High Martial: I Grind Professions

’It’s still early. I’ll head to the Star Marrow Chamber and finish my breakthrough first.’

Emerging from the Time Tower, Li Wen glanced at the perpetually bright sky over the Imperial Star’s core district.

Instead of rushing to contact Ares and the others, he headed straight for the Star Marrow Chamber.

Aside from being used for physical cultivation, the Star Marrow Chamber was also an excellent place for breakthroughs due to its abundant energy.

Because there weren’t many internal members and the Imperial Star facility had more cultivation rooms, one happened to be free when Li Wen arrived.

He entered directly, no waiting required.

The moment he stepped into the Imperial Star’s Star Marrow Chamber, a wave of energy several times richer and purer than that of Base No. 7 washed over him.

The energy here wasn’t just denser; the aura of Life Origin it contained felt like invisible, liquid Star Marrow flowing through the air.

Li Wen took a deep breath, and the dense Star Marrow energy spontaneously surged through his limbs and into his very bones.

He quickly adapted to the immense environmental pressure.

He floated cross-legged in the center of the cultivation chamber.

He cleared his mind of all distractions and began to adjust his aura to a state of perfect harmony.

For him, breaking through to the Saint Realm posed almost no risk, especially since he possessed a heaven-defying skill like [Absolute Focus].

The fundamental difference between the Saint Realm and the Venerable Realm lay in completely integrating the Law patterns, contained within the Law Dao Seed in one’s Dantian, into the physical body.

This would cause the physical body to undergo a fundamental transformation, becoming the embryonic form of a Law Body, thus able to wield a more powerful energy—Primordial Power.

With a single thought, [Absolute Focus] activated instantly!

In an instant, the world in Li Wen’s perception became incredibly clear and pure.

The pure, smoke-like energy in the cultivation chamber and the torrent of True Essence flowing within his body were all laid bare before his senses, every detail perfectly distinct.

All distracting thoughts and interference were stripped away, leaving only a singular will.

To guide the Law patterns and integrate them into his flesh!

Li Wen’s consciousness sank into his Dantian, where his pure and potent True Essence acted like a legion of loyal soldiers.

Under his absolute control, they carefully enveloped the silver Time Dao Seed.

The Dao Seed trembled slightly, and the silver patterns on its surface—which represented the most fundamental mysteries of the Time Law—began to peel off and extend outward.

Under the precise control of [Absolute Focus], each separated Law pattern was gently guided by his True Essence.

They were precisely imprinted onto his bones, his flesh, his meridians, and even his most minuscule cells.

It was a process that should have flowed naturally; the only real test was the practitioner’s degree of control and focus.

And those two things were precisely what Li Wen, in his [Absolute Focus] state, excelled at.

The efficiency with which the Law patterns integrated into his flesh was astonishingly high. There was not the slightest hesitation, much less any risk of energy leakage or loss of control.

With each Law pattern he integrated, his body emitted a nearly imperceptible hum, like a thirsty sponge frantically soaking up water.

At the same time, the incredibly dense energy in the cultivation chamber began to surge violently, as if answering a monarch’s call.

A massive energy vortex erupted into being with Li Wen at its center.

Incomparably pure energy, like a bursting Star River, began to pour ferociously into his body.

The moment this energy entered him, it was greedily devoured and absorbed by the areas where the Law patterns were being imprinted.

It transformed into the immense power that strengthened his flesh, tempered his sinews and bones, and expanded his meridians.

His body had become a bottomless pit, devouring the vast energy around him.

A starlight-like luster flowed beneath his skin, and his bones rang with the crisp sound of colliding jade.

His muscle fibers grew increasingly tough and powerful through a cycle of destruction and rebirth.

The process was astonishingly smooth.

Boosted by [Absolute Focus], the speed at which he integrated the Law patterns was several, or even ten, times faster than that of an ordinary person.

In less than an hour, all the basic Law patterns on the Time Law Dao Seed within his Dantian had been perfectly and flawlessly imprinted upon and fused with every corner of Li Wen’s body.

BOOM—!

A muffled boom, like the one that heralded the birth of the universe, erupted from the depths of Li Wen’s Dantian!

Within his Dantian, the Time Dao Seed that had fulfilled its purpose did not disappear.

Instead, it flared with brilliant silver light and stabilized completely, becoming one of the core sources of his power.

At the same time, the torrent of True Essence flowing through his body underwent an earth-shattering, qualitative change.

All of his True Essence, like kindling set ablaze, was instantly catalyzed by the Power of Law and transformed into a more condensed, purer energy—Primordial Power!

Saint Realm, achieved!

The moment he broke through, an irresistible sense of power swept through his entire body.

Li Wen’s eyes snapped open, and for a fleeting moment, silver shards of time seemed to flash in their depths.

He could clearly feel that the strength of his physical body had taken a qualitative leap!

Bone density, muscle resilience, the width and fortitude of his meridians, the vitality of his internal organs... every aspect had improved by leaps and bounds.

If his body had been like tempered steel before, it now possessed the nascent sharpness of a Divine Weapon.

Surging Primordial Power coursed through his reinforced meridians, and his every gesture now contained a terrifying power that far surpassed that of a Venerable.

’So this is a Saint Realm body...’ Li Wen clenched his fist, feeling the power—enough to crush stars—and a hint of satisfaction rose in his heart.

With a subtle turn of his thoughts, he tried to activate the Power of Law from the Time Law he had just integrated into his flesh.

Instantly, a faint but tangible and peculiar fluctuation rippled out from him.

Inside the cultivation chamber, the flowing energy seemed to stutter for an infinitesimally brief moment.

It was as if a slow-motion button had been pressed; though the effect was extremely faint and fleeting, it had undeniably occurred.