A single Soul-Separating Mystic Light can bring down a martial artist with deep cultivation, but sometimes it can't even affect an ordinary person. This doesn't depend on luck, but rather on the depth of mastery of this divine ability. When Thomas Brooks was enshrined as a god, he was able to bring down so many opponents and earn a formidable reputation because his Soul-Separating Mystic Light had reached a state of perfection—extremely advanced. For someone like Lucas Ethan, even if he manages to achieve minor success in cultivating the Soul-Separating Mystic Light, it would only be effective against ordinary people. If he were to face a martial artist with a strong will, at most it would only make the opponent dizzy for a moment; it would be impossible to achieve the effect of knocking someone down with just the light. To truly reach the illustrious reputation of Thomas Brooks, it is clear that extremely diligent cultivation is required—a long and arduous process. However, Lucas Ethan doesn't mind; time is on his side, as he is only fifteen or sixteen years old and has plenty of time.

So, relying on his youthful vigor, he has already decided that once his injuries heal, he will go to the Tomb of King Yue from the memory of the Earth God and absorb the Yin-Yang Fiendish Qi there, slowly refining himself.

In addition, there is also Thomas Brooks's cultivation method.

This cultivation method left Lucas Ethan utterly bewildered. This is clearly a xianxia world, so why is everyone practicing qigong and martial arts?

Qigong refers to techniques that absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth into oneself, while martial arts combine qigong with the body, giving rise to countless techniques.

Thomas Brooks was a great general under King Zhou of Shang. Although he gained his widespread fame through the Soul-Separating Mystic Light, his martial skills were not to be underestimated. In Lucas Ethan's impression, this guy could make the little brats of the Huang Feihu family cry, and could also go toe-to-toe with disciples of the third generation of the Chan Sect like Tu Xingsun. Naturally, he possessed extraordinary techniques. Who would have thought that the breathing method cultivated by Thomas Brooks, though profound, was far less difficult than he had imagined? The most astonishing thing was that, aside from increasing one's power, the greatest effect of this technique was actually to increase physical strength!

This truly left Lucas Ethan utterly astonished.

And the strangest thing was, in Charles Brooks's memory, the cultivation techniques of this world were actually called qigong, and the style was extremely bizarre—the goal was to enhance physical strength for combat. The standard for judging a person's cultivation level was actually the amount of strength they possessed, and the basic unit of measurement was horsepower!!

What the hell kind of system is this, using the power of galloping horses to measure a person's ability?

Take Thomas Brooks back in the day—he possessed the strength of eight hundred galloping horses in both hands, and with the Demon-Subduing Cudgel in hand, he swept all before him.

What is the Demon-Subduing Cudgel? It's a strange weapon, neither quite a staff nor a spear. In Lucas Ethan's understanding, it's basically a short spear.

With a set of bizarre Demon-Subduing Cudgel techniques and the strength of eight hundred galloping horses, he became the grain supervisor for King Zhou of Shang—a general of great importance.

This left him feeling at a loss, even completely bewildered.

However, after carefully digesting Charles Brooks's memories, Lucas Ethan finally understood and found it all quite reasonable.

In Charles Brooks's memory, this world had gone through three eras.

He didn't know much about the time before the Investiture of the Gods, so he wouldn't discuss it.

The first was the Era of the Investiture of the Gods, referring to the time of the Investiture and the three thousand years following it. In that era, battles were mainly fought with magical treasures and divine abilities, with martial skills as a supplement. During that time, due to the frenzied plundering by cultivators, almost all tangible spiritual objects of heaven and earth were exhausted. By three thousand years after the Investiture, there were no longer enough spiritual materials in the world to forge magical treasures, and those that had already been made had become collectibles for others. Thus, the focus of cultivation shifted, transitioning into the Era of Divine Abilities.

The second was the Era of Divine Abilities, spanning the five thousand years from three thousand to eight thousand years after the Investiture. In this era, both tangible and intangible spiritual objects of heaven and earth had been nearly depleted. In such circumstances, cultivators, in order to increase their power, turned to seek out the primordial energy of heaven and earth—something that the cultivators of the Investiture era had disdained to use.