Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 436 Innate Ruler of the Heavenly Cycle, Overcoming the Changes of the Heavenly Cycle, Transforming Me into King
With a light tap of his fingertip, Ye Xuan sent the still humming Dragon Slayer Sword into a streak of light, which disappeared into his spatial ring.

Then, he slowly turned around and looked at Wang Ye, the only bystander at the scene.

At this moment, Wang Ye was still immersed in Ye Xuan's sword strike when he was suddenly locked onto by Ye Xuan's gaze. He instantly shuddered, as if he had been caught daydreaming in class by the homeroom teacher.

Before my brain could even process it, my mouth had already blurted out:
"Ye Ye Shen, hello there! Um, have you eaten yet?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Wang Ye realized what he had said and wished he could slap himself on the spot.

No, you shut up, what were you saying just now?!

Is that even a human question?!

Ye Xuan was clearly taken aback by such a down-to-earth greeting, and then chuckled softly.

"That's quite unique."

He shook his head slightly, ignoring the minor incident, and cut straight to the point, his gaze falling on Wang Ye's Taoist robe as he asked with interest:
"What you received was a template for 'Wang Ye'? Or a legacy?"

Although the world level of Under One Person is not high, the strength of its overall power system is also ordinary among the cultivation worlds of the myriad realms. However, some of its special "techniques", especially the "Eight Extraordinary Techniques", have quite extraordinary internal "mechanisms".

Under the special and different rules of spiritual energy in the real world, it may actually reveal even greater potential.

Just like the "Dual-Handed Technique," which also originated from one of the Eight Extraordinary Skills, it has been developed by Jiang Qingyao to be able to perform genetic editing and modification.

Although it is currently limited to the genes of unmutated organisms and cannot be safely applied to individuals mutated by spiritual energy, a group of "gene warriors" with considerable strength, reaching the second tier, have already been initially created.

However, there are very few of these warriors at present, and the authorities are more inclined to wait and see.

Most of the more ambitious ones would rather wait a little longer, at least until Jiang Qingyao can safely act on the mutated gene before proceeding with the modification.

After all, if we only use ordinary biological genes as a blueprint, the potential limit is basically locked. If we want to improve further in the future, we can only wait for Jiang Qingyao to further understand and develop the "Dual-Handed Technique".

As the ultimate "technique" and the pinnacle of Qimen Dunjia, Feng Hou Qimen was created with the aim of controlling the flow and changes of all things in the world.

Although it is uncertain whether it was "created" by Zhou Sheng, its core is indeed like that.

When a practitioner breaks through the illusions of inner vision and truly anchors their "heart" in the "central palace," they have truly completed their transformation.

He upholds the law with his body and guards the heavenly order with his heart!
At this point, the source of its power is no longer simply manipulating the four plates of Heaven, Earth, Man, and God, or controlling the changes of generation and restraint within its range.

Rather, it is the practitioner's inner world that has been unified with the external Qimen formation!

He himself became a miniature "universe"!
And what this "universe" connects to and mobilizes is the most fundamental rhythm of heaven and earth nurturing all things—the power of the seventy-two pentads!
What are the seventy-two pentads?
This is the most fundamental rhythm and scale of the operation of heaven and earth and the nurturing of all things.

The ancients divided the ecliptic year into twenty-four solar terms, and each solar term was further divided into three pentads, with each pentad lasting five days, for a total of seventy-two pentads.

Each pentad precisely corresponds to the meteorological characteristics and phenological phenomena of a specific stage.

It is far more than just a word for recording time; it is a manifestation of how the energy of heaven and earth changes with time and shifts with the seasons, thereby giving birth, nourishing, and even causing death.

By anchoring the heart in the central palace, it means that practitioners of Feng Hou Qi Men have fully incorporated the "seventy-two pentads" that encompass all the changes and rhythms of heaven and earth into their own "universe".

Because it has become a "universe" containing all the rhythms and rules of heaven and earth nurturing all things, the controller of Feng Hou Qi Men can theoretically simulate and evolve all things "born and nurtured by heaven and earth" in the world!
This is also the true meaning of "He who is born to govern the universe, who understands the changes of the universe, and who transforms himself into king".

Of course, whether in the world of "Under One Person" or in the real world, the cultivation of "life force" is always the foundation of the path of cultivation, and the vessel that carries all power.

All kinds of magic and supernatural powers, no matter how mysterious their mechanisms or how powerful their abilities, are ultimately just "means" for exerting power and controlling the rules.

This is similar to the situation in the world of "Under One Person". No matter how miraculous the "Eight Extraordinary Skills" are, attracting countless extraordinary people and causing bloodshed, their holders still face an insurmountable gap with the "Peerless Master" Zhang Zhiwei.

What the old Celestial Master relied on was not some kind of trickery or divine manipulation, but rather a profound cultivation of "life" that he had honed day after day for a century, a cultivation so deep it was almost despair-inducing.

One force can overcome ten techniques; no matter how many variations or tricks you employ, I can break them all with a single palm strike.

This is why those orthodox schools with long-standing traditions and profound heritage, such as the Tianshi Mansion of Longhu Mountain, the Shangqing School of Maoshan, and the Longmen School of Quanzhen, tend to be more calm than eager and more critical than enthusiastic about the "Eight Extraordinary Skills".

