"The heavens are robust and active; the earth is soft and still. Qi flows naturally, the heavens and earth in their place, yin and yang energies converge, and thus are born all creatures of scales, feathers, shells, and wings..."
After reading through Daoist Text 09 this ti, aside from a vaguely dimd vision and the faint sound of ocean waves, Zhou Bai encountered no abnormalities, indicating he was becoming increasingly adapted to Daoist Text 09.
However, he did not imdiately continue to improve but turned to Christina and asked, "Tina, was what you said before true?"
"Of course." Christina said, "I told you before that the auxiliary cultivation system could help you break through the limits of your Primordial Spirit value without side effects. You won’t have to worry about mutations like ordinary people.
I’ve rembered more things now. Using lazy energy values to increase Daoization should also prevent mutations. It’s completely without side effects. Don’t believe it? Try it for yourself."
Zhou Bai thought for a mont and was sowhat tempted.
His original goal was to achieve a breakthrough to the first realm before the internal assessnt of the special class.
’The practical assessnt of the special class involves a challenge system, where students can replace their peers’ ranking by defeating them.’
’Only by breaking through to the first realm could I be more confident in challenging students of the first realm. Otherwise, the highest rank soone in the zeroth realm could achieve is ng Hao’s 19th place.’
Zhou Bai recalled the ranking on the Stele.
Besides the first place, which was the unique third realm, second to fifth places were all second realm.
Then from sixth to eighteenth places were all the first realm.
The remaining, from nineteenth place ng Hao to twenty-third place Qian Wangsun, were all in the zeroth realm.
’In this assessnt, if I could challenge a student of the first realm, my rank might soar dramatically, resulting in more points every month. It’s like making haste slowly, snowballing!’
But now, after reading Daoist Text 09 and barely increasing his Daoization to 9.6%, he knew well the difficulty of it all, the various manifestations had troubled him for a long ti.
Considering that the assessnt was just two days away, he doubted he could read Daoist Text 10 and break through the 10% Daoization to ascend to the first realm in ti.
But what if he didn’t use conventional cultivation, instead using lazy energy values to increase it?
However, Zhou Bai feared reckless advancent could be dangerous. What if the auxiliary cultivation system couldn’t eliminate the side effects of a sudden increase in Daoization?
So he decided to take advantage of his current 9.6% Daoization level and use lazy energy values to test it.
After all, he was now very adapted to Daoist Text 09. Even if using lazy energy values didn’t eliminate the side effects, he wouldn’t suffer too much since he could tough it out.
Zhou Bai looked at his panel:
Daoization: 9.6%
Primordial Spirit Value: 999
Divine Diagram: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man
Lazy Energy: 20,140
He hadn’t used lazy energy values in the last two weeks, which allowed his lazy energy to accumulate to an unprecedented amount of over twenty thousand.
After so thought, Zhou Bai used 1,000 lazy energy points, raising his Daoization from 9.6% to 9.7%.
No abnormalities arose.
Zhou Bai didn’t even feel like there was any problem.
"Did it work?"
Zhou Bai was elated, attentive to the changes in his body, and then he left the quiet room to have the staff check his physical and spiritual state, confirming no mutations or any abnormal conditions.
After returning to the quiet room, Zhou Bai spent another 2,000 lazy energy points in one go, bringing his Daoization up to 9.9%. He wanted to test whether a more significant increase at once would be effective.
Within the confines of the quiet room, the voice reading Daoist Text 09 sounded softly, from start to finish.
This reading, though the light was sowhat dim, brought about no abnormalities.
Zhou Bai had finally fully adapted to Daoist Text 09.
Then, after another thorough check and seeing no side effects, he looked at his panel.
Daoization: 9.9%
Primordial Spirit Value: 999
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Divine Diagram: Catastrophes of the Heavenly Beings
Lazy Energy: 17140
"Dao Degree is at 9.9%, with a remaining Lazy Energy value of 17140."
