Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48: What Perfection Feels Like

After reviewing his stats, Xiang Yu felt a deep satisfaction with his progress. His gaze lingered on his sword technique, which had reset to zero after breakthrough. This presented a dilemma – he still wanted to advance his knife technique to Great Completion, but splitting his focus might slow his overall progress.

Then, a realization struck him. With his newfound ability to cook spirit food, he could completely rejuvenate his energy after each meal. This changed everything. He would no longer experience diminishing returns as he trained more since his stamina bar would be reset after each meal.

This was perfect, he could now practice the knife technique during the day, and after dinner when his energy is restored, he could then practice the sword without experiencing any loss in performance. _{free\we,bnovel.c o(m)}

With his strategy set, Xiang Yu considered whether to sleep. He paused, taking stock of his condition. Despite being awake for a full twenty-four hours – unusual for someone at the Body Refining stage who still required mortal necessities like food and sleep – his mind remained remarkably sharp. He wondered if this clarity was a benefit of breaking through to Mind Level 1.

Since that was the case, then going to sleep would be a waste of valuable time, he thought, settling into the meditation position to practice the Mountain Heart Sutra.

This time, he approached the practice with greater caution, placing deep emphasis on affirming his nature to resist the mental demons that had nearly claimed him before. As he settled into position, the familiar sensation began to envelop him – that seductive pull toward peaceful nothingness.

Though he continued affirming his heart’s desire for survival, the void’s influence grew increasingly overwhelming. A flicker of concern passed through his fading consciousness as he wondered if his desires were truly so weak. The emptiness pulled him deeper and deeper until once again, he floated in that state of pure existence – wanting nothing, feeling nothing, simply being.

Just before he could fully surrender to the void’s embrace, something extraordinary happened. Within the endless emptiness where his consciousness drifted, a flame materialized before him – the Abyssal Void Flame. Though black as night, it somehow illuminated the surrounding darkness. Xiang Yu felt its gentle warmth caress his senses, gradually restoring his awareness.

He pulled the flame toward himself with a thought, heaving a sigh of relief as his consciousness fully returned. "It seems I’m still too weak to practice mind techniques safely," he acknowledged. "Fortunate that I have the Abyssal Void Flame. Otherwise..." He left the thought unfinished, silently thanking his martial aunt for her timely gift.

As his awareness expanded, Xiang Yu examined his surroundings. The endless dark void stretched in all directions, eerily similar to descriptions he’d heard of a spiritual sea – something typically accessible only to cultivators at the Golden Core stage. Had practicing the sutra somehow allowed him to open his spiritual sea prematurely?

With a spiritual sea, he could use spiritual sense to detect things around him, allowing him to avoid ambushes. Though looking at his dark spiritual sea, he admitted that it was probably unusable as it lacked the spiritual qi required to function.

Still, he recognized its potential value. With deliberate intent, he guided the flame toward his forehead. The black fire settled there, manifesting as a flaming mark that caused his entire form to glow, illuminating a small radius within the dark void.

He reasoned that with a spiritual sea, even without qi to perform mental attacks or use spiritual sense, the flame could settle in there, providing protection against mental attacks when practicing mental techniques in the future or when he’s attacked using mental techniques.

As he closed his eyes in his spiritual sea, his physical eyes opened in the real world. The first rays of dawn were just beginning to pierce the horizon. Perfect timing – he hadn’t fallen behind in his training schedule.

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Xiang Yu summoned his system interface to check if anything had changed after the long session:

[Enlightenment: Low (105/1000)]

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