From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

What Mark needs right now is not an increase in strength, but rather to become familiar with his own strength and learn how to get along with the villagers in his current physical condition.

after all--

He still considers himself a human being.

If he had completely denied his own will to be human from the bottom of his heart, then his approach would not have been as gentle as it is now.

"Ha, I never thought I'd be lectured by a 'grandson' one day." Bai Yuekui sighed, teasing Jiang Liu.

"That's normal. Older people's thinking is never as quick as that of younger people."

After saying that, Jiang Liu manipulated Kyo Kusanagi to unleash flames and threw a punch.

But Bai Yuekui reacted quickly, immediately controlling Mai Shiranui to dodge, and then flung out a flying fan, saying, "With your quick thinking, how come you managed to fight this 'old woman' to a standstill?"

"Please, the hardware and software limits of this game are limited. Even if the Buddha himself were to challenge you, as long as he doesn't change the underlying rules of this machine, he could only fight you to a draw. It all comes down to who loses patience first and reveals a weakness."

Jiang Liu's explanation of the root cause was also a reminder to Bai Yuekui: the game is the game, and reality is reality. If you try to make reality follow the direction of the game, you'll be going astray.

However, he also understood why Bai Yuekui valued the game so much.

Besides the theory of "mustard seed Mount Sumeru, which is everywhere", it is more related to the fact that skeletal beings enter a state of flow when playing games, but the two cannot be completely equated.

Who is Lusheng?

The incarnation of Mana's Primal Form!

In theory, craniocerebral skeletal occultation does not require playing games to awaken a flow state; simply maintaining focus is sufficient. However, it was precisely during the focused state of playing games that he discovered he could enter a flow state, which gave Bai Yuekui the possibility to think in this direction.

Bai Yuekui also agreed with this principle.

This is because, with Jiang Liu's help, she had already opened her nine orifices and eight meridians, embarked on the path of Qi cultivation, and understood how arduous this process was.

Using intention to move the life essence to achieve circulation is a tedious process, far more boring than physical exercise.

However, this process can also continuously strengthen the body and mind, constantly narrowing the distance between oneself and the original Mana body, and thus enabling one to understand the thoughts of the original Mana body from a higher perspective.

In other words, to defeat your opponent, you must first understand them...

While Bai Yuekui was pondering, her attention was diverted, causing her to lose patience first and reveal an opening. Jiang Liu seized the opportunity to interrupt her ultimate move, the Ninja Bee, and released the Reverse Eight Hundred Style: Orochi Nagi, which emptied all her health bars.

"Can't you, grandson, give way to your grandma?"

Bai Yuekui remained silent.

"Shall we play one more round?"

Jiang Liu tried to negotiate, saying, "I'll definitely let you have it this time."

"never mind."

Bai Yuekui is not Mark; she is an octogenarian and has no obsession with "winning one round." Instead, she asked about her own cultivation, "How should I cultivate next?"

"Once the nine orifices and eight meridians are connected, the five internal organs should be established as the central palace, life and nature should be the yin and yang, the five elements should be gathered, and the nine orifices should be the foundation. The Supreme One holds the talisman and transforms into Pangu, opening up the world in the heart, so that the mind and spirit can last forever. The next step in cultivation is to unify the body and mind, coordinate the qi, and forge the golden elixir."

Without hesitation, Jiang Liu looked Bai Yuekui up and down again, with a hint of appreciation. "With the passage of time, your cultivation is actually quite strong, and your control over the physical body is quite good. Therefore, in about half a year, you will be able to set the five internal organs as the central palace, connect all the acupoints in your body, and open up your mental landscape."

Bai Yuekui pondered for a moment, then asked, "What about Mark? Turning the tangible into the intangible... what kind of cultivation is that?"

“Anyone with nine orifices can cultivate. Although Mark has the body of a Devouring Beast, he also has nine orifices. Even if his human spine is replaced by a spinal worm that grows on his skull, it is still the same.”

Three passes and nine orifices.

The three dantian are the three dantian – upper, middle, and lower;

The three posterior points are the three spinal gates – coccyx, intervertebral disc, and occipital bone;

The three orifices are Yin, Yang, and the central palace. The Yin orifice is at the bottom, the Yang orifice is at the top, and the central palace is located between the upper dantian and the jade pillow gate, also known as the Niwan Palace.

