New Features

After reaching the Body Tempering Third Layer, Ying Huaixu stopped advancing.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue. The explosive power and pain were simply becoming more than Ying Huaixu could bear.

Back when he played the game, these advances had been nothing but numbers. Even pouring in experience points had never made him feel a thing.

But this wasn't a game anymore. This was reality.

That violent power had nearly knocked Ying Huaixu unconscious.

He had to take a breather.

Ying Huaixu drew a deep breath and rested for nearly an hour.

"Keep going!"

Ying Huaixu roared.

Ding! Current cultivation: Body Tempering Fourth Layer (2000/11400). Heavenly Dipper Body Tempering Art reduced the experience requirement by 1000! +

Ding! Current cultivation: Body Tempering Fifth Layer (3000/9400)... +

As Ying Huaixu reached the Body Tempering Fifth Layer, he once again felt a surge of violent power coursing through his entire body.

As for whether his foundation was solid, Ying Huaixu had no idea.

Outer Disciples had no one to guide them. They had to rely on themselves for everything.

He would probably have to test it himself to know for sure.

After some thought, Ying Huaixu headed straight for the mountain behind the sect.

Then he lifted a ten-thousand-jin boulder with one arm.

It was effortless.

Ying Huaixu felt as though he were lifting a foam shell.

Ying Huaixu went looking for even larger boulders, and his final test put his strength at fifty thousand jin with one arm.

"That really is powerful!"

Back when he played the game, Ying Huaixu had thought the stat bonuses from advancing his cultivation were rather exaggerated.

Now that he had experienced them himself, he understood that they weren't exaggerated at all.

Beyond that, Ying Huaixu discovered something else.

This Body Tempering wasn't simply tempering his body.

Ying Huaixu drew the Ice Spirit Sword, closed his eyes, and carefully examined the sensation.

He felt as though the sword had become one with him.

Not only could he sense every detail of its construction, he even instinctively knew how to unleash its full power.

"Could this be the Dao Sword Spiritual Root's influence?"

It was a wondrous sensation, something he had never experienced while playing the game.

But then Ying Huaixu shook his head.

He could study that later.

Ying Huaixu sat cross-legged again.

Then he began rapidly upgrading Frost Step and Heavenly Frost Sword.

Ding! Frost Step has reached perfection (cannot be upgraded further). Total experience consumed: 3400.

Ding! Heavenly Frost Sword has reached perfection (cannot be upgraded further). Total experience consumed: 5000!

Name: Ying Huaixu.

Cultivation: Body Tempering Fifth Layer (3000/1000)... +

Magical treasures: none.

Cultivation art: Heavenly Dipper Body Tempering Art (major mastery 1500/1000) +

Spiritual Root: Way Sword (hidden), mutated ice attribute (Primordial Qi +)

Spell Technique: Basic Swordsmanship (perfection)

Flying Snow Sword * White (full mastery)

Frost Step * Spirit (perfection)

Heavenly Frost Sword * Spirit (perfection)

Experience: 1000

Items: Bone-Strengthening Pill (basic) ×10, Spirit Stone ×113, Spirit Leaf ×10

Rejuvenation Creation Pill (Primordial grade) ×10, Blood-Coagulating Pill (basic) ×8, Qi-Recovery Pill (basic) ×10

Storage Bag (basic) ×1 (equipping grants 20 inventory slots; equipped!)

Wolf King Demon Soul (Blue) ×1

Ice Spirit Sword (supreme-grade spirit weapon)

Looking at his current information, Ying Huaixu felt immensely satisfied.

"This is a great start. Next, I can do some sect missions to earn experience and contribution points!"

With that, Ying Huaixu began testing Frost Step and Heavenly Frost Sword.

Frost Step coated his feet in a layer of cold energy, greatly increasing his speed.

His mutated ice attribute even made executing Frost Step smoother.

Ying Huaixu took a step forward.

It felt strange and wonderful, like ice-skating.

