59: Chapter 59 The Undying Devouring Heaven Technique

Not long after, more than twenty thick books were delivered by the staff, stacked high on Chen Moxuan's desk.

These books were divided into four piles, each stacked nearly as high as a person.

Chen Moxuan used both hands, nimbly flipping through the pages, his eyes following closely, his pupils darting rapidly.

Maintaining this state of absolute concentration, even with the hand speed of a Martial Artist at the Perfection of the Blood Accumulation Realm, it still took him nearly an hour.

Under the operation of [All-Things Calculation], the textual information from these Breathing Methods had already flooded into his brain.

At this moment, he had roughly grasped what True Qi actually was.

If the power of blood energy was based on the blood energy of the Blood Clan, then True Qi originated from the study of the Orcs' battle aura.

The essence of True Qi was to refine essence into Qi, using the abundant and perfect blood energy within the body combined with a Breathing Method to nurture a trace of True Qi in the Dantian.

This trace of True Qi was the foundation for a Martial Artist in the Qi Control Realm.

"Knowledge is knowledge, but to master it, one must analyze it."

Breathing Methods could not be created out of thin air; if he wanted to create his own Breathing Method, these twenty-plus existing ones were indispensable material.

Therefore, the immediate priority was to fully master and integrate these twenty-plus Breathing Methods.

He immediately used his Special Ability to analyze and deduce the Breathing Methods in his mind, and a virtual screen appeared.

[Analyzing C-rank Breathing Method "Spring Rain", estimated time 8 minutes 28 seconds]

"As expected, it is not that easy."

Without using overclocking, one minute of analysis required the consumption of 5 points of Mental Energy.

With his current Mental Energy limit of 150 points, even without considering reserving 20%, he could only last 30 minutes before fainting.

Although the difficulty of analyzing the Breathing Method before him was significantly lower than the Body Refinement Method, which had taken over an hour to finish analyzing.

This was, however, only one of them.

To thoroughly analyze these twenty-plus Breathing Methods on the table one by one, with his current Mental Energy reserves, he certainly wouldn't be able to hold up under normal circumstances.

Chen Moxuan took a deep breath and cast his gaze toward the electric chair in the corner of the room.

Previously, while in the electric chair at Qingqiu Psychiatric Hospital, his Mental Energy recovery rate could even keep up with the consumption rate of triple overclocking.

He plugged in the electric chair, sat straight down, put on the electrode ring, and immediately pressed the switch.

With the crackling surges of electricity within the ring, an intense stinging and numbing sensation instantly struck, and Chen Moxuan quickly used his Special Ability to block the pain.

However...

"As expected... I still need that kind of special current." Noticing that his Mental Energy was still being consumed rapidly, Chen Moxuan muttered to himself.

He had heard from Song Xin that the electric chair used by Qingqiu Psychiatric Hospital contained a device specially made by the Hero Association, which could produce a special current called Ethereal Spirit Electricity.

Unfortunately, due to the Heaven-Swallowing Martial God Physique he had inadvertently unleashed earlier, that device had been overwhelmed and had already overloaded and broken down.

"However, there is another way."

Chen Moxuan's expression hardened; his body suddenly crackled, his hair stood on end, and he was enveloped in a layer of electric light.

Using the Ethereal Spirit Electricity stored within himself as a medium, he could convert ordinary current through it, which could also turn into Ethereal Spirit Electricity.

It was just that by adopting this method, he would have to endure pain that penetrated deep into his Soul, which his Special Ability could not block.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Chen Moxuan immediately erupted into a howl of extreme agony.

That intense pain seemed to tear from the depths of his Soul, and every inch of his nerves trembled in the agony.

Even though he had experienced it once before, enduring it again still made him feel incredibly tormented.

"Retreat one step, and you retreat every step..." Chen Moxuan gritted his teeth, his voice spitting out word by word,

"What I can't stand, I just can't stand..."

Having been lucky enough to live a second life, why should he be indecisive in his actions?

In his past life, he had suppressed the impulses in his heart for too long, to the point that they were completely extinguished in the end.

In this life, he only wanted to release this impulse without reservation.

He didn't have an old grandfather in a ring, nor did he have unknown powers hidden within his body; the result of fighting to the death while knowing he was outmatched would only earn him an evaluation of being stupid.

