Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 461 - 446: Stone Formation

Zhou Leng said, "Baiyin, I’m going back to Rucheng today."

"Have dinner with me before you go. I don’t want you to leave so suddenly," said Liang Baiyin.

"Then let’s have dinner."

"Do you want to go to Xiong City’s snack street?"

"Let’s choose a different place," Zhou Leng replied.

"Oh, then today I’ll treat you to something expensive, how about that?"

"Your personal savings?"

"Yes."

"Let’s go."

The two enjoyed a grand meal together, and Zhou Leng saw her off at the gate of Yunhua Martial Arts Academy, then ran towards Rucheng alone.

Liang Baiyin, wearing a floral sundress, watched Zhou Leng’s silhouette from afar, only turning back to her dormitory after a long while.

After running out of Xiong City, Zhou Leng circulated True Qi and sprinted at full speed in the wild.

The straight-line distance from Xiongjing to Rucheng is about 900 kilometers. Without using Lightweight Skill, just with Qi Manipulation running, the speed reached a terrifying 540 km/h.

This long-term utmost Qi Manipulation run is also a form of training.

On the vast plains, Zhou Leng overtook trains and high-speed trains, occasionally passing Martial Artists also running at high speed.

Two hours later, getting close to Rucheng.

Without returning to Rucheng, he headed straight for Shuizhou Demon City to acquire the Tree of Life seeds from Elder Silver Lake Wind.

Returning to Xiaoru Mountain, entering the Fierce Beast World, and with Silver Lake Moon and other spirits, planted the first seed of the Tree of Life outside the valley.

Then, he only took Silver Lake Moon back to the edge of Mammoth Lake to plant the second Tree of Life.

He didn’t take her to the Frost Giant Tree, as it was top secret.

The Tree of Life quickly grew upon touching the ground, soon becoming a ten-meter tall tree.

The leaves were dense, full of vitality.

A faint life aura spread, refreshing the air.

Part of the tree roots entered the lake, drawing Mammoth Lake water.

Next, Silver Lake Moon would be in charge of tending the Tree of Life.

After the Tree of Life matures from its infancy, it will create a Life Pool and give birth to Water of Life.

Water of Life is hard currency in the Ten Realms, highly effective whether consumed directly or used in pharmaceuticals.

As for the third Tree of Life in Silver Lake Wind’s possession, it will be planted in cooperation with Dragon Country in Xiong City.

After sending Silver Lake Moon back, Zhou Leng returned to the Frost Giant Tree, took out the Demonized Watch, and carefully pondered the 213 Martial Arts flaws discovered in front of East Monarch’s Stone Wall.

About fifty of the flaws were purely due to a misunderstanding, easily corrected.

One hundred of the flaws required relearning and repeated correction.

For the remaining flaws, Zhou Leng had no clue and could only seek advice from Elder Song and the Grandmasters.

Thinking, learning, correcting, practicing, and constantly repeating.

It seemed simple, but these flaws were deeply rooted in his habits, consciousness, brain, and behavior, requiring a long time to fully improve.

Nearly half of these flaws were not errors.

In essence, at a lower realm or in certain fields, Zhou Leng’s understanding was correct.

But at higher realms and in other fields, some Martial Arts were no longer widely applicable, and without teaching, he mistakenly thought they were universally applicable.

For example, water in a flood-prone area is a disaster, but bringing it to a drought-stricken area is a relief.

As he continued to think, Zhou Leng gradually grasped a vague concept.

There are no Martial Arts suitable for all realms; every Martial Arts power has its limited scope of application.

That’s why one must constantly learn different Martial Arts, Inner Power, External Skills, Punch and Palm Techniques, Body-Protecting Divine Skills, and Training Methods.

After repeated cultivation, ready for combat validation.

Before combat, sitting under the Frost Giant Tree, he observed the new Star Gazing True Qi for the last time.

Since experiencing "Star God’s Pressure" and "Road of Another Dimension" on the Ancient Spirit Path, obtaining the true power of the stars, noticeable changes occurred in the True Qi and Undying Star Body within him.

The Undying Star Body is a Body Refining Technique, but the enhanced power varies at different stages.

Just as the Qi Blood Realm and Innate Realm respectively cultivate Qi, Blood, Body, Power, etc.

The current focus of the Undying Star Body seems to be protecting against Destructive Star Power, enhancing Star Power absorption, and expanding body capacity.

This is also why the cultivation of the Undying Star Body progresses slowly, always laying a foundation.

In its current stage, the Undying Star Body is somewhat specialized; against ordinary attacks, the effect is average at best.

In resisting Destructive Star Power, it’s unparalleled in the Ten Realms, rarely seen in myriad realms.

Zhou Leng pondered; the Undying Star Body initially targeted absorbing Destructive Star Power, and when it later strengthens the body, who knows what terrifying body it will foster.

The changes in Star Gazing True Qi are so significant that Zhou Leng sometimes feared cultivating it, afraid of falling into a demonized state.

The Star Gazing True Qi operation process differs from ordinary Cultivation Techniques,

first condensing 360 True Qi Starlights and 360 Qi Blood Starlights throughout the body, and when fully established, the True Qi circulates along the 720 starlights.

In Martial Arts perception, the body seems like a peculiar star map.

After being illuminated by Star Power in the alternate dimension, the core of Star Gazing True Qi, there appeared an almost solid small sphere in the dantian.

At the Innate level, True Qi is inherently liquid, though habitually still called True Qi.

Even at the Martial Saint level, True Qi maintains this form, only denser.

But the emergence of an almost solid, solid sphere in the dantian, what does that mean?

