CHAPTER 537: CHAPTER 492: HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE UNKIND, BLACK DRAGON COMMANDS THE CITY!

The journey to Wudang has basically ended, time to leave more for the Zen Ancestor Land.

He needs to head to Shaolin early to learn Martial Arts like Eighteen Arhat Skills and Arhat Fist.

Similar to the Multiple Demon Series Cultivation Technique, attracting something like Great Brahman Heaven.

Summon the Arhat, and discuss great matters!

...

That night.

The moon was obscured by clouds, showing just a sliver, with dark blue clouds filling the night sky.

After finishing his Hard Skills lesson, Meng Chuan glanced at his panel and nodded in satisfaction.

Sitting cross-legged with five hearts facing up, he adjusted his breath while contemplating:

"[Transcendence]... what would its core characteristic be."

Before coming to Wudang Mountain, he thought his Hard Skills core characteristic would be like the form of Five Qi Chaoyuan.

Like the body inside and out mutually dividing Yin and Yang, advancing through Yin and Yang elevation.

But reality surprised him greatly.

The eight paths of unbinding transcendence...

Meng Chuan didn’t understand its meaning, feeling no sense of constraint within himself, what is true ’transcendence’?

He pondered in his mind:

This characteristic labeled with core may not be what I previously thought, something that must govern the bodily part...

Just saying, his understanding of core characteristic is still too little, leading to preconceived ideas.

To deepen understanding, casting a wide net to catch many fish is the foolish method.

When Baxia Heaven-Supporting Skill breaks the limit, perhaps it will allow him to detect more patterns.

Facilitating future searches for other Martial Arts with core characteristics.

Coming back to himself, Meng Chuan stopped thinking about these things, break the limit first then consider.

After the horizontal training course ended, he waited for his body to release some tension before beginning inner cultivation.

Since obtaining the Bone Flower characteristic, his recovery ability in this aspect improved significantly.

Previously, he had to intersperse about an hour to practice energy cultivation that doesn’t harm the body, before practicing other main Martial Arts topics.

Now, it only requires about ten minutes of breath adjustment to continue practicing.

He looked up at the sky, releasing a small sense of fatigue.

By now, the clouds had gradually dissipated, revealing the profound night.

The night sky, with a magnificent Milky Way.

Compared to the star trail above his Martial Arts sky, it was countless times more splendid.

Moved by the sight, he sincerely sighed:

"One day, can the human body measure up to Heaven? Can the galaxy within my body ever match this brilliant starry night?"

Meng Chuan pondered for a moment, the answer already formed in his heart.

This is certain!

Humanity wants to replenish the heavens and elevate dimensions.

Viewed from another angle, it is like Martial Arts breaking through the bondage of ’Heaven’s way’.

With the human body rivaling the vastness of Heaven, forcing Heaven to grow, thereby triggering dimension elevation.

This isn’t a defiance of Heaven but a reshaping of rules.

Earlier, he saw a phrase in the Dao scripture, leaving a deep impression.

"Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs."

This means:

Heaven and Earth are emotionless, existing without subjective bias. In its view, all things in the world are treated indiscriminately, even humans, who still follow the natural law in birth and extinction, development.

Even when faced with deadly enemies, overseeing from above, the ruthlessness of Heaven and Earth remains a rule.

Yet it also allows Martial Arts to grow uncontrollably and wildly.

Humans breaking through higher limits, the eighth limit, ninth limit, and beyond.

Heaven and Earth, too, get involuntarily promoted, encompassing humanity.

Humans and Heaven, perhaps in such a strange, mutually competitive relationship.

Both become increasingly stronger, thus better resisting the Celestial Demon.

Meng Chuan thought his conjecture wasn’t wrong.

For Heaven and Earth energy is taken by humans via Martial Arts, through fists and kicks.

Rather than a spontaneous enlightenment from Heaven, given generously for gaining strength without effort.

Still, he feels deep gratitude towards the human world and Heaven.

These thoughts are merely his habit of delving into the essence of things.

Furthermore, he isn’t alone in thinking like this.

The ’Heaven and Earth are ruthless’ saying in the Dao scripture already had similar conjectural theories from humanity a thousand years ago.

Now, he simply understands his predecessors’ words and gains some insights.

After realization, he suddenly felt the invisible fog covering the ’Dao’ in his mind dissipate significantly.

The word Martial Arts, Dao is the night lamp illuminating the way forward.

Now his ’Dao’ is increasingly clear, and naturally the way ahead is bright.

Meng Chuan felt very relieved.

Staring at the stars above, he was thoughtful:

"Are these distant stars those homeless souls..."

Losing their homeland, fleeing to the ends of the earth.

If the human world were destroyed, even if he managed to escape, the end would likely be the same...

Reflecting on this, Meng Chuan’s expression turned grave.

Continuously staring at the sky, although his body had already recovered, he didn’t practice inner cultivation.

Kept gazing, those stars kept enlarging in his vision.

As if at this moment, he had become one of them...

Time passed, he suddenly startled and regained consciousness.

Shaking his head vigorously, dispelling these thoughts quickly.

"Don’t think about it, can’t be attached..."

He thought too much, beyond what he could understand at this stage.

If this state continued, it might become what Dao scripture says:

"Trapped by obsession, heart demons proliferate!"

Just like different circles shouldn’t forcibly merge, it’s the same principle.

Don’t try to understand these things; let your thoughts wander and don’t let these inexplicable distractions interfere with you.

"Keep your feet on the ground and train diligently in Martial Arts. I am not yet a pillar of the human dimension, nor am I the world’s [Heaven]..."

Though those are the words, it is the truth.

