4: Chapter 4 Condensing a Century's Worth of Pure Yang Internal Energy

Zhang Sanfeng sat cross-legged, eyes closed, shutting off all five senses, instantly falling into a state of deep meditation.

He initiated the Perfection-level Pure Yang Infinite Skill, and the Pure Yang Internal Energy that had just finished condensing within his Dantian was instantly stirred.

A century of pure Internal Energy flowed like a rushing river, circulating slowly through his Meridians according to the path of the Cultivation Technique.

The original owner of this body, Zhang Sanfeng, had spent his life immersed in the Pure Yang Infinite Skill, accumulating a deep century of Internal Energy. However, due to the Fusion of his Divine Soul and the depletion of his Lifespan, his heart and mind were exhausted, causing his Internal Energy to become impure and scattered, unable to unleash even thirty percent of its power.

But now, under the support of the System, the century of Internal Energy was thoroughly purified. Coupled with Zhang Sanfeng's Perfection-level control of the Cultivation Technique, every circulation of Internal Energy made this power more condensed and terrifying.

The Internal Energy started from the Dantian, followed the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, traversed the Twelve Standard Meridians, and then surged into the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Wherever it passed, the original minor injuries were fully repaired, and the Meridians were widened several times over, becoming tough and spacious, sufficient to accommodate even more massive Internal Energy.

At the same time, Zhang Sanfeng deeply fused his modern understanding of Tai Chi philosophy with the original Tai Chi martial arts of Zhang Sanfeng.

He had practiced Tai Chi for over a decade in modern times, understanding the philosophical core of "overcoming hardness with softness, being round and unobstructed, and the mutual generation of Yin and Yang," as well as the laws of heaven and earth behind Tai Chi;

The original owner, Zhang Sanfeng, understood the ultimate application of this philosophy in martial arts—the killing moves to defeat enemies with a single strike, and the foundation for protecting the Dao and defending oneself.

The two now blended perfectly, like two keys fitting tightly together, opening a brand-new door to the Tai Chi Great Dao.

The already Perfection-level Tai Chi Cultivation Technique now gave birth to a Dao Rhyme that better suited his Divine Soul. His understanding of martial arts directly crossed a threshold of decades, reaching a Realm that the original owner had never touched in his entire life.

Time passed bit by bit.

Inside the stone chamber, the Pure Yang Dao Rhyme became increasingly dense, gradually forming a visible vortex that slowly rotated around Zhang Sanfeng as the center.

His withered face became rosy at a visible speed, wrinkles were slowly smoothed out, his hunched back became straight again, and the body of a centenarian regained a massive vitality.

His appearance directly returned to the Peak state of his fifties or sixties, and with every gesture, he possessed the imposing demeanor of a Daoist Grandmaster.

Outside the retreat chamber, it was already in chaos.

"Senior Brother! Something is wrong! Something is very wrong!"

Zhang Songxi hurried back with a dozen doctors from Junzhou City.

Just as he reached the entrance of Zixiao Palace, he felt the massive Dao Rhyme spreading from the secret chamber, and his expression changed drastically, "This aura... is several times stronger than the Master at his Peak!"

Song Yuanqiao was still guarding the stone door tightly. Upon hearing this, he turned his head sharply. Following behind him were Yin Liting, who had just returned from the back mountain with medicine, and Mo Shenggu, who had returned from guarding the mountain.

"Fourth Brother, you felt it too?"

Song Yuanqiao's voice carried irrepressible ecstasy.

"From half an hour ago, this Dao Rhyme has been getting thicker, and the vitality inside has been getting stronger!"

The dozen doctors invited were all the most famous divine healers in the state city and even the entire Henan and Jiangbei province.

When they were invited before, they had all shaken their heads at Zhang Sanfeng's body, saying it was beyond help.

Now, they each stretched their necks, sensing the direction of the stone door, their faces filled with shock as if they had seen a ghost.

The lead old divine healer trembled as he bowed to Song Yuanqiao: "Hero Song, this... this is simply a miracle!"

"Previously, when I took the Immortal Master's pulse, it was a death pulse of someone at the end of their rope. But now, even through a stone door, I can feel the Immortal Master's massive vitality. This... this is simply not something a Mortal can achieve!"

The other physicians also echoed, faces full of awe, bowing repeatedly toward the stone door.

They had practiced medicine all their lives and had never seen a centenarian at the end of their life regain such terrifying vitality in just a few hours.

This was already beyond the scope of medical explanation and could only be attributed to a profound Realm, that this Wudang Immortal Master possessed Dao skills that connected to the mysterious.

"Master... Master is really okay!"

The medicine box in Yin Liting's hand fell to the ground, tears instantly welling up, and he cried and laughed like a child.

Mo Shenggu gripped the long sword at his waist, his young face full of excitement and fanaticism:

"I knew it! Master's Dao skills are profound; how could he just leave like this! Those monsters and demons at the foot of the mountain, let's see if they dare to be presumptuous when Master comes out of seclusion!"

Yu Lianzhou stood at the very front, his hand on the hilt of his sword, his knuckles white from the force. A trace of emotion finally appeared on his cold face.

He could clearly feel that the Dao Rhyme inside the stone door was still surging, becoming stronger at every moment. That was the martial Dao Realm they had been pursuing all their lives.

In the mountains, strange phenomena had appeared.

The dozens of bronze bells around Zixiao Palace rang without wind, and the melodious ringing spread throughout the seventy-two Peaks of Wudang.

The stream water in the mountain ravine actually flowed upstream against the terrain.

The grass and trees all over the mountain sprouted and bloomed at a visible speed; Wudang Mountain, originally in late spring, had actually produced flowers all over the mountains and plains.

The Wudang Disciples guarding the mountain knelt on the ground one by one, kowtowing toward Zixiao Palace, shouting "Ancestral Master's Dao skills connect to the mysterious," their voices echoing through the valley.

In the inn at the foot of the mountain, spies from the Shaolin Sect, Emei Sect, Kunlun, and other Schools felt the strange phenomena on the mountain, and their faces turned pale.

They rushed out of the inn like crazy, jumped on their horses, and wanted to report what happened on Wudang Mountain to their Schools at the first opportunity.

They all thought Zhang Sanfeng was going to die and were waiting to come up and get a share, but now, this shocking phenomenon, does it look like someone about to die? This is clearly the scene of a martial Dao Breakthrough, of Dao skills connecting to the mysterious!

Inside the stone chamber, the rotating vortex suddenly converged and surged into Zhang Sanfeng's Dantian Qi Sea, without the slightest bit of dissipation.

Zhang Sanfeng slowly opened his eyes, two flashes of brilliance flickering and then disappearing, immediately returning to a calm like a stagnant well.

Looking inward at himself, his Dantian Qi Sea was as stable as a mountain, his liquid Pure Yang Internal Energy was full and complete, without any impurity, and every thread could be perfectly controlled by him.

The entire Wudang martial arts System was clear in his mind, his physical state had returned to its Peak, his Lifespan was sufficient, and there was no longer any appearance of being near death.

On the System panel, his Realm information had been updated:

Realm: Grandmaster Realm Peak (Perfection), Breakthrough progress 100%, can impact the Great Grandmaster Realm at any time!

A faint smile curled the corner of Zhang Sanfeng's mouth.

The Realm that had been stagnant for many years was completely broken today!

He slowly raised his hand, tidied up his moon-white Daoist robe, stood up, and walked step by step toward the stone door that had been tightly closed for seven days and seven nights.

Outside the door were the Seven Heroes of Wudang who had guarded him for seven days and seven nights, and the precarious Wudang Mountain.