Merit

Bai Ye's fingertips gently brushed over the surface of the White Jade Platform.

It felt warm and smooth as jade beneath his touch. The Star Runes carved into the platform grew faintly hot under his palm, pulsing as if they were alive.

He placed the Snow-white Storage Ring gifted by the Profound Sword Master on his knee. The star patterns on the ring resonated with the runes on the platform from afar, giving off a faint Silver Radiance.

This ring was not merely a storage tool. It was more like a secret treasure capable of resonating with the space within the God Transformation Tower.

Once he was ready, he slowly sat down cross-legged and gently lowered his eyes.

The next moment, his Sea of Consciousness unfolded like a tranquil lake. The pale golden runes of the Star Creation Art suddenly lit up, like a miniature star slowly revolving in the center of his Sea of Consciousness.

"Let's begin."

He murmured inwardly, instantly driving his Ten Thousand Times Comprehension to its limit.

The obscurity of a Saint-grade Top-tier technique far exceeded that of a Heaven-grade one. Even an ordinary cultivator who exhausted a lifetime of painstaking effort might not touch its threshold.

Yet before Ten Thousand Times Comprehension, the profound words describing the movement of the stars in the Star Creation Art, the complicated paths of Spiritual Energy transformation, and the deeper logic behind comprehending the Dao principles all became as clear as fruit stripped of its peel.

His consciousness seemed to be drawn by a gentle force, breaking free from the restraints of his physical body and merging into a boundless sea of stars.

Countless stars were born and extinguished around him. Some stars burst forth with dazzling blue light, while others sank into crimson amid the silence. The trajectories of the sun and moon alternating unfolded before his eyes like silk. The "Star Laws" of heaven and earth seemed to transform into visible threads, winding deep within his Sea of Consciousness!

He followed those threads of law as he explored. Each time he touched one, his comprehension of the technique deepened.

The bottleneck that originally required years of bitter cultivation to break through was as fragile as thin paper before him.

In less than half an hour, when the final thread of law merged with the runes in his Sea of Consciousness, the final barrier of the Star Creation Art shattered with a thunderous crash!

Boom--!

A deafening roar rang out in the top-floor space of the God Transformation Tower, and a Golden Portal five zhang wide suddenly tore open in the void!

Unlike any previous Heavenly Dao Boon, what surged out of the portal this time was not ordinary spiritual energy essence, but "Star Spiritual Energy" flecked with points of Silver Radiance!

--This Spiritual Energy was a hundred times purer than the energy within Top-grade Spirit Stones. When it touched his skin, it carried a cool warmth, as if the temperature of the stars were being directly fused into his flesh and blood.

Bai Ye's body was completely enveloped by the Star Spiritual Energy, and the meridians beneath his skin began to flash violently.

The pale golden runes of his original Innate Dao Body gradually faded beneath the washing of the Star Spiritual Energy, replaced by profound Chaos-colored runes.

As the runes flowed, faint phantoms resembling the opening of heaven and earth could actually be seen.

He could clearly feel that his connection with the Heavenly Law had become closer than ever before!

The Spiritual Energy in the air seemed to surge toward his pores of its own accord. The Star Runes on the surrounding floor tiles pulsed in sync with his breathing. Even the fluctuations of Spiritual Energy transmitted from the distant body of the God Transformation Tower seemed to resonate with him!

At this moment, it was as if he were no longer a cultivator, but part of the Great Dao of heaven and earth!

"Innate Chaos Dao Body!"

Bai Ye abruptly opened his eyes. A streak of Chaos-colored light flashed through his pupils, and his voice was filled with shock.

He had once seen records of it in ancient texts. This Dao Body was a legendary supreme physique, more than ten times stronger than the Innate Dao Body!

This Dao Body could not only actively draw in the essence of the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth, but could also directly absorb the power of heaven and earth to cultivate!

How could its speed be merely "one effort, a hundredfold result"?

