The Rise of an Accidental Martial Artist

This flow traces how You TanZhi acquires power through poison and the Yijin Jing without understanding either source.

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An Unlikely Manual

A Book Mistaken for Treasure The recovered text You TanZhi finds the oilcloth-wrapped Sanskrit Yijin Jing after Xiao Feng accidentally drops it. He assumes the book matters to Xiao Feng and keeps it as a small act of revenge. A reader without ambition He cannot understand the writing and has no clear plan for the manual. His lack of martial ambition later becomes crucial to the book's effect.

The Poisoning Posture

A Body Finds the Diagram Pain forces a shape After A'Zi's poison experiment, You TanZhi suffers unbearable itching and accidentally contorts his body into a posture shown in the wet manual. Holding the position eases his breathing and discomfort. Practice without knowing He imitates the diagrams because they relieve pain, not to gain power. The accidental practice begins to guide poison through his body rather than letting it kill him.

The Frost Silkworm's Poison

Cold Energy Absorbed A deadly bite A'Zi makes You TanZhi expose his finger to the Frost Silkworm. The creature's blood and poison circulate through him as it feeds. A survival mechanism The posture and breathing method from the Yijin Jing let him endure the cold poison. A'Zi mistakes his frozen body for a corpse and has him discarded.

Training in Isolation

Strength Without a Teacher Repeated diagrams You TanZhi practices the manual's postures in isolation, learning to make the Frost Silkworm's cold energy move through his limbs. His movements become faster and his strength grows. A false explanation He believes the silkworm spirit empowers him. The true source is the combination of the manual's cultivation method and the absorbed poison.

The First Killing Blow

Power Discovered by Accident A wolf attack A hungry wolf attacks You TanZhi, who throws a desperate palm without understanding his own strength. The wolf dies from the strike. A transformed danger You TanZhi believes a silkworm spirit has acted through him, but his martial ability has genuinely changed. The frightened wanderer now carries power that he cannot yet explain or control.

After You TanZhi finds the dropped book near the Liao border

During the first episode of severe itching

During A'Zi's attempt to cultivate her cold palm

During the months after You TanZhi escapes the stream

After You TanZhi reaches the Central Plains