Jiangnan Academy.
School leaders, students, and martial artists both inside and outside the school all looked up at Jiang Shu, who was gradually shrinking in the sky.
Some were taking photos, while others listened to Jiang Shu's words, lost in thought, and whispered among themselves.
"Martial arts are indeed too difficult. If Gene Serum had no side effects, I would definitely choose them too. The development of technology is the development of the times. Just like the transition from cold weapons to Hot Weapon, if we had remained conservative, our Xia Kingdom would never have been able to develop."
"The military has started using Gene Serum. Some can increase speed, some can increase physique, and some can increase strength. Compared to martial arts, these are more singular, but they also demonstrate that genes have more selectivity."
"Yes, martial arts is more comprehensive. Perhaps this is what Jiang Tianren meant when he said we should stick to martial arts. But no matter how comprehensive martial arts are, if we can't reach the Transforming Force, but can reach the Third Order or even Fourth Order by taking Gene Serum, I will definitely choose Gene Serum."
As the world undergoes rapid changes and development, martial artists naturally have access to the most comprehensive information.
Many people know about the existence of the Cosmic Ruins and the rapid progress in Gene Serum research. However, in martial arts, apart from the fact that the techniques have become more mature and the cultivation of Variant Ferocious Beast meat has become more abundant, there has been no significant progress in essence.
Just like in the beginning, talent is required for advancement.
If the world order were to be set in stone and never change, with the West influences and Eastern martial arts dominating, that would be fine too. They ultimately benefited from the era's advantages. Although their martial arts talent was average compared to grandmasters, becoming a martial artist was enough to make them all millionaires, ensuring they would never have to worry about food or drink and live a life of luxury.
But is it possible?
When the development of genes completely surpasses martial arts, if Xia Kingdom wants to compete with the America, it will inevitably have to produce a large number of Gene Serum. This can be seen from the fact that gene courses are now being offered in schools.
When Genetic Warrior become rampant, will their warriors still maintain their current high status?
In the sky.
Jiang Shu's figure had already reached over ten thousand meters. The thin air could cause any ordinary person to gradually fall into a coma or even suffocate.
Even grandmasters must hold their breath and rely on the blood-producing function of their internal organs and bone marrow to stay conscious.
But for Jiang Shu, who had already entered the Fetal Breathing Realm, he no longer relied on his mouth and nose to breathe. To him, the world was like an infant in amniotic fluid. What he breathed was no longer oxygen, but a continuous source of energy from the world.
From the moment he obtained the method for condensing the Holy Embryo, he had considered where he would condense the Holy Embryo.
The more powerful the heavens and earth are, the more powerful the Holy Embryo that is formed will be.
The Tier A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm on Xuanxing seem capable of nurturing Tier 6 Variant Ferocious Beast. Before the passages were fully stabilized, the spiritual Origin Qi within them was even more concentrated than that of Xuanxing. However, in Jiang Shu's view, these Heaven and Earth Secret Realm were originally part of Xuanxing.
The formation of the Holy Embryo within is actually less desirable than within the Xuanxing.
Is Xuanxing a good choice?
Not necessarily.
Jiang Shu believed that in the years to come, the spiritual Origin Qi of Xuanxing would continue to increase. However, in some respects, Xuanxing was still in its growth stage, possessing unlimited potential but not yet powerful enough.
With his current level of cultivation, passing the internal selection process of the Great Jing Dynasty should not be a problem.
However, to stand out in the Hundred Dynasty War, or even to advance through cultivation within a sect, the formation of the Holy Embryo is of paramount importance.
Therefore, over the past few days, he had been envisioning a possibility and decided to implement it completely today!
As time passed, Jiang Shu's figure disappeared from the sight of the many martial artists, but they remained gathered at the gate of the Jiangnan Academy, none of them showing the slightest impatience. They picked up their phones and searched for the official live stream.
To avoid an overwhelming number of viewers, the official team specially set up hundreds of live streaming rooms, each with a limit of tens of millions of viewers. Even so, every live streaming room was packed with people.
On various social media platforms, there are countless speculations about what Jiang Tianren is going to do.
"They've risen to over 10,000 meters. How did Jiang Tianren manage to do that? Simple levitation is understandable; you can use your strength to tear the air and condense it into a powerful aura to achieve a brief moment of levitation. But at over 10,000 meters, his internal strength must have been completely exhausted."
"I don't know, I can't understand it. Let alone Gang Jin, we haven't even reached Transforming Force yet, how could we understand the Heavenly Human Realm? Jiang Tianren said that our current martial arts level is actually just average. In the future, there will be many fourth and fifth-tier Gene War General and war gods. But in my opinion, Sixth Order gene warriors absolutely cannot rise to an altitude of ten thousand meters like Jiang Tianren. This is not just a symbol of power. At that altitude, the oxygen is extremely thin. How can they breathe?"
"I can't understand it. I just checked other countries' forums, and they were all confused too. Perhaps Jiang Tianren was trying to say that reaching his level in martial arts cultivation is something that Gene Serum can't achieve?"
