Reaching the limit

Getting inside his room, Max placed his bag to the side and sat on the floor. "Alright, now everything is set. Let's get started," he said with excitement.

He took a marker pen and started to draw intricate circles and symbols on the floor. This is necessary to increase the effectiveness. Once finished, he looked at them with a sense of accomplishment. Satisfied, he sat in the center and opened his storage, taking out several Level 1 spiritual stones, and placed them around him.

Sitting in the center of the circle, Max closed his eyes and concentrated on the qi being released in particles. Just like when he was in the hospital, he gathered them all and absorbed them into his body, collecting them at his qi point. He repeated this process over and over. He could absorb all of the qi from the spiritual stones at once, but it could kill him because his body was still not ready.

As he gathered the qi, he visualized it forming around him, shimmering like a faint, mystical blue mist. The energy danced and swirled, gradually intensifying as it was drawn into his body.

After a while, he broke through to the next stage: Qi Gathering, 2nd Stage. The qi around him seemed to hum with new intensity. He continued, and after reaching a bottleneck, he broke through again, reaching Qi Gathering, 3rd Stage. With another push, he surged to Qi Gathering, 4th Stage. His heart beat faster, sweat poured from his body, and black substances formed around him—impurities being expelled. He stopped there, knowing if he pushed beyond that, it would be futile. He needed to learn to use his newfound abilities and familiarize himself with them.

Opening his eyes, Max saw the clock—it was already lunchtime. He felt a sense of accomplishment and power coursing through him. "It's good that I told Mom I have a project. If not, It could have caused a qi deviation. I have to be careful. I need to find a place to cultivate peacefully without any disturbance."

Max headed to the bathroom. As he showered, he noticed his vision was clear from before and his body is more muscular than before. He thought to himself 'Did I become a Spiderman now' Saying this he tried to see if webs came out of his hands' 'hahaha….' He laughed at his own joke.

He came to the dining table as this made him so hungry he could eat a whole dinosaur at this moment. (for your kind information dinosaurs don't exist anymore)

Seeing her son she knew he is hungry and served him food. Max started wolfing down the food. Seeing him eating so much made her happy but she worried, too much eating would make his stomach hurt.