Chapter 36

【You received the martial arts secret manual "Innate Skill" from the hands of your mentor Liu Liu Jinchan.】

【This book is incomparable to ordinary martial arts classics; it is the supreme martial arts true transmission of the Profound Heaven Sect. Apart from the development of the doctrine, all martial arts of the Profound Heaven Sect are derived from this book.】

【Only those disciples who have undergone strict screening by the Profound Heaven Sect and obtained the qualification for the Daoist True Record can glimpse its true face and appreciate its profound martial arts path.】

【There are many disciples in the Profound Heaven Sect, as many as eight hundred, yet fewer than one hundred are truly qualified to practice the "Innate Skill."】

【And those who can truly master the entry are only four or five.】

【Those who learn the "Innate Skill" possess the potential of a grandmaster and are the outstanding ones among their peers.】

【Once they truly begin to practice, their cultivation speed far exceeds their peers.】

【You practiced diligently according to the cultivation route in the secret manual, yet that Innate Qi seemed to be separated from you by an insurmountable chasm, making it impossible for you to grasp the essence.】

【You sighed lightly, lamenting the difference in talent.】

【Master Liu Liu Jinchan said, "The 'Innate Skill' was left by the ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect; the ancestor only left two martial arts treasures in his lifetime: the 'Innate Skill' and the 'Empty Bright Fist'."】

【"All other martial arts are derived from these two treasures, and even this 'Great Great Huangting' was improved by a brilliant ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect based on the 'Innate Skill'."】

【You practiced the "Innate Skill" deeply again, yet you still couldn't sense that Innate Qi, as if an invisible barrier was blocking your connection with it.】

【In the end, it still didn't work, so you asked your mentor Liu Liu Jinchan: "Master, what technique do you practice?"】

【Liu Liu Jinchan smiled slightly and replied: "I practice the 'Great Great Huangting'."】

【"The path of martial arts requires accumulation and slow release, not to be rushed. Shenzhou, you just need to practice patiently, and you will eventually understand its meaning."】

【Just at this moment!】

【Lu Yu pushed the door and entered, his face carrying a hint of confusion, and he asked directly: "Master, aren't you learning the 'Innate Skill'?"】

【Once these words were spoken, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Liu Liu Jinchan's face; he touched his nose, seemingly caught off guard by this question.】

【You smiled indifferently, knowing in your heart that your master was just comforting you; those who can reach the grandmaster realm are definitely true martial arts geniuses.】

【Liu Liu Jinchan reached the grandmaster realm at fifty.】

【At this time, Master Liu Liu Jinchan told the two of you an ancient secret about the Profound Heaven Sect.】

【"It is rumored that three thousand years ago, the world was full of true cultivators. They rode swords across great rivers, flew swords to slay dragons, and those who attained the Dao lived for four hundred autumns in the human world; that was an era where one could practice cultivation." Liu Liu Jinchan's tone was full of yearning and nostalgia.】

【"Immortal masters were high above, and mortals were like servants."】

【"However, one day, the sky collapsed!"】

【Hearing this, you were filled with doubt and a hint of awe: "The sky collapsed?"】

【Liu Liu Jinchan nodded slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of vicissitudes and heaviness: "Yes, the ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect clearly mentioned in his life records that on that day, the true sky collapsed. It was not an exaggeration by the world, but a real collapse of the firmament, making the whole world tremble."】

【"Since then!"】

【"The world underwent a great change and lost something crucial." He paused, his gaze deep.】

【"That is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."】

【"This spiritual energy is the foundation of a cultivator's practice." Liu Liu Jinchan explained, "Once lost, the cultivation of cultivators in the world is like a boat in stagnant water, difficult to advance even an inch."】

【"All kinds of divine wonders were also lost."】

【"The immortal masters closed their mountain gates, issued orders from the mountains, and enjoyed the offerings of human incense."】

