PS: Because after signing the contract, the first few chapters cannot be changed, so this chapter is actually my own tidy of the cultivation realms from the novel "Dragon Snake". Who knew it couldn't be changed?
Readers have complained to me that it's too much trouble to read, so I'll say this: if you like reading about the realm breakdowns, you can read this chapter. If you find it troublesome, you can skip it.
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In the National Martial Arts novel "Dragon-Snake Evolution," the martial arts cultivation system, from Ming Jin (Manifest Strength) to Seeing God Not Bad, is extremely rigorous, integrating traditional martial arts theory with literary exaggeration. Below are the cultivation methods, detailed descriptions, and power output comparisons for each realm:
I. Overview of Realms
Ming Jin (Manifest Strength): Muscles and bones resonate, explosive power, a punch weighing a thousand catties, capable of breaking stone tablets and splitting rocks, crushing ordinary strong men.
An Jin (Hidden Strength): Power penetrates internal organs, soft and insidious, striking through mountains to injure internal organs, killing enemies in one move without external injuries.
Hua Jin (Transforming Strength): A feather cannot be added, a fly cannot land; power can be unleashed from any part of the body with precise control, capable of fighting against dozens of armed individuals.
Dan Jin (Pill Strength): Qi and blood condense into a pill, inexhaustible physical strength, fist winds break the air, shattering glass, capable of resisting light firearms.
Gang Jin (Vajra Strength): Qi is released externally, forming a protective aura; capable of injuring people from a distance, palm force that cleaves the air, capable of fighting against a small military squad.
Seeing God Not Bad: Perceives the spirits (acupoints) throughout the body, immortal and indestructible, body breaks the sound barrier, fists explode tanks, a human nuclear weapon, capable of soloing a modern army.
II. Detailed Cultivation Methods and Descriptions for Each Realm
1. Ming Jin (Manifest Strength) (Peak of Hard Strength) Cultivation Method:
Stance training: San Ti Shi, Horse Stance, practicing until legs are rooted.
Striking techniques: Beng Quan, Pao Chui, and other linear attacks, requiring "a sound worth a thousand gold."
Medicinal baths: Tiger bone wine, herbal soaks to strengthen muscles and bones.
Breakthrough sign: Muscles and bones resonate like thunder when punching.
2. An Jin (Hidden Strength) (Soft Strength Penetrating the Body) Cultivation Method:
Listening strength: Closing eyes to perceive a feather falling, practicing until pores breathe.
Penetrating strength: Wetting a towel to break the inside without damaging the outer layer.
Hidden weapons: Flying needles pierce wooden boards without leaving a trace, power concentrated at a single point.
Breakthrough sign: Sweat can be shot out at will like needles ("sweat like mercury paste").
3. Hua Jin (Transforming Strength) (Whole Body as a Fist) Cultivation Method:
Walking on a jar: Walking on the rim of a rolling jar without falling.
No flies landing: When standing still, mosquitoes and flies landing on the body are immediately flicked away.
Closing pores: Standing in heavy rain without clothes getting wet.
Breakthrough sign: Able to control every inch of muscle to creeping .
4. Dan Jin (Pill Strength) (Qi and Blood Unification) Cultivation Method:
Embracing the pill and sitting in the crotch: Qi and blood condense in the Dan Tian like a mercury ball, exploding when unleashed.
Tiger-leopard thunder sound: Bone marrow vibrates, emitting a deep roar.
Fasting: Going seven days without food while maintaining abundant physical strength.
Breakthrough sign: Heartbeat interval can reach 10 minutes (turtle breath suspended animation).
5. Gang Jin (Vajra Strength) (External Release of Qi) Cultivation Method:
Air-splitting palm: Extinguishing candles from a distance, gradually progressing to shattering bricks and splitting rocks.
Golden Bell Shield: Protective aura, deflecting bullets near the body.
Walking on water: Stepping on the water surface dozens of times per second without sinking.
Breakthrough sign: Exhaling air like an arrow, piercing wooden boards.
6. Seeing God Not Bad (Physical Divine Realm) Cultivation Method:
Internal visualization of acupoints: Perceiving the "spirits" within the body (e.g., Niwan Palace, Yongquan Acupoint).
Blood exchange: Blood condenses like mercury, bone marrow like frost.
Breaking the void: Perfect unity of spirit and body, foreseeing danger.
Breakthrough sign: Can autonomously control cell division (slowing down aging).
III. Power Output Comparison
Ming Jin (Manifest Strength): 500-1000 kg, 100 meters in 6 seconds, resistant to club strikes, comparable to a professional boxing champion.
An Jin (Hidden Strength): Penetrates internal organs, 100 meters in 4 seconds, dissipates bullet impact (without breaking skin), an elite special forces soldier.
Hua Jin (Transforming Strength): Precisely shatters coins, 100 meters in 2 seconds, dodges handgun shots, a human combat robot.
Dan Jin (Pill Strength): Fist wind shatters tempered glass, 100 meters in 1 second, withstands rifle bullets (only leaving bruises), a light armored vehicle.
Gang Jin (Vajra Strength): Shatters brick walls from a distance, breaks the sound barrier (locally), deflects stray bullets, a main battle tank.
