Breakthrough to Planetary Level

Chen Hao knew where his weakness lay: his strength had risen too quickly. Although using Skill Cards had left no hidden issues with his control over his body, he still lacked the tempering of time.

These past six months of cultivation had thoroughly consolidated his progress. Even his cultivation of Artistic Conception had advanced tremendously.

Combined with practicing the Controller Basics 312 Forms, his Psi Amplitude had reached 16, while his Martial Artist force output had reached twelve times.

Unfortunately, he did not possess Yun Mo Star's breakthrough method, and Site 9 did not have it either. There was only the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art, a secret technique for Spiritual Thought Masters.

So Chen Hao could only use the most primitive method, using Artistic Conception to synchronize his mental power and body in order to break through to Planetary Level.

And that required a quiet environment where he could not be disturbed.

"Xiao Mei, bring the fighter over, then scan the surrounding area. If any lifeform dares approach, use the main cannon to blast it away. I need to break through to Planetary Level."

"Yes, Master. Don't worry. If any monster dares come near, Xiao Mei will definitely destroy it!"

Recalling his cultivation over the past six months, Chen Hao drew his battle saber and slowly began to swing it.

As he moved, he gradually felt his entire body heat up. With every motion he practiced, all the cells in his body began to boil. The Gene Energy within them seemed like droplets of water, converging into streams, then brooks and rivers, before finally gathering at the dantian in his abdomen.

With a boom, the previously nonexistent dantian was violently opened. The swirling Gene Energy accelerated, endlessly expanding and contracting. Every expansion and contraction made his body tremble involuntarily.

Then, a tiny red planet was born within his dantian. The entire red planet was actually formed from a massive aggregation of red tetrahedral crystals.

The red satellite continuously rotated, emitting strange ripples. So this is Gene Energy, Chen Hao thought.

The Gene Energy instantly flew out of his dantian. The moment it spread throughout his body, his previously calm body underwent drastic changes!

The bones, marrow, meridians, muscles, fascia, skin, and everything else within his body underwent an unbelievable transformation. The genetic material within him rapidly broke down and recombined!

A transformation of life!

This transformation was far more important than any previous mutation! Rising from Apprentice Level to Planetary Level was a leap in the level of life! Upon reaching Planetary Level, one no longer needed to breathe and could fly through the air.

His body was like a powerful man who had reached his limit and could grow no further, suddenly becoming an "infant."

The essence of his bones, muscles, and internal organs changed. It was a change in his level of life!

The breakthrough ended. As he sensed his special ability, he found that his awakened genetic ability was of the fire attribute—and it was flame.

He then gathered Gene Energy in his hand, and a red flame immediately appeared in his palm.

The flame continuously changed color in his hand as its temperature rapidly rose, gradually shifting from red to white.

Chen Hao dispersed the Gene Energy in his hand, and the flame vanished.

Now that his Gene Energy had broken through, the next step was his Mental Power. The reason Chen Hao had broken through as a Martial Artist first was because he feared that breaking through in Mental Power first would make it more difficult for him to break through to Planetary Level as a Martial Artist.

After all, he did not have the Martial Artist breakthrough secret technique Baba Ta had provided. He only had the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art, so he could only break through as a Martial Artist first.

Sitting cross-legged and motionless in the cultivation room, a dazzling galaxy within his sea of consciousness formed a vortex. The current spun madly, forming ring after ring of whirlpools.

The vortex suddenly expanded, and the water became much thinner, as though a transparent curtain of water had abruptly contracted.

In an instant, it became a massive sphere of water. Within it were faint threads of strange light, mixed with dark-gold fragments.

Expanding, contracting, expanding again, contracting again—the currents of Mental Power were tempered by the Nine-Nine God-Forging Art. The flow of Mental Power was like a heart, expanding once and contracting once. Gradually, wisps of mental mist spread out, shrouding the entire water curtain.

As time passed, the water sphere became a sphere of mist. His mind suddenly shook, and the enormous mist sphere abruptly expanded madly. Then it generated a monstrous suction force and collapsed.

