[April, Year 106 of the Dawn Era. A clear day.]
["Lin Yu, be careful. I just created this Move, and I can't control it yet." Lan Tian stood opposite you in a Supernatural Management Bureau testing ground and said this to you.]
["You're 200 years too early if you want to hurt me. Stop rambling and come at me." You were completely unconcerned by Lan Tian's words. It wasn't that you looked down on him; it was simply that Lan Tian's newly created Martial Skill couldn't possibly injure you, could it?]
Lan Tian wasn't surprised by your attitude. He had only reminded you out of courtesy, knowing that with his current strength, he couldn't actually hurt you.
He said no more. He made a punching motion, and then purple lightning erupted from his body. This lightning was materialized from his Qi and blood.
Lan Tian's entire body's lightning surged toward his fist. Then, he threw a punch, forming a fist imprint in the air that shot toward you. "Thunder Rush Fist!"
The moment the fist imprint appeared, the Spiritual Qi within a thousand meters converged upon it. Not only that, but Lan Tian also overlaid his Transcendent ability onto it. As the fist imprint flew toward you, it grew larger and faster.
The distance of a thousand meters between the two of you was but an instant for the thunderous fist imprint. By the time it reached you, the imprint had grown to a massive ten meters.
However, you were completely unfazed. Just as the fist imprint was about to strike, a golden light flashed in your eyes, followed by a long roar like an enraged lion. The sound wave, infused with Martial Dao Will, actually solidified. The destructive fist imprint instantly collapsed three feet away from you, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, scattering into sparks across the sky.
"The gap is truly too large." Lan Tian smiled bitterly, watching his full-power attack being neutralized so easily. Although he had expected this outcome, seeing the scene still brought a pang of sadness.
Thus, the Federation's first Martial Art, the "Thunder Rush Fist," was born.
This Martial Skill of his was created by combining his Transcendent ability to control lightning with profound knowledge of boxing techniques.
Lan Tian was inherently a Transcendent who controlled the lightning element and was highly experienced in utilizing lightning.
More than two years had passed, and his understanding of his own Transcendent ability had deepened.
Coupled with his current Fourth Realm cultivation, he could now control the surrounding Spiritual Qi and convert it into lightning even without using his Transcendent ability.
Although the name Thunder Rush Fist sounds common, its power is extraordinary. By Cultivating this Martial Art, even ordinary people without Transcendent abilities can gain the power to control thunder and lightning.
After the appearance of the first Martial Art, subsequent Martial Arts began popping up like mushrooms after rain.
There were Transcendent who controlled flames, creating the "Fire Cloud Palm" based on their own characteristics.
There were water-controlling Transcendent who created "Ten Thousand Rivers Returning to the Flow," wind-controlling Transcendent who created "Wind God Leg," and healing-type Transcendent who created "Healing Art."
And so on—Transcendent who controlled various energies all created corresponding Martial Arts based on their own Transcendent abilities.
There were even Mental Energy-type Transcendent whose abilities were not inherently offensive, who created Mental Martial Arts. However, due to insufficient Mental Energy strength, their power was not great.
June, Year 106 of the Dawn Era. While everyone was immersed in the creative fervor for Martial Arts, you were Cultivating.
Although your Cultivation speed had slowed down by now, your progress was still astounding compared to others.
In the days since you reached the Third Realm, you had not given up Cultivating. By now, your strength had increased to 8 million kilograms, and your speed had reached nearly six times the speed of sound.
As for Martial Arts, with so many available for reference, you decided to carefully contemplate and create a Martial Art of unparalleled power.
One day, while reviewing the Martial Arts created by many people, the content of one particular Martial Art piqued your interest. The creator of this Martial Art possessed the Transcendent ability to control magnetic fields within a certain range.
Furthermore, this Martial Art was actually a speed-type Martial Art. The principle of this Martial Art was to use Qi and blood to simulate a magnetic field, allowing the user to utilize the planet's magnetic field for self-acceleration.
The point that interested you was the unexpected discovery that Qi and blood could simulate a magnetic field. If this were true, the functionality of Qi and blood would be greatly enhanced. You had genuinely never considered the functional aspects of Qi and blood before.
Afterwards, you sought out many Transcendent whose abilities allowed them to fly.
These Transcendent possessed abilities that allowed them to fly naturally, unlike variations of Mental Energy such as telekinesis, where flight was achieved by levitating oneself using Mental Energy.
Previously, in order to fly yourself, you had researched how to transform your Mental Energy into something like telekinesis, but you later found that you simply could not grasp the underlying principle.
At the time, you believed that the principle behind telekinetic flight was the simplest, and since you couldn't even understand that, you temporarily abandoned research into flight. This was because, according to your conjecture, the Physical Body would naturally gain the ability to fly upon reaching a certain Realm.
However, you now realized you were wrong. The principles behind other flight-enabling Transcendent abilities were actually simpler: they utilized Spiritual Qi to form a special kind of energy that could counteract the effects of gravity, thus achieving flight.
The principle contained within the telekinesis variation of Mental Energy was, conversely, much more profound.
After that, it was simple. You began researching various abilities that allowed Transcendent to fly, investigating what kind of energy counteracted gravity and how Spiritual Qi was converted into this energy.
July, Year 106 of the Dawn Era. You finally researched a method that allowed Martial Artist to fly.
The principle was actually very simple: utilize Spiritual Qi to form special energy that counteracts gravity, and then use Qi and blood to stimulate your own magnetic field, sensing the planet's magnetic field, allowing the magnetic field to push you forward.
After experimentation, perhaps due to your stronger physique, your flying speed reached ten times the speed of sound.
You then disseminated this method. Every Martial Artist who reached the Fourth Realm could use this method to fly, and tests showed that the flying speed of newly ascended Fourth Realm Martial Artist reached twice the speed of sound.
October, Year 106 of the Dawn Era. Your strength increased again, reaching 10 million kilograms, and your flying speed reached eleven times the speed of sound.
January, Year 107 of the Dawn Era. The day you finished Cultivating, the Federation high command sent an emergency summons, asking you to go to Tianguang City for a meeting concerning the future of all humanity.
Judging by the state of the messenger at the time, you knew this meeting must be extremely important.
You knew that the Federation had Transcendent capable of seeing the future. The fact that the Federation urgently convened this meeting and requested your presence likely meant something was going to happen to Blue Star in the future.