The Nutrient Capsule required at least three months of soaking. During this time, Lu Yan'an began to analyze the essence of the Origin Law while attending lectures. But to be honest, the results were truly disappointing! After leaving the Chaos Stele in Chaos City and the visible Universe Operating Laws, even though these courses were taught by at least King-level Immortal, the effect was still much worse than before in Chaos City!
It's no wonder. Back in Chaos City, it was the City Lord of Chaos, his nominal teacher, and Venerable Gui Yi, his nominal senior brother, who provided specific guidance to Lu Yan'an based on his individual circumstances. However, the public lectures were given to all members of the Original District. The former allowed for targeted guidance on Lu Yan'an's cultivation, while the latter had to consider all Primal Secret Region Member! Given the different teaching methods, this situation was to be expected.
Fortunately, although the Lord of Darkness was busy adventuring in the Universe Ocean, he would occasionally log in to check on Lu Yan'an's cultivation progress and would also give lectures based on his cultivation situation! Therefore, although Lu Yan'an left the unique cultivation environment of Chaos City, his cultivation progress was not greatly affected!
On the vast, black mountain range that stretches as far as the eye can see, there are countless peaks, each topped with a golden altar. As far as the eye can see, there are thousands upon thousands of golden altars on thousands of peaks.
Swish!
A young man in white appeared at the foot of one of the golden altar steps.
"Hmm?" Lu Yan'an felt uncomfortable as soon as he appeared in the Immortal Altar space. Although he was mentally prepared from the beginning, he still needed to get used to this kind of physical discomfort for a while. "I can't feel the fluctuations of the Universe Origin, nor can I feel any external energy. The Origin Energy in my body is gone, and my Spiritual Force is extremely scarce, barely supporting a trace of consciousness."
For all life forms in the universe, the inability to sense the Universe Origin is extremely strange and uncomfortable!
The loss of Origin Energy, Spiritual Force, and the ability to sense the fluctuations of laws means that all energy is gone.
All we can use is our own physical strength!
"This is where we test pure strength; only in this way can we accurately measure the body's power output!" Lu Yan'an.
He turned his gaze to the stairs before him. There were 99 steps in total, with the top platform representing the 100th step. Only when one exerted 100 units of force could one achieve perfect control of their body. He then stepped onto the stairs and quickly walked to the altar.
On the altar of the Immortal Altar, there is a humanoid target. Next to the target is a screen with the following text in Universal Language: "Within one second, strike the target with your fist, elbow, shoulder, head, knee, and foot respectively. Your strength will be calculated based on the minimum attack of these five strikes."
"Then let's see how much power I can generate!" Lu Yan'an said with a smile after stretching his muscles a little.
His spine seemed to tense instantly, like a bowstring gathering power. He exerted force with his left foot, which traveled through his waist and spine, finally transmitting the force to his wrist. In an instant, his right fist, like a bullet just fired, delivered a clean and decisive blow directly into the chest of the human-shaped target!
Then he spun around, gathering his strength into a single point, and leaped lightly off the ground with a powerful whip kick to the humanoid target's head, causing the target's head to dent slightly. Two attacks!
As soon as the person lands, they leap forward, their right knee slamming upwards, using the force of their entire body to directly "poke" the abdomen of the human-shaped target, releasing power instantly in three attacks!
Immediately following, he bent over, his body like a large bow, and swung his left fist forcefully, striking the chest of the human-shaped target once again—four attacks!
He then leaped into the air, bent his right elbow, and his muscles seemed to bulge out one by one, bursting forth with power that instantly transmitted to his right arm. Accompanied by a vicious elbow strike, the five attacks were completed!
Data immediately appeared on the screen:
"80 units, 75 units, 75 units, 72 units, 82 units, score is '72 units', 4000 points earned."
Perfect control over one's own power is one of the prerequisites for becoming immortal, which is why the Immortal Altar has the lowest score among the three.
Exert 50 units of force to earn 1000 points.
Exert 60 units of force to gain 2000 points.
Exert 70 units of force to gain 4000 points.
Exert 80 units of force to gain 8000 points.
Exert 90 units of force to earn points.
