There's a well-known saying in the martial arts world.
A thousand gold pieces can't buy a 'clang'.
If one could produce that Dragon's Ridge Resonance in martial arts, it would be considered priceless. It's the peak of a martial artist's technique and power integration, capable of collapsing even a wall!
However, today.
The Immortal Master Lan Yi, descending from the heavens, redefined that 'clang'.
This 'clang' was like a Coiling Dragon's Roar, like the boom of cannons. With a flick of his fist, it was like thunder rumbling. When he slammed it into the ground from a distance, bricks and stones shattered, and the earth churned like waves. He blasted out a crater five meters in diameter and over a meter deep. Amidst the radiating mud waves, the onlookers' nostrils were filled with the scent of earth and metal.
Grit and gravel rained down, hitting people's heads, yet no one dared to move.
Direct, overwhelming power! Direct, extraordinary manifestation!
Let alone people.
If this punch landed on a train, it would likely be torn to shreds on the spot.
"Is this martial arts?" Huo Yuanjia's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance. The martial arts Grandmaster felt the world expand, vaguely grasping something. Martial arts could truly be this powerful.
He had once been like a frog in a well, a monkey in the mountains.
Both his body and his mind were limited.
Now, Lan Yi had brutally shattered these ingrained perceptions, directly telling the martial artists from all over the country that martial arts could actually be incredibly strong, strong enough to be considered a Land Immortal!
"Of course, this is martial arts."
Lan Yi's voice was full of temptation. He didn't even need to guide them further; almost everyone was breathing heavily. They all wanted this opportunity!
Since the arrival of the War Zone, psionic cultivators entering the Artificial Divine Realm for training have had two major orthodox cultivation systems.
One is Daoist Arts, and the other is Martial Arts.
Daoist Arts is a cultivation system based on Destiny Clusters as the foundation, knowledge as the framework, and psionic energy as the source. No matter how low a psionic cultivator's realm and cultivation level are, as long as they have enough knowledge and materials, they can still create Daoist Arts capable of destroying the world, especially in the information age with its information explosion.
Martial Arts is a cultivation system based on Innate Qi as the foundation, arduous cultivation as fuel, and an indomitable will as the sword, traversing the human world. A martial artist who completes the three phases of self, method, and unity is the opposite of Daoist Arts; it is a process of transforming from the void to the real, capable of achieving miracles that even Daoist Arts cannot easily reach.
[Innate Qi]
This is the physical structure possessed by everyone, even every carbon-based life form. Practicing martial arts involves using special methods to train and stimulate Innate Qi, ultimately allowing all parts of one's body to grow and connect through Innate Qi.
However, the growth of Innate Qi requires the consumption of psionic energy.
In worlds where psionic energy can be freely absorbed, such as the main world and the 1909 Artificial Divine Realm, no matter how hard a martial artist trains, without a fortuitous encounter, they can only reach the level of strengthening their body throughout their entire life.
If one lacks psionic vision.
A martial artist would have no way of knowing their cultivation progress, relying solely on feeling. This places an incredibly demanding requirement on talent, and an almost extreme demand on willpower!
A very counter-intuitive point.
The two orthodox systems of psionic cultivators, Daoist Arts, do not require innate talent; they belong to understanding the world and mastering the world. Martial Arts, on the other hand, requires innate talent because martial arts are unreasonable; one only needs to believe in oneself.
Of course, as a qualified psionic cultivator, one cultivates both Daoist Arts and Martial Arts, striving to make themselves without weaknesses. Moreover, Daoist Arts and Martial Arts do not conflict; they are even complementary.
It is clear that Lan Yi cultivates both systems simultaneously, though he prioritizes Daoist Arts over Martial Arts.
Every second after entering the Artificial Divine Realm, Lan Yi, who appeared to be doing nothing, was actually consuming psionic energy to stimulate this primitive and weak body, allowing Innate Qi to spread rapidly and stabilize throughout his body.
