Five years later, deep within Jade Capital Mountain,

a secluded and expansive courtyard stood quietly amidst the vast, rolling mountains.

Jade Capital Mountain, the first among the five sacred peaks of the Central Plains, has long been the site of imperial sacrifices, imbued with the fortune of Heaven and Earth, its landscapes picturesque and its spiritual atmosphere harmonious, attracting many Daoist recluses for their cultivation.

This grand courtyard was established many years ago by a high-ranking noble as a place for peaceful retreat away from the mundane world.

Unfortunately, after that noble's family fell from grace, the courtyard naturally changed hands to others.

Five years ago, a mysterious young man purchased this courtyard.

Most of the original servants were given a sum of money and then dismissed, leaving only a few lonely or homeless ones to stay behind and manage some of the external affairs.

Since this mysterious young man bought the courtyard, he has often stayed indoors, with no notable friends visiting, frequently secluding himself deep within the courtyard doing unknown things, forbidding anyone from venturing further inside, even the original servants could only clean the periphery.

Occasionally, only an old Daoist from the nearby White Cloud Temple would come over for a friendly visit.

The behavior of the courtyard's owner naturally stirred speculation among the nearby villagers.

However, the owner has dealt fairly in the past when buying and selling vegetables and other goods, and unlike the oppressive scions in other places, he never harassed the common people, which was considered a blessing by the local villagers.

On this day,

deep within the courtyard, in a grand hall adorned with a Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram and filled with Daoist aura, Li Hu sat cross-legged on a meditation mat, completing his practice and exhaling deeply.

Mist condensed into Sword Qi and shot out, seemingly slicing through the very void before dissipating slowly after a moment.

In front of him, a massive alchemy tripod stood at the center of the hall, its heat gradually dispersing to the surroundings.

Upon lifting the lid, a rich fragrance of elixir wafted out, permeating every corner of the hall.

At the center of the alchemy tripod, several flawless, radiant pills hovered, exuding an alluring elixir scent.

Li Hu took out a pill and swallowed it directly.

With the refinement of True Essence inside his body, the potent medicinal power spread out, replenishing a trace of the Primordial Qi he had consumed in an instant.

Don't underestimate this mere trace—in terms of Li Hu's Celestial Human Realm, which is vast and seemingly infinite.

If it were an ordinary Postnatal Martial Artist, one pill would be enough to replenish the consumed Primordial Qi.

Even for Innate, Grandmaster Level experts, the effect is remarkable.

"It's finally done!"

Putting the pills from the alchemy tripod back into a jade bottle, he gazed at the fruits of his five-year labor in the palm of his hand, a smile of delight appearing at the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with joy.

Using the Nourishing Yuan Pill as an aid during cultivation at least equates to ten days of effort.

With these pills that can substantially replenish a martial artist's Qi, the speed of Refining Essence and Qi will increase by ten times or even dozens of times!

"The Moon Star Grass has been successfully cultivated, and with the Nourishing Yuan Pill derived from Moonwalking Grass, great things can be achieved!"

Even with Li Hu's disposition, he couldn't help but feel a stir of excitement at this moment.

Five years ago,

after advancing to the Celestial Human Realm of Martial Arts, with no further progress, Li Hu began to seek the path to shatter barriers in this world.

After much consideration, he decided to spread martial arts under heaven, to create a mystical immortal path based on martial arts.

But this path was not easy.

Firstly, there were issues with this world itself.

Ever since the Martial Ancestor pioneered the martial path of Refining Essence and Qi thousands of years ago, no one has transcended the Celestial Human Realm to establish a new lineage, causing a fundamental advance in the world. This is not due to the lack of geniuses throughout Divine Land's thousands of years but rather the restrictions of the world itself.

Refining Essence and Qi means internal refinement, transforming essence into Qi.

Unless one is an exceptionally talented genius able to harmonize essence and Qi, martial artists require substantial quantities of meat or medicinal materials to replenish the Primordial Qi they consume during Qi cultivation.

Otherwise, excessive cultivation would lead to a depletion of bodily Qi, making the great path all the more elusive.

Li Hu was able to advance from nothing to Grandmaster in just six years thanks to his powerful Spiritual Power, allowing him to fine-tune operations so that the Nourishing Essence Technique and Body Strengthening Skill complemented each other, drawing in Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to replenish himself.

Even so, during the early stages of Qi Refining, Li Hu more than once had to rely on the Celestial Essence Sect's kitchen.

If it were anyone else, not to mention becoming a Grandmaster,

it would be impossible to reach the Grandmaster Level in just six years without adequate resources, and Refining Essence and Qi would otherwise reduce a person to nothing.

Unless one is a genius naturally blessed with rapid cultivation speed and martial arts comprehension, backed by a great power and supported by countless centuries-old medicinal materials, along with various pills to enhance power and other such advantages combined.

Otherwise, a regular person practicing straightforward perseverance without rest would need at least sixty to seventy years just to break through to Grandmaster.

This timeline assumes continual training without rest; otherwise, these calculations should be doubled.

Considering all these stringent conditions, how many have met them in the thousands of years of martial arts history?

The scarcity of resources at the base, constraints on Refining Essence and Qi, have kept the number of high-end martial artists at a significantly limited range.

In the entire Divine Land martial world, each era produces no more than five Grandmasters, and even fewer than fifty at the Grandmaster Level.

Historically, every successful societal transformation has come from the bottom up, driven by a strong grassroots base, enabling active change.

In such scarcity of high-end martial power, how can Divine Land's martial world enact a transformation or cause an evolution in martial arts, catalyzing a rise in the world?

Because of such restrictions, throughout thousands of years, even though many divine skills and brilliant ideas emerged in the martial world, they couldn't spread due to the world's limitations, fading into the river of time, unable to change martial arts development or push the world's advancement.

The economic base determines the superstructure.

Without a solid foundation, even if Li Hu created more divine skills, even if he developed a mystical immortal path, what use would it be if no one can cultivate it to a profound realm?

Not everyone is like Li Hu, who, wielding powerful bonuses, could ascend to Grandmaster Level with the simple Nourishing Essence Technique.

Without enabling individuals to cultivate some of his experimental cultivation techniques to high realms, how could Li Hu rely on the martial world to test the broken path he created?

It is precisely because of this, seeing this flaw in the martial world's development history, that Li Hu decided to make a change.

The Star Moon Grass and Nourishing Yuan Pill were products of this decision.

Just like the food chain in biology, only a vastly enriched primary producer base can sustain more life.

Starting with the Star Moon Grass and Nourishing Yuan Pill, by significantly enhancing a martial artist's ability to replenish the Qi consumed during Refining Essence and Qi from nature, by relying on elixirs to rapidly boost martial artists' cultivation speed, it lays the foundation for martial arts to thrive and undergo transformation.

After five years of effort, I have finally developed the cornerstone for changing the world today.

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