Golden Sphere

Xu Feng, nearly asleep, vaguely sensed faint wisps of energy passing through the soles of his feet, the centers of his palms, and the Baihui acupoint atop his head, gradually flowing into his body at an extremely slow pace.

From a mysterious perspective, Cosmic Energy began to appear. It never rejected anyone, and at that moment, it was continuously surging into Xu Feng's body.

"What is this?" Xu Feng was still half-asleep.

"It's Cosmic Energy!"

Xu Feng jolted awake, his eyes widening instantly. The sensation from before vanished at once.

Xu Feng let out an unconscious grunt, but he did not realize that when he woke with a start, he had actually been almost asleep already.

Even Xu Feng had not expected that, just as he was about to fall asleep, he would vaguely sense Cosmic Energy.

"I felt it. I felt it. That had to be Cosmic Energy."

A wave of delight rose in Xu Feng's heart.

"According to the original novel, once someone reaches the Quasi-Warrior threshold, most people can cultivate Gene Energy. Even if they cannot sense it themselves, their bodies will still absorb it at an extremely slow rate unconsciously."

Xu Feng knew that what he had sensed just now should have been his body automatically absorbing Cosmic Energy. However, the rate at which the body absorbed Cosmic Energy on its own was far, far too slow.

"That feeling."

Xu Feng immediately closed his eyes and tried to sense it again. His breathing gradually steadied, and his mind calmed. His consciousness was almost entirely focused on the soles of his feet, the centers of his palms, and the crown of his head as he tried to sense those faint wisps of energy from before.

In his hazy state, it seemed as though he sensed that energy, yet also as though he did not.

Gradually, the feeling became clearer.

That's it.

Faint, tiny wisps of energy drifted through the air. Only when they neared the soles of his feet did a trace seep in, moving at an incredibly slow speed.

"This is Cosmic Energy." Xu Feng concentrated his awareness on the five centers. Thoughts of absorbing Cosmic Energy naturally spread from his mind, and the absorption speed through the soles of his feet, the centers of his palms, and the Baihui acupoint at his crown immediately began to increase—instantly becoming nearly a hundred times faster.

At first, Cosmic Energy had been like water dripping from a crack in a pipe, slowly leaking into Xu Feng's body.

Now, that crack had widened, becoming like a small stream that continuously flowed into his body.

"Ah!" A trembling sensation arising from deep within the marrow of his bones made Xu Feng's body shudder involuntarily. Once the invisible, colorless Cosmic Energy entered his body, every cell in his long-starved body devoured it madly. Cosmic Energy continuously entered through five channels.

Inside the cells.

As Cosmic Energy entered the cells, it was swiftly absorbed by the mitochondria within them, releasing a strange energy. That energy was rapidly absorbed throughout the cells, and each cell immediately began undergoing earth-shaking changes. The DNA genetic blueprint also changed slightly, while the cells began to divide, one becoming two.

Time passed second by second.

Xu Feng's body was continuously changing. Whether it was his outer skin, muscles, bones, or every deeply hidden cell—even his genes themselves—underwent subtle changes. This was the evolution of life, an optimization of the Life Gene.

"According to the cultivation method, the human body has never consciously absorbed Cosmic Energy since birth. It has therefore always been in a state of hunger. The first time one absorbs Cosmic Energy is when one absorbs the most, and it is also when one's strength increases the fastest." Xu Feng felt a fundamental transformation taking place throughout his body, from the inside out.

There was endless Cosmic Energy throughout Earth and even the universe. The tiny amount Xu Feng was absorbing now was utterly negligible.

Yet for Xu Feng himself, this was the most astonishing improvement he had experienced from childhood until now.

His bone density was increasing, the cells themselves were shrinking in size, one cell divided into two, and his muscle tissue was being optimized. Naturally, Xu Feng's body weight was also steadily increasing.

Life was simply that extraordinary.

As Cosmic Energy was unconsciously absorbed by Xu Feng, his body kept growing stronger, and changes also began to occur in his mind.

A great deal of Cosmic Energy surged into his mind as his consciousness focused there.

Boom!

It was as if his entire soul trembled. Then Xu Feng discovered in shock that his consciousness had entered a miraculous place.

This mysterious place was boundless, shrouded in endless swirling mist. At the center of the mist was a dark golden sphere. Like a star, it slowly rotated while continuously releasing strands of mist, causing the mist in this mysterious place to grow without end.

"This mist... it's Mental Power." Xu Feng easily sensed that the power within the mist was precisely the Mental Power he used to control objects.

"And there's more."

Xu Feng clearly saw threads of transparent energy constantly seeping in from outside this mysterious place, quickly being assimilated into the mist-like power. His consciousness also sensed that this transparent energy was Cosmic Energy.

"The mist is Mental Power, and the transparent energy is Cosmic Energy. Cosmic Energy is absorbed here and transformed into Mental Power. And all of my Mental Power extends from my mind." Xu Feng's heart shook. "This is my mind—or rather, my sea of consciousness?"

The sea of consciousness was a special term warriors used for the mind.

"Why is there also a dark golden sphere at the center of my sea of consciousness?" Xu Feng's consciousness observed it in confusion. The slowly rotating dark golden sphere continuously released mist-like Mental Power. As it released waves of Mental Power, Xu Feng also felt extremely comfortable in his sea of consciousness.

When Cosmic Energy also entered his spiritual sea of consciousness, the changes here became even more intense. The mist churned, and the entire sea of consciousness began to tremble.

Mental Power and Cosmic Energy continuously fused, glowing brighter.

One speck... two specks... ten specks... countless specks...

Countless Golden Light Spots formed dazzling rivers that illuminated the entire sea of consciousness.

"Ah~~"

"So comfortable~"

"Did I fall asleep? I should have succeeded, right?"

He rolled toward the bedside and fell straight off the bed. Adjusting his posture in midair, he landed safely.

"Hiss!"

Xu Feng threw a fierce punch, producing a faint tearing sound in the air. It was very slight, but enough to make Xu Feng happy.

He could already distinctly feel the resistance of the air, something he had never felt so strongly before. With his body weight unchanged, the greater his strength, the faster his speed—and the greater the air resistance.

For such an obvious change to occur, his strength had increased tremendously!

Closing his eyes, he immersed his mind in his spiritual sea of consciousness. Though he could not clearly see the changes in his sea of consciousness as he had when he first awakened, he could still sense his own strength with exceptional clarity.

The stronger the body became, the harder it might be to control. Mental Power seemed to work in the opposite way—the stronger the Mental Power, the more refined its control became.