All the mist vanished, leaving behind only a point of light at the core. Within that point was a tiny planet, as though it were the sole center of his sea of consciousness.

This sphere of light was essentially formed from countless transparent regular tetrahedral crystals. The densely packed transparent crystals gathered into a planet. The same invisible and strange ripples continuously spread from this sphere of light.

Chen Hao's body began to change once more. The genetic material in his body rapidly broke down and recombined as well, no less dramatically than when his Gene Energy had broken through.

After sensing it, he found that his physical fitness had increased greatly. His body alone probably possessed the strength of Planetary Level One. With Gene Energy added, his strength was no weaker than Planetary Level Two.

Chen Hao sensed his condition and felt extremely satisfied. After more than half a year, he had finally become one of the small group standing at Earth's very peak.

With his strength, apart from Hong, probably no one could match him.

Now that he had a First-Grade Force Battle Suit and a Mental Power weapon, he could completely try to subdue the Mo Yun Vine.

Although this Mo Yun Vine had not developed particularly well, the benefit was that he would not need to consume resources to cultivate it again. It counted as immediate combat power and could make up for his lack of defense.

No matter what, this Mo Yun Vine possessed the strength of Planetary Level Six, even if it had not been cultivated in the optimal way.

But once he became stronger in the future, raising it to Realm Lord Level would require only a tiny bit of resources from him.

Chen Hao then began searching for the location Xiao Mei had detected earlier.

Just as Chen Hao approached, a blackish-purple vine suddenly shot out from the water and whipped violently toward him, seeking to coil around and strangle him.

Chen Hao chuckled and raised his Force battle saber. He fiercely cleaved apart the blackish-purple vine that had lashed at him.

A gash immediately appeared on the vine, and it writhed continuously as though it could feel pain.

At that moment, seven more vines shot out from the water. Like seven long ropes, they stabbed straight at him like spears.

Chen Hao's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Good! Nine-Blade Disc, go!" A palm-sized disc suddenly appeared before him.

It spun and formed nine sharp blades. One flying blade hovered in front of him, while the other eight slashed toward the eight vines.

The Mental Power weapon, infused with Planetary Level Mental Power, displayed tremendous might. The Law Secret Patterns lit up, as though a crystalline glow had been added to the blades. Their power instantly increased more than tenfold, and the Planetary Level Six Mo Yun Vine's tendrils were severed like tofu.

Watching the eight vines rapidly retract, Chen Hao chuckled and slowly flew toward the Mo Yun Vine's main body.

As though it sensed Chen Hao's provocation, the Mo Yun Vine's main body angrily lashed out with sixteen tendrils, all attacking him.

The entire Wuy Island seemed to shake as though an enormous earthquake had struck.

Chen Hao was in no rush. When the vines attacked, he retreated, then controlled the Nine-Blade Disc to slice apart the tendrils coming at him section by section.

He then approached the Mo Yun Vine's main body. Standing before it and looking at the now bare Mo Yun Vine, Chen Hao smiled rather shamelessly. If strength was lacking, tactics would make up for it.

He did not continue watching. He cut open his wrist, letting blood drip onto the Mo Yun Vine's main body. The Mo Yun Vine's main body continuously absorbed the flowing blood.

After absorbing it for a long time, the Mo Yun Vine's main body finally changed from dark purple to dark red, with faint traces of red appearing across its surface.

Chen Hao reached out and picked up the Mo Yun Vine's main body. Instantly, the Mo Yun Vine's consciousness transmitted its method of use to him.

With a thought, the Mo Yun Vine rapidly shrank, becoming like a ten-meter-long rope before quickly merging into his skin.

After the Mo Yun Vine disappeared, he felt as though he had an extra layer of cool clothing over his body. The Mo Yun Vine's consciousness was also extremely attached to Chen Hao, as though treating him like a parent.

However, its main vines had all been severed by him, so it would need to absorb a great deal of Cosmic Energy to recover in the future.

Chen Hao thought about it, wondering whether it could absorb those hundred-thousand-year Spirits of Grass and Wood he had synthesized.