Seeing God Not Bad: Fists explode armored vehicles, continuous supersonic speed, takes direct hits from rocket-propelled grenades without injury, a tactical nuclear weapon (humanoid).
IV. Key Details Analysis
1. Ming Jin (Manifest Strength) → An Jin (Hidden Strength): Requires "extreme hardness giving rise to softness," like hitting a sandbag until the outer layer is intact but the inside is pulverized.
2. Peak Hua Jin (Transforming Strength): Can mimic the force generation of any animal (tiger pounce, monkey scramble).
3. Weakness of Seeing God Not Bad: Although physically invincible, still fears large-scale saturation bombing (e.g., at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion).
I. Overview of the Spiritual System
Core Concept: "If the heart is boundless, then power is boundless" — the strength of spiritual power directly determines the level of control over matter, energy, and laws.
Cultivation Methods: Meditation, cosmic visualization, severing karma, tempering the heart in the mortal world, etc.
II. Detailed Explanation of the Nine Spiritual Realms
1. Spiritual Awakening (Mortal Level)
Characteristics: Perceives the existence of spiritual power, can introspect, initial control over emotions.
Abilities: Resists low-level illusions, enhances memory.
Breakthrough sign: Can see "light of the heart" with closed eyes.
2. Spirit Communication Realm (Entry into Transcendent)
Characteristics: Spiritual power extended outwards, sensing others' emotions, foreseeing danger.
Abilities: Telepathy (shallow mind-reading), spiritual shock (stunning ordinary people).
3. Four Stages of Samadhi (Deep Meditation)
Initial Samadhi: Isolates external interference, mental focus like a mirror. Rapid learning, immune to noise interference.
Deep Samadhi: Mental world becomes tangible (e.g., visualizing mountains and rivers). Casts illusions, temporary out-of-body experience.
Great Samadhi: Absorbs cosmic energy to refine the soul. Spiritual power materializes (e.g., condensing into a shield).
Samadhi of No Thought: Thought ceases, touching fragments of the river of time. Foresees 3 seconds into the future, recalls past memories.
Breakthrough sign: Spiritual body can survive outside the body for 1 hour.
4. Four Stages of Zuo Wang (Sitting in Oblivion) (Entry into Saintly Transcendent)
Forgetting Form: Physical body like a shell, spirit can possess others or condense into an energy body. Rebirth from a drop of blood, consciousness uploaded to mechanical body.
Forgetting Emotions: Severing seven emotions and six desires, absolute rationality. Immune to 99% of mental control, computational power comparable to a quantum computer.
Forgetting Self: Spirit resonates with the universe, touching laws. Locally modifies physical rules (e.g., gravity reversal).
Eternal Zuo Wang: Spiritual imprint carved into the universe, almost indestructible. A single thought covers a planet, consciousness splits into millions of avatars.
Breakthrough sign: Spiritual body can exist independently, without a physical body.
5. Manifestation Realm (Proto-God)
Characteristics: Spiritual projection into reality, avatars can exist simultaneously in multiple dimensions.
Abilities: Creates illusionary realms (virtual universes), time pause (local 0.1 seconds), karmic attack (cursing enemies from a distance).
Combat performance: Soloing a stellar-class fleet, tearing space with bare hands.
6. Primordial Chaos Realm (Cosmic Level)
Characteristics: Spirit integrates the laws of the multiverse, self is the rule.
Abilities: Creates life, reverses karma (e.g., erasing one's own death history), devours galactic energy.
Limitations: Subject to higher-dimensional rules.
7. Non-Existent Realm (Transcendent Level)
Characteristics: Existence beyond logic, ineffable.
Example Abilities: Imagination is reality (e.g., "I said let there be light, and the universe gave birth to light"), disregards time paradoxes.
III. Ultimate Profundities of the Spiritual System
1. Wall of Heart: Absolute spiritual defense, can reflect any law-based attack.
2. Infinite Evolution: With each breakthrough, spiritual power grows exponentially.
3. Dimensional Crushing: High-dimensional spirits can freely modify the rules of lower-dimensional worlds.
IV. Core Secret Arts of Spiritual Cultivation
"Star River God Refining Diagram": Visualizes the birth of the universe, spiritual power materializes into a star river.
"Three Corpses Severing Secret Art": Strips away good, evil, and obsession to achieve an absolutely pure mind.
"Mortal Tribulation": Reincarnating through a hundred lifetimes to temper the heart, accumulating spiritual depth.
Let me tell you, the path of National Martial Arts is practically tailor-made for a universe without the concept of spiritual energy.
By tapping into human potential and breaking through limits, isn't this the purest path to transcendence? As for the spiritual system, that's even more incredibly powerful. And looking at the title of this book, you should understand the author's approach.
However, the traditional spiritual cultivation system won't work in this world. There's no spiritual energy from other dimensions to absorb here, but we can draw inspiration from the setting in "Black Mountain" and absorb dark matter energy from the universe.
The author's system won't be that complicated, just three words — Essence, Qi, and Spirit. It's like the dual cultivation of nature and life in "Under One Person," but going even further. With National Martial Arts as the foundation, integrating the essence of spiritual cultivation, and then combining it with the essence of other fantasy works...
Most importantly, the protagonist must spread the Dao in this universe!
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