Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 94 - 73: The Flying Knife Changes Direction, Innate Primordial Unity! [Thanks to ’Who Knows Book Famine’ for the 10,000 reward!]
Chapter 94: Chapter 73: The Flying Knife Changes Direction, Innate Primordial Unity! [Thanks to ’Who Knows Book Famine’ for the 10,000 reward!]
"Innate."
Chen Jichuan stood in the courtyard, feeling the blazing surge of Inner Strength within him.
Surging, leaping, unceasing.
A sense of unprecedented fullness filled him with vitality and strength like never before.
"Dantian has been expanded."
"Spirit and qi harmonized."
"Is this the Innate realm?"
Chen Jichuan held a flying knife tightly in his hands, channeling Inner Strength into it, and hurled it forcefully.
Whoosh!
The flying knife shot out.
Mid-flight, Chen Jichuan willed his thoughts, sensing the Innate Internal Power within the knife and intervened forcefully.
"Turn!"
"Turn, turn, turn!"
The knife that had been flying straight suddenly shifted curiously in midair, as if skipping on water, drawing a perfect arc to avoid the trees and hit the wall.
"Telekinesis!"
"An Innate technique!"
Chen Jichuan’s face lit up with joy, brimming with excitement.
In the cultivation of Daoist Skills,
even if one reached the Soul Emergence Realm or even the advanced layers within it, they could roam the night freely, or fly leisurely in the sky.
Yet their ability to mentally influence the physical world remained very limited.
Telekinesis.
Had always been a legend.
In the present world, there hadn’t been rumor of any Daoist cultivator possessing the ability to "control objects remotely."
But Innate was different.
Spirit and qi harmonized.
Inner Strength communicated with the Divine, responding to one’s heart’s desire. Through the bridge of Inner Strength, one could remotely control objects.
Various combat techniques.
And life potential.
Were fundamentally different from what they were in the Postnatal realm.
Like heaven and earth.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
In the courtyard.
Two tigers basking in the sun turned their heads lazily and roared toward Chen Jichuan when they saw the knife change direction.
These were Er Ban.
The two brothers, now one hundred sixty-two years old, were nearing the end of their lives. In their old age, they had grown sluggish, preferring to lie in Chen Jichuan’s yard and bask in the sunlight.
Seeing Chen Jichuan break through to the Innate realm,
Er Ban didn’t even rise, merely grumbled a token response before nestling their heads back down.
Utterly content.
"Congratulations, Grandmaster, on ascending to the Innate realm!"
Sun Sihai stood in the courtyard. Seeing the flying knife swerve, his expression shifted as he approached Chen Jichuan and quickly offered his congratulations.
A mix of astonishment and delight filled his heart.
This Grandmaster of theirs had lost his soul forty-seven years ago, and no one expected that he’d possess a technique to resurrect himself, defying fate itself.
Sun Sihai still remembered.
The tenth year of Xianchun.
When he first came to the Grandmaster’s courtyard to cultivate, encountering a hunchbacked young man.
He thought.
The Grandmaster had preserved his life, but his physical body was ravaged beyond recognition—crooked and hunched, his days clearly numbered. Furthermore, all his cultivation and Daoist attainments had vanished into oblivion along with his life and rebirth.
Such defiance of heaven’s way surely came with countless hidden risks?
But who would have thought?
Forty-six years later, not only had the Grandmaster survived, but he had grown ever younger, advancing further in cultivation to achieve the Innate realm.
It was truly unbelievable.
Calculating from the Duzong era, the Grandmaster was now one hundred thirty-one years old. Among commoners, he’d be revered even by county officials as a "living treasure."
Even among martial artists and Daoist masters, such an age was considered extraordinary longevity.
But one look at the Grandmaster.
He was clearly a strapping man in his thirties or forties—there wasn’t a hint of old age!
"Unbelievable!"
"Unbelievable!"
Sun Sihai exclaimed inwardly.
"The waves of the future always surpass the past."
"You’ve surpassed me now."
Chen Jichuan, having ascended to the Innate realm, couldn’t hide his joy. He looked toward Sun Sihai and teasingly remarked.
Name: Sun Sihai
Nickname: Fist Subdues the Land
Age: 99
Level: 9
Skill: Chen’s 72 Skills (Ninth Layer)
...
Sun Sihai joined Baozhi Forest at age fifteen, apprenticing under Chen Jichuan’s fourth disciple, Hua Dafang.
A natural talent.
Thirty years of martial cultivation saw him break through to Transforming Strength at the age of forty-five, becoming Baozhi Forest’s second Transforming Strength Grandmaster after Chen Jichuan.
After achieving Transforming Strength, fifty-four more years followed.
He broke through two more thresholds, reaching an extremely high tier within Transforming Strength.
In Shi’an County, he was considered Ninth Grade.
In Da Liang, he was a Transforming Strength Great Grandmaster, hailed as "Kicking the Central Plains, Fist Subdues the North and South," a warrior whose edge no one dared face in recent years.
In martial arts mastery, he had long surpassed Chen Jichuan.
"Grandmaster, don’t jest."
"You’re a figure akin to an immortal, and I merely have minor achievements in external skills—not even a comparison."
Sun Sihai chuckled.
At ninety-nine years old, he no longer presented the same reverent demeanor as before around Chen Jichuan.
