Grade Eight Achieved, Internal Force Revealed

Night fell.

Deep within the mine.

After thinking it over all afternoon,

Su Xinghe decided to use the "Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations" technique to break through to Grade Eight.

Compared with the "Dripping Water Swordsmanship," which emphasized the artistic conception of lightness and transformation, this true art from the Zhou Family placed greater emphasis on accumulating one's own Internal Force, valuing overwhelming momentum and crushing strength.

The more abundant one's Internal Force, the longer one could sustain battle, and the stronger one's defenses would become.

Although the "Spirit Ape Myriad Transformations" did not come with combat techniques, paired with the Fate trait's extraordinary recovery, its high defense and high vitality could still give him more means of survival in peril-ridden Lin County.

As for Grade-Eight attack methods, he could try learning the two combat techniques included in the "Dripping Water Swordsmanship."

One was "Stone-Piercing," and the other was "Rainstorm."

He did not need to reach the limit-breaking level of "Transcendent Mastery"; "Perfect Mastery," which allowed him to unleash one hundred percent of his combat strength, would be enough.

And "Perfect Mastery" only required 1,100 experience points in total. He could spend some time practicing when free, as long as he prepared a little more medicine to replenish Internal Force.

But what was the deal with this "Qi-Nourishing Pill"?

He would make another trip to the Mountain-Chasing Gang and ask next time.

Having settled on his Grade-Eight path,

Su Xinghe began to rehearse it in his mind.

The Grade-Eight Realm was divided into three stages: Qi Nourishment, Aperture Opening, and Meridian Opening.

The Qi Nourishment stage ran through the entirety of Grade-Eight cultivation.

Open one hundred apertures, connect eight meridians.

None of these steps could be done without an endless supply of Internal Force.

The first step of Qi Nourishment was