He had a unique advantage.
The Destiny Cluster [Cang Hua].
Finer than silk threads and tougher than steel, it can not only conduct electricity but also effectively replace the nerve clusters. Within his body, imperceptible to the naked eye, strands of [Cang Hua] were traversing and circulating under the stimulation of psionic energy, releasing electrical energy to cooperate with martial arts techniques in cultivating and adapting Innate Qi.
This is the advantage of having a built-in psionic energy furnace in the early stages.
The electrical energy crystals formed by [Cang Hua] could also replenish psionic energy.
With ample Daoist Arts knowledge reserves.
Lan Yi could become stronger every second while standing still!
This is also why Lan Yi tempted Ji Ning and Zhang Shouzheng to deploy tactical nuclear bombs. If they had truly gone all out and deployed them, Lan Yi would have been completely saturated with psionic energy in a short period, and it would have been top-grade psionic energy filled with various magnetic storms and Gang Sha.
Although the temptation failed, there was no need for regret.
As long as Lan Yi completes the first trial in the Artificial Divine Realm, he has plenty of ways to utilize the main world's space laboratories, particle accelerators, and nuclear power plants of all sizes.
The two major orthodox cultivation systems.
Martial Arts realms: Qi Cultivation, Spirit Cultivation, Void Cultivation.
Daoist Arts realms: Refining Destiny Clusters, Cultivating Heavenly Palace, Creating Star River, Building Golden Bridge.
Realms do not necessarily equate to combat power, but they still have reference value.
In fact, psionic cultivators of the Shanhe Civilization are more accustomed to using the Ten Major Energy Levels when judging strength. Only when discussing the Dao do they use Qi Cultivation, Spirit Cultivation, Refining Destiny Clusters, and Cultivating Heavenly Palace. As for cultivators of the Dayang Civilization, they use a different set of terminology, but overall, they are quite similar.
Judging by martial arts realms.
The martial artists in this world have not even reached the Qi Cultivation level. They are the kind who can be suppressed and killed by a volley of gunfire, let alone Daoist Arts.
However, this world is not without its secrets, but that's a topic for another time.
Lan Yi can mass-produce Qi Cultivation martial artists.
Although this world has no martial artists who have reached Qi Cultivation, in terms of mental fortitude and willpower, figures like the Mizong Grandmaster Huo Yuanjia, the Archer Liu Baiyuan, the Spear King Kuang Yimin, the Divine Gunner Li Shuwen, the Sword Immortal Li Jinglin, and the Tiger Head Young Protector Sun Lutang, if they were helped to break through to Spirit Cultivation, they could completely charge towards Spirit Cultivation in a short period!
The physical strength of top Qi Cultivation experts is no less than rock, and piercing a cement wall with a single punch is also effortless. As for those who have achieved Great Accomplishment in Qi Cultivation, they are fierce individuals who can blast apart rockeries several meters wide, run as fast as cars, and react as quickly as lightning.
And Spirit Cultivation martial artists are even more terrifying.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the mental techniques of Spirit Cultivation martial artists are no different from Land Immortals.
Once a group is led by Spirit Cultivation martial artists, land warfare in this era is almost invincible. Lan Yi really wanted to see if, facing this "overtaking on a curve" in martial arts, the foreigners of this era would have the courage to advance and catch up, using any means necessary, regardless of the cost, to push forward.
Huo Yuanjia was the first to take the plunge in martial arts in this world.
Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of everyone.
Lan Yi directly commandeered the International Journalists' Club to begin Bestowing Martial Arts.
The scene of Bestowing Martial Arts was a bit terrifying.
As Huo Yuanjia naturally stood in place as requested, instantly, tens of millions of strands of Cang Hua violently pierced into his body from top to bottom! An endless stream of psionic energy began to be injected, extensively remodeling the foundation of martial arts: Innate Qi!
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