Guidance

"Good."

King Lanchen rose to his feet, and an invisible force field instantly enveloped the entire side hall of the temple. "Now, let us begin the first lesson. Calm your mind and focus your spirit. Carefully sense every inch of your muscles, the tremor of every tendon and bone. Feel the complete path of power as it flows from the core source to every limb and joint."

The moment he finished speaking, Qin Zhao felt as though his body no longer fully belonged to him. A gentle yet supremely pure and powerful will, like the most masterful conductor, instantly connected with every nerve and energy node throughout his body. He felt like a precision instrument being guided, every movement steered toward the most perfect, most efficient state.

King Lanchen did not perform any complex movements—just a simple straight punch.

Yet in Qin Zhao's perception, this single punch contained infinite profundity. From the rooting of his feet into the earth, to the twisting of his waist and hips, the undulation of his spine like a great dragon rising and falling, the seamless linkage of shoulder, elbow, and wrist—the power ultimately converged at the fist's peak without any loss, perfectly stacked! Throughout the entire process, hundreds of millions of muscle fibers across his body seemed to resonate at the same frequency, forming a terrifying unified force!

"Boom!"

The punch landed—silent and soundless—yet it seemed to stir a resonance in space itself. The light in the side hall dimmed slightly, and a condensed, razor-sharp fist pressure imprinted itself from a distance onto the Star-Patterned Steel Pillar used for testing, leaving a clear, bottomless fist mark. The pillar itself barely trembled! This meant that not a shred of power had leaked outward, all of it concentrated on a single point!

"Did you feel that clearly?" King Lanchen's voice rang directly in Qin Zhao's mind. "Force application is not brute strength. It is control. It is resonance. It is the most perfect way to excavate, integrate, and unleash all the potential of your body's treasure trove. Forget your old habits of applying force. Remember this feeling anew!"

Qin Zhao closed his eyes, amplifying his soul perception to the limit. He poured all his effort into memorizing and analyzing every subtle change in his body during that perfect force application—the trajectory of energy flow, the rhythm of muscle coordination. It was like a peerless painter personally guiding a beginner in how to wield a brush and mix colors, imprinting the highest techniques directly into his bodily instincts.

"Next, I will guide you to personally experience this force application." After King Lanchen spoke, that will once again subtly adjusted Qin Zhao's body.

Qin Zhao began to move involuntarily. It was still the same simple straight punch, but under King Lanchen's guidance, he felt that what he threw was no longer scattered power, but a torrent condensed like steel, surging like a river! Wherever his fist passed, the air was compressed to an extreme, emitting a low sonic boom.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

And not just punches—palms, fingers, elbows, knees, legs... All kinds of basic attack movements, under King Lanchen's guidance, were executed with a perfect force application that Qin Zhao had never experienced before. He was like a greedy sponge, frantically absorbing the profound truth of ultimate bodily control.

After an unknown stretch of time, the guiding will receded like a tide. Qin Zhao regained control of his body, but he felt completely different. His perception of his own body had become incredibly clear, as if he could "see" every path along which power flowed within him.

"How do you feel?" King Lanchen asked.

"Incredible..." Qin Zhao moved his hands and feet, feeling the renewed sense of bodily control. "Teacher, I feel that... if I threw a casual punch right now, its power would be at least fifty percent greater than before!"

"This is only the beginning. What you just experienced was a state approaching 100 times perfect force application." King Lanchen said calmly. "I have already unlocked the highest-level 'Force-Application Training Space' in your Virtual Universe permissions. Over the next few months, you must train there daily. Compare it to the feeling you just had, constantly adjust and refine, and make this method of force application your own. I will periodically check your progress."

"Yes, Teacher!" Qin Zhao's confidence soared. With a teacher personally guiding him to experience the pinnacle of perfect force application, and with the most elite training environment, he believed that raising his force application to 70 times before the Genius Battle was far from an impossible task!

In the days that followed, Qin Zhao entered an even more frenzied state of cultivation. By day, he consolidated his laws and tempered his will in reality; by night, his consciousness was fully immersed in the "Force-Application Training Space" of the Virtual Universe. He practiced the most basic attack movements over and over, constantly recalling and imitating the perfect force application feeling under King Lanchen's guidance, adjusting the subtle tremors of his muscles, and seeking the optimal node of power resonance.

The process was tedious and grueling, but every slight improvement in bodily control and every incremental increase in force multiplier filled him with genuine joy. He could feel that as his force application technique improved, his phantom bodies when executing Ten Thousand Line Flow became more solid, his movements more agile; when executing Shockwave, the power transmission became more efficient, the penetration stronger! His foundation was being rapidly reinforced.

King Lanchen would occasionally appear, merely watching him practice for a moment, occasionally pointing out a key insight or two, which would clear Qin Zhao's mind and save him many detours.

Time slipped away quietly amid focused, bitter training. Only three months remained until the official start of the Universe Human Peak Genius Battle.

Under the specially formulated training plan personally set by King Lanchen, Qin Zhao devoted all his energy to the refinement of basic force application. The "Force-Application Training Space" in the Virtual Universe became the place where he spent the most time. It could simulate various extreme environments, provide the most precise force application feedback, and even virtualize a trace of King Lanchen's "perfect force application" intent for him to reference.

Day after day, Qin Zhao immersed himself in the pursuit of ultimate bodily control. He started from the most basic standing postures and breathing, rebuilding his force application system from the ground up. Every contraction and relaxation of each muscle, every pull and twist of each tendon and bone, every transmission and stacking of every ounce of power—he pondered and adjusted them repeatedly. The "perfect force application" state that King Lanchen had guided him into that day served as a lighthouse, directing his path forward.

This process was extremely monotonous, far less filled with mystery and a sense of achievement than comprehending laws or creating secret techniques. Often, just to improve the efficiency of a single joint's force application by one percent, he needed tens of thousands of repetitions with minute adjustments. Sweat soaked through his virtual combat suit, and his spirit grew weary from intense concentration, but Qin Zhao's gaze remained unwavering. He deeply understood that this was the necessary path to solidify his foundation and make up for his shortcomings.

Effort eventually bore fruit.

His force multiplier began to climb at a steady pace. From the initial 35 times, to 40, 45, 50... With every increase, he felt his control over his body grow finer, and the flow of power become more seamless and flawless. This improvement was not merely a numerical increase; it manifested in every aspect.

When he executed Shockwave, the vibrational force became more condensed, its penetration stronger, and the loss of power smaller. When he practiced Earth Pulse Guard, the flow of earthy-yellow light became smoother, and the stability of the defensive structure increased noticeably. Even in his comprehension of the Earth-style Laws and the Law of Space, because his body and energy were more attuned to Heaven and Earth, he seemed to have become slightly more perceptive.

But the most remarkable progress was in his movement technique—Ten Thousand Line Flow!

The core of movement technique lies in absolute control over the body, in the extreme conversion between instantaneous power burst and withdrawal, and in perfect alignment with spatial fluctuations. The rapid improvement in force application technique provided precisely the most solid foundation for a breakthrough in movement technique.

After continuous progress, the data on the panel before Qin Zhao's eyes also began to update.

[Secret Techniques: 128 Martial Arts Secret Techniques (Perfected), Shockwave (Perfected), Earth Pulse Guard (Perfected), Ten Thousand Line Flow (Minor Success 55%), Black Stone Prison (Major Success 65%)]

[Comprehension: Earth-style Laws (Earth Element 100%, Pulse of the Earth 100%, Gravity Space 100%, Force of Life 25%), Law of Space (Teleportation 4.3%)]