The Thirty-Second Chapter

"Looks like I have to start all over again," he thought to himself.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. Li Wu muttered, "Why not try to materialize the martial arts from my past life's movies and TV shows?"

No sooner said than done, he immediately began creating techniques based on the descriptions in his memory.

However, the progress was extremely slow. At this rate, it would be difficult to finish even by the time the second batch of the Human Race exhausted their lifespans.

Li Wu immediately decided to burn his merit to enhance his comprehension.

As the merit burned, his thought speed surged by tens of millions of times.

Countless true meanings of martial arts flowed through his mind, with diagrams of meridians, acupoints, and circulation routes constantly being deduced and reconstructed in his sea of consciousness.

The techniques for each realm were tempered a thousand times, and only after reaching perfection would he proceed to deduce the next realm.

Five hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Wu finally created the Martial Codex, which directly led to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

This Martial Codex integrated the body-refining essence of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, the core of countless martial arts manuals he had read in his past life, and the true meaning condensation methods from the Martial Dao Heavenly Stele.

It was named the Martial Codex because it was all-encompassing, covering various martial arts such as fist techniques, swordplay, saber techniques, and hammer skills.

The realms of the Martial Codex were divided as follows:

Body Refining Realm: Divided into nine layers, it tempers the physical body and enhances strength and defense, corresponding to the Earth Immortal realm in the Primordial Era.

Qi Refining Realm: Divided into nine layers, it opens the Dantian and condenses spiritual energy, corresponding to the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Golden Core Realm: Condenses Qi into a core, tempered through nine revolutions, which can prove the Golden Immortal Dao fruit.

Once the core is perfected, this realm is equivalent to the Mysterious Immortal level in the Primordial Era.

Acupoint Realm: Requires opening at least three hundred and sixty-five acupoints within the body, each containing a Golden Core. The more acupoints opened, the stronger the individual and the greater their potential. This realm is comparable to the Golden Immortal in the Primordial Era.

Golden Body Realm: Fuses the Golden Cores in the acupoints with the physical body, achieving an supreme Golden Body, equivalent to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal in the Primordial Era.

Martial Intent Realm: Condenses the true meaning of martial arts, communicating with heaven and earth, approximating the mastery of a law. Therefore, the combat power of Martial Intent realm cultivators often surpasses that of Grand Unity Golden Immortals who have not yet comprehended laws.

Li Wu had not yet deduced the subsequent realms. Due to limited time, the existing cultivation system that could reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal was sufficient for the long-term cultivation of the Human Race.

After creating the Martial Codex, Li Wu sent a telepathic message to the entire clan: "Today, I, Li Wu, the Clan Leader of the Human Race, have comprehended the Way of Martial Arts. In one month, I will preach outside the Ancestral Hall, and all of our Human Race may come and listen!"

His voice boomed like thunder, spreading in all directions.

"It's the Clan Leader's voice! I never expected that the Clan Leader, after a thousand years of seclusion, would create a path of cultivation for our Human Race!" exclaimed a first-generation human in shock.

"The Clan Leader of the Human Race? Is that the one who brought us fire, built our houses, and made our clothes? I finally get to see him!" exclaimed a second-generation human excitedly.

"Yes, with the Clan Leader preaching the Way of Martial Arts this time, our Human Race's strength will surely soar!" said a fifth-generation human joyfully.

For a time, the entire Human Race rejoiced and celebrated, and Li Wu's achievements were once again widely praised.

On a mountain peak not far away, Daoist Jinlian, Sanxiao, and Zhao Gongming also heard Li Wu's voice.

"This Li Wu is truly extraordinary, to be able to create the Way of Martial Arts," Bixiao sighed.

"To create something from nothing and establish a lineage is indeed remarkable," Yunxiao agreed.

"If only I could create my own path, how wonderful that would be," Qiongxiao yearned.

Daoist Jinlian looked at Sanxiao and couldn't help but remain silent. He suspected they were praising him so highly because they knew Li Wu was a clone of Li Peng.

"Aren't you guys being a bit too obvious with your flattery?" Daoist Jinlian asked with a look of disdain.

"Are we? We're just speaking the truth," Bixiao widened her eyes, looking innocent.

Yunxiao and Qiongxiao also nodded seriously.

Clearly, after spending so much time with Daoist Jinlian, Sanxiao were no longer as naive as they once were, and were gradually developing a tendency towards being cunning.

A month later, millions of humans gathered outside the Ancestral Hall.

Seeing everyone assembled, Li Wu walked out of the Human Ancestral Hall and ascended a high platform. Looking at the Human Race, which had expanded hundreds of times in scale, a wave of relief washed over him.

He then sat cross-legged on the platform and began to teach the Way of Martial Arts to the Human Race. As he lectured, heavenly flowers rained down, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth, with countless auspicious phenomena appearing. This was because martial arts were completing what was lacking in the Heavenly Dao, and thus the Heavenly Dao manifested these phenomena to celebrate the birth of martial arts.

