High-Level Martial Era

Hum~ Li Yuan's consciousness entered the spiritual world.

Every day, he would practice the "Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture" for two hours, so he was extremely familiar with everything in the spiritual world.

The spiritual world was boundless and endless.

Li Yuan focused his attention on the central Mind Spirit Divine Palace and his consciousness directly entered it.

"Huh?" Just as Li Yuan's consciousness entered,

he was shocked to discover that within the empty palace, besides the original Great Sun Jade Platform,

there was now an additional white jade staircase.

"A staircase?" A thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind, "Could it be, it leads to the second level?"

The Mind Spirit Divine Palace, if viewed from the void outside the palace,

appeared to have four levels.

But Li Yuan had only ever been able to enter the first level for a long time.

He even doubted whether the Mind Spirit Divine Palace really had four levels or if it was just an illusion of his consciousness?

After all, everything in the spiritual world was a mental construct and not absolutely real.

But now? A new passage unexpectedly appeared?

"Let's try," Li Yuan immediately gathered his consciousness.

He attempted to explore higher levels of the Mind Spirit Divine Palace using the newly appeared staircase.

The moment his consciousness attempted to set foot on the staircase,

"Boom!" A terrifyingly oppressive force rolled in like a heavy stone crushing down, causing Li Yuan's consciousness to shake violently.

His mind involuntarily clouded over, dazed and confused.

After a long while,

Li Yuan's consciousness regained clarity, and he reassembled his consciousness to enter the Mind Empty Divine Palace, staring hard at the newfound white jade staircase.

"In the spiritual world, the strength of spiritual power determines the strength of my consciousness," Li Yuan understood, "This staircase exerts a terrifying pressure... my consciousness is too weak to withstand this pressure."

His own spiritual power was not strong enough.

"15.1 level of spiritual power is not enough? Do I have to wait until it's higher, at 18 or even 20 levels, before trying again?" Li Yuan muttered to himself,

not daring to try lightly again.

The spiritual blow from just now, if it had occurred half a year ago, Li Yuan estimated he would have become an idiot.

Even though he could barely withstand it now, he could not just keep going up to take the beating.

"The staircase, likely leading to the second level of the Mind Spirit Divine Palace, but I can't go up yet," Li Yuan puzzled, "How should I guide the Origin Power into my body?"

There were no clues at all.

"What should I do?"

Whoosh~ As if sensing Li Yuan's thoughts,

the next moment, Li Yuan vaguely felt the whole Mind Spirit Divine Palace beginning to tremble slightly.

Then, he saw a golden fog seeping out from the staircase's end, seemingly from the vague space of the second level,

and cascading down the staircase towards the first level.

"Golden fog? What is this?" Li Yuan was startled.

Before he could react,

Hum~

The golden fog, seemingly from the second level of the Mind Spirit Divine Palace, had already merged directly into his consciousness.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan's consciousness was hit as if by thunder, then darkness invaded, becoming groggy, and he almost immediately perceived a change in his spiritual world—it was no longer the Mind Spirit Divine Palace.

It transformed into a boundless dark space.

"Where is this?" Most of Li Yuan's consciousness had fallen into a slumber, leaving only a trace of thought.

Hum~ In silence, a majestic and vast voice seemed to come from the endless depths of darkness.

"Seeking dust and subtlety, uniting as one, the essence of the sun and the moon, begins to temper the Spiritual Foundation; the heart follows the breath, the intention guards the major orifices..." Each ancient word seemed to contain some profound truth, directly imprinting into the depths of Li Yuan's heart.

It was as indelible as the "Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture," making it difficult for Li Yuan to forget.

And unknowingly,

Li Yuan's heart completely emptied out, and in the darkness all around, numerous points of light and stars emerged out of nowhere and wandered... beginning to nourish his spiritual consciousness.

Making his spiritual consciousness grow even stronger.

...Inside the room.

