Feng Lin stood tall, his eyes gleaming with sharp brilliance, exuding an aura of authority from within, radiating a dragon-like vigor and tiger-like vitality. Every enhancement of life force was a process of life evolving from low to high, ascending step by step. Higher life forms often exerted a natural pressure on lower ones—a crushing of life levels, like a mouse encountering a cat, where the weaker would collapse without a fight.
Now that Feng Lin’s life force had broken through the critical threshold of 16, the transformation in his body was immense. He felt like a volcano churning within, harboring a colossal power that had calmed under absolute control, yet ready to erupt instantly at any change, surging forth like scorching lava to incinerate everything in its path.
Recalling the overwhelming hunger from before, Feng Lin silently thanked his luck. He had resisted the urge to recklessly strengthen his genes, instead patiently curbing his desire for power, replenishing the overdrawn life force and restoring his nutrition. Otherwise, becoming an interstellar cultivator demanded too much from the human body—rashly elevating one’s life level would violate the law of energy conservation, leading to nutritional deficiency, life depletion, and ultimately total collapse.
With every session of cultivation, Feng Lin gained deeper insights into the practice. Cultivation was like building a tower—brick by brick, slowly stacking, never careless, steadily advancing, until a towering edifice could stand tall. If one failed to progress, it wasn’t just a matter of falling back like a boat against the current; it was instant collapse, plummeting from the clouds to the dust. Cultivation carried great risks and great terrors! These precious experiences accumulated bit by bit, becoming the most valuable treasure on Feng Lin’s path of cultivation.
After replenishing his nutrition and converting it into genetic potential, Feng Lin stayed indoors, focusing solely on honing himself, eager to master the immense changes within. Mars was seething with undercurrents, and Giant Pharmaceutical held great secrets within. He had to strengthen himself as quickly as possible to navigate with ease and remain invincible.
Feng Lin calmed down and began studying the martial art he had just acquired: the Kunlun Great Hand Seal. This was a peerless martial art unearthed from mythological ruins, comprising twelve hand seals in total, incorporating techniques from swords, whips, hammers, and other weapons, with intricate variations. They were named the Immortal-Slaying Sword Seal, Overturning Heaven Hammer Seal, God-Beating Whip Seal, and so on.
Ancient Chinese martial arts all evolved from battlefield combat techniques. Baji originated from spear techniques, Taiji from hammer techniques, Bagua Palm from sword techniques... The Kunlun Great Hand Seal encompassed the characteristics of many weapons, appearing simple and unadorned yet containing the ultimate principles of all martial arts. Each basic move could be freely combined, absorbing the essence of various martial arts into itself, resulting in an endless array of techniques.
Feng Lin mused that it was no wonder the robed man, despite being weaker than him, had been able to block all his previous ancient martial arts moves. He hadn’t expected the man to have mastered such profound techniques. The only pity was that it wasn’t a genetic martial art, so it couldn’t harness genetic power. But perhaps that was precisely why this martial art could possess so many variations. Genetic martial arts were powerful because of genetic force, yet they were also limited by its uniqueness, offering few changes. For instance, the Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist, based on the Vajra gene, couldn’t adapt like the Boneless Taiji, using softness to overcome hardness or borrowing force to counterattack. Ancient martial arts had no such constraints, following the principles of martial arts without being bound by genes, offering infinite variations.
Moreover, the name “Kunlun Great Hand Seal” sparked boundless imagination in Feng Lin: Immortal-Slaying Sword, Yin-Yang Mirror, Overturning Heaven Seal, God-Beating Whip—these were all divine weapons and treasures from Chinese mythology, possessing earth-shattering power. Named after them, even if these seals could capture a millionth or even a billionth of their essence, their power would be immeasurable. Not a genetic martial art, yet surpassing one.
Feng Lin grew even more eager to test the Kunlun Great Hand Seal’s power and began experimenting one by one.
Immortal-Slaying Sword Seal! Feng Lin formed his hands into sword fingers, abruptly brought them together, and thrust forward like a divine sword piercing the sky. It seemed like a simple thrust, but it held subtle mystery—the muscles in his fingers vibrated, driving the air into an invisible force that cut through space with a sharp screech, releasing a piercing intent that truly carried a hint of the divine sword’s essence. But only a hint. As a beginner, Feng Lin’s understanding was shallow, and he couldn’t fully unleash the move’s power.
The Kunlun Great Hand Seal was an ancient martial art unlike any Feng Lin had encountered. Its techniques were extremely detailed, with rigorous requirements for force application, stances, and blood flow. Such strict conditions made it impossible for ordinary people to learn. Only interstellar cultivators, with absolute control over their own power, could wield it with ease. Feng Lin learned quickly—those movements that were impossibly difficult for normal people, defying human physiology, he could master instantly. But to unleash their full power, he still needed plenty of practice and experimentation.
After mastering the Immortal-Slaying Sword Seal’s key techniques, Feng Lin moved on to test the next move.
Overturning Heaven Hammer Seal! Feng Lin clenched his fists, and the muscles across his body rippled like waves, rapidly converging from all over to concentrate into a single point within his fists.
Ha! His fists struck down like giant hammers, crashing with the force of an overturning heaven seal pressing down on the mortal world. It felt as if space itself had been shattered in an instant. The force erupted, and a burst of air exploded beneath his fists, sending a fierce wind crashing against the metal walls with a booming thud.
“Such a domineering move!” Feng Lin was stunned. The Overturning Heaven Hammer Seal concentrated all bodily force into a single point, its overwhelming power surpassing his imagination. If Luke had been able to unleash this move’s full power earlier, subduing those two would have required much more effort. That technique had been wasted on him.
When Feng Lin used the Kunlun Great Hand Seal, backed by his superhuman strength and speed, the true power of this peerless martial art began to emerge. He was like a child with his favorite toy, endlessly experimenting, unable to stop.
God-Beating Whip Seal. Feng Lin swung his arm fiercely, and with a sharp crack, it lashed down like a whip that could strike down gods, casting them from the heavens.
Yin-Yang Mirror Seal. One hand was yang, the other yin—yin and yang combined like two sides of a mirror, one hard, one soft, one life, one death, impossible to defend against.
Immortal-Binding Rope Seal. His fingers flicked, his arms supple like divine ropes, binding immortals and dragons, wrapping around the opponent in layers for a powerful capture.
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Each move of the Kunlun Great Hand Seal was demonstrated one by one in Feng Lin’s hands, each with its own unique power—palm techniques, hammer techniques, grappling techniques... Some were rigid, some soft, endlessly varied. Through repeated practice, Feng Lin’s understanding deepened, and he grasped the principles of various martial arts and the force application techniques of different schools.
These were all basic moves, into which he could integrate martial arts with similar characteristics. The Kunlun Great Hand Seal was like a great furnace, accepting everything, melting all martial arts into one. Feng Lin was overjoyed—if he could merge all his various ancient martial arts into it, his combat power would soar.
In truth, whether ancient or genetic martial arts, the essential difference lay in the use of genetic power, but the most basic force application techniques were shared. Feng Lin’s mind raced: could the Kunlun Great Hand Seal be fused with genetic martial arts to control various genetic powers? It was highly possible! He suddenly recalled how Luke had used changing hand seals to control the power of wind and fire. Each hand seal in the Kunlun Great Hand Seal had a vastly different style, and perhaps each could merge with similar genetic martial arts, transforming into genetic martial arts capable of wielding genetic power.
Imagining himself freely using different types of genetic martial arts, Feng Lin had a sudden thought. Wouldn’t that be a form of endless transformation?