The Origin of Spirit Void, Beginning a New Round of Dreams

Lin Hanzhou was completely unaware that he was being watched.

Even if he had known, he wouldn't have taken it to heart.

After all, he still possessed a very sturdy identity: a high school senior preparing for the college entrance exams.

With less than a month left until the exams, the Great Xia authorities placed immense importance on the candidates.

Once a student went missing, the Patrol Bureau would intervene immediately.

No one would risk alerting the Patrol Bureau for the sake of an ordinary student.

His current cultivation level was indeed that of a prodigy, but not yet to the point where it would drive people to madness.

Returning home, Lin Hanzhou immediately locked his door and couldn't wait to open the two boxes.

He spread the purchased martial arts manuals across the table page by page and began to commit them to memory by force.

He could not bring any physical items into the Dream World, so he had no choice but to memorize them.

Unfortunately, he had only purchased the paper versions.

If they had been "Jade Slips"—special jade artifacts used to store information—he could have instantly imprinted all the content into his mind.

He might have even gained some insights left behind by predecessors.

However, the Jade Slip versions of these techniques cost ten times more than the paper ones, and he simply couldn't afford them.

Fortunately, as a second-tier martial artist, his memory far exceeded that of an ordinary person.

While he couldn't claim a photographic memory, memorizing a manual of several tens of thousands of words was not a difficult task.

He focused his mind, beginning to recite and comprehend the text word by word.

From how to open the Qi Sea in the third-tier Qi Sea Realm, to how to convert spiritual power into True Origin in the fourth-tier True Origin Realm, and finally, how to nurture the soul in the fifth-tier Spirit Nourishing Realm...

The other book, Three Reverse Pulse Styles, was a secret technique that involved burning one's own essence and blood to disrupt the meridians in exchange for a temporary boost in cultivation.

Although the side effects were severe—using it once would essentially cost him half his life—it was an excellent trump card for catching an opponent off guard.

It took about an entire morning, until the sun outside the window reached its zenith, for Lin Hanzhou to finally exhale a long, heavy breath. He had firmly committed all the content to memory.

By noon, Lin Hanzhou ordered takeout. While eating, he habitually opened his phone and began scrolling through short videos.

Various martial arts trivia, viral dances, and cultivation guides flashed past his screen.

Suddenly, his finger paused. A piece of local official news caught his attention.

The video footage showed a desolate mountain on the outskirts of the city.

A large number of military hover-vehicles had cordoned off the scene, and soldiers in standard combat gear had set up long warning lines.

In the center of the video was a highlighted area.

The space there appeared to be distorted, rippling like water.

A serious female voice-over began to play:

"Lin'an City Emergency News: At approximately 6:00 AM this morning, a Spirit Void was discovered at Egret Mountain in the eastern suburbs."

"According to preliminary tests by the Great Xia Pioneer Army, this Spirit Void is classified as the lowest level. Its internal energy fluctuations are weak, and no signs of high-level life forms have been detected yet."

"Currently, the area has been completely secured by the military, and pioneer troops are assembling, preparing to enter for exploration."

"Citizens, please do not panic, maintain normal daily routines, and do not approach the area..."

A Spirit Void?

Lin Hanzhou looked at the distorted space in the video, a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Ever since the spiritual energy recovery over a thousand years ago, spatial rifts had been appearing all over the world.

The space connected on the other side was named Spirit Void by the Great Xia authorities.

A Spirit Void was a self-contained space containing vast resources and martial arts legacies.

This was the reason why Blue Star had seen such rapid development in martial arts over the past millennium.

However, beyond these benefits, the Spirit Void also harbored dangers.

It was filled with countless demonic beasts and alien races; once a Spirit Void opened, they would follow into Blue Star.

These creatures were not to be trifled with; in their eyes, humans were nothing more than blood-food.

He remembered that not long ago, a border city had been completely wiped out by aliens emerging from a suddenly appearing Spirit Void.

Currently, Great Xia was locked in a standoff with three top-tier Spirit Voids.

Before today, like everyone else, he only had a superficial understanding of the Spirit Voids.

But now, having learned of the existence of the myriad worlds from his system, he had a much deeper understanding of this so-called "Spirit Void."

This so-called Spirit Void is merely a small world among the heavens and myriad realms.

As for the low-level Spirit Void mentioned in the news, Lin Hanzhou guessed it was likely a low-tier world similar to the Great Sui.

He believed the Pioneer Army of Great Xia would handle such a Spirit Void perfectly well, leaving him with nothing to worry about.

He swiped past the video and continued eating his lunch with peace of mind.

He spent the afternoon consolidating his newly broken-through Tier 2 cultivation.

Time flowed by slowly in the tranquility.

When the hour, minute, and second hands of the electronic clock on the wall finally converged on the number "12."

Night, midnight, had arrived.

A cold system prompt rang in his mind right on time.

[Ding, a new day has refreshed. Host has obtained one dream entry opportunity. Use it now?]

Hearing the system prompt, Lin Hanzhou, lying on the bed, instantly perked up.

He had waited far too long for this moment.

"Use."

He recited silently in his heart without hesitation.

[Ding, detected that the Host is using the dream talent function for the first time. Obtained one free draw opportunity!]

[Shall the Host draw for a talent?]

"Draw."

[Command received, performing dream talent draw...]

The scene before Lin Hanzhou's eyes was instantly replaced by a wheel composed of starlight.

The wheel spun rapidly, green and blue lights intertwining and flickering, dazzling to the eyes.

"Stop!"

As his thought moved, the pointer on the wheel slowly decelerated, finally coming to a halt on a patch of blue light.

[Congratulations to the Host for drawing the blue talent--Martial Arts Prodigy!]

[Talent: Martial Arts Prodigy (Blue)]

[Effect: The Host will possess extraordinary martial arts comprehension and cultivation speed. Any cultivation technique or martial skill can be mastered with ease, allowing for inference of other instances from one, and significantly increasing cultivation speed.]

Martial Arts Prodigy!

Lin Hanzhou's heart gave a violent thump.

This was a god-tier talent tailor-made for him.

He had been worried that his Grade D talent was holding him back, but he never expected to draw a talent that directly boosted cultivation efficiency right at the start.

With this talent, his strength growth rate during the next dream traversal would reach an inconceivable level.

As long as that world's spiritual energy wasn't too scarce, reaching the Tier 3 Qi Sea Realm would be no problem at all.

[Talent draw complete, selecting a world for the Host to traverse...]

[Given that the Host's cultivation has reached Tier 2, medium-tier worlds are now unlocked.]

[Drawing low-tier/medium-tier world...]

[Congratulations to the Host for drawing the low-tier world--Last Dynasty World.]

[Connecting to the low-tier world Last Dynasty for the Host...]

[Connection successful. Wishing the Host a pleasant journey!]

Accompanied by the successive ringing of system prompts, Lin Hanzhou's consciousness sank once again into that familiar darkness.