Chapter 1002: Publicizing Martial Dao (IV)

A diagram appeared at the end of the battle recording. Three hundred and sixty points of light sparkled, delineating thirty-six meridians.

“The acupoints are partitions of the dao meridians,” rang out Li Hao’s voice. “We have located them for you so that you can clear them in order. Follow the order meticulously and absorb energy through the Breakthrough Incantation! Students of the various martial academies will seek to open all of them in one month. Any who are so inclined may enroll to study the new martial dao!

“Do not randomly flounder on this path by yourself. Any supernaturals or martial masters with an understanding of the basics can walk this path. I hope that in this age, everyone will possess good health.

“Practicing martial dao is not a pursuit to bully the weak, but to protect oneself, safeguard the country, and ensure good health! The Skystar Commander Office already has ten thousand cultivators of the Mountain and Sea level, but that is far from enough!

“Heroes abound in the world, so I hope that this push for martial dao will give rise to noble talent who will protect our homeland with me. We must expel evil so that light shines upon the world once more!”

The dynasty was silent. No one said a word as they looked at the dots of glittering light in the sky. It was a diagram of a human body with three hundred and sixty dots clearly labeled. They started from number one and provided a methodological way for people to cultivate.

When it came to the Breakthrough Incantation, voices gently read the instructions out loud for the large numbers of people who could not read. There was even someone on site providing an overview of the meridians, telling people how they should cultivate.

The sight was so inspiring that some outright sat down cross-legged and began to meditate. What had just played out across the screen flashed through their heads...

14 seven element Arcanus had been completely outmatched!

The heroine of sixth level Mountain and Sea had been so formidable that it could scarcely be believed. She’d cut down a purported ancient powerhouse with a single blow!

The people didn’t know what replicas were. They just knew that the opponents had been incredible to punch through space with one fist.

......

Silver Moon.

Director General Zhao’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped, completely disbelieving of what he saw. Although someone had been by before to discuss this topic with him, he hadn’t thought there would be much to the Mountain and Sea cultivation level.

Lin Hongyu proved him otherwise today.

She wasn’t pure sixth level Mountain and Sea—Director General Zhao could tell that she’d opened six meridians and cleared another one hundred acupoints after that. Lin Hongyu had progressed beyond sixth level Mountain and Sea.

All the same, she hadn’t reached seventh level Mountain and Sea and she’d cut down a replica all the same. Li Hao said that there were more than ten thousand Mountain and Sea cultivators under his command... Did he mean that?

Mountain and Sea were likely the equivalent of Arcanus. So he had more than ten thousand Arcanus beneath his banner?

Also, this cultivation method was too damn easy! They just had to blindly follow the cultivation method and the order of the three hundred and sixty acupoints, absorb energy, clear the acupoints, and... attain invincibility?

Director General Zhao was quite lost—was it really that simple? And the young man had publicized it, just like that?

......

At the same time, the new headquarters of the three great organizations and Yonder Mountain.

A group of heavyweights were also watching a screen. They’d obtained a sky canopy for themselves from somewhere. Although it wasn’t connected to Li Hao’s network, it projected his image all the same. At the moment, the scene of Lin Hongyu killing her opponent was being replayed over and over again.

The details of the cultivation method were repeated as well.

A soft laugh sounded after a long moment and a voice raised skeptically, “This Breakthrough Incantation looks to be more profound than the Five Styles. It touches upon more subjects. Yuan Shuo wasn’t even willing to hand over the Five Styles, but that idiot Li Hao just outright announced everything he has!”

The others looked at him, but no one agreed. Idiot? No, this was absolute confidence!

The area was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

“Don’t let word of this leak, there must be a scheme afoot,” murmured one of the senior executives. “There has to be something wrong with this method, we can’t cultivate it. We’d fall right into Li Hao’s trap if we do!”

“Right, there must be something wrong with it. How can it be so simple to have Arcanus-level strength after clearing 181 acupoints?”

“Precisely, cultivation is as hard as ascending the heavens! We must have Water of Life if we wish to set foot into Arcanus. Li Hao didn’t even mention it, he must be hiding something evil!”

