Episode 12: The Bull's Horns Pierce the North Sea, Destruction Before Rebirth

  "If I fail, even if I can't master the North Ming Divine Art, it's no big deal. At worst, I'll just spend a few more months cultivating the Water Spirit Incantation to make up for it."

  Duan Yue's heart had opened up, and he immediately began to comprehend the Northern Ming Divine Technique. This kind of extraordinary internal skill was far beyond the Water Spirit Incantation in terms of its difficulty in cultivation. However, if any mistakes were made during the process, the consequences would be severe and unimaginable. Therefore, before starting his cultivation, it was better for him to study the technique a few more times.

  After all, with the foundation of Xiantian boundary, in just half a short period of time, Duan Yue had already accurately visualized the meridian points of the 'Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian' as shown in the diagram. However, at this moment, there was no internal energy in his body, and he couldn't circulate his breath to flow through the meridians either.

  Just now, I had to stop practicing the Water Spirit Skill due to exhaustion. Although it didn't cause any major harm to my body, it did indeed cause some damage to him. He felt a bit weak and powerless, so he had to take out a Rejuvenation Pill and swallow it before continuing to practice the 'Ren Channel'. This channel starts from the 'Huiyin' point between the anus and the perineum, passes through the 'Qu Gu', 'Zhong Ji', 'Guan Yuan', 'Shi Men' points, and goes straight up through the abdomen, chest, throat, and ends at the 'Duan Ji' point below the lower teeth.

  The Ren Mai has many acupoints, but the red meridian runs in a straight line, very simple. Duan Yue quickly memorized the positions and names of all the points, and ran his hand over each one on his own body. This meridian is still practiced in reverse, from Dantian, Chengjiang, Lianquan, Tiantu down to **.

  The diagram says: "The Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and the Ren Mai, are the foundation of the North Ming Shen Gong. Among them, the Shao Shang point on the thumb and the Zhong Ting point between the two breasts, are particularly important. The former is taken from the latter. Humans have four seas: the stomach is the sea of water, the Chong Mai is the sea of the twelve meridians, the Zhong Ting is the sea of Qi, and the brain is the sea of marrow. Food and water enter the stomach, and infants can do this as soon as they are born, without needing to practice. Using Shao Shang to take in a person's internal energy and store it in my Qi Hai, only the Xuan Xiao Pai orthodox North Ming Shen Gong can do this. When people eat and drink, it is gone after one day, all discharged outside. I take in a person's internal energy, taking in a little, storing a little, not discharging without end, the more the better, like the great pool of the North Ming Tian Chi, which can float for thousands of miles."

  In less than half an hour, Duan Yue had again accurately memorized the meridian points of the "Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian" and deeply engraved them in his mind. However, he still couldn't feel any internal energy, so he couldn't immediately circulate it through the meridians. Next, he practiced the "Du Meridian", which is similar to the Ren Meridian, although there are many points, the trajectory of the red meridian is straightforward and easy to remember. Then, following the diagram, he touched each point on his body one by one, and after a long time, he finally memorized all 36 diagrams of the meridians and their points.

  Then, Duan Yue began his own cultivation journey. At this time, although there was no martial arts master to provide him with internal energy, he had the foundation of Xiantian Realm after all, which was not ordinary. He sat cross-legged on the bed, started practicing, for the happiness in the future, and for his mother Duan Yun to live a better life, he must start intensifying his cultivation.

  People practice qigong, all based on themselves as the foundation, refining their essence and transforming it into energy, then circulating it through the meridians and collaterals to open up the various channels in the body. However, Beiming Divine Skill is different, using external forces to cultivate internal power, those who have achieved this can directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth into their bodies for use.

  Other internal skills are from inside out, radiating outward; whereas Beiming Divine Skill is from outside in, absorbing inward. Therefore, unless one engages in physical combat or uses true energy, Beiming Divine Skill usually remains very introverted. Like a calm sea without waves, not stirring up any ripples.

  This is also why in the original novel of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, as long as Duan Yu doesn't reveal himself, others can't see his true depth.

  "The great waters of the Northern Ocean are not self-generated. As the saying goes: 'A hundred rivers converge into the sea, and the sea's water is able to contain a hundred rivers.' The vast ocean is formed through accumulation." Suddenly, Duan Yue's mind flashed with this phrase, and his previous understanding was that he himself was the sea, while others' internal energy was like rivers and streams. "The sea's water contains a hundred rivers," meant using his own body's meridians and acupoints as an interface to absorb the rivers of others into his own sea. "Vast ocean, formed through accumulation," meant that by gathering small amounts, taking in many rivers and lakes' waters, one could naturally form a vast ocean.

  And he suddenly had an epiphany, thinking deeply in the dark, wondering if the Northern Ocean Godly Technique could really directly absorb the essence of heaven and earth and transform it into his own true energy. He imagined using the "Xuan Zhong" Sea of True Energy accumulated by the Northern Ocean True Energy as a sea, with the body's meridians as rivers and streams, and all the acupoints on his body as sources and springs to absorb the essence of heaven and earth.

  As soon as the thought arises, I quietly think of myself surrounded by the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and carefully feel it. Then, following the sequence of the Northern Profound Divine Skill, I start with the first meridian "Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian" and its first acupoint, the "Shaoshang" point at the tip of my right thumb. My intention is focused on "Shaoshang", carefully feeling it, neither daring to be too intentional nor too unintentional. In this state of being both intentional and unintentional, Duan Yue's body suddenly trembled, and he suddenly felt a cool energy surging into the "Shaoshang" point, then flowing upwards along the meridian, passing through the points "Yujie", "Taoyuan", "Lieque", "Chize", "Kouwen" and others, crossing "Yumen" to connect with the "Renmai" meridian, slowly flowing into the "Zhongji" Sea of Qi.