Li Yuan, sitting cross-legged on the bed, with his remaining consciousness, felt strands of mysterious power gradually permeating his body.

Legend had it that the human body was a great secret of the universe with forty-eight million orifices of stars, and Li Yuan now had such an illusion.

"So many!"

"Permeating through all limbs and bones," he felt.

"It's Origin Power," Li Yuan, who had consumed many Essence Pills, was very familiar with Origin Power.

His consciousness became clearer and he sensed that the power flowing into his body was indeed Origin Power!

From the outside world.

From the heavens and the earth.

And it was many times purer than any Essence Pill he had taken.

"According to what Teacher Xu and President Li said, doesn't one have to become a Prime Warrior before the body can autonomously absorb Origin Power?" Li Yuan was shocked, "Is this the 'Origin Power Entry' of the Mind Spirit Divine Palace?"

Li Yuan didn't ponder deeply, but instead calmed his mind completely.

He turned his gaze inward!

"Origin Power!" Li Yuan attempted to guide the Cosmic Origin Power flowing into his body with his spiritual power.

Suddenly.

"Hum~" Li Yuan clearly sensed that more and more Origin Power was rushing into his body, seemingly accelerating.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The surging and pure Origin Power finally converged like a torrent, circulating through his limbs and bones, then countless pure Origin Powers began to be crazily absorbed by Li Yuan's muscles and bones.

Li Yuan's entire body trembled wildly.

"Evolution."

"My body," Li Yuan was astounded as his tendons, bones, skin, membranes, internal organs, and even blood and hair were all madly absorbing Origin Power, undergoing transformation.

In the past,

taking Essence Pills put a great strain on his body, but now, there seemed to be no limit to absorbing Origin Power...

[Your Life Level has been raised from 8.9 to 9.0]

[Your Life Level has been raised from 9.1 to 9.2]

[Your Fist Strength has increased from...]

As his physical quality soared, Li Yuan's Divine Palace panel flashed with notifications from time to time.

Clearly, the process of Origin Power entering the body would take at least several hours.

...

When Li Yuan began to draw Origin Power into his body, his physical quality underwent a transformation.

Late at night, eleven o'clock.

More than a hundred kilometers away from Jiangbei Martial Arts University, in the Starfire South Lake District of Jiang City.

In a standalone villa by the lake, the lights were bright.

Basement.

The nearly thousand-square-meter Martial Arts Room.

Empty, at the end of the Martial Arts Room, on the wall was written a colossal character 'Martial'.

The writing style was bold and powerful, like iron strokes and silver hooks, as if carved by swords.

"Uncovering the body's potential."

"Unity of body and mind."

Wan Qinghe, dressed in loose martial attire, stood in the center of the Martial Arts Room, his eyes slightly closed, and he sighed inwardly, "This final moment of spiritual clarity, this perception of subtlety, is truly difficult."

"So many years, and I've never managed to break through," Wan Qinghe said with frustration.

His Physical Quality had been stuck at level 25 for several years, unable to make further progress.

What he lacked was not High Rank cultivation methods, not spiritual power.

But—skills!

The deeper one goes into cultivation, the more it tests spiritual power and Martial Arts Skills... the stronger the skills, the more potential in the body can be tapped, and naturally, the Physical Quality will become stronger.

Conversely.

Even with powerful Origin Power, body strength, without sufficient skills to harness it, it's hard to exert true power.

"The Wine Devil senior once told me,"

"I've wandered the Star Realm for many years, and all I've found is 'urgency'."

"In life-and-death situations, being a hair's breadth away means life or death, how can one not be urgent?" Wan Qinghe pondered silently, "If I want to break through, I must find 'tranquility'."

"I just returned to Jiang City, taking up the post of Hall Master at the Fifth Level Martial Hall."

Wan Qinghe was contemplating.

Suddenly.

"Master, an important person requests a video call," a gentle and abrupt voice rang out, "Note name: Ninth Senior Brother."

"Hm?"

