The Secret Contract

[Taiyi Star-Inducing Art (Sixth Grade) Lv. 5 (0/24.3 billion)]

[Taiyi Star-Congealing Record (Sixth Grade) Lv. 5 (0/24.3 billion)]

Both sixth-grade arts had reached the fifth level!

To advance another step to the sixth level, each would require a full 24.3 billion General Experience.

He could no longer afford it.

Lu Zhen shook his head. Time to cultivate.

The moment he set the art in motion, he sensed the difference.

The first level of the Taiyi Star-Inducing Art could not compare with the fifth in how it mobilized his vital energy.

At the same time,

Lu Zhen split his attention in two and set the Taiyi Star-Congealing Record in motion alongside it.

That was the most terrifying part!

Ordinary geniuses first spent enormous effort opening acupoints. Only after those acupoints stabilized would they cautiously try to turn them into Star Vortices.

Lu Zhen did both at once.

In less than half an hour,

Pop! With a soft sound, a brand-new acupoint burst open.

Spiritual energy poured in.

Before the acupoint could fully form, the Taiyi Star-Congealing Record drew it into a furious spin!

Within the newly opened acupoint, vital energy and spiritual energy intertwined under the fifth-level art's formidable control, forming a tiny vortex.

The process was agonizingly slow and came with tearing pain.

Lu Zhen's face remained expressionless, his body steady as a boulder.

Four full hours passed.

Only then did the tiny vortex stabilize completely, becoming a deep Star Vortex.

Half an hour to open an acupoint.

Four hours to condense a vortex.

Both arts worked in tandem without interfering with each other.

Forty-eight hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Humm—

The brass array plate beside the stone couch trembled slightly, signaling that his time was up.

"It's over." Lu Zhen opened his eyes and examined