Chapter 30: Shifting the World
\nSeven years could change much. While Zuo Meng lived quietly, chaos engulfed the martial world.
\nCold Mountain Temple first erupted in turmoil. Monks split into factions, clashing violently. Led by third-generation disciple Jie Ming, a group defected to form their own sect. Soon, rumors spread of a new martial art called “internal power.” This energy, surpassing existing boxing and leg techniques, swiftly dominated the Jianghu sects.
\nTop clans obtained the original manuals, refined them, and developed unique internal techniques. Gifted elders switched to cultivating internal power with astounding results. The imperial palace surpassed all sects, pooling talents and resources to rapidly evolve internal power methods. It became a true dragon’s den\u2014ordinary masters risked detection merely approaching its walls.
\nZuo Meng observed these upheavals but didn\u2019t interfere. Spreading internal power was his plan\u2014to harvest humanity\u2019s collective wisdom for a stable path usable in the real world.
\nNight lay still as water.
\nZuo Meng sat cross-legged, two centuries of internal energy swirling around him. The visible magnetic field lifted nearby furniture. Undisputed as the world\u2019s strongest, he could crush all martial artists combined.
\n“Two hundred years is indeed the limit.”
\nUnearthly light flickered in Zuo Meng\u2019s eyes. In the real world, he\u2019d blamed meridian pain and stagnant power on physical limits. But through his creator\u2019s vision in the Dream World, he saw the truth\u2014law chains binding his dantian.
\nDense chains coiled around the energy core. One black chain particularly constrained growth.
\n“Birth, aging, sickness, and death.”
\nTouching the chain, Zuo Meng gleaned its nature. Though not fully reclaimed his creator essence, he perceived key truths.
\n“The 200-year limit stems from lifespan!”
\nMortal lives ended; their martial arts couldn\u2019t transcend mortality. Breaking the bottleneck required surpassing lifespan limits, evolving martial arts into fantasy-tier cultivation.
\nEasy in the Dream World by resuming creatorhood. But the real world?
\n“Perhaps this world\u2019s geniuses hold answers.”
\nFor seven years, Zuo Meng monitored prodigies. Jie Ming shone brightest\u2014a literary monk who fused Buddhist teachings with internal power to create the Three Precepts Divine Skill. Now abbot of Cold Mountain Temple, he\u2019d founded his sect.
\nOthers emerged too\u2014Daoist Qing Yan, swordsman Du Gu. All pursuing internal power would eventually hit the same wall.
\nThe solution? A great change reshaping heaven and earth.
\n“It begins.”
\nZuo Meng glanced outside. The moon burned blood-red.
\nAn ancient tree materialized overhead, blotting sky and sun like primeval divinity.
\n“Ancient?”
\nThe projection radiated Ancient Era aura, yet time had altered both it and Xuan Gui.
\n*Buzz!*
\nInvisible ripples pulsed from the moon across the Entire World.
\nTime froze.
\nZuo Meng\u2019s true spirit emerged, resuming indescribable creator-form. Below, the world hung like amber. Law chains clinked melodiously as if levers shifted reality\u2014changes imperceptible to ordinary people.
\n“Has another reached law-manipulation?”
\nPiercing the chains, Zuo Meng glimpsed a golden entity straining to bend laws. Unnoticed, he merged back into scholar Xue Chuan\u2019s body as time resumed.
\n“Clever law-application.”
\nThe being\u2019s energy-efficient method\u2014forged through eons\u2014inspired Zuo Meng. As creator, he\u2019d brute-forced law changes. This subtle approach would prove vital for altering fate in the real world.
\nBreathing deeply, Zuo Meng detected new energy permeating the air.
\n“Pry at laws through weak points, using fulcrums to shift the world.” Simple in theory, yet demanding: find vulnerable law-links, establish backlash-resistant supports, then apply sufficient strength. Master these, and even the real world\u2019s laws could bend.
\nWith this energy saturation, extraordinary beings\u2014Immortal Cultivators, witches, spirits\u2014would emerge within weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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