Chapter 711

A large amount of information emerged; there were 24 core condensation methods given by Director Xi Yuan.

They were created based on people who awakened different abilities.

The Second Realm of the Universe is called the Star Realm, also known as the Imperial Star Realm!

Most people call it the Star Realm; it is simple and easy to remember.

It means becoming the master of a planet!

Among the human race, many Martial Artists of the Star Realm have the qualifications to buy life planets and become their nominal masters and controllers.

And if one wants to break through to the Star Realm, one needs to condense one's own Source Core.

The path of the Martial Path starts from the initial Flesh Training, Tendon Training, Skin Training, Bone Training, Organ Training, Marrow Training, Blood Exchange, Acupoint Training, Imperial Sky...

Step by step, tempering every part of the body.

Polishing the body to the limit, and at the same time, throughout the process, every time a stage is completed, one can break the genetic shackles.

This makes the absorption of source energy more efficient, accelerates the body's transformation, and allows for continuous evolution!

Now, he had already opened 108 acupoints and condensed 9 source energy meridians, which spread to every corner of his body.

Majestic Qi and blood Gangjin flowed within his body, and source energy spread throughout his body's cells.

After they absorbed the source energy, they stimulated the body's cells; although they were constantly absorbing source energy, they seemed to have encountered an obstacle and couldn't get stronger.

There was an invisible shackle blocking his path of evolution.

He had to condense a Source Energy Core to break the shackles before he could undergo the transformation.

Lin Qi browsed the core condensation methods; there were 24 of them, and Lin Qi had awakened three abilities of the metal attribute.

He quickly found the core condensation method, "Source Core of Metal."

Condensing a metal-attribute Source Core.

A large amount of content emerged, including the method of how to condense the Source Core.

Lin Qi browsed quickly; on the way back, he had already read it several times.

The content was already memorized by heart!

Now that he had read it all, he immediately began to try to condense the Source Core of Metal.

"Thump thump!!"

In the silent martial arts room, the sound of a violent heartbeat rang out.

Waves of fierce and sharp power surged out, merging with his Qi and blood.

Accompanied by bursts of dazzling golden light, the nine source energy meridians in his body became active.

108 acupoints opened, and majestic source energy surged in!

Lin Qi controlled the majestic source energy, gathering it at his dantian through the source energy meridians!

Bursts of sharpness kept emerging!

The source energy also transformed into the metal attribute; the source energy merged, forming a golden vortex.

A large amount of source energy was swallowed by the vortex; Lin Qi felt the three Source Energy Crystals he had swallowed being quickly devoured.

So he immediately took out three more Source Energy Crystals, put them in his mouth, and continued to absorb the source energy from them.

After condensing the golden vortex at his dantian, his body's absorption ability increased significantly.

The source energy absorbed by his cells was all swallowed by the golden vortex.

It was like a bottomless pit; any source energy that entered his body would be absorbed.

And throughout the process, the countless pores of Lin Qi's own body also opened, absorbing the source energy in the surrounding air like a storm.

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

Around his body, a whirlwind quickly formed, circling his body, with wisps entering his body to be absorbed.

"The absorption speed is too fast!"

Lin Qi felt shocked, according to the content in "Source Core of Metal."

The first step is to condense the golden vortex; this step is a process of accumulation.

Different physiques and different talents lead to different amounts of source energy absorbed.

The higher the talent, the more source energy is absorbed.

The stronger and harder the condensed Source Core will be!

"Therefore, I need to absorb a bit more!"

Lin Qi had prepared a full 80 Source Energy Crystals this time, 30 more than what Chi Di had said.

These extra 30 crystals could allow an ordinary Imperial Sky Realm Wu Zhe to condense two more source meridians.

As time passed, more and more Source Energy Crystals were absorbed.

6, 12, 24, 48...

Soon, he didn't know how much time had passed, but 50 Source Energy Crystals had been absorbed.

And Lin Qi felt his dantian, the golden vortex expanding, turning into the appearance of a black hole.

50 Source Energy Crystals had been absorbed, and it still hadn't reached the limit!

So he continued to add Source Energy Crystals.

60, 70, 79...

Another few days passed, until he had absorbed 79.

"Hum hum!!"

Lin Qi's whole body shook, and waves of power spread out from the golden vortex.

"Reached the limit!"

A thought suddenly emerged; Lin Qi knew this meant the golden vortex had reached its limit.

He could proceed to the next step!

