"What are earth and stone, at their core? Molecules and atoms? Elements? Whatever you call them..."
Lin Ke drew a deep breath, the light in his eyes growing ever brighter.
Hua Wujiang's earlier insights into the Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning Art echoed in his mind once more.
"...Muscles cling to the outside of the bones, and blood flows within the flesh. Know the nature of flowing blood; perceive the principles of muscles flourishing and withering. Thus all waters converge toward the northeast, while the energies of Kun and Shen bring forth life..."
"...Jia and Mao form the embryo, without feeding on the energies of You and Xin. Wu and Ding give rise to vitality; how could they ride upon the spiritual essence of Kan and Gui..."
Lin Ke carefully savored those words, and a spear condensed before him.
The spear looked as though it had been cast from brass, its entire length gleaming with a metallic sheen, even bearing a few pitch-black patterns.
"So this is 'intent'..." Lin Ke could not help marveling.
He had actually comprehended the intent of Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning!
Mountain-moving and sea-overturning. Mountain-moving and sea-overturning.
He had always thought its foundation lay in the "mountain" and "sea" themselves.
Thus, he had kept condensing those two things, trying to reach the legendary level of forming the Dark Nether Divine Mountain and one-origin heavy water.
But now, he finally understood.
The foundation of Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning was not "mountain" and "sea," but "moving" and "overturning."
Force!
Moving mountains and overturning seas depended on force.
Condensing earth, stone, and water into the Dark Nether Divine Mountain and one-origin heavy water also required a force of cohesion.
The physical world of his previous life had electromagnetic force, gravity, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force.
Although he did not