CHAPTER 386: CHAPTER 170: ULTIMATE SKILL EMERGES, GREAT GRANDMASTER EMERGES FROM SECLUSION!

"The myriad things of nature can be harnessed; the Qi of Heaven and Earth resides within the heart!"

After several days of relentless refinement, enlightenment, and Zhang Beixing’s persevering efforts—thinking while sitting and practicing his fists while standing—he finally understood and found his own path.

This was a completely different path!

A path of "Observing the sun, moon, and mountains to capture their essence, drawing in the Qi of Heaven and Earth to strengthen oneself"!

This path, or rather, the core idea of this Ultimate Skill, was named by Zhang Beixing as—Nature’s Myriad Things!

Or perhaps... Heaven and Earth’s Myriad Things!

Mountains, rivers, grass, and trees would transform into martial arts; the essence of heaven and earth would become inner strength!

After considering the martial arts ideologies of many schools, Zhang Beixing believed that in this world, everything is nurtured by heaven and earth. Whether technology or nature, nothing can escape the laws set by heaven and earth.

Much like Tai Chi Eight Trigrams martial arts, it implicitly involves the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Similarly, Xingyi Fist involves imitating various animals in nature.

All these can be attributed to Heaven and Earth’s Myriad Things.

And this "heaven and earth," broadly encompassing, could refer to Earth itself, but in a wider sense, the entire universe could also be considered as heaven and earth.

Even humans, a primate species that prided itself as noble and superior among thousands of species, were just a part of this heaven and earth.

If heaven and earth desired, merely by raising a colossal wave, they could bury an entire human city of civilization.

If nature allowed, a single cataclysmic event of mountains splitting and the earth cracking could transform the land, turning oceans into mulberry fields.

Above the Earth exist the myriad things of nature, and between heaven and earth, there is the bright sun and the moon.

Zhang Beixing was now observing the natural sun, moon, and mountains, drawing in the Qi of Heaven and Earth to strengthen himself. This approach was akin to the idea of "Dao follows nature." It was not born from his own "comprehension" but inspired by many martial arts ideologies.

Of course, this also included Zhang Beixing’s own understanding and epiphanies.

In this ideology, one had to merge with the sun, moon, mountains, and the natural elements of heaven and earth to extend this Ultimate Skill.

What was called "Dao follows nature" could also be termed "martial arts follow nature."

"Visualize the sun, moon, and mountains to strengthen the muscles and bones!"

"Absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth to nourish oneself!"

Zhang Beixing muttered to himself, laying the foundation for creating this Ultimate Skill. However, for now, it was definitely unattainable. This was because visualizing the sun and moon or absorbing the Qi of Heaven and Earth were concepts too esoteric, already touching upon the Transcendent.

In fact, by the same principle, Zhang Sanfeng’s Ultimate Skill ideology was also very esoteric and involved the Transcendent, but Zhang Sanfeng himself also could not reach that realm.

Because, after all, an ideology is just that—an ideology, hard to realize.

Much like Laozi’s Daoist ideology, equally grand and involving the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, Laozi himself was incapable of practicing it.

Similarly, Bodhidharma’s Buddhist Ultimate Skill—the so-called "Golden Body Arhat, achieving enlightenment instantly"—was also an ideology. It represented a realm difficult to reach, existing only in thought.

Again, Daoist cultivation scriptures like *Baopuzi* and *Taiyi Jinhuazongzhi* are all massive works of thought. They contain profound philosophy but offer no room for actual practice.

Now, Zhang Beixing’s idea of "Observing the sun, moon, and mountains to capture their essence, drawing in the Qi of Heaven and Earth to strengthen oneself" stemmed from precisely this understanding.

With this central idea, taking the nature of heaven and earth as the source—just as Tai Chi takes Yin and Yang as its source—he could create a new Ultimate Skill in martial arts. However, the deeper levels of cultivation, even reaching the realms sought in his thoughts, were currently insufficient.

But for Zhang Beixing, who was practically a cheater with his infinitely upgradable System, such a grand ambition might indeed be realized! Once he advances to the Transcendent level in the future, the central idea of this Ultimate Skill will be his guiding light. It can potentially incorporate all the Transcendent suggestions proposed by netizens that need to be realized, using this core ideology as the foundation! Hence, this could be called the foundation stone for Zhang Beixing to achieve the Transcendent!

"But that’s all for the future, yet it’s already within reach."

"I guess, after becoming a Great Grandmaster, I should be able to become Transcendent!"

"It’s just a pity that since ancient times, Great Grandmaster has been the highest known realm because it is the limit and shackle of the human species, hard to break."

"But for me, Great Grandmaster is definitely not the limit!"

"The realm above that, I shall create with my own hands!"

"And now... what I need to do first is to utilize this idea to research and create my own Great Grandmaster Ultimate Skill, to formally break through to the Great Grandmaster level!!"

Zhang Beixing murmured, burying these thoughts in his heart.

Then he stood there, recalling what he had seen and heard recently. He raised his arms, his body moving with his intent, and began to personally experience each move, one by one.

What he first created was the Great Grandmaster’s lethal technique!

This move was inspired by the days he practiced his fists in the thunderstorms, gaining enlightenment from observing the pouring rain.

Rain: continuous, ever-changing.

When its force is small, it is dense, leaving nowhere to hide; when its force is strong, it is fierce, each strike aimed to subdue the enemy.

If Thunderbolt were added, this rain would be no small matter!

This coincided perfectly with his expertise in the Yue Family’s linked punches.

Consequently, when Zhang Beixing was developing the moves, these two aspects merged almost without obstruction, directly fused by him.

WHOOSH—

The sound of howling wind arose as Zhang Beixing’s fists streaked through the air, forming an impenetrable net of punches.

It was unavoidable, inescapable!

BANG BANG BANG—

Zhang Beixing swung his fists. The terrible Vital Energy he stirred landed on a nearby rock, instantly scattering stone chips and filling the air with dust.