"This is unbelievable..." Han Feng looked down at his fist, where starlight seemed to shimmer beneath his skin. "Is this just the beginning?"
“Start? You’re overestimating yourself.” Zero scoffed. “Right now, you’re like a baby who’s just learned to crawl. When you can draw upon the true power of the stars…” It deliberately left the question unanswered, “but with your current energy reserves, you can at least give that a try.”
"Um? Please explain more clearly."
"Your 'weakness analysis' skill," Zero reminded him, "try using it again today."
With a thought, Han Feng activated his skill and looked at his arm. The previously blurry energy flow was now clearly visible. He could see the energy transfer efficiency of each muscle fiber and even predict the angle from which an attack would cause the greatest damage.
"Try looking at the star clusters inside your body again," Zero reminded her.
Han Feng sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and focused his inner vision, his consciousness sinking into the most subtle meridians within his body. Suddenly, he "saw" something—in his otherwise completely dark inner vision, tiny specks of starlight were twinkling!
The 365 acupoints are like miniature nebulae, and the twelve meridians are like galaxies running through the entire body. Among them, the most eye-catching are the two brilliant light bands rising along the spine, the Ren and Du meridians, which are like two intertwined star dragons, radiating a heart-pounding energy fluctuation.
"Zero, what is this?" Han Feng asked in his mind, his voice trembling slightly with shock.
"This is the cosmic Dao that the Star Vein Diagram has derived from within your body," Zero replied with unusual solemnity. "It is the supreme cultivation method that treats the human body as a miniature universe."
Han Feng's gaze was focused on the ten already glowing star clusters, distributed across different acupoints. They were several times brighter than the other points of light, like the most dazzling stars in the night sky.
"These shiny places..."
“These were originally the skills you acquired, but now they have been converted into Star Power. Through Star Power, it has activated the Star Acupoints and Star Meridians in your body,” Zero explained. “Furthermore, the Star Meridian Diagram will automatically absorb the Star Power from the universe to temper your body, without the need for deliberate cultivation.”
Han Feng suddenly opened his eyes; the stars in the night sky seemed to be winking at him. No need for cultivation? Automatically becoming stronger? This is too...
He remembered that those ancient martial arts families spent their days in the family's training rooms, meditating on the cultivation stones, while he only needed to live a normal life to be cultivating all the time.
"Isn't that perverted?" Han Feng blurted out.
Zero let out a sound that sounded like a sneer: "You think this is what you call abnormal? Listen to this, your so-called early stage of the second level of the Acquired Realm is just the entry level of lighting up ten acupoint star clusters in the Star Vein Diagram, while your star diagram has 365 acupoint star clusters."
Han Feng gasped. According to Liu Shanhe, a martial artist at the Acquired Realm could already fight against a hundred opponents, yet in the Star Vein Diagram Body cultivation system, it was merely the entry level?
"What about the Innate Realm?"
“The Ren Meridian star cluster is lit up, and four of the twelve meridian star clusters are lit up.” Zero’s tone was full of disdain. “The Innate Realm, which those ancient martial arts families regard as the highest, is nothing more than a small milestone in the star meridian diagram.”
Han Feng stood up and walked to the edge of the terrace. He looked down at his hands—the same hands that had fought life-or-death battles with genetically modified soldiers and completed near-impossible missions for special forces. And now, a power even more astonishing than any of that lay dormant within him.
"What if... all the star clusters, including the Du Meridian Star Cluster, were also lit up?" Han Feng heard his voice tremble slightly with anticipation.
Zero was silent for a moment: "Then there will be no one in this world who can rival you. The so-called late-stage Great Perfection of the Innate Realm is nothing more than a single blow to you. In fact, it is enough to just light up eight meridian star clusters."
These words struck Han Feng like an electric current. He recalled the reverent tone Liu Shanhe used when mentioning the Liu family patriarch. That peerless master, who was said to have touched the threshold of the Innate Realm, was so utterly vulnerable in the face of the complete Star Vein Diagram?
Han Feng felt the glowing star clusters within his body tremble slightly, as if responding to his surging emotions. A bolder question surfaced in his mind:
"What if... all 365 star caves and 12 star veins were lit up? What would that result in?"
This time, Zero's silence lasted even longer. So long that Han Feng thought it wouldn't answer.
“I don’t know either,” Zero finally said, his tone unusually uncertain. “Reaching that level… is beyond my comprehension.”
Han Feng looked up at the starry sky. The Milky Way stretched across the sky like a dazzling jade ribbon, with countless stars twinkling within it. He suddenly had a strange feeling; those distant stars seemed to resonate with the star clusters within his body, each star corresponding to a yet-to-be-awakened point of light within him.
"So I am now..." Han Feng looked inward again, counting the lit star clusters, "Ten star clusters lit up, what realm does that correspond to? Is it just the second stage of the early stage of the Acquired Realm that they mentioned?"
“According to the ancient martial arts system, yes,” Zero said. “But in terms of actual combat strength…” it paused for a moment, “it should be a little stronger than an ordinary fifth-stage early-stage Acquired Realm cultivator.”
"I've noticed that most practitioners from ancient martial arts families release their internal energy externally. So what is the cultivation system of my Star Meridian Diagram?"
"So-called ancient martial arts are actually the cultivation of internal energy to enhance one's own attack power. When making a move, the internal energy is concentrated at one point and released instantly. The Liu family you went to, the old master of the Liu family's Qingming Skill, transforms internal energy into a cold force. You can think of it as a kind of energy attached to a certain part of the body."
"So that's how it is. Does that mean the star network diagram corresponds to the power of the stars?"
"You can try it, and you'll see." Zero's tone was slightly playful.
Han Feng returned to his room and, following Zero's instructions, mobilized the stellar power within the light cluster in his body. At that moment, Zero shouted, "Guide the condensed stellar power to your arm and then release it."
Han Feng did as instructed, and in the blink of an eye, a white halo appeared on his palm. It looked very gentle. Han Feng was still staring at it blankly when Ling urged him to try out its power.
Without saying a word, Han Feng threw a punch forward.
"boom!"
A bright light flashed, then returned to normal in an instant.
"Holy crap! Zero, I've wrecked my room!!!"
The bed and desk in front of Han Feng were reduced to dust by his attack.
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