Exert 100 units of force to gain 50,000 points.
(Any unit less than 50 will earn 0 points)
Lu Yan'an shook his head. "Although I had anticipated that my strength wouldn't be great, I really didn't expect it to be this bad! I'm a martial artist, after all!"
Actually, this level is already considered very good at the Universe Level. Lu Yan'an has trained in physical exertion, but given his current status, it's not enough.
This is also related to the secret techniques he had previously encountered. After all, the secret techniques he had comprehended before basically did not include the secret techniques for the direction of a martial artist's physical exertion. His current foundation is based on the foundation he laid when he comprehended the "Illusion Martial Artist Secret Manual".
"Sigh! I still need to pay attention to this. After all, physical strength is one of the prerequisites for breaking through to immortality! And I'm a martial artist, so being too weak in this aspect won't have a good impact!" This Immortal Altar is, after all, a place that gives away 50,000 points for free, so he really needs to pay attention to physical strength.
"Let's try the Sea of Illusions again! My Illusionist identity is registered here in the higher levels, so I should be able to clear a couple more levels without any problem!" With that thought, he instantly arrived in the Illusion Sea Plane.
The Illusion Sea Plane.
Rumble... The black sea roared, and towering waves, tens of meters high, crashed against the cliff edge time and time again.
Lu Yan'an stood on the cliff, gazing at the endless Sea of Illusions! Once upon a time, he could only see descriptions of this place in written texts.
"Harmony Unity of Heaven and Man and Man, the Great Perfection of the Mind! What is the Great Perfection? The Dao arises from the harmony of Yin and Yang. What is the harmony of Yin and Yang? Yin gives rise to Yang, and Yang gives rise to Yin. Simply pushing to the limit may lead to improvement, but the harmony of Yin and Yang is true perfection. The combination of square and circle, being firm when necessary and gentle when necessary!"
"The same applies to one's state of mind. When it should be sharp and resolute, it should be sharp and resolute. When it should be gentle and tender, it should be gentle and tender. As the saying goes, 'You can't cut water with a knife,' water can never be severed! In terms of defense, water is more powerful than even the strongest shield. The combination of yin and yang, the Unity of Heaven and Man, leads to the perfect state of mind."
"Compared to ordinary Clear Heart Seeing Nature, the second level of this state of mind, the Heart of the Innocent, surpasses the former by more than one level in its very conception! Of course, the end of cultivation is the same for everyone; the path may be long or short, but the heart is neither high nor low! Cultivating the mind is simply cultivating that 'truth' within human nature!"
Lu Yan'an was completely focused, with only the Sea of Illusions before him. Then, with a "boom," he transformed into a streak of Flowing Light and flew towards the first island in the Sea of Illusions!
In an instant, an illusion enveloped him, and his consciousness was directly drawn into the illusion.
"That concludes our sermon. Go back and reflect on what I have taught today!" On Thunder Island, the Lord of Darkness was addressing Lu Yan'an.
"Why does this remind me of the process of traversing the Stairs of Sinking?" Lu Yan'an looked at the rather clumsy illusion before him, feeling nothing, and even a little amused!
"Let's end this!" Lu Yan'an didn't want to watch the illusion continue, so he waved his hand, and the illusion of the first island was instantly broken!
The moment the illusion shattered, the original island scene reappeared. It was a white sand island, covered with trees and flowers, quiet and beautiful.
Lu Yan'an was standing on the gravel ground of an island.
The distant sea was shrouded in darkness.
At this moment, a white hue gradually emerges in the distance, revealing an island deeper within the illusionary sea. Only by traversing the illusion of one island will the next island appear in the Sea of Illusions.
"This level of illusion is too clumsy!" Lu Yan'an shook his head, then laughed, "Even before I passed the Stairs of Sinking, I wouldn't have been fooled by this flawed illusion, let alone now!"
"It seems that the Sea of Illusions mainly focuses on willpower! The construction of the illusion is not even a consideration for the higher-ups. They're just thinking of overwhelming others with force! Then let me see whether your strength is stronger or my mind is more impenetrable!" He smiled, then soared into the air, transforming into a streak of Flowing Light, and flew towards the next island!
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