Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 586 - 567: New Techniques

Zhou Leng glanced at the grandmaster’s training equipment under the tree, was about to practice but gave up after looking down.

If I exert too much force, my intestines and liver might burst out.

Can’t despise the power of the divine spirit like this.

Picked out some familiar medicinal fruits and ate a few, just about to leave, Huang woke up.

Huang tilted its head in confusion, looking at the ground, perfectly smooth.

Looked at the tree trunk, spotlessly clean.

Its head seemed to have returned to normal.

Huang gazed at the dense snowflake-like leaves, suddenly sniffed, eyes sweeping over the row of Divine Text Golden Pages under the tree, excitedly lowered its head, sniffing and wagging its tail as it walked quickly.

Soon, it dug dirt, made a pit, and ran up to Zhou Leng with a golden page in its mouth, eyes narrowed into slits, wagging its tail like it could beat a drum.

Zhou Leng petted Huang’s head while reading the new golden page.

After reading a few lines, his eyes shone brightly.

All life will, according to its own physical condition, develop a unique power system, primarily including absorbing power, operating power, and releasing power.

Human bodies are more suited to the True Qi system and Spiritual Power system.

As life constantly evolves, when it evolves to a certain degree, it will realize that old powers actually become shackles.

It’s like the most perfect stone can’t compare to a sickle, and the most perfect sickle can’t compete with a combine harvester.

Even the most precise pesticide spraying isn’t as efficient as drone delivery.

If a civilization focuses all its energy on developing stronger artificial sickles and stronger artificial pesticides, it will instead become a backward civilization, crushed by combine harvesters and drones, ultimately perishing completely.

The civilizations wielding bronze tools prevailed over those wielding stone tools.

The civilizations mastering iron tools defeated those mastering bronze tools.

The once-unrivaled nomadic tribes, in the technological age, only boast about ancestral glories and can’t develop any power on the basis of nomadism.

Civilizations like this are everywhere, both on Earth and in the universe.

The same applies to martial arts.

The limits of True Qi power is Martial Saint.

To advance from Martial Saint to the Void God Realm, one must break the shackles of True Qi and body to create entirely new power.

This process is similar to "Unity of Heaven and Man," or it could be said, "Man seizing the power of heaven."

The cultivation process of a martial artist roughly comprises two stages: letting the body attain True Qi, and then allowing True Qi to fuse with the body.

Starting from the grandmaster stage, True Qi fuses with the body. In the Martial Saint stage, True Qi and body fuse to the extreme.

After Martial Saint, True Qi needs to be transformed into new power.

This new power is called differently in diverse groups and regions.

Some call it ancestral power, some call it heavenly power, some call it True Qi field, some call it spiritual power field, and so on.

This power has a unified form.

Once formed, it condenses into a divine ring behind the body.

Thus, this power is commonly referred to as Divine Power.

The advancement of Martial Saint to Void Saint involves the process of True Qi absorbing cosmic true energy to transform into Divine Power.

However, cosmic true energy rarely exists within ordinary planets and is only sparsely scattered in space.

The cosmic true energy is most abundant in true energy zones, followed by special star zones, and even less in cosmic black zones devoid of stars.

Cosmic true energy is scarce within star systems, particularly within stellar systems, where it is negligible.

This results in most Martial Saints being unable to convert True Qi into Divine Power.

Once cosmic true energy is acquired beforehand, the conversion of True Qi to Divine Power can be initiated early.

Hence, higher-level civilization groups during the grandmaster phase simultaneously conduct Qi transformation of the whole body and Qi and Divine transformation.

This greatly accelerates the time for Martial Saints to advance to Void Gods, saving hundreds of years.

However, many stellar life forms, such as Star Gods and Void Ancient Beasts, are innately born in cosmic true energy rich areas, bypassing the conversion process, directly absorbing cosmic true energy in the early period of life which later transforms into Divine Power.

Many non-stellar life forms imitate Star Gods and Void Ancient Beasts to create some cultivation techniques directly refining cosmic true energy.

These cultivation techniques further eliminate the process of Qi transformation.

Star Gods and Void Ancient Beasts possess nearly the full power of a star from birth.

Such cultivation techniques treat a person like the sun for cultivation.

This leads to extremely stringent cultivation conditions.

Firstly, the realm mustn’t be too high; once reaching the grandmaster realm, Qi transformation begins, and the body accumulates too much True Qi, preventing cultivation.

Secondly, a strong physical strength is needed; most elementary life bodies cannot withstand cosmic true energy cultivation.

Cosmic true energy isn’t purely singular power but is inherently mixed with destructive star power.

Direct cultivation of cosmic true energy equates to enduring endless cosmic radiation akin to entering space without True Qi protection, almost certain death.

Upon reading to this point, Zhou Leng had a peculiar thought.

Is the Undying Star Body prepared for cosmic true energy cultivation?

It is the only kind in the Ten Realms not only unafraid of destructive star power but absorbing it.

Clearly without True Qi, yet comparable to Great Innate alone on the physique relying on the Undying Star Body for at least ninety percent of merit.

Continue reading further.

The cosmic true energy cultivation technique is too advanced, forcibly bound by the universal power’s civilization shackles, making it inaccessible to elementary civilization beings.

Therefore, the golden page only records ’rough’ and ’elementary’ methods of cosmic true energy absorption, operation, and usage.

This results in cultivators obtaining cosmic true energy, operating cosmic true energy, yet using methods still remaining at the True Qi control level.

