That said, it wasn’t like he had read all these books in vain. Wei Yuan was now ready to begin crafting his own advanced Dao spell.

Although he had grasped the original Water Blade Storm, it was, technically speaking, just another standard spell. It was suitable for all Avatars and high-level Dao Foundation stage cultivators except him.

Although Wei Yuan had basically failed to grasp Immortal Lord Tinghai’s Dao of Water, after forcing himself to read through everything once, he discovered there were still many sections in the books that could be put to use immediately.

Take, for instance, the shape of a Water Blade in The Pinnacle of Technique. Although the Immortal Lord had explained the underlying principles, the calculations involved were extremely difficult to say the least—simply out of the question without the perception of a True Lord. In fact, if someone truly wished to perform some actual research, it was best to wait until they had attained immortalhood. An Immortal Lord’s perception could process billions of thoughts in an instant; only a perception at this level was capable of performing the necessary calculations.

However, Wei Yuan didn’t need to perform any calculations himself because the Immortal Lord had already provided the best spell structure for a Water Blade spell to fly through the air in the Homeworld. As for what was the best spell structure for a Water Blade to travel through steel, flesh and blood, or even an opponent’s defensive spells, those were closely guarded secrets...