Fuxi named the martial arts techniques he created "Martial Canon".
The Martial Canon created by Fuxi has two realms, which Fuxi named the Innate and the Acquired realms respectively.
The cultivation of the acquired realm of martial arts mainly relies on consuming large amounts of the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts and refining their flesh and blood into internal energy.
Martial artists use their internal energy to open up their meridians, which are divided into twelve main meridians. Each time a meridian is opened, the martial artist's strength will be greatly enhanced. When all twelve main meridians are opened, the martial artist will reach the peak of acquired cultivation.
When a martial artist who has reached the Acquired Perfection stage successfully opens up the Ren and Du meridians among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, they will advance to become an Innate Martial Artist.
Innate martial artists no longer need to rely on consuming the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts to convert into essence for cultivation. Innate martial artists can directly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth for cultivation, and the power within their bodies is also known as true energy.
As for martial artists who have only opened the Ren meridian but not the Du meridian, they are called half-step Xiantian.
After the emergence of human warriors, the human race began to sound the horn of counterattack against the ferocious beasts.
Large numbers of martial artists set off from Fire Cloud Valley, the ancestral home of the human race, to hunt ferocious beasts. The meat of the beasts hunted by the martial artists was transported back to their tribes, and even more martial artists were born because of this large amount of meat.
With the popularization of martial arts and the emergence of a large number of innate martial artists, the human race drove away all the ferocious beasts in their territory and began a new round of development.
Tianyuan Continent, the 13th year after Yuanhao fell into slumber.
By this time, the orcish territory had greatly expanded, even extending northward to almost border the winged race's territory.
In this ferocious beast tide that swept across the Tianyuan Continent, the orc race reaped the greatest benefits.
Orcs were already incredibly strong physically. After the emergence of spiritual energy and ferocious beasts, they hunted these beasts and used their blood to cleanse themselves, making their physiques even more powerful.
Within the orc race, a large portion of the race already lived alongside wild beasts. After the appearance of ferocious beasts, a large number of these beasts became close to the orcs, serving them in battles.
In addition, the orc race itself is extremely powerful. The top orc races are so powerful that even ferocious beasts dare not easily provoke them.
As their power grew and their numbers increased, the orcs embarked on a path of outward expansion.
During this expansion, one of the most powerful races of the orcs, the Behemoths, even defeated another powerful race, the Mountain Giants. The mighty Behemoths made the Mountain Giants their vassal race, fighting for them.
The sea creatures in the ocean were not greatly affected. They only suffered some losses when the ferocious beasts first arrived, catching them completely unprepared. After the first few years, the ferocious beasts in the ocean posed little threat to them.
Sea creatures can command countless ocean creatures, and they are not in much danger when ferocious beasts arrive. In fact, some of these ferocious sea beasts will obey their commands.
When ferocious beasts ravaged the land, the only race on the Tianyuan Continent that remained unaffected, besides the Destroyer Gods, was the Elf Race.
After the arrival of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the tree people's bodies became harder and taller, and their strength also increased, influenced by this energy.
Under the protection of the Treants, no ferocious beast could approach the Lake of Life and experience the unparalleled natural magic of the Elves.
Fifteen years after Yuanhao fell into slumber, a wise man of the Merfolk, having witnessed the incredibly powerful magic of the Feathered Race, created a type of magic suitable for the Merfolk: water magic.
In the same year, the territory of the Orcs began to border the territory of the Winged Race. Minor skirmishes frequently occurred between the two races.
In the 17th year after Yuanhao fell into slumber, Fengyan, after communicating with the sages of the mermaid race, improved the cultivation method of the Feathered Race from "Wind Technique" to meditation.
Meanwhile, with the help of the sages of the Merfolk, Feng Yan improved the wind and lightning magic, making it possible for ordinary winged people to cultivate them.
Under Feng Yan's guidance, the sages of the merfolk also comprehended ice magic, which evolved from water magic.
Eighteen years after Yuanhao fell into slumber, Fengyan standardized the components of magic spells, accelerated the casting time of magic, standardized the levels of various magic systems and the markers for classifying magician levels, greatly improving the magic cultivation system.
In the same year, the fish-men went to war with the merfolk, and the fish-men suffered a crushing defeat under the powerful magic of the merfolk.
After witnessing the immense power of magic, all the sea creatures began to learn it.
In the 19th year of Yuanhao's slumber, several races of the orcs united and launched an attack on the winged race. Under the winged race's powerful wind, thunder, and fire magic, the orcs suffered heavy casualties.
The few orc races that went back to lick their wounds were unwilling to accept defeat. They planned to gather more orc races and launch another attack on the Feathered Race.
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Chapter Eight: War
In the northern part of the western continent of Tianyuan, near the territory of the Feathered Clan, a large number of orcs began to gather.
This time, the orcs have gathered dozens of races and a massive force of over 100,000, preparing to wage war against the winged race once again.
Not only the ground-dwelling orcs, but also several flying races, including eagles and ravens, have gathered this time.
Opposite the orcs, thousands of winged mages flapped their wings and hovered in mid-air.
"attack!"
Rhine, the lion-man chieftain and organizer of this orc army, roared at the forefront of the orc army.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The orcs began to run forward, and the flying orc race above them followed them.
In the direction of the Feathered Race, as the orcs began their operation, tens of thousands of Feathered Race warriors, carrying longbows and with quivers of arrows hanging from their waists, took to the air.
After charging for a distance, the orc suddenly leaped up and hurled the stones, stone axes, and stone spears he was holding at the winged race in the sky.
Because the Feathered Race was in mid-air, the attacks were nearly exhausted by the time they reached them. Their lithe bodies easily dodged most of the attacks, with only a few members of the Feathered Race being hit. Before they could fall, they were caught by their companions and taken away from the battlefield for medical treatment.
Just then, the orcs' flying race was about to engage the winged race in battle, but they were utterly defeated by the winged warriors' superb archery skills, and corpses fell from the sky one after another.
With the assistance of the winged mages, the orcish air force was quickly routed. Of course, in the process, a few winged soldiers were wounded and fell to the ground.
During this process, the orcs on the ground continuously picked up throwing weapons and hurled them at the winged race in the sky. Because of the chaotic battle, the winged race members were not as able to easily dodge most of the attacks from the ground orcs as before, allowing the ground orcs to achieve some gains.
After defeating the orcish air force, the winged warriors began firing arrows at the orcs below. However, due to the orcs' extremely strong defenses, arrows were not very effective unless they hit vital points.
The only winged race mage capable of inflicting heavy casualties on orcs has exhausted a significant amount of magic power in the recent battle. They are currently recovering, with only a few still able to attack the orc troops below, and the casualties they inflict are within the orcs' tolerance range.