That night, the couple Li Yao and Vina were arrested in panic and immediately escorted overnight to the global headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts Gym.
Meanwhile, Luo Feng and Xu Xin, the young couple, were huddled together, pouring out their yearnings for each other over the past year.
“Stay over tonight?” Luo Feng whispered with a gentle smile, hugging Xu Xin.
“As if!”
Xu Xin pouted, then glanced at her wristwatch. “It’s already midnight, Luo Feng. Take me home.”
“Okay.” Luo Feng smiled. After chatting intimately for so long, both had calmed down.
…
Boarding an intelligent fighter jet, they departed from the Mingyue residential district of Yangzhou City, heading toward the main urban district to the Xu family residence. Within minutes, the intelligent fighter jet hovered thousands of meters above the Xu family estate.
Inside the high-altitude jet:
“Luo Feng, I want you to promise—before undertaking anything dangerous in the future—you must inform me first,” Xu Xin stared at Luo Feng. “I won’t hinder your career or your aspirations! But I need to know what’s happening with you…”
“Xu Xin,” Luo Feng quickly nodded. “Alright, I’ll tell you from now on. Before, I just didn’t want to worry you.”
“I want to worry for you.”
“I want to worry for you!” Xu Xin locked eyes with Luo Feng. “But what I fear most is you hiding everything from me!”
Luo Feng nodded slightly, feeling a warmth in his heart.
His girlfriend, though born into a prestigious family, had received elite education that made her intelligent and considerate. Online forums often mentioned how some women would cling to their partners, giving no space, while others would nag endlessly over trivial matters.
But Xu Xin wasn’t like that, and Luo Feng felt lucky.
“By the way, since you’ve withdrawn from school, can you re-enroll?”
“I’ve officially withdrawn, not taken a leave of absence. It’s difficult to re-enter through regular channels unless through some family connections…” Xu Xin shook her head. “But I don’t care about a piece of paper. In the two years at university, I’ve already learned most of what my major had to offer. I’ve experienced college life—it’s enough. I plan to start my own business.”
“A company?” Luo Feng was taken aback.
“Mm-hmm.”
Xu Xin nodded. “The family plans to assign me some responsibilities, but I don’t intend to take them over immediately. Whatever I do, it’s better to start small and build up gradually. I’ll start my own business, gain experience through practice, and then slowly take over the family business.”
“Oh, my girlfriend is turning into a career woman,” Luo Feng chuckled.
“Don’t you like it?” Xu Xin looked at him.
“I do. After all, as a martial artist, I can’t always be by your side. Even when we marry in the future, I don’t want you to be a housewife without your own career.” Luo Feng said. This was the prevailing view among young people nowadays—both partners usually had careers.
Without a career, life felt dull and meaningless.
“Thank you, Honorable Luo Feng, for understanding a humble girl’s thoughts.” Xu Xin smiled, performing an ancient-style bow. After completing the gesture, she couldn’t help but laugh at herself.
…
After sending Xu Xin home, Luo Feng remained in a good mood.
Inside the martial arts training hall of Luo Feng’s home in the Mingyue residential district of Yangzhou City, Luo Feng sat cross-legged in the late night.
“Efficient indeed.” Luo Feng looked at the message displayed on his auxiliary holo-brain. “They arrested Li Yao and Vina so quickly. Hmm, tomorrow at 15:30, the Supreme Court of the Limit Martial Arts Gym’s global headquarters? Li Yao, Vina… tomorrow will be our final reckoning.”
Finishing the message, Luo Feng no longer saw the Vulture Scorpion couple as formidable foes.
Different statuses brought different perspectives.
Perhaps in the past, when he was a young man desperately fleeing through the wilderness, hunted with a high bounty by the Vulture Scorpions, he had known fear, caution, and extreme wariness. But after surviving the trials of the “Elite Training Camp,” “Mist Island,” and the “No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins,” those two were no longer his equals.
“The ancient civilization ruins,” Luo Feng thought, recalling what the bald crystal man had said. “They should be left behind by some races in the universe! Like the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, which were left by the Master of Yimo Star. Yimo Star must be a planet somewhere in the vast universe.”
A strange sense of crisis stirred within him.
If certain races in the universe could leave behind such ruins, it meant that one day, alien races might arrive on Earth. Whether that would bring fortune or calamity remained uncertain.
“And the bald crystal man also said that one day, Earth would be discovered by some interstellar nations. The higher my strength, the better I can fare in the universe, even helping my homeland.” Subconsciously, Luo Feng no longer viewed Earth’s beast races as true adversaries. Earth’s real crisis…
Lay among the stars!
Compared to the powerful interstellar nations and races of the cosmos, Earth was indeed weak. There were hardly any Planetary-Level warriors, and Earth’s so-called “high technology” was nothing in the context of cosmic civilizations.
“What I must do now,” Luo Feng thought, recalling the bald crystal man’s words, “is strive! Set ‘Hong’ and ‘Leishen’ as my goals, work hard to surpass them.”
“To become the strongest on Earth!”
Luo Feng’s eyes flared with determination.
…
Previously, the bald crystalline being had left Luo Feng a “Path to Planetary Ascension” within his auxiliary holo-mind. Yet today, Luo Feng had been utterly preoccupied—first confronting Vulture Li Yao, then comforting his beloved—leaving him no opportunity to examine it. Now with a moment to spare, he immediately delved into its contents.
