Film and Television: Starting with Using AI to Solve the Rare Chess Puzzle

When Lu Ming opened his eyes again, the sky was already turning a pale white.

He took a deep breath and pulled down his right trouser leg. The burning sensation from the soul bone entering his body had subsided, replaced by an unprecedented lightness and clarity. He looked down at his right leg; there was nothing unusual on the surface of his skin, but he could clearly sense that the soul bone was tightly attached to his leg bone, like a second layer of bone.

"Let's give it a try," he muttered to himself.

With a thought, the seventh soul ring lit up.

The Tai Chi symbol flew out from the Baihui acupoint, hovering behind him, transforming into a slowly rotating black and white halo.

The yin and yang energies poured down from the halo, seeping into his limbs and bones like mercury spilling onto the ground.

In an instant, Lu Ming felt his consciousness magnified countless times—everything within a radius of several hundred feet was presented to his perception with exquisite detail. Every tremor of the withered grass in the wind, the faint breathing of the insect eggs dormant underground, the subtle changes in electrical charge generated when the clouds collided in the sky…

He looked down at his hands. Black and white energy flowed endlessly across his skin, each finger seemingly containing a power capable of tearing the heavens and earth apart. But this power was not violent; instead, it was as docile as a trained hunting dog, always awaiting its master's command.

"Completely different from the berserk feeling of a destructive soul skill," Lu Ming murmured. With a thought, the Yin and Yang energies on his Martial Soul True Body suddenly accelerated their rotation, condensing into a black and white interwoven light screen in front of him. The light screen slowly rotated, like a living Tai Chi diagram shield.

He extended his right hand, fingers slightly spread. Without using any soul skills, he simply gathered the Yin and Yang energies of his Martial Soul True Body in his palm. In an instant, a longsword formed entirely of black and white light appeared in his hand. Yin and Yang fish, head to tail, swam slowly on the blade, while a half-foot-long chaotic sword light pulsed from the edge.

"Condensing Qi into a weapon... no, that's not right." Lu Ming carefully sensed the lightsaber in his hand. "It's the amplification effect of the Martial Soul True Body on Yin and Yang Qi. In True Body form, my control over Yin and Yang True Qi has increased by at least 50%, allowing me to do things I couldn't do before."

If destruction is the destructive force formed by the collision of Yin and Yang, then the true form of Tai Chi is the orderly force transformed from the combination of Yin and Yang, representing absolute control over one's own power.

He sheathed his lightsaber and tried a few more moves. The Lingbo Weibu in his Martial Soul True Form state was so fast that even he was somewhat surprised—his figure blurred, leaving three solid afterimages in place, while he himself had already appeared dozens of feet away.

More importantly, he could feel that his Martial Soul True Body's ability to withstand destructive soul skills had greatly increased. The tearing pain in his meridians had become much milder under the harmonization of his Martial Soul True Body. Although he could still feel the violent power of the yin and yang clashing, it was no longer the dangerous state where he could explode and die at any moment.

"It can still maintain its Martial Soul True Form even in a state of destruction... the duration has been extended to at least sixty breaths." A hint of satisfaction flashed in Lu Ming's eyes. "That's enough to handle most battles."

The light wheel formed by the Tai Chi diagram disappeared and flew back to the top of his head. The next second, a huge phantom, more than twenty meters tall, appeared behind Lu Ming. The phantom's face and clothes were exactly the same, completely enlarged version of him.

This is another use of the Tai Chi True Body, and it is also the most common Martial Soul True Body for Soul Masters.

After a dozen or so simple moves, the phantom's movements were completely synchronized with Lu Ming's, and it could even touch the physical body, demonstrating considerable power.

"This state is clearly not as good as the previous one, hurry! Major plot twist! Watch quickly. However, the boost to soul skills is strong enough, sufficient for normal combat!"

Having experienced the intensity of this state, Lu Ming was quite satisfied. Both Martial Soul True Forms had their own strengths and were sufficient for his current combat needs. He deactivated his Martial Soul True Form, and the Tai Chi Diagram slowly returned to his Baihui acupoint.

Next, we'll test the skills of the Soul Bone.

Invincible Golden Body.

He closed his eyes and channeled his soul power into the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone in his right leg. A strange coolness spread from his right leg throughout his body. Then, a layer of golden light enveloped his skin. This golden light appeared as thin as a cicada's wing, but it was actually exceptionally tough, greatly increasing his defensive capabilities.

"interesting."

The golden light lasted only three seconds before disappearing.

"Is this the Invincible Golden Body...?" Lu Ming stopped and calculated the rate at which his soul power was being consumed. "The consumption is indeed huge. Even I can only activate it three times. And it's not the kind of immunity to attacks below the god level that's recorded. Instead, it uses a large amount of soul power to build an absolute defensive shield in a short period of time to enhance one's own defense. If the power is great enough, it can still be broken."

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Reality isn't a game; how could there be skills that grant immunity to all attacks?

Next is teleportation.

Lu Ming took a deep breath and injected his soul power into his soul bone in a different way. This time, the feeling was completely different—his right leg seemed to be pulled forward by an invisible force, and in an instant, he covered a distance of dozens of feet, appearing under a withered tree.

"So fast." He didn't even feel the movement. It wasn't just fast, it was a true instantaneous teleportation, disappearing from point A and reappearing at point B, without any transition in between.

He tried a few more times. The maximum teleportation distance was about a hundred zhang (approximately 333 meters), beyond which the soul power consumption would increase exponentially. Fortunately, it required no buffer time and could be used continuously.

"Teleportation combined with Lingbo Weibu..." Lu Ming stood on the wasteland, his mind already weaving a new fighting strategy. The afterimage of Lingbo Weibu would confuse the opponent, teleportation would deliver a fatal blow, and the invincible golden body would evade unavoidable attacks—the combination of these three would be enough to give any opponent a splitting headache.

"He has reached the Soul Saint level."

He put away the Tai Chi diagram, feeling the level 74 soul power surging through his meridians like a mighty river, yet his heart remained largely unmoved. The improvement in his strength was a natural progression, nothing to be proud of.

Sitting cross-legged again under the withered tree, Lu Ming took out the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night. This was Tang San's storage soul tool, which Lu Ming had taken after killing Tang San. At the time, time was too short to examine it carefully, but now he finally had time to investigate.

However, after examining over a dozen of them, Lu Ming found they were all hidden weapons and poisons. His face darkened. There were some blueprints for the hidden weapons, but he didn't need them. What he was looking forward to was the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the cultivation methods for the Purple Demon Eye and the Mysterious Jade Hand, not these useless junk.

Then flip through

Finally, they found what they were looking for in the twentieth jade stone: the Xuan Tian Treasure Record, the Xuan Jade Hand, the Purple Demon Eye, the Xuan Tian Skill, and the Crane Control and Dragon Capture Technique. However, the Xuan Tian Skill did not contain the method for opening the meridians, which meant that Tang San had left something behind.

But it doesn't matter. What he needs are the Jade Hand and the Purple Demon Eye; there are substitutes for everything else.

After putting away the manual, Lu Ming didn't linger. He checked the directions and headed towards the Star Luo Empire.

……