Fatherly Asura

Consider first the composition of one’s [Meridians].

[Body] and its linear path. Water to fill buckets, nothing more.

For each of these opened, and bolstered by [Inner Qi], there comes a widening of [Channels] and tangible benefits as reflected on [Ink].

Cultivation manuals adapt this process by forming non-standard constructs or methods to inflict greater changes within each.

[Fire Qi] cultivated standardly is no match for the [Flame Cycling Mantra] of Phoenix Hall.

There, purity of Qi is considered. The technique itself accepts only an ambient energy that is both dense and purged of lesser, composite Qi types. In doing so the benefits of opening rise in regards to attributes gained or in the adaptation of [Boons] granted.

Yet the limits to this stem from innumerable factors.

External influence in tandem with these efforts is the only reliable source of true, guided acquisition.

Tempering liquids. Natural treasures. Tribulations. High-rank pills.

Transformative processes with quantified, and documented effects, the likes of which I have published as an addendum to these volumes.

• “Constitution, Volumes One through Three,” by Master Ban Bingbai

Fu would never place himself with wise men. No. Yet even mortals knew of weather, and that when rain came, it poured.

Be that [Winter] showers, [Spring], [Summer] or [Autumn].

Thunder did not rumble lightly.

A gentle breeze was but the end of an unparalleled gale elsewhere.

As such, he distrusted his fortune.

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