  It's really feasible! Duan Yue suppressed the excitement in his heart, stabilized his emotions, and carefully grasped this gentle stream, not letting it disperse or break. Taking the "Shao Shang" acupoint as the source, he slowly and continuously absorbed the heavenly and earthly essence, flowing along the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian into the "Zhongzhong" Qihai. The heavenly and earthly essence was extremely pure, and after entering his body, he felt that the weakness caused by abandoning the Water Spirit Technique had instantly disappeared without a trace!

  The Northern Mi God's work itself can also be self-sufficient and self-cultivated. It is still based on the steps of refining essence and transforming it into true energy by absorbing one's own essence and transforming it into true energy. The essence of a person comes from daily food, grains, fruits, vegetables, meat, etc. The human body will automatically extract the nutritional essence from the food needed, transform it into its own essence, and store it. Practitioners of martial arts are those who refine this essence into true energy, turning it into energy to strengthen themselves.

  The greatest difference between innate and acquired abilities lies in the fact that innate abilities can absorb the energy of heaven and earth, while acquired abilities are limited to one's own vital energy. The distinction is clear. The previous practitioners of the Carefree Sect who cultivated the North Ming Divine Art, whether through self-cultivation or absorbing others' internal energy for their own use, were all absorbing acquired energy. However, at this moment, Duan Yu's sudden idea allowed his North Ming Divine Art to take a step into the realm of innate abilities, successfully absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

  Although it is said that Innate Boundary for Duan Yue is just a month of diligent cultivation, being able to save this one month's time is also the best.

  He suppressed his excitement, sat cross-legged in meditation, and cultivated the Northern Profound Divine Technique for a whole night. The heavenly energy absorbed from the Shao Shang acupoint gradually increased from little to much, and from slow to fast. By dawn, he had already mastered it with great familiarity. The Northern Profound Divine Technique was indeed an extraordinary internal technique of legendary level, not comparable to ordinary ones. The aquatic spiritual technique that had been abandoned earlier also gradually recovered from nothing to something, restoring his innate realm once again.

  A red glow rose from the eastern horizon and slowly dyed half of the sky red.

  When the first ray of sunlight burst forth from the horizon, Duan Yue suddenly felt that the heavenly energy he had been absorbing through the Shao Shang acupoint changed from cool to warm. He was inwardly astonished and thought to himself: "Could it be that this heavenly energy is still affected by the change between day and night? Cool at night and warm during the day?" But as soon as he had this fleeting thought of astonishment, his mind was already disturbed, and the warm energy that had just entered through the Shao Shang acupoint suddenly dissipated and was interrupted.

  Duan Yue let out a sigh, and since he had unintentionally lost his mental guard, this could be considered fate. He had spent the whole night cultivating and although he had recovered his discarded powers, after such a huge fall and rise, it was unavoidable that his body would have some difficulty enduring it. At this moment, his body trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

  Just then, his mother, Duan Yun, happened to push the door and enter. Duan Yue hurriedly smiled slightly and said: "Mother, you're here." But in his heart, he couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. He had been too engrossed in practicing the Northern Ming Divine Technique, neglecting his surroundings, and hadn't even noticed his mother approaching. If it wasn't his mother who had entered, but an assassin or killer, he would probably have suffered greatly by now.

  "It's time to eat," Duan Yun looked at Duan Yue with some heartache. These days, she had seen Duan Yue practicing every day without even leaving his room, and it was really heartbreaking. But thinking of what Duan Yue had gone through before, she couldn't help but feel a little downhearted. Since he wanted to do it, then just go ahead and do it, she could only silently support him from behind.

  Duan Yue nodded, seeing his mother looking at him, and hastily took over the rice bowl, eating big mouthfuls. Although it wasn't any delicacy, but after swallowing, he felt a kind of heartwarming happiness that made him feel a little sour.

  After dinner, Duan Yue continued to practice the North Ming Divine Art. It had been almost a month since he came to this strange world. The various events of his past life, although seemingly close at hand, were already billions of miles away. Everything in this life, although constantly emerging in his memory, made him feel more disgusted and vigilant.

  In this world, the strong are revered. If you don't want to be trampled by others, if you don't want your fate controlled by others, there's only one way: work hard to become stronger, strong enough to look down on everyone!

  As he thought so, his heart gradually calmed down, and Duan Yue continued to cultivate the North Ming Divine Art. Fortunately, he had already grasped the Xiantian realm, which was not ordinary. Moreover, after gaining insight into the North Ming Divine Art, he had already caught a glimpse of its doorway. At this time, when he cultivated it again, there was a momentum like water flowing into a canal. In just one day's time, he once again succeeded in practicing eight scrolls. However, his good luck ended there. The further back he went, the more profound and mysterious it became, and Duan Yue's speed naturally slowed down a lot.

  Thus, it took Duan Yue eight or nine days to complete the cultivation of all 36 diagrams of the Northern Ocean Godly Technique. This technique is connected to the 12 regular meridians and the 8 extraordinary meridians, totaling 20 channels that almost cover all the acupoints on a person's body, allowing one to absorb others' internal energy at will. The last 16 scrolls are advanced techniques for refining external energy into one's own, which he practiced after mastering the previous ones. After practicing this technique, he converted all the absorbed heavenly and earthly energies into his own prenatal true yuan, feeling that his lower abdomen was filled with liquid prenatal true yuan. With a mere movement of his hand or foot, he felt as if he had the powerful ability to turn clouds and rain upside down.

  On this day, his congenital true yuan filled the entire dantian and began to condense the first acupoint. His power advanced further, reaching the realm of Congenital Double Heaven!

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