Free Web NovelChapter 508: Chapter 438: Powerful Effects
One year later.
The protective barrier of the Time Residue Training Grounds slowly lowered with a deep hum.
Jeming walked out shirtless, with sweat trickling down his well-defined muscles, evaporating into a fine mist above the ground. freeweɓnovel.cøm
His breathing was calm and steady, and every breath he exhaled caused the elemental energy in the lab to produce a faint resonance.
"Whew..."
Exhaling a long breath of stale air, Jeming felt the surging power within his body and sighed in satisfaction.
Pale golden patterns flowed faintly under his skin, an external manifestation of a breakthrough to a new level in the Body Refining Technique.
Casually clenched his fist, and the air compressed in his palm with a dense crackling sound, causing small ripples in space.
He did not test the exact strength values, because it wasn’t necessary.
Every cell in his body was conveying a clear message: powerful, resilient, and full of vitality.
Compared to a year ago, Jeming’s physical condition had undergone a qualitative leap.
He walked to a dedicated bathroom beside the training ground, where a bath barrel carved entirely from obsidian was already prepared.
The liquid inside the barrel was of a strange dark golden color, with specks of spirit light floating on the surface, exuding a complex scent mixed with herbal fragrance and sulfur fumes.
This was a nourishing bath recipe based on records from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, combined with an understanding of magic potion in the Wizard World, repeatedly improved by Jeming.
Stepping into the barrel, the warm medicinal liquid enveloped his entire body.
Instantly, a slight tingling sensation pricked his skin, which then transformed into a gentle nourishment.
The medicine penetrated his body through his pores, resonating with his body reinforced by the Body Refining Technique, further stimulating cellular activity.
Jeming leaned against the edge of the barrel, closed his eyes, and let the medicinal power seep in.
The cost of each material unit for this medicinal bath formula is not particularly high on its own.
But the problem is—it’s used for bathing.
For one soak, you need enough medicinal liquid to fill the entire barrel.
Converting it, the cost of each soaking amounts to nearly ten million low-level military merits.
It is almost equivalent to the bulk of a Fifth Level Wizard’s earnings from participating in a plane war.
Such lavish investment naturally brings matching returns.
Outside the bathroom, light footsteps were followed by a respectful knock.
"Enter."
A Black Giant Priest, standing over two meters tall, with a body entirely pitch-black and a liquid metallic sheen flowing on its surface, pushed the door open and walked in.
In its hand was a record crystal, and its movements surprisingly carried a touch of elegance.
"Master, here are the statistics from the recent measurements taken of you."
The Black Giant Priest levitated the record crystal beside the bath barrel and activated the projection.
A dense array of data began scrolling on the light screen:
[Basic Body Strength Increase: 52.7 times]
[Average Elemental Resistance Increase: 43.9 times]
[Physical Impact Resistance Increase: 61.2 times]
[Neural Reaction Speed Increase: 38.4 times]
[Cell Regeneration Efficiency Increase: 57.6 times]
[Energy Storage Capacity Increase: 48.3 times]
[Wound Tolerance Limit Increase: 35.1 times]
...
Detailed measurement methods and comparison benchmarks were appended behind each piece of data.
Jeming watched quietly, his expression calm.
A fifty-two-fold overall enhancement.
This meant that, purely in terms of physical strength, he had completely surpassed the benchmark of a Fourth Level Wizard or Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator, reaching the average level of a Fifth Level Wizard or Void Refinement Realm Cultivator.
The exaggerated effect of the medicinal bath combined with the extreme training of the Time Residue was indeed astonishing.
But...
Jeming suddenly furrowed his brows, suppressing the urge to break into a song.
With his physical strength ascending to a new level, he keenly sensed a slight disharmony.
The balance of Essence, Qi, and Spirit—the Three Treasures—had been disrupted.
His body was too powerful, his energy and blood filled to a near-boiling point, causing a definite decline in emotional control.
He became more susceptible to the influence of hormones secreted by his body, prone to impulsiveness, excitement, and an excessive fighting spirit.
In daily life, this might not be a major problem.
But for a wizard who needs precise law manipulation and calm battlefield analysis, it posed a potential risk.
"The body has advanced too quickly."
Jeming sighed and made a decision.
