Urban Powerhouse: Chaos Supreme

Such consumption is obviously enormous; only when the seventh starlight is condensed can one step into another realm, the Moon Wheel Realm.

Condensing to the seventh star power consumes at most ten million starlights. Such a vast number makes one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Although the Star Wheel Mirror can theoretically condense countless star powers, the starlight required for that is simply too enormous.

"I'll start by cultivating the fourth star power to see if there are any changes."

Last time, seventy thousand starlights were distributed to each of the Three Great Martial Arts Schools, leaving Lin Mo with ninety-one thousand starlights. One thousand starlights were given to Yingzi, so now eighty thousand starlights remain.

"If luck is on my side, condensing the fifth star power shouldn't be a problem."

Thinking of this, Lin Mo released all the starlights, and tens of thousands of starlights with a strange luster filled the entire secret room, magnificent like a galaxy.

"Let's begin."

Lin Mo opened his mouth and devoured five thousand starlights.

His body immediately felt that gentle sensation again, as if a lover's soft hands caressed his face and body, relaxing him entirely.

But shortly after, that gentle feeling disappeared, replaced by a piercing pain sensation like needles.

However, this piercing pain was still within a bearable range.

Condense!

In the endlessly dark dantian, a rice grain-sized crystal re-condensed, emitting a faint, peculiar glow.

Within the dantian, four rice grain-sized crystals have formed, faintly linked, forming an irregular quadrilateral, slowly rotating.

Lin Mo opened his eyes with delight in his gaze.

The fourth star power has been condensed, consuming a total of five thousand starlights. Eighty-five thousand starlights remain; if luck holds, condensing the fifth starlight should be no issue.

"Good, let's continue."

Lin Mo once again devoured five thousand starlights.

The starlights again turned into formless energy, appearing in the dantian, but this time, instead of the initial pleasant feeling, it directly brought a piercing, tearing sensation.

"What's going on?"

The pain continued to increase, causing cold sweat to break out all over Lin Mo's body, and even his muscles began to spasm.

"It hurts..."

"Such painful feeling..."

One must know, with Lin Mo's cultivation and strong willpower, he wouldn't even whimper from losing an arm, but this pain was clearly from both body and soul, sometimes like tearing muscles, sometimes like needle pricks.

"It's simply, simply unbearable..."

Lin Mo gritted his teeth, the strong bite force causing blood to seep from his gums, his face revealing a grim expression.

"Bang!"

The fist slammed hard onto the ground, made of a special material and inscribed with an array, incredibly sturdy, leaving only a faint punch mark on impact.

Moments later, the soul-trembling pain finally dissipated.

Lin Mo's clothes were soaked through with cold sweat, and his entire body's muscles even had a slight trembling sensation.

"Why did this suddenly happen?" Lin Mo furrowed his brow.

Immediately, Lin Mo stood up and left the Cultivation Room, heading to the Scripture Collection Pavilion. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of thousands of books floated in mid-air.

Crash...

Thousands of divine thoughts distributed, flipping through the books... promptly finding the explanations about star power.

Lin Mo retracted his divine thought, an ancient book appeared in his hand, and he began to read.

After ten minutes, Lin Mo finally understood.

Despite the ability to continuously condense star power, it requires the body to meet certain demands. The body is like a vessel, and starlight is like water. If the body cannot contain the power of starlight, condensation will fail, and the body will suffer from the pain of energy leakage.

"So that's how it is; the body's absorption correlates with starlight. The further along, the higher the body demands...""If one star power represents one unit, then the Moon Wheel Realm is ten times stronger than the Star Wheel Mirror, representing ten units. Thus, historically, martial artists would not condense too many star powers in the Star Wheel Mirror despite possessing abundant starlight, as condensing more places higher demands on the body."

, furthermore, as condensation progresses, the effectiveness of star power also diminishes.

Lin Mo closed the book, slightly furrowing his brow. To condense more star power in the Star Wheel Mirror requires a very high physical quality, and the consumption of starlight is enormous, making it increasingly difficult towards the end. No wonder so few people condense excessive star powers in the Star Wheel Mirror, opting to advance to the Moon Wheel Realm upon condensing seven star powers.

He closed the book.

Lin Mo finally understood that starlight cannot be randomly devoured. If the body cannot withstand the energy contained within starlight, at the least, the energy of starlight might drain away, whilst at worst, the body could be overwhelmed by the unconsumed energy.

"To condense the fifth starlight, must I increase the body's capacity?"

Thinking of this, Lin Mo beckoned, and a book from the top of the left-side bookshelf flew into his hand again.

There are many ways to refine the physique, broadly divided into three types.

The first type: Enhance your physical training, increase the activity of body cells, with many methods available, but such methods are evidently much slower.

The second type: Brew elixirs or use fierce beast blood, inner cores to temper the body, requiring fierce beasts of at least the Star Wheel Mirror Three Stars. The higher the rank, the more substantial the effect will be.

The third type: Because star power forms in the dantian and begins to spin continuously, subtly transforming the body. With sufficient time, the body will gradually change.

"Self-training? Without some auxiliary training methods and specific venues, the effect would be too weak." Lin Mo shook his head, directly dismissing the first method.

The timeframe for the third method is too slow, so only the third method can be used—to hunt some extraordinary fierce beasts and use their blood to refine the body.

"But for now, there's no need to rush. Let's handle Huaxia's affairs first."

Lin Mo made up his mind and returned to the Cultivation Room. With eighty thousand starlights remaining, if slowly absorbed, it shouldn't cause such intense pain as before.

A year swiftly passed.

During this year, Lin Mo consumed a total of five thousand starlights gradually, not resulting in very intense pain sensations, but still failed to successfully condense the fifth starlight.

During this year, Lin Mo observed the black iron block and finally made out the first character, while the other two characters remained blurry and could not be discerned.