Aside from guiding Luo Fan on how to use the Tide God Blade, the Tideblade King even personally demonstrated several times.
He also shared some of his own combat experience.
Then, he explained to Luo Fan the application of the third form of the Tide God Blade.
This time, Luo Fan's gains were even greater.
Compared to Grando, the Tideblade King's help in Luo Fan's cultivation was clearly far superior.
After all, the two walked the same path.
Though Grando was also a King-level Immortal, his main strength lay in using potions in combination with his power.
Moreover, he was more aligned with the Origin Law of Wood.
His comprehension of the Origin Law of Water had only reached the level of "Law Recognition" back when he was a World Master, mainly to assist with alchemy.
For geniuses capable of becoming King-level Immortals, it wasn't difficult to have at least one lower law reach the level of Law Recognition during the World Lord stage.
But after that, Grando had never paid much attention to developing the Water Law further.
He had never seriously studied how to apply it in combat.
When he previously instructed Luo Fan, it was only because his cultivation level and experience were so overwhelmingly high that guiding a Star-level junior was effortless.
Some training principles were also universal across laws, so he could still provide Luo Fan with useful advice on combat applications of the Water Law.
Even if those insights weren't much for an Immortal or a World Master, for Luo Fan, they were invaluable.
However, even as a King-level Immortal, Grando's understanding of how to apply the Water Law in battle was far inferior to the Tideblade King's mastery.
Especially since the Tideblade King once wielded the very same Tide God Blade as Luo Fan.
Even now, he still used a weapon similar to it, the Tide Blade!
After all, the Tide God Blade was modeled after the Tide Blade, a pseudo–supreme treasure.
Thus, there was no question that the Tideblade King's guidance was of immense benefit to Luo Fan.
Through this session of instruction, Luo Fan's gains far surpassed what he had obtained under Grando's earlier guidance.
Compared to before, Luo Fan's strength had at least doubled!
Under the Tideblade King's instruction, his control over both the Water and Space Laws advanced to a new level.
If the mastery of laws was a complex problem, then Grando's teaching was like referencing a similar problem's solution and hinting at the method, while the Tideblade King directly handed Luo Fan the thought process, the steps, and the final answer.
He even expanded on the concept, showing other possible "solutions."
It was as if he had crushed the entire comprehension of Water Law applications into pieces and fed them straight into Luo Fan's mind.
This alone showed how terrifying Luo Fan's progress was.
At first, Grando had felt gratified watching his martial brother and disciple get along so harmoniously.
But as time passed, even a King-level powerhouse like him began to sense that something was… off.
The smile on his face slowly faded.
He hadn't noticed at first.
But now he clearly did, especially as Luo Fan, under the Tideblade King's guidance, repeatedly unleashed strike after strike.
Grando could feel how quickly his genius disciple was improving.
He knew well, Luo Fan was no longer the ordinary person whose comprehension had been only a few dozen points.
His comprehension now exceeded seven hundred thousand!
And if he claimed the Water Severing Form reward, his comprehension would soar past nine hundred thousand, nearly one million!
What did that mean?
A comprehension tens of thousands of times higher than that of ordinary people, a genius seen only once in tens or even hundreds of thousands of eras!
And that was not all, Luo Fan possessed the panel.
When he was weak, the panel's role was mainly to help him grow.
But now, its most important functions,beyond acquiring resources, were tied to one thing:
the proficiency system.
With proficiency, Luo Fan could achieve a state of "eternal mastery"
Whether in secret techniques or in laws themselves.
For any cultivator, that was an enormous advantage.
It was like being in a maze with ten branching paths.
Nine led to dead ends, one to the exit.
No matter how far you walked the wrong paths, your progress would never rise.
But once you took a single step down the correct path, your progress would immediately increase!
That was Luo Fan's current advantage.
Even though the smallest increment displayed on his panel was 0.01%, he could easily observe finer progress if he wished.
And with his ever-increasing comprehension, his talent only grew stronger and stronger.
Thus, under the Tideblade King's instruction, Luo Fan's rate of understanding was terrifyingly fast.
The moment he understood a concept, his proficiency increased, and he could apply it instantly.
The Tideblade King grew more and more astonished as he taught.
He himself had once been hailed as a once-in-hundreds-of-thousands-of-eras genius.
Back in his day, he had also ranked first in the Cosmic Genius Battle.
But even at Luo Fan's current age and realm, his progress had never been this monstrous.
The more he taught, the more shocked he became.
And his gaze toward Luo Fan grew increasingly fervent.
Given how perfectly their paths aligned, Luo Fan should have been his disciple!
He wasn't intentionally trying to steal his old friend's genius pupil, he merely wanted the boy to grow faster.
If Luo Fan ended up becoming his disciple in the process… well, that would just be a bonus.
He did feel a little guilty toward his old friend, but he figured he could make up for it later with a few jars of Ninefold Primordial Wine.
Besides, in the universe, it was entirely normal for a genius to have multiple teachers.
…
On the outer battlefield, the Tideblade King, who had been inside the Star Tower besieging a high-ranking avian King-level Immortal of the Demon Race.
Suddenly stopped caring about the opponent's treasure, a divine power–restoring artifact worth tens of millions of mixed-element units.
Without hesitation, he turned and left.
He flew straight toward the nearest exit of the Star Tower.
"Whew—"
"Good thing, I finally escaped that one."
"Damn it, until I reach the peak of King level, I'm never coming back to the Star Tower again."
"I almost lost divine power for the sake of a single Jade Spirit Fruit."
"I just don't get it, why did that human Tideblade King suddenly stop chasing me?"
The Fierceplume Eagle Clan King-level Immortal exhaled in relief as he saw the Tideblade King withdraw.
Then, he too flew off toward another exit.
Meanwhile, the Tideblade King, after witnessing Luo Fan's terrifying talent, had abandoned the position he had been guarding for years and instantly teleported toward the Divine Base.
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