Jiang Heng's Manic Upgrade
After returning to his own residence, Jiang Heng continued his closed-door cultivation.
Six days later.
When his accumulated potential points reached 30 million, he didn't hesitate to upgrade the [Swallowing Heaven and Earth Technique] to the Grand Mastery level.
Sharpening the knife does not waste the chopping of wood.
Although this upgrade consumed a hefty 30 million potential points, it further increased his cultivation efficiency.
Under full power cultivation, he could now gain 3 million potential points each day, leaving him with more than 20 days to accumulate nearly 70 million potential points.
Inside the Dalu Sect.
Due to the approaching Qingzhou Union Martial Arts Competition, some true disciples who had been traveling outside or on missions all returned to the sect, making the entire true disciples' area unusually lively.
Everyone engaged in friendly sparring and exchanged martial insights.
As the two youngest true disciples, Jiang Heng and Wen Qingxue, both renowned thanks to the Hidden Dragon List, one of them stayed secluded in their residence all day, while the other frequently went on missions, making them stand out from the others.
Three days before departure.
The Sect Master, Bai Haocang, personally announced the participants for the martial arts competition.
In truth, there was nothing much to announce. The greatest value of true disciples was to contribute their strength in the Union Martial Arts Competition, so naturally, everyone was expected to participate.
Oh, by the way!
The two young newly-promoted true disciples didn't need to participate.
That's what everyone thought.
However, to everyone's surprise, Bai Haocang finally mentioned a name, "...Jiang Heng!"
"The above 26 individuals will depart together for Ulan City in three days."
Everyone exchanged puzzled looks, feeling like they must have misheard.
Jiang Heng, who had been granted the title of true disciple out of the ordinary and was rumored to have recently broken through to the Innate Realm, was going to participate in the Union Martial Arts Competition, which consisted entirely of top-level experts in the Spiritual Ocean Realm?
Was he being highly regarded?
Or was it a lack of regard for the other contestants?
For them, the only thing worth noting about Jiang Heng was being included in the Hidden Dragon List with his True Qi Realm cultivation.
As for his various other achievements, although they were impressive to ordinary people, they didn't matter much to them.
And why would such an ordinary young talent, who had only reached the Innate Realm, participate in the Union Martial Arts Competition?
In the face of everyone's doubts, Bai Haocang showed no inclination to explain and, after a few words of encouragement, returned to the main hall to continue his cultivation.
"It's strange. Could it be a requirement from the sect?"
"Why would they send Jiang Heng junior brother to participate? Isn't that sending him to his death?"
"Maybe Jiang Heng junior brother was too confident and volunteered to participate when he heard about the Union Martial Arts Competition?"
After a brief discussion, everyone set the matter aside, no longer concerned with it.
They were all top-tier talents, proud and confident, not inclined to gossip like ordinary people.
Two more days passed.
The day before the departing disciples for the competition.
In Jiang Heng's residence.
Jiang Heng let out a sigh of relief, opened the system panel, and looked at the results of his month-long efforts.
Host: Jiang Heng.
Physical Cultivation: Second level of the Golden Body Realm (Fourth Realm).
True Qi Cultivation: Tenth level of the Innate Realm (Third Realm).
Physical Martial Arts: [Heaven-Shattering Fist (God-level Beginner)], [Great Shifting (God-level Beginner)].
True Qi Martial Arts: [Heavenly Unity Sword of the Qian Tian (Earth-level Complete)].
Primary Cultivation Technique: [Swallowing Heaven and Earth Technique (God-level Grand Mastery)], [Diamond Body Technique (Mysterious-level)].
Secret Techniques: [Indestructible Golden Body (God-level Second level)], [Star-Plucking Hand (First level)]].
Remaining Potential Points: 3.5 million.
His physical cultivation had advanced to the fourth realm, known as the Golden Body Realm.
Both of his physical martial arts had been elevated to the God-level, and they were renamed once again.
His greatest strength, physical defense, was now enhanced several times over thanks to the God-level secret technique, [Indestructible Golden Body].
Now, he wasn't even sure how strong he had become.
"Tomorrow we depart, and I have 3.5 million potential points left. Might as well use them," he thought.
He upgraded [Diamond Body Technique] by one level.
"Ding! Consuming 1 million potential points, initiating technique deduction, please wait!"
"Technique deduction successful, please name the technique!"
As the notification sounded, an incredibly massive surge of heat appeared within Jiang Heng's body, permeating every inch of his skin, flesh, and cells.
"Boom!"
Jiang Heng felt as if his blood was rushing like a great river, muscle fibers were intertwining like steel wires, forming a more resilient structure. His skin and bones were evolving into an even more robust framework.
In an instant, Jiang Heng's physical body became insanely stronger once again!
Jiang Heng couldn't help but be astonished.
"Why does upgrading just one level of [Diamond Body Technique] make my body so much stronger?"
"This is almost like the difference between advancing from the first level of the Golden Body Realm to the second level!"
"No, it's even greater! Especially the enhancement in physical defense, it's too terrifying!"
Jiang Heng's eyes flickered as he began to ponder seriously.
[Diamond Body Technique], as his primary physical cultivation technique, had initially activated the column of physical cultivation in the system once he learned it.
Since then, he could directly enhance his physical cultivation with potential points, and he felt that this technique had lost its purpose.
Initially, he had tried upgrading it with a trial mindset.
But at that time, although his physical body had improved, it was only a tiny increment, nowhere near as exaggerated as this time.
"What's the reason for this? Isn't the primary cultivation technique just another method to gain potential points?"
"Primary cultivation technique..."
Jiang Heng contemplated this and thought of another primary cultivation technique, [Swallowing Heaven and Earth Technique].
"Both are primary cultivation techniques, but when upgrading [Swallowing Heaven and Earth Technique], my True Qi becomes more condensed and pure."
"And the enhancement is increasing as well."
Jiang Heng thought and subconsciously condensed a True Qi sword edge an inch long at his fingertips.
"Huh?"
He had a sudden insight, combining his knowledge from his previous life, and came up with a possible explanation.
"In various movies or novels where the main character practices god-level techniques, under the same level of cultivation, they always seem stronger than ordinary people."
"In gaming terms, it's as if god-level techniques have a higher growth coefficient, so when they level up, they gain more attributes compared to ordinary techniques."
"It seems to make sense in my current situation."
"When the level is low, the growth coefficient isn't very noticeable, but as the level gets higher, suddenly increasing the growth coefficient is like giving yourself extra attributes for every level. That's why there's such a sudden surge in attributes!"
"The primary cultivation technique represents the growth coefficient!"
Jiang Heng suddenly understood.
Now, his highest-level technique was actually [Swallowing Heaven and Earth Technique], but it was a technique for cultivating True Qi.
Before, although he had sensed a significant improvement in True Qi, he hadn't paid much attention to it. His main concern had been the increase in cultivation efficiency because he rarely used True Qi cultivation in combat.
So, he was more concerned about the enhancement of his physical cultivation.