The Martial Unity

He had shared several techniques in the past that contained bits and pieces of knowledge from his previous life. He believed that that was good enough, for the most part. There was no need to accelerate and try integrating greater amounts of science into Martial Art organically.

Additionally, he knew very little about how Martial Artists of the Upper Realms fought; it was entirely possible that they had already integrated some concepts of science into their Martial Art. After all, he had already seen Sage Sayfeel warp space itself to propel them forward.

“Interesting…” Kane murmured after the initial wave of questions subsided. “Crazy stuff, man. Also, I might be thirty-three years late but welcome to this world. Hope you enjoy your stay.”

Rui chuckled in response. “It’s been a good life thus far.”

Just not being shackled by crippling asthma was more than he could have imagined and asked for in his previous life. However, being able to literally live his dream was something that John could have never imagined.

While his current life had its ups and downs, it was ultimately a more splendid life than he had ever hoped for.

“If I can just find this Divine Doctor…” Rui murmured, glancing out the window.

He didn’t know if the Divine Doctor had even successfully made it to the Garden of Salvation. In some moments, he did a double take at the notion that he himself entered the Garden of Salvation.

“Come on…” He got up as his eyes sparkled with curiosity. “I can no longer delay exploring this crazy world.”

He exited the room, taking to the skies.

The higher he reached, the further he could see.

Yet, he could never see its end.

He never saw a boundary or anything resembling one.

He continued elevating to greater heights, yet the Garden of Salvation never once revealed a limit.

It was a world that stretched far beyond even the most distant horizon.

“Just what…?” he murmured softly.

Just what was this world?

The magnificent paradise stretched out far beyond anything he had ever seen. He could never have imagined that such a place truly existed in the Beast Domain. In fact, even at this very moment, he had a hard time believing that it was true.

“So…” Kane caught up with him. “What’s the plan? Surely you don’t intend to manually look for the dude here, right?”

“Well, that was never the plan anyway; scanning memories is better than scanning the environment,” Rui replied calmly. “But…”

“Yeah,” Kane glanced at the vast land spread across an enormous expanse of a biosphere. “No way you can possibly scan all their memories. Especially the one that can kill you in a heartbeat.”

Neither of them had missed the presence of several Master-level creatures in the distance. An enormous orange dragon sat solitarily atop a volcanic mountain, monopolizing the entire place for itself. It was smaller than the Master-level creatures Rui had faced before getting transported here, yet it felt far more perilous.

Further to his right, a bird of flames nested itself comfortably in an active volcano.

It, too, was a creature that sent chills down his spine. These were prideful solitary creatures that had very little qualms about reducing any and everything around them to ashes. Rui would rather avoid them as much as possible.

However, while the fauna and flora were truly a spectacular sight to behold, it wasn’t what truly drew his attention.

No.

It was the world that cradled them that drew his attention. He watched as it altered the very fabric of its existence to perfectly suit the needs of the creatures it hosted. It was one thing to hear questionable secondhand accounts of it and another to actually witness and experience it himself.

He bore witness to the Garden of Salvation in the flesh.

He watched, with all his senses, as the Garden of Salvation warped heaven and earth to their very roots.

Chemical composition. Density. Geometry. Mass distribution. Pressure. Heat. Elasticity. Friction. Conductivity. Optical density.

All of it.

All of it constantly changed and altered to perfectly cater to each creature like a custom-tailored suit. It was a level of heaven-bending and earth-bending beyond anything he could fathom, the likes of which he hadn’t known was even possible.

Yet, as mind-boggling as the domain-bending was, it still wasn’t what truly shook Rui to his core.

No.

It was the purpose and the direction of the domain bending that truly shook him to his core.

A single whisper escaped him. “Adaptive evolution.”

Bending heaven and earth to adaptively evolve to a specific target. It was precisely this core principle that Rui had centered the Yggdrasil System around. Yet, today, he had come across a world that embodied that principle more than he had ever fathomed possible.

While the Yggdrasil System adaptively evolved the world to harm its target, the Garden of Salvation adaptively evolved the world to protect its target. It used the power of adaptive evolution to create a paradise that served as a safe haven for countless lives.

It was a world that embodied adaptive evolution far more than Rui did.

Yet, this revelation didn’t dishearten him.

No.

“This world is everything I need.”

A glint of greed flashed in his eyes as he broke into laughter.

“With the help of this world, I can elevate the Yggdrasil System to even greater heights.”

A gleeful cackle reverberated through the depths of the Garden of Salvation as a maelstrom of greed, desire, and ambition surged from deep within the depths of his heart.

“Oh boy…” Kane murmured as he watched Rui descend into unhinged laughter, heaving a sigh. “We’re going to be here a while, aren’t we?”

Rui didn’t even hear him over the sound of a storm of thoughts and emotions raging within the depths of his mind. It raced into action as he processed every single iota of data he had on the Garden of Salvation.

He felt like he was on the cusp of learning an important truth.

“Come on, we’re going to explore this place.”

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