Note: This Chapter still contains a bit of hardcore content....
The twenty-two carefully selected warriors did not hesitate.
They simultaneously placed the Spirit Awakening Pill in their mouths.
Wei Fan continued speaking rapidly and clearly:
"When you feel the pill enter your stomach and your chest starts to heat up slightly.
Sit cross-legged with your back straight!
Raise your left foot to the root of your right thigh, sole facing upward.
Then pull your right foot to the root of your left thigh, making both soles face upward!
Next, place both palms naturally on the legs with palms facing upward, which brings four centers upward.
Finally, straighten your spine and regard the top of your head as the head center, naturally facing upward.
This is the Five-Heart-Toward-Heaven Pose!"
Seeing everyone follow suit one by one, Wei Fan continued:
"Focus your attention, meditating in your heart that there is a Celestial Tier three feet above your head.
Gather all your telekinesis to the head center, imagining it breaking through and ascending, connecting with heaven and earth!"
Spirit Awakening is about awakening spiritual roots, unlocking the body’s hidden potential, and breaking through its shackles.
Once the spiritual root awakens.
You can begin to comprehend the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, constantly transforming and sublimating.
This metamorphosis is not achieved overnight.
It requires gradual accumulation, progressing steadily step by step.
Therefore, this transformation is called cultivation.
The awakening process poses no risk, but this stage is extremely important.
While Wei Fan was guiding others in awakening, Liu Xiangqian and others anxiously monitored an instrument.
This instrument is the latest enzyme-coupled transduction pathway device developed by the Huaxia Life Science Institute, also known as the GTP-binding protein receptor sensor.
It can use quantum dot nanosphere biological markers to conduct mid-tier epsilon chains, generating real-time in vitro diagnostic images. (Some might wonder, so let’s clarify, the GTP sensor was published by Mr. Song Baoliang in Nature, and so far only tested in human gastric tissue, but theoretically it’s entirely feasible; simultaneously researched in Germany and Switzerland, here I assume the technology is already usable.)
Less than a minute after everyone swallowed the Spirit Awakening Pill, Liu Xiangqian’s assistant Ma Bo noticed an anomaly:
"Elder Liu, Comrade Cao Yi’s abdominal ligands—especially polypeptides—are decreasing continuously.
Numerous transcription factors are forming complexes with heat shock proteins!"
Liu Xiangqian’s brow furrowed immediately:
"Forming complexes? What about steroid hormones, those signal molecules that can’t bind with receptors?"
Ma Bo pointed to a band on the screen, shaking his head, said:
"The red light of other signal molecules hasn’t decreased."
Liu Xiangqian stroked his chin with a puzzled expression, muttering:
As for.... never mind this part is not common knowledge.
Trancription factors only form complexes with inhibitory proteins like heat shock proteins when non-ligand signal molecules are absent.
The purpose is to prevent receptors from binding DNA.
This is a very common biological bonding law.
But what’s happening with Cao Yi undeniably defies the normal medical biological principles.
Seeing the red light on the instrument not dimming, gradually, Liu Xiangqian developed a hypothesis, saying to Ma Bo:
"That means gene expression has been reversed or regulated.
The function of the Spirit Awakening Pill is to alter nuclei receptor-mediated signal transduction?
Just regulation without encoding, in other words, akin to a cis-regulatory element of DNA.....
Luckily, this falls into the realm of genetic expression, in which we have mature technical reserves."
While Liu Xiangqian and others were discussing the effects of the Spirit Awakening Pill.
In the field, suddenly a warrior underwent a significant transformation.
Dark River—bearing the extremely rare surname ’Dark’.
The surname ’Dark’ is a variation of the surname ’Black’, which originated from the Ming Dynasty.
According to "The Shenyang Black Family Genealogy" (written in 1632): "The source of our clan lies in the time of Tang Zhen Guan when expedition to our country commenced reaching the Western Regions; not yet engaging in fighting, the two countries negotiated, exchanging three thousand soldiers as hostages. Our ancestor was a Western chief, upon meeting Emperor Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, received an esteemed position as a personal military commander. The ancestor’s original name was Hei Zili, hence bestowed the surname ’Black’.
The surname ’Dark’, is one of the variants of the ’Black’ surname.
Currently nationwide, only Dark River’s family carries the surname ’Dark’.....
At twenty-six, Dark River was former Modu Special Operations Team member.
Also one of the first batch of fifty warriors to arrive at Damo Realm led by Lin Ziming.
In prior spiritual root qualifications testing.
Dark River was exceptionally fortunate to qualify with three spiritual roots, and also won the luck title in a red envelope competition.
Thereby successfully entered the first batch of warriors selected for spirit awakening.
Under the effect of the Spirit Awakening Pill, Dark River’s physical data fluctuated rapidly.
Another heart rate sensor showed.
Dark River’s heart rate and blood pressure intensity instantaneously reached a peak threshold.
Like a bow and arrow drawn to the extreme, bending bow to full moon.....
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A wispy white mist rose from Dark River’s dragon spine, and a small vortex formed atop his head.
Moments later, the vortex vanished.
Wei Fan upon seeing this was visibly delighted, turning to Liu Xiangqian said:
"Congratulations, Elder Liu.
A vortex of Spiritual Energy atop the head marks a successful awakening.
Indicating this brother has achieved Five-Heart Unity, formally connecting with heaven and earth.
From this point onward, he counts as a true cultivator."
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiangqian was initially startled; he thought there was an issue with Dark River, then he rejoiced:
"Wonderful, this marks the first successful local cultivator Spirit Awakening out of Huaxia outside of Wei Siming and comrades.
Achieving Spirit Awakening with just one Spirit Awakening Pill is a promising sign."
Then he remembered something, quickly asked Ma Bo:
"Xiaoma, did you record the data changes of Comrade Dark River just now?"
Ma Bo nodded quickly, clicking his mouse several times on the screen:
"Elder Liu, everything has been recorded.
During the moment of breakthrough for Comrade Dark River.
A wealth of promoter sequences controlling gene expression—the marked by blue fluorescent proteins—gathered instantly at Comrade Dark River’s abdomen.
They seem to bind with some substance within the Spirit Awakening Pill, based on their display....
Appears to have formed an unknown region, isolating all fluorescent proteins outside!"
Liu Xiangqian got closer to the screen, carefully went over relevant data:
"Some substance binding with promoters.....
It implies the substance within the Spirit Awakening Pill is similar to RNA polymerase? Or shares some characteristic with RNA polymerase.
This is a critical piece of information, make sure to document it well.
As for the unknown region.....
Let’s not worry about that now.
Considering even RTK, such an important receptor, is excluded, possibly suggesting it relates to post-cultivation matters.
After all, this is Xianxia world; known science can’t explain everything.
We only need to address a few segments or partial segments within, it will save us a substantial amount of resources."
Liu Xiangqian had just finished speaking.
Cao Yi’s position experienced another abrupt change, with a vortex emerging!
Then another appeared for the four spiritual roots holder Zhang Xin.... Lin Ziming.... Liu Ming....
The initial spirit awakening session concluded.
Of the twenty-two warriors, fourteen achieved successful spirit awakening, eight failed!