Imperial Capital.
Inner City, military family compound.
The night breeze stirred the treetops with a faint rustle.
Lin Yuan stood on the balcony of his second-floor room, gazing up at the star-filled sky.
He had fought his way back from the East Sea and spent a full day at home.
His physical exhaustion had long since vanished, but his mind still felt a little dazed.
A whole year and three months!
To everyone outside, that long, hopeless sleep had been an ordeal.
For him, it had been a wild transformation that remade him from the ground up.
With a thought, Lin Yuan summoned the screen only he could see.
[Heaven Rewards Diligence System] [Host: Lin Yuan] [Strength: Sixth-Tier Late-Stage Martial Artist] [Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula, Sixth Tier (Mastery Realm 22%)] [Martial Techniques: Hundred Battles Burial Heaven Spear (Perfection 67%), Gale Ghost Step (Perfection 72%), Netherworld Earth Killing Fist (Perfection 69%)...] [Artistic Conceptions: Metal Intent (100%), Wind Intent (100%), Earth Intent (100%)] [Treasures: None]
Lin Yuan's gaze settled on the Artistic Conceptions section.
Three at one hundred percent!
Su Qingxue had once told him:
Comprehending Artistic Conception Power to perfection was the only way into the Seventh-Tier Stage.
For an ordinary High-Tier Martial Artist, merely scratching the surface of one Artistic Conception over an entire lifetime would be a stroke of incredible luck.
In her previous life, Su Qingxue had only just touched the threshold of Artistic Conception at the Fifth-Tier Late Stage.
To comprehend one Artistic Conception Power completely, all the way to the Perfected Realm?
As far as Su Qingxue knew, that was extraordinarily difficult.
And Lin Yuan?
He had perfected three Artistic Conceptions!
Lin Yuan opened his right hand.
A pale-gold edge of unparalleled sharpness danced wildly at his fingertip.
Even the air