147: Chapter 147 Advancement to Super Martial Artist

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With a single thought, he guided this surging medicinal power to merge into his limbs and bones.

The extreme control of the Primordial Spirit manifested an incomparable advantage at this moment.

The routes, speeds, and nodes of the blood Qi circulation had no stagnation whatsoever; it was as smooth and natural as breathing, as if he had practiced this profound and high-level Nine Heavens Foundation Establishment Chapter thousands of times.

"Boom!"

Under the precise guidance of the Foundation Establishment Chapter's technique, the medicinal power of the realm-breaking profound essence pill was like a lit powder keg. The calm blood Qi within Li Wen's body, already condensed to the Peak Martial Artist limit, instantly boiled over.

Like a dormant volcano awakening, a majestic torrent of energy surged and roared through his Meridians, operating at high speed. Every cycle was like sifting sand with great waves, further compressing and refining the potential within, launching an assault toward a higher level of life.

This torrent of energy grew larger and hotter, finally converging in the Dantian Qi Sea, as if it wanted to carve out a new world within this mortal flesh.

Fine beads of sweat began to seep from the surface of Li Wen's skin, only to be evaporated by the high temperature an instant later, as a faint white mist rose around him.

His consciousness was incredibly clear. In the state of Absolute Focus, he precisely guided this world-shaking power to strike at that incomparably solid Transcendent Barrier.

Time passed quietly in the silent room.

It was unknown how much time had passed; it could have been an hour, or perhaps just an instant.

Finally!

"Buzz—!"

A roar from the depths of his life's Origin, which only Li Wen himself could hear, completely exploded within his body.

That tough barrier was like ice melting into snow, completely shattered by the vast and majestic torrent of energy.

The air in the entire martial arts room seemed to vibrate. A powerful, pure life aura, vastly different from that of ordinary Martial Artists, burst forth from Li Wen's body.

Like a sleeping giant beast awakening, even the air produced a momentary sense of distortion due to the pressure of this aura.

He exhaled a long breath of turbid Qi from his mouth.

This breath was exceptionally long and carried a slight fishy smell, as if the last trace of mortal turbidity in his body had been completely expelled.

When he opened his eyes, for a split second, tiny arcs of electricity seemed to flash through the depths of his pupils. His gaze became deeper and more restrained, yet it also showed an even sharper edge.

He had broken through! Super Martial Artist!

Li Wen stood up and moved his limbs slightly, feeling the earth-shaking changes in his body.

An unprecedented sense of power filled his entire body.

"Very strong!" He couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes as he whispered to himself, "Compared to the Peak High-level Martial Artist stage—I'm at least three times stronger! No, more than five times!"

This was no illusion, but a true transformation brought about by a leap in life level.

He couldn't wait to verify this power.

Without using a shred of Saber Intent, nor drawing upon his Primordial Spirit Power, he relied entirely on his pure, newly forged Super Martial Artist Physical Body.

Li Wen walked to the alloy punching target standing in the corner of the martial arts room.

This punching target was made of a special high-density memory alloy, enough to withstand the full-force strikes of a High-level Martial Artist.

He took a deep breath, clenched his right fist, and threw a simple, unadorned punch.

“Bang!!!”

A dull, heart-palpitating boom exploded in the room.

Under the terrifying impact, that thick alloy target actually dented inward deeply in a visible arc.

Fine cracks even appeared around the edges.

The entire base of the target groaned under the strain; if it hadn't been fixed to the floor, it would have been sent flying long ago.

Pure physical strength, terrifyingly so!

If combined with combat skills and Blade Techniques, the power would be simply immeasurable.

"This is the Foundation of a Super Martial Artist's power—as expected, the gap brought by a leap in life level is like the difference between clouds and mud."

Looking at the deformed punching target, the excitement in Li Wen's heart was gradually replaced by a calm joy.

While the increase in strength was gratifying, thinking about the Foundation of the Nine Heavens Divine Body ahead and the deeper Divine Demon path, Li Wen understood that this was only the starting point.

After the Breakthrough, his blood Qi and spirit were in a highly active state. At this time, rashly consuming those eight S-Rank Foundation treasures to forge the Divine Demon Foundation would carry significant risk and was not the optimal time.

He needed time for his body to perfectly adapt to this new Realm and to settle and digest what he had gained today.

Li Wen carefully replaced the lid of the sealed box. The eight precious Foundation treasures inside, emitting different elemental glows and varied in form, could only be temporarily stored away, waiting for the moment his state was adjusted to its Peak.

After carefully storing the treasures, feeling the surging power and active spirit within his body, the inertia of cultivation made it impossible for him to stop.

He returned to the cultivation platform area, and with a thought, the standard fast saber appeared in his hand.

The Breakthrough brought not only an increase in strength but also a deeper perception of power and his own body brought by the transformation of his life essence.