Dantian Stone?

Zhou Leng searched through books and the database, but found nothing.

Every time he finished cultivating the Star Gazing Technique and the Undying Star Body, the Dantian Stone would condense a bit more.

Fortunately, there were no negative feelings, and it continuously emitted extremely weak Star Power.

When True Qi circulated within his body, this power would slowly permeate his whole body, strengthening it.

In battle, True Qi infused with Star Power and Punching Power became even more substantial.

This substantiality was not a feeling, but a real increase.

It’s like when punching, the whole body’s weight increases significantly, and this power is finally transmitted to the fist.

Zhou Leng compared and found that after enhancing with Star Power, the final destructive power increased by about 30%.

Now, although at the Bone Forging Stage, his destructive power reached the Early Muscle Stage level, and with the added Star Power, it directly reached the Middle Period.

"Perhaps when I learn a higher level of the Star Gazing Technique, there might be an answer..." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

After cultivation, Zhou Leng walked out of Mammoth Valley, arrived at Mammoth Mountain, and waged war alongside the Eight-toothed Mammoth.

Unlike the previous frenzied battles.

This time, the goal was to correct flaws through combat.

This led to a significant drop in Zhou Leng’s combat level, and the number of injuries increased.

After fighting in the Fierce Beasts’ World for more than half a month, Zhou Leng brought back a large amount of bones and other body parts from the Fierce Beasts’ World, which were worthless there but valuable outside, and found the Snow Mountain Wolf.

With the Snow Mountain Wolf, in the name of the Ice Snow Divine Sect, he negotiated with the Martial Guard logistics people.

Ultimately, he earned a full 5.6 billion.

Of which 2.7 billion was used to repay the Bone Forging Pill debt.

Zhou Leng sent things he didn’t understand about Martial Arts to Wang Boxiong, Chen Shouhu, and Song Juesi.

After receiving their replies, he searched the database for keywords related to the Martial Saint’s Notes and studied diligently.

Changing one’s stubborn flaws is extremely difficult, almost as hard as changing one’s character.

Zhou Leng stayed in the Fierce Beasts’ World for most of the time, cultivating, and when he encountered problems, he returned to Ruda to seek guidance and study.

Soon, Zhou Leng discovered another issue with himself.

Maintaining True Qi Perpetual Motion for long periods is not a simple matter.

Especially since the Star Gazing True Qi is particularly strong, various mishaps often lead to interruptions.

Zhou Leng sent a message to Wang Boxiong, describing his problem and stating his suspicions, and finally asked for his opinion.

Soon, Wang Boxiong replied: "How long have you maintained True Qi Perpetual Motion?"

"A few months now."

"Go to your cultivation hall."

"Yes."

Zhou Leng already had his independent cultivation hall in Ruda.

It was as large as a basketball court without any audience seating, slightly smaller than the class’s Martial Arts Dojo.

Back at the cultivation hall, Wang Boxiong was dressed in ordinary camouflage, wearing brown combat boots, his flat face calm.

"Senior Brother," Zhou Leng said.

Wang Boxiong nodded, saying, "True Qi Perpetual Motion and Tongjin are among the most important forces at the Innate stage; many rogue cultivators, lacking guidance from a famous teacher and not good at pondering, therefore practice incorrectly."

"I thought it would take you some time to basically master it, but I didn’t expect you to progress so quickly."

"Next, I’ll teach on behalf of our master. The way you’re growing, in five or six years, I probably won’t have much left to teach you."

Zhou Leng said, "Senior Brother, you’re being modest."

Wang Boxiong glanced up and down at Zhou Leng and said, "Have you completed the ten basic trainings of True Qi Perpetual Motion?"

"I have completed them all; I’ve never dared to neglect these basics," Zhou Leng replied.

Wang Boxiong slowly said, "During running, True Qi Perpetual Motion is easily interrupted. Situations like this are mostly due to ’lack of Tongjin’."

"Tongjin is a very mysterious state; there is no shortcut, only continuous cultivation, continuous pondering, continuous combat, and careful feelings."

"Or, you could say, the human body and the body of all life are inherently one, all forces should be interconnected."

"However, during the growth process, many factors can affect the body’s state. Either the body directly changes, or the mindset changes, or the thoughts change..."

"Don’t doubt it. I once met a genius, an extremely intelligent genius, compared to him, everyone I’ve met is a fool, including the so-called Li Shenkong."

"The problem is, he lived in a miserable family, his father either hitting or cursing him; can you imagine a three or four-year-old child being slapped to the point of bleeding?"

"His mother was the same, using various foul language to scold and humiliate him from a young age."

"A genius, forced into autism by his parents, highly doubting himself, lacking confidence in everything, timid."

"In primary school, his extraordinary talent hadn’t shown, and his grades were perfect, but many others also had perfect grades."

"He had a strong understanding of Martial Arts, but lacked cultivation resources; his body couldn’t keep up, and the more he trained, the more it got hurt."

"In middle school, most of his grades were still perfect, and he immediately stood out."

"After that, his strength skyrocketed, quickly advancing to Life Force, advancing to Innate."

"His parents didn’t dare hit or scold him, but do you think two scumbags would suddenly get better? They tried every way to use him to make money, continuing to control him."

"Until he became an adult, he escaped into the Demon City Army to get away."

"But, the childhood nightmare has always restrained him."

"He had extraordinary talent, divine comprehension, which could rival that of a Martial Saint. But, he didn’t believe in himself. His mind was forever trapped in that childhood dark room."

"We tried many methods, even sought help from a Demon Spirit Master, but nothing worked."