I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 719 Creating Something from Nothing, The Ultimate Leap

Vientiane Skyway, the core area!
Over the past fifteen years, more than a hundred people have entered this place.

However, only two-thirds of them remain today. The remaining third were either eliminated or unable to withstand the immense pressure from the core area.

Of course, if they stayed on the edge and didn't go to those dangerous areas, they wouldn't be unable to withstand it.

But doing so is tantamount to a slow death.

If your skills don't improve in time, you won't be able to earn points.

In such a situation, they will be eliminated when the time comes.

So even though there was no fighting in the core area, the invisible competition was everywhere.

Everyone is racing against time, fighting against the environment, and battling their own inner fears and limits.

The benefits of the core area are not given to them for free.

Points are both a driving force for their progress and a sword hanging over everyone's head.

Having such a good environment for cultivation, if one cannot demonstrate the corresponding value and potential.

Therefore, being dismissed is only natural.

Over the past fifteen years, these top human beings have also made tremendous progress.

First is Nangong Hong.

In the 51st year of the Extraordinary Era, he successfully broke through to the second realm of Unity, becoming the first human to reach this realm.

The second stage is the Bone and Muscle Barrier, which is also divided into three stages.

Bones, joints, and bone marrow.

Based on speculation.

When the second stage of cultivation is perfected, bone density will increase dramatically, becoming stronger than refined steel, bone marrow as thick as mercury, and vital energy and blood will be abundant.

A single drop of blood possesses an incredibly powerful effect.

Just like the commotion Xia Yuan caused when he had a physical examination at the Haicheng base.

At this stage, ordinary firearms are no longer able to pose a lethal threat.

When a bullet hits the skin, it probably won't even leave a white mark. Even an armor-piercing bullet will at most cause flesh damage and cannot shake the bones that are harder than steel.

If weapons of mass destruction are used, not to mention whether they can hit the target accurately, the shockwaves and fragments outside the core of the explosion will not pose much of a threat to such powerful beings.

This is why Xia Yuan doesn't allow the Unity Realm to appear on Earth.

For example, Nangong Hong.

He was able to unleash a force of two million kilograms when he was only at the third level of physical strength.

Now that it's broken through, the number will probably be at least 2.5 million.

Such powerful individuals are difficult to control with modern weapons, and if a battle were to break out, it would be a huge disaster.

Besides his cultivation level, Nangong Hong's martial arts realm had also broken through to the late stage of the Transformation Realm a few months ago.

To break through from the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm to the late-stage in just eighteen years is an extremely exaggerated speed.

Many cultivators in the Unity Realm may not be able to break through from the initial stage of Transformation Realm even after eighteen years.

When martial arts reach the Transformation Realm, it is no longer simply about accumulating strength and mastering exquisite techniques, but rather about having a subtle control over one's own power.

It can be said that the transformation of internal energy lays a solid foundation for entering the realm of subtlety.

Only when one has mastered one's own power to a level of perfect harmony, combining strength and gentleness, and achieving a high degree of unity between the mind and the body, is it possible to perceive and control power at a subtle level.

In the later stages of the Transformation Realm, one regards oneself as a small world, constantly exploring, excavating, and integrating the inherent power within.

The integration of spirit and body becomes increasingly close, and one begins to be able to clearly introspect, gain insight into the circulation of Qi and blood, the functions of internal organs, and even deeper levels of cellular activity and energy metabolism.

This kind of meticulous insight and control over oneself can be considered as having grasped a sliver of the basics of subtle understanding.

Although it has not yet been able to truly intervene in the microscopic realm of the outside world, it has already laid the foundation for "entering the microscopic world".

The soul is as fine as silk threads, enough to deeply perceive and regulate even the most subtle changes within itself.

Aside from his martial arts prowess, Nangong Hong has also made significant progress in the path of laws.

Now, not only has his understanding of fire reached the third stage, but his understanding of wind has also reached the third stage.

Of course, the most important thing is the number of acupoints opened.

After opening 45 acupoints 18 years ago, Nangong Hong has now opened 82 acupoints.

However, although he has eighty-two acupoints on his body, only one of them, the Power Source Acupoint, is functioning.

These newly opened acupoints, like lone stars in the night sky, shine brightly, but they fail to resonate with each other and connect to form a new and complete energy structure system, unlike the previous thirty-six acupoints.

They are scattered throughout the body, seemingly following some more complex, yet not fully understood, pattern.

Nangong Hong could sense that the birth of the next Qigong Palace seemed to be separated by only a thin veil.

But this veil is exceptionally strong, requiring a specific opportunity, deeper accumulation, and perhaps a clearer understanding of the deeper connections between the acupoints in order to finally break through it.