One step carried him nearly seventy meters!

"Good grief, why does this feel so much like shrinking the earth beneath my feet?"

But then Ying Huaixu shook his head.

There was really no comparing this to that kind of spatial technique.

Not only that, everywhere Ying Huaixu passed, he left a trail that gave off cold energy.

The cold energy coated the surrounding vegetation in a layer of frost.

After three seconds, however, it slowly dissipated.

"Not bad. Perfect for pulling mobs!"

Next, Ying Huaixu unleashed Heavenly Frost Sword.

In an instant, a layer of blue frost coated Ying Huaixu's blade.

He slashed at a nearby tree.

Creak!

The tree snapped apart instantly.

And a layer of icy flames covered the cut!

Ying Huaixu picked a blade of grass and held it near the icy flames.

Crack!

The blade of grass instantly froze solid!

Ying Huaixu was very satisfied.

Naturally, he was even more satisfied with Heavenly Frost Sword's power.

He had barely exerted himself, yet he had cut through the tree in a single strike, complete with special effects.

The caution on Ying Huaixu's face finally eased.

He believed that, as he was now, he could do whatever he pleased among the Divine Firmament Sword Sect's outer disciples!

"Good, very good. I'll rest today, then see whether the game's other features still work tomorrow!"

Ying Huaixu sheathed his sword and left!

Before he knew it, the next day had arrived.

Ying Huaixu got up early.

For one thing, he wanted to hurry and earn experience from his daily missions. For another, he wanted to see whether the game's features were still there.

To Ying Huaixu's delight, many of them were.

Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the mailbox feature!

Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the True Spirit Eye feature!

Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the Sect Activity feature!

Ding! Congratulations on unlocking the shop feature!

What baffled Ying Huaixu most was that there was actually mail in his mailbox.

Ying Huaixu opened the message and was instantly dumbfounded.

To celebrate the number of preregistrations... Reward items: Spirit Leaf ×40, Dao Stone ×3888, Primordial Qi ×1.

Spirit Leaves were, simply put, used to draw outfits. Dao Stones could buy Spirit Leaves or purchase bundles directly from the cash shop.

There was no outfit draw feature now, so what else could Spirit Leaves be used for?

As for Dao Stones, there wasn't even a cash shop. What could he do with them?

Ying Huaixu opened the shop feature.

What he found was simple enough.

The shop sold only three things.

Blood-Coagulating Pill ×99, basic (price: 10 Spirit Stones), Qi-Recovery Pill ×99, basic (price: 10 Spirit Stones), Bone-Strengthening Pill ×99, basic (price: 50 Spirit Stones!)

The shop refreshes every 12 hours.

Did this thing decide what to sell entirely based on what he currently owned?

But...

Ying Huaixu suddenly felt that this shop feature might be ridiculously powerful.

Ying Huaixu didn't know the prices of Blood-Coagulating Pills or Spring-Return Pills.

But each Bone-Strengthening Pill could be sold to the sect's NPCs for ten Spirit Stones.

Ninety-nine pills meant 990 Spirit Stones.

More importantly, Bone-Strengthening Pills were essential for the Body Tempering Seventh Layer.

The sect was bound to buy them in bulk, and he needed them himself.

Even if he didn't need them right now, a guaranteed daily income of 990 Spirit Stones would make him the richest person in the outer sect.

Most importantly, Spirit Stones became hard currency from the Meridian Opening Realm onward.

Every cultivation breakthrough required a substantial number of Spirit Stones.

He needed to stockpile them too.

With that in mind, Ying Huaixu bought out the shop.

His Blood-Coagulating Pill count rose straight to 99, while his Qi-Recovery Pills reached 109!

Ying Huaixu paused. Only then did he realize that eight Blood-Coagulating Pills had been consumed automatically during his breakthroughs!

"Holy shit! Good thing I didn't keep going!"

Only then did Ying Huaixu understand why he hadn't felt the hunger people spoke of after breaking through. So that was what had happened!