Only by completely converting cosmic true energy into Divine Power and condensing it into a divine ring can one possess usage methods that surpass True Qi martial arts.

"Understood, it’s a kind of specialized True Qi with greater power but poorer control."

"True Qi martial arts are akin to hitting others with a sports car. True energy martial arts are like hitting others with a giant mine truck. The speed may not be fast, and turning may be inflexible, but once hitting, it equates to... hitting."

Due to the cultivation method of Stellar True Power, which mimics the Star God and Void Ancient Beast, there is no need for a Dantian or meridians at all.

The form of Stellar True Power is more advanced, capable of condensing into a "True Energy Field".

The True Energy Field has dual properties; in normal times, it is a minute quantum state point between reality and illusion, named the True Energy Singularity.

Once it operates, it will spread throughout the body, omnipresent and all-encompassing.

True Power is like the sun emitting comprehensive light to all directions without dead angles, while True Qi is like a beam emitted by the sun.

Zhou Leng’s spirit was invigorated upon seeing this.

Continuing to read on, he soon encountered a cultivation technique named "Original True Energy Technique".

However, there was no translation at all.

It entirely depended on personal comprehension.

Such level of cultivation technique simultaneously includes both Divine Text and spiritual meanings; any translation would distort the spiritual meaning, potentially leading to falling into demonization.

The Undying Star Body acts on the physical body; it’s a material-based cultivation with corresponding meanings in the Dragon Country.

However, many concepts of True Energy techniques gather all the elementary and intermediate civilizations together, yet cannot be described.

Forcibly describing it would only distort the text’s meaning.

Zhou Leng repeatedly read several times, thanked Huang and the Elder Tree, leaned against the trunk, holding the Golden Page, memorizing the first Divine Text of "Original True Energy Technique".

The first character consists of 175 strokes.

Six faces, averaging nearly 30 strokes per face.

The feeling was like being surrounded by words like 䡁齉鼺鼊.

As for the meaning, one must comprehend it oneself.

Zhou Leng recalled seeing Zhang Xinglie in high school, reading a book; upon seeing the cover, it was "Differential Topology".

He recognized every word but dared not look through a single page.

"Divine Text, you graduated from kindergarten, already grown up, should learn to cultivate on your own..."

Zhou Leng quietly walked the old path, memorized the Divine Text by rote, after memorizing it, used the self-revealing characteristics of Divine Text to slowly deepen memory and understanding.

Silently memorizing, silently learning, everything seemed to return to the first time learning Divine Text.

Reminiscent, yet unbearable to recall.

A single character took half an hour to memorize, causing his brain to crash.

Drowsily, he collapsed on the ground, snoozing away.

Huang looked at Zhou Leng in confusion, then looked at the tree crown in doubt, hesitated for a long time, lightly raising two front paws towards the Frost Giant Tree, worshipping.

This way, Zhou Leng entered a long stage of learning "Original True Energy Technique".

Three days later, the wounds healed.

No need to worry about intestines spilling out, Zhou Leng walked to the Grandmaster apparatus.

Currently unable to operate Stellar True Energy, relying solely on physical strength.

The gaze fell on the Demonized Squat Apparatus.

Before leaving, his strength hadn’t reached the Great Innate; the no True Qi squat barbell weight for four sets maintained around 200 tons.

First tried the 300-ton-level barbell.

Squatted one set, eight reps per set.

No redness in the face, no gasping, no sweating.

300-ton no True Qi squat was the daily True Qi training standard for newly advanced Grandmasters.

Straightly went up to 500 tons.

Feeling alright.

Switched to 800-ton barbell squat.

The whole body turned red, heart pounding like a drum, drenched in sweat.

Felt the sensation, exhausted like a dog but completed four sets, exhilarating!

"800 tons... the limit level of True Qi training for lower-rank Grandmasters..."

Checked his body weight.

Height less than two meters but weight doubled, 4 tons.

Despite the destructive power not matching lower-rank Grandmasters who can use True Qi, the current body strength against ordinary newly advanced Grandmasters is unpredictable in terms of who would win.

Zhou Leng looked at his body, recalled various experiences in the Great Battlefield.

Especially at the end, since he was unconscious, hadn’t focused too much.

Apparently, various powers in the Great Battlefield gradually merged into the body.

Such as those Dragon Scale blood patterns, such as the shining crown, and unknown things.

As long as he comprehends Stellar True Energy, everything will return, moreover stronger.

"Original True Energy Technique" ignited a flame named hope.

Zhou Leng, along with Huang, returned to Mammoth Lake, glancing at the Tree of Life he previously planted.

Still in the seedling stage.

Together with Xiaoba and Huang, walked out of Mammoth Valley, entering Mammoth Town.

The Fierce Beasts in Mammoth Town came and went, but tended towards logistic occupations.

The main army had already migrated to the newly renamed Mammoth Mountain from Giant Lizard Mountain.

Departed from Mammoth Town, proceeded to Elven Town.

The elves lined up to welcome, their eyes filled with curiosity.

It’s said that this prince was severely injured, but why does he appear vigorous and lively, only... seems to have lost the power of True Qi.

Yinhu Yue smiled and ran over, pulling Zhou Leng’s hand, introducing the elves’ development these days.

Earlier, Zhou Leng had set two major directions for the elf tribe, medicinal herb cultivation and elf device creation, all for assisting Martial Arts.