Marvels of Fate Secured, High Spirits Toward Jiangdong (Part Two)

The Burial Martial Cavern trip was a major haul. Turns out, being a good man who loves saving money really pays off—just like that, all the deficits caused by Victor Hsu were covered. Supreme Skill (the top-tier martial art), Beiming Divine Skill, Small No-Form Skill—the legendary Freewind Sect martial arts triple set—now we’ve got two and three-quarters of the whole set. What a win, what a win!

Now, let’s gossip a bit about what we got from cracking open those treasure chests.

Let’s start with Beiming. Once I actually got my hands on it, I realized there were a few not-so-small differences from how Victor Hsu described it.

Honestly, when Dennis Duan was out adventuring, he never really mastered the Beiming Divine Skill. It was only after becoming the ultimate playboy that he had some free time to mess around with it. And once he did, he realized he’d been missing out big time. If he’d figured out Beiming earlier, maybe he would’ve knocked Morgan Burke flat ages ago.

The Beiming Divine Skill isn’t just about absorbing other people’s internal energy. That’s only the first stage—called 'storing water to make a sea.' The manual breaks this down nicely: basically, the more water you have, the better. Big ships and little boats, giant whales and tiny fish—they all thrive in the Beiming Sea. There’s even a mythical fish called Kun, so huge its back stretches for thousands of miles. If you can raise a Kun that big, the Beiming Sea must be truly boundless, with countless streams pouring in.

Everyone knows how powerful this stage can be.

Morgan Burke thought, 'I’ve broken through! I’m a whole level above Dennis Duan, that idiot could never beat me, hahaha!' And then, well, he got wrecked.

Even plain old air, when it goes wild and turns into a typhoon, can tear down cities and fortresses. And even without a breakthrough, if you’ve got enough internal energy to break the game, the power is deadly—enough said. For details, please call Serenity Abbey at Mount Qingcheng.

Before breaking through, you can already surpass the sixty-year skill limit and amass tons of internal energy—super rare. Only a handful of special techniques can do that. And of course, those techniques always have a 'rob from others' angle, only possible through methods the masses love to hate—plundering, obviously. Enough said. For details, please call Serenity Abbey at Mount Qingcheng.

Naturally, this kind of cheat is perfect for mowing down crowds and bullying the weak, but not so great for dueling masters. You can wave your sleeve and send a bunch of weaklings flying—easy peasy. But if you get cocky and insist on arm-wrestling with a real master, well... you know how it ends. Enough said. For details, please call Serenity Abbey at Mount Qingcheng.

But the Beiming Divine Skill doesn’t stop here—there’s a whole second half. It’s about cultivating true primordial energy and achieving the ultimate transformation: “becoming the legendary bird, the Peng.”

If you could actually follow the Beiming Divine Skill’s path, your vast internal energy would let you, at the stage of “the Peng migrating to the Southern Sea, striking the water for three thousand miles,” soar nine thousand miles straight up.

To put it in plain English: it’s not just “break through Beiming and you’re done.” You could “first absorb 150 years’ worth, then break through,” turning all that power into innate true Qi. Then you’ll rocket to the Ninth Heaven, aiming for the ultimate limit. With that, your power is immense, pure, and endless—you could live forever, be invincible, and stay young until the end.

Sounds awesome, right?

But honestly, it’s mostly just wishful thinking. Master Waylon didn’t achieve it, Dennis Duan didn’t achieve it, and nobody really knows about Master Freewind, but probably the same story. Even the creator of the technique might not have pulled it off—like the author of the Great Shift Technique, who only finished it by imagining the rest. So, even after getting the full Beiming legacy from the Divine Life Core and the formation, Yang Qi never thought about ditching her skills or switching paths.

After Yang and Wu dug into the details, they realized that trying to “become the Peng” after absorbing 150 years’ worth of power is as tough as asking Old Yu to carry away two mountains with a shoulder pole. Not a very relatable example, so here’s a more down-to-earth one: it’s like tossing you into a sea of Korean beauty pageant contestants and telling you to find a specific person’s specific hair with a specific mite on it.

Scary, huh?

The more internal energy you absorb, and the more chaotic it gets, the harder it is to complete your transformation. Master Waylon chickened out and didn’t dare go that far. Dennis Duan was even more clueless—he didn’t even know that was possible. But Yang and Wu don’t care; as long as Beiming works, it’s already done its job.

This trip down the mountain, just getting Beiming was worth the ticket. If you want to do the job right, you need the right tools—Beiming is the best research aid. Thanks to Beiming Divine Skill, they can finally start developing the egg-refining internal technique.

Of course, you have to give as well as take, or the cycle breaks. To balance Beiming’s absorption, you need a skill for feeding energy back. Wedding Dress Divine Skill should be a great reference for this. Wu Zhenfeng plans to study it closely and crack its core secrets ASAP.

If something goes wrong during research and the researcher loses control, you can instantly drain their internal energy to save their life. Once things calm down, you can feed the energy back. No need to start over—just resume from where you lost control and figure out what went wrong.

Developing new skills is tough because the people trying it are both the researchers and the test subjects. It’s like a biochemist experimenting on themselves—think of all those comic book and Resident Evil villain scientists. If it goes wrong, you lose both the expert and the test subject, so nobody else wants to risk it. That’s why, even after a hundred years, hardly anyone dares innovate in internal energy. Skills just keep getting more secretive and less useful.

But if Jill Young’s idea works, people can take risks, try new things, and keep pushing the envelope—way more than those so-called ancient sages ever did. With the right direction, you could see results in less than ten years.