He knew this, because he had evaluated others in the same way.

Once, upon learning that a colleague had resigned in a fit of anger, and caught in a bad economic climate, had been unemployed at home for a year without finding a new job.

He had made the same evaluation, secretly rejoicing at how wise he was to have suppressed his own impulses.

"Screw your wisdom!"

Chen Moxuan's face was ferocious as he roared at the top of his lungs, wanting to scream out all the pain and unwillingness in his heart,

"Whether it's stupid or arrogant, in this life, I just want to follow the breath in my heart!"

Whether it's his own life or the others dragged into his affairs, if these become chains that bind his spirit.

Then he would crush them with absolute strength!

Chen Moxuan activated the triple overclocking state; his Mental Energy was consumed rapidly like a tide, yet it was continuously replenished under the effect of the Ethereal Spirit Electricity.

Two-plus hours passed; in the triple-speed analysis process, the twenty-plus Breathing Methods were conquered one by one by Chen Moxuan and fully integrated.

Chen Moxuan turned off the power, his eyes staring blankly ahead, sitting there completely numb and dazed.

Although his Mental Energy was still in a full state, his current feeling was completely different from the exhaustion of depleted Mental Energy.

It was an extreme sense of collapse, as if the fire of life was about to burn out and his Soul was on the verge of breaking; his body and mind seemed to have been drained, leaving only an empty shell.

After a long while, Chen Moxuan's eyes gradually focused, and he came back to his senses:

"Within today, I cannot use this method again."

He understood that if he continued to suffer the electric shocks of the electric chair, he would likely follow in Yang Shan's footsteps and become an unconscious vegetable.

However, in the torture of that round of electric shocks, the Ethereal Spirit Electricity within his body was replenished again, and his Mental Energy limit had also increased to 180 points.

At the same time, his tolerance for pain had greatly increased.

"Spring Rain... Sun-Radiance Art... Thunder Sound Method... Blood Glutton Breathing Method..."

Chen Moxuan recalled in his mind the more than twenty Breathing Methods he had mastered to the Perfection Realm, discerning their strengths and weaknesses.

Although the highest grade among these Breathing Methods was only B-rank, most were merely C-rank.

After fully integrating such a large number of Breathing Methods, Chen Moxuan's understanding of Breathing Methods had reached the pinnacle, attaining the Transcendent Realm.

The core essence of a Breathing Method lay in using a specific breathing frequency to cause the power of blood energy within the body to produce a unique resonance, thereby nurturing a trace of True Qi.

Afterwards, using this trace of True Qi, combined with the Breathing Method, to absorb the free energy between Heaven and Earth to strengthen oneself.

On the premise of being able to significantly improve a Martial Artist's strength, the utility of the True Qi produced by different Breathing Methods would also be vastly different.

Take a Martial Artist cultivating the "Sun-Radiance Art" as an example; when in an environment with abundant sunlight, both their cultivation speed and their True Qi recovery rate would be greatly improved.

And Martial Artists cultivating "Blood Glutton" or "Spring Rain" would be much stronger than other Martial Artists in terms of self-healing ability.

"Breathing does not necessarily have to be done with the mouth and nose..." Chen Moxuan thought contemplatively,

"If there were a Breathing Method that could coordinate with my Heaven-Swallowing Martial God Physique, allowing every cell to operate the Breathing Method simultaneously, the cultivation speed would surely increase significantly."

"True Qi is essentially nurtured from blood energy, and the energy of blood energy comes from food or Heaven And Earth Treasure... The method of energy acquisition is too singular."

"Since the 'Sun-Radiance Art' can utilize sunlight, it means that Heaven and Earth energy can be absorbed—whether it be sunlight, moonlight, or even lightning."

"And the approach of 'Spring Rain' using True Qi to increase cell activity is also not bad..."

Just like that, Chen Moxuan thought hard, tossing and turning, dismantling and fusing the twenty-plus Breathing Methods one by one, then incorporating his own unique insights and ideas, continuously inputting this information into [All-Things Calculation].

Ultimately, a Breathing Method completely tailored for himself, known in later generations as the Heaven-Reaching Method, quietly sprouted.

[Deducing Breathing Method "Immortal Heaven-Devouring Art", estimated time 2 hours 28 minutes]