"Hmm... Even though I was in a coma, and even though my five senses were completely sealed, the pain still spreads to every atom of my body..." Xichen murmured in a low voice as he lay on the carefully prepared royal bed, his features pale with pain, feeling as if his very bones were screaming.
With a faint yet eager gaze, he whispered:
"System... Use all my remaining points to enhance my cultivation level..."
His voice was weak but not devoid of suppressed excitement. He yearned to see what 2,500 points would do to his strength after all he had been through.
A moment of silence followed his words before the familiar, metallic tone of the system chimed in his mind:
[Ding! 2,500 points have been consumed. Enhancing cultivation level...]
[1st Elementary Profound Realm]
[2nd Elementary Profound Realm]
[3rd Elementary Profound Realm]
[4th Elementary Profound Realm]
[5th Elementary Profound Realm]
[6th Elementary Profound Realm]
[7th Elementary Profound Realm]
[8th Elementary Profound Realm]
[9th Elementary Profound Realm]
[10th Elementary Profound Realm]
Xichen felt Profound strength flow into his body like a rushing river bringing life to his dry and parched form.
His power soon rose steadily, as if a vein of light had pierced his cells, flooding every part of him with new, pure energy. It felt not just like a physical revival, but a spiritual one as well... a majestic sensation where pain and pleasure, emptiness and fullness, mingled, as if his very being was being reshaped to accommodate this new influx of Profound Energy.
This tremendous force continued to surge within him before finally stopping at the 10th Sky Profound Realm—his original level of strength before he destroyed his original Profound Veins. He didn't feel disappointed, but his face was full of excitement.
The new Profound Veins required seven times the original amount of energy to achieve a single breakthrough. The fact that he was able to reach the 10th Sky Profound Realm again was only thanks to the medicinal power originally accumulated in his body. Otherwise, reaching the 10th Sky Profound Realm again with just 2,500 points would have been impossible.
"System, by the way, how many points do I need to open all 54 profound entrances?" Xichen asked curiously. Even though he had no points left, the moment his maid, who had gone to retrieve the Overlord's Colossal Sword, returned, he would gain more points, which might even exceed what he previously had.
The system chimed in his mind again, this time with a deeper tone, as if aware of the importance of his question:
[Ding! Calculating...]
[To open all 54 Profound Entrances at once, it requires: 5,400 Destiny Points.]
[However, since the host already has 14 Profound Entrances open, the price will be: 4,000 Destiny Points.]
"Shit!" Upon hearing the number the system told him, Xichen could only curse in shock, as he hadn't expected the price to be so exorbitant.
Yet, although it was costly, it wasn't impossible to bear. Once all 54 Profound Entrances were opened, his training speed would increase tremendously, which was fantastic. He didn't intend to always rely on the system to improve his strength, as it was a kind of waste, but he wouldn't hesitate to use the system if he ever got stuck in his training.
"Alright, I'll sleep for a while, as every part of my body aches like hell," Xichen muttered as he closed his eyes and drifted into sleep, not forgetting to send a message to Yin Me that he was done with what he was doing and to allow the maid to place the sword in his room and leave when she brought it.
Xichen soon drifted into a deep sleep—a sleep that wasn't just physical rest but closer to a state of deep hibernation, where his body began to heal itself from the shock it had received after the radical change in its internal power.
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"Hooah~" Xichen yawned as he stretched his body after a full day of sleep. His body had been extremely tired and needed a full day of complete rest.
Upon waking, the first thing his eyes fell upon was the system's purple and black screen floating calmly before him.
[Ding! The host has obtained the Overlord's Colossal Sword before Yun Che, causing the destruction of his chance to walk the path of the heavy sword and obtain the legacies of both the Heavenly Wolf Star God and the Rage God. Yun Che lost 5,000 Fortune Value, and the host gained 25,000 Destiny Points.]
Xichen's eyes widened instantly, his eyebrows rising in shock mixed with astonishment and diabolical joy:
"Five... twenty-five thousand?!" he muttered in disbelief, not without a suppressed laugh, while his hands clenched the edges of the blanket with excessive excitement.
He had expected a reward, yes, but not of this magnitude!
"I didn't know Yun Che was tied to this much fortune... It seems that taking the sword from his hands wasn't just a good decision, but a crushing blow to his entire path."
[Ding! Would you like to use 4,000 Destiny Points to open all 54 Profound Entrances now?]
[Y/N]
Xichen didn't hesitate to press the [Y] button. The moment he did, a cold and pure energy swept through his entire body, like a river of clarity washing over every cell.
In moments, his senses became sharper, more alert, as if he had been reborn. Opening all 54 Profound Entrances wasn't just a numerical achievement but a qualitative leap in his being. He became acutely sensitive to the Profound Energy in the surrounding air, as if the world itself had begun whispering its secrets to him.
Even more astonishingly... his absorption speed of this energy had increased by a staggering 80%.
"I feel like I was seeing the world through a pile of filth before," Xichen muttered, savoring the new sensation of the world around him.
After enjoying the pure and beautiful world around him, Xichen's eyes were drawn to the giant sword in the corner of the room, which had been placed carefully so as not to disturb his sleep in any way.
Xichen didn't get up to retrieve it. Instead, he slightly raised his hand toward the sword, causing it to tremble slightly before floating smoothly through the air into his outstretched hand.
"I didn't expect you to grant me all this," Xichen smiled as he gently caressed the heavy sword in his hand, as tenderly as a father would his newborn child. He was overjoyed to have obtained this sword, as he had managed to deprive Yun Che of two God's Legacies, which were even more precious than depriving him of the Phoenix Legacy.
"Unfortunately, I have no use for you at the moment," Xichen muttered and tossed the heavy sword into his Storage Ring. He didn't intend to use the heavy sword anytime soon, but he wouldn't part with it either, as he might gift it to someone later on.
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