Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques

Chapter 246 239: Awakening

Zhou Yuanjue, lying on the hospital bed, had fully recovered physically. His skin and body were back to normal, but he showed no signs of waking up. As his assistant, she had been forced to stay by his side in Songyang, causing her to miss many major events.

However, the establishment of the Donghua Martial Arts Association was a historic event for the Martial Dao, and she didn't want to miss it so easily.

'You wouldn't want to miss such a grand occasion either, right? After all, a flourishing Donghua Martial Dao is exactly what you hoped to see.'

Ning Muqing looked at Zhou Yuanjue, sighed, and shook her head.

At this very moment, Zhou Yuanjue was in a state of complete focus.

In reality, he had essentially finished reorganizing his body's magnetic field nearly half a month ago. This meticulous process had benefited him immensely, giving him a much deeper understanding of his own magnetic field and the functional principles of his various body parts.

He could have woken up fully recovered then, but he decided to strike while the iron was hot. He remained in this state of deep focus, hoping to grasp the initial key to Yin Yang Unity.

Deep within his body, in a place Ning Muqing could not perceive, two opposing forces were entwined.

One was scorching and explosive; the other, tranquil and warm.

Yang Fire and Yin Fire.

These two fiery powers currently existed within his body simultaneously, like the sun and moon sharing the same sky.

Their power wasn't overwhelming. After his last self-limiter release and the detailed reorganization of his magnetic field, Zhou Yuanjue could now suppress some of his body's instincts to a certain extent, thereby reducing the intensity of the Yin and Yang flames.

The Yang Fire burned his body, its explosive power causing minute damage, while the Static Fire would appear simultaneously, mobilizing Life Energy to rapidly repair it.

Yin and Yang flowed in a self-sustaining, endless cycle.

Initially, Zhou Yuanjue chose to suppress thirty percent of his instincts, but he soon discovered he still couldn't fully control the Yin Yang Fire at that level; it would cause immense damage to his body.

So, he continuously reduced the percentage of suppressed instincts. He eventually found that when he suppressed about ten percent of his body's instincts, the intensity of the resulting Yin and Yang Fires was just within his range of control.

The difficulty of this task far exceeded his expectations.

Besides, being able to control them didn't mean he could manipulate them perfectly. During this time, he focused almost all of his attention on mastering the transformations of the Yin and Yang Fires, seeking to merge them flawlessly and achieve an optimal state.

Now, he had finally made a breakthrough. The Yin and Yang Fires within him merged and counteracted each other in motion, reaching a balance. Gradually, they no longer affected his body.

Finally, at this moment, he found the point of perfect equilibrium. The two forces inside him, though not overwhelmingly powerful, had truly merged into one.

This perfect fusion of the Yin and Yang Fires, achieved after suppressing just ten percent of his instincts, instantly increased his body's magnetic field tolerance by ten percent.

This ten-percent increase was not to be underestimated. It was tantamount to breaking his previous limits. Not to mention, if he were to forcibly activate the Yin Yang Life and Death state again, this ten-percent foundation of Yin and Yang balance gave him the confidence to protect himself from the immense power's damage, at least for a short time.

In other words, he could likely maintain the Yin Yang Life and Death state for a period without sustaining injury. As for how long, that would require further testing.

Undeniably, his strength had risen to a new level, and his burst power in actual combat was now far greater than before.

This was the opportunity he had earned by walking the line between life and death!

BZZZMM!!

A faint red glow bloomed around his body as he lay on the bed. His Life Magnetic Field expanded rapidly, and the color instantly drained from Ning Muqing's face as she stood beside him.

Her sharp intuition told her that something terrible was about to happen.

After his body's magnetic field tolerance increased by nearly ten percent, it had begun to naturally attract and draw in the surrounding Natural Magnetic Field to reconstruct his own. This was a natural phenomenon.

For Zhou Yuanjue, this was merely an unconscious action, but for ordinary people nearby, it would cause tremendous harm.

That's right. Even a top-tier Martial Artist like Ning Muqing was, in his eyes, essentially no different from an ordinary person.

He had far, far surpassed ordinary people.

Ning Muqing reacted extremely quickly. The moment the phenomenon appeared, her muscles tensed, and she prepared to flee the room and immediately notify the hospital to take protective measures.

The power of a Saint Awakening, especially one on Zhou Yuanjue's level, was unimaginably immense. After witnessing the battle at Songyang University, she understood this completely.

A walking disaster.

However, before she could make a move, the spreading red light around Zhou Yuanjue suddenly froze. It then rapidly contracted, returning to his body.

Aside from some scorch marks on the white bedsheets from the expanding red magnetic field, nothing else in the hospital room was damaged.

Just then, Zhou Yuanjue, lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

He had actively suppressed his body's instinct to absorb and affect the surrounding magnetic field. He still remembered what happened the last time he was hospitalized and didn't want to cause trouble for others—or even threaten their lives—due to his own carelessness.

He had to be cautious, as if treading on thin ice, simply because ordinary life was far too fragile.

"You're awake? How are you feeling?"

Seeing the red light recede and Zhou Yuanjue open his eyes, Ning Muqing let out a breath of relief, a hint of pleasant surprise on her face.

"Excellent. You don't need to worry about that. How long was I out?"

Zhou Yuanjue slowly stood up from the bed and asked. He stretched his body slightly, and a deafening, terrifying crackle erupted from his bones.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!

Then, Ning Muqing heard his heart begin to beat rapidly. The blood vessels all over his body bulged and writhed visibly, and the hair on his body stood on end slightly before slowly relaxing.

It felt as if a terrifying machine was warming itself up after a long period of inactivity, restoring its functions.

After a few heartbeats, Zhou Yuanjue's body, which had been somewhat stiff from lying down for so long, was completely restored to its optimal state, ready to unleash its full power at any moment.

'That terrifying level of body control...'

Ning Muqing clicked her tongue in amazement.

"It's been almost three months since you fell unconscious," Ning Muqing said softly. "A lot has happened in that time."

"Three months..."

Zhou Yuanjue frowned slightly.

While he was healing, he had needed to focus completely on reorganizing the magnetic field within his body, unable to spare a single shred of attention. As a result, he hadn't perceived the passage of time. He never expected so long had passed.

'The injuries from releasing my self-limiter were too horrific. It seems I'll have to be more careful about using that state in the future. I managed to survive it this time, but I don't know what will happen next time.'

"What major events have happened?"

Zhou Yuanjue asked.

"A lot. It's hard to explain it all at once. The most important thing is the establishment of the Donghua Martial Arts Association," Ning Muqing said.

"The Donghua Martial Arts Association?"

Zhou Yuanjue asked, slightly surprised.

"That's right. It's a Martial Arts Association initiated by the government. All schools and styles across the country will be brought under its management. The association will be officially inaugurated in a week. The news is already everywhere," Ning Muqing nodded.

'A national association, government-led, all over the news... It seems something truly major has happened...'

"Oh, right. The Chief Commissioner sent a message. If you woke up before the Martial Arts Association was established, you were to contact him in Shangjing Prefecture as soon as possible."

"Apparently, they've prepared the position of Honorary Vice-Chairman of the association for you."