Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1174 - 570: Grandmaster’s Aura (Part 2)
Previously on Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups...
Just a hazy sense that the absent element is vital to his existence,
Maybe, it relates to the path following the Qi Gong skill's advancement.
While focusing and meditating, Fang Cheng's eyes fixed on the far-off, indistinct skyline.
Right then, dawn and dusk were on the verge of switching.
In the east, the inky blackness appeared ripped apart by an unseen power.
A slim band of white, resembling a fish's underbelly, arose from where ocean met sky.
The once profound and fearsome dark waters now carried a veil of mistiness.
This slight shift in the sky's display struck Fang Cheng like a booming thunderclap.
"When Yin hits its peak, Yang arises; when negation peaks, affirmation follows!"
Fang Cheng whispered, grasping that momentary flash of insight.
The workings of the world and the essence of creation aren't fixed but pursue equilibrium through endless "transformation."
Extreme darkness births light, utmost cold brings warmth.
Before, he had chased raw explosiveness, lost in the ruinous might of his punches.
Similar to a blaze that only burns wildly, unleashing without restraint.
Such a method was actually inferior, clashing with the vast rhythm of the cosmos.
A genuine Grandmaster doesn't just resist but flows along, drawing on the forces of nature to carve his way.
With this realization, Fang Cheng drew in a profound breath, ignoring the figures on the interface.
He fully relaxed his mind, sensing the intense warmth coursing through him once more.
His eyelids gently shut, regulating his respiration.
The breathing flowed long and even, subtly syncing with the ocean's rolling swells.
Each inhalation pulled in the nearby fog like a massive sea creature swallowing, creating a swirling funnel that rushed into his nose.
Each exhalation, as his torso expanded, unleashed a scorching surge, pushing back and scattering the approaching tides forcefully.
This wasn't mere bodily power but a sign of deep unity between mind and True Qi.
It's the impact on the surroundings from a vital energy zone hitting a specific intensity.
As his consciousness extended outward, Fang Cheng stopped suppressing the wild, churning force inside.
Rather, he aligned with the awakening vigor of the universe, fully unleashing the bonds on his True Qi.
Boom——
Bursts of almost perfect pure golden fire sprang from each pore, wrapping his form like a divine golden idol.
The freezing seawater around him boiled right away when touching this inherent yang force.
"Puff puff puff——"
In the area of a few meters around Fang Cheng, the ocean churned wildly, like a cauldron of simmering liquid.
Huge clouds of dense white vapor ascended but weren't blown away by the ocean gusts; they circled Fang Cheng as if alive.
From afar, it looked like a live volcano bursting from the shadowy waters.
No, better said, it was a sun piercing the gloom!
Fang Cheng's eyebrow flicked, his eyes snapping open again.
In the shadows, two solid rays of light shot from his eyes.
If the inner True Qi acts like fire, and the outer world like water, why not mimic the emerging sun?
One idea, and all ideas unified.
Right then, the small world inside him resonated mysteriously with the great cosmos outside.
As the white band in the sky widened, the True Qi stored in Fang Cheng's frame, answering the dawn's summons, burst out fully.
His body became the sun, turning the sea to clouds by boiling it.
In this deepest darkness, he shone as a dawn sun rising from the ocean's heart, unmatched in brilliance.
The nearby waters kept bubbling under the immense heat, white vapor rising like a barrier of clouds, nearly hiding his shape entirely.
Amid the clash of liquid and blaze, Fang Cheng's spirit gained clarity; his feet lightly touched the waves, hands circling, taking the initial Tai Chi stance.
Power descends to the Dantian, mind encompasses all.
Tai Chi, Cloud Hand, ascend!
In this pose, the Qi energy nearby was pulled in.
The newly risen white vapor oddly trailed his hand movements, turning into threads of Qi Force that wrapped his palms.
Now, he wasn't forcing raw destruction but fully blended his will with the environment.
