Chapter 4: Mountain-Shaking Fist, The Ancestral Combat Skill.

It was Year 5 of the New Era. The strongest Primordial Force Cultivation Method on Earth was only Mortal Grade Medium Tier. It was said there was only one of that grade; all the others were Mortal Grade Low Tier Origin Force Cultivation Methods.

Origin Force Cultivation Methods were for cultivating Primordial Force and increasing the Primordial Force inside the body. The Shenxia Alliance categorized them into God, Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Mortal grades. Each grade was further divided into High, Medium, and Low tiers.

Origin Force Combat Skills were methods and techniques for using Primordial Force, aimed at maximizing its effects. They were similarly divided into God, Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Mortal grades, with each grade also having High, Medium, and Low tiers.

Currently, there wasn’t a single Combat Skill on Earth that could fully utilize the Primordial Force within the body. There were even very few Origin Force Cultivation Methods. The world had just seen its first Mortal Grade Medium Tier Origin Force Cultivation Method. The big shots of various countries had no time yet to research Combat Skills that utilized Primordial Force.

Primordial Force was the foundation. It could strengthen the body and extend lifespan. So, for Primordial Force Practitioners around the world at that time, the proper path was to increase the Primordial Force inside their bodies as quickly as possible. As for how to use Primordial Force for combat, that was still secondary.

But only Jiang Xincheng knew how important Origin Force Combat Skills were. Especially with the appearance of several Yuan Crystal Mines a few years later. To fight over these Yuan Crystal Mines, countless Primordial Warriors slaughtered each other, filling rivers with blood.

Just as the battles reached a stalemate, a powerful Primordial Warrior from the Shenxia Alliance created the world’s first Origin Force Combat Skill – Mountain-Shaking Fist.

Relying on this Mortal Grade Low Tier Origin Force Combat Skill, this powerful Primordial Warrior was invincible. He successively killed dozens of Primordial Warriors of the same rank from the Mowei Empire, single-handedly crushed the Mowei Empire’s SGB organization, and helped the Shenxia Alliance seize more than half of the Yuan Crystal Mines.

After this event, Primordial Warriors worldwide realized the importance of Origin Force Combat Skills. From then on, the status of Origin Force Combat Skills rose to a level almost equal to that of Origin Force Cultivation Methods.

The emergence of Mountain-Shaking Fist marked the entry of Earth’s Primordial Force cultivation into an era that emphasized practical combat.

Jiang Xincheng, who had been reborn from his previous life, naturally would not wait until the fire singed his eyebrows and he had learned his lesson before starting to cultivate Origin Force Combat Skills.

The first Combat Skill he cultivated was this Mortal Grade Low Tier Combat Skill, Mountain-Shaking Fist. It was also the first Origin Force Combat Skill in human history, later revered as the practical Ancestral Combat Skill.

It wasn’t that Jiang Xincheng didn’t want to cultivate more powerful Combat Techniques. His mind memorized no less than a hundred Heaven Grade and Earth Grade Combat Techniques. Unfortunately, the Primordial Force requirements for these Combat Techniques were too high, and Jiang Xincheng simply couldn’t cultivate them.

Moreover, Jiang Xincheng dared not cultivate overly powerful and profound Combat Techniques in this era. If other Primordial Warriors discovered it, the consequences would be unimaginable. It was like the saying: a man’s wealth is his own ruin by causing others’ envy.

Although Mountain-Shaking Fist was low grade, it was extremely practical. After cultivating it, it would be sufficient for Jiang Xincheng to kill opponents above his rank. Even if others discovered it, he could claim he created it unintentionally.

After careful consideration, Jiang Xincheng began cultivating Mountain-Shaking Fist.

In his previous life, that Shenxia Alliance Primordial Warrior who created Mountain-Shaking Fist was hailed by all Primordial Force Practitioners worldwide as the Ancestor of Combat Techniques. But from now on, that title would probably fall upon Jiang Xincheng.

Mountain-Shaking Fist was very simple. It only involved three Meridians in the arms. Primordial Force circulated through them, completed a cycle, and then erupted through the fist, unleashing the strongest attack power of the Primordial Force within the body.

The more profound the cultivation, the greater the power of this punch.

