High Martial: I Grind Professions

3. Long-Range Control: Through the connection between the Primordial Spirit World and their avatar, they can ignore spatial distance to remotely control Star Lord Level weapons for attack or defense. Furthermore, when driven by Wish Power, their power is often greater and their control more flexible than when manipulated physically.

Based on these abilities, a single Primordial Spirit Star Lord is the equivalent of several physical-body Star Lords of the same rank.

Of course, Primordial Spirit Star Lords are also extremely rare, making up only one in several hundred. In other words, for every few hundred Star Lords, only one primarily cultivates the Primordial Spirit.

The main reason is that advancing the Primordial Spirit Realm is far slower than advancing the physical realm. Most Star Lords prioritize raising their physical realm first.

After their cultivation realm is high enough, they then nurture their Primordial Spirit in return. As a result, for Star Lords who primarily cultivate their physical bodies, their Wish Power avatars are often several levels lower than their physical realm.

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The detailed information about the Star Lord Level Primordial Spirit, projected by the Star Pivot, dissipated before his eyes.

A gleam of understanding flashed in Li Wen's eyes, immediately replaced by immense joy.

He had refused the Source Net Core's recruitment offer not only because he was unwilling to be deeply bound and lose his freedom. There was another, deeper tie: Blue Star, hundreds of millions of light-years away.

His parents, his own flesh and blood, were there. The planet bore the traces of his youth; it was the source of his strength and his original vow to protect what he held dear.

If his Primordial Spirit could reach the Star Lord realm and form a Wish Power avatar, all his problems would be easily solved.

It was nothing like his previous Primordial Spirit avatars, which required his divided attention to control and would dissipate if they strayed too far.

A Wish Power avatar was a miraculous creation, capable of acting independently. It shared memories with its true body, yet it was akin to a genuine life form.

It would be the perfect Guardian, permanently stationed on Blue Star to protect his home and stay by his parents' side.

This would allow him to pursue the peak of the Martial Dao with no lingering worries.

'Unfortunately...' After the initial joy, a trace of regret surfaced.

His Scholar class had already reached the current version's limit—Level 20.

The path of relying on his soaring Scholar level for leaps in his Primordial Spirit Realm had temporarily come to a dead end.

'I wonder how long I'll have to wait for the next major system update...' Li Wen sighed to himself, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes.

According to his memories from his past life, the level cap would be raised to Level 30 after the next version update.

If that was true, the 300% comprehension bonus he would get... would be far more than a simple numerical stack.

The further one progressed on the path of comprehending Laws, the more each point of comprehension resulted in an exponential increase in efficiency.

A 100% additional bonus? The actual effect would likely be amplified more than tenfold!

It was a gap vast enough to suffocate any other genius.

'I can't count on the system in the short term. I'll have to rely on my own hard work.' With his mind made up, Li Wen immediately took action. He issued a command through the Star Pivot:

"Star Pivot, book a session in the Soul Origin Tower for me. Find the earliest available time."

In the training base, the Soul Origin Tower was much grander in scale than the Time Tower, which could only hold a handful of people. The Soul Origin Tower could accommodate ten members training simultaneously.

Thanks to this, the time allocated to each member was also ten times more generous.

But for that very reason, the wait time could be exceedingly long if one didn't make a reservation during peak hours.

The resource quota Li Wen had received for his special-grade evaluation was nothing short of terrifying.

Ten days in the Soul Origin Tower, ten days in the Star Marrow Chamber, ten days in the Myriad Manifestations Mystic Realm, plus five days in the Time Tower, added up to a full 35 days of training time.

This figure was enough to leave the vast majority of other geniuses in the base eating his dust.

Their entire monthly quota might not even equal a fraction of his.

This was the stark chasm in resource allocation that separated a peerless prodigy from an ordinary genius.

The Star Pivot's response was extremely efficient: "Reservation successful. Soul Origin Tower, Cultivation Chamber 2. Access granted in ten minutes."

...

Ten minutes passed in a flash.

Li Wen appeared on the massive, circular plaza outside the Soul Origin Tower.

He looked up at a magnificent and bizarre tower looming before him.

The tower wasn't built of brick or stone but was constructed from a kind of deep, dark blue Crystal Stone that seemed to absorb all light.

Its surface shimmered with a luster like liquid energy, resembling a frozen stretch of night sky.

Countless intricate and profound silver runes were engraved upon the tower's surface.

These runes were not static; they slowly shifted and pulsed, fading in and out of view.

With each pulse, they seemed to inhale and exhale an invisible spiritual energy.

The entire tower emanated a vast and profound aura that also brought a sense of tranquility to the soul.

Merely approaching it was enough to clear one's mind and banish all stray thoughts.

This was the sacred ground for tempering the Primordial Spirit and nurturing the very source of one's mind—the Soul Origin Tower.

A few students milled about the plaza, and upon seeing Li Wen, they all shot him looks of awe and curiosity.

The news of his special-grade bone age and his feat of reaching the eighth floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower had long since swept through the entire base like a hurricane.

Li Wen, long accustomed to such attention, walked straight toward the entrance to Cultivation Chamber 2.

Just as he reached it, the door—also forged from the dark blue Crystal Stone—slid silently inward.

A student who had just finished his session was walking out, the look of satisfaction from a breakthrough in his Primordial Spirit not yet fully concealed on his face.

When he clearly saw Li Wen standing at the door, he froze for a moment before subconsciously stepping aside to clear the path.

His posture was extremely deferential, not daring to show the slightest hint of disrespect.

Li Wen gave a slight nod in acknowledgment and stepped inside.

The door closed silently behind him, sealing off the outside world.

An indescribable and supremely pure spiritual energy instantly enveloped him.

The interior was not a physical room, but rather a small, self-contained spatial barrier.

A soft, silver halo flowed across the ceiling and walls, while a milky-white mist swirled and billowed across the floor.

This mist wasn't water vapor, however. It was a special kind of spiritual energy, so dense it was almost liquid.