A Complete Transformation

The entire process lasted about half an hour.

When the last trace of the medicine's power had been fully absorbed, Luo Feng opened his eyes and found that his whole being had changed.

His vision had become incredibly clear, allowing him to see every strand of the spiderweb in the corner of the warehouse. His hearing had also become exceptionally sharp, allowing him to hear the wind rustling through leaves hundreds of meters away. Most importantly, an unprecedented sense of power surged through his body, as though he could punch through a steel plate.

"How do you feel?" Qin Yuan asked with a smile.

Luo Feng looked down at his hands and clenched his fists. His knuckles cracked crisply, and the air itself seemed to burst in his palms.

"I..." His voice was somewhat hoarse. "I feel like a different person."

"Test your strength." Qin Yuan carried a strength tester out from the corner-he had prepared it in advance.

Luo Feng walked up to the strength tester, took a deep breath, and punched!

Bang!

The numbers on the strength tester jumped wildly before finally settling on a figure that left Luo Feng dumbfounded:

15,800 kg!

Fifteen thousand eight hundred kilograms!

The punching force standard for a Wargod was 10,000 kilograms. His punching force had already surpassed the threshold for an ordinary Wargod!

And that was just his raw punching force. His speed, reactions, endurance, and recovery ability would all rise to the same level accordingly.

"This is just the beginning." Qin Yuan walked over to him. "A tenfold gene level doesn't even count as a first step in the universe. Once you truly begin cultivating techniques from the universe, you'll improve even faster."

Luo Feng turned around and bowed deeply to Qin Yuan. "Thank you, Teacher!"

He called him Teacher with complete sincerity.

If part of the reason he had accepted Qin Yuan as his teacher before was that the power Qin Yuan had displayed had made it impossible for him to refuse, now he truly acknowledged him as his teacher.

A single bottle of "mineral water" had been enough to transform him completely. Even with a lantern, he couldn't find another teacher like this.

Qin Yuan waved a hand. "You don't need to thank me. You're my disciple, and helping you grow stronger is my responsibility. Besides..."

A mysterious smile curved his lips. "When you get stronger, I benefit too."

Luo Feng didn't understand, but he didn't ask any more questions. His mind was filled with the desire to grow stronger, and he couldn't wait to begin cultivating for real.

"Teacher, what are we going to learn next?" he asked eagerly.

Qin Yuan glanced at him and said, "Next, I'll teach you a true method of cultivation. But before that, you need to understand how the levels of power in the universe are divided."

He sat back down on the cushion and gestured for Luo Feng to sit as well.

"The cultivation system in the universe is divided, from lowest to highest, into Apprentice Level, Planetary Level, Star Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord Level, World Lord Level, Immortal Level, Universe Venerable level, Universe Master Level, and the highest, Universe Supreme Master Level, also known as True God Level."

"The gap between each major realm is as vast as heaven and earth. A Planetary Level powerhouse can easily crush ten thousand Apprentice Level fighters. And a Universe Master can destroy a galaxy with a single thought."

Luo Feng's heart surged as he listened.

Apprentice, Planetary, Star, Universe, Domain Lord, World Lord, Immortal, Venerable, Universe Master, True God...

So the path of a martial artist could stretch this far!

"Teacher, what level are you at now?" Luo Feng asked curiously.

Qin Yuan smiled. "Universe Master."

Luo Feng sucked in a cold breath.

A Universe Master... a being who stood at the very pinnacle of the entire universe!

And a being like that had personally come to Earth to take him as a disciple?

"There's no need to be so surprised," Qin Yuan said. "Your future achievements won't fall short of mine. You'll even... surpass me."

He was telling the truth. In the original work, Luo Feng eventually became a Hunyuan Lord, a being far beyond a Universe Master.

"Then what level am I at now?" Luo Feng asked.

"Your physical attributes have already reached the Planetary Level standard," Qin Yuan said. "But your comprehension of your realm is still at Apprentice Level. To become a true Planetary Level powerhouse, you need to grasp the barest basics of one Universe Origin Law. You still have a long way to go on that front."

"Origin Laws?"

"The universe is made up of countless laws: space, time, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light... These are all Origin Laws," Qin Yuan explained. "Only by comprehending the laws can you truly draw upon the power of the universe. Otherwise, no matter how much brute strength you have, you won't be able to withstand a single blow from a true powerhouse."

Luo Feng nodded thoughtfully.

"All right, that's enough for today's lesson." Qin Yuan stood up. "Go home and digest what you've learned today. Come back here in three days, and I'll begin teaching you cultivation in earnest."

"Yes, Teacher!"

Luo Feng bowed respectfully, then turned and left the warehouse.

Qin Yuan watched his retreating figure disappear into the night, the smile on his lips gradually fading.

"System, open the master-disciple interface."

[Master-Disciple System]

[Disciple: Luo Feng]

[Current realm: Quasi-Martial Artist (physical attributes have reached Planetary Level)]

[Gene level: tenfold]

[Law comprehension: none]

[Master-disciple bond: level 2 (trust)]

[Accumulated cashback: 0 (disciple has yet to complete his first realm breakthrough)]

"Doesn't the gene potion count as a realm breakthrough?"

[The gene potion is an improvement from an external source and does not count as a realm breakthrough.]

[The disciple must rely on his own cultivation to break through to Planetary Level to trigger the first cashback.]

Qin Yuan nodded. It seemed he couldn't rely entirely on system rewards to pile up Luo Feng's strength; he had to let Luo Feng take that step himself.

But that suited him just fine. Powerhouses built up through external means had unstable foundations, and their combat strength was far inferior to those who had cultivated their way up. In the original work, Luo Feng had become a Hunyuan Lord precisely by building a solid foundation step by step.

"System, use 'Law Comprehension Acceleration (10 eras).'"

['Law Comprehension Acceleration (10 eras)' has been used.]

[The host will enter a state of enlightenment. Duration: 10 hours in real time.]

[During enlightenment, the host's law comprehension speed will increase 1,000 times. Note: 10 eras = 100,000 years.]

[Suggested subjects for enlightenment: Time Law, Space Law.]

A mysterious sensation flooded Qin Yuan's mind. He closed his eyes, and everything around him grew clear.

Time flowed, and space stretched. He could "see" the path every speck of dust in the warehouse had taken over the past few seconds, as well as the direction they would travel in the next few seconds. Past, present, and future were a continuous whole from the perspective of the Time Law.

The Space Law, meanwhile, showed him something deeper. This seemingly ordinary warehouse had countless tiny folds and ripples on the spatial level, minute disturbances caused by the presence of matter.

Ten eras of comprehension acceleration meant he could gain the law comprehension others would spend a hundred thousand years cultivating to attain, all within ten hours!

For a Universe Master, this was a heaven-defying opportunity.

Qin Yuan immersed himself in the ocean of laws, absorbing their mysteries like a man dying of hunger and thirst.

Time passed, second by second...