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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 004
Chapter Title: The Webnovel Written by God 004
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⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author is greatly pleased. "Oh! A comment!" — It's God Hello, Ari. I'm God, a newbie writer. Did the prologue suit your taste? I'd be grateful if you keep enjoying it. I'm working hard on Chapter 1 right now, so I'll upload it as soon as it's done. Please wait for me.
Our author had a surprisingly cute side.
But the communication ended there.
The dark space where the mysteries of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art had been forcibly implanted into me began to unfold before my eyes once more.
Whoosh!
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The inspired author is focusing on (Martial Art * Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Twelve Great Arts). ⚔ STATUS ⚔ ⚔ Martial Art Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Twelve Great Arts A meridian-pointing great art created by the Heavenly Demon Lord after his battle with the Twelve Branch Gods of the Heavenly Realm.
The Twelve Earthly Branches?
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ 亥 (Pig): Amplifies and absorbs qi. Maximizes affinity for qi or mana. * Effects of the remaining 11 meridian-pointing arts undecided* Maximum of 2 arts can be activated simultaneously. ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author is delighted. "With this setup... Heh heh. Later, there could be an episode where the protagonist's mana-handling ability shocks the mages and elves."
Why would the Heavenly Demon Lord fight the Twelve Branch Gods of the Heavenly Realm?
Anyway, given his love for these details, he must have put off the remaining 11 meridian-pointing arts not out of laziness.
It's just hard to come up with twelve intricate settings on the spot.
Still, this is plenty!
If need be, I can fill in the rest. I'm grateful for whatever he gives me.
It's a martial art created by the supreme Heavenly Demon Lord from his direct experience battling the Twelve Branch Gods!
I keep saying it, but any martial art with 'Heavenly Demon' in the name is top-tier.
Tap.
The Mingmen acupoint seals the beginning and end of Hai (Pig).
With that, I gain the ability to fully blend into the qi of the great nature.
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Inhale and exhale.
After releasing that single breath.
Lee Hwan's hands moved according to the mysteries of Hai (Pig) from the Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Twelve Great Arts.
Tap. Tap.
Pressing the acupoints on his chest with his index finger, his movements soon shifted to his thumb, then his middle finger, striking the points in various ways.
Since his hands lacked internal energy, what would have taken an instant in his past life now repeated endlessly.
However, at some point, those repeated motions accelerated beyond what the ordinary eye could follow.
The power of passion that had peered from his pupils was now taking physical form.
"Ngh."
A hint of pain leaked from Lee Hwan's groan. But it was only for a moment.
The mysteries of Hai (Pig), now manifested in reality.
It began from Lee Hwan's pupils.
A blue energy blew in from somewhere—called qi in the martial world, mana in magical civilizations, depending on the practitioner and their background.
And it manifested from him, who possessed not even a handful of internal energy.
In truth, it didn't come from within. It naturally clung to him from the outside.
It rippled across his entire field of vision before slowly fading away.
Why wouldn't it?
This was the Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Twelve Great Arts, created from the enlightenment gained in the Heavenly Demon Lord's battle with the Twelve Branch Gods during his path to divine ascension.
Among them, the mysteries of Hai (Pig) from the Pig God battle infused Lee Hwan with a mystical power to fully merge with the great nature's energy.
Lee Hwan, having awakened his body with the mysteries of Hai.
At least in this moment, he possessed a nature affinity that appeared only once in ten million years.
Something even an elven empress could achieve.
And it began and ended with the gesture of a young man without internal energy.]
After completing the meridian pointing, I became a being belonging to a new world.
The phrase fit perfectly.
My cramped one-room was unchanged.
But I could now sense the supernatural—existing in the world yet invisible and unfelt.
Qi in wuxia, mana in fantasy.
Writers often depict qi and mana in their stories.
The source of transcendent power—what would it feel like if real?
But now experiencing it directly, I could declare there was no way to express it in human language.
I froze, literally.
Buried in the fullness of great nature.
I felt only that I must exist as a humble little creature.
The excitement and joy extending naturally from the miracle of meeting God, entering his story world, and gaining martial arts?
They were mere events in the embrace of great nature.
A sprout budding, a tree growing, an animal dying to fertilize a new sprout—just such an event.