“......” From the conversation that flowed, it was clear that no one believed the truth of what they’d just seen. It just wasn’t possible!

Cultivation was such a sacred and grand undertaking. Whether it was martial masters or supernaturals, either of the two required great potential, vast sums of resources, opportunities and strokes of fortune...

What could one attain with this kind of cultivation?

Out in front, Ying Hongyue didn’t say anything. He followed the instructions on screen and lit up his acupoints one by one. This was just the basics; there were a lot of dao meridians traced out and no difficulty at all to speak of in this task.

Nine, eighteen, thirty-six...

Ying Hongyue silently perceived the changes in his body as he cleared acupoints. He soon reached seventy-two!

A strong presence soared from his being. Ying Hongyue kept his eyes closed and continued to clear acupoints. A large quantity of Water of Life surged into his body as more acupoints were cleared. It wasn’t long before 180 acupoints were cleared. When the 181st acupoint was cleared...

Rumble!

According to Li Hao’s explanation, this put one in the Arcanus level—first level Mountain and Sea. This was previously inaccessible to those without strong organs, but right now... his organs weren’t affected by his breakthrough.

An immense, peculiar strength surged into his body to fortify his abilities. Ying Hongyue trembled and punched outward. His fist was so formidable that it showed signs of breaking through the void!

The stunned group ceased conversing and stared at him.

Ying Hongyue tilted his head back at the sky and calmly said after a long moment, “Everyone needs to switch to the Breakthrough Incantation! Apart from Arcanus and Nova, all those from Solar and below need to switch to the new cultivation method and need to be quick about it!”

Yama and the rest looked at him with complicated expressions.

“Ying Hongyue... with what do we continue to battle with?” the Celestial Sword Immortal laughed at herself.

Yama was also quiet. The lord of Yonder Mountain was trying the new cultivation method and clearing acupoints.

“Li Hao is cocky,” he opened his eyes. “But he has the right to be. If he truly has ten thousand Mountain and Sea at his command and countless Sun and Moon, then none of us, including my mountain, can stand against him for even one blow!

“Unless large numbers of ancient powerhouses appear or the second awakening begins right this moment... We are in trouble!”

“Second awakening?” Ying Hongyue said slowly. “Have you not sensed it yet?”

“What?”

“Energy!”

The group took stock of their surroundings with dismayed expressions. Innumerable furls of energy swept through the sky and instantly vanished. There might be hundreds of millions of people cultivating in this second.

They might individually be weak, but they were able to immediately drain the world of its energy. Any slightest bit that was produced was instantly devoured.

Even the heavyweights cultivating in the ruins were jarred out of their meditations. They could seize energy as well. One person could not win over them, but what of ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or one hundred million?

“Will the second awakening... never begin now?” murmured the Celestial Sword Immortal with dawning horror. Who... would be able to stand against Li Hao then?

Who?

One hundred million people cultivating might just be the beginning. There could be one billion to come, ten billion...

All of the energy in the world might be sucked out of the environment; however much was born would be however much vanished. Even if the mine exploded now, it might be spontaneously emptied!

“It will begin, the world is awakening,” Ying Hongyue responded calmly. “It is naturally producing energy and cultivation will not always extract energy. However, the moment of the second awakening is delayed indefinitely!”

A heavy silence fell over the crowd.

“Then... what do we do now?” Yama asked in a muffled voice.

What did they do?

“Cultivate, clear acupoints, set foot into Mountain and Sea, then Sun and Moon.” Ying Hongyue smiled after a long silence. “Search for weak and small ruins, kill ancient powerhouses, seize treasure and energy. We will strengthen ourselves and then... think of another plan!”

What else could they do?

Go toe-to-toe with Li Hao?

with what?

Li Hao had only needed to send out one Lin Hongyu and a few ancient powerhouses to instantly execute 14 seven element Arcanus. What else could the rest of them do at this stage?

......

All of Skystar Dynasty trembled! While many local tyrants had anticipated these actions, they were still heart-stricken to see Li Hao outright share the method for free!

They’d just traded for it with various treasures and resources! Who would’ve thought that this was how Li Hao would make it available to the public!

The world... really had changed!