High Martial: I Grind Professions

Chapter 210: Chapter 154: Night Wander, Primordial Spirit Secret Skill

Within his Star Sea, it was as if a torrent, gathering for a thousand years, had suddenly burst its dam.

The moment his Scholar level rose to Lv. 12, an unimaginably vast Spiritual Power erupted, instantly sweeping through his entire consciousness space.

The translucent, jade-like figure at the center of the Star Sea trembled slightly, then greedily began to absorb this vast power.

Li Wen clearly ”saw” his Star Sea expand and solidify at a visible rate.

The jade figure grew clearer and more profound, the patterns on its surface shimmering with the luster of wisdom and power. At its core, an even purer and more substantial aura was brewing.

When this expansive force peaked, the jade figure erupted in a brilliant radiance, which then immediately retracted back into itself.

It was as if it had undergone a complete baptism. Its form hadn’t changed significantly, but its internal substance and the power it contained were entirely different.

The spiritual will dwelling within it was as vast as a Star Sea, as profound as a frozen abyss.

Third Layer of Primordial Spirit!

There were no world-shaking phenomena, only a complete metamorphosis and ascension on a conscious level.

Li Wen’s senses sharpened, and his thoughts raced at an alarming speed.

He understood that his Primordial Spirit had finally broken through to the third layer.

Unlike the qualitative change he experienced when first entering the second layer, he was still far from the legendary state where a Primordial Spirit could match the physical body of a Marquis Level expert. However, the potential from this fundamental leap was already beginning to reveal itself.

Li Wen’s thoughts shifted. He sank his consciousness into his Star Sea and attempted to ”separate” this newborn, jade-like Primordial Spirit.

An illusory figure, much more solid than before, about three feet tall and with a face identical to Li Wen’s, slowly drifted out from between his eyebrows.

This was the Primordial Spirit leaving the body.

His perspective shifted in an instant. Li Wen felt as if he had transcended the shackles of his physical body. He was no longer observing the world through his physical eyes, but perceiving everything around him from a nearly omniscient, god-like viewpoint.

Within a one-li radius, the texture of the trees, the ants in the cracks of the rocks, the figures of disciples in the distant villa area... every detail was rendered with appalling clarity.

His will expanded, and a rough sense instantly covered a ten-li radius. Most of the residential mountain he was on, along with blurry images of parts of the adjacent peaks, were reflected in his mind.

He controlled the small Primordial Spirit, trying to make it float out the window.

However, when a normally pleasant breeze drifted by, it felt like countless tiny blades scraping against the Primordial Spirit figure.

Waves of tearing pain were clearly transmitted back to the core of Li Wen’s consciousness.

He immediately recalled something he had read in the ancient texts.

The Third Layer of Primordial Spirit was also known as the Night Travel Realm. Although the spirit could leave the body during the day, it was fragile and easily damaged. Even the ordinary flow of energy in the world could cause it harm.

’The Primordial Spirit is newly formed. It truly can’t remain outside for long during the day. I’ll try again tonight.’ With this understanding, Li Wen quickly recalled the small Primordial Spirit back into his Star Sea to nurture it.

Despite the pain, the experiment had allowed him to truly experience the wondrous agility of his Primordial Spirit and the marvel of his enhanced perspective.

Next, he focused on the initial ways his Primordial Spirit’s power could interact with the real world.

His gaze fell on a thick stack of books on his desk. The moment the thought occurred to him, an immense, formless power from his Primordial Spirit surged forth.

WHOOSH! The stack of books, as if lifted by an invisible hand, floated steadily in the center of the study. Controlling them was surprisingly easy.

’Time to try something heavier.’ Li Wen’s focus shifted, and the power of his Primordial Spirit suddenly enveloped the desk before him, which was crafted from hard Purple Iron Wood.

HUMMM... The heavy desk emitted a low hum as its four legs slowly lifted off the floor, suspending the entire tabletop more than a foot in the air.

This time, however, Li Wen clearly felt the strain, as if he were mentally supporting a small mountain.

He could clearly perceive the intense pull of the desk’s weight on the power of his Primordial Spirit.

This wasn’t just because the desk itself was incredibly heavy, but also because the current level of his physical body determined the upper limit of power his Primordial Spirit could contain and safely wield.

A moment later, the desk fell back to the floor.

After a series of tests on objects of varying weights in the room, Li Wen roughly estimated the physical limit his Primordial Spirit could safely move—about a thousand jin.

This seemingly insignificant amount of force was a sign that his Primordial Spirit, having entered a new realm, could now begin to affect the material world.

But the true breakthrough lay in combat!

He walked into the Martial Arts Room.

The most crucial function of a stronger Primordial Spirit was undoubtedly its fusion with physical strength, which resulted in an explosive increase in combat power.

He clearly remembered how, at the second layer, fusing his Primordial Spirit with his vital essence yielded a five-fold increase, while a full-body fusion resulted in a ten-fold increase.

But as his physical strength had grown from its initial Unranked state to his current level as a high-level Super Martial Artist, that heaven-defying multiplier had been diluted.

Now, fusing his second-layer Primordial Spirit with his vital essence only boosted his power by a little over three times; a full-body fusion yielded a mere five-fold increase.

Now that his Primordial Spirit had stepped into the 3rd Layer, how much of an improvement would it bring?

Focusing his spirit and calming his breath, Li Wen first mobilized the power of his 3rd Layer Primordial Spirit, unreservedly merging it into the torrent of vital essence flowing through his limbs and bones.

BOOM! A ferocious power instantly erupted.

His vital essence surged and roared like ignited volcanic magma, its contained energy skyrocketing exponentially.

Li Wen threw a punch. The air cracked with a piercing sonic boom, and the force of the blow left a clear dent in the specially made alloy wall.

By a quick estimation, the boost from this fusion with his vital essence had reached a staggering six-fold increase!

Immediately after, he took a deep breath. No longer limiting himself to just his vital essence, he violently injected the entire Power of Origin from his small Primordial Spirit into every cell of his body.

VMMMM! The air around him instantly seemed to solidify and distort.

Li Wen felt as if his body had transformed into a human-shaped Divine Weapon, possessing the power to shatter mountains and sunder the earth with his every move.