[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er":3,"chapter-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-964":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial World: Getting Strong by Grinding Er Lang Shen's Talent",{"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},2331331,4558,"Chapter 964: The Power of the Time Law (Requesting Monthly Votes)","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-964",964,"\u003Cp>“Shh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he shot forward like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the moment he surged forward, he felt the space twist violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space grew abnormally heavy, filled with invisible resistance, but it barely affected him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his speed, he needed less than a second to reach the finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the air seemed to possess some force devouring his source energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the source energy he released was completely consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible black legal wave began to emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi felt his entire body boil, burning furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation was excruciating—it burned too fiercely, even draining his life force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His source energy was also being consumed wildly in the burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body grew scorching hot; his skin turned crimson and steamed with white vapor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible pressure was spreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi didn’t care—he charged forward under the crushing weight, shooting out like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his speed had slowed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the ten-kilometer distance would have taken him less than 0.1 seconds to cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, his speed dropped instantly—he took ten seconds to cover just one kilometer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi gasped for breath; a wave of intense fatigue surged through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy from hundreds of billions of his cells, along with his source energy, was being consumed wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatigue, long absent, had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible time-law power enveloped his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi felt an unprecedented weakness wash over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he had exercised nonstop all day, utterly drained of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began to tremble; his speed visibly slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice but to slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest heaved violently; his breathing grew ragged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy in his cells was being consumed wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that if he pushed any harder, he would collapse and die mid-run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flow of his blood slowed; his bone marrow was peeling away; his muscle strength vanished rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision darkened; his body lost its luster; his breath grew fainter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What drained away was not only his power, but his years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an old man whose age kept climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His constitution grew weaker; his speed slowed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi’s mind even formed the thought: “I just want to rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t had such a thought in a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been brimming with energy, with endless strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when exhaustion came from cultivation, he recovered quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he couldn’t recover at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew weaker and weaker, like an elderly man with osteoporosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unprecedented weakness gripped his heart—he wanted to lie down right where he stood and sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So tired!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his hands—once glowing with power, now shrinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his skin, the flow of blood in his veins slowed, like a dried-up stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin grew dry and brittle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body involuntarily began to hunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the power of the time law?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi guessed it was the power of the time law, but never imagined it could be so terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely enveloping him caused his lifespan and strength to burn away like firewood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-kilometer finish line lay right before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it felt impossibly distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi adjusted his breathing, controlled his muscles, and began jogging slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer sprint as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This weakness was more agonizing than any physical or mental shock he’d ever endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing power—this despair—few could remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, he began to feel drowsy; his body instinctively begged him to stop and rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this urge grew stronger by the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi’s expression remained resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jogged slowly, inching closer to the finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he stopped running altogether and walked step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With iron will, he suppressed his body’s instincts and moved forward, slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two kilometers, three kilometers, four kilometers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, he reached the seven-kilometer mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision blurred; his awareness grew dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only felt the finish line was still far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a heavy crash, he lost consciousness completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he looked around and realized he had somehow returned to the finish line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lin Qi, unfortunately, you failed to pass Dream Bridge Level 91!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Rank (Xingyan): 398 → 388】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yes\u002FNo to retry the trial?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi exhaled a long breath and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the endless power surging within him—what he’d just endured was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like a centenarian, struggling even to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strength was gone; every organ seemed at the end of its lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His source energy was completely depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder the difficulty is so high—so few geniuses pass.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is only Level 91—there are still nine levels ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi tapped the screen to review the replay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never needed to watch replays before—he just charged through, since he always cleared levels quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to review the replay—the screen showed he was less than three kilometers from the finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d held on just a little longer, he might have passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he had no intention of trying again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to rest, to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing through ten levels in one go drained his spirit too severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now felt as if his head would split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His rank had risen by ten places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it was higher than he expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many above him had cultivated for tens of thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he chose to exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Dream Bridge Square, Lin Qi stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He transformed into a streak of light and shot into the sky, returning to Tianhai Residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, he descended onto the training ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took five vials of Phosphor Soul Elixir from the Source Core World and drank them all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his mental energy slowly recovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi immediately felt much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked straight into the villa and prepared to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to relax thoroughly before thinking about how to further strengthen his willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the core zone, within a central estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire estate resembled a garden, with the villa seamlessly fused with countless plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast, massive vines curled around the villa, while a colossal, towering tree rose to an astonishing height of a thousand meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant tree radiated extraordinary vitality and possessed its own consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a magnificent sight throughout the entire core zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a thick branch of the tree, Lord Kongming, clad in a dark green robe, surveyed the entire core zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From above, countless estates seemed to lie within his view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, a large blue screen projected into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the screen appeared Lin Qi’s data and ranking from the Dream Gate Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick, green, resilient vine appeared beside him and wrapped around Lord Kongming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stroked the vine and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly unexpected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qi’s willpower is stronger than we imagined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even top-tier geniuses must rigorously train their willpower to break through the Five Cosmic Realms.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Most require thousands, even tens of thousands of years, to gradually strengthen their willpower through time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aside from understanding cosmic laws, enhancing willpower is the most difficult.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never expected that after only a thousand years of cultivation, Lin Qi would already possess such immense willpower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He is a natural-born powerhouse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With his current willpower, breaking through the Five Cosmic Realms is entirely within reach.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1214,"2026-06-20T20:27:49.107Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9db3f9c7cacce3d3471979c1c6a3d5e8087a77e59eb1b2d694fd92460a4d0cad","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-965","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-963",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-cover.jpg"]