Chapter 1282 - 735: Nuwa Mends the Sky! The Main Quest of Humanity?! (Part 3)

Chapter 1282: Chapter 735: Nuwa Mends the Sky! The Main Quest of Humanity?! (Part 3)

Think again...

The so‑called ’Demons from Beyond the Sky’ that have existed since the Ancient Martial Era, they weren’t able to seize Blue Star back when Martial Arts were still weak, the Seven Limits hadn’t yet manifested, and humanity’s strength was insufficient. Of course, this was inseparable from the valiant resistance of our forebears, but most importantly, it was because most of these Cosmos Celestial Demons simply couldn’t get in—at best only a couple of big cats and small cats!

Let me make a bold guess: because Qi kept patching up the breaches, the number of Demon Nests in the human world had always remained at a controllable low.

However, when the course of history reached a certain node, the human world迎来了 a sudden explosive increase in Demon Nests, a catastrophic Demon calamity outbreak!

This critical node..."

Meng Chuan spoke softly:

"The disappearance of Qi."

Makes sense!

Meng Chuan felt that his conjecture was more than half likely to be correct.

Once the dimensional water channels could no longer carry out repairs, the number of Demon Nests piled up sharply and finally exploded. In this process, there would also have been a period where Celestial Demons were accumulating strength and lying dormant.

So, looking over the vast, turbulent long river of human civilization’s history, it seems a bit concealed, making it harder to connect things back to Qi.

Meng Chuan’s expression grew increasingly fervent, with a faint sense of urgency already in his heart.

"It’s absolutely impossible that I’m the only one thinking along these lines..."

The first thing he did was prepare to find someone to verify his conjecture about Qi.

This was very important.

As he took out his phone, Meng Chuan once again turned his Introspection inward and glanced at his panel.

Body Technique column:

[Divine Movement Hundred Transformations: Perfection (94%) awaiting Limit Breaking]

[Limit-Breaking Traits: Flowing Body Qi Transformation (Intermediate)]

"After the bout with Chen Zhiming yesterday, I had a slight insight into my Body Technique. I’ll grind hard for a wave these next few days and hurry up and break the limit..."

Then he looked at the Core Technique column:

[Yin-Yang Demon-Suppressing Heart Canon: 3rd Layer (67%) awaiting Limit Breaking]

[Limit-Breaking Traits: Sourceflow Qi Body (High-Level)]

"As a top-tier True Skill Core Technique, the Demon-Suppressing Heart Canon has a full Perfection of fifteen layers. I’m still far off. Aside from practicing it together whenever I’m cultivating the [True Martial Nine Demon-Suppressing Skills], I also have to put in more effort on ordinary days."

Meng Chuan pondered inwardly.

These two were the Cultivation Techniques he currently mastered whose Limit-Breaking Traits were related to "Qi."

Since he’d realized that Qi was highly likely to prove enormously useful, he had to pay more attention to it.

Not just for himself, but for the entire human world.

...

Who should he look for to verify it?

Meng Chuan took out his phone, and an idea immediately came to him.

In terms of lifespan, no one in the human world could compare to Master Ding Guang; he must know something about Qi.

Incidentally, Meng Chuan also planned to ask about "fiendish energy."

He still had far too many things he didn’t understand in this area, and since it concerned the fiend‑raising function of the [Earth Evil Treasure Body], he couldn’t afford to be careless.

A portion of Chen Zhiming’s Gangsha had been absorbed by his flesh and was currently being properly stored in his Inner World.

Meng Chuan had specially picked a spot to "fence off land to raise fiendish energy," but it had been buried in the ground for two days now, and there was still no change...

He knew very well in his heart that it had in fact already begun to take effect under the作用 of his Traits; it was only a matter of time before the Gangsha transformed into Earth Demon energy.

But clearly, the conversion efficiency of Gangsha was extremely poor; presumably, other fiendish energies would also behave differently once they entered the body.

Since that was the case, he absolutely had to go ask Master Ding Guang about matters related to fiendish energy, so he could raise Earth Demon energy more efficiently in future.

...

Shaoshi Mountain, Bodhidharma Cave.

Venerable Shi bent slightly, leaning toward Ding Guang to "listen to his teachings"...

Shaoshi Mountain had grown even more turbulent of late; just yesterday, two newly born Demon Nests had appeared.

Senior Brother Ding Guang had discovered them immediately and erased them with a single move, so today Venerable Shi had come to ask whether the elder had any further instructions for juniors like them...

Ding Guang raised his phone and grinned:

"Eh! Xinghuai, take a look! This kid calls this old monk every three days; this old monk almost regrets giving him my contact information."

"...Senior Brother Ding Guang, then I’ll let you get busy. I’ll come visit you later."

Venerable Shi was very perceptive. He could tell Ding Guang’s verbal complaint was just for show; the smile on his face and the way he’d connected the call at the first instant both exposed his true feelings inside.

This Meng Chuan lad is greatly to Senior Brother Ding Guang’s liking...

"Eh, alright, come again tomorrow morning."

Seeing Shi Xinghuai take his leave, Ding Guang waved his hand.

Then he turned his gaze to the screen, where Meng Chuan’s face was crowding into view.

[Master, did I disturb you?]

[It’s fine. What’s the matter with you today?]

In his room, Meng Chuan thought for a moment, then poured out all his thoughts about "Qi."

[...Regarding this Qi, what thoughts do you have, Master?]

