Chapter 439 Powerful Effects
One year later.
The protective barrier of the Time Residual Image Training Ground slowly descended with a low hum.
Jemin walked out shirtless, sweat dripping down his muscular physique and rising as fine white mist beneath his feet.
His breathing was steady and long, each exhale causing a subtle resonance of the elemental energy within the laboratory.
"call……"
Exhaling a long breath, Jieming felt the surging power within him and breathed a satisfied sigh of relief.
Faint golden lines could be seen flowing beneath the skin, an external manifestation of the body tempering technique breaking through to a new level.
He casually clenched his fist, and the air in his palm produced a series of tiny popping sounds, causing subtle ripples in the space around him.
He did not test the specific strength values because it was unnecessary.
Every cell in the body is sending a clear message: strong, resilient, and full of vitality.
Compared to a year ago, Jemin's physical fitness has undergone a qualitative leap.
Walking to the private bathroom next to the training field, a medicinal bath tub carved from obsidian was already ready.
The liquid inside the bucket had a strange dark gold color, with specks of light floating on the surface, and emitted a complex aroma that was a mixture of herbal fragrance and sulfur.
This is a formula that Jemin finalized after repeatedly improving upon the nourishing medicinal bath recipes recorded in "The Great Dao Book Pavilion" and combining them with his understanding of potions in the wizarding world.
Stepping into the bathtub, the warm medicinal liquid enveloped my entire body.
Instantly, a slight tingling sensation was felt on the skin's surface, which then transformed into a warm and nourishing feeling.
The medicinal properties seep into the body through the pores, resonating with the body strengthened by the body-building method, further stimulating cell activity.
Jemin leaned against the barrel wall, closed his eyes, and let the medicine seep in.
The formula for this medicinal bath, in terms of the cost per unit of material, is not particularly expensive.
But the problem is—this is for taking baths.
A single soak requires enough medicinal liquid to fill the entire bathtub.
In total, the cost of each soaking is close to ten million low-level military merits.
This is almost equivalent to most of the gains of a level 5 wizard participating in a planar war.
Such a lavish investment naturally brought commensurate returns.
Light footsteps came from outside the bathroom, followed by a respectful knock.
"Enter."
A black giant priest, over two meters tall, with a jet-black body and a liquid metallic sheen flowing across his skin, pushed open the door and entered.
It held a recording crystal in its hand, and its movements were surprisingly elegant.
"Master, these are the statistics from the measurements we just took of you."
The Black Giant Priest suspended the recording crystal beside the bathtub, activating the projection.
On the light screen, densely packed data began to scroll:
[Base physical strength increase: 52.7 times]
[Average increase in elemental resistance: 43.9 times]
Physical impact resistance increased by 61.2 times.
[Neural reaction speed increased by 38.4 times]
Cell regeneration efficiency increased by 57.6 times.
Energy storage capacity increased by 48.3 times.
[Injury tolerance limit increased by 35.1 times]
...
Each data point is accompanied by detailed measurement methods and comparison benchmarks.
Jemin watched quietly, his eyes calm.
A comprehensive improvement of fifty-two times.
This means that, in terms of pure physical strength, he has completely surpassed the standard of a fourth-level wizard or a Nascent Soul cultivator, and has reached the average level of a fifth-level wizard or a Void Refinement cultivator.
The combination of medicinal baths and extreme training with time afterimages produced results that were indeed alarmingly exaggerated.
but……
Jemin suddenly frowned, suppressing his urge to burst into song.
As his physical strength leaped to a new level, he keenly sensed a slight disharmony.
The balance of the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit has been disrupted.
His body was too strong, and his blood and qi were so abundant that they were almost boiling, which significantly reduced his ability to control his emotions.
They are more easily influenced by hormones secreted by the body, resulting in states such as impulsiveness, excitement, and excessive fighting spirit.
In everyday life, this might not be a big problem.
However, for wizards who need to precisely manipulate the laws and calmly analyze the battle situation, this is a potential risk.
"My body is moving too fast."
Jemin sighed and made a decision.
Next, we must pause strengthening our physical abilities and turn our attention back to honing our mental strength and refining our spiritual power.
