Chapter 164: Metamorphosis

For all living beings, after mental power breaks through level 20, the perception of oneself and the outside world will reach an astonishing level.

It is precisely because the mind is powerful that Source Martial Artists can more easily perceive their whole body, achieving mental micro-control.

Mental and life layers are both foundations; the stronger the foundation, the easier it will be to comprehend and polish skills.

And Li Yuan?

His mental power reached level 24.8, rivaling a mid-level Source Martial Artist, and most importantly, his skills were already extremely high.

He received guidance from Dean Hai to practice "Stellar Intent" and received personal demonstrations of 'Heaven and Man Unity' moves from Dean Li and Dean Xu time and time again.

This gave him a certain concept of 'Heaven and Man Unity'.

It was just that he had always been unable to poke through that layer of window paper.

Mental micro-control, thoroughly mastering the most subtle strength of the body, is essentially a kind of extreme of human body skills, almost impossible to transcend again.

Going further up, it is skill approaching the Dao.

It is to pursue some natural mysteries between heaven and earth that are mysterious and mysterious. This is 'Heaven and Man Unity'. This is not something that can be broken through simply by having high physical talent.

It requires a kind of spiritual enlightenment.

The half month since returning to Jiangcheng.

The impact Li Yuan suffered on his soul, the violent changes time and time again, were much more complex than the months at university.

The Fish-Spirit Tide, the unprecedented impact suffered by Jiangcheng.

Patrolling the city in the dark night, the life-and-death battle with Second-Rank aliens.

The teacher's entrustment of his child on his deathbed.

One thing after another, the impact on the soul of Li Yuan, who was only 18 years old, can be imagined.

Human talent is divided into innate talent and acquired talent.

Innate is fixed, but acquired is shaped by countless experiences. Many people may have ordinary talent, but after being polished by worldly affairs, they can eventually achieve spiritual metamorphosis and even make great achievements.

Life experience is very important.

Li Yuan's talent was already extremely high, and his experiences starting from junior high school further forged and polished his soul step by step, which allowed him to break through faster and faster as he went on.

It can be said that even without the 'Spiritual Divine Palace', Li Yuan's physical fitness progress would be very slow before becoming a Source Martial Artist, but his skill progress would also be faster and faster. If he could become a Source Martial Artist at the age of thirty or forty, he would also have hope of soaring... but that is another path.

And the reality is.

With the help of the Spiritual Divine Palace, Li Yuan's metamorphosis speed was more than ten times faster than normal cultivation, and various accumulations were also much faster.

Until today.

When he returned from the 'First-Class Silver Medal' commendation ceremony, when he sat on the roof, quietly watching this peaceful mountain and river city scene.

Under the stars all over the sky.

Li Yuan's soul gradually fell into a very special state, and he vaguely perceived the many unfathomable mysteries contained in this vast and boundless heaven and earth.

And vaguely felt his own insignificance.

"Heaven and earth and I." Li Yuan's soul was completely immersed, his heartbeat even slowed down, his heart became more and more calm, and he gradually entered a state of 'selflessness'.

Gradually.

Countless insights about "Stellar Intent" from the past surged into his heart.

Li Yuan only felt that he seemed to have turned into an ordinary star in the endless vast starry sky... The star was huge, the earth was boundless... but the star was insignificant in the endless starry sky, like dust.

This is a strong contrast.

Vast! Insignificant! It formed a wonderful opposition and unity.

"The universe is vast, and compared to the universe, even a star as towering as a star is almost insignificant dust."

"Just as Dean Hai said, even if it is a Flying Heaven martial artist, so what? Moving mountains and suppressing the sea? Flying in the sky and escaping the earth? It's just a bigger ant."

"The vastness between this heaven and earth is worth our pursuit for a lifetime." Li Yuan sat there quietly, countless thoughts and insights emerging.

Epiphany!

This is a kind of spiritual metamorphosis. In this special environment, Li Yuan and the surrounding heaven and earth fell into a perfect combination.

"However."

"The heaven and earth are vast, but I am still me. Perhaps the light of human civilization in the universe is just a flash of flame that disappears in a flash."

"Perhaps, a huge star is just cosmic dust."

"However, I also have my own will, and although it is small, it must bloom with my own brilliance." Li Yuan quietly felt all this.

He only felt that in the spiritual world, the star he had turned into was becoming more and more brilliant, more and more dazzling.

No matter how vast the starry sky was, it could not stop his light from erupting.

"Stellar Intent" Second Stage—Stellar Dust!

