NOVGO.NET Chapter 795 - Chapter 795: 745
Chapter 795: 745
“If the world hadn’t revived, or if the Sky Wasteland realm hadn’t returned, and those skills hadn’t appeared from those forbidden places and blessed lands, perhaps Martial Arts would have evolved in a situation of extreme poverty and destitution,” Pei Xuanjing lamented in his heart.
Martial Arts paved the way for countless martial artists when the Essence Qi of heaven and earth were declining. But when heaven and earth revived, the original path was thus abandoned.
In Pei Xuanjing’s view, had it not been for the revival of heaven and earth and the arrival of more mature cultivation methods, under a situation of no other choices, most of the strong could have focused their wisdom and thoughts on Martial Arts for progress. Even though they might walk slowly down the path, Martial Arts would unquestionably keep developing. One day, it might even rival the Path of Refining Qi and Spirit.
Just like Pei Xuanjing’s experience in the Immortal Sects’ world during the last life simulation. Ordinary people without spiritual roots, in a desperate situation, placed all their wisdom into Martial Arts. That’s how they managed to continuously innovate and ultimately pave the way for Martial Arts, rivaling top-tier immortal sects.
Even though the Daming World possesses a more profound foundation than the world of Immortal Sects, the cultivators in the Daming World aren’t confronted with the desperate situation those ordinary people faced— they had better choices. They preferred not to bother themselves with Martial Arts and waste time when more mature paths were available for them.
Therefore, despite having a deeper foundation, they decisively abandoned Martial Arts under such circumstance. That’s the real reason why Martial Arts remained stagnant in the Daming World all these years.
About this, there’s nothing much Pei Xuanjing could say, after all, pursuing benefits and avoiding harm is an instinctive behavior.— Nobody could blame them.
“However, even without their help, with the experiences I have accumulated in the world of Immortal Sects, I can completely rely on myself to keep complementing Martial Arts. Although it may not reach absolute perfection, I can still pave a way to the peak of potential Immortal Path,” a glint flashed in Pei Xuanjing’s eyes.
The initial birth and development of Martial Arts wasn’t possible with just one person’s power— It’s the result of countless people’s brilliant wisdom accumulated over thousands of years. That’s how Martial Arts has developed to be as prosperous as it is today.
If it had been before experiencing the projection simulation in the world of the immortal sects, even if Pei Xuanjing foresaw a bright future for Martial Arts and knew the possible path leading to the Immortal Path or the Path of Human Immortal, he couldn’t have managed to accomplish it by himself.
But, things are different now, even though most people in Daming World have to switch to the practice of Refining Qi and Spirit or Incense God Path once they reach the peak of Martial Arts and break into the Spirit Realm, there’s inevitably a few who, under dynamic circumstances, walked down the path of Martial Arts cultivation. Even if they couldn’t provide Pei Xuanjing with wisdom and inspiration for now, he’s confident enough to perfect the cultivation path of Martial Arts after ascending to the Spirit Realm.
During the life simulation in the world of Immortal Sects, Pei Xuanjing spent a millennium. During that time, he propagated Martial Arts throughout a certain world, and numerous people began the cultivation path of Martial Artists. Even after some of them got promoted to a realm equivalent to a first-grade in the Daming World, those Martial Artists without spiritual roots continued on this path, and some of them eventually reached the pinnacle of Martial Arts.
All their research, understanding, cognition, and perception of Martial Arts were inherited by Pei Xuanjing. They became the basis for him to thoroughly perfect the cultivation method of Spirit Martial.
“The cultivation of Human Immortal Martial Arts should be divided into three steps. This is the real process of developing the potential of the flesh, completing the minor cosmos of life, developing the divine hidden, and then achieving the Path of Human Immortal,” Pei Xuanjing thought to himself.
The first step is Mortal Martial.
This is the first major realm named by Pei Xuanjing, Mortal Martial is the phase before the Spirit Realm, also the major cultivation path of Mortal Realm in the Daming World— a process of three realms and ninth-grade cultivation. During this phase, mortals cultivate their Inner Qi, externally refining their muscles and bones, and internally refining their visceral marrow. Afterward, they undergo a complete change by replacing their blood, polishing their flesh to top condition at the peak of Mortal Realm. They start to absorb heaven and earth’s Essence Qi, by combining Essence Qi with the body’s acupoints. The moment they successfully condense an acupoint, a change will occur to the flesh, and they will step into the Spirit Realm.
The second step, Spirit Martial.
This is the second major realm named by Pei Xuanjing— Spirit Martial, which alludes to martial artists within the Spirit Realm. Spirit Realm Martial Artists no longer refine themselves with Inner Qi or True Qi, like mortals, but use the more potent Essence Qi of heaven and earth to transform their bodies. In this realm, martial artists keep absorbing the Essence Qi of heaven and earth to fuse with their acupoints. The more acupoints they condense, the more Primordial Qi they can accumulate, which lasts longer. Moreover, due to connections between acupoints, a more powerful potential can be stimulated.
According to Pei Xuanjing’s calculations, the continuous condensing of acupoints is also the process of spiritualizing one’s flesh. He divided this process into nine realms following the number of acupoints condensed, corresponding to the nine layers realm of the Path of Refining Qi and Spirit.
For example, condensing an acupoint is equivalent to advancing to Spirit Realm Onefold, and for every twelve acupoints condensed thereafter, you advance one level. By the time you’ve condensed thirty-six acupoints, forming the Heavenly Stem Number in the body, you’ll have reached Spirit Realm Third Level perfection.
Thereafter, once you’ve condensed seventy-two acupoints constructing the Earthly Fiends Number in the body, you would have reached the level of Spirit Realm Sixth Level.
However, once the seventy-third acupoint is condensed, it would correspond to a Spirit Realm Seventh Level cultivator who has formed a Taoist foundation. But unlike the previous step, to truly reach Spirit Realm Seventh Level perfection, it is necessary to condense up to one hundred and eight acupoints, the number symbolizing the completion of Minor Circulation. Reaching Spirit Realm Eightfold is even more challenging, requiring three hundred and sixty acupoints to be condensed, symbolizing the number for Great Circulation.
It’s also unknown how many heroes the Spirit Realm Nine Realms of Spirit, the path of the ultimate level of the Spirit Realm, have obstructed. Similarly, even if one practices Martial Arts, it’s not easy to set foot in it. However, in the final Spirit Realm Nine Realms of Spirit, one only needs to condense and open up the last five acupoints for the true completion of full body acupoints.
The human body has thousands of acupoints, but what Pei Xuanjing is referring to are the three hundred and sixty-five major acupoints of the human body. By the time you reach this step, if you still want to make further progress, you could continue to condense the minor acupoints for self-completion.
Much like Pei Xuanjing now, in addition to his own three hundred and sixty-one major acupoints condensed, he has also condensed countless minor acupoints all over his body, too numerous to count.
The major acupoints of the human body are the key nodes; once these acupoints are condensed, the remaining minor acupoints will be washed by power due to the connection of the major acupoints. Even without deliberate condensing, they will gradually complete themselves.