September 15.

Yu State.

The morning glow reflected, and the rising sun bathed the sky in a golden hue, gradually illuminating the earth. Chen Mo sat cross-legged on a mountain peak, watching as the red sun rose bit by bit.

The glow reflected on him, making his face gradually flush with a rosy hue.

He didn't know how much time had passed. He had a thought, and his consciousness settled into the system panel as the proficiency in the Purple Sun Transformation Skill reached mastery (50000/50000).

Boom!

The panel rippled like waves, and the "mastery" after the Purple Sun Transformation Skill flickered. A vast, scorching stream of energy surged out from the void and poured into his body.

At that moment.

The rising sun in the sky seemed to resonate with Chen Mo, who closed his eyes feeling as though he had entered a state of meditation, devoid of thoughts, with countless insights from the Purple Sun Transformation Skill flowing through his mind like water.

Unlike previous breakthroughs, where changes only occurred within the body, this time, the vast, scorching stream of energy burst forth outwards, transforming into strands of purple-gold light that wrapped around him and gathered behind him.

Suddenly, a memory appeared in his mind out of nowhere, and he moved with its guidance.

In an instant, he seemed to touch an invisible switch. Viewing inwardly, the purple sun floating above the ocean of his dantian suddenly vanished.

He sensed that the purple sun appeared behind him, like a divine halo hovering, showcasing his divine courage and strength.

In that moment, he connected with this divine halo, murmuring to himself, "Is this my divine power?"

Attempting to control the purple sun hovering behind him, he discovered that the rising sun high above the heavens seemed linked to his purple sun.

And most astonishingly.

In the system panel, under the Power category.

After breaking through to the Third Grade.

His strength reached 2360.

Upon activating the divine power, his strength began to rise bit by bit.

After 2360, a "+" sign appeared, blinking constantly.

In just a short while, his power increased from 2360 to 2400, and it continued to rise.

Yet as his power surged, the ocean within his dantian began to boil, like a pot of boiling water, the water evaporating and becoming less and less.

Simultaneously, the purple sun behind him continued to flicker, restless and eager.

Chen Mo opened his eyes, a beam of purple light shooting out, locking onto the massive boulder standing at the mountain edge not far away. He harnessed the innate spiritual qi constantly surging out and consuming, and in an instant, his strength had risen to 2500.

As if reaching its peak, a purple-gold light wheel shot out from the purple sun behind Chen Mo.

"Boom!"

The giant boulder, about a meter huge, splintered into pieces, stone fragments flying everywhere.

The system panel changed at that moment, and the power dropped back to 2360.

Yet the "+" sign after 2360 continued to blink.

Soon enough, Chen Mo's strength surged again, visibly ascending.

The ocean within his dantian boiled even more fiercely, as if a power was drawing the water dry.

Chen Mo carefully felt it, suddenly activating the innate spiritual qi, raised a finger in mid-air, pointing to the neighboring mountain top separated by roughly thirty meters.

"Go!"

Chen Mo pointed with a lift of his finger.

Power reached 2500 again.

The half-meter large purple sun rotated, flying outwards, and in the blink of an eye, the purple sun kept inflating, like an expanding balloon, its glow flickering uncertainly.

From the original half-meter, it reached nearly three meters.

Boom!

The purple sun seemed to hit a threshold, exploding suddenly, a robust surge bursting out, sweeping towards the surroundings, wrapped in intense heat waves.

"Damn..."

Chen Mo hadn't finished speaking before a strong gust of wind hit him head-on, distorting his face, sending him flying straight away, heavily crashing into a waist-thick pine tree behind, snapping the tree.

"Boom!"

A deafening sound exploded by Chen Mo's ears, his fallen body on the ground ringing with the noise.

"Cough, cough..." Surrounded by a hazy cloud of dust, Chen Mo coughed continuously, the dust slowly fading, laboriously he struggled to his feet, seeing the chaos around.

Especially the neighboring mountaintop, seemed to have lost a layer, barren and charred.

"Whoa."

Chen Mo swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Such power could single-handedly break a city.

However, the consumption was considerable as well, as the innate spiritual qi stored in his dantian was completely drained.

Viewing inwardly his dantian, he found the ocean vanished, replaced by a depression, the purple sun above a mere shadow of its former self, dark and dull.

[Name: Chen Mo.]

[Age: 18.]

[Cultivation Technique: Purple Sun Transformation Skill (Great Success 1/100000).]

[Realm: Divine Power (Third Grade).]

[Power: 2360.]

