[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o":3,"chapter-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-77":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Comment '1' for Virtue, I'm Really Not the Chosen One!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2348649,4590,"Chapter 77: Spell Perfected","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-77",77,"\u003Cp>The next morning, the ninth-layer Awakening Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! You have invested 10 Merit Points into the spell “Infernal Burn,” gaining +5 EXP (10 × 50%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty points of Wuxing  plus twenty points of Awakening Mist bonus…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final 10% naturally comes from the Heaven-grade anomaly flame, 【True Ultimate Flame】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pushed Lin Mo’s Merit Point efficiency straight to 50%, a new high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this applies only to fire-element spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the spell experience bar on his panel: 【Infernal Burn: 6\u002F5000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, he could max out Infernal Burn’s proficiency in about eight days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell into brief indecision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After days of relentless grinding, he steadily accumulated around 1,200 Merit Points daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, 【Five-Spirit Dao Body】 was steadily advancing: 6,350\u002F10,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was getting closer to cultivating the 【Five-Spirit Dao Body】, nearly two-thirds complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add today, and another seven or eight days would fill the bar—but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The arena battle timing still hasn’t been set.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to spies he’d placed among the team leaders, the exact date would be set only after these enlightened prodigies awoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Estimating the timeline, it would likely be mid-July, plus preparation time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>July 20th—that was Lin Mo’s estimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than ten days remained until then; if he insisted on maxing out 【Five-Spirit Dao Body】, he’d have little Merit Points left for 【Infernal Burn】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At best, I’d only have enough to raise Infernal Burn to Minor Attainment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo calculated the exact number, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the mid-grade spell 【Heavenly Thunder Incantation】 as a benchmark, he had no doubt about the power of a Rank-1 Jipin  spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if proficiency was too low, it was uncertain whether the Jipin  spell could unleash its full potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each proficiency tier increased spell power in distinct steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Heavenly Thunder Incantation】 proved this: the perfected version was twice as powerful as the beginner version, with marked improvements in casting speed and efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he’d scored a perfect score in the Immortal Exam Realm with just one mid-grade spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Long A, prodigies who reached the ninth-layer Awakening Platform all had at least one Great Attainment or Peak Attainment upper-grade spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, figures like Chu Wange, who’d maxed out over a dozen perfected sword spells, were exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Chu Wange hit five hundred points because the Realm’s perfect score was only five hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to the matter at hand—the appearance of this Jipin  spell had disrupted Lin Mo’s original plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d initially prioritized 【Five-Spirit Dao Body】 to boost Merit Point efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the arena battle imminent, if he wanted to keep his meditation cushion’s 20-point Wuxing  bonus, prioritizing cultivation was no longer viable…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this through, Lin Mo no longer hesitated and began investing Merit Points into 【Infernal Burn】:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! You have invested 1,000 Merit Points into the spell “Infernal Burn,” gaining +500 EXP (1,000 × 50%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Infernal Burn’s proficiency has reached Beginner Level.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beginner level in one second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless knowledge points about 【Infernal Burn】 flooded his mind; the five-colored aura around him flared brighter—red intensified, and a flame surged from his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So hot! So hot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo felt searing heat in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he took a deep breath and exhaled the heat, his understanding of 【Infernal Burn】 grew clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once obscure Dao incantations had been stripped down to their simplest, most brutal form—complex tools suddenly became easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively tried casting it, but remembered he was on the Awakening Platform and forcibly held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several hours later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cliff-top Dao hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pure Yang Guidance, guiding fire back to origin, true flame refining form… Activate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Mo formed the hand seal, a column of blazing fire erupted from the distant platform, engulfing the target entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding temperature rose sharply; a wave of heat rushed toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhh-shhh-shhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames burned fiercely through the air, consuming the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one minute, the fire gradually subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The target, forged from special material, was now heavily scorched across its entire surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad for damage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo squinted at the heavily burned target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infernal Burn, barely at Beginner Level, already matched the damage of 【Heavenly Thunder Incantation】 at early Great Attainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contrast was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, 【Heavenly Thunder Incantation】 consumed a fixed 200 true qi per cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at Qi Refining Level 8, he could only unleash twenty thunderbolts at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But 【Infernal Burn】 was different—the