I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

The middle-aged man shuddered, crouched down in pain, and covered his face.

……

Hidden Dragon Dojo, a place for nurturing the mind.

Xue Jing was wearing only shorts and sitting on a single bed. Takeyama Hidemasa was holding a transparent medicine bottle and occasionally poured medicine from it onto his hand to apply to Xue Jing's wounds.

"How could this happen? It was just a simple security request, and yet such a monster appeared. Junior Brother is so unlucky." Zhushan Ying muttered as he applied the medicine.

"The commissions given to the dojo are all high-risk, high-reward jobs, and such accidents are unavoidable."

Li Qi, sitting in his wheelchair, shook his head, then said with relief:

"Fortunately, you survived, and even benefited from the misfortune by successfully mastering one of the most powerful moves of my Hidden Dragon Style. Indeed, for martial artists, life and death are the best tests."

Xue Jing thought for a moment and then said, "Master, it's not just that."

"I think I've... grasped the essence of the Hidden Dragon Style."

Li Qi was taken aback.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he quickly turned his wheelchair to Xue Jing's side, reached out and grasped Xue Jing's wrist, and his strength directly penetrated into Xue Jing's body.

This time, although Xue Jing did not intend to resist, his body moved instinctively. His strength surged within him, and a faint dragon's roar could be heard, which directly knocked Li Qi's hand away.

Li Qi was not surprised but delighted, and laughed heartily.

"Dragon, you've raised a dragon!"

Takeyama Ei, who was standing nearby, asked in confusion, "Master, what are you talking about?"

It took Li Qi a while to stop laughing before he said, "If you want to hide a true dragon that can overturn the clouds, you need to raise a young dragon to reside in your body. Your junior brother has raised a 'dragon' in his body!"

"By infusing the dragon energy transformed from one's own spirit and mind into the physical body, the mind and body become one, and the force surges and churns like a living dragon, even possessing a certain degree of 'consciousness'."

"In this way, practicing martial arts is no longer practicing martial arts, but nourishing the dragon within the body. This is the true essence of my Hidden Dragon Style!"

Li Qi's gaze towards Xue Jing was one of utmost satisfaction.

“Xiao Jing, you have obtained the key to ‘breaking the limit’.”

……

Chapter 70 Remarks on the launch

This book will be available tomorrow, the 1st!

Thank you so much for your support, dear readers! It's truly amazing how my first book has achieved such success; it feels like a dream come true.

Because the results were so good for me, I was writing with extreme caution, afraid that I might do something wrong and ruin it. The pressure was so great that I felt like I was about to become depressed.

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Chapter 71 Perhaps I've arrived at the wrong time? (Seeking first subscriptions and monthly votes!!)

Xue Jing's eyes flickered.

Takeyama Ei asked the question that had been bothering him: "Master, what does 'breaking the limit' mean?"

Li Qi smiled and said, "The human body has its limits. When we martial artists train our bodies, we reach our limit after we have perfected the five major training methods of skin, flesh, tendons, bones and blood."

"At this point, there is no way to go any further. This is due to the most fundamental limitation of the human body—genes. No matter how hard we try, we can only maintain our current strength. At this point, we can only break through the limits."

"Or to use a more familiar term—leaping over the dragon gate."

Xue Jing sat up straight and listened attentively.

"When a fish leaps over the Dragon Gate and is struck by lightning, its mortal tail is burned off. In the West, this is called 'breaking the limit,' which means breaking through the limits of the human body. In fact, it has little to do with martial arts itself, but rather it is a kind of sublimation of life level."

"What is the sublimation of life? It is breaking through the limits of one's own genes and reshaping the most basic components of one's own body. Although one is still in human form, one's life essence is no longer human!"

“In the old days, those who completed this kind of spiritual sublimation were called ‘Eternal Immortals’ by Taoists and ‘Buddhas in This Body’ by Buddhists. Such beings, barring any unforeseen circumstances, could live to at least 150 years old. They were only limited by their lifespan and did not suffer from the pain of aging. They could maintain their physical peak condition until the moment of their death.”

