Abundance

Having made up his mind, Chu Kuang directly took out a Source Energy Potion and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged in the martial arts room and began circulating Basic Internal Martial Arts.

The essence of internal martial arts cultivation was Refining Essence into Strength: fusing one's vital energy and blood into the five viscera, then using them to transform it into mighty internal force.

With the high-quality source energy provided by the Source Energy Potion, Chu Kuang skipped the process of converting his vital energy and blood into internal force, using source energy in its place to cultivate it directly.

Thus, Basic Internal Martial Arts, which had originally exhausted him after three circulation cycles a day, now placed little strain on him even after seven or eight consecutive cycles under the support of source energy.

It was not until the ninth cycle that Chu Kuang sensed that Basic Internal Martial Arts had vaguely reached a bottleneck. He was only one final step away from mastery.

So he pressed on, cultivating for another three consecutive cycles and exhausting the final trace of power in the Source Energy Potion before completely breaking through the bottleneck of Basic Internal Martial Arts.

"I did it!"

As Basic Internal Martial Arts reached mastery, Chu Kuang immediately showed a delighted expression, only to feel an overwhelming hunger flood through his body.

He hurriedly took out some Nutrient Solution and drank it. Only after gulping down five bottles in a row did he feel his condition improve somewhat.

"Refining Essence into Strength consumes far too much."

He did not stop. He only ceased drinking after downing ten bottles of Nutrient Solution in succession.

It turned out that at the final stage of cultivating Basic Internal Martial Arts, the Source Energy Potion's energy had already run out. He could only force himself to refine essence into strength, consuming a massive amount of vital energy and blood.

If this had been ancient times, without these Nutrient Solutions, he would probably have needed several months of dietary supplements to recover from the deficit caused by Refining Essence into Strength.

"This breakthrough has brought an enormous increase in my strength."

Name: Chu Kuang

Race: Human

Life Level: Level 6.2

Realm: Body Forging Mastery, Pebble Body; Organ Refining Mastery, Abundance

Technique: Basic Internal Martial Arts Mastery 0/3

Looking at the data on the panel, a smile appeared at the corner of Chu Kuang's mouth.

The Apprentice Realm was divided into two stages: Body Forging and Organ Refining. Body Forging included Pebble Body, Mysterious Iron Body, Barbaric Bronze Body, and Adamantine Body.

At Organ Refining Mastery, one could cultivate internal force. Internal force at mastery was divided into four grades: Abundance, rich, Heavy Origin, and Primordial Chaos.

These distinctions were based on the quality of one's internal force, much like the difference between the Huashan Heart Technique and the Violet Mist Internal Art of the ancient Huashan Sect.

Even when cultivated to mastery, the former could only produce internal force at the Abundance level. The latter produced astonishingly dense internal force that, once activated, surged like raging waves. That was internal martial arts at the rich internal force level.

Even at mastery, Basic Internal Martial Arts could only produce internal force at the Abundance level. It was nothing exceptional compared to advanced internal martial arts, but for Chu Kuang, it still counted as a qualitative transformation.

Next, as long as Chu Kuang refined Nutrient Solution, his Life Level would soon reach Level 6.5. Once he combined his internal and external martial arts, he would encounter no bottlenecks before reaching Life Level Seven.

"I've just broken through. This is the perfect time to cultivate."

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chu Kuang hurriedly began cultivating Basic Internal Martial Arts.

Basic Internal Martial Arts at mastery was indeed remarkable. After only two circulation cycles, he had exhausted all the Nutrient Solution in his body, and an overwhelming hunger once again filled his chest.

He hurriedly drank several bottles of Nutrient Solution, then checked the panel again and found that his Life Level had already reached 6.3.

As long as my technique realm keeps up, internal force cultivation really is faster than external martial arts cultivation.

Chu Kuang murmured to himself and immediately continued cultivating Basic Internal Martial Arts.

Internal martial arts cultivation differed from external martial arts cultivation. Training external martial arts took time, but converting Nutrient Solution directly into internal force was far quicker.

Of course, that was also because he had Nutrient Solution. Without it, relying solely on a powerful physique to refine essence into strength, cultivating internal force would likely take decades at the very least.

That was why many martial artists in ancient times cultivated for decades yet still failed to bring an internal martial art to major mastery.

Now that Chu Kuang had ample Nutrient Solution, he immediately seized the time to cultivate.

The next day, he directly asked the school for a day off and secluded himself at home to cultivate for the entire day. He only finished in the afternoon, after using up the last bottle of Nutrient Solution.

Name: Chu Kuang

Race: Human

Life Level: Level 6.5

Realm: Body Forging Mastery, Pebble Body; Organ Refining Mastery, Abundance

Technique: Basic Internal Martial Arts...

After finishing his cultivation, Chu Kuang looked at the data on the panel and could not help taking a deep breath.

"My strength has soared, but unfortunately, I'm running out of Nutrient Solution."

Chu Kuang had a headache. His Life Level had only reached 6.5, yet he had already consumed two hundred bottles of Nutrient Solution in one go. As his cultivation grew higher, his demand for Nutrient Solution would only continue to increase.

Furthermore, his internal martial arts had already reached mastery, fulfilling the conditions to combine his internal and external martial arts. He would encounter no bottlenecks before Life Level Seven, but that would require at least another three or four hundred bottles of Nutrient Solution.

With my current strength, I should be able to try breaking into the top 500. I'll get into the top 500 first and claim the Interest-Free Loan and the ten-thousand-yuan bonus.

Chu Kuang murmured inwardly, then directly entered the Tian Heng Star Realm and began ranked matches.

With his Life Level at 6.5, fighting ranked matches was naturally like smashing through dry weeds and rotten wood. He soon won four consecutive matches and rose directly to Rank 536.

"Four straight wins. My hidden rating isn't low anymore. There's a high chance I'll meet someone in the top 500 next match."

After defeating another powerful opponent, Chu Kuang had a strong premonition and opened a new ranked match.

This time, he waited two minutes before successfully being matched with an opponent. He was then transported into a ruined stellar relic.

It was a broken starry battlefield. At its center stood a low-gravity stellar arena, surrounded by hundreds upon thousands of star fragments and meteors.

"Shattered Star."

Chu Kuang frowned slightly. The gravity in this arena was extremely low, making it more suitable for those who specialized in agility.

At that moment, a beam of light descended from the void before him.

A tall, slender man in white robes descended, a long sword in his hand.

Ye Shuanghen

School: Tian Heng Third Middle School

Rank: 500

Wins 216: Losses 67

Win Rate: 69%

"Chu Kuang." Ye Shuanghen looked up at Chu Kuang with a faint smile in his eyes. "I noticed you a long time ago. You managed four consecutive wins today, and none of them came too difficultly. Getting into the top 500 should not be a problem for you."

"Unfortunately, Shattered Star is not very friendly to you. I'm afraid you won't get past me."

Chu Kuang smiled and flicked his spear. "We haven't even fought yet. It's too early to claim victory."

"Hahaha, then let's fight!"

Ye Shuanghen laughed loudly. His white robes fluttered as he lightly tapped the stellar arena with his toes. His figure drifted left and right like flowing clouds, flashing before Chu Kuang in an instant.

"Flowing Cloud Willow Shadow?"

Chu Kuang's pupils narrowed slightly as he recognized the origin of the movement technique. In an instant, the spear in his hand shot out like a dragon, tracing several golden streaks as it pierced toward Ye Shuanghen. It was the opening move of the Gold-Splitting Spear—Seven Stars Splitting Moon.