Practicing Blade Techniques now might lead to new insights.

Without a fancy opening stance, Li Wen directly began practicing the 'Instant Rainbow Style' from the Five Styles of Dawn, which pursued extreme speed.

Saber light suddenly erupted! In the silent room, it was as if countless tiny bolts of lightning were generated out of thin air and then vanished instantly.

The howling sounds of the air being sliced at high speed merged into one.

Li Wen's figure shifted and moved within a small space, so fast he almost dragged afterimages.

With every strike, he carefully felt the more powerful explosive force, tougher musculoskeletal support, and sharper neural reactions provided by his Super Martial Artist Physical Body.

A sense of ethereal smoothness brought by the Breakthrough merged into the fierce Intent, seemingly having a faint, intangible resonance with the Concept of the Nine Heavens Thunder.

The Absolute Focus state was activated, and the 110% Comprehension Ability bonus from the Lv11 Scholar class merged into the tempering of his Blade Technique.

In this silent room, there was only the flashing of saber light. Li Wen immersed himself in the exploration of a higher Realm of the Dao of the blade, continuously sharpening his edge for the upcoming Divine Demon Foundation and for an even vaster future.

In a flash, a week had passed since Li Wen broke through to Super Martial Artist.

The time came to July 22, Year 226 of the galactic calendar.

After a full week of consolidating his cultivation.

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Under the absolute control of his second-layer Primordial Spirit, which acted like a precision instrument, Li Wen completely tamed the Super Martial Artist-level blood Qi that galloped like a river within him.

He was fully aware of every subtle change in his Physical Body and every bit of majestic power, reaching a state of perfect command.

In the morning, after finishing a breakfast prepared from rare high-energy beast meat and secret nutritional essences, a surging heat flowed from his lower abdomen to his limbs and bones.

Li Wen sat quietly in the cultivation room on the top floor of the villa, his gaze falling on the eight neatly arranged jade boxes of different shapes,

each containing internal energy.

These were precisely the eight Foundation treasures he had exchanged for a massive amount of points from the Xinhuo Mall to forge his Divine Demon Foundation.

Each one was worth a fortune, containing energy so vast and pure that it would drive ordinary external Super Martial Artists crazy.

He took a deep breath, his fingertips brushing over the cold surface of the jade boxes, and finally opened the one on the far left—the

nine profound thunder fire marrow.

Inside the box was a small clump of deep purple, almost liquid, glass-like substance. Inside it, countless tiny electric snakes and orange-red flames seemed to silently wander, entangle, annihilate, and regenerate, emitting a mixed energy aura that was overbearing and pure to the extreme.

Just a trace of the leaking aura caused the air in the silent room to distort slightly, making a faint sizzling sound.

This was the precious treasure used in the Early Stage of the Nine Heavens Divine Body Foundation to initially temper the flesh and bones, making them adapt to the violent power of lightning and heavenly fire, and laying the key Foundation for the subsequent induction of lightning into the body.

“Phew—” Li Wen’s eyes shone with divine light as he operated the Mind-Cultivation Technique of the Nine Heavens Divine Body Foundation Establishment Chapter. His Primordial Spirit Power, like an invisible hand, precisely wrapped around that small clump of nine profound thunder fire marrow and slowly sent it into his mouth.

“Boom—!”

It was as if he had swallowed a mouthful of concentrated thunderstorm and lava.

The moment the pith liquid entered his throat, there was no heat or numbness as imagined, but rather an extreme sense of explosion.

Unparalleled violent lightning fragments and scorching fire-element essence were like billions of red-hot needles, instantly piercing deep into Li Wen's flesh, Meridians, and bones.

“Buzz!” Li Wen let out a muffled groan, his body trembling violently, and his skin was instantly covered with fine patterns of interwoven deep purple and orange-red.

Intense pain struck his nerve endings like a tsunami.

If it weren't for his second-layer Primordial Spirit, his rock-solid will, and the Absolute Focus that forcibly locked his mind, this single blow might have caused him to faint.

He clenched his teeth, not daring to be the least bit negligent.

The Mind-Cultivation Technique of the Nine Heavens Divine Body Foundation Establishment Chapter operated to its limit. His Primordial Spirit, like a master engineer, accurately guided and divided this violent torrent.

Part of the energy was forcibly broken up and integrated into his limbs and bones, roughly washing and remodeling the flesh structure, causing it to transform into a form that could accommodate higher-level energy.

Another part of the even more overbearing thunder-fire Intent was carefully gathered and compressed, then guided deep into the Dantian Qi Sea to become the first cornerstone of his future Divine Demon Foundation.

Time passed slowly in extreme pain and high focus.

Sweat mixed with a small amount of impurities seeping from his skin soaked his practice clothes.

A day and a night later, the overbearing energy fluctuations in the silent room finally subsided.

Li Wen slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning seemed to pass through them.