The front three fields, the back three gates, and Mark all have them, but the middle three apertures are somewhat special.

Because Mark's Devouring Beast body was somewhat special and lacked reproductive organs, its yin orifice was integrated with the Spirit Breath Seed, located between the lower dantian and the coccyx; its yang orifice was completely fused with the brain, replacing the location of a normal person's yang orifice; and its central palace orifice—

It was located in the area of ​​the heart.

And it is not yet perfect.

“Mark’s Yin Aperture and Spiritual Seed are united, which is the embodiment of the unity of form and potential in the ‘void’. It is an external and internal support, forming a multi-dimensional space, which is a tangible golden elixir.”

"Normal humans do not possess spiritual seeds, making it difficult for them to condense a tangible pill."

"When he controls the flow state, he unlocks the function of the brain and the yang orifice becoming one. It is the embodiment of the unity of qi and strength in 'spirit'. Controlling this orifice gives one a feeling of strength and spiritual lightness throughout the body... But for Mark's Devouring Beast body, it is not just a feeling, but a direct 'connection to heaven'. Not only can he maximize the efficiency of his body, but he can also perceive the information of the universe and use it for his own benefit."

"And the final acupoint in the central palace—"

Chapter 1192 The Three Apertures of the Central Palace are Key

"The central acupoint is the key to the union of intention and spirit in 'emptiness'. When the spirit shines brightly, the qi nourishes the whole body, the inside and outside are clear, and the intention is calm and the nature is empty."

“Because Mark is now in the body of a Devouring Beast, this acupoint is not in the Niwan point, but in the heart. However, it is not completely integrated with the heart and is still missing the final step.”

Bai Yuekui was well aware of this—if humans wanted to link with the brain of the Mana Primordial Body, they could not establish a direct mental connection. Instead, they would need to implant spinal worms and Mana spores to make their own biomagnetic field more similar to that of the Mana ecosystem.

Although Mark currently has the body of a Devouring Beast, he has not truly completed his transformation and still lacks the implantation of Mana spores. However, when Mark was brought back to Dragonbone Village, the corresponding implantation experiment had already been conducted. Ordinary Mana spores cannot affect Mark's current physical body in the slightest.

Therefore—

Jiang Liu continued, "Mark needs to transform the tangible into the intangible, and control the three orifices in his body, including the Yin orifice that is connected to the Spirit Breath Seed, the Yang orifice that is connected to the brain-heart flow control room, and the Zhonggong orifice that is still missing one step and has not been completely integrated with the heart."

His yin orifice, having merged with the spiritual seed, formed its own space.

His genitals, being connected to his brain, also formed a space.

All can preserve spirit and store essence.

Once his central palace acupoint and heart are completely fused—"

"Could it also open up a multi-dimensional space?"

Bai Yuekui pondered.

"almost."

Jiang Liu nodded, “Based on these three apertures as the foundation, and supplemented by the three dantian in the front and the three gates in the back, a circulation of energy is formed, connecting the multidimensional space between his spiritual seed, heart, and brain, transforming the tangible into the intangible, and spreading it throughout the whole body, thus the golden elixir is completely cultivated.”

"Humans can't construct corresponding multi-dimensional spaces within these three apertures like the Devouring Beasts?" Bai Yuekui was somewhat unwilling.

"If one can enter the inner realm, one can vaguely sense that there is a peculiar space within each of the nine orifices. However, in terms of life level, humans are much lower than Devouring Beasts and cannot form a multi-dimensional space like the Spirit Seed. One must first make one's inner realm permanent, unite body and mind to form a Golden Core, and coordinate the Qi to form a Sacred Embryo before one can comprehend the evolutionary process of the Earth itself and incorporate the key nodes in the evolution, that is, the information of the natural Qi, into oneself to construct corresponding talismans, thereby further perfecting the Golden Core and Sacred Embryo."

Jiang Liu told him the truth, and then comforted him, "Don't envy Mark. Although he can cultivate a true Golden Core in a short time once he embarks on the path of cultivation, and even has a tangible Golden Core by his own, he also has an extra weakness—"

Once the Spirit Seed is shattered, his life will come to an end.

Moreover, spiritual growth requires experience and reflection.

His journey from human to beast and back to human was truly bizarre.

However, he spent most of his early life in the lighthouse, living a monotonous life, and his mind was not sufficiently settled. Therefore, he was able to unleash strong will and intention for love, but he could not directly awaken the light of his soul through this.