"Why would Ninth Senior Brother call me so late? What could it be?" Wan Qinghe's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Answer."

Buzz~

The video call was established.

"Ninth Senior Brother," Wan Qinghe bowed slightly.

In the video, his Ninth Senior Brother was wearing a pair of large shorts, his eight-pack abs showing, swaying a glass of red wine, leisurely lying on the bed.

Beside him, the playful voices of several women could be heard.

"Junior brother, still cultivating so late? So diligent, I haven't disturbed you, have I?" Ninth Senior Brother took a sip of his drink.

"Senior Brother jests, I too wish to break through as soon as possible," Wan Qinghe laughed, "Senior Brother, looking for me so late, is there something wrong?"

"Nothing particularly important."

"It's just that a moment ago, President Li of Kunlun Martial University sent me a message," Ninth Senior Brother said, "He's the leader of the delegation to Jiangbei this time, and he mentioned something about Li Yuan."

"Li Yuan?"

Wan Qinghe's eyes brightened slightly, his heart uneasy, "What did President Li say?"

"Hehe, Li Yuan is not bad," Ninth Senior Brother chuckled, "You've recommended a good talent to our Kunlun Martial University, President Li has already signed him with an 'S-Level Special Training Contract'."

"S-Level Special Training Contract?" Wan Qinghe was taken aback.

He was unaware of this news.

After all, the recruitment event was organized by the Martial Arts Hall, Education Department, and Jiangbei Martial Arts University.

Nobody had directly informed Starfire Martial Hall.

"Mmhmm."

"Also, you may not know, but Li Yuan's Spear Technique, movement technique have both entered the Fourth Level," Ninth Senior Brother said, "In today's just-concluded Combat Assessment, he also came first."

"First in the real combat of the 'Cliff's Edge' style," Ninth Senior Brother added.

"This?" Wan Qinghe was dumbfounded.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to be shocked or thrilled.

This series of news was too unexpected for him.

"Ninth Senior Brother, it's great that Li Yuan can sign an S-Level training contract, thank you for the trouble, senior brother," Wan Qinghe said instinctively.

The higher the level of the special training contract Li Yuan signed, the stronger he would naturally be when he graduated and returned to serve at Starfire Martial Hall.

It would be more advantageous to Wan Qinghe.

"Don't rejoice too soon," Ninth Senior Brother laughed, "If it was all good news, I wouldn't bother telling you, but there is a piece of bad news."

"Bad news?" Wan Qinghe's heart tightened.

"I just learned of this news," Ninth Senior Brother said, "After today's Combat Assessment, the military seems to have offered Li Yuan an 'S-Level Contract'."

"S-Level Contract?" Wan Qinghe was taken aback and couldn't help blurting out, "Really?"

"Not sure."

Ninth Senior Brother spread his hands, "But I can confirm two things. First, the military has already sponsored Li Yuan with one million."

"Second, another martial arts prodigy, 'Tian Dazhuang,' sponsored by the military, has confirmed he will join them and has signed an S-Level Contract."

Wan Qinghe's mind was in turmoil.

It didn't matter to him which university Li Yuan signed with; the two contracts did not conflict.

But if he signed with the military, then he would indeed have to cancel the contract with Starfire Martial Hall.

Yes, the breach of contract fee for a B-Level contract was high, but that's relative to ordinary people.

A few tens of millions in damages, what is that to the military?

"Alright."

"Brother, I've told you the news," Ninth Senior Brother smiled, "What to do next, you at Starfire Martial Hall decides for yourselves."

"Just a word of advice."

"Li Yuan might not have awakened his Martial Spirit, but just a mere B-Level contract can't keep him," he said.

"I'm off to busy myself," Ninth Senior Brother in the projection already stretched out his hand to embrace the enchanting woman lying atop him.

The video cut off.

"The military? An S-Level Contract?" Wan Qinghe tried to keep himself calm as he contemplated his next move.

He knew.

If he mishandled the next step, the cooked achievement might indeed fly away.