From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

But that attack just now caused him to suffer shattered bones all over his body and internal organs to tremble. He was still able to stay alive thanks to the demonic energy in his body that absorbed most of the damage.

"Boss!"

"hateful!"

The two men, Boxer and Viper, were quite different. One was strong and skilled in boxing; the other was fast and had sharp leg techniques.

In front of Lu Jin, the two men's strength, speed, fist techniques, and leg techniques were no different from those of beginners. With one punch, he sent the boxer flying; with one kick, he sent the poisonous snake flying; and with two more crystal cannon shots, he blasted away the demonic energy on their bodies, breaking most of their bones. Even if they recovered in the future, they would be far weaker than ordinary people.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Lu Jin."

Sheriff Black came out to clean up the mess and thanked Lu Jin once again.

"You're welcome."

Lu Jin watched the taxi drive away, sighed, and calmly took off the crystal cannon, tucking it behind her waist. "That's why Valon and the others escaped."

“That’s alright. As long as they dare to do evil again, District 13 will definitely be able to catch them again,” Blake said confidently.

Lu Jin: "..."

Despite this being my first time visiting District 13, for some reason, I felt that this secret department, equipped with so much high-tech gear, wasn't the elite gathering place I'd imagined. Instead, it seemed more like...

A makeshift troupe!

the other side.

Back in San Francisco, Demon Dragon secretly watched Lu Jin's battle with his three men, and was shocked: "That guy defeated my men so easily, and he was even more ruthless than I was."

If it weren't for the sake of Blake and the others, this follower of the immortal god would probably have wanted to kill Hanbing and the others on the spot!

Just crazy!

How could righteousness summon such a ruthless and decisive individual?

So he contacted the Holy Lord and said, "Father, we're in trouble. I've sent my men to probe District Thirteen. We haven't seen the true form of the Undying God, but his subordinates are extremely ruthless; they're more like demons than we are..."

"is it?"

Within the fiery array, the Holy Lord, situated in a volcano crater, sneered, "If that's the case, then the eight great demons will become nine!"

"what?"

The little demon dragon was stunned, realizing a possibility he had never dared to consider before—the eight great demons... were actually eight immortal gods?!

"Don't overthink it, my son."

The Holy Lord comforted him, “I have already discussed it with the other seven old guys. Chen Long, Old Man, and the Undying God will definitely find our tracks and defeat us one by one!”

We cast a spell, comprehended the power of the Bagua in the universe, concealed our presence, and activated the demonic energy we left behind in the world!

"Little Dragon, after you've gathered all the talismans and given them to me, go and collect the other seven demonic energies. We need to create a powerful demon to attract the attention of the immortal god!"

"Am I going to become the ninth demon?"

The little demon dragon was taken aback, not wanting to follow the same old path in its destiny.

"Of course not you, my son."

The Holy Lord immediately denied it, saying, "If others are integrated with the eight demonic energies, once the eight demonic energies converge and occupy the eight of the nine important sources of demonic power in the human body, the person who is the vessel will be completely transformed into the ninth demon. Even if the demonic energy in his body is extracted, he will still be a demon!"

"Should I strip away my demonic energy?"

The demon dragon frowned. Without his demonic energy, he was just an ordinary lizardman. Apart from retaining his basic "stats," he couldn't even beat Chen Long, who wasn't wearing the Eight Immortals Armor at this stage!

“You can keep your demonic energy, but use Tara’s instead. He and his nine generals represent the darkness of humanity.”

The Holy Lord drew the character "炁" with flames from afar. "Human life force is composed of both yin and yang, which is qi, or 炁. It is a burning 'fire' character. Therefore, the 炁 that represents the darkness of humanity is also fire!"

The Shadow Legion's power increases with the number of humans they have.

In modern society with such a large human population, the dark side they represent is also stronger. Once they reappear, their shadows will be enough to cover the entire earth!

It's enough to replace the demonic energy of fire!

# Chapter 804 Strange Magic, But the Principle is the Same

"I missed the chance to teach Hanbing and the others a lesson!"

While Ice, Viper, and Boxer were being wheeled into an ambulance by the elites of District 13, Jade finally ran out of the building, annoyed that she had been a step too slow and missed seeing Lu Jin teach the Lizard Trio a lesson.

"how is the situation?"

Jiang Liu, who had just emerged from the broken hole in District 13, asked.

“Those possessed by demonic energy are not strong; they can be dealt with by kung fu masters like Chen Long who haven’t fully mastered their qi. However, they are physically strong and have a high recovery ability. If there is no way to remove the demonic energy from their bodies, we may have to use power beyond our limits to completely destroy their bodies and souls.”

Lu Jin devised a way to kill the demon completely without breaking the demonic energy.

"That is indeed a method. Just as the best way to disrupt the natural order is to destroy mountains, waterways, and so on."

Jiang Liu was fully aware that Han Bing and the others had been transformed into lizardmen by the demonic energy of the little dragon. He knew that the so-called demonic energy was the information of the "innate divinity" that originated from the aura of the Holy Lord and was fused into one Qi. When injected into other people's bodies, it would affect their aura and cause their cellular aura to undergo directional evolution, thus forming the appearance of lizardmen.

Similar to the situation in Siobhan.