At the same time.

Hum~

Silently, Li Yuan's spiritual consciousness seemed to have detached from his body and entered the vast and boundless heaven and earth... Heaven and Man Unity.

What is combined is never the flesh.

It is the soul.

The bigger the heart, the bigger the heaven and earth. Only when the soul is strong enough can one go far enough.

In an instant, when Li Yuan's heart combined with heaven and earth.

"Hum~" Strands of source power originating from heaven and earth nourished Li Yuan's spiritual consciousness, causing his mental and spiritual consciousness to undergo rapid metamorphosis.

"My soul." Li Yuan felt incomparably comfortable, only feeling that his mental power was constantly undergoing metamorphosis.

Mental power is the soul.

The growth of the soul mainly relies on the feedback of the flesh, but once the skill reaches the level of 'Heaven and Man Unity', the vast and boundless heaven and earth can also nourish the soul.

Mental power and skill have always been complementary, not who achieves whom.

Even.

In the special state of Li Yuan's spiritual metamorphosis, the soul involuntarily guided the operation of the Star Pulse, and a large amount of source power surged into the body, causing his physical fitness to also undergo constant metamorphosis.

This night passed extremely quickly for Li Yuan.

When he withdrew from that special state, his entire temperament had undergone some subtle changes.

In the distance between heaven and earth, a glimmer of morning light had already appeared.

"Soul?" Li Yuan opened his eyes, only feeling that the heaven and earth in his vision had undergone some changes, more agile, more vivid.

The whole world seemed to have come alive.

"My mental power and flesh?" Li Yuan seemed a bit slow to react, subconsciously looking at the Divine Palace panel.

——

【Life Layer: 16.5 (First Rank)】

Fist Strength: 21,800 kg

Speed: 66.2 m/s

Mental Power: 26.6

Willpower: 30

Spiritual Awakening Degree: 25.4% (Current limit 30%)

Star Pulse: 10

Skill Realm: Spear Technique (Fourth Stage 99%), Movement Technique (Fifth Stage 1%), Fist Technique (Perfect)

Looking at the data changes on the Divine Palace panel, Li Yuan was stunned for a long time.

"Is this Heaven and Man Unity?"

"They all say that if skill reaches the fifth stage, it is enough to become a Source Martial Artist within a year. I didn't believe it before, but I didn't expect..." Li Yuan felt a bit incredible in his heart.

Only one night.

The life layer increased by 0.4! Mental power increased by more than 1.

Even the spiritual willpower had undergone metamorphosis to level 30 without knowing it, which was already Flying Heaven level.

Although this was because Li Yuan's first 'Heaven and Man Unity', just like when the Star Pulse was first operated, the effect of the power of heaven and earth nourishing the body and soul for the first time was extremely good.

But the effect was also extremely exaggerated.

It can be foreseen.

In the following time, Li Yuan's body and mental power would grow at a more exaggerated speed.

"The skill fist technique has been thoroughly perfected, representing that my control over the body has reached the extreme." Li Yuan closed his eyes gently, only feeling that with a thought, countless subtle strengths were all perfect.

There was no obstacle at all.

Even, the soul could easily seep out of the body, perceiving the many mysterious mysteries between the surrounding heaven and earth.

Skill is so high that it is close to the Dao!

Li Yuan, only eighteen years old, his skill level was already moving in that direction.

"Eighteen years and four months old."

"Fifth Stage Heaven and Man." Li Yuan was still sitting on the roof, overlooking the wisps of rosy clouds at the end of heaven and earth: "Such a level, placed in the entire history of human civilization, should be considered extremely fast."

Perhaps, there are more monstrous ones like Fang Hai, who achieved Heaven and Man Unity at sixteen.

But that is an exception, and there are not many in the history of human civilization.

Moreover, compared to Fang Hai spending two years from the fourth stage to the fifth stage... Li Yuan spending a year and a half from the third stage to the fifth stage is even more exaggerated and terrifying.

"It's just a pity."

"I couldn't let the teacher see this scene." Li Yuan felt a bit dim in his heart: "If the teacher knew, he would definitely be incomparably happy."

That night, when fighting the Second-Rank alien with the teacher, Li Yuan could feel that the teacher was extremely happy and excited.

When a master teaches a disciple, the most anticipated thing is the day the disciple surpasses himself.

"Teacher."

"I will definitely carry your expectations and stand on the peak of the Global University Martial Arts Competition." Li Yuan's eyes were very bright, facing the morning glow: "And even one day, stand at the peak of human civilization's martial arts."

