I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

Flipping through Wen Tingyun's notes, the sharp and assertive font remained the same.

Taking it all in at once, Han Zheng took a deep breath.

Just as with the notes on the Water and Fire Immortal Clothes Realm, Wen Tingyun's notes on the Xuan Gang Realm were meticulous, and even gave Han Zheng a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

At the beginning, Wen Tingyun also used a single sentence to point out the crux of the Xuan Gang Realm.

It was none other than the term "True Yuan"!

In Wen Tingyun's view, the naming of the Xuan Gang Realm was problematic. It shouldn't be called Xuan Gang Realm, but rather True Essence Realm.

Most martial artists understood True Yuan as transforming True Qi into True Yuan, with its external release being Gang Qi.

But in reality, True Yuan was not so straightforward; it was more complex.

Postnatal returning to Innate, after the cultivation of Water and Fire Immortal Clothes, the martial artist's body would be truly clean, pure as an infant.

At that time, a trace of True Yuan would be born in the Life Gate within the martial artist's body.

The Life Gate, also known as the "right kidney," was dominated by the Innate and stored the Original True Essence.

This trace of True Yuan was that sliver of genuine Origin Power within the human body. With True Yuan present, vanquishing evil became easy, and one was immune to all diseases.

When True Yuan was exhausted, strength would wane and blood and qi would deplete.

True Yuan and True Qi were entirely different concepts, the latter being produced through cultivation, while the former naturally occurred within the body after reaching the peak of Innate Transcendence Realm.

Therefore, if a martial artist wished to enter the Xuan Gang Realm, they had to continuously nourish that trace of True Yuan with True Qi, allowing it to grow to a level similar to True Qi before it could be released as Gang Qi and step into the Xuan Gang Realm.

Strictly speaking, entering the Xuan Gang Realm was not about refining True Qi into True Yuan, but rather about cultivating True Qi to nourish True Yuan.

Most martial artists were blindly perceiving True Yuan at this stage and then using True Qi to temper it. This approach was not only simplistic and brutish, but also risked damaging the foundation of the True Yuan due to missing the subtle feeling of nurturing and strengthening.

Therefore, Wen Tingyun divided the Xuan Gang Realm into two steps.

One was nourishment, the other growth.

Nourishing the True Yuan was the most difficult part. It required a consistent effort with True Qi to probe that nascent and feeble True Essence Power, to find a compatible frequency for successful nourishment.

Accomplishing this meant reaching Half-step Xuan Gang Realm, where one could begin to use the power of True Yuan.

Growth, on the other hand, entailed fully nourishing the True Yuan throughout the body, completely replacing True Qi and filling the entire body's channels and acupoints, thus truly stepping into the Xuan Gang Realm.

The former depended on talent; some martial artists had good talent, with True Qi flowing through their bodies swiftly, perhaps finding that frequency in just a few or couple of weeks.

For those less gifted, who knows— they might just have to persevere; with some luck, it could be months, without luck, even years or decades, ultimately relying on probability to take this step.

Han Zheng couldn't help but smile wryly; it was another realm dependent on talent.

However, he had the Taotie Furnace, so this step was of no concern. Regardless of how low the probability might be, Han Zheng could complete this phase.

After killing the Scorpion Charm Lady and obtaining the Shocking God Needle, Han Zheng now had 36,840 Hunger Level points, certainly enough to be a bit reckless.

He entered the Taotie Furnace and began the tedious task of probing the True Yuan with True Qi, trying to catch that elusive frequency.

After countless failures, when Han Zheng finally caught that frequency, a strange sensation naturally arose.

His control over his power, over himself, had fortified on another level.

True Qi and True Yuan were indistinguishable from each other, seemingly forming a subtle connection.

Only by continuously nourishing the True Yuan with True Qi would it keep growing stronger.

Leaving the Taotie Furnace, Han Zheng had consumed a total of 2,340 Hunger Level points.

This rate of consumption was still acceptable in Han Zheng's view, as his talent had not yet reached a point beyond salvation.

However, the subsequent cultivation was going to be a grind; his Hunger Level points were simply not enough.

Growing True Yuan was simple— it was just a matter of continuously supplying True Qi to the True Yuan, waiting for the True Qi to deplete and then continuing the supply to make it grow, in an endless cycle.

In the Taotie Furnace, Han Zheng tried a full Circulation, but the results were not ideal.

