At the same time, he learned the martial arts of the martial artists in the mortal world from his disciples, including Bai Qi's Eight Diagrams Mysterious Swordsmanship, Li Zhenchuan's Five Ding Mountain Opening Palm, and Xu Chao's One Hundred and Eight Stances of the Pear Blossom Spear.

He possessed immense spiritual power; his eyes were accurate, and his hands steady. No matter what martial arts style, he only needed to watch it once to imprint it in his mind and then use it. Every move—how it evolved, how it met the enemy, how it exerted force—was crystal clear to him, and he even managed to improve and upgrade the techniques on the original basis of several people.

Bai Qi's Eight Diagrams Mysterious Swordsmanship originally had thirty-six techniques, but Shi Feiyang increased them to eighty-eight, totaling sixty-four techniques. When executed, the person moved with the sword, the sword danced like a wandering dragon, dazzling and rapid, yet ferocious.

Li Zhenchuan's Five Ding Mountain Opening Palm originally had twenty-five moves, purely fierce and powerful. Shi Feiyang merged it with the Five Elements, changing it to twenty-five moves each of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, which could be used separately or combined according to the generation and restriction of the Five Elements.

Xu Chao's Pear Blossom Spear was a family heritage; his father was a military officer in the Three Towns of Wuhan. Since Xu had run away from home when he was young, he had not learned it completely, only mastering fifty-four stances. He only vaguely remembered a bit about how to exert force and break the enemy.

Shi Feiyang became interested, asking about the essence of the Pear Blossom Spear, which evolved from the Qimei Stick and was further sharpened in the army. He then visualized the battle scenes in the army formations in his mind, complemented and innovated according to what Xu Chao described, eventually developing three hundred sixty stances—each deadly, grand, and majestic. When he wielded them, it was as if he were charging and battling amidst thousands of troops.

Every boy dreams of becoming a martial hero, and Shi Feiyang was no exception. He pondered that he had practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Nine Yin White Bone Claw when he was a child... whether he should also create some for his amusement and to disseminate among the martial artists in the Jianghu for their cultivation. After all, those who practiced immortal cultivation sought freedom and ease, but adhering to a routine of strict and joyless cultivation daily wasn't truly freedom.

The primary purpose of immortal cultivation was to achieve eternal life, and next was to do what one desires—what to do and what not to do, embodying true freedom.

However, one must not 'indulge in distractions and lose ambition,' neglecting the proper pursuits of the Immortal Path because if he really created so many secret martial arts manuals and released them into the mortal world, it would inevitably cause bloody storms across the Jianghu...

He had not yet put the thought into action when the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword sensed it.

The Demon Sword analyzed that on the surface, its master intended to create ordinary martial arts manuals for the mortal folk, but on a deeper level, his thoughts stemmed from homesickness!

It continued to probe Shi Feiyang's thoughts.

If Shi Feiyang maintained a "Daoist heart," the sword would detect only an endless void. But now that he had moved to "mortal heart," it could clearly sense these thoughts.

Shi Feiyang was clear about this; he had not abandoned the Daoist heart for the mortal heart outright but had vivified the mortal heart within the framework of the Daoist heart. The Demon Sword, sensing these worldly thoughts amid an emotionless void, suggested to Shi Feiyang, "Master, since you come from another world and with your strength, you should be able to find the way home, right? Just as the saying goes, 'returning home in glory is meaningless if not recognized by one's own people.' Now, you possess vast divine abilities and boundless mana; why not return home for a visit? Here you have established doctrines and earned glory, but wouldn't it be better, upon returning to your homeland, to establish several sects where everyone would respect you, and all beings would revere your name just like the great Ancestors?"

"Return home..." To be honest, Shi Feiyang sighed.

He had been interested in the Yi Shu from a young age and had fantasized about defying fate because his own fate was not favorable.

When he was eight years old, his parents had a younger brother. At first, he was very happy; his brother was pale, soft, and extremely adorable, and he would look after him every day after finishing his homework.

But soon after, he received news—he was not his parents' biological child; they had bought him for thirty thousand yuan!

His adoptive parents were good to him, really treating him like their own flesh and blood. After his brother was born, they said that he had brought the family good fortune, allowing them to have their own son, so they would continue to treat him well and bade him not to worry.

Unfortunately, even though he brought fortune, he was not the fortune itself; the real fortune was his brother.

