Yangzhou City lay beneath the night sky.
It was bustling with activity.
But inside an ordinary residential complex,
an astonishing, unknown change was taking place.
In his first life, when Teng Qingshan had practiced Internal Martial Arts and cultivated his first wisp of Internal Force, he had been very happy!
When he had fought to the death against the "Body Crusher," Dolgortrov, and comprehended the Conception of Tiger Cannon Fist, entering the Grandmaster realm, he had been very happy too!
But compared with the breakthroughs he'd made before, the increase in strength from this breakthrough was on a completely different scale!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Guided by his powerful consciousness,
the Cosmic Energy that had once drifted aimlessly all around was now gathering into streams, continuously pouring into Teng Qingshan's body from five different points. His cells devoured it frantically, then released strange energy that strengthened his body.
Feeling his body evolve at an astonishing rate,
Teng Qingshan had been overjoyed at first, but it didn't take long for him to regain his composure, returning to a state of calm, without sorrow or joy, like an undisturbed well.
He quietly sensed the profound changes taking place within his body.
After the initial, most frenzied wave of cellular absorption and evolution had passed,
Teng Qingshan began to guide the Genetic Origin Energy produced by his cells, directing it through the meridians throughout his body.
As an Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster,
opening all the meridians in his body was a necessity!
Although whether his meridians were open made no difference to his cultivation of Genetic Origin Energy,
as a Grandmaster, once he realized that Genetic Origin Energy could also open meridians, Teng Qingshan naturally wasn't going to sit idle.
And as he experimented,
Teng Qingshan was delighted to discover that Genetic Origin Energy had an even greater advantage when it came to opening meridians!
During his previous high-intensity training,
Teng Qingshan had also opened the main Eight Extraordinary Meridians throughout his body.
After all, he was an Xingyi Fist Grandmaster at the Supreme Powerhouse level. Under high-intensity training, opening these major meridians hadn't been difficult.
Now, only a few fine subsidiary branches remained unopened. But as Genetic Origin Energy flowed into them, these tiny branches, spread throughout every part of his body, were rapidly opening as well.
Time passed.
When a faint line of dawn appeared on the horizon,
Teng Qingshan finally opened his eyes. "Nearly eight hours. My first session of cultivating Genetic Origin Energy is over."
Opening the fine meridians hadn't taken Teng Qingshan long. He'd finished in just over an hour.
For the rest of the time,
Teng Qingshan had been guiding the Genetic Origin Energy, consciously strengthening every part of his body.
With the control afforded by his Grandmaster realm, every wisp of Genetic Origin Energy had been put to perfect use.
Not a trace had been wasted.
"According to the rankings used in the future, a Martial Artist usually gains three to five hundred kilograms of punching power from their first cultivation of Genetic Origin Energy. Gaining over a thousand kilograms counts as excellent, and over two thousand means you're a genius. I wonder how much stronger I've become?"
Teng Qingshan immediately got up and practiced a few sets of Three Body Posture and Xingyi Fist, familiarizing himself with the powerful strength surging through his body as he threw his punches.
Half an hour later, Teng Qingshan had completely mastered his explosively increased strength.
Boom!
Teng Qingshan threw a punch.
He quietly felt the immense power gathered in his fist.
"I absorbed Cosmic Energy continuously for eight hours, and my body perfectly absorbed all the Genetic Origin Energy it produced. Now, a single punch has at least five thousand kilograms of force!"
Relying on the control over strength that came with his Grandmaster realm, Teng Qingshan easily determined his current punching power.
"That puts me at Apprentice Tier 3—the punching power of a High-level Warrior. Gaining more than four thousand kilograms of punching power from my first cultivation session isn't bad."
Teng Qingshan was quite satisfied with the result.
After all, he'd only been in this world for a little over a month, and he'd spent even less time formally practicing his fists and spear.
Reaching this level was already quite impressive.
Besides, Teng Qingshan knew very well that this was only the limit of this body, not the limit of his talent.
And considering that he'd also opened all the meridians in his body and raised his physical strength by several levels, the result was entirely acceptable.
