Senior Apprentice-Brother Tony Stark

"Wow, it really worked..."

Tony spread his palm and stared, utterly fascinated, at the pale blue electric snakes dancing across his fingertips.

"Through Qigong, humans can develop superpowers. Humanity can actually reach such heights? This is truly a gift from God."

"This is only the beginning. Once your cultivation reaches a profound level, you can increase the voltage of your current. Reaching Ten Thousand Volts will be effortless. At that point, one person will be a power plant, never lacking energy. The only cost is food."

Looking at Tony Stark now, Zhan Liu recalled how he had looked when he had first entered the Current Drive Realm and said with a smile:

"Once you can generate magnetism with electricity and evolve into the Magnetic Field Rotation Realm, you'll discover that so-called God isn't actually that far from you."

"Let me briefly introduce Magnetic Field Rotation to you."

"Upon entering Magnetic Field Rotation, you can control electromagnetic force. At Fifty Heavens, you fully master electromagnetic force and begin controlling gravity. At Seventy-Five Heavens, you fully master gravity and begin controlling the strong and weak nuclear forces. At Hundred Heavens, you fully master the universe's four fundamental forces—electromagnetic force, gravity, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force!"

"If you further break through your limits and completely comprehend the laws of the universe's four fundamental forces, you can be reborn from destruction, thoroughly control those laws, ascend to immortality, become a god, command life, karma, fate, space, and time, create worlds, and destroy worlds with ease!"

"Wow!" Tony was genuinely stunned this time. "Fully mastering the universe's four fundamental forces? That's incredible! No one in the scientific community has yet managed to unify all four fundamental forces."

"Perhaps I'll accomplish that feat someday!" Even as he grew excited, Tony began bragging smugly again.

"Hehe, you're celebrating too soon. Due to the nature of the technique, Ultimate Limit Qigong has its upper limit locked at Fifty Heavens. It simply cannot break through. If you want to reach Hundred Heavens, first try modifying the technique!"

Zhan Liu patted Tony on the shoulder and said expectantly, "Tony, I believe in you. If there's anyone in the world who can break through the technique's Fifty Heavens limit, then without a doubt, it's you!"

Tony froze, calmed down, and asked, "Since the technique's limit is Fifty Heavens, how do you know that Hundred Heavens can unify the four fundamental forces? Was it just a guess? Or is there some theoretical derivation?"

Zhan Liu sighed. "Of course, it's because someone achieved it. But not through Ultimate Limit Qigong."

"At the very beginning, Ultimate Limit Qigong did not exist, but Magnetic Field Rotation Adepts did. However, Magnetic Field Rotation Adepts back then had to be born with superpowers, capable of controlling electricity or magnetism. Ordinary people could only ever remain ordinary people and could never become War Gods."

"Later, the founder of our sect, Ultimate Monk, resolved to forge a path to power for ordinary people. He drew upon the strengths of countless schools and, with the assistance of Hell, the ruler of the world at that time, trained bitterly for fifty years before finally creating Ultimate Limit Qigong."

"However, because it did not directly control electromagnetic force but instead simulated it through Qigong, it was always one level short. Its upper limit was Fifty Heavens."

"In the World of Martial Gods, many people could once reach Ninety-Five Heavens or higher. But after the world was destroyed and the planet's magnetic field fell into chaos, even reaching Fifty Heavens became extremely difficult, let alone breaking through the limit."

Zhan Liu explained Ultimate Monk's story in detail. Recalling those past events, he could not help sighing with emotion.

Tony listened with rapt fascination. "Ultimate Patriarch was truly an extraordinary man. I'll inherit his unfinished wish! Just watch how I break through this limit and push Ultimate Limit Qigong to Hundred Heavens!"

"Haha... good, you've got spirit, but you're still lacking some Strongman's Speech. At a time like this, you should add some exclamations at the end to emphasize your unwavering resolve. Things like 'yeah,' 'guh-huh,' or 'you bastard.' As for how exactly to use them, you can ask Jarvis."

Amused, Zhan Liu teased Tony before turning and walking out the door.

"Jarvis? How are those words supposed to be used?"

"Sorry, sir. I believe I need to upgrade my Chinese-language database. I was unable to find usage instructions for those terms."

"Okay. I authorize you to upgrade the database, then synchronize the update."

After quietly giving the order, Tony followed Zhan Liu out the door.

"Everyone, come over. I have something to announce."

Zhan Liu gathered all the disciples who were at the Martial Arts School that day and announced:

"When you first joined, I told you that you were only probationary disciples. Only those who cultivated Current Drive within three months could become formal disciples."

"Now, the first person to cultivate Current Drive has appeared. That person is Tony Stark!"

He gestured to Tony, asking him to demonstrate for everyone.

Tony extended his hand and proudly showed off the sparks of electricity flickering across his fingertips.

The disciples immediately erupted in an uproar. Everyone knew that Tony Stark was a genuine pure-blooded human, neither a Mutant nor a superpowered individual. Yet he had truly cultivated superpowers.

All along, many people who came here to train had merely come with the attitude of giving it a try. After all, it was free.

But almost no one truly believed that they could develop superpowers through martial arts training.

If they had not genuinely felt their bodies being strengthened during Qigong practice, these probationary disciples would likely have all given up long ago.

Even so, many still trained only intermittently. Every day, the number of people leaving the Martial Arts School was almost equal to the number applying to join.

By setting Tony up as an example, Zhan Liu had essentially given every aspiring martial artist a shot in the arm, strengthening their faith in training.

His Martial Arts School had been open for half a year, yet not a single person had reached the Current Drive Realm. Aside from these people's mediocre willpower, their severe lack of confidence was undeniably another major reason.

If they did not even believe they could accomplish such a thing, how could they possibly hope for a miracle?

Satisfied as he watched the disciples below grow fervent-eyed, Zhan Liu announced once more:

"From today onward, Tony Stark is a formal disciple of the Ultimate Limit Sect and your Senior Apprentice-Brother. Whenever I am not at the Martial Arts School, all of you are to follow Senior Apprentice-Brother's orders."

"Cultivating Current Drive requires consuming a great deal of food, so let me also mention the benefits for formal disciples. You will receive a monthly stipend of ten thousand dollars, issued at the beginning of each month. If I am absent, go ask your Senior Apprentice-Brother for it."

"Also, from today onward, there will be a three-month limit. Anyone who still fails to reach the Current Drive Realm within three months will be demoted from probationary disciple to student. Even if you cultivate Current Drive afterward, you will no longer be accepted as formal disciples!"

"Previously, no one had successfully met the standard, so I did not say much when you slacked off. But from now on, anyone who slacks off will be punished according to this rule. You have been given your chance. I hope you will cherish it."

But in truth, once they were demoted to students and driven out of the Martial Arts School, they would lose the acceleration effect of Magnetic Field Rotation as well as the system's bonus for probationary disciples. Cultivating Current Drive afterward would become exceedingly difficult.