I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 476 - 375: Against Supreme Demon Equipment_2

Chapter 476: Chapter 375: Against Supreme Demon Equipment_2

Every beginning is weak, and martial arts need long-term accumulation and refinement in order to develop. What Zheng Yichen did was ’dumping’ in this area, making the human race increasingly dependent on their martial arts in the long run.

Yet, it seems this world had not developed to that extent, and since Wei Xue brought it up at that moment, it must be related to the heart laws he was talking about now.

"The wise ancestors of the human race created various heart laws to eliminate hidden dangers, which could be seen as an indirect solution," Wei Xue said with some emotion, "The Supreme Demon and the demonic tribe did not ’hide their skills,’ leaving no fertile ground for the development of the human race’s martial arts."

"The existence of heart laws significantly reduced the hidden dangers of these non-human martial arts, and under such circumstances, the human race gradually developed its own martial arts," he added.

Martial arts don’t have patents; the Supreme Demon and the Supreme Demon’s servants from the demonic tribe were so generous. Once the human race had eliminated the hidden dangers, wouldn’t they start earnestly pondering those martial arts? With the intention and ability to deeply study these martial arts, what was originally a disadvantage would turn into an advantage.

Heart laws reclaimed the fertile ground for the human race’s martial arts development and thereafter seized control over spells, too.

As the martial arts of the human race flourished and the spells became more complete, the significance of the once-vital heart laws gradually diminished. Now, in the martial arts and spell cultivation systems of modern humanity, the essence of heart laws is present basically everywhere; the prosperous heart laws of ancient times have merged into various martial arts and spells of the human race.

Even when someone innovates in martial arts, the concept of heart laws, based on their foundational learning, will be integrated into the new martial arts, just as new words or famous phrases are created using Chinese characters—the basis remains Chinese characters.

While the prominence of heart laws has waned, they have never disappeared.

"As far as I know, once the foundation of the human race’s martial arts and spells was thoroughly perfected, the wise ancestors deliberately diminished the presence of heart laws," Wei Xue explained.

"To guard against the Supreme Demon?" Zheng Yichen took a glance at Liu Hongzhao, who was learning the ’Ice Heart Mantra,’ and questioned, "The Supreme Demon doesn’t die, so they shouldn’t forget, right? Is this method useful?"

Wei Xue shook his head, "It’s not like that. Although the Supreme Demon is immortal, they are not omniscient. Reducing the prominence of heart laws is merely to better protect the complete heart laws so that when the Supreme Demon creates new threats targeting the martial arts and spell systems of the human race, these heart laws can still help the human race overcome difficulties."

"Both the Supreme Demon and the demonic tribe representing the Supreme Demon servants have suffered from heart laws before. Allowing heart laws to remain high-profile would only lead to greater targeting. Besides, by that time, various heart laws had already been integrated into the framework of the refined martial arts and spells of the human race. The heritage was in place; what remained was to preserve the most important foundation."

"Even as martial arts have developed over generations, some ancient heart laws may no longer be suitable for the current martial arts system; however... they are still useful against the Supreme Demon’s martial arts!"

Wei Xue’s tone was filled with pride for the ancient sages, "The unsuitability doesn’t mean they cannot be learned – it’s brought about by the more complete development of the martial arts of the human race."

"Those aspects of heart laws that have been incorporated into martial arts will become more suitable as they continue to evolve and match the corresponding martial arts. Therefore, when encountering different heart laws, even if there are ’conceptual mismatches,’ it won’t cause severe issues because the essence of heart laws is compatibility," he continued.

"Heart laws are the crucial foundation for the human race to maintain their heritage, enabling them to learn more knowledge that is otherwise difficult for the human race to adapt to, to master it, and ultimately to surpass it!"

With Wei Xue’s explanation, Zheng Yichen gained a deeper understanding of heart laws in this world. Heart laws may not suit modern martial arts as they have switched from a ’compatibility-focused’ mode to a specialized one within complete heart laws.

A specialization that corresponds to the respective martial arts, perfecting and empowering them, but the essence remains unchanged – still belonging to the human race’s martial arts. Under such conditions, even if one learns ancient heart laws, the worst issue would be the ’overwriting’ of the corresponding martial arts’ heart law sections.

The most that such overwriting could do is to slightly lower the martial arts’ upper limit – from one hundred percent to just over ninety percent, for example – but this decrease is not permanent. With sufficient understanding of heart laws and the learned martial arts, by forging one’s own path, one could surpass the original limits.

The original intent of passing down heart laws was to better learn, master, and ultimately surpass the martial arts and spells of the Supreme Demon and demonic tribe. These principles are not restricted to this knowledge alone; they can also apply to new knowledge developed later by the human race.

The premise is to be able to carve out one’s distinctiveness. In this world, the original purpose of the ancient sages in creating heart laws was to strengthen the development of the human race, to create new glory, rather than to rigidly fix the development within a single framework.

Zheng Yichen deeply experienced the heart law known as the ’Ice Heart Mantra,’ and with the intense ’impression’ left by flicking through the heart law, he was somewhat moved by the truly ’compatible’ nature of this artifact, offering plentiful choices.