Yet, it was said that this simple Mortal Grade Low Tier Origin Force Combat Skill took that Shenxia Alliance expert several years of hard work to create. Furthermore, during the process of creating this Combat Skill, at least several hundred Primordial Warriors had their arms explode during experiments, becoming crippled.

Pioneering a path is difficult, with many forks in the road. Creating a brand new Origin Force Combat Skill was no easier than creating an Origin Force Cultivation Method.

The development of Earth’s Primordial Force was paved with blood and human lives.

But Jiang Xincheng could now reap the benefits without effort and stand at the forefront of all humanity’s Origin Force Combat Skill cultivation.

In his previous life, the first Origin Force Combat Skill Jiang Xincheng cultivated was Mountain-Shaking Fist, and he had already mastered it to its peak, Great Completion stage. Now, reviewing his old lessons, his cultivation speed could be described as advancing a thousand miles in a single day.

In the poplar grove north of Tianhai University, Jiang Xincheng hid deep within the dense trees, punching the poplar trees around him, one fist after another.

Every punch was the Mountain-Shaking Fist. Every punch was full of power.

With the foundation from his previous life, Jiang Xincheng’s progress in Mountain-Shaking Fist was extremely rapid. Reviewing the old helps understand the new. Reborn and cultivating Mountain-Shaking Fist again, Jiang Xincheng gained some deeper insights.

Time passed. The sun set in the west. After cultivating for a full day, Jiang Xincheng finally reached the Minor Completion stage in Mountain-Shaking Fist.

But in his previous life, Jiang Xincheng had spent a full three months to reach his current stage.

After eating the dinner he brought, Jiang Xincheng did not return to his dorm. He found a hidden hollow in a tree within the poplar grove, hid inside, and began cultivating “Devouring the Cosmos”.

Beside him was a pile of poplar leaves. No, these were not poplar leaves. These were Level 1 Leaf Yuan Stones, containing more and purer Primordial Force than the Primordial Force inside the soil Yuan Stones.

Greedily stroking the poplar leaves beside him, Jiang Xincheng swallowed hard. He picked up a piece of the poplar leaf Yuan Stone and put it into his mouth.

Thick, pure Primordial Force misted in his mouth. Jiang Xincheng let out a satisfied moan and swallowed the poplar leaf into his stomach.

“Devouring the Cosmos” activated. The fragmented poplar leaf was drawn into the Devouring Vortex, transformed into pure Devouring Origin Force, and merged into Jiang Xincheng’s Meridians and Dantian.

Half an hour later, this poplar leaf Yuan Stone was completely devoured by Jiang Xincheng. He picked up a second poplar leaf Yuan Stone and put it into his mouth. It wasn’t that Jiang Xincheng didn’t want to eat several more poplar leaf Yuan Stones; after all, that would make his cultivation speed faster.

It was mainly because the Primordial Force contained in one poplar leaf Yuan Stone was already a bit too much for him. If he ate a few more, he estimated his body would explode.

Yuan Stones were divided into nine levels, from one to nine.

Yuan Crystals were Yuan Stones with a Primordial Force concentration of 99% or higher. They were also divided into nine levels.

The humans on Earth at that time could only absorb the Primordial Force from Yuan Crystals. They contained few impurities, and absorbing them rarely caused Primordial Force poisoning.

But if it was Yuan Stones, the impurities inside were too many. If humans dared to absorb the Primordial Force from Yuan Stones, the Primordial Force inside their bodies would definitely become impure and muddled.

In minor cases, their Primordial Force would fail to advance any further. In severe cases, the Primordial Force inside their bodies would go out of control, damaging their Cultivation Foundation, or even causing their bodies to explode.

Yuan Crystals were priceless treasures. Yuan Stones were useless rocks!

This was the consensus of all people on Earth before Year 60 of the New Era.

But no one knew that, in the eyes of the reborn Jiang Xincheng, the Yuan Stones that others discarded like worthless shoes were priceless treasures to him.

The next day, the pile of poplar leaves beside Jiang Xincheng had all turned into Primordial Force inside his body. His strength was one step closer to the late stage of the Muscle Training Realm, described as “Well-proportioned and powerful, flesh exudes fragrance”.

And with Jiang Xincheng’s current strength, it should be enough to deal with that humiliating incident that would happen in a few days.