Conversely, on the path of unlocking genetic potential, you have accumulated enough experience; if your dedication or belief strengthens further, awakening the light of your soul is only a matter of time.

When the topic of genetic locks came up, Bai Yuekui pondered for a moment and asked, "So, I guess I've unlocked my genetic locks too?"

"Yes, the potential of the source material is even somewhat similar in essence to the personalized spiritual light that only exists at the fourth level. However, you have taken a shortcut and have not truly awakened the spiritual light. Therefore, you cannot rely solely on your physical body to manipulate the laws of physics. You still have to rely on Qi, that is, source material energy, to unleash your special abilities."

The so-called power of will is essentially a spiritual intention generated under extreme emotional excitement, and it is no different from the essence of worship and faith.

"So, what level of genetic lock am I equivalent to?"

"Your physical body has only reached the second level and has already become normalized. Your brain has also been developed and is close to the third level. However, your body's genetic level is close to the early stage of the fourth level, which allows your body to maintain its peak condition. However, you cannot control the subtle level of energy and adjust your genes like someone in the early stage of the fourth level. You need to rely on external technological equipment."

Jiang Liu gave an assessment: "However, if you encounter a reincarnator from the Main God Space, as long as you remain vigilant and don't let your guard down, and use Zheng Zha as a reference standard, even if you are not yet in the Qi Refining stage, you will be able to kill him in his third-tier state."

"He's that weak?"

Bai Yuekui frowned.

"It's not that he's weak, but I feel that he doesn't like to use his brain. The moves he knows are all the kind that are wide and sweeping, and he takes the approach of using brute force to overcome all other methods... If I hadn't helped him open up his Ren and Du meridians, given his situation of knowing what to do but not why, in the game, his 'character' would be a disgrace to his peers."

The so-called "one force can overcome all methods" does not actually rely on pure strength to suppress. Just like an ordinary boxer, to unleash the power of a punch, the entire skeleton and muscles of the body must move to transmit and transform the force. Those who cultivate Qi are the same, except that it is a power transmission system based on "Qi".

If one were to rely solely on brute force to achieve something like "overcoming all obstacles with sheer force"—

That would be a disgrace to those of the same level.

If there is an exception, it can only be that the person who does this has a much higher level of spiritual cultivation than others, just like the difference between the young Zhang Chulan and the old Zhang Zhiwei.

But if you calculate it this way, it's not even a contest with a strong opponent of the same level.

Therefore.

The idea that "one force can overcome all methods" is a false proposition if it is not based on one's own internal energy circulation system, but simply by adding Qi to the physical body and then throwing a punch.

"Should I first find a way to fully reach the third stage of the gene lock?" Bai Yuekui pondered.

"Once you have established your five internal organs as the central palace within the next six months, it will be fine. Since your brain has already been developed, as long as you further control the changes in your body and continuously strengthen your spirit during the process of 'establishing the central palace,' you will be able to completely enter the third stage and fix it."

Bai Yuekui's ability to survive from the old world to the present and maintain such an optimistic attitude must be due to his incredibly strong will. As long as he can normalize the first three stages of the gene lock, breaking through to the fourth stage, awakening the light of the soul, and completing personalization will not be too difficult.

Mark's only obsession was to revive Ran Bing.

And what about Bai Yuekui?

But they have a belief that they keep the fate of all humanity in mind!

of course.

Besides the obsessions and beliefs at the spiritual level, the material conditions of this time and space cannot be ignored.

For example, Bai Yuekui was able to live from the old world to the present day not because of his primordial potential, but because of a regenerative medicine called "Angel". It can ensure that human cells (including nerve cells) can replicate and regenerate almost infinitely without errors, thus achieving immortality at the level of physical body.

"Alright, in the meantime, how about you and Xia Tianlai work together to research the relevant drugs for unlocking the gene lock?" Bai Yuekui's tone was authoritative, though it was an invitation.

"Row."

Jiang Liu readily agreed.

Chapter 1193 Half a year has passed quietly

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Liu's life has been quite enjoyable over the past six months:

During the day, she taught the villagers of Dragon Bone Village the methods of Qi cultivation; at night, she researched gene-lock related potions with Bai Yuekui, and personally guided her to cultivate the five internal organs and five Qi, combining them with a potential path similar to the Bessel beam to create a unique cultivation method of her own.