"Compared to what you all said, I am actually more concerned about the New Method. Jiang Tianren said at the end that when he returns, he will create New Method and spread it to the masses. What is this New Method?"
"I'd better just watch the live stream quietly. Honestly, the official live stream doesn't allow comments, so you have to switch to another channel to interact."
"Of course. If you send bullet comments, the whole screen will be filled with them. Just watch. Right now, besides the official ones, who else has the equipment to observe Jiang Tianren's movements at an altitude of 10,000 meters?"
Not only the martial artists present, but also officials from various powerful nations were speculating.
Jiang Shu's actions were too unexpected. What does rising to an altitude of 10,000 meters signify?
At an altitude of 10,000 meters, some Fighter Jet can reach. Not to mention, Jiang Shu is currently ascending at an extremely slow speed, pausing for a certain period of time every one or two thousand meters, as if adapting to the environment.
Difficult to understand, incomprehensible.
Various departments abroad are operating, using powerful computers to simulate Jiang Shu's possible next actions.
After all, Jiang Shu's level of skill, in terms of personal martial prowess, already places him at the pinnacle of the world.
His every move could not possibly be as simple as just putting on a show.
15,000 meters above the ground!
Jiang Shu was enveloped by the Origin Qi of heaven and earth. He closed his eyes slightly, becoming more integrated into this world. Every cell in his body was freely breathing in the energy that had gathered.
Even Wang Yan wouldn't dare to easily step into that height.
Even if one reaches the point of Shattering the Void and Seeing the Divine and Indestructible.
But this level of understanding is still within the human realm and requires the supply of oxygen.
"That's about it."
Unable to resist muttering something, layers of spiritual energy rippled around Jiang Shu, and the Origin Power of heaven Aperture in his body surged once more, and a pair of wings flashing with lightning condensed on his back.
With a sudden flap of his hand, he soared upwards at a speed of over ten kilometers per second!
The air crackled with a sharp sound as his figure transformed into a streak of light, stunning everyone present.
"Holy crap? It turned into light! It even sparked the atmosphere! Jiang Tianren, is he about to become an immortal?"
"No, can someone tell me? I only switched away for a few seconds, how come when I came back, Jiang Tianren went from crawling like a tortoise to flying like a rocket?"
"At this speed, even a missile wouldn't be able to hit it, not to mention that Jiang Tianren also possesses the Sincerest Path, which allows him to foresee the future. He can predict the launch the instant it takes place, which is simply invincible! Although he can't do anything to a major power, a major power can't do anything to Jiang Tianren either."
"The speed is beyond comprehension. At this speed, an ordinary body would have collapsed long ago. Could Jiang Tianren's body no longer be a mortal? They say martial arts are weak, and the future lies in genes, and then he becomes an immortal? No, that's not how it works."
"Is it possible that Jiang Tianren was trying to say that the path to enlightenment through martial arts, no matter how powerful the genes are, is actually a shortcut. It is made by extracting genes from Variant Ferocious Beast. Such a shortcut will inevitably affect our own human genes, and thus prevent us from reaching a certain level?"
"Tch, that's Jiang Tianren. Only a genius like him, born for martial arts, can reach such a level. For us ordinary martial artists, it's difficult to even become Transforming Force Grandmaster. It's understandable that we don't fight to the death in martial arts."
Because there were no comments, the live stream was completely silent, but outside the live stream, all social media platforms crashed.
The moment Jiang Shu erupted was recorded and posted as a short video. Although it was slowed down hundreds of times, it still shook everyone's hearts. Finally, a comment slowly appeared, instantly attracting hundreds of thousands of likes and being pushed to the top.
"He left school so early. Can anyone with a big head explain whether Jiang Tianren's speed is enough to defy Earth's gravity and go straight to space?"
This conjecture is absurd, because everyone knows that there is no oxygen in space.
No matter how powerful one's martial arts are, one still needs to eat grains and breathe fresh air.
Therefore, nobody even considered this possibility.
After all, going into space is a dead end.
Shattering the Void, Imperishable Spirit, or having Sixth Order gene, one is still ultimately a human.
But looking at that streak of light in the live stream room...
This most unlikely conjecture is increasingly becoming the only possibility.
Martial artists need oxygen? At an altitude of over 15,000 meters and at such a high speed, there's no oxygen. How did Jiang Tianren continue to ascend?
Could it be that Jiang Tianren's cultivation has reached a level where he no longer needs oxygen?
High in the sky, the streaks of light continued.
With his mental strength perfectly concealing his wings, Jiang Shu's internal Origin Power within his Aperture vibrated wildly. After reaching the Limit Break the " Crimson Palace Thunder Method Aperture Training Chapter," the Origin Power contained in his Aperture was more than twice that of a martial artist at the peak of the Aperture Opening Realm.
Hang in there a little longer.
Amidst flashes of lightning, and watched by billions of people, Jiang Shu burst directly out of the surface of Xuanxing.
