CHAPTER 163: CHAPTER 164: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED (3000 WORDS)

Ji Quanzhen’s gaze was solemn, and he didn’t say much. Action speaks louder than words.

"True Court, Rise!"

Ji Quanzhen formed a Taoist spell with his hands, and the gesture resonated strangely with the magnetic field. From beneath him, a visibly pure white magnetic field accompanied by his spiritual power radiated in all directions.

The world changed.

What should have been the towering peaks of the Qingcheng Mountain Range at this moment seemed to change heaven and earth.

In Zhuo Feng’s eyes, the soil underfoot turned into white jade bricks, the thickets at the side transformed into stone-carved railings, and Ji Quanzhen truly became an incomparably noble Celestial Emperor of the rank of a Great Emperor, behind Ji Quanzhen.

A thousand auspicious signs and brilliant rays of the Celestial Palace lay on the clouds, extending endlessly towards the sky, as if reaching up to the thirty-three heavens. Numerous Immortal Gods stood on the cloud peaks, overlooking Zhuo Feng with cold indifference, viewing him as an ant.

Seeing this scene shocked Zhuo Feng immensely, and he pointed at Ji Quanzhen, who was now wearing the Emperor’s Robe and exuding divine power.

"Do you dare, with a mortal body, to attempt to transform into a True God domain? Aren’t you afraid of the backlash of those True Gods, suffering the pain of a thousand cuts, your soul eternally scorched?"

Zhuo Feng became more and more agitated as he spoke, and in the end, his expression twisted as he roared, "Blasphemer, I will make you my master’s kindling!"

Ji Quanzhen’s expression was calm, "How can one transcend by worshiping false gods? How can one transcend without self-respect as a god?"

At this point, Ji Quanzhen sighed and a trace of worry appeared between his brows.

"Ha, transcendence..."

Sighing, Ji Quanzhen pointed a finger at Zhuo Feng.

At this instant, within a hundred-meter radius centered on him, the once-silent magnetic field rose with his finger, like an earth dragon turning over, the calm magnetic field was shattered by an immensely large stone, raising waves of heaven-high proportions.

The intense, unparalleled magnetic field stirred violently, creating a brilliant light, and above, the countless Immortal Gods roared in unison.

In an instant, Zhuo Feng felt his body unable to move, his spirit was tightly restrained as if plunged into an ice cave, experiencing extreme cold, his blood was frozen, and the blood from self-inflicted wounds froze visibly into frost.

He looked at Ji Quanzhen with panic and nearly broke down.

This aura, he had only felt from the True God he worshipped.

One moment full of life and lively, flourishing, the next overturned heaven and earth at the mere thought of the other, endless vitality turned to deathly silence, all living beings in the world vanished, turned to ice.

"Do you understand why I am called the Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole in this world?"

In a whisper, Ji Quanzhen’s body emitted electric arcs, and he pushed them to their limit.

When everything dissipated, the True Court vanished, the Immortal Gods retreated, leaving only some scattered ice shards where Zhuo Wei stood.

Ji Quanzhen also quickly aged, returning to his original elderly appearance, and a few more wrinkles, like those carved with knives and axes, appeared on his face.

He forcibly straightened his somewhat stooped back, pounding his lower back, looking up at the sky, his expression carrying a hint of helplessness.

"I don’t know when this will end, how many have come out over the past few years?"

Mumbling, Ji Quanzhen glanced towards the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, his eyes flashing before shaking his head slightly.

"Ah, can’t deny old age! It’s time to go!"

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At the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, Lu Ren stood bare-chested, covered in scratches, with steam rising from his entire body. He held a Hongxing 21 model pistol in his hand.

The muzzle was also emitting a faint smoke from being recently fired.

Lu Ren calmly looked at Kuishan, who was half-kneeling before him, with several bloody holes from gunshot wounds oozing blood onto the ground.

Kuishan looked at Lu Ren’s heavy firearm in shock.

"What is that thing, why does it have such great power?!"

Even after suffering such severe injuries, Kuishan stood up shakily, and the muscles around the bullet wounds started writhing, forcing the deeply embedded bullets out of his body.

Indeed, it was somewhat tricky.

Lu Ren took a long breath internally, as if drawing from deep within his body or possibly integrating strange particles from outside, which added several degrees of strength and mental nourishment.

This alleviated the pain in his body; during the fistfight with Kuishan earlier, he often did not dodge but took the initiative to use his body to test the punches.

The Ten Lands Great Accomplishment Golden Body Bodhisattva Path, although a true skill that strengthens the body through spirit, still requires a certain entry method.

And stimulating the body with blows is the best entry method.

Kuishan stared at Lu Ren, his expression carrying a tinge of insulted feelings.

"Are you using me to practice your method?"

It’s really too foul, the other party completely disregarded him, actually practicing a new method during a life-and-death fight.

"Practice method?"

Lu Ren thought for a moment and then understood, ’practice method’ should be what people from their world called it.

In the battle with Kuishan, he was attempting to operate the Ten Lands Mahayana Golden Body Bodhisattva Path.

Despite his spirit being highly concentrated, he forcibly diverted a part of his mind to cultivate according to the Ten Lands Mahayana Golden Body Bodhisattva Path method.