As his limbs glided fluidly and elegantly, the vapor that should have drifted away was held by an unseen force field.
Fang Cheng's hands turned slowly, and the thick vapor with golden fires started weaving and spiraling.
They didn't scatter anymore but built layer by layer, collecting at the golden light's rim.
Within lay the blaze that scorched the skies, without the endless mist.
Water and fire rarely mix, yet guided by Fang Cheng's almost "Taoist" punch will, they showed a wonderful balance.
This matches the Taoist notion of water-fire unity, Yin-Yang accord.
Unlike the display in Cuihai's training, this sight felt grander, yet more focused and controlled.
No wild Qi blasts, just a heavy, pressing dread silently expanding outward.
Meanwhile, the interface shimmered.
The quiet notifications started appearing and drifting into sight.
[You have grasped the deep truth of water and fire's creation, Qigong experience +1]
[You are attempting to form your own Qi Field Domain, Qigong experience +1]
......
A see-through zone about several meters wide, with Fang Cheng at the center, gradually appeared above the waves.
Incoming waves were pushed back by hidden Qi power, and strong winds felt like striking soft padding, unable to breach this space.
Within this zone, a separate realm built up, isolated from beyond.
Golden fires blazed at the heart, infinite vapor cloaked as the shield.
Water and fire blended and supported one another, forming a round Barrier of intertwined elements.
The fires heated the vapor into endless mist, the mist met wind and formed droplets, which dropped near the fire heart to vaporize once more.
Under his mind's rule, hard and soft, hot and cold, they reached a flawless moving harmony.
As this Qi Field Domain solidified completely in a flash.
The long-awaited crimson sun on the horizon finally shattered the final cloud veil and leaped from the waters.
Myriad golden beams stabbed the skies like keen blades, flooding the wide ocean, and lighting up this special True Qi domain around Fang Cheng.
The first strand of Pure Yang Purple Qi in the world linked with the True Essence Fire inside Fang Cheng.
A stunning display unfolded.
Sun rays passed through the thick round mist, bending and scattering in intricate ways, surprisingly forming a ring of dazzling light rippling from the golden flames' outer edge around Fang Cheng.
Vibrant rainbow hues flowed nonstop, akin to the holy glow behind enlightened deities.
With each motion of Fang Cheng, each breath in and out, it sometimes swelled like a disk, sometimes shrank like a sphere.
At this instant, Fang Cheng's form grew hazy and holy in the dance of lights and shades.
He transcended a simple Martial Artist, becoming the ruler of this ocean realm.
Every motion, every step, summoned sky changes, revealing the highest law of water-fire unity, Yin-Yang coexistence.
This embodies the Grandmaster's essence - melting the world into one color, using self as the forge.
As the final wisp of realization merged into his core, Fang Cheng gradually ended, palms lowering, Qi returning to the Dantian.
"Withdraw."
He uttered inwardly, his intent sharp as a sword slicing through, instantly halting the wild True Qi flow.
In a blink, the expansive rainbow sky, golden blaze, and vapor drew back like a beast gulping water, all absorbed into him, restoring peace.
The simmering ocean stilled at once, only the soft whisper of wind over waves remained.
The climbing sun pierced the clouds freely, bathing Fang Cheng in light.
The solidified sweat on his skin gleamed like jewels in the dawn glow.
His whole being radiated the vibe of comprehending heaven and earth's ultimate law, balanced and insightful.
He gradually parted his eyelids.
In that instant, two mighty Suns seemed concealed in his eyes' depths, with shining golden radiance too bright to behold.
This marked the outer sign after the Spirit hit its zenith.
At the same time, a row of gleaming golden text gradually revealed before him.
[Congratulations, via exceptional toil and deep grasp of heaven and earth's supreme law, your skill has surpassed its bounds and risen to Grandmaster level!]
[Qi Gong Skill Level 3 (0/1000)]