Chasing the peak of martial arts.

This is Li Yuan's desire.

First step into the Heaven and Man realm.

Li Yuan did not rush to tell others, but returned to the underground martial arts room.

Brightly lit.

"Black Star Spear." Li Yuan grasped his weapon, silently feeling the strength operation within the weapon.

Swish!

The long spear danced, and Li Yuan practiced the Star Spear Technique again. The spear technique was continuous, vast and brilliant.

It seemed that there was no change from the past.

However, if a master of mental micro-control observed, he would be shocked to find that in Li Yuan's spear technique and spear momentum, there was a faint extra special rhythm.

It was as if—the spear had a spirit!

"Stellar Intent."

"This is the true Stellar Intent." Li Yuan practiced again and again, wanting to thoroughly integrate his insights into the Star Spear Technique.

After skill is close to the Dao, there is not much difference in moves or weapons.

The five major killing moves of the "Star Spear Technique" are already ever-changing and enough to use.

Like "Stellar Intent", it is more about a kind of 'intent', a kind of fit and insight with heaven and earth.

Just!

Even if Li Yuan practiced again and again, the power of the spear moves was significantly stronger than before, but on his Divine Palace panel, the spear technique still stayed at the fourth stage 99%.

"Just relying on practice, perhaps it's a bit lacking. Let's try fighting." Li Yuan thought thoughtfully.

Entering the lounge, he entered the virtual network cabin.

Logged into the Starry Sky Fighting Network.

"Master, you haven't been here for a long time." The elf-like girl flew, her voice excited.

"It has been a while." Li Yuan smiled indifferently.

Since mental micro-control, the time spent entering the Starry Sky Fighting Network to fight has decreased sharply.

Occasionally, when he was in the mood, he would come in to play a few ranking matches.

"Beep~" Li Yuan clicked to check his ranking match data:

Ranking Match: Eclipse Rank.

Points: 784 (1000 points can participate in the promotion match)

Ranking Win Rate: 69%

"Ranking match." Li Yuan clicked to start ranking matching, wanting to find a master who could verify the thoughts in his heart.

Only twenty seconds later.

"Ranking match successful." System prompt.

"It's quite fast this time. I thought I would have to match for a few minutes again." Li Yuan grinned.

Time passed, ranking matches were held one after another, and facing masters of mental micro-control, Li Yuan easily won one victory after another.

Victory! Victory! Victory!

Simply unstoppable!

Li Yuan's spear technique seemed to still stay at the fourth stage 99%.

But relying on the movement technique that had broken through to the fifth stage, he already possessed nearly invincible combat power in the Eclipse Rank.

And today.

Perhaps there was a bit of luck in the dark, Li Yuan's ranking matching was exceptionally smooth.

Making him fight more and more smoothly.

In one hour, he won fourteen battles, and his spear technique became more and more sharp, faster and faster, more and more violent.

Finally.

In the fifteenth battle, Li Yuan suffered system sanctions and finally encountered a super master of the 'Transcendence Rank'. This was a true fifth-stage master.

This battle was a completely one-sided battle.

Li Yuan swung his long spear, struggling to block the opponent's battle blade time and time again. If it weren't for his movement technique breaking through to the fifth stage, he would have been defeated long ago.

"Hmm?"

When another blade slashed down like lightning, Li Yuan finally couldn't block it in time. Subconsciously, the long spear in his hand erupted suddenly, vaguely triggering a mysterious power between heaven and earth.

The spear speed suddenly soared by a large margin.

"Clang!" The long spear and the battle blade collided, and Li Yuan was slashed backward.

Li Yuan froze for a moment.

Following another blade light, the stunned Li Yuan turned into nothingness.

However.

Before disappearing, a smile appeared on Li Yuan's face, and he opened his mouth, seeming to say 'thank you'.

On Li Yuan's Divine Palace panel, a new prompt had appeared: "【Your spear technique realm has increased from fourth stage 99% to fifth stage 1%】."

At the same time Li Yuan ended this battle.

"Important notice."

"Li Yuan, Xia Nation person, 18 years old, in the latest virtual battle, his spear technique triggered 'Power of Heaven and Earth', suspected that the skill realm has crossed into the fifth stage." A message was issued by the Starry Sky Fighting Network intelligent system.

As an S-level key message, it was directly passed to the Starfire Martial Hall, Starry Sky Martial Hall, and Xia Nation Martial Arts Hall.

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