Below, the Xuanxing emitted a white halo.
Around him, the black Cosmos was silent and profound.
He floated there, his cells thirstily absorbing the energy of the Cosmos, and his hands slowly formed a mudra.
He wants to condense the Holy Embryo in the vast Cosmos!
As his wings dissipated, Jiang Shu's spiritual power returned. He could clearly feel the energy of Xuanxing and the energy of the Cosmos. He was in the midst of it all, taking the Cosmos as the sky and Xuanxing as the earth, and directly began to operate the Method of Condensing the Holy Embryo!
"How is this possible? This yellow-skinned monkey is in space? Doesn't it need to breathe? This is unbelievable!!! Quickly, investigate whether martial arts in the Xia Kingdom has made further progress!"
The president of the America erupted in fury; such martial arts truly transcended human comprehension.
It's important to understand that even with the advancements in technology, we're still thinking about how to traverse the vast Cosmos and find new habitable planets.
Some small countries don't even have the ability to break out of Xuanxing.
But now, a martial artist from the Xia Kingdom has actually entered the Cosmos with his physical body in full view of everyone.
This kind of shock is far more terrifying than when astronauts landed on the moon a hundred years ago!
How... did they do that?!
He clenched his fists, hesitating whether or not to launch the intercontinental ballistic missile.
If such an existence, whose physical body has entered the Cosmos, were to return to Xuanxing, would anyone really be able to stop him?
No, the America also has Mecha!
Yes, the Mecha from the Cosmic Ruins can also traverse the Cosmos! With a little training, the Gene War God can also engage in fierce battles with Jiang Shu inside the Mecha!
The tightly clenched hands slowly loosened.
The release of the intercontinental ballistic missile was of paramount importance, and the current world order has reached a point of equilibrium.
There's no need to cause any more damage.
We must accelerate the production of Mecha.
Accelerate Gene Evolution, at any cost!
Orders were issued swiftly, the president's face grim.
"Holy crap! I... Jiang Tianren, I'm impressed. You really are Celestial Person. Please, say something! Are you not from Xuanxing? Are you an immortal descended to earth? What did I just see? A physical body entering the Cosmos. Is Jiang Tianren going to go directly to a new planet next?"
"No way, this pace is too fast. I was just thinking how great it would be to reach the Transforming Force, to be a Grandmaster like a dragon. Now it seems that being a dragon is like an earthworm in front of Jiang Tianren. I was thinking about how to outrun a car, and Jiang Tianren is already faster than a rocket? Are we even in the same era?"
"I'm in a daze. I thought I'd traveled to several decades in the future. In the martial arts era, I didn't find it hard to accept. After all, Ancient Martial Arts have been passed down in our Xia Kingdom for so many years, and many Lineage have records of them. The current Gene Era is also within our understanding. Gene research has been around for a long time, and with the emergence of Variant Ferocious Beast, genetic enhancement is only natural. But this physical body entering the Cosmos, what's the difference between this and becoming an immortal?"
"Does anyone know what Jiang Tianren is doing with his hands forming hand seals? Is he perhaps practicing a Cultivation Method? Is this Cultivation Method something that needs to be practiced in the Cosmos?"
"Regardless of what one cultivates, Jiang Tianren's step represents... that our martial arts can rely on ourselves to step into the Cosmos... This kind of power is definitely not something that genes can bring!"
"Terrifying, absolutely terrifying! Martial Dao Myth, so this is what Martial Dao Myth is! This is practically a modern-day version of Ascension in Broad Daylight!"
"I feel like an ape who has come out of the deep mountains and seen rockets taking off and humans landing on the moon. It's unimaginable and beyond my comprehension."
Social media platforms in the Xia Kingdom completely collapsed. Wherever there was internet access, the name Jiang Tianren was being flooded with messages, and everyone felt their blood boiling. Although they didn't know about Mind Cultivation or the Fetal Breathing Realm, they knew they had witnessed the birth of a new century.
Shengjing.
The leader stood up immediately. Although he did not understand martial arts, he could tell from his high position that Jiang Shu was planning to condense Holy Embryo in the Cosmos.
Is this the charm of Mind Cultivation?
Upon reaching the Fetal Breathing Realm, the physical body traverses the Cosmos!
If the Xia Kingdom can produce some powerful cultivators at the Fetal Breathing Realm, it will be just around the corner for them to find new planets and usher in a new era.
Everyone on Xuanxing was affected by Jiang Shu's physical body entering the Cosmos.
Only Jiang Shu, suspended in the Cosmos, possesses a heart as clear as crystal, unchanging through the ages.
It was as if a power akin to faith was emanating from the Xuanxing, which he captured and condensed into the Holy Embryo.
Beyond the vast Cosmos, there are also various scattered energies that he absorbs.
His physique was further enhanced, merging with the Xuanxing and the Cosmos.
Origin Qi and spirit, like lead encasing mercury.
A small humanoid figure materialized above Jiang Shu's head.
The Holy Embryo is complete!