"With this Shadow God Vein body, coupled with the other martial arts I've learned, and the Vital Energy of this world which is far richer than Earth's, I can definitely cultivate back to the Innate realm quickly!" Knowing he wouldn't be a martial arts failure, Xing Peng radiated immense confidence, his despondent demeanor swept away.
However, although Lingwu Continent is a high-martial realm, there are some differences here from the 21st century. The martial artists here do not cultivate True Qi but Profound Qi.
Therefore, even though Xing Peng knew he wouldn't be useless anymore, he didn't let his guard down. Instead, he sat cross-legged and calmed his mind, then started to circulate the fundamental techniques of "Elemental Storm," the "Muscle Transforming Bone Tempering Chap-ter."
"Elemental Storm" is said to be a martial arts secret manual passed down from ancient times, once causing a storm in the martial world, known as the summary of all martial arts. Anyone who practiced this technique achieved great success. However, throughout history, not many have mastered this technique. "Elemental Storm" is powerful, but not everyone can practice it.
Having practiced "Elemental Storm" before, Xing Peng didn't find it difficult to practice again. As soon as he focused, a trace of heat was generated in his meridians.
"The way of heaven, reduces the excessive and supplements the deficient, hence the void triumphs over the solid, the insufficient overcomes the abundant. Its philosophy is broad, its principle profound, its essence deep. The images of heaven and earth divide, the signs of yin and yang are arranged, the reasons for change are displayed, the omens of life and death are clear, unspoken but naturally aligned..."
As he recited the mantra, the heat in Xing Peng's body moved faster and grew larger. When he circulated the technique, his body felt like boiling water, and his blood began to boil intensely. A noticeable cold current naturally seeped from his meridians, mingling with the heat.
"Boom!"
Like a river bursting its banks or a tsunami erupting, Xing Peng's body shook violently, and countless whirlwinds appeared around him, growing larger and fiercer. As the whirlwinds changed, a massive amount of Vital Energy from heaven and earth surged towards him, entering his body, opening up some meridians blocked by cold air, and transforming the cold air into Profound Qi.
"This... this... holy crap, this Shadow God Vein body is too terrifying!" Xing Peng was startled by such a change. Although he knew that those with the Shadow God Vein body could practice "Elemental Storm" at a very fast speed, called the supreme body for this technique, when he saw the Vital Energy of heaven and earth crazily surging into him just by circulating the technique, he was still profoundly shocked.
Almost instantly, from being a non-martial artist, he advanced to the early stage of Yellow Level, and as he became a Yellow Level early stage martial artist, the power inside him still skyrocketed, breaking through the early stage to reach Mid-Yellow Level in the blink of an eye.
Such a drastic change in just a moment was astonishing. Not only was Xing Peng shocked, but other powerful beings of Lingwu Continent would also be startled upon witnessing this.
As Xing Peng knew, the cultivation realms of Lingwu Continent from low to high are: Yellow Level, Human Level, Earth Level, Heaven Level, Mountain-Opening Level, Sky-Breaking Level, King Level, each realm divided into early, middle, and late stages.
Postnatal Martial Artists are Yellow, Human, Earth Level martial artists, mainly refining their bodies and Profound Qi to open meridians and fill the dantian.
Heaven Level, Mountain-Opening Level, Sky-Breaking Level martial artists belong to the Innate realm, capable of flying, using Vital Energy of the continent, and possessing the power to move mountains and seas.
King Level: The Profound Qi inside evolves into a pill, better utilizing the Vital Energy of heaven and earth for combat, with the power to overturn seas and unpredictable abilities, capable of controlling weapons to kill from miles away. Such power completely overturns the strength of Innate martial artists.
Mid-Yellow Level, although considered the most basic level among martial artists in this world, advancing to Mid-Yellow Level from an ordinary person in such a short time is astonishing for most people.
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Seeing his power reach Mid-Yellow Level, Xing Peng hurriedly stopped circulating the technique. As he stopped, the whirlwinds around him vanished, and the rapid growth of power inside him halted.
"Will such rapid advancement cause any problems? Although the Shadow God Vein body's advancement speed far exceeds that of ordinary people, such a quick advancement still feels terrifying!" Xing Peng muttered with lingering fears. This was the first time he felt that advancing too quickly wasn't entirely a joyous occasion.
