Chen Qing carefully sensed the changes in the True Origin within his body.
After breaking through to the Twelfth Refinement, the most immediate change was the leap in the quality of his True Origin.
With a slight stir of thought, his True Origin circulated nearly thirty percent faster than before his breakthrough. Its expenditure during circulation was also lower, and its cycles through the heavens were smooth and unhindered.
He raised a hand and made a grasping gesture. The drifting Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the air gathered of its own accord like weary birds returning to the forest, forming a warm, gentle vortex in his palm.
"My control over Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi has indeed deepened another layer."
Chen Qing understood inwardly.
The same Supernatural Skill Secret Techniques now consumed less True Origin, recovered faster, and wielded greater power—his gaze swept toward a block of black iron in the corner of the Quiet Room used to test strength. He held two fingers together like a sword and lightly pointed from afar.
"Hiss!"
A strand of dark-yellow True Origin burst from his fingertips, silently tearing through the air. Yet the instant it struck the black iron block, it left a finger hole more than an inch deep in its surface!
Chen Qing nodded to himself.
This finger strike had used neither spear intent nor martial technique. Merely releasing pure True Origin had produced such penetrating force.
If he enhanced it with spear intent and used Wind Snow Hidden Dragon's Roar or the True Martial Demon Purging Spear Array, its power would increase severalfold.
"Path Corroding Miasma..."
Chen Qing looked inward at his dantian. That invisible shackle remained, but before the [Heaven Rewards Diligence] fate, the so-called "Dao Lock Heaven Pass" was no different from empty air.
It was