148: Chapter 148 [Heavenly Fire], The Path of Martial Arts.

Having comprehended the True Essence of the Magnetic Core Desolate Blade, his combat power within the Forbidden Zone increased dramatically, making it effortless to deal with Super Beasts.

Within a mere month, the Association rapidly cleared most of the Forbidden Zones, leaving only a small portion of unpopulated areas to set up grand formations, which have now become training grounds.

From this moment on, the entire world seemed to have returned to its previous order.

Yet everyone knew that everything had changed.

The existence of transcendent beings capable of matching the power of an entire nation with a single person was no longer a myth, but a concrete reality.

Pursuing a higher level of life and eternal longevity was no longer just empty talk.

The government introduced relevant policies to encourage the public to cultivate, and recently, as some research-oriented Professionals increased their life levels, their research efficiency greatly improved.

They overcame nuclear fusion technology ahead of schedule, entering an era of infinite energy.

With the emergence of this technology, the authorities originally wanted to ask the Association to build an energy conversion formation to continuously produce large amounts of Vital Qi.

However, after the Incarnation and his disciples inspected the nuclear fusion reactor, they both shook their heads, believing that with current technology, it was difficult to exercise the Precision required to convert it into Heaven and Earth Qi.

As an energy entity reaching hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, even drawing a small portion of energy would cause the overall structure to become unstable.

Moreover, the current formation domain system and magical artifacts are still developing macro-control, and the Precision is far from meeting the requirements.

Looking at the endless stream of extreme Yang energy in the reactor, Wang An was also quite envious.

"General Wang, to achieve such high control Precision and utilize the energy within, I fear we need to re-develop a set of micro-magical artifacts and a formation domain system to support it."

"Or we could acquire intermediate-level formation domain knowledge, but such knowledge is highly valuable in the galaxy, and the cost to obtain it is not low."

"Our Association will take the lead in establishing a micro-Precision control formation domain and magical artifact laboratory to overcome these difficulties and utilize the energy of nuclear fusion as soon as possible."

In this situation, the scientists and official personnel present were somewhat disappointed, yet also somewhat understanding; after all, nuclear fusion technology was only created by utilizing the characteristics of transcendent high-speed materials.

Using ordinary physical materials for design, who knows how many 50 years it would take to achieve commercial operation with a Q factor greater than 30?

If one wants to utilize it further, the underlying theories and materials must naturally keep up.

After the breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, a key breakthrough was simultaneously achieved in synthetic starch.

Large-scale commercial mass production was realized, and the price of food crops hit rock bottom.

Fortunately, China took the lead in distributing money to the public to maintain social stability and encourage the learning of cultivation methods to pursue a higher level of life.

With such large-scale cultivation, the food intake is naturally not insignificant. Fortunately, with synthetic starch, the food needs of lower-level life forms are temporarily maintained.

At this moment, the world is rapidly entering the transcendent era.

Based on China's sampling statistics, the average life level is above 1.3, reaching the physique of military soldiers by previous standards.

That day, at the summit of Tianhe Peak, in the evening.

This time, the Incarnation was constructing the third foundation, [Heavenly Fire]. The Jiwei Yin Fire and the imagery of bright moonlight were slowly gathering under the operation of the grand formation.

At the center of the formation base, a moon essence crystal was positioned, with a faint white flame burning, revealing imagery of brightness and nobility.

It possessed heat, existing only to illuminate the forest and enlighten wisdom.

Wang An's true body watched the Taiyin Fire.

"Legend has it that the bright moon descends with imperial fluid to enlighten spirits, ghosts, spiritual plants, and spiritual medicines."

At this moment, the [Rootless Jellyfish Snow Rabbit] and [sky-supporting green oak] nearby seemed extremely close to this flame, even harboring an urge to devour it.

However, this place had already been set up with layers of restrictions; without opening the grand formation, no one could enter.

Before long, the four Wondrous Qi—[Innate Taiyin Clear Radiance Bright-Concealing Wondrous Qi], [Innate Kun Earth Containing Light and Carrying Fire Wondrous Qi], [Innate Yi Wood Sparse Light Guiding Brilliance Wondrous Qi], and [Innate Cold Fluid Moistening Brilliance Fire-Regulating Wondrous Qi]—were dispersed into the ritual nodes around the perimeter.

