Free Web NovelChapter 209: Chapter 153: Li Wen Takes the Stage; Third Layer of Primordial Spirit
[Age: 19]
[Realm: Advanced Super Martial Artist (Level 28.6 → 28.9)]
[Class: Scholar lv11 (93,484 → 102,284 / 102,400)]
[Skills: Blade Arts · Intent (39%), Dawn Five Forms (Instant Rainbow Form 100%, Silent Rainbow Form (99%))]
[Cultivation Technique: Nine Heavens Divine Body · Seventh Layer (31%)]
The data showed the fruits of his continuous efforts over the past twenty-some days.
His Nine Heavens Divine Body had steadily progressed to the Seventh Layer at 31%, his Silent Rainbow Form was on the verge of a breakthrough, and his physical level had advanced even further.
At this moment, however, all of Li Wen’s attention was captivated by the Class section.
His Scholar class had reached lv11 after the college entrance exam results were announced on June 25th of last year. A full eight months had passed since then!
During this time, whether he was tempering himself in the Thunder Attraction Tower, practicing his blade work on the training grounds, or resting late at night, his habit of reading never wavered.
A vast amount of knowledge was absorbed, accumulated, and assimilated by his Scholar class’s traits, finally pushing his experience points to the critical threshold.
’102,284 / 102,400... Only 116 experience points left. It has to be today.’
A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Li Wen’s eyes.
He knew with perfect clarity that leveling up his Scholar class to lv12 would bring more than just another leap in Spiritual Power; it was the key to breaking the stagnation in its growth.
The surge of Spiritual Power would inevitably push his Primordial Spirit, which had long since reached the peak of the second layer, to undergo a qualitative transformation—to the Third Layer of Primordial Spirit.
’The Third Layer of Primordial Spirit... the standard for a King-level expert.’ A thought surfaced in Li Wen’s mind.
According to the ancient texts, a Primordial Spirit that reached this realm could fully interfere with reality and even temporarily leave the body to roam.
A King-level expert could easily annihilate a Marquis Level warrior with a weak Primordial Spirit using their Primordial Spirit’s power alone.
Of course, Li Wen understood that his Primordial Spirit, having just entered the Third Layer, couldn’t compare to that of a true King-level expert.
The quality of their Primordial Spirits might be similar. In fact, in terms of purity, his might even have a slight edge due to his Scholar class and unique experiences.
However, the problem lay in the "quantity." The physical body was like a container, and the Primordial Spirit was like water.
Li Wen’s current "container" was too small, capable of holding only a stream’s worth of Primordial Spirit power.
But a King-level expert’s "container" was a vast ocean. The difference in the total amount of Primordial Spirit power they could store was like an impassable chasm.
’I might not be able to annihilate a Marquis Level expert like a King-level one can, but taking a Great Sun-rank fiendgod that hasn’t formed a Primordial Spirit by surprise and insta-killing it should be no problem. Even against a Marquis Level expert, the various wonders of a Third Layer Primordial Spirit will at least buy me some precious breathing room...’
Li Wen’s heart began to beat a little faster.
This power he was about to grasp was a true trump card, enough to change the tide of battle. It also signified that he had taken another firm step on the path of the strong.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his bubbling anticipation, and maintained the self-discipline he had cultivated since he began his training.
He got out of bed, washed up, and ate a specially prepared breakfast packed with abundant energy.
Then, as usual, he headed to the public training grounds.
The Martial Arts Room in his villa could no longer fully contain the astonishing Blade Intent he unleashed when using the Dawn Five Forms at full power.
That was why Li Wen now had to come to the spacious training grounds of Nine Heavens Peak to practice his blade techniques.
However, Nine Heavens Peak had few disciples, so there were not many people on the training grounds.
Condensed blade light, accompanied by the sound of rending air, darted across the field. At times, it was like thunder gathering in silence; at others, it erupted suddenly, tearing through the atmosphere.
An hour of focused practice was not just a warm-up, but a way to polish his Martial Dao.
When he finished his practice, sweat evaporated from his skin.
Without stopping, Li Wen immediately headed to the third floor of the Thunder Attraction Tower.
The terror of the quiet room on the third floor was far beyond anything on the floors below.
The Seventh Layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Body required drawing in a seventh type of lightning. It was nearly pitch-black and carried a peculiar aura of both destruction and rebirth.
The violent lightning plasma enveloped him as if it were alive, madly eroding his muscles and bones and bringing a pain more intense than ever before.
Yet, under the guidance of the Seventh Layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Body technique, Li Wen’s mind remained steadfast.
His lv11 [Absolute Focus] and the restless power of his Primordial Spirit precisely tracked every wisp of the energy’s trajectory, refining and absorbing it, transforming it into a tougher physique and a more condensed fiendgod origin.
Two hours of extreme tempering passed in the blink of an eye.
Pushing open the heavy alloy door, Li Wen stepped into the empty hall on the third floor of the Thunder Attraction Tower.
The place was silent, the cold glint of metal reflecting off the thunder-attraction formation in the center.
The hall wasn’t empty because others had yet to arrive; it was empty because he was currently the only person on all of Nine Heavens Peak qualified to come to the third floor.
Without lingering, Li Wen left the Thunder Attraction Tower.
Now, he had only one goal in mind: the study.
Those last 116 experience points.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the spacious study, the scenery was lush and green.
Li Wen sat at his desk and opened a heavy tome about the precipitation of exotic energy particles during the era of ancient fiendgods, his mind instantly sinking into it.
The profound system of knowledge between the lines was rapidly converted into experience points, absorbed through the analysis of his powerful Spiritual Power and his [Permanent Proof] trait.
Time flowed by silently as he focused.
「An hour later.」
[You have diligently studied a book for one hour. Scholar experience +60]
[Class: Scholar lv11 (102,284 → 102,344 / 102,400)]
Only 56 experience points to go!
A sharp light flashed in Li Wen’s eyes, and he dove into the next Chapter without hesitation.
Another hour passed.
[You have diligently studied a book for one hour. Scholar experience +60]
[Class: Scholar lv11 (102,344 → 102,404 / 102,400)]
[Class is leveling up...]
BZZZZ— The moment the experience bar broke its limit, a silent roar exploded in Li Wen’s sea of consciousness!
[Class: Scholar lv12 (4 / 204,800)]
A majestic and vast Spiritual Power, like a flood that had been building for ten thousand years, suddenly burst forth from the deepest part of his soul. It surged out, instantly engulfing his entire sea of consciousness.
His already-full sea of consciousness began to tremble violently as it expanded at a frantic pace, the boundaries of his thoughts and perception rapidly spreading outward. freēwebnovel.com
In Li Wen’s "mind’s eye," the entire world seemed to have been wiped clean, revealing every minute detail. Colors became more brilliant, sounds more subtle, and he felt as if he could even touch the very fabric of space.
The most crucial change, however, was happening to the small, jade-like figure residing in the center of his sea of consciousness.
