Epiphany, One Step from the Door (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

"So-called 'qi' is very simple. You can understand it as a kind of energy that exists between heaven and earth."

Looking at the two girls, who had gradually gotten into the mood and were listening attentively, He Ao spoke calmly.

"You should both know about 'Talents' and the existence of Transcendents.

"In fact, we can understand the Talent Sequence as a kind of special external power that can directly merge with people, turning ordinary people into Transcendents and weak Transcendents into powerful ones.

"Because it merges external power stage by stage, the power displayed by the Talent Sequence is also gradual and discontinuous. At the same time, this external power will not be erased by the life or death of a Transcendent.

"And because it is external power, Talent Sequence Transcendents must also face all kinds of 'interference' brought by the Talent Sequence. They can be influenced by the Talent Sequence and descend into madness."

He Ao looked at the two of them and slowly raised his hand. Some invisible, natural rhythm gathered at his fingertips.

"Martial arts are different. The core of martial arts is not fusion, but 'refinement'—refining the scattered 'qi' between heaven and earth, that is, scattered natural energy, into one's own power.

"Compared with the Talent Sequence, martial arts cultivation progresses slowly. It requires gradual accumulation, like water dripping through stone. It cannot be achieved overnight.

"But the benefit is that the refined energy becomes one's own, so one will not be affected by one's own power or accidentally descend into madness.

"Of course, because of this, martial artists of the same level generally have weaker resistance to corruption than Talent Sequence Transcendents."

The end of the sky seemed to gradually brighten. He Ao withdrew his hand, standing in the black wind as he smiled at