From a young age, he was extremely sensitive and keenly felt that after his brother was born, the atmosphere at home was distinctly different. The parents' affection for him was no longer the emotional kind that liked and loved him; it was more a rational decision that they should treat him well. These two kinds of affection were distinctly different.

Ever since then, he had tried to stay invisible, minimizing his presence at home as much as possible...

He had secretly cried countless nights, feeling that in this vast world there was no one he could rely on; he could only depend on himself.

He studied Yi Shu in hopes of finding out where his biological parents were.

Within a few years, he had come up with nine results. Each time he followed them, he ended up empty-handed, sometimes even getting lost and being escorted home by police officers.

Eventually, he completely lost heart and stopped searching.

As he grew older, his adoptive parents weren't exactly kind to him. They provided food and drink like before, but he could clearly sense their affection for their son rapidly fading. They tightened the everyday expenses, cutting corners wherever possible...

Shi Feiyang felt superfluous in that family, more than once thinking how much better it would have been if he had never appeared, leaving them a happy family of three.

Originally, he had agreed with his adoptive parents that if he couldn't get into a university with the prefix 211, he would learn a trade, like getting a welder's certificate to work as a welder.

But instead, he ended up in this world during the university entrance exams.

In fact, he had "gone back" twice, the first time as a culmination of Kuijiao's three-thousand-year destiny, shedding its skin to become a True Dragon, and the second time to fight One Light Master and heavily damage the Rotary Temple, but both times were within the Demon Realm. Later, in the Star Constellations Sea, within the Demon Realm, he even encountered his high school desk mate.

After so many years, his adoptive parents were probably no longer alive.

Talking about really going back, he still wasn't capable enough at the moment.

He had practiced many spells, but few could reach the Heavenly worlds.

Both "Guang Chengzi's Heavenly Book" and the "He Sha Book" involved parts with twisted space, but none were connected to the Heavenly worlds.

The "Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture" did have such a connection, but it was limited to sensing the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, which was fixed.

In this aspect, the "Demon God Scripture" was more proficient; the Heavenly Secret Demon Technique within it was specifically used for sensing the Heavenly Dharma Realm.

In this regard, the Daoist approach is to focus exclusively on the direct way that leads straight to the Immortal Realm, avoiding any side branches that may distract cultivators and unexpectedly impact their cultivation, potentially hindering their path in the Immortal Path. No matter how good the Heavenly worlds are, they are all below the Immortal Realm, reaching the highest level in any of the Heavenly worlds also means ascending to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm.

In contrast, Demonic Path Skills specialize in investing efforts in other worlds, meticulously sensing interactions with demons from other worlds, with a strong tendency to unite demons across all Heavenly worlds to resist the oppression inflicted by immortals. However, demons are often selfish and brutal, frequently harming each other; they simply use each other, uniting is practically impossible; if truly united, they wouldn't be considered demons anymore.

For Shi Feiyang to return to Earth, it wasn't impossible, but it currently remained only a theoretical possibility.

To go back, he first needed to sense that world, and to sense it... he would need to cultivate the Heavenly Secret Demon Technique to its ultimate level.

Should he cultivate it? Honestly, going back didn't seem very appealing.

The Demon Sword, sensing his hesitation, quickly said, "The Demonic Path Skills are easy to cultivate, Master. Haven't you been cultivating an extremely profound Immortal Technique in this village recently? You might as well cultivate the Heavenly Secret Demon Technique along with it. With your intelligence and wisdom, just a little effort, and you could master it immediately!"

The Demon Sword made some sense.

Shi Feiyang blocked the Demon Sword so it couldn't sense his thoughts: "Heavenly Gang 36 Transformations are transformations of the Heavens, certainly methods to traverse the Heavenly realms; Earth Evil 72 Transformations are transformations of the Earth, methods for all things to change... If I cultivate the Heavenly Secret Demon Technique, it might also help me understand both."

Then, he unblocked the sensing, but cultivating Demonic Path Technique, although it seems to be faster and more powerful in refining, is like dancing on the tip of a needle, a slight misstep and all is irrevocably lost. I cultivate the Three Emperors Dao, several Mysterious Sect Secret Manuals, and after another thousand or eighteen hundred years, I will also be able to achieve this goal.

"A thousand eight hundred years is too late!" the Demon Sword urgently said, "By that time, your hometown will change completely, what's the point of going back then?"

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