From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 499 The Path of Divine Martial Arts
This entire [Meixi] contains the authority of a god, and it is an empty authority without a master. This means that how to allocate the authority is entirely up to You Ming.

This offers a greater degree of freedom than conventional divine authority.

Conventional authority is referred to as source authority.

All such powers are subject to three limitations:
Firstly, there are limitations to one's duties. As the authority of the gods is in charge, one must adhere to the duties assigned to one's jurisdiction and must not overstep one's boundaries.

Secondly, there is a limit to the number of auxiliary and follower gods that can be appointed.

Thirdly, the nature of the law is immutable.

For example, You Ming's position as the "Director of the Office of Procreation, Protection, Harmony, and Fortune" is a seventh-rank divine office, which means that he has the qualification to establish his own office and can also appoint eighth-rank and ninth-rank auxiliary gods himself.

However, this authority was granted to him by the [Department of Fertility]. Although he could decide who to appoint as assistant gods, the number and nature of these assistant gods were strictly limited.

This does not mean that he can bestow titles indefinitely, nor can he bestow titles on deities unrelated to the nature of "birth, pregnancy, prolongation of offspring, and protection."

However, this unclaimed, blank authority allows him to break the three restrictions.

He could decide the extent of the authority bestowed by imperial decree. For example, he granted Gu Sifan a small amount of divine authority, which was so small that it could not even support the position of a ninth-rank righteous god. It was only about one-tenth the authority of a normal ninth-rank deity.

This power will not make Gu Sifan a god, but it can connect his "martial intent" with "divine authority".

All martial arts practitioners take Qi as their foundation and intention as their bridge. Now, with this divine authority, Gu Sifan's "heart, intention, and spirit" can resonate with the world through this catalyst.

You Ming calls this form the "Way of Divine Martial Arts".

In You Ming's vision, this catalyst requires martial artists to continuously nourish their bodies with their blood and internal energy, and then constantly feed back strands of divine and immortal power, which will then be integrated into their bodies.

Initially, You Ming has only conceived of three realms.

These are Marrow Refining, Blood Exchange, and Divine Body.

The so-called divine bones are those that use divine power to continuously nourish the bones, making the body stronger and gradually refining the bone marrow, thus making the human body structure more powerful.

Then, bone marrow produces blood, and the newly generated blood also contains divinity, causing the divine power to gradually flow throughout the body.

Once the bones, flesh, blood, and internal organs of the whole body are imbued with divinity, they can be transformed into a divine body that is perfectly integrated inside and out.

These three realms roughly correspond to the Yin Spirit, Dharma Form, and Tribulation in the Immortal Path.

However, You Ming speculated that even if a martial artist condensed a divine body, their strength might only be equivalent to the Dharma Aspect level, or slightly stronger than the Dharma Aspect level, but lower than the Tribulation level.

Because the tribulation that cultivators undergo is very mysterious, it symbolizes the process of a human transforming into an immortal.

Each tribulation overcome brings a purification to the cultivator's mind and body, and a surge in strength.

Once all the tribulations have been overcome, one will naturally step into the upper three levels, which is commonly known as the Earth Immortal level.

Because You Ming hasn't figured out how to continue his martial arts path after the [Divine Body] stage, he currently only has six realms.

Body tempering, innate essence, true meaning, marrow refining, blood exchange, divine body.

As for the next level, You Ming only had some vague guesses that perhaps he could rely on the power of "faith," or of course, the power of "name."

This is somewhat like some legendary stories on Earth, where knights, heroes, and saints leave behind legends by slaying monsters, thus gaining a high degree of legendary status.

When people pass things down from word to word, they are using "words" as a medium to inject "the power of consensus."

When this "consensus" accumulates to a certain extent, the martial artist's "intention" will leave its mark on the world, thereby gaining power that surpasses the limits of the individual.

Even the items they left behind after their deaths would contain the power of "name," possessing an immortal and powerful force through the recounting of countless people. Of course, since You Ming himself was only at the sixth level of cultivation, he naturally lacked the ability and intellect to deduce such profound martial arts.

However, he was not in a hurry and wanted to promote the first part of the "Way of Divine Martial Arts" first.

……

You Ming sat in Fu Man Lou, eager to see how the "Way of Divine Martial Arts" would transform the entire martial arts world.

His attempt raised the upper limit of power in this world by two levels in one go; it's unknown how this world will fare.

Immediately, he turned the compass and used the cheat code [Silence and Flow Observation].

As his thoughts gradually focused, the speed of his consciousness began to increase—ten times, fifty times, one hundred times…

When the speed of his consciousness flow reached a hundred times, his will felt the pressure.

This is his limit under normal conditions.

So, You Ming adjusted the compass again and used the [Equal Adjustment].

Appearance -5, Willpower +5.

In an instant, his willpower attribute became 12 points. Twelve points of willpower made his mind as hard as iron, indestructible.

Therefore, the acceleration of his consciousness increased further, finally reaching 360 times.

His consciousness was bound to the entire Yellow Millet World.

As his consciousness progressed rapidly, the entire world of Huangliang also accelerated wildly.

One day in the main world is equivalent to one year in the Yellow Millet World.

You Ming was still sitting in Fu Man Lou, but all the figures around him turned into streaks of light that moved at high speeds, as if time was accelerating wildly in every place except for the small space he was in.

In the world of fleeting dreams, a year has passed.

Gu Sifan has completely stabilized his [Marrow Refining] realm and stepped into the ranks of Martial Saints.

His actions of directly reaching the level of a Martial Saint without relying on the Celestial Masters Sect's secret treasure, the "Breakthrough Pearl," aroused the Celestial Masters Sect's high vigilance. During that year, the Celestial Masters Sect sent several Martial Saints to hunt him down, but he easily escaped each time.

In a battle just a few days ago, he faced three Martial Saints head-on, killing one, injuring another, and even frightening the third Martial Saint so much that he fled in panic.

In the blink of an eye, three more years have passed in the world of illusion.

Gu Sifan's strength increased dramatically. He had almost completely imbued his bone marrow with divine substances, further enhancing his physical strength. With every move he made, he possessed immense power.

This time, he stormed directly into the headquarters of the Celestial Masters Sect, catching them completely off guard.

He actually killed two Martial Saints who were stationed there in one go. More than twenty other Innate Martial Artists and True Meaning Grandmasters were also killed or injured. If it weren't for the final moment when the Celestial Masters Sect used a treasure obtained from the Outer Heaven to defeat them, the casualties at the entire headquarters would probably have been even greater.

This time, Gu Sifan was more seriously injured, which forced him to remain in hiding for a full ten years.

Just when many people thought he was dead, he reappeared.

This time, the strength he displayed actually surpassed the level of [Martial Saint], reaching a completely new and unbelievable level.

He claims to be at the realm of "Human Immortal"!
(End of this chapter)