From this practice session, Xing Peng fully understood that the cultivation realms of this world and the 21st century didn't differ much. Although this world cultivates Profound Qi, all methods ultimately converge. The power he gained during this session, although somewhat different from the True Qi of the 21st century, was essentially similar.
Xing Peng clearly remembered that, although he was considered a genius in the 21st century, reaching such a realm took almost half a month, whereas now, he advanced to this extent in just a minute or two, far beyond his imagination.
After stopping the practice, Xing Peng didn't rise from the ground but pondered over what exactly happened. Frowning, he sat there for half an hour. When a flash of insight struck his mind, Xing Peng had a sudden realization: "I finally understand what happened. It turns out to be like this! My body is the Shadow God Vein, naturally filled with a vast amount of cold air, which seems to block the meridians but, in fact, has been cleared by the cold air absorbed by this body over seventeen years. However, because the meridians are filled with cold air, it doesn't show that they have been opened.
Having the meridians opened is akin to being an Innate master. It's normal for me to reach Mid-Yellow Level in one practice session with the ability to communicate with the Vital Energy of heaven and earth and the cold air in the meridians propelling it. If I can completely refine the cold air in the meridians, I could even immediately become an Innate Martial Artist!"
However, although Xing Peng understood what happened, he didn't continue to circulate his power. Theoretically, if he absorbed all the cold air in the meridians, he could immediately become an Innate Martial Artist, but that's just theory.
His body, having not practiced for many years and suffering from cold air for seventeen years, was already on the verge of collapse. If not for his transmigration, this body would have frozen to death from the cold air in a year or two.
Having solved the cultivation issue, Xing Peng stood up, his eyes flashing with a cold glint. Although his body was considered useless in Gu Mu City, his status in the Xing family of Gu Mu City was extremely prominent. His adoptive father, Xing Fei Tian, was the only King Level expert in Gu Mu City. However, his status was prominent, but since his father disappeared in 'Hell Valley' sixteen years ago, 'Xing Peng' was not well-regarded in the Xing family, receiving treatment not much better than servants, with some even riding roughshod over him. Previously, because his cheap father had arranged a marriage alliance with a major family from a young age, those servants didn't dare to blatantly disrespect him, but recently, due to 'Xing Peng's' engagement being broken off by the major family, his situation became very pessimistic.
Thinking of his status as someone whose engagement was broken off, Xing Peng felt raging anger. Having absorbed 'Xing Peng's' memories, he was now Xing Peng, and such a broken engagement was an insult to him.
"Fan family, well done, Fan family! I'll remember you. One day, you'll regret your decision, and I'll definitely return the insult!" Xing Peng said coldly. Although the Fan family also had King Level experts and more than one, their current actions towards him made it difficult for Xing Peng to feel any goodwill.
Xing Peng had always admired his father, because his adoptive father was very famous in Lingwu Continent, known as the Carefree King. Many families had received his help, including the Fan family. It was said that the current head of the Fan family and his father were sworn brothers. Without his adoptive father's help, the Fan family would have been destroyed sixteen years ago. But now, with his father missing, not only did the Fan family not take care of him, but they also kicked him while he was down, breaking off the engagement with the Fan family.
Although Xing Peng knew from a young age that he couldn't practice martial arts and might not live long, making marrying him a burden to the other party, being a burden was one thing, but such a merciless broken engagement was another. Moreover, the person from the Fan family who came to break off the engagement said without any mercy that he was a failure and didn't deserve to marry into the Fan family, which made Xing Peng extremely angry. Hearing those words, he was immediately enraged, and although he couldn't match the other party's strength, he ridiculed them verbally, only to be severely punished by the family elders, scolded, and a few days later, exiled to the Heavenly Extremity Peak behind the Xing family, supposedly to reflect for a year.
Faced with such punishment from the family, Xing Peng's heart almost bled. It was one thing for the family not to help him, but to send him to this isolated peak was adding insult to injury, causing Xing Peng to harbor resentment towards the family.
He hated the Fan family and resented the Xing family for being too heartless. With his father gone, not only did his treatment change, but now they couldn't even bother to protect him. After all, his father was the Carefree King, and the current dominance of the Fan family in Gu Mu City was a result of his father clearing other powers back then.
However, while Xing Peng hated the Fan family and resented the Xing family, he never resented his father, because his disappearance was all for him. If his father hadn't heard that there was an item in Hell Valley that could solve his Shadow God Vein issue, he wouldn't have gone to Hell Valley and wouldn't have disappeared.