He was exhausted, but his spirit was exceptionally excited.

He could clearly perceive that his physical strength, blood Qi purity, and affinity for lightning and fire energy had all improved noticeably.

The total amount of blood Qi in his body hadn't increased much, but its 'quality' had become heavier and more condensed, as if heavy liquid metal were flowing through his blood vessels.

The forging of the Divine Demon Foundation had taken a difficult but solid first step.

And this was only one-eighth.

Time flew by like a white horse passing a crack, and in the process of painstakingly digesting Foundation treasures that were completely different yet complementary, a month passed in an instant.

August 22, Year 226 of the galactic calendar.

[Name: Li Wen]

[Age: 18 years old]

[Realm: Intermediate Super Martial Artist (Rank 25.6)]

[Class: Scholar Lv11 (10224→27084/102400)]

[Skills: Blade Technique · Concept (12%), Five Styles of Dawn · Instant Rainbow Style (60%)]

[Cultivation Technique: Nine Heavens Divine Body · Level 1 (0%) ————]

Looking at the updated data on the virtual panel before him, even with Li Wen's firm will, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion as if a lifetime had passed.

This past month could be described as crazy.

Eight Foundation treasures with different attributes and extraordinary effects—nine profound thunder fire marrow, Earthen Mountain-Suppressing Ointment, Boundless Water Essence, Heavenly Stellar Meteor Sand—were refined by him one by one.

Every refinement was like experiencing a small Nirvana.

Tearing pain, surging energy torrents, and the numbness and itching of flesh and bone reorganization took turns playing out.

Each digestion took several days, and it was only under the microscopic control of the second-layer Primordial Spirit and the extreme efficiency of Absolute Focus that it could be completed safely.

The price paid was huge, but the harvest was even more astonishing.

With the eight treasures combined, he not only completely solidified the Divine Demon Foundation required by the Nine Heavens Divine Body.

A martial arts Origin that was far thicker, more stable, and carried the overbearing aura of the Nine Heavens than ordinary techniques took root like a rock deep in his Dantian Qi Sea.

The majestic energy aftershocks naturally pushed his Physical Body level to soar all the way, from Rank 20 after the Breakthrough to Rank 25.6!

He was only one step away from the High-level Super Martial Artist Realm.

“Half a year ago, I was still struggling and exhausting my efforts to break through to Rank 7 Martial Artist—who would have thought that in just over half a year, I would already be standing on the fast track of the Super Martial Artist stage, improving by a full five Ranks in a month?”

Li Wen shook his head with great emotion, but his eyes were incredibly deep.

“Talent and Comprehension Ability, combined with the tilt of top-tier resources—the effect is truly terrifying.”

He knew well that this was not the norm.

If these resources smashed down by Kindling University were placed on a mediocre person, they might pile up into an Intermediate or High-level Super Martial Artist with a hollow Realm.

But when used on himself, they created a future powerhouse with an incredibly solid Divine Demon Foundation and unfathomable potential.

Resources are limited, so they naturally tilt toward those who can best realize their value. This is the coldest and most efficient Law.

At the same time, this heavy power also brought heavy responsibility.

Kindling University only recruits two hundred people each year, and it's definitely not just for show.

The final destination for every Xinhuo Disciple who successfully graduates will inevitably be the countless 'Underground Fortress Pass' in the starry sky, which the Yao Race attacks frantically.

They will use their bodies to guard the gateway of the Human Race; with great power comes great responsibility.

Many thoughts flashed quickly through his mind, and were then forcibly suppressed by Li Wen.

The Foundation has been laid, and the blueprint has been drawn; next comes the building of the ten-thousand-foot skyscraper from the ground up.

“It's time to officially climb the first heaven of the Nine Heavens Divine Body.”

A hint of expectation flashed in Li Wen's eyes; during this month, he had already mastered all the techniques for the first layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Body.

After finishing today's portion of high-energy meals, he changed into a special dark silver-gray tight-fitting outfit and strode out of the villa.

After more than a month, he headed toward Nine Heavens Peak again, where thunder was faintly visible all day long.

Goal: The 'Lightning Induction Tower' cultivation room on Nine Heavens Peak.

His path with the Nine Heavens Divine Body was finally about to take the most critical and also the most dangerous step—inducing lightning into his body.

At the foot of Nine Heavens Peak.

An inconspicuous aircraft arrived quietly and hovered in a safe zone hundreds of meters away from the edge of the thunderstorm at the foot of the mountain.

Li Wen jumped down.

Looking up, the towering Nine Heavens Peak pierced straight into the clouds. The thick clouds above were no longer ordinary leaden gray, but were rolling and surging with dazzling purple-white lightning.

The air was filled with a strong smell of ozone, and tiny arcs of electricity visible to the naked eye occasionally jumped and exploded on the protruding rocks or metal ore veins on the ground, making a 'pop' sound.