Children under ten would tremble at a glance from adolescents. Young adults in their twenties would lower their heads when faced with middle-aged people in their forties or fifties. Middle-aged individuals in their thirties and forties would treat seniors above seventy with respect.
But ninety-nine, compared to one hundred thirty-one.
Though the numerical gap was large,
in reality, both were centenarians, leading to a psychological equality.
Sun Sihai still respected the Grandmaster in his heart, but in daily conversations, he no longer tiptoed about cautiously.
Fist Subdues the Land, with the bearing of a Grandmaster.
"Indeed."
"Focusing on one path."
"But how many people can truly achieve that?"
Chen Jichuan looked at Sun Sihai, feeling deeply moved.
Baozhi Forest inherited numerous traditions.
External skills.
Internal skills.
Daoist Skills.
Looking across the world’s sects and Daoist lineages, it ranked among the top in terms of lineage. Both cultivation techniques and Daoist Skills were of high caliber rather than the commonplace sort. With Sun Sihai’s stature within Baozhi Forest, he had full access.
Yet throughout all these years,
he had dedicated himself solely to "Chen’s 72 Skills."
Focused on external skills.
Never wavering.
This focus brought about today’s achievement. Had he split his focus midway, he might’ve still achieved Transforming Strength, but reaching Level 8 or Level 9 would have been near impossible.
"I have time to spare, it doesn’t matter."
"But Old Fifth doesn’t have much. He should focus on one path to avoid spreading his energy too thin and achieving mediocrity in everything."
Chen Jichuan thought of Chen Shaohu.
Making up his mind inwardly, he decided that in some time, he would have him choose one path among external skills, internal skills, or Daoist Skills for focused cultivation.
The rest would be set aside for now.
To prevent becoming old without accomplishment and regretting it in vain.
Though he pondered internally.
He showed no sign outwardly.
Chen Jichuan and Sun Sihai continued chatting casually, occasionally discussing Baozhi Forest’s growth or sharing insights on Transforming Strength. Er Ban lounged nearby, yawning contentedly.
There wasn’t a trace of the aura of kings who once ruled the mountain ranges.
Nor could one imagine that these two were once Iron Fist King and Iron Palm King—among the Eight Great Kings who wreaked havoc across Meishan decades ago.
As night fell.
Sun Sihai finally bade farewell and left.
...
Chen Jichuan sat cross-legged in the courtyard, experiencing the profound mysteries of the Innate realm.
Transitioning from Postnatal to Innate wasn’t the end.
The pursuit of knowledge is endless.
Martial arts advancement is boundless.
Even after achieving Innate, there remains further cultivation ahead. Chen Jichuan sought not transient life but eternal existence.
Innate was far from sufficient.
"Dantian expanded."
"Spirit entered the Dantian."
"Spirit and qi harmonized."
"This is Innate. But the first stage of Innate cultivation is to expand the Innate Internal Power, filling the Dantian entirely, causing the Dantian to stretch outward to its limits. Only at this point can one reach the second stage of Innate. During this process, the ’spirit’ continuously integrates with the Inner Power, undergoing refinement. Gradually, the Inner Power transforms into True Yuan, marking completion of the second stage."
This was meticulous work akin to grinding water.
Though the expenditure in energy was tolerable, the sheer time required was significant.
"In this sense, ’Primordial Skill’ is indeed an excellent auxiliary technique."
Chen Jichuan had the thought.
After decades of cultivation, the Inner Power refined through six layers of "Primordial Skill" stirred, aligning with the energy paths of "Divine Pouncing Saber." Like a stream merging into a river, flowing into the sea—reaching the Dantian and being merged with "Divine Pouncing Saber" Internal Power, refining itself into Innate Internal Power.
The previously somewhat sparse Innate Internal Power surged nearly forty percent in an instant, substantially expanding the newly-formed Dantian.
"Wonderful!"
Bright-eyed, Chen Jichuan couldn’t help but exclaim.
For years, he had been stuck at Postnatal Great Success, unable to advance his Inner Strength. He had thus turned to cultivating "Primordial Skill," obtained from Tan Zhang.
After reaching Postnatal Great Success.
He had tried merging Inner Power from "Primordial Skill" with the energy of "Divine Pouncing Saber," aiming to break through to Innate. Alas, he nearly tore his meridians apart without any sign of a breakthrough.
Chen Jichuan had reluctantly stopped his attempts.
Now, upon attaining Innate, "Primordial Skill" finally revealed its utility.
"The Inner Power cultivated through ’Primordial Skill’ is well-balanced and non-conflicting with other techniques. In the future, when hitting bottlenecks with ’Divine Pouncing Saber,’ one can continue cultivating ’Primordial Skill,’ accumulating Inner Power. Upon the saber’s breakthrough, the energy can seamlessly integrate—yielding significant results upon advancement."
Chen Jichuan was overjoyed.
This approach enabled him to progress with doubly efficient cultivation daily while silently preparing against future bottlenecks, leaving no idle moment wasted in the long term.
"Perfect!"
Chen Jichuan laughed heartily three times and returned to his cultivation, strengthening his foundation.
"Divine Pouncing Saber" and "Primordial Skill" proceeded in tandem, without hindrance. He immersed himself in dual cultivation.
In the blink of an eye.
Three days passed.
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