Chapter 148 Yuan Power Node, Rising to Fame

[Late at night, Teachers Apartment.]

[You sit cross-legged on the bed.]

[Your mind has completely immersed itself within the 'inner heaven and earth' inside your body.]

["I've finally broken through to the second stage."]

[You carefully examine the changes within your body.]

[In your perception, the Yuan Power that fills your entire body...]

[...is currently undergoing an extremely mysterious transformation.]

[Fine dust returns to order, the infinitesimal returns to one.]

[This is the ultimate, microscopic control over Yuan Power.]

[In your deductions, the core of this stage...]

[...is to interconnect the yuan seeds within the 144 major human acupoints, forming stable structures.]

[Specifically, every four yuan seeds form a group.]

[They connect and resonate with each other through extremely complex networks of Yuan Power threads.]

[Ultimately, they form 36 Yuan Power Nodes within the body.]

[These 36 Yuan Power Nodes are the prototype for the complete Yuan Power structure of the 'inner heaven and earth' to be built in the future.]

[But this was exactly the part you had been worried about before.]

[Your brow furrows slightly as you ponder to yourself.]

[In the Xuan Shui Cave Heaven of the fourth simulation, although you were trapped for nearly eighty years...]

[...it was only in the final moments of your life...]

[...that you threw caution to the wind and forcibly broke through to the Soaring Realm.]

[Not long after the Breakthrough...]

[...your Divine Soul burned out, and the simulation ended.]

[This resulted in your knowledge of how to combine these Yuan Power Nodes into a true inner heaven and earth structure...]

[...remaining entirely at the stage of theoretical deduction.]

[You simply didn't have enough time for practical application.]

[Nor did you have the opportunity to actually put those theories into practice.]

[Therefore, you originally thought that when you reached this step in reality...]

[...you might encounter some trouble.]

[However, tonight, when you finished the preliminary polishing of the final yuan seed...]

[...the changes within your body exceeded your expectations.]

["They actually combined spontaneously..."]

[Your Divine Thought sweeps through your body.]

[Those previously polished yuan seeds...]

[...actually, under the day-and-night pulling inertia of Cangming Circulation 2.0...]

[...spontaneously began to form arrays.]

[At this moment, within your body, 32 yuan seeds...]

[...following the laws of Qi flow, have automatically formed 8 tight Yuan Power Nodes!]

[Between these 8 Yuan Power Nodes, there are countless close connections.]

[Deep within your Meridians...]

[...they pulse slowly at a frequency that aligns with the rhythm of the human body.]

[Every pulse...]

[...makes the Yuan Power flowing through them more pure and condensed.]

[You originally thought...]

[...that the formation of Yuan Power Nodes would require painstaking effort to carve out bit by bit.]

[You didn't expect that once the basic foundation accumulated to a certain point...]

[...what followed was not gradual change, but an instantaneous, natural qualitative leap.]

[You quietly feel those eight nodes in your body that seem to have a life rhythm of their own.]

[Deep in the sea of your heart, a slight ripple inevitably arises.]

[This isn't because you're happy about gaining stronger combat power...]

[...but a pure sense of awe and yearning for the path ahead.]

[Even just the prototype of the inner heaven and earth constructed at the start of the Soaring Realm...]

[...its internal energy circulation is already sophisticated and complex to such a degree.]

[Then what about the Mountain-Sea Grandmasters and Divine Ability experts above Soaring...]

[...or even the legendary Sun-Moon Realm Martial Saints who can stabilize a nation's destiny?]

[What kind of magnificent and vast scenery must the inner heaven and earth within their bodies be?]

[A seeker of the Dao walks upon the highest peaks.]

[The sights one sees are indeed intoxicating.]

[You take a deep breath, suppressing the ripple in your heart.]

[Your inner self returns to tranquility.]

[Although these spontaneously constructed Yuan Power Nodes are perfect and perfectly suited to you...]

[...you also know this is just the most basic prototype.]

[To truly construct a complete inner heaven and earth Yuan Power structure...]

[...relying solely on the basic parts of the Heavenly Sea Vast Waves Body Spirit Seed Origin Art and your current theoretical knowledge is not enough.]

[You will certainly need to seek higher-level and more complete theoretical guidance after enrolling in Twin Stars...]

[...to fully develop the potential of these 144 acupoints.]

["However, one bite at a time."]

["The current progress has already far exceeded expectations."]

[With expectations for the future, you close your eyes.]

[You continue to meticulously construct the subsequent Yuan Power Nodes.]

[Accumulation over time is the truest form of the Martial Dao.]

...

[The first week of the new semester.]

[Your life suddenly becomes somewhat "noisy."]

[Because you swept through various commercial competitions in the surrounding counties and cities during the summer vacation...]

[...and were even dubbed the "One-Punch Little Grandmaster" by the media...]

[...your fame in Longnan City has completely exploded.]

[Many off-campus training institutions, local martial arts halls, and even some health supplement companies...]

[...block the classroom door or wait outside the combat hall every day, wanting to have a detailed talk with you.]

["Student Li Ang, are you interested in becoming our spokesperson?"]

["Just sign your name, and a five hundred thousand yuan endorsement fee will be credited immediately!"]

["God Li! Come and register your name with our institution!"]

["As long as you get into Twin Stars, we'll give you an additional million-level Top Scorer bonus!"]

[Among them was even that black-hearted institution your predecessor had visited to buy low-quality potions.]

[Of course, at least those large institutions were willing to spend money.]

[There were also some unknown small institutions that wanted something for nothing.]

[They wanted you to give a free inspirational lecture to the students at their institution...]

[...under the guise of "giving back to society and helping your peers."]

[Regarding these harassments, you didn't hesitate for a second.]

[You rejected them all sternly.]

[These people were not your target.]

[However, although you were blunt in your refusals...]

[...word of this still reached Wu Changhe's ears.]

[Old Wu was very angry about this.]

[With his fiery temper, he stormed straight to the school's security office.]

[Pointing at the captain's nose, he gave him a harsh scolding:]

["Is your security office just for show?! How can you let all sorts of random people into the teaching area?"]

["If they disturb Li Ang's exam preparation and affect Longnan No. 1 High School's chance at a Top Scorer..."]

["...can you take responsibility for that?!"]

[Afterward, Old Wu specifically called you over and spoke to you earnestly.]

["Li Ang, you're famous now."]

["All those monsters and demons out there want to leech off your popularity."]

["You must not sign any of those commercial contracts recklessly!"]

["Those unscrupulous businessmen's contracts are full of traps!"]

["If you're really short on money and want to sign, you must remember to call me!"]

["I'll bring the school's professional legal counsel to personally help you check everything!"]

[Seeing Old Wu's protective manner, you smiled and agreed.]

...

[After driving away those troublesome fellows...]

[...just as today's daytime classes ended, you received a notification from your class teacher, Wang Heng.]

["Li Ang, go to the principal's office. Principal Liao has something to discuss with you."]