Apart from Nangong Hong.

There are still six people who have awakened their inner palace within these fifteen years.

They are Qingyue, Li Qingxuan, Xuanyuan Yungui, Yuan Liren, Sikong Yang, and Liu Xiaoyan.

Of these six people, Xuan Yuan Yun Gui, Yuan Li Ren, Si Kong Yang, and Liu Xiao Yan all awakened the Power Source Aperture Palace.

Qingyue, on the other hand, awakened her divine sense palace.

The divine sense palace that Qingyue awakened did not enhance her physical strength, but rather strengthened her soul.

After awakening her Divine Sense Aperture Palace, Qingyue's soul was more than three times stronger than that of other extraordinary beings at the same level.

This also allowed her to instantly expand her spiritual detection range beyond one kilometer, making it more penetrating and her perception more refined and subtle.

As for Li Qingxuan, what he awakened was the Spirit Source Aperture Palace, whose function is to increase the total amount of source energy.

If we're really talking about combat power, there's no doubt that the help from the Spirit Source Aperture Palace is the greatest.

After all, the source of power for superhumans is ultimately source energy. A larger reserve of source energy means that they can sustain high-intensity battles for a longer period of time, giving them an absolute advantage in head-on combat and protracted wars.

However, there is a crucial prerequisite: the physical body must be able to withstand such a massive amount of energy.

Before awakening his Spirit Source Aperture Palace, Li Qingxuan would find it difficult to fully unleash its potential in one go.

Now, every time he fully unleashes the source energy, he must precisely control the output flow and intensity.

It's like walking on the edge of a cliff; if you're not careful, you'll collapse before the enemy even arrives due to the backlash.

Therefore, unable to unleash his full potential, he simply doesn't have a chance for a prolonged battle when facing opponents of significantly lower strength.

This constraint allows him to rely on his superior energy reserves and skillful control to outmaneuver opponents when facing opponents whose strength is not vastly different, thus seeking opportunities to win in a protracted battle.

However, when faced with a formidable enemy whose strength far surpasses his and who can still overwhelm him even with his carefully controlled output, the so-called advantage of a protracted war becomes a false proposition.

Faced with an absolute disparity in strength and speed, he had no chance to drag the battle into a prolonged phase.

They might be defeated in one or two exchanges, or even killed instantly.

Just like facing Nangong Hong.

Nangong Hong simply cannot afford to fight a protracted war with him.

Unless Li Qingxuan directly chooses to explode against Nangong Hong!

However, no one would choose to do this unless they were in a desperate situation.

Once you've completely outmaneuvered your opponent, even if you win in the end, it's practically a death sentence.

Of the seven people mentioned earlier, Xuan Yuan Yun Gui has actually made the fastest progress in strength.

He not only opened the Power Source Acupoint Palace, but his martial arts realm has also reached the mid-stage of Transformation Realm.

His cultivation level had advanced from the first to the third level of the physical body in just fifteen years. Now, he could be said to have completely entered the ranks of the top human experts.

In terms of true strength, only Nangong Hong dared to say he would definitely beat him; no one else would dare to say that.

Even Sikong Yang and Yuan Liren, who were just one step away from entering the second stage of the Unity Realm.

As for Ji Xuan...

In these fifteen years, he still has not awakened his Qi Palace.

Not to mention the acupoints, even his cultivation level is still stuck at the third level of the physical body.

He only broke through from the beginner level of martial arts to the early stage of martial arts.

No one knows what Feng Zong, who was once on par with Wu Zong, is doing.

Logically speaking, in a place with extremely rich source energy like the core area of ​​the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road, it's impossible that Ji Xuan wouldn't have made any progress in fifteen years.

After all, his level of cultivation is capable of keeping up; his cultivation cannot stagnate.

It should be noted that people like Sikong Yang, whose cultivation was lower than his at the time, have already reached the peak of the first realm and can break through to the second realm at any time.

Even Bai Zhengyu and the others had reached the third level of physical cultivation.

At this rate, it's likely that Ji Xuan's strength will fall to the third tier within a few years.

……

In front of Storm Valley.

Looking at the enormous vortex that stretched from the sky to the earth in the distance, Li Qingxuan frowned slightly.

"What on earth is this kid doing?"

Nearly half a year has passed since Ji Xuan entered the storm vortex within Storm Valley.

Although Ji Xuan has spent most of his time inside over the past ten years, the intervals between visits are usually not very long.

Storm Valley is one of the most dangerous areas in the entire core region, and even the outer areas can pose a threat to the Unity Realm.