Yet, Meng Chuan feels an ever-growing sense of urgency in his heart.

In the past, the battle when venom possessed Liu Ru made him realize his own ordinariness.

He was just an ordinary person favored by luck, not a sage descended from the heavens.

Therefore, when he later contemplated crises,

he no longer thought about saving the world or being the savior of humanity—such "vague grand ambitions".

Instead, he was content with taking care of his small family in Yong’an and the friends and relatives around him.

But now, after a series of events and growing understanding, his mindset has changed once again.

He took one last look at the deep sky, then turned inward to introspect himself, channeling internal energy to cultivate the Demon Heart Technique.

"Though I wasn’t born extraordinary, with such talents bestowed upon me, I ought to do something..."

...

The dawn tore through the night, and the morning sun leaped with golden glow, a ray of light streaked across Meng Chuan’s cheek.

He opened his eyes, shook his head with a smile, and put the tiger saliva dates clenched in his hand back into his waist pendant.

He comprehended so much last night, feeling elated.

He thought it would come naturally, triggering the enlightenment in morning and dusk.

Apparently, he overthought it...

The creation of Blood Hard Skill apparently is not yet the time.

It’s not a big problem; taking advantage of his active mind at this moment.

Meng Chuan summoned the Dragon Demon, transforming into a dragon-taming expert.

He arranged the Dragon Demon into a good posture...

Meng Chuan intended to visualize, refining the three little yellow dragons in his sea of consciousness into "Dragon Demon No. 2".

To complete the final proficiency in Dragon Meditation, achieving perfection!

He was indeed adept at visualization!

The previous process of creating [Brahman Suppressing Hell], and visualizing the natural Five Elements to generate thunder, mastering the Five Elements Thunder, provided him with experience.

At this moment, visualizing the Dragon Demon was already familiar territory.

Thinking of the benefits brought by improved comprehension, Meng Chuan immediately started visualizing without delay.

The Dragon Demon felt a bit nervous being stared at, its large body uneasily twisting.

"Don’t move!"

Roar!

After the Dragon Demon obediently stopped, he nodded with satisfaction, his heart spirit immersed into the sea of consciousness.

Then, in the sea of consciousness, the vague shape of the Dragon Demon gradually emerged.

Subsequently, he used Spiritual Power to outline and edge it, giving it the support of "substance".

The Spiritual Power condensed into a thread, wrapping along the contours, gradually giving the ethereal imagination a solid form.

The dark black scales overlapped with cold light, the sharp dragon horns carved vividly and lifelike, dragon whiskers like ribbons brushing over the spring well.

Meng Chuan privately praised himself, truly like the legendary artist Ma Liang reborn...

Time flew by, his brow slightly heating up.

He rubbed it twice, then continued to persist.

Maintaining the Dragon Demon outside while using Spiritual Power to outline and edge in the sea of consciousness.

Multitasking like this was indeed somewhat mentally taxing.

Gradually, after the depiction finished in the sea of consciousness for "Dragon Demon No. 2", he finally sighed in relief.

At the instant of solidification, sudden changes occurred.

Its body darted like a startled swan, stretching its claw and blade, coming alive.

In reality, Meng Chuan retracted the Dragon Demon back into his body, and this chap’s task was completed.

Introspection within the sea of consciousness, guiding Dragon Demon No. 2 to swim outside the high wall cast from black iron foundation stone, towards the little yellow dragons.

Worthy of being a product of visualizing the Dragon Demon, a bit mischievous, he was trying hard to steer.

After all, it was still his own Spiritual Power, so it didn’t take much effort to guide it into the orbit surrounded by three dragons.

Following the method pointed out by Master Chen Tuan, refining both into one, perfection is within reach!

Time flew swiftly.

This step, under Meng Chuan’s guidance, was a smooth progression.

The three little yellow dragons couldn’t escape the Dragon Demon’s grasp construed by Spiritual Power, being successively devoured.

Thereby replacing his Spiritual Power, transforming into the Dragon Demon’s skeleton body and inner core.

In the sea of consciousness, the surrounding walls were like a long cast ink wall, the black iron foundation stone shimmering with a cold hardness.

The black dragon swam from the depths of the sea of consciousness, its scales glimmering with a faint light, matching remarkably with the color tone of the black iron long wall.

Its long body winding around the wall.

The body brushed through the gaps of black bricks, whiskers sweeping over the brick surface, bringing up specks of spiritual brilliance.

Swimming to the battlements, the black dragon raised its head and exhaled.

Gradually, a large area of clouds and mist enveloped the high walls.

The whole iron-solid walls of the sea of consciousness emanated a faint profound glow, now more tightly securing the sea of consciousness.

At this moment, Dragon Demon No. 2 was completely formed.

Three dragons vying for supremacy?

Black dragon dominating the fortress!

Meng Chuan pondered it carefully again, nodding privately.

With Dragon Demon No. 2 guarding the high walls of the sea of consciousness, the mental defense capability was upgraded once more, really solid and reliable!

Subsequently, he called for the Dragon Demon from within the Middle Dantian.

Brought it to the sea of consciousness, to meet its own brother...

The Dragon Demon with a puzzled face stared at No. 2 on the wall.

Then turned to look at Meng Chuan, an indignant expression on its face, wasn’t this the pure and true Monkey King...

It turned its head, seeing the black dragon on the wall spewing mist.

The expression suddenly filled with fear, then with one gulp, it swallowed No. 2 whole...

"??"

This scene seemed familiar, Meng Chuan promptly commanded it to spit it out.

Knowing it feared falling out of favor, Meng Chuan comforted it:

"It’s a gatekeeper, you are the capable general! It is merely an imitation of you, nowhere near as robust as you..."