【"They considered themselves extraordinary, claimed to be detached from the mortal world, held the secrets of heaven and earth, and looked down on all living beings, like gods above the clouds."】

【"However, things are unpredictable. One day, a mortal suffered bullying and angrily fought back, killing a high-and-mighty immortal master, yet miraculously escaped the disaster of death."】

【"This matter is unbelievable; defying an immortal should have been a dead end."】

【"However, more and more truths gradually surfaced; those immortal masters who were worshipped as gods were just empty shells."】

【"Even the most powerful immortal master appeared powerless when facing the joint resistance of a hundred mortals."】

【"For thousands of years, mortals oppressed by immortal masters finally awakened and rose up to resist. A decree spread throughout the world: the human world has lost its virtue, and the world shall drive them out together."】

【"Countless mortals swung axes to fell mountains, destroyed temples, drove away immortals, and pulled those high-and-mighty immortal masters down from the clouds."】

【"Since then, there has been no talk of immortal masters in the world."】

【"At the same time, capable people gradually emerged, began to dominate the human world, and established secular dynasties."】

【"Creating the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era that lasted for three thousand years, until now."】

【You pondered for a moment, and a complex emotion surged in your heart.】

【Now that spiritual energy is recovering, how will the world evolve? Where will the future go!】

【Lu Chen had long since passed the news of spiritual energy recovery to Liu Liu Jinchan.】

【Liu Liu Jinchan sighed long and was worried: "Spiritual energy recovery, fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, who can glimpse even a little?"】

【You were curious and asked: "Master, can you perceive the spiritual energy of this world?"】

【Lu Chen was also attracted by this question, and his gaze turned toward him.】

【Liu Liu Jinchan pondered for a moment and spoke slowly: "Although I cannot directly touch the reality of spiritual energy, the shackles between heaven and earth seem to be quietly fading."】

【"If I can break through the grandmaster realm, the recovering spiritual energy will definitely be perceived by me."】

【"However, the grandmaster realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven."】

【Liu Liu Jinchan's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness: "In the entire Great Qing martial arts world, there are only four grandmasters, all of whom are geniuses, far exceeding the world."】

【"I and the Foolish Monk are of the same generation and have had martial arts exchanges. He became a grandmaster at thirty, but his personality is indifferent, he doesn't ask about worldly affairs, and few people know."】

【"In Great Qing, apart from that Demon Master who has disappeared for many years and whose strength cannot be speculated, the Foolish Monk can be called the first. With his aptitude, perhaps he has already perceived the recovery of spiritual energy; what state his cultivation has reached is truly unimaginable."】

【The reason Liu Liu Jinchan was so emotional was that after the spiritual energy recovery, he found that the strength gap between him and Lu Yu was becoming increasingly wide.】

【In the past, when Lu Yu was in the grandmaster realm, he could still fight dozens of moves.】

【However, now, even if Lu Yu intentionally held back, Liu Liu Jinchan could only support a mere few moves in front of Lu Yu, which made him deeply feel his own powerlessness.】

【Lu Yu calmly pointed out: "I feel that spiritual energy is constantly increasing, and in the future, more people will definitely be able to perceive its existence."】

【You couldn't help but think that more and more people will become immortal masters.】

【Liu Liu Jinchan nodded slightly, a great era is coming.】

【Hearing this, you understood in your heart that to sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, one truly needs to reach the grandmaster realm.】

Yu Ke saw this.

His face was also thoughtful; the Kunxu World could actually practice cultivation three thousand years ago.

It once truly possessed spiritual energy!

Practitioners who attained the Dao could live for four hundred autumns.

In the world where Yu Ke is now, one can live for four hundred years when entering the third Heavenly Ladder and building the foundation.

However, a sky-collapsing event occurred in the Kunxu World three thousand years ago.

After spiritual energy disappeared, practitioners disappeared.

The gap between people also disappeared.

Mortals began to rise; they no longer relied on the power of cultivation and established noble dynasties in the human world.

(End of chapter)