If one's understanding of the essence of wind is not deep enough, or if one's physical strength is slightly insufficient, it is impossible to delve into it.

Most people only stay there for one or two months at most, and even those in the third level of the flesh rarely stay in Storm Valley for more than three months.

After all, staying inside means constantly facing the dangers of the storm.

This time, however, Ji Xuan has not appeared for a full six months.

If his name weren't still on the points leaderboard, many people would probably think that Ji Xuan was in trouble!

at the same time.

Deep within that storm vortex, formed from destructive energy powerful enough to tear everything apart.

A figure was moving against the raging current, taking difficult but determined steps toward the center of the vortex.

In places like Storm Valley, the danger increases exponentially the closer you get to the inside.

At the deepest point, it is no longer just wind blades and air currents, but equivalent to energy turbulence!

Therefore, few people venture deep into the central area.

Even top experts who have reached the third stage of the Wind Realm and the third level of the Physical Realm would not easily come here.

This kind of place can already pose a huge threat to the third level of physical defense.

Of course, the main reason is that the outer and central areas are sufficient to enhance one's understanding of the essence of wind.

The core area is a zone of absolute vacuum.

Commonly known as the eye of the storm.

In the eye of the storm, there is no wind, no thought, and utter silence.

This is precisely the end and the opposite of the essence of wind.

Here, not only is it impossible to perceive the flow and changes of the wind, but one's own artistic conception also has no room to be expressed.

Therefore, going inside is completely pointless.

But Ji Xuan's current position is getting closer and closer to the very center of the storm.

That is to say, his control over the essence of wind has reached the point where he can move with the wind and his will moves with the wind, which is why he can barely hold on in this energy vortex.

Deep within the storm's vortex, turbulent energy currents, like billions of invisible blades, were tearing everything apart.

He gritted his teeth, braving the wind blades that could tear everything apart, and moved forward step by step.

"Just a few meters left!"

He could sense that behind that invisible barrier lay the eye of the storm.

Perhaps the answer he has been searching for for over twenty years can be found there.

More than 20 years ago, his artistic conception of wind had reached its peak of "transforming with the wind, and the wind following the intention".

Wherever his mind leads, the wind becomes his arm, his blade.

He stood at the end of the path of artistic conception.

However, when looking up at the sky, all that could be seen was a thick fog and the road ahead was blocked.

This is not a predicament that Ji Xuan alone is facing.

This is a common predicament for all those who have reached the third stage of the practice. All those who have reached the third stage clearly feel that there is no way to go further.

Therefore, a crazy idea came to Ji Xuan's mind.

Since the end of the path of artistic conception is from nothing to something, from the abstract to the concrete, and from mastering the existing rules of the wind between heaven and earth.

Then.

Is the opportunity for a breakthrough precisely its absolute opposite?

In that windless place?
The core of Storm Valley, the absolute eye of the storm, where all is silent and even the essence of the atmosphere cannot be perceived or stirred, is seen by everyone as a graveyard for comprehending the essence of the atmosphere, a meaningless wasteland.

But Ji Xuan stubbornly believes that only the ultimate "nothingness" can give birth to new possibilities that transcend "existence"!

He was willing to risk his life and venture into that absolute forbidden zone of artistic conception.

In an extreme environment where one is completely stripped of one's connection with the spirit of the wind, one forces oneself to seek that ultimate leap from control to creation, from the virtual to the real!
This is a crazy gamble that involves risking one's life and all one's cultivation.

If successful, it might open a door to the laws of nature.

Failure means the physical body shatters, and one dies and one's spiritual essence dissipates!
now.

He was just a few steps away from that gambling table.

"The last few meters!"

With a resolute flame burning in his eyes, Ji Xuan pushed his exquisite control over his physical strength, honed to its limit during the early stages of the Transformation Realm, to the extreme. Combined with his already perfected Wind Intent, he struggled to navigate through the destructive energy turbulence.

Fine bloodstains began to appear on his body, a sign that his flesh was being torn apart by an invisible blade.

Even Ji Xuan, who had reached the third level of physical strength, was easily torn apart by the energy turbulence in this core area, which shows just how dangerous this place is!
Intense pain surged through his nerves like a tidal wave, but this only sharpened his senses.

He could sense that even the source energy fluctuations in the area ahead had disappeared.

That was absolute vacuum and nothingness.

This formed an extremely sharp contrast with the raging storm surrounding him.

That's not just a clash of environments, but also the dividing line between the end and the beginning of a road!

"If there is no way forward!"

"I will create something from nothing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward and instantly merged into the void in front of him.
(End of this chapter)