Li Qi said softly.

"Without the suffering of aging..." Xue Jing glanced at Li Qi's aged appearance.

This must have been an 'accident'.

"To achieve a breakthrough and sublimation, the physical body alone is useless; one must use the abstract mental power of 'consciousness' and 'spirit' to forcibly interfere with one's own body and force it to change."

Takeyama Hide's eyes widened: "Huh?"

"That's a bit illogical, Master."

Li Qi glanced at her: "There's nothing unscientific about this. Actually, the logic is very simple. Let me ask you, what do you think is the relationship between our human consciousness and our physical body?"

Takeyama Hide thought for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Consciousness... is a logical network composed of neurons in the brain?"

She tried her best to recall the knowledge she had learned.

Li Qi gave a different answer. He shook his head and said, "Wrong. The so-called 'consciousness,' 'spirit,' and 'id' are independent of the human body. The brain is just an organ of the human body, not 'you'."

"If we compare the human body to a computer, then the brain is its most important component—the CPU, while the real 'you,' the real 'consciousness,' is the person using the computer, not the computer itself."

"However, in the material world, consciousness needs a carrier, just as a computer cannot be turned on without a CPU. Your consciousness needs the brain as a carrier in order to manifest in the material world."

Li Qi didn't seem like an old-fashioned martial arts instructor at all; instead, he was like a highly knowledgeable professor, beginning to explain the principles to his students.

This contrast struck Xue Jing as quite strange—was this the scientific martial arts training of the new era...?

Li Qi was unaware of Xue Jing's thoughts, and simply continued, "In fact, humans have very little control over their own bodies."

"To give a simple example—a person cannot kill themselves by holding their breath. Even if you have undergone some training to overcome your instincts, if you really hold your breath to the limit, your brain will directly interrupt your consciousness, causing you to faint, and then your instincts will take over your body, allowing you to continue breathing." (Readers should absolutely not try this.)

"From this we can see that 'I' am not the physical body itself, but merely the user of the physical body. This is why Buddhism says that the human world is a sea of ​​suffering, and the physical body is the boat to cross it. The body is the 'boat' that 'I' ride, not the real 'I' myself, but something that belongs to 'I'."

"Now for the important part: if 'I'—that is, consciousness itself—is powerful enough, I can forcibly take over the physical body with this abstract mental power."

"In this way, we no longer control the body through the brain, which is an inefficient means of issuing commands to the body by connecting the brain to the nerves. Instead, we directly cover the whole body with consciousness and directly control the body with consciousness itself."

Li Qi stretched out a withered hand and clenched it in the air.

"By forcibly interfering with the physical body with consciousness, commanding genes to make changes, eliminating all weak and useless genes, and further strengthening already powerful genes, thereby elevating one's own level of life!"

"Therefore, after the Five Great Trainings are perfected, the martial arts cultivation is no longer about tapping into the potential of the physical body, but about unlocking the secrets of the spirit and consciousness!"

"A strong mind leads to a strong body! As long as you have a powerful consciousness to match it, you can be as strong as you believe you can be!"

"Of course, there are great crises and dangers in this process. If you want to leap over the dragon gate, you will be struck by lightning. In this process of burning away the mortal tail, if you are not careful, your genes will collapse."

Xue Jing and Zhu Shanying, the two disciples, listened intently.

This martial arts training feels both scientific and unscientific, yet somehow very scientific within its unscientific aspects...

Li Qi looked at Xue Jing.

"And now, you have done a crucial step in that process—allowing consciousness to enter the physical body."

Xue Jing subconsciously looked at his arm, circulated his breathing technique, and gathered his strength.

He could clearly feel that this force was as if it were alive, flowing freely through his body like a river.

"Although you are still hundreds or thousands of steps away from truly breaking through your limits, you have already taken the most crucial step. The rest is just a matter of patience and perseverance."

Li Qi patted him on the shoulder and said with satisfaction.

"Master, I heard from my senior brother that you were once a powerful figure who leaped over the Dragon Gate, so why are you getting old?" Zhushan Ying asked in confusion.