Dao Fruit: Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists

[Age 60: Your Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists reached the An Jin level!]

[Age 66: Your Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists reached the Transforming Jin level!]

[Age 68: You broke through to Transforming Jin Perfection!]

[Age 70: You increasingly felt how difficult it was to create your own Cultivation Method, and grew ever more impressed by the extraordinary wisdom Patriarch Bodhidharma had shown in creating Shaolin's Seventy-Two Supreme Skills!]

[Age 71: You discovered a very strange phenomenon. Patriarch Bodhidharma had originally been a divine monk from Tianzhu, and the theoretical foundation of Tianzhu martial arts was the three channels and seven chakras. Yet the theoretical foundation of Shaolin's Seventy-Two Supreme Skills, which Patriarch Bodhidharma had created, was the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians. You thought this might conceal a shortcut Patriarch Bodhidharma had used to create Shaolin's Seventy-Two Supreme Skills!]

[Age 72: Based on the events of Patriarch Bodhidharma's life, you inferred that after he came to the Central Plains, he had abandoned his study of the three channels and seven chakras and devoted himself to studying the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians. He had ultimately discovered the mysteries of the human body, making it as easy for him to create Cultivation Methods as it was to eat and drink!]

[Age 78: You began studying the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians through acupuncture, but ultimately discovered that these were only superficial things. Although anyone could learn them, they were not the answer you wanted!]

[Age 88: Starting with Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica from High Antiquity, you gradually analyzed the culture passed down through Huaxia's five thousand years of history. Your attention finally settled on the Daoist Inner Alchemy Technique!]

[Age 98: You comprehended some of the mysteries of the Inner Alchemy Technique. Your Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists reached the Dan Jin level, and you broke through to Early Dan Jin!]

[Age 108: Knowing your aptitude was mediocre and that you could not break through to the Gang Force realm in this lifetime, you simply gave up cultivation altogether and devoted yourself to studying the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists!]

[Age 118: You read the personal notes of every Gang Force grandmaster of national martial arts in Shaolin Temple's history. Your understanding of the Gang Force realm had reached the pinnacle!]

[Age 128: Your Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists finally reached the Gang Force level, but doubts still lingered in your heart, and you were unsure whether it had any flaws!]

[Age 130: The head of the Discipline Hall learned what was weighing on your mind from some unknown source and volunteered to be a test subject for your Cultivation Method. You tried repeatedly to decline, but ultimately agreed!]

[Age 135: The head of the Discipline Hall broke through to the Gang Force realm and pointed out three minor errors in the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists!]

[Age 136: Some of Shaolin Temple's monks thought that Patriarch Bodhidharma had created seventy-two supreme skills, devoting only one or two percent of his painstaking effort to each one, whereas you had devoted one hundred percent of yours to the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists. They therefore switched to cultivating the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists!]

[Age 140: The head of the Arhat Hall switched to cultivating the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists, broke through to Gang Force, and pointed out one minor oversight in the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists!]

[Age 145: The head of the Bodhi Hall switched to cultivating the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists, broke through to Gang Force, and declared that the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists was now flawless!]

[Age 149: Your lifespan reached its limit. Free of illness and misfortune, you died peacefully of old age!]

[Based on your life, please select a Dao Fruit-]

[Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists] [Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Yoga] [Early Dan Jin strength]

Mo Wenjian first ruled out the Early Dan Jin strength, because it was the least valuable option.

After hesitating for a moment, he ruled out Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Yoga next.

After the age of thirty-six, a person's Qi and Blood would begin to decline.

The greatest benefit of Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Yoga was that it slowed the decline of Qi and Blood.

Mo Wenjian was only sixteen now, still a long way from thirty-six.

For Mo Wenjian, that greatly diminished the value of Muscle Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Yoga.

Mo Wenjian chose to claim the Dao Fruit, and the contents of the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists immediately appeared in his memory.

The name Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists sounded hopelessly old-fashioned, but in essence, it was no weaker than the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, the supreme art that safeguarded Shaolin Temple.