With his current talent, if he were to solely rely on water mill work to step into the Xuan Gang Realm, he would need to prepare a hundred thousand Hunger Level points to do so.

Entering the Innate Realm typically required thousands of Hunger Level points, but reaching the Xuan Gang Realm instantly demanded tens of thousands.

However, this step wasn't much faster even for martial artists with good talent.

Relying only on one's own True Qi to nurture True Yuan was too inefficient.

A martial artist who had reached the Perfect stage of the Innate Transcendence Realm was already considered a master in the Martial World, having accumulated some resources, of course they would rely on Medicine Baths and Elixirs to break through.

Han Zheng decided to first accumulate some Merit Points and then, in combination with Hunger Level points, directly step into the Xuan Gang Realm at once.

After resting for a short while, there was a knock at the door.

Opening the door, Ye Liuyun and two others were already waiting for him outside.

Ye Caiyun said with a smile, "Big Brother Han, hurry up, my big brother has already reserved a spot at the Splendid Pavilion.

Don't worry about saving money for my brother; he's got plenty of private stash."

Ye Liuyun looked at Ye Caiyun with indulgence, "So you've been thinking about your brother's private money, haven't you?"

Most of the time, Ye Liuyun was cold and deep, not given to laughter or levity.

Only in front of his younger sister would he show a smile.

"Do we not need to change into plain clothes?"

Han Zheng glanced at Ye Liuyun and the others, noting they were all clad in their Xuan Armor.

Yang Tianqi shook his head, "It doesn't matter. Kai Ping Prefecture is the headquarters of the Southern Mountain Demon Cleansing Department. Many brothers from the Demon Department have settled down here.

Therefore, it's common to see our brothers from the Demon Department on the streets, and the common folk don't find it too unusual, so there's no need to change especially for this."

Han Zheng nodded and followed the three of them, discussing the various details of his recent mission, all the while taking in the night view of Kai Ping Prefecture.

As a capital of a state, Kai Ping Prefecture was naturally very prosperous.

In Black Stone County, the streets were almost empty at night, and the citizens were like startled birds, not daring to come out even if there was a noise at night.

Whereas Kai Ping Prefecture was brightly lit at night, awash with flowing light. Colorful lanterns hung in the shops along the streets, illuminating the slate-paved roads as if the whole market was lit up.

The various cries of street vendors were incessant, selling everything from silk and jade to pastries and snacks. Even at night, the number of pedestrians and citizens on the streets was no less than during the day.

Han Zheng, since arriving in this world, had rarely seen such bustling scenes.

"You all know that I came from a small place like Black Stone County, which compared to Kai Ping Prefecture, seems like two different worlds."

Han Zheng couldn't help but remark.

Ye Liuyun said, "Actually, this is the norm. There are nineteen roads in Great Zhou, each with a capital, plus the Capital City and some special large cities. There are no more than fifty places as bustling as Kai Ping Prefecture.

This Great Zhou land has been filled with turmoil. Despite the bustle and prosperity of Kai Ping Prefecture, looking like a lively scene of a boiling pot, one never knows when it might turn into hell on earth.

I heard that since the Capital of Huainan Road, Xuzhou Prefecture, was taken over by the Smell Fragrance Sect, they incited the citizens to rebel. Good citizens, under the incitement of the Smell Fragrance Sect, turned to killing and robbing each other, committing all manner of atrocities, amplifying the worst of human nature.

Xuzhou Prefecture, once more prosperous than Kai Ping Prefecture, has now become a living hell."

Han Zheng nodded slightly; at that moment, he suddenly noticed that there were many Xuanjia Guards from the Demon Cleansing Bureau patrolling the market.

They were not strolling around like Han Zheng and his group but were armed with weapons, vigilantly surveying the streets.

"Do we from the Demon Department also need to patrol the streets?"

Yang Tianqi explained from the side, "Of course not, patrolling the streets is the job of constables.

However, there have been frequent disappearances in Kai Ping Prefecture recently, which attracted the attention of Mr. Wen.

It's actually quite normal for some people to disappear every day in a large State Mansion like this, with several bodies being fished out of the moat daily.

But recently, the number of disappearances has been abnormally high.

Thus, Mr. Wen ordered the Xuanjia Guards from the Reserve Camp to patrol the streets when they have nothing else to do, to see if they can find anything unusual."

At that moment, Ye Caiyun pointed excitedly at a large seven-story restaurant in front of them, "The Splendid Pavilion is right there! Hurry up, hurry up, I'm starving!"