range and damage of its Dao fire could be controlled by true qi output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more true qi invested, the wider the area and the greater the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I’d mastered Infernal Burn back then, I wouldn’t have needed to go through all that trouble upgrading sword techniques and stance training to score perfect in the Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo was highly satisfied with 【Infernal Burn】—not just its damage, but its exceptional controllability, which was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he only raised it to Minor Attainment, he might still score perfect in the Immortal Exam Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jipin  spells were rare finds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Long A, nor past Immortal Exam runners-up like Zhuang Weinan, had ever trained any Jipin  spell before the Immortal Exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This showed just how scarce Jipin  spells were at Rank-1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Infernal Burn】 was comprehensive in every way—aside from requiring 5,000 proficiency points, it had almost no flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current exaggerated fire-spell cultivation bonus, maxing it out would take only a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I truly reach Perfection, how devastating would the damage be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of anticipation glimmered in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>July 16th, clear weather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! You have invested 1,000 Merit Points into the spell “Infernal Burn,” gaining +550 EXP (1,000 × 55%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Infernal Burn has reached Perfection, bonus acquired: Speed of cultivating Rank-1 fire spells increased by 10%】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two prompts echoed in his ears, Lin Mo snapped open his eyes—done!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled deeply, finally smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he felt someone pat his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, uh, Brother Lin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to see Long A, having awakened from his enlightenment, raising an eyebrow at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re awake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo looked at him in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, many prodigies’ enlightenment periods were ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier awakeners like Chen Xuanzhi and Feng Ji had already returned to consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, even Long A had finished—stretching his body as he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just woke up, my bones are stiff as dried wood. Let’s go stretch over there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo didn’t refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without Long A, he’d spent about three hours daily on 【Rising Sun Art】 stance training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proficiency gain was secondary; the real benefit was improved stamina and energy for working late nights for Zhuang Weinan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without 【Rising Sun Art】, he might not have survived Zhuang Weinan’s nightly “exploitation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him agree, Long A sprang up eagerly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go—I’m about to burst, and I’ve got to reply to my goddess. Haven’t been online for days; Xiao Li and the others must be frantic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less part-time income? Yeah, they should be frantic… Lin Mo muttered inwardly, then rose—only to suddenly remember something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively looked ahead: the figure in the blue robe still sat motionless at the cliff’s edge, unmoving as a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Wange, the first new student to enter enlightenment, still hadn’t awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had even surprised the nine Dao Academy team leaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, Zhuang Weinan had told Lin Mo that deep enlightenment usually lasted fourteen days—Chu Wange had clearly surpassed that limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Counting today, it was already fifteen days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why hasn’t this guy woken up? Is something wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself, but had no way to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enlightenment was profoundly mysterious—forcibly interrupting it could even cause qi deviation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the senior disciples from the Nine Great Academies could handle it, let alone him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shook his head and followed Long A down the nine-level Awakening Platform, heading toward the mountain path; just as they were about to descend the final steps, a powerful mountain wind suddenly struck from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo and Long A turned around in shock, seeing a nearly transparent lotus blossom floating in midair atop the nine-level Awakening Cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them—including every new disciple on the nine-level Awakening Platform—felt a sharp sword intent surging toward them, stinging their faces like fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Chu Wange!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long A immediately identified the source of that sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who else but Chu Wange, who held the top position on the cliff?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s pupils contracted slightly; if it had been the Lin Mo before coming to the Awakening Platform, he might have exclaimed, “Damn, awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he had a clear enough understanding of the power behind magical arts and divine techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword intent within this blade was Jizhi  and pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely observing it from afar made one tremble from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold, clear voice came from behind him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a natal flying sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned instinctively and saw He Feng standing behind him, his gaze burning as he stared at the translucent lotus in midair, repeating:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a nurtured natal flying sword—Sister Chu is about to awaken!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1511,"2026-06-21T02:07:02.078Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8fc5e1ecbc0e72f9c5d58b3d3ad801d0910e676b1e492c887d6e80c52d683d65","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-78","comment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-chapter-76",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcomment-1-for-virtue-i-m-really-not-the-chosen-o-cover.jpg"]