Lin Qi braced himself; the final step was to let the vortex, which was as vast as looking at the sea, condense into a solid Source Core under compression.

This step was also the most dangerous one.

Many Imperial Sky Realm Martial Artists would fail at this step.

Once they failed, the vortex would explode, and they themselves would be severely injured, possibly even losing their lives.

And the more exquisite the core condensation method, the higher the probability of success.

The 24 core condensation methods given by Director Xi Yuan were the safest.

The success rate was as high as 99.99%.

There were almost no cases of failure.

But Lin Qi didn't dare to be careless; after all, it concerned his own Martial Path.

So he mobilized his mental power to a high degree; through the constant construction of Tianhai City, his control over mental power had increased significantly.

His mental power merged into the golden vortex, as if rushing into a bottomless sea.

Inside were surging waves of source energy.

He needed to compress them frantically.

A large amount of mental power kept merging in, and the golden vortex began to compress.

"Swish swish!!"

The golden vortex began to shrink and compress, and the area of his dantian began to feel heavy.

In an instant, his whole body began to feel heavy.

Lin Qi was not affected but continued to compress.

The more he compressed, the more strenuous it felt!

"Hum hum!!"

Suddenly, his heart beat violently, and waves of dark golden power surged out, merging into the golden vortex.

With the injection of new power, Lin Qi immediately felt the difference.

The entire compression process suddenly felt much easier.

"Very good, this way I can save time on compression."

Lin Qi continued to compress, and the golden vortex became smaller and smaller.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but the compression reached its limit.

"Compress more!"

Lin Qi felt that this was the final step, so he compressed frantically.

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, his whole body shook, as if struck by electricity, and a strong impact permeated him.

He saw that at his dantian, the space around the golden vortex began to collapse and compress rapidly.

"Boom!!"

Amidst the dazzling golden mist, a marble-sized golden bead gradually emerged.

This golden bead looked like it was cast from gold, with fine patterns flowing on its surface, each pattern containing the most rigid, most yang, fierce, and sharp power.

The second step was complete!

Lin Qi was happy; the most important step had now been accomplished naturally, without any twists or turns.

It was worthy of being the most exquisite core condensation method.

It should be a method passed down from the Nine Supreme Factions, perhaps perfected by a Supreme existence.

Lin Qi adjusted his mindset; the second step was already complete.

Next was the final step!

The final step had no difficulties; it only required time!

"Hum hum!"

The golden bead suddenly began to vibrate at a high frequency, followed by an eruption of blinding golden light.

The next instant, Lin Qi felt as if the meridians and acupoints of his whole body were being scoured by a scalding metal torrent!

At the same time, it was accompanied by a violent, stinging pain!

"Hiss~"

Lin Qi gasped, then gritted his teeth and frowned, enduring the pain stubbornly.

He had experienced ten transformations and could endure all kinds of pain.

He had long since forged a will of steel; this bit of pain couldn't defeat him.

He guided the Gangjin in his body to start polishing the golden bead, and a large amount of golden light power roamed within his body.

Among it, a large amount of the Law of Metal also descended.

With the polishing of the power of the Law, it would be much easier, and the condensed Source Core would be even stronger.

"Hum hum!!"

As time passed, the Gangjin acted like a sharp blade, polishing the golden bead, and fine cracks constantly appeared on the surface.

Yet they were filled and healed by metal particles in an instant!

After the constant tempering and polishing by the Gangjin Law, the original golden bead bloomed with dazzling light.

When the golden light dissipated, the golden bead had completely changed its appearance.

In Lin Qi's perception, a walnut-sized diamond-shaped crystal emitting golden light appeared on the surface—the Source Core of Metal!

"Hum hum!"

When Lin Qi saw it in his heart, his spirit shook.

Intense joy immediately surged into his heart.

He had finally condensed it successfully!

He had successfully condensed the Source Core of Metal!

From now on, he was a Wu Zhe of the Second Realm of the Universe.

The next moment, Lin Qi's whole body began to tremble; he saw majestic golden light released, merging into the 9 source meridians of his body.

Then it radiated to every part of his body, even into every cell. Then, tens of billions of cells began to move violently and undergo transformation.

"Click click!"

Lin Qi felt the shackles of his body being broken, and the radiated cells began to transform.

His entire body began to evolve!

The golden light also entered his heart, and the source of his Golden Gangjin Tyrant Body also surged with more power, merging into every part of his body!

