Novel Full Chapter 794 - Chapter 794: Chapter 744: Martial Arts Becoming Immortal?
Chapter 794: Chapter 744: Martial Arts Becoming Immortal?
Now, regardless of whether it’s the Daming World or the Sky Wasteland, the most prosperous cultivation systems in these two worlds are the Path of Qi Refinement, followed by Refining Spirit and Incense Flame Path. Finally, the Body Refining Path is reluctantly walked by cultivators who lack natural talents, resources, and background.
It can be said that among these cultivation systems of Essence Refinement, Qi Refinement, Spirit Refinement, and Incense Flame, even though everyone knows the inherent power of the Way of Essence Refinement, due to various reasons, there are the fewest people who major in the Way of Essence Refinement. Most of them are just practicing it as a minor skill.
Even after Pei Xuanjing openly and unreservedly revealed the secrets and keys of the Way of Essence Refinement to the cultivators between heaven and earth at the Shenxiao Debate Conference, most cultivators still place greater emphasis on the Path of Qi Refinement and Spirit Refinement, and few choose to walk the Way of Essence Refinement when presented with a choice.
This is because the Way of Essence Refinement is too slow and too difficult. It seems simple to get started, but if you really want to go far on this path and achieve something, the effort and hardship required are many times that of other cultivation systems.
If you have such perseverance and determination, why not save more time to practice other Paths of Qi Refinement and Spirit Refinement instead? Why make life harder for yourself?
Who would willingly walk the Way of Essence Refinement if not compelled by circumstances?
This was the perception and understanding of the majority of cultivators in the Sky Wasteland at that time.
However, in Pei Xuanjing’s view, this perception and common sense were actually wrong.
Admittedly, the Way of Essence Refinement requires perseverance and hardship, but if Pei Xuanjing’s calculations are correct, for those who are truly determined to walk the Immortal Path, the Way of Essence Refinement might actually be the most promising path to becoming immortal.
After stepping into the Mortal Realm of refining muscles, tendons and skin, changing the blood and undergoing rebirth, and breaking through to the Spirit Realm, continue to refine and open up the orifices until you maximize your bodily potential, to the point where you have fully refined all 365 orifices which, when connected together, will fully unleash the potential of the human body.
Although Pei Xuanjing is now walking the Golden Core Dao, and this Golden Core is shapeless and formless, he can manipulate it at will. It can be said that when walking the Golden Core Dao, Pei Xuanjing’s physical body has not fallen behind, and even as a result of the balance of his essence, qi, and spirit in the Golden Core Dao, his physical body is gradually strengthening.
Today, when Pei Xuanjing steps into the Nine Realms of the Spirit Realm, he has already opened up as many as 361 orifices within his true body. If he can successfully refine the remaining four orifices, it means that Pei Xuanjing has fully refined his physical body to the peak state of the Nine Realms of the Spirit Realm.
“However, having completed the opening of all 365 orifices, it seems that this is not the limit of the human body.” Pei Xuanjing, feeling the power unleashed by these linked orifices in his body, thought to himself.
Although he still lacks four orifices and hasn’t fully refined all of them, when Pei Xuanjing has already refined 361 orifices, he has already reached this realm, so he has some predictions about the effect of the remaining orifices to be refined. After all, it’s only a quantitative difference, not a qualitative change.
He can foresee that even if he has completed the refinement of all orifices and fully connects them, his strength will greatly improve, yet he has not fully utilized the potential of his physical body. There are still many unknowns to be discovered.
“The Flesh Body Microcosm, the Macrocosm of Heaven and Earth. Legend has it that the human body inherently has infinite potential, all of which is sealed within the Divine Hidden. The key to unlocking the Divine Hidden is missing. As long as one can open the sealed Divine Hidden, even without refining Qi or cultivating spirit, one can possess the power to start a new world, just by relying on physical strength and will.” Pei Xuanjing recalled some records he once read from some books.
He couldn’t remember where these ancient books came from, but some of the things recorded in them stuck in his memory and seemed as fresh as today.
In the past, after Pei Xuanjing stepped into the First-grade of Martial Arts, he read some literature and legends about the emergence of martial arts.
Legend has it that martial arts did not appear at the very beginning, or rather, they were very rudimentary. During the ancient times, it was just some techniques for the human race, who were born strong and possess powerful strength, to exert force. However, as the heaven and earth became more difficult, fewer and fewer people of the human race were born with divine strength, and as the Dao of Qi Refining rose, what should have been the emergence of martial arts was scattered and ultimately replaced by the Dao of Qi Refining.
After countless years, there were many shifts in lineage, changes in time, and alternations of divine dynasties. It was only after the cataclysmic war at the end of the Tang Dynasty that the essence Qi of heaven and earth in the Daming World rapidly decreased and could no longer support the cultivation of these powerful beings, leading to the migration of various powers to the Sky Wasteland.
While these powerful beings left, countless sentient beings still remained in the Daming World. They had seen the power of cultivators with their own eyes and knew about the existence of the Spirit Realm. Therefore, even when these people left, their desire to continue cultivating was not extinguished.
However, with the decrease of the essence Qi of heaven and earth, there wasn’t enough Qi to support their continued Qi refinement. You have to understand that before the emergence of martial arts, the cultivation of the Mortal Realm was Qi refinement. People would refine the essence Qi of heaven and earth to strengthen themselves, and eventually step into the Spirit Realm.
Now, with the decline of the heaven and earth’s essence Qi, for many of the remaining human race, even if they have the method of Qi Refining, they cannot continue refining Qi. The refinement of the heaven and earth essence Qi can be said to be getting half the results with double the work, and later, the decline of the heaven and earth essence Qi couldn’t even maintain their own primordial Qi.
Under such circumstances, martial arts appeared again. This technique, which appeared in ancient times and was used by ordinary humans to temper their bodies and by those naturally strong for combat, was brought up again and after countless people’s research and development, martial arts started to circulate between heaven and earth.
With the continuous popularity and improvement of martial arts, externally refining the muscles, bones, and skin, internally refining the viscera and marrow, changing the blood and undergoing rebirth, this cultivation method, although completely different from the Dao of Qi Refining, undoubtedly found a new path.
From the time after the Tang Dynasty until today when the Heaven and Earth have not yet been restored, martial arts, over the past few thousands of years, evolved from its original appearance with only few techniques to its current flourishing state where numerous techniques coexist. It has completely opened the Cultivation Road of the Mortal Realm and replaced the Dao of Qi Refining in the Cultivation of the Mortal Realm.
“However, it’s still a bit regrettable. The time was too short. If there had been enough time, martial arts might not have failed to continue.” Pei Xuanjing sighed in his heart.
The resurgence of Heaven and Earth was a good opportunity for many martial artists in the world, allowing them not to be limited by their shackles and have the opportunity to advance. However, for martial arts, this was not the case.