The Fifth Star Point

Buzhou—Bone: Alter the bone marrow, strengthen the bones, and build vigorous strength.

Cultivation method: (directly skipped by Zhou Bai)

Laziness Qi (0/1600)

As 1,600 points of Laziness Qi poured into the fourth star point, Zhou Bai felt waves of searing pain suddenly erupt from every bone in his body, nearly making him cry out.

Under normal cultivation progress, cultivating Buzhou—Bone required completely altering the skeletal structure, transforming the bone marrow, and thoroughly changing the bones throughout the body, allowing the fleshly body to bear greater power and possess higher resistance to blows.

For an ordinary cultivator, changing the skeletal structure bit by bit over several weeks or even months was perfectly normal.

After all, this included places such as the skull, which required extremely careful cultivation.

But Zhou Bai had injected 1,600 points of Laziness Qi all at once. Completing the changes throughout his entire body within a few minutes brought pain as hellish as the inferno itself.

Seeing Zhou Bai collapsed on the floor, his entire body convulsing and his face deathly pale, Elsa spun in frantic circles, barking wildly without stop.

At that moment, every bone in Zhou Bai's body seemed to be smashed inch by inch before being reassembled. He could not even scream anymore.

Just when he thought he could not endure any longer, his brain, pushed to the limit by pain, instinctively chose self-preservation, and Zhou Bai fainted.

After a long while, accompanied by the wet sensation on his face and a tingling itch all over his body, Zhou Bai slowly opened his eyes.

"Damn it... that nearly hurt me to death."

Zhou Bai stood up, rubbed Elsa's head, then sensed his body. The bones throughout his body seemed to itch slightly, making him desperately want to let off some steam.

Bang! Bang!

Throwing a couple of casual punches and kicking a few times, Zhou Bai could feel that his body's strength had increased again. Every punch and kick carried a heavy feeling—no, it was as if his entire body felt heavier than before.

"Were my bones altered?"

Zhou Bai thought for a moment, then threw a few more punches, feeling out the changes in his body.

"My strength has increased again, but because my bones have become heavier, I didn't notice it at first."

"My bones have been strengthened, so my resistance to blows must have increased too."

"Too bad I don't have any proper equipment. I can't measure exactly how much stronger I've become for now."

Though he could not measure his exact strength, after getting used to his body, Zhou Bai roughly estimated that flipping over a small car should no longer be a problem.

With the strength of his bones combined with his enhanced skin, one punch could probably blast through a wall—and the recoil should not injure him either.

"Hehe, in just about a week, I've cultivated four of the nine star points on the outermost layer of the Supreme Unity Disc. The others should have been left completely in my dust, right?"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Zhou Bai continued looking at the fifth star point on the disc.

Sumeru: Stand like iron, sit like steel, lie like a mountain. Adjust the Spiritual Machine sensations throughout the body through different postures, forming a defensive formation.

Cultivation method: (directly skipped by Zhou Bai)

Laziness Qi (0/2200)

"This description..." Zhou Bai froze for a moment before immediately realizing. "Does this mean that from standing, to sitting, to lying down, my defense gets stronger and stronger?"

"Are you kidding me???"

"My defense is highest when I'm lying down?"

"Am I supposed to fight lying down from now on??"

When Zhou Bai had previously added star points, he had found it rather strange.

After all, his Divine Map was not any of the nine basic Divine Maps, and the star points he cultivated were completely different from those of the nine major Divine Maps.

His Divine Map was the Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man. Even his auxiliary cultivation system was fully named the Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man Auxiliary Cultivation System.

And the first calamity of the Nine Calamities was said to be laziness.

Yet after cultivating four star points in a row, Zhou Bai had not felt that any of it had anything to do with the Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man, or with laziness.

He had only felt that he was becoming harder and harder to kill.

But now, he understood.

"So this is where it was waiting for me."

Zhou Bai looked at the new star point, "Sumeru," not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"I'm tougher, but fighting while lying down is just too..."

"Wait, if I'm tougher while lying down, then wouldn't that mean..."

"Damn it, I wonder if the later star points will become even more..."

Zhou Bai frowned. He suddenly had a bad premonition.

But there was no point thinking about it now. The fifth star point required 2,200 points of Laziness Qi. Zhou Bai estimated that he would need to work hard for around another week to reach it.

"Forget it. I should study instead."

Zhou Bai returned to his desk, planning to study while waiting for Li Xiuzhu to arrive.

But after reading for a while, he found he could no longer focus. One thought after another kept surfacing in his mind.

"I've already worked hard for so many days. Why not take a break?"

"My Divine Map's zeroth layer is already at the fourth star point. I should be far ahead of everyone else. What's wrong with resting a little?"

"With my current progress, even if I rest for a day or two, I'll still be the furthest ahead, right?"

"No, I can't slack off. I have to persist!!"

Zhou Bai violently shook his head. He knew things were bad—his illness was acting up.

Intermittent Lack-of-Effort Syndrome generally struck intermittently after one to five days of diligent studying. An episode lasted at least one day and at most one year. It was a terminal illness; once it struck, the patient needed extraordinarily strong willpower to battle the disease for life.

"Sigh, I've worked hard for so long. It should be fine to relax a little, right?"

As he thought this, Zhou Bai had already risen from his desk and, without realizing it, lay down on the sofa.

A few minutes later...

"So boring..."

"No phone! No computer! No internet!"

"There's nothing I can do..."

"But I still don't want to study."

Laziness Qi +1

"Hm?" Zhou Bai thought he was seeing things.

Laziness Qi +1

Laziness Qi +1

Laziness Qi +1

Laziness Qi +1

Laziness Qi +1

When he saw Laziness Qi continually popping up, he finally realized he had not seen wrong. His Laziness Qi had increased!!

"What's going on? Could it be..."

Much later, after repeated testing by Zhou Bai, he finally figured out the mechanism.

That was, after studying continuously for several days and resolving to study every day, if a sudden bout of laziness struck and he did not study, his Laziness Qi would increase.

Watching his Laziness Qi continuously rise, Zhou Bai could not help shaking his head and sighing. "I finally want to relax a little, and it actually still makes me increase my cultivation. I really am a cultivation prodigy. Donghua Dao School, you've picked up a treasure."

Elsa tilted her head at Zhou Bai from nearby, having no idea what he was doing.

Thus, Zhou Bai lay on the sofa with a clear conscience, watching his Laziness Qi slowly rise, though its growth gradually became slower and slower.

He lay there until nearly midnight. His Laziness Qi had not increased for over half an hour, but it had provided Zhou Bai with nearly 200 points in total.

Daoization Degree: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 99

Divine Map: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man

Laziness Qi: 250

But with midnight approaching and Li Xiuzhu still nowhere to be seen, Zhou Bai frowned.

"Why hasn't he come yet? That guy didn't stand me up, did he?"

Just as Zhou Bai was thinking this, the wall next door suddenly rang with bang bang bang impacts.

Crack...