Let "spirit" and "vital energy" catch up with "essence" and restore the balance of the three treasures.
It just so happens that the low-level military merits consumed in preparing potions over the past year have been too enormous, and time is needed to recover.
However, the benefits of a strong physique are not limited to combat ability.
Through the Qi cultivation method, which allows the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit to interact and influence each other, Jieming's spiritual power and mental strength have also increased at an astonishing rate during this period.
Its improvement was so rapid and efficient that it far surpassed any other method that Jemin had tried before.
Therefore, Jemin wasn't too worried about his overly strong physique.
He roughly estimated that, at this rate, his mental strength would reach the critical point for advancing to the fifth level of wizard in less than a hundred years.
Combined with a mastery of spiritual energy laws that already exceeds 10%...
"At that time, becoming a level 5 wizard will be a natural progression."
But then, Jemin suddenly fell into deep thought.
He realized a problem: in the wizarding system, advancement was simple and straightforward.
As long as one's mastery of the laws and mental strength meet the requirements, advancement will be a natural progression.
However, the situation is completely different in the cultivation system.
For a Nascent Soul cultivator to advance to the Void Refinement Realm, they need to "understand the path they have chosen".
In wizarding terms, it means needing to raise one's mastery of a certain law to 100%.
The difference stems from the fundamental differences between the two systems.
In the wizarding world, the key to advancing from level three to level six lies in "understanding the laws" and "the strength of one's mental power".
Once you understand and accumulate knowledge, you can advance to the next level.
It's like a progressive exam; you pass once you reach the passing score.
In the world of cultivation, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage have already broken free from the shackles of lifespan and possess endless lifespan.
This leap in life form makes the way of thinking of cultivators completely different from that of short-lived species.
The realms of cultivators are created by humans, and with completely different ways of thinking, the requirements for advancement are naturally different as well.
On an endless lifespan scale, spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of years to comprehend a single Great Dao is perfectly normal in their eyes.
Therefore, the difference in combat power between Nascent Soul stage cultivators can be exaggerated to an astonishing degree.
After all, the core goal of this level is to "improve combat power".
Some ancient monsters who have been immersed in the Nascent Soul stage for millions of years can even go head-to-head with Mahayana stage cultivators by mastering their own path.
Of course, there are basically no Nascent Soul stage cultivators who can remain immersed in the Nascent Soul stage for even longer—because those who can live that long without advancing in the Nascent Soul stage are all exceptionally talented monsters.
After millions of years of accumulation, they are often able to ascend directly to immortality, skipping the intermediate stages.
Only those cultivators with relatively average aptitude who feel the pressure of survival will choose to advance to the Void Refining Realm to continue their cultivation path.
"Compared to those monsters, I am by no means exceptionally talented."
Jemin has a clear understanding of himself.
Therefore, he must choose to continue advancing to the Void Refinement Realm.
Fortunately, he doesn't have to wait until he becomes a level six wizard to advance.
Given his speed of mastering the laws of spiritual energy, he should be able to raise his mastery of the laws of spiritual energy to 100% before his mental strength reaches the required level to advance to the sixth level of wizard.
As I pondered, the liquid in the medicinal bath gradually faded in color, indicating that the medicinal effects had been completely absorbed.
Jemin got out of the bathtub, water sliding down his body.
With a wave of his hand, the moisture on his body twisted and transformed into a simple black robe that he automatically donned.
He stepped out of the bathroom and went to the core control console of the laboratory.
Since the improvement in our strength is unlikely to change in the short term, it's time to plan for the next step.
Jemin chose to perfect the incense and religious practices.
This was the direction he had set long ago.
After a moment's thought, Jemin turned his attention to cross-space transmission technology.
Research on cross-space transmission technology has now reached a basic level of maturity, and it's time to formally install it into the system.
If successful, he will be able to draw upon the energy reserves of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane at any time to fight in any plane, essentially carrying a mobile mage tower with him.
"Let's get this part sorted out first."
Jieming brought up the holographic structure diagram of the incense and deity's path and gently tapped the "inter-space energy transmission module" with his finger.
"Then, we'll consider the others."
(End of this chapter)
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