Chapter 305: Two Sudden Enlightenments! Peak of Great Luo!

Chen Mu had originally thought that among the three gates of Jing, Qi, and Shen, the Qi gate would be the slowest to accumulate, since he had the Soul Jade to aid his spiritual strength.

Yet he never expected that the spoils from the destruction of the Money Gang would propel the Qi gate straight to the peak of the Earth Altar Realm's Divine Bridge.

In contrast, the refinement of his spiritual strength remained far from the threshold of its peak, and he hadn't even touched a clear path forward.

"The time is still too short."

Chen Mu understood clearly.

Ordinary martial artists take three to five years of arduous cultivation to condense the Three Flowers atop the head; some spend decades and still make no progress.

He wanted to take a shortcut, but for now, aside from acquiring the extremely rare "Soul-Enhancing Card," there was no other way.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Mu suppressed his restlessness, his mind returning to the stillness of an ancient well.

Then he pulled out the precious Insight Card and used it without hesitation.

The goal was clear—

Master the Great Luo Upending Hand!

The effect of the Insight Card was beyond doubt.

The instant the card's power merged into his consciousness, Chen Mu's awareness was fully immersed in the vast, mysterious realm of the Great Luo Upending Hand.

All the barriers and doubts that had previously lingered at the "Mastery" level melted away like snow before the sun.

The Great Luo Scripture, as the overarching foundation, revealed its profound and intricate principles automatically in his mind, flowing and interweaving with the techniques and energy pathways of the Great Luo Upending Hand, driving Chen Mu's comprehension of this supreme art forward at an astonishing pace.

When the Insight Card's effect finally faded, Chen Mu's mastery of the Great Luo Upending Hand had shattered its bottleneck and firmly entered the "Flawless" realm!

Every gesture and movement would now be smoother, more natural, and vastly more powerful.

Yet at the very moment his understanding of this art deepened, Chen Mu's spirit was struck by sudden clarity—as if thunder had cracked open his mind!

An unprecedented sense of clarity enveloped his entire body; he instinctively dissected and deconstructed the newly attained Great Luo Upending Hand with deeper, more fundamental analysis, striving to fully integrate it into his own martial path and achieve absolute mastery.

Sudden Enlightenment!

It was Sudden Enlightenment!

After the Insight Card's power expired, relying solely on his accumulated foundation and that fleeting spark of insight, Chen Mu had entered the Sudden Enlightenment state—something countless martial artists dreamed of but could never attain!

And this Sudden Enlightenment perfectly continued from his prior study of the Great Luo Upending Hand, launching a new assault from the "Flawless" realm toward even higher, more profound depths!

This time, there was no time limit.

Chen Mu's entire mind, consciousness, and spirit were utterly submerged in the boundless ocean of the Great Luo Upending Hand, propelled by the Great Luo Scripture.

He forgot time, forgot the outside world, even forgot himself.

Above his head, white clouds drifted slowly, gradually replaced by glittering stars.

After the stars shimmered across the sky, a crimson sun rose over the horizon, bathing the earth in light.

Day and night alternated in cycles.

Chen Mu had become like a stone, motionless, his aura completely internalized, as if fused with the desolate mountain.

Only within his consciousness did the evolution, fusion, and transcendence of the Great Luo Upending Hand proceed at an astonishing speed.

Time slipped away silently in this profound Sudden Enlightenment for half a month.

One day, at dusk, the setting sun dyed the horizon a fiery orange.

A venomous snake, less than two meters long and entirely emerald green, slithered slowly along a rock crevice.

Its tongue flickered, sensing the surrounding environment.

In the green snake's perception, the "rock" ahead held no trace of life.

Ten meters, five meters, three meters… the distance shrank steadily.

When the gap between the green snake and Chen Mu narrowed to less than half a meter—

"Boom!"

A faint but heavy explosion.

The green snake never understood what happened—its entire body burst without warning, dissolving into a fine mist of blood that splattered across the surrounding rocks and grass, leaving not a single intact fragment.

At that very moment, Chen Mu's eyes, closed for half a month, snapped open.

His gaze held no sorrow, no joy—deep as an ancient well, yet flickering with the illusion of starry rivers and the birth and death of heaven and earth.

The aura that had been suppressed to the extreme, as if non-existent, erupted violently!

A piercing, unstoppable force surged skyward, as if capable of tearing apart heaven and earth, twisting the air around him so visibly that light itself warped.

His consciousness fully returned.

"Huuu~"

Chen Mu exhaled a long, turbid breath.

This breath was condensed into a solid air arrow, shooting forth and striking a protruding rock on the opposite cliff face fifty meters away—shattering it into dust.

"Achieved…"

Feeling the transformed, utterly transcendent essence of the Great Luo Upending Hand in his mind, Chen Mu's lips curled slightly into a satisfied smile.

The Great Luo Upending Hand has reached its pinnacle!

Two Sudden Enlightenments in succession—especially the latter, lasting half a month and rarer than a meteor strike—had propelled Chen Mu's mastery of this supreme art, inherited from Wu Quxing, to the ultimate realm of "Pinnacle!"

At this moment, if he were to wield the Great Luo Upending Hand again, its power would be at least five times greater than when he was merely at "Mastery."

Chen Mu had absolute confidence: if the Money Gang's leader, Chen Yuesheng, were still alive and had not yet transformed into a half-man, half-rat monster through that demonic pill, Chen Mu could kill him completely within five strikes.

…

With the Great Luo Upending Hand now at its Pinnacle, his strength had advanced once more, and Chen Mu was deeply satisfied.

Slowly reining in his piercing, unrivaled aura, he rose to his feet.

With a thought, the pure white, flawless Star Mask settled over his face; the deep blue Starry Robe followed, completely concealing his original aura and appearance.

Chen Mu pulled out the Star Token and slightly activated his true energy.

The next instant, familiar ripples spread through the space around him, and his figure vanished from the barren mountain peak in a flash.

The scene before his eyes shifted, and he had already returned to that mysterious "Star Palace."

Chen Mu appeared directly in the Star-Transmission Platform area, where dozens of Star God Platforms had stood since time immemorial—some with light pillars piercing the heavens, others dim and silent, utterly still.

Without delay, Chen Mu's mind sank into the Star Token in his hand, carefully sensing the direction of the "Myriad Stars Hall."

After completing the entrance examination, he needed to go there to report, and only after approval could he truly obtain all the Star God's permissions—including holding the Star Token and freely traveling to each Star God's exclusive Star Hall for cultivation.

It was said that cultivating within an exclusive Star Hall was far more efficient than the outside world; exactly how much higher, Chen Mu did not yet know.

"Found it."

A moment later, having identified the direction, Chen Mu's body rose into the air, the Star Token in his hand transforming him into a streak of flowing light as he flew at extreme speed away from the floating island where the Star-Transmission Platform stood.

Within the Star Palace, the sky still drifted with white clouds, suffused with rosy light, magnificent and dreamlike, like an eternal immortal realm.

In less than a moment, a far larger and grander floating island appeared ahead.

At the center of the island stood a colossal palace, a hundred meters tall, its entire body seemingly forged from molten stars—

The Myriad Stars Hall!