*in a cave somewhere in japan
Keisuke had made a temporary base at a cave in Japan, he sealed the cave entrance with an illusion array he got from Akira
The cave also had a small spiritual Vein, a natural Qi source
'Thank you Akira'
And now Kei was standing inside the cave thinking to himself
'Hmm, I know I said that I had to make a different sword technique for this Qi, but where do I even start? The silent moon sword technique doesn't fit this Qi so I can't use that as a base...'
"System.. You gave me this breathing technique, the technique that made it possible to use this Qi... Universe Qi. So you must have a sword technique for it right?!"
[Unfortunately the one who made this breathing technique couldn't use it, after someone trains in a breathing technique that isn't this one, they can never hope to try and use this technique, It is a unique technique. Only a blank slate can learn it, thuss the creator couldn't practice it, and being unable to practice it means that he couldn't complete a sword technique that used this Qi as its base]
Already losing hope Kei's eyes drop to the floor
"so, I'm on my own for this one.."
[But, the creator did create a theoretical sword technique for Universe Qi, but it is not finished, only a Universe Qi cultivator can complete and improve it]
His eyes already gaining back light
"Why didn't you say so! Damn I thought I'd have to waste my life to create a technique, thank god..."
Kei took a look at the unfinished technique and noticed something
"Say, doesn't this technique have a name?"
[The creator never gave it a name, he said that only the one who completes it will have the privilege to do so]
Now in deep thought and studying the technique he mutters
"Well, this is interesting, but this won't be easy, it will take some time, no I may never complete it... It certainly is a sword technique..."
Kei was in fact, in deep shit, even completing a technique is hard and takes a lot of time, it is no simple matter, thankfully the hard work was already completed and only a few steps remained for the completion of the technique
*A month later
Kei practicing this new technique
"AHA! NOW I GET IT!"
Kei in fact didn't get it, he didn't succeed in completing the sword technique that day, but he did get a better understanding of it
After a while on an improvised bed
Kei could be seen sitting on the edge, incredibly tired
"Even if I can use a breathing technique to refresh myself, I have to sleep this time, mom always said that if I try really hard to solve something but can't, after a night's rest I'll be able to comprehend the problem with much more precision"
The following morning
Kei got up with a yawn, and went to brush his teeth, he had made a sink out of stone and used Qi to get the water running
After that he sat and drunk his morning tea and ate breakfast, this time it was plain black tea(with sugar)
And after finishing his breakfast he thought to himself
"Wow, this lifestyle is really lonely, I have to go and see Akira soon or I might go crazy. I wonder what that girl is doing..."
After being lonely Kei grabbed his sword
"I'm feeling lucky!"
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As Kei kept swinging his sword and thinking up of ways to improve and complete this sword technique the technique slowly became more and more refined
After another month one day...
~swing~ diagonal slash
~swing~diagonal slash
~swing~ horizontal slash
A drop of sweat fell to the ground from Kei's sweaty face
"It is finaly complete. Holy shit if I tried to make this from scratch I would fail miserably, I can't thank the creator of the true breathing technique enough"
Then Kei felt something inside of him
"I can feel it... Its time for a breakthrough."
He had tried to break through to Golden core stage before and failed miserably, but now things were different, his body was calling out to him
"Hup!"
Kei threw some mana stones into a protective array he had previously installed just for the purpose of holding against the Heavenly tribulation
He then sat down cross legged, took a core formation pill and started Cultivating, he had bought the pill from Akira
"Akira... I'll be visiting soon."
*6 months later
Kei's hair had grown a lot
Finally after a hellish six months inside and outside of the cave Qi was going haywire and eventually huge Qi erupted from the cave and everything came to a stop
Kei slowly opened his eyes, now glowing with Universe Qi and a serene look was on his face
And a smirk then appeared on his face
"I almost failed.."
Then a sudden realisation came upon him as he felt rapidly accumulating Qi in the sky above
"Shit! The Heavenly tribulation!"
He then immediately checked to see if his array was still working
"Heh, I was worried for no reason"
It was operating normally
Then without a minute to spare the first Heavenly tribulation fell
A barrier of Qi from the array protected Kei
Kei now with a surprised look
"What? Why did it start so quickly? Shit!"
He hurriedly got up and braced for the second coming
'the array can't hold every strike.. I have to defend most myself"
Then the next wave of heavenly tribulation came down
~Thunder~
And destroyed the array
'Seriously?! I thought that it would last a bit more at least! Did that Akira scam me!?'
Kei then gathered his aura on his sword, it was the sword Akira had given him all those years ago, the moonlight sword, drenched in Universe Qi
The 3rd wave was now coming down on Kei,
Kei readied himself
"I'll finally get to try this swordsmanship, albeit on a heavenly tribulation but still"
~Thunder! ~
With a swift slash the thunder was cut, the third wave was finished like that
"Huh? Was I always this strong? Or was that array really that weak? What.."
This continued on, the 4th, the 5th, the 6th except for the 7th
"That was a little strong, I think the next will be the last thunder strike"
Taking more time than the others to strike down, the 8th gathered up the last bit of energy left in the heavenly tribulation
"BRING IT ON!"
Kei gathered up a bunch of Qi on his sword for the last slash
And finally in an epic scene, Kei jumps up to strike the lightning in the air as the Heavenly tribulation shot down
~Clang~
But this lightning wasn't easy to cut, as if to humble Keisuke the lightning pushed him back down to the ground, the lightning was relentless
Kei was blocking the lightning and the lightning kept coming down
'Damn it! All or nothing!'
~crack~
Cracks started to form on his sword
~Gulp~
Kei took out a pill, a potential exploding pill(these make you stronger for a short time but as a drawback you can't use your strength for a while) and ate it
Normally this pill boosts your power by 100%, but thats only for lower realms of cultivation Kei had just broken through to golden core so the boost was only 25%
With a smile hey called out to the world
"25% IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!"
~slash~
A giant Universe Qi slash cut down the last Heavenly tribulation, finalising Keisuke's status as a Golden core martial artist
~Crack~ ~cling cling cling~
The moonlight sword had broken in that last strike
Now tired from the pill and the Qi use
"I did it..."
Kei took a look around, the cave was scorched, he couldn't stay here anymore, he didn't have a reason to anyway, the Qi vein of this cave was too weak for him nowthat he had broken through,
He took a cloth and wrapped it around the broken moonlight sword
With a sad look
"I'm sorry, and thank you sword, you were with me since the beginning.."
Then Kei came to his senses remembering something he had forgotten to do
"this swordsmanship! right, it was enough to shake the will of the heavens. It is time I named this technique"
[What would you like to name your new technique?]
With a serious face Kei then spoke out
"Heaven Shaking sword"
End of season 2 chapter 2