Next, he must pause the reinforcement of his physical strength and refocus on honing his spiritual power and refining his spiritual power.
Allow "Spirit" and "Qi" to catch up with "Essence" and regain the balance of the Three Treasures.
Coincidentally, the expenditure on magic potion over the past year with low-level military merits has been too substantial and needs time to recuperate.
Nevertheless, the benefits of a strong physique are not solely reflected in combat power.
Through the Qi Cultivation Technique’s ability to mutually transform and affect the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, Jeming’s spiritual power intensity and spiritual power strength have also risen at an astounding pace during this time.
Their rate of increase far surpasses any other methods Jeming had tried previously.
So, Jeming is not too worried about his overly strong body.
He roughly estimated that at this rate, in less than a hundred years, the intensity of his spiritual power could reach the critical point for advancing to a Fifth Level Wizard.
Coupled with a mastery of over 10% in the Spiritual Qi Law...
"By then, becoming a Fifth Level Wizard will be a natural progression."
However, upon thinking about it, Jeming suddenly fell into contemplation.
He realized one problem: in the Wizard System, advancement is straightforward.
As long as the law comprehension and spiritual power meet the requirements, one can progress logically.
But in the Cultivation Immortality System, the situation is entirely different.
A Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator seeking to advance to the Void Refinement Realm needs to "comprehend the path they walk."
In wizard terms, it means raising the comprehension of a certain law to a complete 100%.
This disparity stems from the fundamental differences between the two systems.
In the Wizard World, advancement from Third to Sixth Level centers around "understanding the laws" and "spiritual power intensity."
As long as you understand, accumulate, you can progress.
It’s like a continual examination; reaching the passing mark allows you to progress.
In the Cultivation Immortality World, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator has already shed the shackles of lifespan, possessing endless life span.
This leap in life form causes cultivators to think significantly differently from short-lived species.
The realm itself in cultivation is artificially created, and with entirely different thought processes, the advancement requirements naturally differ too.
On an endless lifespan scale, spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of years comprehending a grand dao is nothing unusual to them.
Hence, the combat power disparity of Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators can be so colossal it leaves others in shock.
After all, the core aim of this realm is indeed to "enhance combat power."
Some ancient monsters who’ve delved into the Divinity Transformation Stage for millions of years can engage directly with Mahayana Stage Cultivators using their extensive road exploration.
However, Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators with even longer inert times rarely exist—because those living that long in the Divinity Transformation Stage without advancing are invariably monstrous prodigies with astonishing talents.
After millions of years of accumulation, they often ascend directly to immortality, skipping intermediate realms.
Only those with relatively modest talents who feel a survival pressure choose to advance to the Void Refinement Realm to continue on the cultivation path.
"Compared to those monsters, I am definitely not considered exceptionally talented."
Jeming had a clear understanding of himself.
So he would inevitably choose to continue advancing to the Void Refinement Realm.
Luckily, he doesn’t even have to wait until becoming a Sixth Level Wizard to advance.
Given his pace of mastering the Spiritual Qi Law, he should be able to fully grasp it 100% before his spiritual power meets the requirement to advance to a Sixth Level Wizard.
As he pondered, the color of the liquid in the medicinal bath gradually faded, the medicinal power was entirely absorbed.
Jeming rose from the bath barrel, and the water flowed down his torso.
With a wave of his hand, the moisture on his body twisted and transformed into a sleek black robe that automatically draped itself neatly over him.
Stepping out of the bathroom, he approached the core control console of the laboratory.
Since the short-term strength increase won’t have any upheavals, it’s time to plan the next step.
Jeming chose to perfect the Incense Fire Divine Dao.
This was also a direction he had set much earlier.
After contemplating for a moment, Jeming turned his attention to cross-dimensional transmission technology.
Currently, the research on cross-dimensional transmission technology is almost matured, and it’s time to formally install it into the system.
Once successful, in any future plane battles, he could call upon the energy reserves from the Purgatory Sulfur Plane at any moment, akin to carrying a mobile mage tower with him.
"Let’s get this done first."
Jeming brought up the holographic structure of the Incense Fire Divine Dao and lightly tapped on the "cross-dimensional energy transmission module" with his finger.
"Then, consider everything else."
