People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 1104 A Glimpse of Mu
In a quiet room, Yan Muqing sat down, but found it difficult to calm her emotions.

Yesterday's life-or-death turn was truly thrilling.

The moment the blade struck, she even thought she was dead.

"Were we robbed of the prize...?"

Yan Muqing couldn't help but think of her conversation with Li Qi a while ago.

She hadn't taken it seriously at first, but now she suddenly found herself feeling a flutter in her heart.

He just couldn't be sure whether his near-death experience had thrown him into a state of mental turmoil, or if there was some other reason.

"Alas, it's useless to overthink."

"In this world, martial arts skills are still the most crucial."

"If I were stronger, I wouldn't have almost died before."

"I finally managed to persuade the young lady of my family to go to the Hundred Evils Gathering with me, but I don't know if it will activate the mission..."

"The activation criteria for missions in the game world are too mysterious. For many missions, being too strong or too weak in martial arts won't work. It's all about a certain kind of coincidence. There's no story without coincidences."

For over a century, the real world has never stopped researching and exploring the game world, and has discovered certain patterns.

Although the real martial arts world is not all romance and poetry, in the game world, if you want to activate a quest, you have to indulge in romance and poetry to create a martial arts atmosphere.

What master strategist's challenge, what world-renowned...

As for Yan Muqing, her identity in the game is that of a branch of the Yan family in Jiangnan.

In the Jiangnan region, there are five prominent families of martial arts: Zhao, Zhang, Yan, Wang, and Li. Among these five families, the Yan family is known for two divine skills. One of them is the Formless True Skill, which is said to be a martial art that integrates Taoism and Buddhism, second only to the Twenty-Five Orthodox Methods.

There is another technique, the Heavenly Star Calamity Finger, which is also a top-tier divine skill.

Of course, there are very few people in the entire Yan family who can cultivate these two martial arts. It's not just about bloodline, but also about talent. If you don't have enough talent, you won't understand the martial arts even if they're right in front of you, and you won't be able to get started.

For those from a collateral branch like Yan Muqing, either they start with extraordinary talent or they gradually learn lower-level martial arts to reduce the difficulty of mastering divine skills.

In the acquired stage, one cultivates the Twelve Forms Bright Light Method. Upon reaching the innate stage, one switches to cultivating the Myriad Forms Tribulation Scripture. Once one becomes a Grandmaster, one then switches to cultivating the Formless True Skill.

From the twelve phases to the myriad phases, and then to the formless, it progresses step by step.

While this method of cultivation may not be as pure as directly starting with divine skills, it does offer the possibility of achieving success.

The young lady Yan Muqing mentioned is from the main branch of the Yan family and is a true genius. She started by cultivating the Formless True Skill and is now only twenty years old. She is already a master of the innate realm and belongs to the Yan family's celestial seed.

Yan Muqing's so-called persuasion of the eldest daughter of the Yan family was actually just a casual mention of Nan Kui's movements that made the eldest daughter of the Yan family interested.

As the saying goes, heroes love beauties, but don't beauties also admire heroes?
In today's martial arts world, the two most famous young people are Nan Kui and Bei Dou. Bei Dou is relatively rugged, while Nan Kui is a handsome man, which makes him more popular with female warriors.

Even though the eldest daughter of the Yan family had never actually met Nan Kui, idol worship doesn't require physical presence; in fact, the more distant the idol, the more likely it is to create a halo in one's heart.

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As time passed, things around Li Qi became noticeably noisier. Fortunately, what he displayed were only some fake Taoist martial arts, not some unparalleled demonic art, so it only caused a commotion within a small area.

Unlike the tranquility of reality, Li Qi's experience in the game is much more exciting. When his martial arts reach the pinnacle of the Innate Realm, in the Western Regions, the only one who can reliably defeat him is the Hundred Evils Ancestor. He can kill whomever he wants, completely free.

However, once Li Qi's martial arts reached the level he was at, standing at the threshold of becoming a grandmaster, accumulating more power in the short term was meaningless for him; overcoming the demonic tribulation was the key.

Therefore, Li Qi remained completely silent for the next few days, which frustrated the Hundred Evils Ancestor, who had laid a trap to kill him.

In the mountains, Li Qi returned to the place where he first obtained the Dao Embryo Demon Seed and sat down there.

These past few days, he has been sitting here, constantly purifying his own internal energy, true qi, and demonic embryo, as well as purifying his own life essence.

"This demonic tribulation is the greatest challenge and the greatest calamity for the Dao Embryo Demon Seed martial art. After passing this tribulation, the subsequent six chapters will be smooth sailing. Only the last chapter, which is about the ultimate demonic power leading to the attainment of Dao and the shattering of the void, is incomplete."

"Although some people have broken through the void with this martial art before, everyone's path to breaking through the void is different. So this chapter only has an introduction. The final demon god, the twelfth, the demon god who breaks through the void, must walk his own path."

"And the Demonic Tribulation is the fifth chapter. The fifth chapter of the Demonic Tribulation is when the tribulation ends and the demon is born!"

"You could even say that only after passing this test can one truly enter the demonic path!"

"When the demonic embryo dies, the seed of the Dao is born. In the cycle of reincarnation, the demon is planted within the seed of the Dao that gives rise to Nirvana, thus transforming into a true demon!"

"The essence of the so-called Dao Embryo Demon Seed is actually in the word 'seed,' the seed of planting. Planting a seed, undergoing repeated cycles of rebirth and nirvana, stepping on the right foot with the left, and elevating the quality and level."

"The seed isn't the key; planting it is the crucial part!"

"The Dao Embryo and the Demon Seed, the word 'seed' encapsulates everything."

"The Dao embryo can harbor a demon, and the demon embryo can harbor a Dao..."

Inside the stone cave, Li Qi's mind became increasingly clear, and the various key points of the demonic art flowed through his mind, making his wisdom shine ever brighter.

The fifth chapter of the Demonic Tribulation is actually very simple to cultivate. You only need to die once. As long as you can be resurrected, you have succeeded. If you cannot be resurrected, then you have failed and died completely.

Therefore, throughout history, many practitioners of this demonic art have sought shortcuts and used various methods to have others take their place in the tribulation.

Those who take shortcuts don't even have the courage to face the cycle of life and death. Even if they manage to get through this hurdle by trickery, they still can't cultivate their demonic arts to the highest level.

As for Li Qi, logically speaking, having been an ordinary person in both his lives, he should be afraid of death, which is in line with the nature of an ordinary person.

In fact, with his current achievements, he has already reached the pinnacle of his life. Even if he doesn't cultivate anymore, he can still enjoy his life for over a hundred years.

A master of innate cultivation has a lifespan of 150 years, but his demonic arts are so profound that he could even live to 200.

In response, Li Qi couldn't help but wonder if he was one of those legendary, one-in-a-million, born strongmen.

Before enlightenment, they are timid and hesitant. But once enlightened and their potential is unleashed, they become like the protagonists of countless stories. No matter how incompetent they were before, they instantly become decisive and ruthless, full of determination, perseverance, and fighting spirit, radiating wisdom and courage, the light of the righteous path...

Although this is very unscientific, it is indeed very important.

(End of this chapter)