.

Now, he wanted to try and see if he could deduce a Huajin version from these low-grade Leaf Skills.

’To be honest, I’m already a Huajin Martial Artist. At least within the Mortal Martial Third Realm, I’m standing at the very peak.’

He had a complete grasp of various force-generating techniques and the Mental Realm.

In the realm of Mortal Martial Arts, he could actually establish his own sect and be revered as a ’Grandmaster’!

’The Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist emphasizes wide, sweeping movements and transparent Force... but after reaching Anjin, the movements no longer need to be so large. Instead, it’s about generating force internally... This is even more true after Huajin. In fact, large movements are a disadvantage in the Huajin realm... because one’s intent becomes too obvious.’

Qin Fang began to study the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist. Mingjin, Anjin, Huajin—because the power one mastered was different, the philosophy of the Martial Arts naturally underwent a tremendous change.

He threw himself into it, using the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist as a blueprint. He added Huajin theories, eliminated outdated movements and concepts, and tried to integrate the ’Mental Realm’ of Huajin...

’The fist must be fast and hidden... the more concealed, the better...’

’The way I generate force should also evolve beyond simple punches and kicks, incorporating more variations...’

As the days passed, Qin Fang remained completely immersed.

His proficiency with the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist was soaring.

This process of deduction was also a process of organizing and consolidating everything he had learned.

To be honest, he had reached the Huajin realm in an incredibly short amount of time—just a single year.

Along the way, he had experienced multiple Epiphanies, whether in his Pile Method, Mental Realm, Body Refining, or Techniques...

But because he had acquired these things so quickly, he had always felt he’d fully absorbed them and had never systematically organized his knowledge.

This time, however, re-deducing the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist forced him to re-examine all he had gained.

He soon discovered that, during the process, many of his past Epiphanies revealed even more points he had previously overlooked.

This made his eyes light up, and a greater sense of clarity and accomplishment filled his heart.

「And just like that, in the blink of an eye, a month passed.」

On this day, Qin Fang was practicing his Fist Technique.

He was practicing the Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist.

Except... the current Ox Demon Mountain-Opening Fist was already a world away from its original version!

Heavy snow howled down. With every punch and movement from Qin Fang, although the Fist Technique was still wide and sweeping, it seemed to possess an indescribable rhythm and flow.

It gave off a feeling of being ’smooth,’ an incomparably ’fluid’ sensation.

’Every move has a wind-up. Even a Huajin Martial Artist can’t completely eliminate it. To achieve Power Storage, there’s only one way...’

’Hide the wind-up for the next Technique within the attack of the previous one!’

’The instant one attack finishes is the exact moment the wind-up for the next is complete, with Power Storage at its peak!’

’It’s like the tide, wave after wave, with each one building Power Storage for the next!’

’Combined with a Huajin Martial Artist’s perfect Control over their Strength, one can become completely unpredictable, advancing and retreating at will!’

’In this way, I can perfectly hide my intentions. Most likely, even another Huajin Martial Artist won’t be able to ’read’ my next move...’

His train of thought became clearer, and his fists grew faster. His whole being was like a tidal wave, suddenly surging forward!

But just as his practice was becoming ever more fluid, a line of text quietly appeared on the panel.

’Unknown Leaf Skill (Nameable) (High Grade Leaf Skill) (Perfection) 1/∞’

When this text appeared, a feeling of sudden, blessed inspiration welled up within him!

In the midst of his practice, Qin Fang was jolted by the realization.

’This is...’

’An Epiphany?!’