It was practically "one effort, ten-thousandfold result"!

He no longer hesitated. From the Storage Ring, he took out a dragon-eye-sized Realm-Breaking Pill.

Nine golden patterns coiled around the surface of the pill, the hallmark of a Ninth-Rank Pill. Its medicinal fragrance was so rich that even the surrounding Star Spiritual Energy trembled faintly.

Next, he took out dozens of Top-grade Spirit Stones the size of fists. They piled up before him, radiating dazzling Spiritual Light—enough to support a Profound Comprehension Realm cultivator through several years of bitter cultivation.

The pill melted the instant it entered his mouth. A vast yet gentle medicinal force instantly swept through his entire body, following his meridians toward his dantian.

At the same time, Bai Ye exerted force through his palm, and the Spiritual Energy within the Top-grade Spirit Stones surged into his body like a breached flood.

With the support of the Innate Chaos Dao Body, the speed of Spiritual Energy circulation soared to its limit--

Profound Comprehension Seventh Layer!

The density of the liquid Spiritual Energy in his dantian instantly increased by thirty percent. His meridians nearly doubled in width, and all the formerly stagnant Spiritual Energy nodes became unobstructed!

Profound Comprehension Eighth Layer!

His Sea of Consciousness expanded several times over, his perception of the Heavenly Law grew sharper, and with a lift of his hand, he could draw the surrounding Spiritual Energy into a shield!

Profound Comprehension Ninth Layer!

His Spiritual Energy fully condensed into an amber-like liquid, slowly rotating within his dantian and radiating a heart-pounding pressure. He was only one step away from the Profound Comprehension Peak Perfection!

In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, his realm soared like a rocket, charging straight to the Profound Comprehension Peak Perfection!

The Spiritual Energy within his body was so abundant it seemed ready to overflow. His meridians were as tough as a Heaven-grade spirit artifact, and his soul in the Sea of Consciousness had become as solid as colored glass. He was only one step away from condensing a Nascent Soul Dao Fruit!

"Next are the [Movement Character Secret] and the [All Character Secret]."

Bai Ye drew a deep breath and closed his eyes once more. He summoned the information on the two Saint-grade secret manuals from his Sea of Consciousness and began comprehending them.

As he comprehended the [Movement Character Secret], his consciousness seemed to transform into a streak of flowing light, weaving through heaven and earth.

The wind howled beside his ears, and the scenery raced backward before his eyes. He could clearly sense the folds of space and the paths of airflow, and could even capture the minute gaps through which light traveled!

The mysteries of the "Law of Speed" unfolded before his eyes.

He finally understood that true speed was not merely the swiftness of the physical body. It was using the Law of Space to "leap," crossing several miles in a single step and truly shrinking distance to inches!

As he comprehended the [All Character Secret], every cell in his body seemed to ignite. Spiritual Energy surged madly through his meridians, yet was condensed at a single point by an invisible force.

He could clearly control the course of every wisp of Spiritual Energy, compressing the strength of his entire body into a needlepoint-like attack.

This eruption did not overdraw his life force. Instead, it briefly tore apart his own Realm Barrier, allowing his battle power to break through its limits: the Profound Comprehension Realm could battle the Nascent Soul Realm, and the Nascent Soul Realm could battle the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

When he had comprehended these two secret manuals to Peak Mastery, the Heavenly Dao Boon descended once again.

This time, no Spiritual Energy surged in. Only two strands of pale golden Golden Light of Merit slowly descended from the void, merging into his Sea of Consciousness like gauze.

The golden light was warm and gentle. It did not increase his cultivation, but it made his mind incomparably clear, while the surrounding Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth also became more congenial.

Even with nothing more than casual breathing, it seemed he could draw in more Spiritual Energy essence!

The soul in his Sea of Consciousness also became more stable, making it less likely for him to suffer cultivation deviation.

Even more wondrously, he could vaguely sense that his "fortune" seemed to have grown stronger.

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