All this was not illusion, but reality surrounding me...
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author is brainstorming (new setting). "Optimization for absorbing qi is done, now for the internal energy heart method... Something like the Heavenly Demon Hell Heart Method?"
Hold on...!!
No! No! No!
What stupid delusion was I lost in? Time to snap out of it!
Heavenly Demon Hell Heart Method?
The name alone is cringey enough to make my teeth chatter.
And it sounds like it'd hurt every time you circulate it.
No way. If it has to be a Heavenly Demon something heart method, it needs a graceful name like Lotus Heart Method.
Please, it has to be.
The setup fits perfectly.
Our author already set the Heavenly Demon Lord going through divine ascension, so he could've met Buddha too.
If the Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Twelve Great Arts came from battling the Twelve Branch Gods, then the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method could come from enlightenment in dialogue with Buddha!
So when circulating the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method, instead of pain, you feel utmost softness, relaxation, bliss, bliss, bliss.
Just because it's Heavenly Demon doesn't mean every heart method has to be gritted-teeth agony.
Author-nim, that's the Heavenly Demon Lord!
Not that I'm scared, but isn't this a fresh setting?
Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method. Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method. Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method.
I chanted the name like a prayer.]
Lee Hwan's cross-legged posture didn't waver even before the fullness of great nature's power.
Optimized for absorbing energy with the Heavenly Demon Meridian Pointing Arts, his remaining task was to accumulate that energy within his body.
'Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method.'
Lee Hwan recalled one of the three heart methods transmitted alongside the Heavenly Demon Divine Art's opportunity.
After divine ascension, the three worlds the Heavenly Demon Lord experienced: Buddha's Paradise, Supreme God's Great Thunder Heaven, and Hell.
Thus, among Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method, Heavenly Demon Great Thunderclap Heart Method, and Heavenly Demon Hell Heart Method, the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method was perfect for leaping forward with a body devoid of internal energy.]
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author has added (Martial Art * Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method). ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author has added (Martial Art * Heavenly Demon Great Thunderclap Heart Method). ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author has added (Martial Art * Heavenly Demon Hell Heart Method). ⚔ STATUS ⚔ ⚔ Martial Art Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method One of the Heavenly Demon Lord's three great heart methods. Created from enlightenment gained during a thousand-day dialogue with Buddha.
The profound mysteries of the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method came rushing in.
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I opened my eyes.
A sidelong glance showed darkness outside the window, but I couldn't gauge how much time had passed.
The comfort that had enveloped me until moments ago vanished the instant I finished circulating my energy. Thirst and hunger crashed in fiercely.
So I'm guessing at least three days deep in the heart method.
Heading to the fridge from the bed, I checked the novel text window. Our author had steadily built up a good chunk in the meantime.
The last page of the novel text was all about the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method.
[Three flowers bloomed above Lee Hwan's crown.
The Three Flowers that only peak Flower Realm masters could manifest—appearing in the current Lee Hwan due to the essence of the Heavenly Demon Lotus Heart Method, transcending the world's martial theories.
The essence gained by the Heavenly Demon Lord from his thousand-day dialogue with Buddha.
Named Lotus Heart Method for the sensation of sitting on Buddha's lotus.
As it transmitted Paradise's enlightenment, phenomena beyond conventional martial arts manifested in Lee Hwan.
Lee Hwan's face was serene.
As if in Buddha's embrace, the past regrets that led to his death seemed nonexistent in that moment.
Lee Hwan opened his eyes four days later.
For an ordinary person: 120 years.
With talent and environment: 60 years.
With genius and great fortune: 10 years.
But for Lee Hwan, gaining a Jiazi's worth of internal energy took only four days.]
One Jiazi!
A number so joyful I spat out my water.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author has finished (Final Paragraph #3). - Strongest in a World of Personal Greed, Chapter 1 ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The author has completed (Strongest in a World of Personal Greed, Chapter 1).
Every time I see my every action turned faithfully into novel text, a strange feeling washes over me.
It's the author's work, but am I not completing this story together with him?
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Author's evaluation: Love the worldbuilding and martial arts setup. This time... we're going all the way!!!
Just leave it to me, Author-nim!