On the other end of the line, Ding Guang’s first reaction was that this kid sure worried about a lot every day.

But as he listened, he immediately perked up.

His rattan chair stopped swaying; he straightened his back.

Ding Guang’s half-squinted eyes slowly opened, and the hand holding the phone tightened slightly.

At the same time, an extremely rare solemn expression surfaced on his face.

[The fact that you can think this far is already not easy.]

Ding Guang’s voice was steady and clear as it came through the receiver:

[Your guess is correct. Qi, for the Qi Refining cultivators of the Ancient Martial Era, was far more than just the foundation of cultivation and a power of slaughter.

It... was even more so the foundation that maintains heaven and earth, completing the fundamental source of the human world!]

Meng Chuan nodded, his heart violently shaken.

"My deduction really wasn’t off!"

Then he held his breath, listening as his master continued:

[Disciple, do you know? This old monk cultivates the Buddhist Sect’s mental methods, and has also sensed the remnants of Qi still lingering between heaven and earth.

Mental cultivation emphasizes observing as-it-is—though one holds to the mind, one does not cling to the mind and sink into delusion.

The existence of Qi is like a bright mirror, not only able to clear the true heart and hold firm at the very point where thoughts arise, but speaking on a grander scale, it can even reflect the "cracks" of dimensional loopholes.

In ancient times, Qi Refining cultivators used Qi as a guide to gather the essence of heaven and earth; while refining it into themselves, they could also in turn nourish heaven and earth. This old monk has a conjecture, which is precisely the repairing of dimensions you mentioned.

The so-called "Qi Refining to mend the sky"—I believe it is not empty talk.]

"Huh? Like Nuwa patching the sky?"

Meng Chuan’s heart thumped wildly, and he couldn’t help but ask on:

[Master, so... Qi really can plug those loopholes?]

[It can.]

Ding Guang answered with absolute certainty:

[The current great enemy of the human world—the Celestial Demons—had already shown traces as early as the Ancient Martial Era. But at that time, people’s main conflicts were still the disputes of the jianghu, the struggle for supremacy in Martial Arts; they did not take these "demons from beyond the heavens" seriously.

Your description is quite vivid: precisely because Qi was like cement, endlessly sealing the cracks on the water channels, the number of Celestial Demons always remained within a controllable range and was thus not taken seriously.

Until... the day Qi gradually diminished, and even completely vanished.]

Ding Guang paused for a moment, his voice tinged with distant reminiscence:

[Back when this old monk still remained in the mortal world, the vast reach of my mental power could cover half of the human realm.]

[Half of the human realm!]

Meng Chuan clicked his tongue inwardly; worthy of being the greatest mental cultivator of all ages—Master Ding Guang was simply too monstrous.

Even the human world of the Ancient Martial Era, before the vicissitudes of ages had reshaped it, still spanned several hundred million square kilometers!

The disciple was shocked by his master’s power; Ding Guang also quite enjoyed it and chuckled:

[As your master, I once sensed the place where Qi finally dispersed—it was in the region of the Kunlun Mountain range of Great Chu. That place used to be the intersection of heaven-and-earth meridians. This old monk reverse-inferred that it was also the greatest source from which Qi flowed into the human world.

But on a certain day, the source ran dry, the meridians of the Kunlun Mountain range were severed. From then on, the human world could no longer repair the loopholes on its own, and the calamity of Demon Nests surged like a roaring tide, irrepressible.]

Kunlun Mountain range!

The source of Qi.

Meng Chuan was shaken to his core. Just as he was about to ask further, Ding Guang shifted the topic, his tone becoming even more weighty:

[Disciple, since you have guessed the function of Qi, you should also understand that the disappearance of Qi is no coincidence.]

He nodded and said:

[It was the work of the Cosmic Demon God, Shanghao.]

Ding Guang nodded:

[Indeed. It was precisely He who used an immeasurable means to take away the Qi of the human world.

This is predestined fate. The wood has already been carved; forcing it changes nothing.]

Meng Chuan fell silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice:

[Master, then do we truly have no way at all?]

On the other end of the line, Ding Guang let out a gentle sigh, a trace of compassionate yet tranquil smile appearing on his face:

[The Buddha said: all beings suffer; ferry yourself, ferry others. Since we know Qi cannot be regained, and the Demon God is far from something we can contend with, we need not cling to chasing its source.

The human world now survives on the fortune of Martial Arts. Though we cannot repair the loopholes, we can still store water and fortify the channels. This is what you all can do at present.

Do well what you ought to do, advance diligently in Martial Arts, protect your domain—that is enough. Do not let distant worries disturb the heart before you.]

Meng Chuan gripped his phone, taking a deep breath to steady his breathing:

[I understand, Master.]

[As long as you understand.]

Ding Guang’s voice grew gentler:

[Your talent is the finest in the human world. Cultivate well; in the future, you may yet encounter other opportunities.

For now, prepare for your "final battle." Your master has been watching your matches—never missing a single one.]

Meng Chuan replied with a laugh, repeatedly promising he would never let his master down.

Through the screen, Ding Guang looked at his beloved disciple’s resolute face and gave him time to think.

Sitting cross-legged in the cultivation room, Meng Chuan remained motionless for a long time.

His master’s words echoed again and again in his heart.

Since it was spoken by Master Ding Guang, Meng Chuan did not doubt it.

"The function and status of Qi... can be regarded as equivalent to Nuwa...

There really is a ’power to mend the sky’..."