“Earth currently lacks any effective method for advancing to the Planetary Level,” Luo Feng thought eagerly, quickly locating the manual on his holo-brain.
He began reading intently:
“Apprentice-Level beings are countless across the universe.”
“Crossing from Apprentice Ninth Stage to Planetary Level is the most crucial and fundamental step in a lifeform’s evolution. Once crossed, one officially becomes a genetic warrior or a psychokineticist among the stars.”
“This article explains how to become a ‘Planetary-Level First Stage’ psychokineticist.”
“Psychokinetic power can also be called mental force or soul power.”
“The human body is mainly divided into flesh and mind—or flesh and soul. Mind and soul are essentially the same.”
“The mind (soul) is divided into mental force (soul power) and consciousness!”
“When mental force becomes strong enough, it can leave the consciousness sea, control external substances, and even penetrate into the consciousness sea of other beings. That is what we call psychokinetic power!”
“How does one break through from Apprentice Ninth Stage to Planetary Level?”
“First, psychokinetic power must reach the peak of Apprentice Ninth Stage!”
“Secondly, there is ‘consciousness.’ The mind is divided into ‘psychokinetic power’ and ‘consciousness.’ Psychokinetic power fills the entire consciousness sea and is a tangible presence. Consciousness, however, is intangible and immeasurable. What exactly is consciousness? What is its purpose?”
“One could say that psychokinetic power is the soldiers, while consciousness is the commander!”
“The combat effectiveness of an entire army depends on both the soldiers and the commander!”
“For example, when an ordinary person is mentally excited, they can lift heavier objects. When their mind is depressed, they may only lift half their usual weight! In both cases, physical strength remains the same, but the mental state—excitement or depression—determines the difference in combat effectiveness.”
“Consciousness is vital to warriors, and likewise vital to psychokineticists!”
“A capable commander leads troops more effectively.”
“Among Apprentice Ninth Stagers, those with strong consciousness can precisely control ten throwing weapons, even more. Those with weaker consciousness can only control four or five. This is the difference in consciousness!”
“There are many ways to train consciousness.”
“For example, enduring hardship and difficulty can strengthen a warrior’s will. In fact, ‘strong will’ is also a manifestation of strong consciousness!”
“Of course, that’s a crude method. In the universe, there are many secret techniques for training consciousness. The most mainstream ones on Yimo Star are the Controller School’s ‘Basic 312 Forms’ and the Illusionist School’s ‘Basic 186 Forms.’ These two schools—one masculine, one feminine—are both highly effective.”
“Of course, apprentices vary in talent. Some have low brainwave breadth, while others exceed 20, even 30 or 40!”
“Those with higher brainwave breadth face greater difficulty in breaking through, but their stronger consciousness grants them greater potential!”
“However, when both consciousness and psychokinetic power reach the required thresholds, the next step—breakthrough—can begin!”
“When both are at their limits, breakthrough may occur at any time, though the timing is uncertain. There are three ways to proceed at this stage!”
“First, wait for an opportunity or encounter a situation that stirs your emotions, causing your consciousness to become excited and trigger a breakthrough! However, this might take three or five years without success.”
“Second, continue strengthening your consciousness! Powerful consciousness can instantly push psychokinetic power past the threshold.”
“Third, the method described in this article—’Nine-Nine Refining the Spirit’—divided into eighty-one steps, each taking one and a half hours. Once begun, this process must be completed without interruption, otherwise it must be restarted from the beginning. Completing all eighty-one steps will result in a breakthrough to Planetary Level.”
“Below is the detailed method for ‘Nine-Nine Refining the Spirit’…”
…
Luo Feng’s heart pounded with excitement. The secret left by the bald crystal man was truly a treasure beyond price! Far superior to the “Psychokineticist Basics” given to him by Hong.
The translation was simple yet profound.
It fundamentally explained the source of a psychokineticist’s power—the mind! Or rather, the soul! The mind is divided into ‘psychokinetic power’ and ‘consciousness.’
“Consciousness is the commander, and psychokinetic power is the soldiers?”
“Right. According to the bald crystal man, my consciousness and psychokinetic power have both reached their limits. I could break through at any moment.”
“But if I just wait around like an idiot, who knows when it’ll happen?” Luo Feng instantly decided. “I’ll follow the ‘Nine-Nine Refining the Spirit’ method!” He had no idea that even in the vast universe, secret techniques for breaking through from Apprentice Ninth Stage to Planetary Level were extremely rare and valuable.
Even powerful cosmic races and nations would not share such techniques outside their own kind.
“Each step takes an hour and a half, totaling eighty-one steps—that’s more than five full days.” Luo Feng drew a deep breath. “The trial begins tomorrow. There’s no time now. Once the trial concludes and the Vulture-Scorpion couple are executed, I shall complete the entire ‘Nine-Nine Spirit Refinement’ in a single session.”
“Now, let’s look at the ‘Dun Tian’ technique.”
“According to the bald crystal man, only by mastering the ‘Dun Tian’ technique can one truly unleash the full power of the Dun Tian Shuttle!” Luo Feng thought, his mind stirring. Instantly, the black vest he wore shimmered, revealing a starlit manual—his secret ‘Dun Tian’ manual obtained from the ancient ruins, carefully stored within the hidden layers of the ‘Heishen’ vest.
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