After putting away the Samsara Spear, Teng Qingshan sat cross-legged on a boulder nearby and began reviewing what he had learned from practicing the spear.
"The Five Elements Spear Technique in the Samsara Spear Canon corresponds to the five elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. In theory, I could cross the threshold of all five Origin Laws. But trying to learn too much at once will only leave me with a superficial understanding. This world doesn't have such a thing as the power of Heaven and Earth, and every Origin Law is vast and profound. If I spread myself too thin, then no matter how talented I am, my ultimate achievements will be limited."
He drew on the experience he had gained from cultivating in his previous life, as well as the information transmitted by Little Cauldron.
Teng Qingshan knew very well that there were many paths to becoming stronger in the Swallowed Star World.
But the best approach was to choose a path that suited him.
He should choose a lower-level law that matched his attributes and was easiest and quickest for him to comprehend, then try to grasp the corresponding higher-level law.
That was the ideal approach, and the most efficient use of his time and effort.
As for the other laws—
He could wait until he reached the World Lord level. With the advantage of being able to bring his consciousness close to the Origin World, he could comprehend them then.
Of course, nothing was set in stone. If he encountered other opportunities in the future, he could always change direction.
Teng Qingshan was highly talented in all five elements, so he had plenty of flexibility when choosing his path.
Judging by his practice over the past few days, even after crossing into this world, his talent and comprehension had not diminished. He was still making rapid progress.
But time and energy were limited, so Teng Qingshan had no choice but to make a decision.
Once he had made up his mind,
Teng Qingshan opened his eyes. A glimmer of fire flashed across them and vanished, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face. "Thank goodness for Little Cauldron. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known anything and might've wasted so much time and energy practicing blindly."
Feeling the illusory Little Cauldron deep in his consciousness,
Teng Qingshan felt immensely fortunate. "And Little Cauldron protected my consciousness when I shattered the void. Otherwise, I'd probably have died beneath that mysterious blood-red light. But Little Cauldron itself must hold a great secret. It withstood a blood-red light with such terrifying power, then underwent an unknown transformation, changing from a physical object into an illusion and gaining the remarkable ability to foresee the future. I'll have to spend more time studying it."
Little Cauldron, within his consciousness, gave Teng Qingshan the confidence to rise to prominence.
In his previous two lives, Teng Qingshan had never uncovered Little Cauldron's secret.
In this life, Little Cauldron seemed even more mysterious and miraculous.
That was certainly a good thing.
"The three requirements for becoming a Quasi-Martial Artist: my punching power already meets the standard, and my speed has been tested before. With the Swimming Fish Movement Technique, I can easily reach thirty meters per second. As for my nerve reaction speed..."
Could a Supreme Powerhouse nourished by Chaos Primal Energy for hundreds of years really have inadequate nerve reactions?
"Since I meet all the requirements, I'll try the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method tonight and see whether I can sense Cosmic Energy and cultivate Genetic Origin Energy." Teng Qingshan's eyes were filled with anticipation. "This world has no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, so I can't refine Internal Force or Gang Energy. I'll just have to see what this mysterious Cosmic Energy can do."
The vision of humans fighting on neutron stars had deeply shaken Teng Qingshan.
And that was something Universe Level powerhouses could already do. Just how strong were the bodies of Domain Lords, World Lords, and even Immortals?
As an Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster who had once reached the Supreme Powerhouse level, Teng Qingshan had always been fascinated by ways to increase his physical strength.
In his previous life, the rules of the Nine Provinces World had limited his physical strength to a maximum of eight hundred thousand jin, equivalent to one-tenth of the power of Heaven and Earth.
That had been a great disappointment to him.
Now, he could increase his strength without any restrictions. It was easy to imagine how happy Teng Qingshan felt.
Time passed especially quickly when he was immersed in cultivation.
By dusk,
Teng Qingshan had separated his spear into two pieces and packed his Flying Daggers into his backpack. Then he sped down the mountainside before slowing to a normal pace and heading home.
After eating the dinner his grandfather had prepared,
Teng Qingshan returned to his bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed, and assumed the Five Hearts Toward Heaven posture. His palms, the soles of his feet, and the Baihui point on the crown of his head all faced upward.
Then he began to adjust his state of mind.
A short while later, Teng Qingshan's mind had settled into a tranquil, empty state.
After hundreds of years of cultivation in his previous life, Teng Qingshan's will had been tempered. He could enter a meditative state almost instantly.
Having completed these preparations, Teng Qingshan focused his entire mind and began sensing the mysterious energy in the universe.
Seconds ticked by.
When Teng Qingshan fully opened his mind and his vast consciousness guided his mental power to make contact with the outside world, a corner of the universe's mysterious veil finally began to unfold before him.
His consciousness as a Supreme Powerhouse, combined with a body that fully met the requirements,
allowed Teng Qingshan to sense the mysterious energy drifting through the universe with ease.
In Teng Qingshan's perception, this Cosmic Energy looked like countless "points of light," drifting randomly through the world around him.
The hardest step in cultivating Genetic Origin Energy was sensing Cosmic Energy.
Now that he had passed that step with ease, all that remained was to absorb it!
At Teng Qingshan's mental command to "absorb,"
the points of light drifting all around him immediately surged toward him!
They poured in through his palms, the soles of his feet, and the Baihui point on the crown of his head!
In an instant,
a faint coolness washed over Teng Qingshan.
"So this is Cosmic Energy?"
Teng Qingshan felt a quiet thrill. Then he increased the rate of absorption to its maximum, and the Cosmic Energy rushed toward him even faster.
What had been faint wisps of energy became a steady stream, pouring into Teng Qingshan's body.
As the Cosmic Energy entered him, his cells began devouring it hungrily, as if they had been starving for eighteen years!
As the Cosmic Energy poured in,
the mitochondria inside his cells rapidly absorbed it and released a strange energy.
The cells throughout his body quickly took in this strange energy, and then they themselves began to undergo earth-shaking changes.
His DNA blueprint shifted subtly, and his cells began to divide, splitting in two.
The newly divided cells repeated the same process.
Seconds ticked by...
Teng Qingshan could feel his body undergoing one miraculous change after another.
His skin, muscles, and bones, every cell deep within him, even his genes themselves—all were changing dramatically!
Teng Qingshan knew very well
that this transformation was the evolution of life, the optimization of his life genes!
"According to the information Little Cauldron transmitted, the human body never consciously absorbs Cosmic Energy from birth. That means it's always in a state of hunger. The first time it absorbs Cosmic Energy, it absorbs the most, and its strength increases the fastest!"
Teng Qingshan joyfully sensed the fundamental changes taking place throughout his body, from the inside out.
Even he, a Supreme Powerhouse from the Nine Provinces Continent, was astonished by how quickly he was growing stronger...
"Before practicing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method, my punching power was over nine hundred kilograms. I wonder how much stronger I'll be after this first round of enhancement?"
Teng Qingshan suddenly found himself eager to find out.
This world had no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but it had something better: Cosmic Energy.
And with an Internal Martial Arts Grandmaster's perfect control over his body, even Teng Qingshan couldn't predict how much his punching power would increase the first time he cultivated Genetic Origin Energy.
Before you continue