Only then did the entire ritual officially commence, and the energy imagery within a radius of over 2,000 kilometers was rapidly extracted.

Observing from the dojo, the group of students, cultivators, and Association staff watched the illusory moonlight imagery in the sky.

At this time, the moon had not yet risen, but its form appeared first.

In the river valley plain, Li Feibai and Grandmaster Li Xiping sat opposite each other in a courtyard, watching this ritual.

"Brother Xiping, do you have any insights? When we entered the mountains back then, there was no such commotion; merely manifesting the True Martial Body was enough to shock the world."

Grandmaster Li Xiping looked at the dense imagery and principles, occasionally showing a look of admiration.

"Sect Leader Li, this type of condensing heaven and earth phenomena is large in scale and has a high success rate, but it extremely tests the cultivator's comprehension and refining ability. For martial artists like us to refine such imagery like cultivators, I fear it would be fraught with difficulties and prone to incompatibility."

"Oh, I am all ears."

"These past few days, I have been reading the transcendent knowledge within the Association and various different transcendent systems of the galaxy. Our martial arts system can learn from the Bronze Human Race's method of sacrificial rites using humanistic thoughts, using humanistic imagery or martial will to form this imagery; only then will it conform to the martial arts' aura of protecting civilization and slaughter."

"However, how to refine such imagery, I fear, must start with the True Essence of the Celestial Being."

"Brother Xiping, are you thinking of opening another realm above True Essence to form imagery?"

"Exactly. The martial arts Qi and Mang systems were originally derived from slaughter and comprehension. If another realm is opened above this, it might not be weaker than the supernatural powers and magic of a first-stage perfected cultivator."

"It seems Brother Xiping has had this conjecture for a long time. I wonder if you could elaborate on what it is capable of."

"I name the realm above True Essence as True Intent. The blade has blade intent, and the sword has sword intent. This True Intent has the effect of shattering all laws and using the human heart to overcome the heart of heaven. It is sufficient to fully carry transcendent laws and unleash the power to change the world."

Hearing Grandmaster Li Xiping's impassioned description, Li Feibai felt his blood boiling, regretting only that he could not achieve it and witness its splendor.

"Then how does one achieve this True Intent?"

Hearing this question, Grandmaster Li Xiping scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"I don't have a clue for now; it's just a conjecture and hypothesis, and the specifics still need to be verified by us. I wonder if Sect Leader Li would be willing to participate? If we exchange insights with each other, I believe that in the near future, we will definitely achieve results."

Li Feibai was somewhat tempted by this invitation, but he suppressed the impulse, took a deep breath, and slowly said.

"Brother Xiping, forgive me for not being able to join you. Completing the flaws in martial arts still requires me to finish it, so that there will be a continuous stream of successors to carry it on and open up the path forward."

"Sect Leader Li, there is no need for that. You have opened up living space for our martial arts, which is a great merit, and Xiping admires it."

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Before long, the moon was in the middle of the sky, shining brightly.

The entire ritual reached its peak.

The four Wondrous Qi and the Taiyin Fire crystal were refined into one for the ritual, and the imagery of the bright moon hung high in the sky, casting its light upon the Tianhe Dojo.

The low-level spirit beasts living here bowed to the moon, and the spiritual plants did their best to absorb the moonlight.

The entire land was imbued with infinite spirituality by this silvery-white radiance.

Finally, a small moon disk [Heavenly Fire] foundation was born, and Wang An fused it into his Dantian.

It resonated with the corresponding law runes in the Heavenly Talisman, and a large amount of [Heavenly Fire] cultivation knowledge flooded back into his mind, even establishing a trace of connection with the moon outside Blue Star.

At this moment, countless scenes in the places illuminated by the moonlight became known to Wang An.

The Tianhe Dojo, China, Asia, the Blue Star hemisphere, and even the scenes around the moon were right before his eyes.

Just as Wang An was immersed in such a grand perspective, a huge shadow came into view.