Cyclic Strike

Cyclic Strike is a skill Zac got in the Inheritance of Yrial and was not able to master it for a long time. The skill was comprised of two fractals, one on each of his shoulders, it required two opposing Daos to work and very delicate balance was needed between the two Daos. Yrial meant the skill as a lesson for Zac to improve his utilization of Dao and to start creating the very path of Zac's further cultivation. **[Chapter 289] [Chapter 294]**

The correct usage of the skill was to infuse Daos into the two fractals, and sort of braid the energies in a way that allows the two Daos to mesh together and combine. After that had been accomplished you could infuse whatever you wanted with this new combined energy. **[Chapter 434]**

## **Zac's Repurpose**

*He had been so focused on the Cycle of Life and Death since meeting Yrial that he had ignored his unique points, and forcibly tried to create a cultivation system that seemed fitting on the surface, but one that still kind of missed the mark. Yrial had tried helping him by having him learn **[Cyclic Strike]** and improve his Dao control, but it was that very skill that had made him reach an impasse.*

*It was time to accept reality. Creating a cycle where he integrated two diametrically opposite concepts was like trying to breathe underwater for him. It was not in his nature, and forcing such a thing would only create mediocre results.*

*His thoughts went to the weird ball that Yrial played with and he remembered how it seamlessly flitted back and forth between frigid flames and fiery ice. Did he truly need to create something like that with his Daos of Life and Death? His sister might be suited for such a path with her amazing affinities and AI to help her fuse the four elements, but he needed to find another direction to take.*

*He would still keep the core parts, with Life and Death each being one half of the whole, with the Dao of the Axe being the delivery method, or perhaps the thing that bound the two together. But braiding the two together into a revolving cycle was too complicated. Perhaps he could come back to that idea when he was as powerful as Yrial, but for now he needed something simpler.* **[Chapter 427]**

*The two daggers acted as conductors and allowed him to skip all intricacies of the skill fractal, leaving just the part that acted as an entrance funnel, along with the core of the skill that Zac guessed was responsible for the fusion. The weapon blade allowed him to pass by over 70% of the fractal by just pushing the energy right through the metal itself.* **[Chapter 434]**

*The two fractals on his shoulders had changed. The torrential amounts of energies that coursed through the crude shortcut he had made had actually remolded the skill fractals, making the pathing permanent. But that was not all as fine markings lined the paths, creating patterns way beyond his comprehension. They were not fractals, and neither were they formed in the inscription language that was commonly used in the Multiverse. They felt more primal, like they were natural markings created by the Dao itself. The fractal on his left shoulder had clearly been marked by the Shard of Creation, whereas the right one gave off the desolate aura of the Splinter of Oblivion.* **[Chapter 463]**