Second, Meng Chao discovered that remaining in the Near-Death State for an extended period had brought him into a whole new world.
In this world, the flow of time seemed to have slowed to one-tenth, or even one-hundredth, of its normal rate.
He could clearly see the shockwave unleashed by "Fist's" iron fist and trace the spread of every ripple it raised in the air.
He could also see Stomachless King's cicada-wing-thin abdominal skin trembling madly hundreds of times per second.
He could even gradually resolve the black streams of light swirling around Shattered Wings into metallic feathers and predict the speed and position of those black feathers in the next second.
At the same time, Meng Chao found that his memories had become exceptionally clear.
From childhood to yesterday, his memories were like encyclopedias stored in a Digital Library equipped with powerful search functions.
Whenever he wanted to retrieve a memory from any day over the past thousands of days, vast amounts of images, sounds, and sensory information would instantly set off Stormy Waves in his mind like an astronomical tide.
He not only remembered catching Two-Headed Lizards with his younger sister as a child.
He also remembered the first foundational martial arts class the Principal had personally taught the children at the start of first grade.
In the cultivation of Spirit Energy Martial Dao, the importance of enlightenment could never be overstated.
Only by forging one's foundation as hard as steel and iron could one build towering skyscrapers upon it that pierced the clouds and looked down upon the world.
Everyone understood this principle.
Yet not everyone could achieve it.
More precisely, even Peerless Experts who had become Transcendental and Saintly were worlds apart from adults in attention span, comprehension, discipline, independence, sense of mission, and even ultimate