His body began to transform in every aspect!

"Strength..."

Lin Qi felt that he was evolving; this transformation was greater than the transformation brought about by any of the previous 8 realms of breakthrough!

Dazzling golden light erupted from his body!

"Hum hum!"

Invisible sharpness was released from Lin Qi's body, and the entire martial arts room turned into a golden ocean.

"Roar~"

Downstairs, Xiaotian, who was lying in the living room sleeping, suddenly opened its eyes and let out bursts of low roars.

It felt the intense power of the Law of Metal and the powerful sharpness, which made it feel a violent danger.

This was a power that could kill it!

And Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi, who were sitting on the sofa, both looked at the ceiling.

They both felt a powerful aura, although it was isolated by the martial arts room.

But the leaked power still made them feel shocked.

Lin Zhen sighed: "Xiao Qi is about to break through to the Second Realm of the Universe!"

"He is worthy of being the champion of the Deep Space Genius Tournament; just the leaked aura makes us feel danger!"

"It has already been 20 days; I don't know when he will be able to come out!"

……

Time passed, inside the martial arts room.

Lin Qi couldn't feel the passage of time; he only felt himself getting stronger and stronger.

His body was constantly evolving; this was an essential improvement.

Through constant transformation, he was widening the gap with ordinary life forms!

Besides flesh and blood, more and more energy organs appeared in his body.

Heavenly Eye, Soul Core, Source Core of Metal, source energy meridians!

The combination of flesh and blood with energy caused his bloodline genes to transform.

His cells were also transforming bit by bit.

Power also kept surging out; Lin Qi enjoyed the feeling of getting stronger, which reminded him of ascension.

On the path of cultivation, no enjoyment or play could compare to the pleasure brought by cultivation improvement.

Finally, he didn't know how much time had passed.

Lin Qi felt the feeling of his body getting stronger begin to dissipate or settle into calm.

The transformation ended, and everything was over.

He had officially broken through to the Second Realm of the Universe—the Star Realm!

【You consumed 79 Source Energy Crystals, operated the core condensation method—"Source Core of Metal," absorbed a large amount of source energy, and successfully condensed the Source Core!】

【Source Core condensation complete; your flesh began to transform, cells began to transform, physique improved significantly, Qi and blood value +30,001】

【You successfully broke through to the Second Realm of the Universe, template fusion degree +2%】

【Qi and blood value: 99,999 → 130,000】

【Template: Erlang Zhenjun · Yang Jian】

【Fusion degree: 50% → 52%】

……

Lin Qi looked at the data changes on the golden panel and felt happy in his heart.

The improvement was even more powerful than he had imagined!

79 Source Energy Crystals directly brought an improvement of 30,000 Qi and blood points.

It looked like a lot, but in fact, it wasn't much.

Because to break through to the Third Realm of the Universe, his Qi and blood value had to reach 1 million to count as a breakthrough!

"Hum!"

Lin Qi suddenly opened his eyes, and terrifying golden light bloomed from them, shooting out like sharp blades.

Looking at the surrounding world again, it had already become different.

With his body transformed, the functions of all five of his senses had improved.

His vision had greatly increased; the world before him was magnified, and he could clearly see the dust in the corners and the fine patterns on the metal walls.

In his ears, he could hear the whooshing sound of the wind in the vents, and even low-frequency sound waves.

As well as the subtle sounds of his heart beating and blood flowing.

The smells his nose could detect became more numerous!

His senses had become more powerful; this was a qualitative improvement.

He watched the invisible source energy in the air being absorbed into his body through his pores.

"I can feel that my body has had a huge improvement in every aspect!"

"The Master was right; breaking through to the Second Realm of the Universe—this is the true breakthrough of a major realm!"

Lin Qi looked at himself in the mirror, a terrifying aura radiating.

His eyes bloomed with golden light, and powerful pressure was released!

Just by his aura alone, one could feel that he was a Wu Zhe of another level.

"I need to test how strong I am now!"

Lin Qi opened his virtual bracelet and logged into the Universe Virtual World.

……

A moment later, on the spacious martial arts training ground.

Lin Qi, wearing black-gold battle armor, stood on the alloy ground.

"Hum hum!"

Accompanied by a burst of blinding golden light, his body involuntarily floated up out of thin air.

Lin Qi controlled his body cells to break free from the constraints of gravity and float up.

"Boom!!"

His body, wrapped in Gangjin, flew through the air.