Although Mo Wenjian's realm in national martial arts was far below Patriarch Bodhidharma's,

the scientific theories from Earth's twenty-first century effectively made up the gap between them.

The fact that three hall heads had switched to cultivating the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists and broken through to Gang Force was enough to prove its value.

Mo Wenjian closed the All-Heavens Dao Fruit Simulator and enjoyed a comfortable sleep.

After waking early the next morning and washing up, Mo Wenjian went straight to the pagoda forest on the back mountain.

According to Shaolin Temple's rules, only the relics of eminent monks who had reached the Gang Force realm were eligible to be buried in pagodas built on the back mountain after their passing.

That meant every pagoda on the back mountain represented a Gang Force grandmaster of national martial arts.

The ten eminent monks guarding the pagoda forest on the back mountain were all experts on the same level as the heads of the six halls.

Mo Wenjian passed through without obstruction and soon found Master Decai, the strongest of the ten eminent monks.

"Master Decai, your Dan Jin realm has already reached a transcendent level. There is almost no room left for improvement!" Mo Wenjian's Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists contained some of the essence of the Daoist Inner Alchemy Technique, and he saw through Master Decai's capabilities at a glance.

"You flatter me, Buddha's son. Back then, Shaolin Temple had four divine monks: Hong, Cai, Yuan, and Zhi. Senior Brother Dehong died of illness at a young age, while Junior Brothers Deyuan and Dezhi are now Gang Force grandmasters of national martial arts. Only this poor monk is stuck in the middle, bringing shame upon Shaolin Temple!" Master Decai could not help lowering his head, looking deeply ashamed.

"The problem isn't with you, but with the Cultivation Method you practice. Your build isn't large and powerful, yet you chose to cultivate the supremely forceful and unyielding Vajra Prajna Palm. Naturally, your compatibility with the method cannot approach one hundred percent. That's the key factor preventing you from breaking through to Gang Force. I have a set of Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists that might be of some help to you. Would you like to try it?" Mo Wenjian had tailored the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists to himself, and Master Decai's build was very close to his, so his compatibility with the method should not be low.

"Please impart the method to me, Buddha's son!" Hearing this, Master Decai immediately perked up.

It was already common knowledge throughout Shaolin Temple that Mo Wenjian had guided Master Xingshan to a breakthrough into the Gang Force realm.

Master Decai was filled with boundless anticipation for the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists Mo Wenjian was teaching him.

Mo Wenjian held nothing back, passing everything he knew on to Master Decai.

Mo Wenjian's theoretical knowledge of national martial arts had reached the pinnacle, and he explained the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists in simple, straightforward terms that made its depths easy to grasp.

Master Decai had no difficulty understanding it at all.

When one was free of distractions, time always flew.

Before they knew it, two double-hours had passed.

Master Decai gained a preliminary grasp of the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists and began practicing under Mo Wenjian's guidance.

At first, he stumbled a little.

But with the bodily control afforded by Dan Jin Perfection, his movements soon flowed like clouds and water.

"Boom!"

Each time Master Decai practiced the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists, his Qi and Blood, which had already reached their limit, increased a little.

After nine consecutive rounds of the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists, Master Decai's Qi and Blood finally exceeded the limits of the Dan Jin realm.

His surging Qi and Blood burst out of his body in an instant, transforming into protective Gang Qi.

Of the four former divine monks of Shaolin, aside from Master Dehong, who had already died of illness, the other three had all become Gang Force grandmasters of national martial arts.

Mo Wenjian witnessed Master Decai's breakthrough with his own eyes and could not help frowning.

When Master Xingshan had broken through, the Qi and Blood in his body had first undergone a qualitative change before bursting out and transforming into protective Gang Qi.

When Master Decai broke through, the Qi and Blood in his body had burst straight out, skipping the process of qualitative change.

Mo Wenjian suddenly understood something. The Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Fists omitted the process of qualitative change, greatly reducing the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck.