86: Chapter 86 A "Tai Chi Master" Appears in the Livestream - Comments

Section 1: The Taiji Code within the Golden Bullet Comments

The morning light in the training hall had just spread across the bluestone floor when Lin Mo's tactical tablet suddenly emitted a piercing alarm. The livestream backend of the Global Martial Arts System was being flooded with golden bullet comments. The sender ID was displayed as "Taiji Successor," and the text carried a faint golden Qi Energy halo: "The third Move of 'Taiji Baji Collapse' is incorrect. 'Lǚ Power Silk Splitting' should retain three-tenths of hard power; otherwise, it is easily countered by 'Silk-Reeling Power.'"

"This Qi Energy fluctuation..." The youth's fingertips danced across the virtual keyboard, sweat from his forehead dripping onto the touchpad. "It perfectly matches the fragments of the 'Taiji Quan Classic'! The Technical Department detected that the IP address is from Zhongnan Mountain, and there is a high-intensity Taiji Qi Energy field around the signal source." A 3D model suddenly popped up on the tablet, showing the Qi Energy trajectory of the golden bullet comment overlapping with the "Lǚ Power Silk Splitting" that Chen Wu had practiced last night. Sure enough, a tiny flaw appeared at the seventh rotation node.

Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe made a dull thud as it tapped against the camphor wood chest. The old man pulled out a "Martial Arts Almanac" from 1948, and tucked within the yellowed pages was a black-and-white photograph — Daoist Priest Qingxuan of Zhongnan Mountain's Taiji Temple was demonstrating "Taiji Cloud Hands." The Qi Energy trajectory between his Moves was identical to the halo of the golden bullet comments. "That old Daoist is still alive?" The pipe bowl pointed at the priest in the photo. "Back when your Great-grandfather was a Tomb Guardian, he once sent over half a volume of the 'Taiji Secret Essentials,' saying, 'Taiji Power avoids pure softness; it needs to hide hardness like a pearl.'"

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly stood upright like swords. Dewdrops rolled across the leaf surfaces, reflecting the flood of bullet comments in the livestream — every message from the "Taiji Successor" carried faint golden Qi Energy ripples. When he pointed out the deviation in the exertion angle of "Pressing Power Sinking into the Sea," the leaves suddenly vibrated violently, projecting a rotating taiji diagram onto the ground. The young girl mixed the juices of a ming jin orchid and a snow lotus; when a drop of the golden "Power-Manifesting Dew" fell onto the leaf, the Qi Energy trajectory of the bullet comment suddenly materialized. "Elder Zhou said this is 'Homologous Resonance,'" she said, her fingertip lightly touching the dewdrop. "This successor has practiced Taiji for at least sixty years; his Qi Energy purity is 3% higher than Chen Wu's."

The armored vehicles of the Special Incident Response Department deployed a defensive formation at the entrance of the alley. The Section Chief of the Enforcement Division held a signal tracker; the jumping ripples on the screen showed that a set of Morse code was hidden within the "Taiji Successor's" bullet comments: "Grey Shadow has set up a 'Spirit-Locking Array' on Zhongnan Mountain, targeting Daoist Priest Qingxuan's 'Taiji Secret Essentials.'" She suddenly switched the holographic projection to a satellite map; the Qi Energy field around Zhongnan Mountain's Taiji Temple was distorting, with black Qi Energy coiling around the faint golden Taiji halo like vines. "The Technical Department deciphered a second set of codes: 'In three days at noon, use the Taiji Baji Collapse to break the array; Chen Wu's peace lock is needed as a catalyst.'"

Officer Zhang's body camera was pointed at the real-time feed of the livestream. The old policeman's knuckles turned white from his grip. On the screen, the "Taiji Successor" was dismantling Love's "Triple Burst Power" in the comments section: "The 'Hard Power Wall' of the third stage has seven Qi Energy nodes; they can be broken sequentially using the spiral power of 'Mountain-Drilling Lean.'" The body camera suddenly switched to thermal imaging mode; within the Qi Energy field of the Zhongnan Mountain signal source, seven red light points suddenly lit up, perfectly matching the nodes described in the bullet comments. "In 1983, Daoist Priest Qingxuan assisted the police in solving a grave robbery case," the playback function of the camera activated, showing the young priest using Taiji Power to subdue the robbers, creating a marvelous resonance with the current bullet comment analysis. "This is a disguised way of teaching the method to break the array!"

Chen Wu's peace lock suddenly resonated with the golden bullet comments. When his Qi Energy was injected into Lin Mo's tablet, the "Taiji Successor's" messages suddenly transformed into flowing Qi Energy, forming a new Move manual in the virtual space — the third Move of "Taiji Baji Collapse" was corrected. At the end of "Lǚ Power Silk Splitting," a tiny branch of hard power indeed appeared, which was exactly what was needed to break the counter of "Silk-Reeling Power." The "Martial Arts Deduction" System popped up a green prompt: "Move defense increased by 40% after correction; suggested deep Fusion with the fragments of 'Taiji Secret Essentials.'" In the small window at the bottom right of the tablet, A-Ming's younger sister held a self-made Taiji plate, imitating the Moves demonstrated by the bullet comments in her hospital room, the peace lock wooden plaque flashing in her palm.

Section 2: Qi Energy Clash in the Bullet Comment Deduction

When the "Taiji Successor" initiated a "Move Deduction" challenge in the livestream, the global online audience instantly surpassed 10 billion. In the virtual Deduction field, the "Taiji Successor's" Qi Energy Incarnation engaged in battle with Chen Wu's phantom. Faint golden Taiji Power collided with the blue-gold "Taiji Baji Collapse" in mid-air, each contact exploding into showers of Qi Energy sparks.

During the first round's "Warding Power Propping the Sky" contest, the golden Incarnation suddenly changed its Move. At the moment the Qi Energy dome sagged, the hard power hidden deep within the soft power suddenly erupted, like a contained steel ball smashing into Chen Wu's phantom. Slow-motion playback from the livestream showed that this was exactly the flaw the "Taiji Successor" had pointed out; if hit in actual combat, the Qi Energy dome would have collapsed on the spot. "Retain three-tenths of hard power as if holding a pearl!" The golden bullet comment drifted past with a Qi Energy halo, and the ground of the virtual Deduction field suddenly cracked open, revealing a projection of a fragment from the "Taiji Secret Essentials": "Pure softness is like cotton, easily entangled; hiding hardness like iron breaks the deadlock."

Lin Mo's tablet suddenly displayed a force analysis diagram. The golden Incarnation's hard power was hidden at the seventh rotation node, perfectly corresponding to the location of Chen Wu's flaw. The shockwave produced by the collision of the two Qi Energies drew a complete taiji diagram in the virtual space. "This is the supreme Realm of 'Iron Wrapped in Cotton'!" The youth's voice was filled with excitement as he magnified the 3D model tenfold. "The hard power is hidden and not revealed, only erupting at the moment of contact. Its explosive force is 17% stronger than that of the 'Taiji Baji Collapse'!"

Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe suddenly blew a cloud of blue smoke toward the livestream camera. The blue-gold smoke formed a massive character for "Martial" in the virtual Deduction field, and the old man's voice reached the whole world through the Qi Energy: "In 1950, when Daoist Priest Qingxuan discussed martial arts with your grandfather, he said that 'Taiji is like a scale, with hardness at one end and softness at the other; if the balance is lost, it tips.'" The pipe bowl pointed at the fragment in the virtual projection. "That old Daoist is teaching Chen Wu to complete the final piece of the Taiji Power puzzle!"

In the Flower Girl's basket, the inheritance grass suddenly bloomed with golden flowers. The petals formed a miniature Deduction field, and as dewdrops rolled within the stamens, they reflected the Qi Energy core of the "Taiji Successor" — it was a rotating golden pearl, wrapped in three layers of soft power, which was exactly the "Pearl Embryo Power" recorded in the "Taiji Secret Essentials." The young girl held the flower toward the camera, and the global audience saw the slow-motion footage clearly: when the golden pearl struck Chen Wu's Qi Energy vortex, the outer layer of soft power first neutralized the force, and then the inner hard power erupted, forming a perfect "neutralize-counterattack" cycle.

In the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Department Head was applauding the real-time data. The Technical Department dismantled the "Taiji Successor's" Moves into teaching modules and discovered they were perfect counters to the defensive mechanism of the "Spirit-Locking Array" recently developed by Grey Shadow. "Daoist Priest Qingxuan is using the livestream to pass on his arts!" The Section Chief's holographic image cut in with some static. She pulled up an aerial map of Zhongnan Mountain; the black Qi Energy array eyes around the Taiji Temple perfectly coincided with the seven nodes pointed out by the golden bullet comments. "The key to breaking the array in three days lies in the transition between hardness and softness of the 'Pearl Embryo Power'!"

As the virtual Deduction reached the thirty-seventh round, the "Taiji Successor's" golden Incarnation suddenly withdrew its Move. The faint golden Qi Energy formed a complete projection of the "Taiji Secret Essentials" in the virtual space, with the chapter on "Taiji Baji Combined Compilation" flashing with red light — that was the combined manuscript of Daoist Priest Qingxuan and Chen Wu's Great-grandfather, recording the ultimate form of the Fusion of the two martial arts. "Three days from now at noon," the Qi Energy halo of the golden bullet comment suddenly became intense, "bring the peace lock to Zhongnan Mountain, and I will teach you the 'Pearl Embryo Power.'"

Section 3: The Game of Real and Unreal Outside the Spirit-Locking Array

The morning mist of Zhongnan Mountain had not yet dissipated, but Chen Wu's peace lock had already resonated with the Qi Energy field of the Taiji Temple. Blue-gold light spread along the stone steps, and a faint golden taiji diagram appeared on every step, perfectly synchronized with the Qi Energy trajectory of the "Taiji Successor's" bullet comments in the livestream. Lin Mo's tablet suddenly popped up an alarm: "The first layer of the Spirit-Locking Array, the 'Silk-Reeling Net,' has been activated. Black Qi Energy is absorbing the surrounding Taiji Power!"

"Use 'Pearl Embryo Power' to break the deadlock!" The golden bullet comments in the livestream suddenly flooded the screen. Faint golden Qi Energy condensed in Chen Wu's palm, forming a rotating golden pearl — the outer layer was soft as cotton, while the inner layer was hard as iron. The moment it touched the black Qi Energy net, it suddenly expanded, both neutralizing the pull of the Silk-Reeling Power and tearing a gap with the erupting hard power. Slow-motion footage showed that the rotation frequency of the golden pearl was exactly opposite to the vibration frequency of the Spirit-Locking Array, and the resulting resonance caused the black Qi Energy to vibrate violently.

Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe made a dull thud on the threshold of the Taiji Temple. The old man suddenly pulled open his collar, revealing a scar on his chest that overlapped with the taiji diagram on the temple's stone tablet. "The 'Keeping the Center to Achieve Harmony' that your Great-grandfather carved back then is the secret to 'Pearl Embryo Power'!" The pipe bowl pointed at a groove in the stone tablet, where a rubbing of half a volume of the "Taiji Secret Essentials" was hidden. "Old Daoist Qingxuan deliberately showed a flaw to make Grey Shadow think the array eye was in the Three Purities Hall, but the real array eye is actually in the Pill Refining Room!"

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly formed a miniature Spirit-Locking Array. Dewdrops rolled across the leaf surfaces, reflecting real-time footage of Grey Shadow agents — they were setting up "spirit-eater powder" according to the wrong array eye coordinates, completely unaware that Daoist Priest Qingxuan's Qi Energy Clone was hidden beneath the Pill Refining Room. The young girl tossed "Power-Manifesting Dew" into the air; the golden light fused with Chen Wu's Qi Energy, condensing into a light sword at the gap in the black Qi Energy net. "Elder Zhou said this is 'Taiji Sword Power,'" she said, her fingertip lightly touching the light sword. "It can sever the energy flow of the Spirit-Locking Array, like cutting a hole in a fishing net!"

In the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Department Head was issuing orders over a holographic sand table. The SWAT team, guided by the "Taiji Successor's" bullet comments, infiltrated through a secret passage in the Pill Refining Room. Thermal imagers showed that Grey Shadow's core equipment was hidden under a taiji diagram stone carving, with the surrounding black Qi Energy forming a massive vortex. "Three minutes until the self-destruct sequence initiates!" The Section Chief's fingers danced across the virtual keyboard as she input Chen Wu's Qi Energy frequency into an interferer. "Using the resonance frequency of 'Pearl Embryo Power' to interfere can disable the equipment!"

When Chen Wu's "Taiji Baji Collapse" and Daoist Priest Qingxuan's "Pearl Embryo Power" met in the Pill Refining Room, faint golden and blue-gold Qi Energy suddenly erupted. The black Qi Energy net of the Spirit-Locking Array shattered like broken glass, and the Grey Shadow agents' "spirit-eater powder" was sprayed back at them by the Qi Energy shockwave, forming a pathetic character for "Defeat" on the ground. The livestream camera captured a shocking scene: Daoist Priest Qingxuan's true form stepped out from behind the stone carving. On his snow-white Daoist robe, the Taiji totem and Chen Wu's peace lock lit up simultaneously, their two Qi Energies intertwining in mid-air to form a rotating sphere.

