Before Xiang Yang's eyes, a square sheet of snow-white paper covered in writing appeared. Its spirit was naturally formed, its strokes sharp as blades—the Wordless Book had reappeared.
"Main quest: Drive the Autumn Palace Iron Token into the Earth Vein Dragon Qi of Kang Province and complete the dragon-seeking, vein-pointing ritual. Quest reward: Heaven Shaking Earth Shattering of the Seven Limits of Heaven and Earth. Side quest?"
Xiang Yang revealed nothing on his face, but his heart stirred. The Seven Limits of Heaven and Earth were a set of accompanying combat techniques for an imperial martial art from the Hong Kong comic The Legend of the Son of Heaven. Its original name was the Innate Heaven and Earth Skill.
Legend had it that in ancient times, disasters ravaged the land of China one after another. The people were displaced and homeless, their cries of misery unending.
At the time, Ji Xuanyuan, leader of the largest tribe, led numerous priests in prayer for seven times seven, forty-nine days. At last, the wind and rain scattered, and rosy clouds filled the sky.
Then, a colossal black tortoise emerged from the water and came before Ji Xuanyuan, where it no longer moved. Ji Xuanyuan discovered great swathes of patterns carved upon its shell, so he had people make rubbings of them and named it the River Diagram.
To accomplish the great cause of unifying all tribes, Ji Xuanyuan studied the River Diagram day and night for twenty years. At last, he grasped the principles of yin and yang and the Eight Trigrams, then created the vast and righteous Innate Heaven and Earth Skill.
This art possessed countless transformations. Its protective true qi was divided into the Heaven and Earth Cotton Body, the Heaven and Earth Vajra Body, and the Heaven and Earth Limitless