Moving like golden lightning, he mobilized the "Thunder Escape Sky Map."

It was as if he had turned into lightning, streaking across the sky, fast as lightning, erupting with bursts of whistling sounds breaking the sound barrier.

"Boom boom!!"

Lin Qi revealed a smile; his speed had indeed obtained a significant improvement.

"Deep Blue, I need to test my strength!"

The tall Deep Blue, wearing blue clothes, appeared; the next second, in Lin Qi's eyes, a giant mountain 800 meters high and 5 kilometers long emerged!

Lin Qi stopped in the air, the golden light on his body dissipated, and he fell toward the ground.

He stopped his Gangjin and the release of source energy!

He relied on pure strength!

He saw the veins on his whole body bulge, the Qi and blood in his body surged wildly, his muscles tensed, and Qi and blood flowed within his body.

Power surged continuously, and the tens of billions of cells in his whole body exerted force simultaneously.

The transformed cells each erupted with fierce power like small suns.

All of it gathered, like a released nuclear bomb, and the terrifying power erupted in an instant!

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

"Bang!!"

Accompanied by Lin Qi punching the giant mountain, there was a deafening loud noise; the power penetrated to the inside of the giant mountain, and then it exploded with a bang!

Accompanied by a loud rumbling noise, the giant mountain 800 meters high and 5,000 meters long shattered with a bang!

Countless large and small pieces of rubble flew everywhere, and bursts of dust buried the entire training ground!

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

As a burst of smoke dissipated, Lin Qi's figure slowly appeared amidst the rubble.

The entire giant mountain had been shattered by him; he had obtained a significant improvement in strength.

And the current giant mountain was several times larger than the one he had condensed before!

Lin Qi looked at Deep Blue; he saw a large screen appear in front of Deep Blue, on which a string of data appeared—"6,000,000kg!"

After seeing the data, Lin Qi nodded secretly:

"6,000 tons of strength!"

"Now, just by relying on strength alone, I can strike with 6,000 tons of force!"

"This already far exceeds ordinary Martial Artists of the Second Realm of the Universe!"

"Deep Blue, what is the strength range of the Star Realm in the universe?"

The blue-clothed Deep Blue said: "According to the Deep Space Academy's hundreds of billions of years of statistics on countless Star Realm strengths!"

"The weakest is at least 1,000 tons of strength!"

"And Martial Artists of the Third Realm of the Universe have at least 10,000 tons of strength!"

Lin Qi nodded: "My current 6,000 tons of strength already surpasses most Martial Artists of the Second Realm of the Universe!"

"Plus, I now have the combat power amplification of Gangjin, which can provide a 9-fold combat power amplification; perhaps I can strike with 54,000 tons of lethality!"

"No, it's the Second Realm of the Universe; many Martial Artists can comprehend the power of the Law!"

"Everyone is at the same level; in fact, it is equivalent to returning to a 5-fold combat power amplification!"

Lin Qi shook his head; by the Second Realm of the Universe, the advantage was no longer so obvious!

However, his combat power was still formidable!

Lin Qi nodded secretly; his current combat power should have no problem against veteran Martial Artists of the Second Realm of the Universe.

Many geniuses who awakened one ability had the Second Realm of the Universe as their limit!

They cultivated for thousands of years like this, and their combat power was considerable; it was also the most ordinary level.

Lin Qi felt that he should have no problem defeating such people.

Even those who awakened two abilities would be no problem.

As for star-system-level geniuses, that level was not something he could defeat.

"By the way, breaking through to the Second Realm of the Universe, besides the improvement in physical fitness, my physique is also getting stronger."

Lin Qi felt the vibration power of his body when he exerted force.

Vigorous vitality erupted within his body; the existence of the Second Realm of the Universe had a significantly improved healing ability.

"Pfft~"

Lin Qi condensed a great spear and, without using force, used the sharp spear tip to laboriously cut open his own arm.

A bloody wound appeared, but it healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In a few seconds, it had completely healed!

Lin Qi's eyes lit up: "What a strong healing ability!"

"No wonder the Master said that Martial Artists of the Second Realm of the Universe can already achieve severed-arm regeneration!"

"Although it might take a large amount of time, it is enough to show the powerful healing ability of a Wu Zhe!"

Lin Qi nodded secretly; he didn't dare to try severing his arm or piercing his heart!

But since common knowledge said that the Second Realm of the Universe had this ability, then it really did have this ability.

……

(End of chapter)