Over the next few days, Jiang Ye trained in the Key Class.
The Martial Arts teacher for Class One was the bearded man Jiang Ye had met before, Cao Feng.
But in Jiang Ye's view, the Key Class's teaching quality was no different from Chen Zilu's.
In fact, in certain details, it was even worse than Chen Zilu.
Besides.
Without the 30% boost to comprehension from the Friend of the Ancestor title, Jiang Ye broke through the bottleneck to perfection several days later than he had expected.
In the blink of an eye, it was January 2326.
One day.
At home.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Jiang Ye's figure swayed as he alternated between throwing punches and striking with his elbows. Each move flowed as naturally and smoothly as clouds and water, without the slightest hitch.
With every burst of force, each inch of muscle in his body moved in concert, like precisely turning gears, forming a perfect loop of power.
Gradually.
Every force he exerted grew more and more complete.
Not a trace of it leaked out.
"Ding!"
Suddenly, it was as if a bottleneck had broken.
"Boom!"
In an instant, an indescribably exhilarating feeling burst forth from the depths of his soul, like a seed buried beneath snow and rain finally pushing through the earth.
A feeling of clarity and lightness, like spring rain nourishing the earth, welled up within him.
"Finally."
"I've perfected the Star Martial Cultivation Method. I've broken through!"
Jiang Ye slowly finished his set and looked at his body.
He could now feel that every inch of his skin had grown incredibly sensitive, all of it under his absolute control.
He closed his eyes.
He could hear faint sounds from a hundred meters away.
He could even sense dust drifting through the air.
His five senses seemed almost to merge with the world around him.
"In ancient times, reaching this level of cultivation was called Unity of Heaven and Man."
Communing with heaven and earth!
Jiang Ye opened his eyes, unable to hide his joy.
After two and a half years of arduous cultivation, he had finally achieved his original goal.
His goals had long since grown beyond that, but he was still overjoyed.
[Your strength has reached a new system limit!]
[Title unlocked: Limit Grandmaster]
[Limit Grandmaster: The pinnacle of martial arts, so high above that the cold bites; you have surpassed countless martial artists.]
Jiang Ye automatically skipped over the system's cringeworthy flattery.
He looked at the reward this time.
[Reward: Constitution transformation, advanced to Mortal Body Armor - Upper Grade]
"Mortal Body Armor - Upper Grade?!" Jiang Ye's heart jolted.
Class A constitutions were divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.
Upper Class A was undoubtedly the strongest constitution among Mortal Bodies!
He hadn't expected such a huge improvement this time!
"The transformation will take a while."
Jiang Ye sensed his body, but couldn't yet detect much of a change.
"Perfect. I'll try climbing to the second layer first."
At the thought, his consciousness plunged downward.
The next moment, Jiang Ye appeared amid a sea of clouds.
Looking ahead, he saw a towering staircase rising through the clouds, golden from top to bottom and majestic in scale.
"The Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder." Jiang Ye walked toward it.
After easily crossing ten steps, he reached the first layer.
Each layer of the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder had ten steps.
To climb to the second layer, he still had ten more steps to scale.
In the past, Jiang Ye had always trained in illusions on the first layer.
Today, though, he headed straight for the steps above.
"Whumm!"
A massive pressure bore down on him.
The pressure that had once nearly crushed Jiang Ye now felt like level ground beneath his feet.
He climbed steadily, passing nine steps in the blink of an eye.
But when he reached the tenth step, a terrifying pressure crashed down. The force of gravity seemed to increase tenfold in an instant.
"That's it?"
Jiang Ye tensed every muscle in his body and stood tall beneath the terrifying pressure.
His body, tempered by the perfected Cultivation Method, began to operate like a battle machine, erupting with an unstoppable force that let him take another step under the crushing pressure.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the pressure vanished without a trace.
And Jiang Ye arrived on the broad platform of the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder's second layer.
[You have reached the second layer of the Martial Arts Heavenly Ladder]
[Would you like to begin the second-layer trial now?]
A panel appeared before him.
Jiang Ye wasn't surprised.
The first layer had been an illusion trial.
What kind of trial would the second layer hold?
With a trace of anticipation, Jiang Ye thought, Begin the second-layer trial!
Whumm!
The next moment, his surroundings suddenly plunged into darkness.
Jiang Ye's consciousness felt as if someone had struck him over the head with a club, sinking into the dark.
When Jiang Ye opened his eyes again,
he found himself standing in a dim room.
Various instruments of torture hung on the walls around him: whips, candles, chains, ropes, and more.
"What kind of place is this?"
Jiang Ye looked at the instruments and frowned slightly.
Whips and candles?
Was this supposed to be some kind of kinky play?
"Could this be another illusion? Just some kind of special play this time? But I'm not into that."
Jiang Ye looked around in confusion.
But the moment he did, he was taken aback.
He was bound to a torture rack.
So he was the one on the receiving end?!
Just then, Jiang Ye saw a bright red timer appear ahead of him.
0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds.
"Is this trial about enduring physical pain?" Jiang Ye frowned.
Though he was unhappy about it,
he wasn't the least bit afraid of enduring pain.
After countless first-layer illusion trials, his Martial Will had become unyielding. A little physical pain was nothing.
"Whumm~!"
Just as Jiang Ye thought this,
the torture rack trembled slightly, and the trial officially began.
"Fuck!"
In an instant, Jiang Ye couldn't take it.
A wave of agony swept over him, as if someone had peeled off all his skin and rubbed chili water into the raw flesh again and again.
This agony was far worse than the Thunder Fire Trial!
At the same time, the bright red timer began counting.
But what gave Jiang Ye a headache was that the damn thing wasn't counting down.
In other words, he had no idea how long he had to hold out to pass the trial!
If he gave up early, wouldn't all the pain he'd suffered so far have been for nothing?
Was this some kind of Japanese-style torture?!
"Come on."
Jiang Ye gritted his teeth, his face cold. "It's just pain. Who's afraid of who?"
This time, he had to clear the trial in one go!
Whumm! Whumm!
The torture rack trembled again, and Jiang Ye began to feel all kinds of unbearable agony.
He gritted his teeth and endured it, forcing himself to grow used to the pain.
"If I can't even endure this, how will I hold out through Starry Sky Refinement in the future?"
Jiang Ye knew that this trial might gradually make him immune to pain.
But just as he began to adapt,
suddenly,
he saw a candle fly toward him.
Then a drop of molten wax fell onto his wound.
In an instant, a storm of agony swept through his mind.
He had no idea what the "wax" contained, but it seemed to hold some mysterious energy that surged madly into his body through the wound.
Jiang Ye felt every cell in his body being torn apart.
His eyes flew wide as he finally saw that it wasn't a candle at all. It was a pillar of energy condensed from mysterious power, and every drop could make a person wish for death!
This agony was dozens of times more intense than the Thunder Fire Trial!
"Hold on!"
Jiang Ye clenched his teeth, forcing himself to endure it.
If he gave up here, all his effort would be wasted, and he'd have to start the trial all over again!
Fortunately,
his Martial Will was incredibly resilient, incredibly tenacious.
Even such excruciating pain couldn't rob him of his reason.
And so Jiang Ye endured the agony as time dragged by.
He had no idea how long had passed.
Amid the endless pain, Jiang Ye's consciousness was on the verge of passing out. At last, he could endure no more, and the taut string in his heart suddenly snapped.
The surroundings darkened.
The trial was over.
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