Zhou Bai revealed a hint of a satisfied smile. Now, he indeed had reached the pinnacle of Realm Zero. Ordinary cultivation could no longer raise his cultivation level.
The most crucial point was that he had confird there were no side effects to raising the Dao Degree using Lazy Energy values. This was simply like having divine assistance.
"Now, aside from practicing martial skills and strengthening my physique, the next step is to make a breakthrough."
To break through from Realm Zero to Realm One, the only threshold was to raise the Dao Degree from 9.9% to 10%.
"If I want to break through to 10%, then I need to read Scripture 10."
Every 5% incrent in Dao Degree is a minor barrier, while every 10% marks a major checkpoint, representing a transformation in life itself.
Each ti one breaks through the 10% barrier, it enhances the cultivator’s physique, the power of their Primordial Spirit, the Divine Diagram, among other areas. It’s an all-around advancent.
However, each breakthrough at the 10% mark also signifies danger and difficulty.
Zhou Bai rembered that his last breakthrough at the 5% mark was extrely arduous, and this 10% breakthrough would only be more challenging.
"But I have the assistance of the cultivation system!" Zhou Bai got excited, wanting to try and further increase his Dao Degree with Lazy Energy values.
But he restrained his impulse, "I must not be rash and overambitious. I should solidify my foundation and then continue to enhance my strength, one step at a ti."
Thus, after resting for half an hour, Zhou Bai felt he had completely adapted to a Dao Degree of 9.9% and decided to try and increase his Dao Degree using Lazy Energy values once again.
However, he found that this ti the increase required a full 10,000 Lazy Energy points.
"Are you kidding ? It takes 10,000 Lazy Energy points?" Zhou Bai was instantly shocked. "Is it like with the Primordial Spirit values, where the cost of Lazy Energy rises with higher cultivation levels? Or is it purely because this is a major checkpoint?"
Although he had already anticipated this, the necessity of 10,000 Lazy Energy points still pained Zhou Bai.
So he thought it over and decided to try reading Scripture 10 himself to see if he could make a breakthrough.
"If I don’t even dare to try, then I would be too cowardly."
Thinking this, Zhou Bai rested briefly to adjust, then applied to read Scripture 10.
Half an hour later, Zhou Bai lay on the ground, Scripture 10 before him.
Looking at the book in his hands, Zhou Bai took several deep breaths before slowly opening it.
"Three lights: the sun, the moon, and the stars. The sun governs qi, gather qi by the sun, the thod to acquire it..."
What surprised Zhou Bai was that accompanying his reading, the entire ditation room was peaceful, showing no sign of anything amiss.
"Am I really so well-adapted to Scripture 10?"
Although it was odd, since there was no anomaly, Zhou Bai read on more smoothly, interpreting the Scripture 10 before him.
As ti passed, Zhou Bai suddenly felt an itch and soreness in his body, as if sothing was trying to crawl out of him.
"Is it coming? The phenonon?"
Zhou Bai was startled but prepared for the complexity of Scripture 10, so he cald himself, enduring the discomfort as he continued to read the scripture.
But the itching and soreness inside his body grew more intense. Zhou Bai could even see his hands, holding the scripture, beginning to change – small bumps were rising on his skin.
The next mont, sothing even more horrifying happened.
Amidst excruciating pain, his skin on his hands and arms started to crack open, with fresh blood seeping out, followed by white scales pushing up from beneath the skin, bit by bit, covering his epidermis.
In his panic, Zhou Bai almost threw away the Scripture 10 in his hands.
However, he managed to remain calm at the last second, continuing to read and interpret the scripture while watching the scales cover his arms, then falling off as new, tender scales appeared.
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The launch date next Monday is getting closer, and I’ve been so anxious that I can’t sleep properly, waking up after just five or six hours, unable to resist checking the data on my phone.
But looking at the data just makes it harder to fall back asleep. A great author should write with ease, but I, a complete flop, should just earnestly solicit votes.
I’m asking all the lords out there to cast a vote for ~~
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