The Situation

Flawless. At a distance, he used thunder methods; if the opponent closed in, he could unleash fist techniques as well. The grade of those fist techniques was quite high, and he wielded them with exceptional proficiency.

Without hesitation, Zhang Zong took another two steps forward. His bent-arm short strike carried the force of a snapping bow and erupted like exploding thunder. His momentum moved and his spirit followed. Both hands launched an assault at once, and autumn thunder seemed to roll in waves—swift and fierce, the force piercing through organs and carving a straight, long gash across the opponent's body. Blood sprayed from the wound.

He had wounded the opponent's physical body.

Li Qi saw through it. This was not martial skill—it was Daoist magic!

Every part of the human body corresponded with the great heaven and earth. The head resembled heaven, the feet resembled earth, the limbs resembled the four seasons, and the five viscera resembled the five elements. Essence, Qi, and Spirit all communicated and resonated with heaven and earth. Thus, the human body was called a "small heaven and earth."

If that was so, why should methods that used the small heaven and earth to influence the great heaven and earth be confined solely to the form of long-range spells?

Li Qi often used his inner heaven and earth to influence the outer heaven and earth as well, but he generally did so through spells. He had never considered what it would be like to use a method akin to martial arts.

That was right. If the physical body was regarded as an extension of the inner heaven and earth, then every punch and kick naturally carried the might of that inner heaven and earth. By using the techniques of martial combat to blast those fists and