He stood quietly atop the mountain.
Teng Qingshan gathered his thoughts and began practicing his forms.
With the Monster Crisis fast approaching,
only his own strength could truly be relied upon.
Although, at full power, Teng Qingshan could already stop even the strongest Mutated animals,
he was still only one man!
There were only one or two warriors as exceptional as Hong in the entire world.
One level below them were figures at the Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster level, as well as those who had reached Unity of Heaven and Man through Ancient Yoga.
But there were at most a few dozen warriors like that worldwide. They were still formidable, and some had even developed Genetic Origin Energy.
But at this stage, the most they could do was survive against a Mutated Siberian Tiger. Killing one would be extremely difficult.
At Teng Qingshan's direction, the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method from the Xingyi Canon had been made public across China. Warriors in other countries could also learn how to practice it if they were well-informed.
But the prerequisite for practicing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method was a basic punching force of 900 kilograms.
Those who could reach that level had generally pushed their bodies to their limits and attained the Grandmaster level.
At the very least, they had to be Masters.
Although they could quickly develop Genetic Origin Energy with the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method, they had only been practicing for a short time. Aside from the initial increase of two to four thousand kilograms in punching force, their progress afterward was slow. Each training session only added another one or two hundred kilograms.
That put them somewhere between Intermediate Warrior and Advanced Warrior. Without a suitable weapon, the most they could do was stay alive against a Mutated Siberian Tiger with the strength of an Advanced Beast Soldier.
There were few Grandmasters in the world.
There weren't many at the Master level, either.
As a result, humanity was falling further and further behind the Mutated animals.
For now, powerful weapons could still kill formidable Mutated animals like the Siberian Tiger.
But weapons were limited!
And humans were the ones operating them.
If they couldn't even aim, the weapons' effectiveness would drop considerably.
Ultimately,
humanity itself had to grow stronger.
If it couldn't keep up,
the outcome could be grim.
Beneath the morning sun,
Teng Qingshan swung his fists.
The ever more urgent Monster Crisis did not unsettle him.
It only made his resolve all the stronger.
His resolve to grow stronger!
The Xingyi Sect had been founded.
The first volume of the Xingyi Canon had also been given away for free.
The rest
was up to everyone else.
Compared to what he had done in the original timeline, Teng Qingshan had already done more than enough.
With the perfected Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method and the Xingyi Fist training methods,
he believed that many people with talent for martial arts could reach a respectable level before the Monster Crisis fully arrived.
After all, as long as they trained their physical strength to the threshold of 900 kilograms and had decent reflexes and speed, they could sense Cosmic Energy and develop Genetic Origin Energy.
Once they developed Genetic Origin Energy, they could contend with Primary Beast Soldiers, and their strength would improve even faster through combat.
Humanity would not be utterly defenseless in the early stages of the Great Nirvana. Many gifted individuals might even emerge.
As for why Teng Qingshan hadn't released the second volume of the Xingyi Canon,
it was to let the first volume identify those with genuine potential. After practicing the first volume, those warriors would naturally yearn for the second volume, which was even more effective.
Joining the Xingyi Sect would then be inevitable.
Once they joined the Xingyi Sect, Teng Qingshan would naturally teach them the second volume.
With the Samsara Guidance Technique, which could increase the efficiency of refining Genetic Origin Energy by more than a hundredfold, and the Tiger Form Divine Technique, these talented warriors could grow stronger even faster.
That way,
the Xingyi Sect could enter a virtuous cycle
and attract enough talented warriors.
The Chinese authorities knew about these plans, too.
So they weren't in a hurry to have Teng Qingshan release the second volume.
After all, even if it were released now, only a handful of people could practice it.
Besides, although China took the Mutated animals seriously, it hadn't imagined the worst-case scenario.
After all, powerful weapons were still effective, not to mention strategic missiles and nuclear weapons.
In the eyes of China's leadership,
individual martial arts training was important, but hot weapons would still be needed to fight the Mutated animals of the future.
Humans only needed to improve their reflexes enough to operate and aim weapons.
If he hadn't seen visions of the future in the Little Cauldron, Teng Qingshan might have thought the same way.
But because he had seen them, he spared no effort in promoting martial arts.
He hoped that more people would survive the coming Cataclysm!
And that Xingyi Fist would truly serve its purpose.
Thinking of the approaching Monster Cataclysm, Teng Qingshan felt only an unyielding drive to charge forward!
Kill, kill, kill!
Kill every Monster that dared invade China!
Facing the rising sun,
Teng Qingshan finished practicing the Three Body Posture, Fire Form Fist, and Earth Form Fist with this resolve in his heart, then turned to the Metal Form Fist.
Until now,
Teng Qingshan had not entered the Domain with the Metal Form Fist.
But now,
with his spirit surging forward,
his understanding of Metal deepened, and following his latest insight, he naturally performed the fourth form of the Metal Form Fist!
As the Telekinesis that constantly spread around him stirred, Teng Qingshan instantly sensed the energy of the Metal attribute.
Drawn by him, that energy gradually gathered around Teng Qingshan and swirled around his fists, making them seem as if they were wearing golden gloves.
The Metal energy was still rather faint, though. He could only see streaks of golden currents darting back and forth across his fists.
After a long while,
when the sun hung high overhead,
Teng Qingshan finally stopped practicing the Metal Form Fist.
"I didn't expect that, with my emotions stirred, I'd grasp the Metal Domain."
A faint smile appeared on Teng Qingshan's face.
In his previous two lives, Teng Qingshan had never backed down in the face of danger or hardship.
In his first life, he had betrayed the Red organization for Little Cat and been hunted by assassins from all sides. As he fought them, he had faced death and grasped the essence of the Tiger Cannon Fist, breaking through to the Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster level in one fell swoop.
In the end, he had even been hunted by the two Grandmaster-level assassins Shiva and Vishnu.
Yet Teng Qingshan had remained fearless, taking them both on and killing them.
Although he had died in his first life because of it, he had no regrets!
Because, at the final moment, he had protected his younger brother, Qinghe.
In his second life,
on the Nine Provinces Continent,
Teng Qingshan had likewise faced many enemies, even the pursuit of the top power, Qinghu Island. But he had remained unafraid.
He had entered the Void Realm at just twenty-one!
In his third life,
in the Swallowed Star World,
Teng Qingshan still believed he could reach the highest heights through his own efforts!
The coming Monster Cataclysm was only an appetizer.
Compared with the dangers of the vast universe, these Monsters could even be called adorable.
With Teng Qingshan's current strength,
once the Beast Tide began to take shape, he could crush it!
With his current physical abilities at the High-level War God level, and Spiritual Telekinesis near the War God limit,
as well as his Domain,
sweeping away the Monsters across China would be effortless.
But China was simply too vast.
And it was threatened by Monsters every moment. Though Teng Qingshan was undeniably powerful, he couldn't be everywhere at once.
The best course was to wait until a Beast Tide formed, then help China speed up the construction of Base Cities and the training of Martial Artists.
Only when every Base City could defend itself would Teng Qingshan be free to hunt down the Lord-level Monsters that emerged.
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