"It really is you!" The priest's laughter carried Qi Energy ripples. His palm met Chen Wu's fist, and the faint golden "Pearl Embryo Power" poured through the point of contact, forming a rotating golden pearl inside Chen Wu's body. "Back then, your Great-grandfather said a 'Tomb Guardian needs to be proficient in Taiji'; he was indeed right." The "Taiji Successor" ID in the livestream suddenly sent a final bullet comment, the faint golden text gradually turning into Qi Energy particles: "The complete volume of 'Taiji Secret Essentials' has been transmitted into Chen Wu's mind. Grey Shadow's 'Spirit-Locking Array' was nothing more than a clumsy imitation."

Section 4: Continuation of the Legacy within the Taiji Halo

When Grey Shadow's self-destruct device failed within the Qi Energy vortex, the morning mist of Zhongnan Mountain suddenly cleared. Sunlight streamed through the lattice windows of the Taiji Temple, forming a massive taiji diagram on the floor. Daoist Priest Qingxuan's Qi Energy perfectly fused with Chen Wu's "Taiji Baji Collapse," causing a massive wave of golden bullet comments to explode in the virtual livestream — 10 billion viewers worldwide simultaneously sent "Taiji is Invincible," forming a rotating halo in the virtual space.

Lin Mo's tablet showed that the Martial Arts Deduction progress of "Taiji Baji Collapse" had suddenly jumped to 100%. On the virtual screen, the completed Move manual glowed with a faint golden halo. At the end of "Lǚ Power Silk Splitting," a hard power branch was indeed hidden, easily breaking the counter of "Silk-Reeling Power" in combat simulations. "The points account suddenly increased by 50 million!" The youth's voice was filled with excitement. An announcement from the Global Martial Arts System showed that the "Taiji Successor" had donated all his points for the global teaching and promotion of "Taiji Baji Collapse."

In the Flower Girl's basket, the seeds of the inheritance grass suddenly germinated en masse. The roots of the seedlings were entwined with faint golden Taiji Qi Energy, while the branches and leaves grew with totems of Baji Fist and Crushing Fist, swaying gracefully in the morning light. The young girl planted the seedlings in the courtyard of the Taiji Temple. Daoist Priest Qingxuan's fly-whisk lightly swept over them, and the seedlings suddenly bloomed, with the text of the "Taiji Secret Essentials" appearing on the petals: "Hardness and softness share the same source; Taiji is their root."

Officer Zhang's body camera was pointed at the stone steps leading down the mountain. In the old policeman's footage, Chen Wu and Daoist Priest Qingxuan walked side by side, their two Qi Energies forming a rotating taiji diagram behind them that echoed the golden bullet comments in the livestream. The body camera suddenly switched to footage from thirty years ago, showing a young Officer Zhang receiving guidance from the priest at the Taiji Temple. The Qi Energy trajectory between his Moves was identical to Chen Wu's current form. "This is what a Legacy looks like," the old policeman's voice choked with emotion. "It's not a book or a set of punches; it's the wisdom of Seniors hidden within the Qi Energy."

When Chen Wu's peace lock and Daoist Priest Qingxuan's Taiji Pendant collided, the faint golden Qi Energy suddenly turned into a beam of light that shot straight into the sky. The homepage of the Global Martial Arts System was replaced with a new image: the taiji diagram of Zhongnan Mountain overlapped with the Tomb-Guarding Beast totem of the tomb-guarding land, forming a complete character for "Martial." The bullet comments suddenly filled with uniform text: "Taiji is not just about softness, and Baji is not just about hardness; together, they are invincible."

When the System's final prompt popped up, A-Ming's younger sister's video call suddenly connected. The young girl held up a newly received copy of "Taiji Introduction." Outside her hospital window, Love was practicing the "Pearl Embryo Power." On the former boxing champion's titanium alloy gauntlets, the faint golden Taiji halo and the blue-gold Baji Qi Energy were perfectly fused. Chen Wu suddenly understood that this clash of bullet comments in the livestream was never about which Move was right or wrong, but about letting Taiji and Baji find a new Legacy within their Qi Energy resonance — just like the morning mist and sunlight of Zhongnan Mountain, seemingly opposite, yet together forming the most magnificent scenery.

The final image of the global livestream froze at the moment Chen Wu turned around. The blue-gold "Taiji Baji Collapse" Qi Energy and the faint golden Taiji Power formed a massive vortex behind him, with the light of the peace lock and the Taiji Pendant flashing alternately at the center of the vortex. The "Taiji Successor" ID suddenly sent a farewell bullet comment, carrying a faint golden Qi Energy halo: "The martial Dao is like flowing water; it becomes square when it meets squareness, and round when it meets roundness. Keeping the Center to Achieve Harmony is the Righteous Path." This message was simultaneously liked by 10 billion viewers, like a river of light spanning mountains and seas, flowing forever in the virtual space.