The humans below were captivated by the true meanings within Li Wu's lecture and entered a deep state of enlightenment. The falling heavenly flowers and golden lotuses merged into their bodies, helping them to quickly break through their realms.

Ten years later, Li Wu's first lecture concluded. He had only explained up to the Acupoint Realm this time, not touching upon the Golden Body Realm or the Martial Intent Realm. Because the current cultivation of the Human Race was still shallow, explaining too much would make it difficult to comprehend. Teaching in stages would be more conducive to their gradual understanding.

At this point, all the humans present had broken through the Body Refining Realm and entered the Qi Refining Realm. Among them, some first-generation humans had even reached the Golden Core Realm. Their rapid progress was not only due to their accumulated foundation but also because they had the bloodlines of two Saints, Nuwa and Li Peng, flowing within them. It was natural for them to break through quickly after being guided by the Way of Martial Arts.

Li Wu was deeply satisfied with the progress of the Human Race and said to everyone, "Everyone, return and cultivate diligently. In a thousand years, I will preach here again."

As his voice faded, the crowd gradually emerged from their enlightenment and thanked him in unison, "Thank you, Clan Leader, for bestowing the techniques!"

Li Wu nodded, then proclaimed to the heavens, "Heavenly Dao above, today Li Wu, the Clan Leader of the Human Race, establishes the martial arts lineage. May the Heavenly Dao bear witness – Martial Arts, established!"

Instantly, vast golden merit clouds converged, covering the sky above Li Wu's head. By rough estimation, the magnitude of merit this time was comparable to when Nuwa created humans in the past.

The Heavenly Dao merit descended like a torrent, with seventy percent going to Li Wu, twenty percent to the Martial Dao Heavenly Stele, and the remaining ten percent distributed among those present.

As the merit entered his body, Li Wu's cultivation rapidly ascended: Golden Core Realm, Golden Core first revolution, second revolution, third revolution...

"Boom!"

A majestic aura erupted from Li Wu's body, and he immediately stepped into the Acupoint Realm.

Endless energy began to open acupoints for him, one, two, three... until twenty thousand nine hundred and eighty acupoints!

"Boom—"

All acupoints echoed each other, and the Golden Cores within them formed a line.

In an instant, Li Wu's bones, tendons, flesh, and blood were continuously strengthened.

As his physical body was reinforced, endless spiritual energy surged into him.

After three days and three nights, Li Wu's physical body completed its transformation.

At this very moment, an overbearing artistic conception of absolute dominance, looking down upon all things, erupted from him.

Li Wu instantly stepped into the Martial Intent Realm.

Under the blessing of merit, his Martial Dao artistic conception rapidly ascended, quickly reaching its limit.

As for how to break through to a higher realm, Li Wu had not yet comprehended it.

The reason he could use merit to increase his cultivation without any reservations was that the Martial Codex was created by him. He understood everything within it like the back of his hand, only lacking the time to improve his strength.

Moreover, Li Wu was a clone of Li Peng and already possessed the comprehension of a Hunyuan Tai Luo Golden Immortal.

If he cultivated the immortal path, his progress would be even faster, but his limit would only be that of a Quasi-Saint.

The Martial Dao, however, was different. It did not have high requirements for aptitude, focusing instead on effort and comprehension, with aptitude ranking only third.

After his strength improved to its limit, Li Wu discovered that he had nearly half of his merit remaining. He could only store it in the halo of merit behind his head.

If he had kept all his merit as a protective charm, there would have been very few in the Primordial Era who dared to kill him. Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun would have had to weigh the cost.

If an ordinary Saint were to kill Li Wu, they would inevitably be pulled down from their Saint position by immense karmic debt.

However, all Saints were rational. Li Wu's cultivation was still low; sealing him would suffice.

Therefore, merit as a protective charm could only ensure he wouldn't die, but it wasn't enough to roam freely in the Primordial Era.

From this, it could be seen that only one's own strength was fundamental.

Time flowed, and ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten thousand years, Li Wu's second sermon had long since concluded.

Currently, among the first generation of the Human Race, some with outstanding talent and comprehension had cultivated the Martial Dao to the Golden Body Realm. The rest of the first generation of the Human Race were still lingering in the Acupoint Realm.

Of course, besides the first generation of the Human Race, there were also a few younger generations of the Human Race with good comprehension and a willingness to work hard who had also reached the Golden Body Realm.

However, the number of people who could reach this realm was extremely small, only two to date.

On Three Immortal Island, Li Peng and Nuwa had been in seclusion, consolidating their cultivation, and had not paid attention to the affairs of the Primordial Era.

On this day, Li Peng was in seclusion on the island when the System's voice suddenly sounded:

"Ding! Detected Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi are ambushing Kunpeng, attempting to seize the Primordial Violet Qi. Host, please make a choice!"