After a quick wash, Teng Qingshan picked up the backpack containing his long spear and Flying Daggers, left his room, and headed for Nanshan Forest Park.
After absorbing Cosmic Energy all night, Teng Qingshan didn't feel hungry at all.
In that respect, Cosmic Energy was clearly superior to Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Not only did it strengthen the body more effectively, it also had some ability to stave off hunger...
"It's a shame my Spiritual Telekinesis didn't awaken at the same time. Otherwise, I'd have grown a lot stronger still." Teng Qingshan felt a little regretful. "But as long as I keep cultivating Genetic Origin Energy and grow stronger, my Spiritual Telekinesis will awaken naturally soon. There's no need to rush."
With Teng Qingshan's martial arts realm, and now that he'd successfully cultivated Genetic Origin Energy, he was more than ten times stronger than he'd been yesterday.
Now, even if he casually tossed a small stone, it would hit harder than a sniper rifle!
It was a little after six in the morning.
There weren't many people on the streets yet, and Teng Qingshan jogged along.
Even deliberately holding back his speed, he reached Nanshan Park in just over ten minutes.
He raced through the mountains, leaping more than ten meters at a time. Once he set his improved Swimming Fish Movement Technique into motion, he could even avoid brushing against a single leaf in the dense forest.
When he reached the familiar pavilion,
Teng Qingshan set down his backpack, assembled his long spear, and began practicing spear techniques to further master his newfound strength and incorporate it into his skills.
After completing a set of the Five Elements Spear Technique, Teng Qingshan began practicing the Blazing Fire Spear Technique.
Fire Trees and Silver Flowers, Adding Fuel to the Fire, Plucking Chestnuts from the Fire, Beacon Fire Scorching the Plains, Passing the Torch—one technique after another.
The long spear in Teng Qingshan's hands seemed to take on a trace of the Conception of Flame.
The Five Blazing Fire Styles were entirely fire-aligned, and they brought out the full extent of Teng Qingshan's skill in Cannon Fist.
Since he intended to focus on the Fire Element Cannon Fist for now, Teng Qingshan devoted most of his effort to it.
As for the fist and spear techniques of the other elements, his foundation from his previous life let him adapt them completely, which was enough for the time being.
After all, even fist and spear techniques below the Void Realm far surpassed the so-called "Artistic Conception Level" techniques of this world.
Likewise,
the Swimming Fish Movement Technique that Teng Qingshan had adapted also surpassed the level of "Conception."
It was only that his physical strength and spiritual power weren't yet strong enough for him to commune with the fire-aligned Cosmic Energy between heaven and earth. Otherwise, at his current level, Teng Qingshan could already try to develop a Flame Domain.
But to perfectly combine the body, spirit, Origin Force, consciousness, and Cosmic Energy into a domain that covered a hundred meters around him, he'd need to reach at least the Planetary Level.
Teng Qingshan was only at Apprentice Tier 3. He still had a long way to go just to accumulate enough energy.
Teng Qingshan wasn't one to reach beyond his grasp. He wasn't in a hurry to force things; he only needed to keep cultivating step by step.
After practicing the Blazing Fire Spear Technique several times and integrating it with the Samsara Spear Canon, Teng Qingshan set down his spear.
He took out his Flying Daggers and began practicing.
Once his Telekinesis awakened, he would be able to control the Flying Daggers with his mind. Both their power and speed would increase dramatically then.
But naturally, the more proficient he was with the basic skills of throwing daggers, the better.
After finishing his usual dagger practice,
Teng Qingshan practiced his fist techniques for a while longer. Only then did he sit on a huge rock and begin reviewing what he'd learned and realized. "I used to think that since I couldn't cultivate Internal Force in this world, I couldn't use the divine secret technique of the Xingyi Fist lineage, the Tiger Form Divine Technique. But now that I have Genetic Origin Energy, could I use it in place of Internal Force and try out the Tiger Form Divine Technique?"
The thought suddenly occurred to Teng Qingshan.
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