Chapter 1: Heavenly Comprehension, Creating The Human Immortal Martial Way
The sun sets in the west.
In Lu Nan, inside Guazi Temple,
a young man slowly walked to the large water vat under the tree.
Although it was already spring, the temperature was only a few degrees.
Yet this young man was bare-chested, exposing his tight muscles all over his body.
Under the sunlight,
his pectoral muscles were like rugged reefs, his eight abdominal muscles sharply defined,
his back like bat wings, his tendons like bowstrings,
and his skin all over his body glowed with a jade-like luster under the setting sun!
He took a deep breath, squatted into a horse stance in front of the water vat,
extended both arms into the vat water, and gently stirred the water flow with his palms.
The clear water in the vat instantly formed two streams under his control, circulating endlessly like yin-yang fish.
The water streams surged with his palms, occasionally sending water mist rushing into the sky, while a vortex at the center of the vat quickly deepened to the bottom.
Bang!
A loud explosion,
and the water flow in the vat instantly expanded with his palm edges, shattering the water vat into countless fragments!
Water splashed everywhere, white mist filled the air!
The young man stood in place, a satisfied smile appearing on his face:
“I’ve only been in this world for a month, and Tai Chi has already reached great completion!”
His name was Su Mo, and he was originally not from this world.
Just a month ago, he suddenly transmigrated to Guazi Temple near Yimeng Mountain in Lu Nan.
As soon as he arrived, a crisp prompt sounded in his mind:
“Congratulations on transmigrating to Tomb Raider World, stacking the destiny and wisdom of two worlds, and gaining heaven-defying comprehension ability!”
After the system’s introduction, he realized he had arrived in a Tomb Raider World fused from Dao Pen and Ghost Blows Out the Lantern, and was taken in by the temple keeper of this Guazi Temple.
In this world, there was Jing Jue Ancient Tomb in the northwest, Cloud Top Heavenly Palace in the northeast, Xian Wang’s Insect Valley in the southwest, seabed ship tomb in the South China Sea…
And this Guazi Temple where he was located was not far from Lu Wang Palace hidden deep in the mountains!
After understanding the era and background he was in, Su Mo immediately felt the power of his heaven-defying comprehension ability.
“You probed a cave with your finger and comprehended the Zhang Family secret art Fa Qiu Finger!”
“You viewed the Taiji Diagram at Guazi Temple and comprehended Tai Chi!”
“You heard the golden rooster crow at dawn, watched a raccoon cat hunt, saw birds fighting, gained new enlightenment, and comprehended Five Animal Frolics!”
“You kicked a stone, grasped the knack of instantly transmitting power from your muscles throughout the body to the toes, and comprehended Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper!”
“…”
Just by glancing at the Taiji Diagram in front of Guazi Temple, he comprehended the essence of yin-yang circulation in Tai Chi, the transformation of force, and overcoming hardness with softness.
When bored, he probed an ant cave underground with his finger and actually comprehended Fa Qiu Finger!
Hearing the golden rooster crow at dawn and seeing a raccoon cat chasing a mouse under the temple wall, he comprehended Hua Tuo’s Five Animal Frolics!
While walking on the road, when idle and bored, he kicked a stone flying and actually comprehended the essence of Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper!
In the few days at Guazi Temple, Su Mo fully experienced the wondrous heaven-defying comprehension ability.
Within a few days, he comprehended several martial arts or Fa Qiu and Mountain Mover secret arts!
Moreover, within these few days, he had fully comprehended and integrated these martial arts secret arts, almost reaching the peak!
What he had just demonstrated was Tai Chi.
Tai Chi: The moves contain the power of heaven and earth yin-yang circulation, appearing soft and slow like fist technique, but actually blending hardness and softness, with hidden force surging like water flow, achieving the effect of four taels deflecting a thousand catties, overcoming hardness with softness!
Su Mo had just used the yin-yang power of Tai Chi to circulate the water flow, controlling all the water’s force in his palms, and when exerting force, shattered the vat body with the water flow.
He had already reached the Grandmaster great completion realm of Tai Chi!