"Choice One: Remain indifferent, allowing Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to ambush Kunpeng and seize the Primordial Violet Qi. Reward: 100,000 years of Magic Power, one random Low-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure."

"Choice Two: Save Kunpeng and help him become a Saint. Reward: 1,000,000 years of Magic Power, one random High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, Kunpeng's Favorability +20."

"Choice Three: Seize the Primordial Violet Qi that belongs to Kunpeng. Reward: One-day experience card for Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength."

"Please Host make a choice!"

Li Peng was stunned upon hearing the System's voice. He hadn't expected to trigger a choice mission while in seclusion at home.

However, having a mission meant there were benefits to be gained.

Without hesitation, he examined the three options.

He first ruled out Choice One. Although he could gain 100,000 years of Magic Power and a Low-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for free, Li Peng simply didn't care about such meager rewards.

Next, he looked at Choice Two. For such a difficult and complex matter, the reward was only 1,000,000 years of Magic Power and a High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. It was simply not worth it, so he directly ruled it out.

As for Kunpeng's Favorability +20, Li Peng cared even less. Human hearts were fickle, and this bit of favorability was useless. If Kunpeng could be made to submit, he might consider helping.

Finally, Li Peng's gaze fell upon Choice Three.

Seizing the Primordial Violet Qi, the reward was actually a Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength experience card!

This was equivalent to Heavenly Dao-level strength. Even for just one day, it was undoubtedly a crucial trump card that could save his life!

Speaking of which, a hint of greed flashed in Li Peng's eyes. Whether it was the Primordial Violet Qi or the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength experience card, both were things he had dreamed of.

Therefore, this time, he would absolutely not let this opportunity slip away.

With a thought, Li Peng tore through space and headed straight for the North Sea.

A moment later, he appeared above the North Sea.

As soon as he arrived, Li Peng sensed waves of dense spiritual energy fluctuations.

"They've already started fighting?" he thought to himself.

Immediately, he concealed himself in the spatial rift and headed towards the source of the fluctuations.

Not long after, Li Peng saw the figures of Di Jun and his entourage.

At this moment, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi had led 365 demon generals to set up the Minor Zhou Tian Star Formation, trapping Kunpeng within the **.

Kunpeng's hair was disheveled, and his body was covered in wounds, clearly not lightly injured.

"Kunpeng, hand over the Primordial Violet Qi and surrender to my Demon Clan, and I shall spare your life today!" Di Jun's tone was indifferent.

Sensing the overbearing pressure emanating from Di Jun, Li Peng's heart trembled. He hadn't expected Di Jun to not cultivate the Three Corpses technique but instead to have switched to the Emperor Law.

Judging from Di Jun's current late-stage Quasi-Saint cultivation, he had already comprehended over seventy percent of the Emperor Law.

"This... could it be that the Heavenly Dao has given Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi a cheat? Otherwise, how could their cultivation have increased so quickly?" Li Peng was secretly astonished.

However, upon further thought, the current Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan was missing top powerhouses like Kunpeng, Fuxi, and Nuwa. If Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi weren't strengthened, the Demon Clan would likely be suppressed by the Twelve Ancestor Witches.

If the Heavenly Dao wished for the Witches and Demons to suffer mutual destruction and withdraw from the Primordial Era stage, it naturally had to make some arrangements.

Just as he was lost in thought, a furious roar filled with grief and indignation echoed:

"Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi! You want to seize my path to enlightenment and have me surrender? Hmph! Are you still dreaming?"

Li Peng was stunned by the words. In the Primordial Era history within his memory, Kunpeng had always been a coward, first subdued by Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, forced to hand over a wisp of his Natal Primordial Spirit to join the Demon Clan, and later fleeing with the River Diagram and Luo Book during the decisive battle between the Witches and Demons.

How could such a life-preserving individual be so defiant now?

Could the Primordial Violet Qi embolden a person and strengthen their resolve?

In the arena, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi merely sneered upon hearing this, remaining silent.

"Since you refuse a toast and insist on a penalty, don't blame my brother and me for being ruthless," Eastern Emperor Tai Yi said coldly.

As soon as Eastern Emperor Tai Yi finished speaking, Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and the three hundred and sixty-five demon generals simultaneously unleashed their Magic Power. Instantly, the Minor Zhou Tian Star Formation's starlight surged, its power increasing severalfold. Starlight from the heavens descended like a torrential rain, bombarding Kunpeng. Kunpeng struggled to cope, finding himself in perilous situations. Initially, he could still hold on, but as time passed, he gradually became overwhelmed.

"Hand over your Natal Primordial Spirit and surrender to the Demon Clan, and I shall spare your life!" Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's eyes pierced through the cold, arrogantly staring down Kunpeng.

The three hundred and sixty-five demon generals burst into laughter upon hearing this. Kunpeng, seeing that mere Grand Unity Golden Immortals dared to mock him, felt he had never suffered such humiliation and was consumed by rage.