Once you’ve got results, you can open the gates, mass-produce experts, and spread martial arts everywhere. First, crank out ten thousand at Dragon Elephant level six, then ten thousand with a hundred years’ worth of power, then hand everyone a divine weapon—guys like Kublai Khan won’t even matter. Mwahaha!

—Uh, that daydream got a little out of hand. Back to reality.

Finished with Beiming, let’s talk about the Six Meridian Sword.

Compared to Beiming Divine Skill, which everyone knows by now, the Six Meridian Sword is the one that deserves a closer look. So here’s the deal: *bangs gavel*—because of space, for what happens next, tune in next time for the breakdown.

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Ahem, enough jokes—let’s keep it simple. Anyone familiar with Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils probably thinks: Oh, Six Meridian Sword, that’s just the laser gun for shooting from afar. Not much range, not much power, nothing special.

For range, look at Lord Xiao Feng’s Dragon Subduing Palm—the wind from his strike goes for yards. For power, Victor Hsu’s Life and Death Talisman can make everyone obey. And in today’s world, Finger Flick Technique is also a flashy biubiubiu. The Six Meridian Sword looks impressive but lacks personality or punch. Yet it dares call itself “Number One Divine Sword”—what a joke!

But everyone’s misunderstood the Six Meridian Sword. Dennis Duan never broke through in his lifetime, yet with scattered internal energy, he could still focus it to explode Morgan Burke’s steel sword from a distance. That’s impressive. After research, Yang and Wu say the Six Meridian Sword’s biggest strength is massively compressing and densifying internal energy.

Think of Dennis’s energy as a ton of sawdust, but when he uses the Six Meridian Sword, it’s compressed into high-density board. Otherwise, when Morgan Burke used sword techniques with his energy protecting the blade, he’d never have had his sword blown up in one hit.

Dennis is a total cheat—never cared about any martial arts, wasted so many chances. Didn’t really train Freewind Step, barely practiced Beiming Divine Skill for his goddess, then tossed it aside. Six Meridian Sword? He ignored it, too. If he’d mastered it, all his years of energy would’ve turned into sword Qi, flowing through his meridians, and when perfected, every acupoint could unleash sword Qi.

If he’d gone even further, breaking through and transforming his energy, then forget about range or technique—just a barrage of sword Qi would wipe out any enemy. He’d be the undisputed number one, as long as he packed extra clothes for the road.

“But legend says Dennis was frail,” says Researcher Wu. “Even if he turned all his Beiming energy into sword Qi, his meridians couldn’t handle it. Without an iron body or perfect control, he’d self-destruct.”

“Even if you don’t turn it all into sword Qi, this compression and sharpening method is still worth learning,” says Researcher Yang. “Wear a hat that fits your head—it’s better than no hat at all.”

If the old priest at Serenity Abbey had this method for refining energy, even just turning sawdust into low-density board, Jade Hawk wouldn’t have won so easily.

Quality and quantity are like two legs—if you lack either, you’ll have a fatal weakness.

Speaking of which, Yang has mobilized all her connections to keep tabs on that old priest. The Shadow Unit is on it, and the Anti-Evil Alliance and United Front have him flagged.

The Anti-Evil Alliance didn’t mention “Serenity Abbey”—too sensitive. They just called him a “life-stealing, yin-harvesting, disgusting, shameless, mysterious bastard.” Guo Jing and Huang Rong promised to keep a close eye on him.

The United Rogue Front made it even more interesting—Jade Hawk issued a secret bounty: anyone who brings intel on that old bear gets a “maid’s morning bite in a skimpy outfit.” Suddenly, everyone was eager to help.

Huh? Wondering what a “morning bite” is?

Well... it’s 2015, so most people should know by now—but innocent folks like me and Lady Sanmiao still don’t get why those guys giggle so mischievously! But the United Rogue Front’s OB-GYN experts immediately understood, grinning away. For more details, call Serenity Abbey—wait, call the OB-GYN discussion group. (Yes, that’s a real group! The rogue crowd is full of energy...)

So, after the kill order, back to the main plot.

That day, there was a tremor in the Burial Martial Cavern—very weak, shouldn’t have startled even the rabbits on Cang Mountain. But this is a world of experts; the Shadow Unit reported that soon after, riders rushed out of Dali City, searching for something. But thanks to the Peach Blossom Bandit’s hit-and-run tactics, everyone quickly slipped away.

Jill Young didn’t hold back—she taught the Six Meridian Sword to Duke Simon Duan, fulfilling her promise to him and the lingering will of Dennis Duan. After gaining the skill, Duke Simon Duan revealed the whereabouts of Master Yideng and Gabriel Yang.

Master Yideng, with two people and an eagle, crossed mountains to this small temple. Duke Simon Duan hadn’t broken through, but his Sunbeam Finger was solid—he’s a qualified healer. Master Yideng had left a life-saving pill here, the same kind he once gave Little Dragon Girl—just one left. He gave it to Gabriel Yang, then used Sunbeam Finger to channel energy for three days and nights, finally restoring Gabriel’s mind.

Things improved, but the illness isn’t gone. Without further treatment, Gabriel Yang might make it to his child’s birth, but not their first birthday. Master Yideng tried everything, finally deciding to travel far and wide, seeking help like Sun Wukong did for the ginseng tree—spending whatever it takes to cure Gabriel.

So, picking up from last time:

In short, where did Master Yideng and Gabriel Yang go?