After practicing the internal energy of Tai Chi once, Su Mo then began practicing Five Animal Frolics.
Five Animal Frolics is a health-preserving guiding technique created by Hua Tuo, the divine physician at the end of the Han Dynasty. Its moves imitate tiger, bear, ape, bird, and deer,
fusing the ferocity of the tiger, the comfort of the deer, the steadiness of the bear, the agility of the ape, and the lightness of the bird into the moves.
Practicing Five Animal Frolics lightly eases tendons and strengthens bones, enhancing physique and fitness.
If mastering the essence, it can temper tendons and bones, open orifices and connect meridians, gaining extremely strong physique tempering!
When Su Mo practiced Five Animal Frolics, he changed from the gentle and slow movements of practicing Tai Chi earlier: sometimes like a bear shaking a tree with surging force, sometimes like an ape climbing a mountain with light and swift agility, sometimes like a fierce tiger pouncing on prey with domineering power, sometimes like a wild deer darting through the forest with nimble grace…
After completing a set of Five Animal Frolics, a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on his skin.
But his breathing was not rapid, and his face showed a flush of surging qi and blood!
“Your Five Animal Frolics, Tai Chi, Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper, and other various secret arts have all reached great completion!”
“Congratulations on combining various martial arts to create Human Immortal Martial Way!”
Hearing this prompt from the system, Su Mo couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy in his heart.
Tai Chi is an internal fist technique, Five Animal Frolics emphasizes imitating the five animals’ forms and actions to temper tendons, bones, and bloodline, Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper emphasizes the cleverness of power conversion, transmission, and concentration at a point, and Fa Qiu Finger is the pinnacle of muscle movement!
He never expected that after practicing these few secret arts to great completion, he would create Human Immortal Martial Way!
Human Immortal Martial Way: The initial realm is tempering tendons, bones, and muscles, then vital energy and internal energy penetrating meridians, strengthening the five viscera, six bowels, bloodline, and bones, finally breaking through the Heavenly Cycle key points, achieving Human Immortal, and ultimately reaching the See God Not Bad realm!
At this time, Su Mo had just created Human Immortal Martial Way and was in the initial Martial Artist realm.
Above Martial Artist, there are Warrior, Martial General, Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Martial Saint, Mortal Shedding, Human Immortal, See God Not Bad—nine realms!
That’s right, this world has Ancient Gods!
The Snake God in Ghost Cave, the entropy under the extreme abyss of Lop Nur, Ghost Fang Ancient Tree, even Nine-headed Cypress, all represent the power of Ancient Gods.
And as long as Su Mo continuously cultivates, he can temper tendons and bones, achieve qi and blood like mercury, emit tiger leopard thunder sounds with every gesture,
even become immune to hundreds of poisons, transcend the mortal and enter sainthood, making snakes, insects, rats, and ants in ancient tombs flee at the sight of him, even snapping fingers to slay those evil things.
Even, ultimately standing shoulder to shoulder with Ancient Gods, reaching the See God Not Bad realm!
After figuring this out, Su Mo couldn’t help but feel wild joy in his heart.
He never expected that coming to this Tomb Raider World, he would create Human Immortal Martial Way with heaven-defying comprehension.
If he could comprehend the ultimate in this world, ultimately reach the See God Not Bad realm, and find the secret of longevity, it would not be in vain that he transmigrated here!
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard three knocks at the temple door.
Immediately after, a middle-aged man’s voice said:
“Is anyone inside?”
Su Mo was slightly startled.
The incense of this Guazi Temple had long been abandoned, rarely visited by people, guarded only by an old temple keeper.
After transmigrating here, he had only treated it as a temporary resting place.
Who would come here looking for someone?
He put on his clothes, turned, and walked to the temple door, where he saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing at the entrance, followed by several young men.
One of them was dressed in black, with a cold expression, carrying an ancient-style black saber on his back.
Seeing Su Mo, the middle-aged man showed a smile with a jianghu air:
“Sorry to disturb you. I am Wu Sansheng. Passing by Guazi Temple, I wish to borrow your precious land to rest. Brother, could you oblige?
