Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 40

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Chapter 40: One’s Nature

As usual, the first sensation to wash over Xiang Yu was his enlightenment doubling. The experience grew more intense with each cycle, a cascade of revelations flooding his consciousness like a mental tidal wave. New insights materialized within his mind, connections forming between concepts he’d previously seen as disparate. The sensation persisted, a symphony of understanding playing throughout his awareness before gradually subsiding into a contented hum.

Following this was the doubling of his cooking experience. Culinary knowledge blossomed in his mind—flavor combinations, heat control techniques, ingredient preparations he hadn’t considered before. The insights arrived like scattered puzzle pieces slotting perfectly into place, enhancing his already considerable skill. When the feeling suddenly seized, he recognized that his cooking abilities teetered on the precipice of advancement. Though slightly disappointed he couldn’t immediately cross this threshold, he accepted that the next doubling would likely trigger this breakthrough.

Shifting his awareness to battle instinct, Xiang Yu noted with mild frustration that the day’s rigorous training had also yielded no perceptible improvement to the stat. The metric remained stubborn, resisting conventional advancement methods. Still, he took comfort in his system’s inevitable progression—even without personal improvement, the doubling effect didn’t let him down.

His attention moved to the Mountain Heart Scripture. While it had accumulated additional points, they hardly mattered given its position past the halfway mark. More significantly, the system’s doubling had propelled him beyond the threshold, breaking through to the scripture’s fourth layer. This advancement corresponded directly to his body cultivation, elevating him to the Body Refining 4th Layer. He could feel newfound strength coursing through his muscles and bones, though he couldn’t tell by how much exactly his strength had increased, he knew that he was still leagues behind his prodigious junior sister. The gap between them remained a chasm, albeit a slightly narrower one.

Examining his other techniques, he noted the Iron Body had likewise crossed its halfway point. After doubling, it had advanced to the Intermediate stage, with immediate physical manifestations. His skin had hardened perceptibly—not quite achieving genuine iron-like properties, but impressive nonetheless. Running his fingers across his forearm, he could feel the subtle difference.

His knife technique had improved by twenty points—less than usual, but expected given its recent advancement to Completion stage. As cultivators often noted, mastering a technique through the Beginner to Completion stages represented only the foundation. Beyond that lay the arduous path of refinement and perfection, where progress naturally slowed.

Meanwhile, his sword technique, already beyond its halfway mark, had leaped forward to Major Success after doubling. The rapid advancement didn’t surprise him—the shared principles between knife and sword techniques created a natural synergy, allowing insights from one to accelerate progress in the other.

As for the mid-grade movement technique, Xiang Yu had yet to make concrete progress, though he sensed he was drawing closer to comprehension. A few more cycles of Enlightenment doubling might finally grant him the breakthrough needed to grasp this elusive skill.

After meticulously examining the day’s improvements, Xiang Yu called up his complete status:

[Name: Xiang Yu]

[Realm: Body Refining 4th Layer]

[Species: Human]

[Spiritual Root: null]

[Enlightenment: Low (24/1000)]

[Battle Instinct: (8/100,000)]

[Professions: Cook: 9th Grade (90/100)]

[Techniques: Low-grade Iron Body Technique: Intermediate (0/300); Basic Knife Technique: Completion (40/500); Basic Sword Technique: Major Success (0/400)]