The date was June 6, 2015.
That day.
Inside the already-expanded Xingyi Sect.
More than three thousand students were practicing Xingyi Fist.
Some practiced inside the martial arts school.
Others practiced in the square beside White Horse Lake.
Such a large-scale martial arts training scene.
Naturally drew the attention of the Chinese authorities.
After a thorough investigation, they confirmed that the Xingyi Fist created by Teng Qingshan was indeed useful for promoting martial arts, and that its basic techniques were well suited for teaching to the public.
And so.
Liu Ming, deputy director of the newly established Yangzhou City Martial Arts Promotion Bureau, known as the Martial Arts Promotion Bureau for short, personally led a team to the Xingyi Sect.
As it happened, Teng Qingshan was at the Xingyi Sect that day, instructing several promising disciples, and met the deputy director.
The meeting was highly confidential.
It also produced excellent results.
During their brief meeting.
Teng Qingshan reached an agreement with the Martial Arts Promotion Bureau.
Yangzhou City's authorities would fully support Teng Qingshan in promoting Xingyi Fist.
In return, Teng Qingshan only needed to show himself at crucial moments, so the public could see that Xingyi Fist was genuinely useful.
On this point.
Teng Qingshan readily agreed.
After all, it wouldn't be long.
Animals would undergo several rounds of mutation, becoming mutated beasts, then evolve several more times and turn into Monsters.
That would be when Teng Qingshan stepped in.
For now.
All he needed to do was give the Martial Arts Promotion Bureau the basic Xingyi Fist manual and the related instructional videos he had compiled earlier, then work with them to open Xingyi Sect branches throughout Yangzhou City.
With the authorities clearing the way at every turn.
Opening the branches went exceptionally smoothly.
When the millions of residents of Yangzhou City saw dozens of Xingyi Sect branches spring up overnight.
They were deeply shocked.
As they looked into it further, they learned that the sect's founder, the sect leader, was only nineteen years old.
He could also easily defeat Guo Tao, a Xingyi Fist master, and Dong Hongchang, a Baguazhang grandmaster. On top of that, the authorities were promoting the sect in full force.
In an instant, people interested in learning martial arts flocked to the Xingyi Sect.
And so.
In just one month.
The number of basic-level Xingyi Sect students reached one hundred thousand!
And it was still growing!
After all, even a complete novice.
Could feel a marked improvement in their physical fitness after half a month of consistent practice, as long as they learned the Three Body Posture, the Breathing and Exhalation Method of Xingyi Fist, and the basic Five Elements Fist and Twelve Forms Fist.
Moreover, every one of the students who had been training for over two months could easily throw a punch with a force of more than three hundred kilograms!
If this had happened six months ago.
These people could have become professional boxers!
But now.
That was merely decent.
Watching the Xingyi Sect grow at a breakneck pace.
The people of Yangzhou City were quickly embracing it and joining in.
Teng Qingshan felt gratified to see it.
At least the Chinese authorities in this timeline were far-sighted.
They could recognize the crisis brought on by animal mutations.
And they were also quite effective in carrying out their plans.
No wonder China weathered this calamity in the original timeline, even without me. In times of crisis, heroes really do emerge in great numbers.
Standing on the third floor, Teng Qingshan looked down at the students earnestly practicing their forms and nodded with satisfaction.
Over the past few months.
Aside from keeping up his regular training in Genetic Origin Energy and Telekinesis.
Teng Qingshan had also put a great deal of effort into compiling manuals.
Drawing on his martial arts insights and training experience from this life.
Teng Qingshan further improved the Tiger Form Divine Technique and the Samsara Guidance Technique, making them better suited to this world.
That was also why Teng Qingshan's physical fitness had improved faster and faster as time went on.
By now.
Teng Qingshan's basic punch force had reached an astonishing 310,000 kilograms! He was steadily closing in on the High-level War God limit. His body exertion had reached "14," and his Mental Power Amplitude had reached "18"!
He had also created a sixth form for both the Fire Form Fist and the Earth Form Fist, bringing the Fire Domain and Earth Domain to the Third Stage!
Having reached this point.
Combining the information from the mysterious images transmitted by the Little Cauldron, Teng Qingshan had also learned that domains in the universe were divided into nine stages.
Above the Ninefold Domain were the Origin Laws!
Therefore, Teng Qingshan also divided the later stages of the Five Elements Fist into twelve forms!
For example, the first form of the Fire Form Fist corresponded to the grandmaster realm of the Xingyi Fist lineage on the Nine Provinces Continent, the early stage of Gang Energy; in Daoist terms, it was the Xiantian Void Dan realm.
The second form corresponded to the middle stage of Gang Energy in Internal Martial Arts, or the Xiantian Solid Dan realm in Daoism.
The third form corresponded to the late stage of Gang Energy, or the Xiantian Golden Dan realm in Daoism.
The fourth form corresponded to the Void Realm! That was the Domain Realm in this world!
The fourth form was the first stage of the Fire Domain.
The fifth form was the second stage of the Domain.
The eleventh form was the ninth stage of the Domain!
If one could break through to the twelfth form, then in theory, one could cross the threshold of the Fire Origin Law!
Of course.
This was a rough deduction Teng Qingshan had made based on his martial arts realm in his previous life and the cultivation system of this life.
After all, in his previous life.
Teng Qingshan had created the ninth form of the Fire Form Fist, then successfully mastered the fire-element spiritual energy between heaven and earth, thereby entering the Void Realm and gaining the Flame Domain.
In this world.
Although the underlying rules were different.
The paths ultimately led to the same destination.
In the end, martial arts always returned to understanding the natural world.
On the Nine Provinces Continent, people comprehended various "Dao."
In the Swallowed Star World, they comprehended various "Origin Laws"!
With Teng Qingshan's perspective as a Supreme Powerhouse in his previous life.
And the information transmitted by the Little Cauldron, it wasn't difficult for him to deduce and organize this material.
The only problem was that Teng Qingshan himself had only reached the Third-Stage Domain.
He still had a long road ahead.
As his overall strength continued to rise.
During this period, Teng Qingshan also meticulously recorded his insights into domains and his process of cultivating Genetic Origin Energy and Telekinesis, compiling them into a manual called the Xingyi Canon.
The manual was now divided into three volumes.
The first volume covered the basics of Xingyi Fist. It was intended for ordinary students, helping them build a solid foundation in Xingyi Fist. It also included instructions for practicing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method; with training to the limit, one could reach the Xingyi Fist master realm.
The second volume covered the first through third forms of the Five Elements Fist. It was intended for registered disciples talented in Xingyi Fist, and included the more advanced Tiger Form Divine Technique and Samsara Guidance Technique, allowing them to break through to the grandmaster realm after reaching the master realm.
The third volume covered everything beyond the grandmaster realm: the fourth and later forms of the Five Elements Fist. It offered detailed guidance on tempering one's mind, honing one's martial arts, sensing the energy between heaven and earth, and beginning to control it to form a domain.
This manual had taken a great deal of Teng Qingshan's effort.
In terms of depth, it was on par with any God-level Secret Canon from the Nine Provinces Continent in his previous life!
And under Teng Qingshan's plans, new material would continue to be added to the Xingyi Canon.
Correspondingly.
The Five Elements Fist would also evolve into the Five Elements Spear.
Progress in the fist techniques would bring progress in the spear techniques as well.
That was one of the advantages of Xingyi Fist: once the fist techniques reached a certain level, the spear techniques could quickly catch up too.
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