They were not unaware of the power of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, but the foundation of their teaching and practice lay in "self-cultivation and foundation building" and "cultivation of both body and mind." They pursued the path to longevity and immortality, where both form and spirit were perfected and one was in harmony with the Dao, rather than simply pursuing the power of killing and fighting.

In their view, relying too much on tricks and shortcuts can sometimes lead to losing sight of the true meaning of seeking the "Tao" and even damage one's own "life" foundation.

However, there are two sides to the story. Emphasizing "life and death" as fundamental does not negate the importance of "skills."

On the contrary, if one obtains a solid foundation of "life" cultivation and then uses top-notch "techniques" as a means of exertion, one can utilize power to the fullest and unleash power far beyond the ordinary.

The "Eight Extraordinary Skills" are the pinnacle of these top-tier techniques.

They represent the ultimate exploration and application within their respective fields, and are shortcuts to the corresponding "Tao".

In the real world, this principle applies even more directly.

"Spiritual power" is the cornerstone of all extraordinary achievements and the energy source that drives all power.

Its quantity and quality directly determine the level and upper limit of a practitioner.

Whether it's "magic arts," "supernatural abilities," or even celestial treasures, they are all methods for using "spiritual power" more efficiently, subtly, and powerfully.

Having immense spiritual power but lacking the means to utilize it, one may wield great power with ease, but against stronger opponents of the same level, one would pale in comparison.

However, without sufficient cultivation of "life force" to bear and control powerful "techniques," it is like a child wielding a heavy hammer, injuring himself before harming the enemy.

Therefore, a true strongman must cultivate both "life force" and "techniques".

Only by taking "life" as the boat and "techniques" as the oars can one travel more steadily and go further on this path of cultivation that defies the heavens.

Feng Hou Qi Men is one of the most advanced and mysterious "paddles" in the world of "Under One Person".

Ye Xuan hadn't read much of the "Under One Person" comic, and he didn't know much about the future direction of its world or the ultimate achievements of individual characters. The plot hadn't developed to that extent yet.

But the level cap in that world is already predetermined.

Even if Wang Ye is exceptionally talented and studies "Feng Hou Qi Men" to a level even deeper than that of "Zhou Sheng", his ultimate achievement will most likely still be "second only to one person" or "second only to several people", and he will not be able to become "one person".

Therefore, whether the king in front of him obtained his template or his inheritance, it didn't make much difference to Ye Xuan.

However, if it's about inheritance, Ye Xuan is very curious to know to what extent that "Wudang King" ultimately cultivated the "Ultimate Qimen" technique.

Moreover, he vaguely remembered seeing some online discussions about the "Feng Hou Qi Men" ability being "weakened in the plot".

The most radical argument claims that if the abilities of "Feng Hou Qi Men" had not been forcibly restricted, even a novice like Wang Ye would have been able to defeat the Old Master with the inherent abilities of Feng Hou Qi Men.

Their reasoning was that Wang Ye demonstrated a detail when he first appeared: in the Qimen Dunjia system, he could make a small pebble take a full minute to slowly fall to a height of about one meter.

The gravitational acceleration is only one ten-thousandth of the original.

If it can be weakened by ten thousand times, then theoretically it should also be strengthened by ten thousand times.

If that were truly possible, then there would be no need for any fancy techniques; one could simply apply ten thousand times the force of gravity to the opponent in an instant.

Even someone as powerful as the old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei would never be able to withstand such terrifying power; he would be crushed in an instant.

When Ye Xuan saw this conclusion, his first reaction was to laugh and shake his head.

It wasn't that he thought the Celestial Master could withstand ten thousand times the force of gravity; he just felt that comparing a pebble to the Celestial Master seemed somewhat ridiculous.

If Feng Hou Qi Men truly could disregard "life" to this extent, then the "one person below one person" wouldn't be Zhang Zhiwei, but Zhou Sheng.

He no longer needs to hide or flee everywhere; who in the entire world of supernatural beings can be stronger than him?
Aside from Zuo Ruotong, who had undergone the third stage of reverse rebirth, even Wu Gensheng, who possessed the "Divine Spirit," probably wouldn't have had time to use it before being crushed to death by the immense gravity.

Therefore, he doesn't need to look at the other so-called "weakening" points; just this one point is enough for him to conclude that they have exaggerated the power of Feng Hou Qi Men.

However, while it is impossible to disregard one's life and cultivate to that extent, the idea itself is not wrong.

"Instead of pursuing extreme values, the goal is to manipulate the enemy's space at crucial moments during actual combat, making precise 'variable manipulations' that are enough to disrupt the balance. For example, increasing gravity several times in an instant or drastically increasing air resistance to distort the opponent's movements."

"If this ability to control 'change' can be honed to the point where it is as natural as an extension of one's own body and integrated into every aspect of combat instinct, then even a few times or ten times the adjustment is enough to create a decisive advantage in a certain level of confrontation, without needing to multiply it by ten thousand times."

What Ye Xuan was curious about was whether Wang Ye, or rather the "template" or "inheritance" of the "Wang Ye" he had obtained, had developed the "Feng Hou Qi Men" to this extent.

(End of this chapter)