In other words, Han Bing and the others had only been exposed to demonic energy for a short time. If it had been more than twenty years, this wisp of demonic energy would have completely merged with their innate Qi, making them truly descendants of demons and no longer human.

Dealing with them will be much more troublesome, especially in this time and space where the "severance of heaven and earth" has never occurred. The simplest way is to seal them.

Kill—

It's possible, but without large-scale explosive damage, it's extremely difficult to completely eliminate them. Furthermore, bound by the law of Yin-Yang balance, if one demon is truly destroyed, an even more powerful demon will appear, or perhaps a human representative chosen by the dark energy will continue this endless struggle between good and evil…

"Dad, we're back!"

Back at Old Man's Antique Shop, Tru was minding the shop, while Old Man was preparing potions in the back room, which allowed Jiang Liu and the others to witness the magic of this time and space for the first time.

how to say?

It's very strange.

Instead of cultivating one's own Qi, they put all sorts of strange and unusual materials, such as bullfrog legs, bat wings, octopus tentacles, silk, etc., into a cauldron to boil them. They even used tools like test tubes and measuring cups that are only used by scientific researchers.

It looks more like they're mixing potions than casting spells... But to be honest, this method is similar to how wizards cast spells in some movies and anime, both of which rely on potions and elixirs to perform magic.

"Demons and monsters, get out of here!"

After the old man prepared the potion, he chanted an incantation. The innate Qi within his body resonated with the potion to a certain extent, connecting the potion with the Qi of heaven and earth. Then, a cloud of green smoke emerged, forming a smoke-like circle in mid-air. Immediately afterward, a scene of a flower shop appeared within it.

"Oh no! Dad's magic went wrong!"

The old man covered his head and began to peruse historical records again, searching for information about the Eight Immortals of antiquity.

"...This magic is really quite peculiar." Looking at the scene within the green smoke, Lu Jin was at a loss for words.

This magic looks very technically advanced, but it also gives him a very... very primitive feeling about how it's performed.

Because during the casting of this spell, Qi seemed to be a genuine form of energy, requiring no effort from the father to process it into corresponding abilities. Simply reciting the incantation and allowing the Qi to resonate with the prepared magical potion was enough to cast the spell—it was simply—

This is too convenient!

He had a premonition that any ordinary person with a strong body and sufficient innate Qi could, as long as they prepared the magic potion and recited the incantation, resonate their own Qi with the magic potion and thus unleash their abilities.

At most, it might be that ordinary people's attention is not focused, which could lead to poor magical effects or even mistakes.

"That's one of the advantages of the Zhou Weather Bureau."

Jiang Liu shrugged. Although he didn't understand what other things his father had added to the potion, he roughly understood the principle behind it: "Cultivators themselves cannot reach the heavens, but they can use various natural creations and man-made things to brew a pot of 'medicine' and use it to build a small energy field that can connect with the energy field of the great world."

Then, by throwing in items related to the Eight Immortals, one can search for other things that the Eight Immortals possess, thereby finding the corresponding location.

I guess so."

Xiaoyu listened to the whole thing, blew a breath upwards, causing her hair to sway, and asked, "Could you explain it in simpler terms? What is 'qi ju'?"

"Do you know anything about computers?" Jiang Liu asked.

"of course."

Xiaoyu rushed out of the back room, went upstairs, and grabbed a laptop. "What do you want to search for online?"

"No, I'm just giving you an example."

Jiang Liu took the computer and asked Xiao Yu, "Why do you think computers can access the internet?"

"Of course, it's because of the internet."

Xiaoyu answered as a matter of course.

Jiang Liu asked again, "Is the internet tangible?"

Xiaoyu replied, "Although I'm not a very good student, I know that the internet is something you can't see or touch, just like air."

"Then it's easier to understand. Qi formation refers to the flow and circulation of Qi within a certain range. In our area, it's associated with 'Feng Shui'."

Jiang Liu opened his laptop, opened his browser, typed "lizard man" into the Google search bar, and pressed Enter. A bunch of messages about lizard men and lizard man conspiracy theories popped up. "See that?"

Doesn't this look a lot like Dad's magic?

Qiju = Internet

Potions = Computers

Dropping the corresponding item = entering the information you want to search for in the search bar.

One is magic, the other is technology, but there is a reality before us: their basic methods of finding clues, data, and information are actually the same.

However, the internet's current scale is still far smaller than the atmosphere that covers the entire planet, and it contains too much junk information, requiring careful filtering.

"Cool~"

Xiaoyu had absolutely no interest in studying, but after Jiang Liu's comparison, she discovered that magic and technology were remarkably similar.

"Where are they similar?"

Even though he was an immortal god, his father stubbornly believed that magic and science could not be equated, but he also knew that Jiang Liu was using this to teach Xiaoyu to study hard, so he didn't say anything and continued to prepare the potion.

"The essence of Qi cultivation is to enable us to control the Qi structure of the human body," Jiang Liu explained the concept of Qi cultivation.

"Do people also have aura?"

After accepting the definition that "Qi Ju = Internet", Xiaoyu was shocked by the existence of Qi Ju in the human body.

"After all, people need to breathe. Air enters the lungs, enters the bloodstream, and is transmitted to every cell in the body. After circulating once, it is exhaled from the lungs, carrying away waste gas, thus forming a cycle. You see, doesn't this also fit the definition of 'qi pattern'?"