This isn’t purely a Martial Path technique but rather a way of pushing spiritual cultivation to the extreme, gradually affecting one’s body to form a path of physical enhancement.

It’s not to say that it’s not a System Martial Path, but this method requires reaching the spiritual limit to subtly influence the body before one qualifies to cultivate it.

This is also why it is referred to as True Skill.

Borrowing False to True Cultivation.

Using spiritual power to adjust the body and continuously advance according to one’s desired path.

Strictly speaking, it is a Dharma Gate that exists if you believe, and doesn’t if you don’t.

"Ding, you have subtly gained insight into the Ten Lands Mahayana Golden Body Bodhisattva Path."

"Ding, you’ve seemingly gained a lot of insight into the Ten Lands Mahayana Golden Body Bodhisattva Path."

With the system’s skill level notification ringing in his head, Lu Ren lowered his gaze to his body, noticing the fist seals, scratches, and bruises beginning to gradually fade away.

Clearly, the will gathered in this battle was far more intense than ordinary cultivation, and the skill levels and insights he obtained were far more efficient than usual practices.

Under the system prompt, his understanding of this rather obscure Ten Lands Mahayana Golden Body Bodhisattva Path became remarkably smooth. Although Ji Quanzhen had annotations, the scriptures of Buddhist and Taoist Lineages often contained extensive Buddhist and Taoist thoughts, with many idiomatic anecdotes that could leave you in a fog without an extensive reading of the Taoist and Buddhist Scriptures.

One must understand what these anecdotes express and integrate the thoughts revealed within these anecdotes into this skill to truly grasp its meaning and avoid taking the wrong path.

Thus, from ancient to present times, authentic fist techniques streams of the Buddhist and Taoist families, or Spirit Refining Cultivators focused on Spiritual Meditation, didn’t care if their scriptures were leaked or transmitted externally; many genuine scriptures were available online.

However, without having read the Taoist and Buddhist Scriptures from a young age, comprehending the meaning would be impossible, not to mention the presence of some obscure phrases.

This is often why the Buddhist and Taoist sects rarely produce exceptionally young top martial arts families.

But the skill level panel allows Lu Ren to completely ignore these intricacies; he naturally understands these meanings as his skill level increases.

Then he realized that Ji Quanzhen’s annotations seemed somewhat problematic.

Going in opposite directions, capable of refinement but unable to deeply comprehend the true intent.

Observing Kuishan standing tall yet teetering, with a sturdy upright posture and a face full of resolve.

Lu Ren twisted his mouth.

Then, glancing toward the distant emergency response units and the Security Bureau members stationed at Qingcheng Mountain branch rushing over.

I can’t let these people steal the limelight.

At that thought, Lu Ren raised his gun and resolutely pulled the trigger aiming at Kuishan’s forehead.

Bang!

A heavy yet soul-shaking gunshot echoed suddenly.

A massive blood hole appeared on Kuishan’s forehead; a bullet with powerful penetration directly shattered Kuishan’s brain.

Kuishan stared straight at Lu Ren, seemingly wanting to say something but unable to speak.

Finally, he struggled to grin, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, his hand tightly pointing skyward.

Immediately, he fell backward without any more sound.

Lu Ren had no intention of saying anything more to Kuishan. Though both were primates, there were obvious physical differences—just those rows of shark-like teeth made him particularly displeased.

He looked up at the sky, squinting his eyes.

Well then, what kind of exotic realm is up there? Kuishan’s body is strange; during the battle earlier, he could spew scorching breath from within to attack.

It was somewhat like a BUFF’s attribute enhancement, thereby obtaining attribute attacks.

The opponent’s hot breath was emitting toxic heat; had he not sped up his metabolism, he might have fainted by now.

After conversing with the Security Bureau members who had arrived, Lu Ren was slightly surprised.

"Are you saying it’s not just here that beings from exotic realms have appeared?"

Security Bureau member Liu Jiang replied, "Yes, intelligence from the information center shows that throughout Huaxia, there have been thirty-six incidents of beings from exotic realms arriving simultaneously. If we include overseas, globally the number of such incidents today has reached over four hundred and is still increasing."

This number is rather astonishing.

This implies that the world he is in is probably linking to another exotic realm, forming an intersection point. Unlike before, it was like dragonflies touching the water, swiftly coming and going. Rather, it’s like a magnet’s opposite poles attracting a point, swiftly correcting once attracted and repelled again.

Liu Jiang, partly relieved, partly worried, said, "Fortunately, this wide-scale frequency of space tremors didn’t last long and stopped quickly. But the vibrant signs suggest that they may appear frequently in the future."

He gazed at Lu Ren with a hint of admiration, saying, "Perhaps you’ll need to act as a firefighter then."

Lu Ren smiled without speaking, patted Liu Jiang on the shoulder, then after resupplying gear, prepared to head up Qingcheng Mountain again while Ji Heng, bare-chested and steaming, appeared slightly fatigued, slowly descending.

(Thanks to reader 9966 for the reward, really taking a break now, the author is still slogging at work, secretly sneaking to write, thanks for everyone’s support!)