[Skills: Great Sun Qi Slash (Basic 3658932/5000000), Sun-Shooting Arrow (Basic 105466/1000000).]

...

[Received a strand of Solar Purple Qi, experience for Purple Sun Transformation Skill +1.]

Chen Mo raised his hand and realized that when he absorbed the Solar Purple Qi this time, his whole body was no longer shrouded by it.

But soon, with a single thought, his entire body was once again enveloped in a purple glow.

He could control its manifestation at will now.

He couldn't do that before.

A wisp of Solar Purple Qi entered his body, passed through his meridians, flowed into his dantian, and blended into the dim outline of the purple sun.

Just as Chen Mo was about to test his speed, his ears perked up.

Someone was coming up the mountain.

His hearing was becoming increasingly sharp.

Not long after, Xia Zhining, who was standing guard below, came up with personal soldiers.

When Xia Zhining saw the scene before her, she couldn't help but pause in surprise. Her face quickly changed, and she anxiously ran forward: "What happened? Why are you bleeding..."

Xia Zhining's eyes were filled with panic.

"Bleeding?" Seeing Xia Zhining running over to support him, Chen Mo paused, felt slightly, and wiped the corner of his mouth, indeed finding a trace of fresh blood.

It must have been from getting injured just now.

Chen Mo shook his head: "It's nothing, a small injury."

The personal soldiers, knowing the relationship between Xia Zhining and Chen Mo, looked around and, after confirming there was no danger, turned their backs.

"You call this a small matter, you're spitting blood."

"Someone, come here."

Xia Zhining called a personal soldier to find a doctor and have them wait at the government office.

After the personal soldier left, she hurriedly helped Chen Mo down the mountain: "We'll only know it's nothing after the doctor has looked."

Although Xia Zhining often called Chen Mo a bastard, she cared about him more than anyone else in her heart.

Having successfully broken through, Chen Mo naturally wouldn't stay up there long and followed Xia Zhining down the mountain.

The people below acted quickly, and by the time Chen Mo returned to the government office, the doctor had already been found.

He was a renowned physician from Yu State.

After taking his pulse and examining Chen Mo's eyes and tongue, he said: "The Marquis has suffered internal injuries. Fortunately, the Marquis's constitution is robust and hasn't suffered any fundamental damage. With more rest and recuperation, it should be fine.

Additionally, I observe that the Marquis's pulse is deep and weak, and the tongue is pale, indicative of weakness."

"Didn't you just say the Marquis's constitution is strong? How can it also show signs of weakness?" Xia Zhining frowned, puzzled.

The doctor, an elderly man with white hair and beard and slightly clouded eyes, was skilled in medicine but spoke bluntly. Upon hearing Xia Zhining's query, he asked, "May I ask if the Marquis has been engaging in bedroom activities frequently?"

As soon as he said this, Xia Zhining's face instantly turned red.

Even Liang Xue, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, blushed and took out a handkerchief to cover her face.

Frequent? Saying it was non-stop would not be an exaggeration.

Chen Mo coughed lightly twice and said, "How should I address you, sir?"

"I am Li XiuZhen," the doctor replied.

"Mr. Li, now that you've identified my symptoms, please just prescribe the medicine."

Chen Mo certainly didn't feel weak; at least he hadn't complained of feeling tired.

Xia Zhining shot an annoyed glance at Chen Mo.

Liang Xue appeared bashful.

...

After prescribing the medicine, Chen Mo took advantage of the time Xia Zhining spent brewing the concoction to pull Liang Xue aside and ask her about the Third Grade Divine Power Realm while sensing the changes in his body.

Upon reaching the Third Grade, Chen Mo noticed that besides enhancing his senses slightly and increasing his strength a bit, there were no other significant changes.

He neither grew taller nor bigger.

He thought that by stepping into the Upper Three Grades, with an added lifespan of thirty years, his body would change dramatically.

Liang Xue, being the legitimate daughter of the Liang family, was knowledgeable and informed Chen Mo.

Upon reaching the Divine Power Realm and using divine power, if the surrounding environment and the cultivation technique's innate spiritual energy are the same, one can draw on the surrounding innate spiritual energy for personal use.

For instance, a martial artist cultivating Thunder Qi would find their strength increased during a thunderstorm, even possibly defeating a martial artist stronger than themselves.

Moreover, they can utilize the surrounding environment to rapidly restore their innate spiritual energy, doing so ten times faster than when they were a middle-grade martial artist.

After obtaining all the information Liang Xue knew about the Third Grade, Chen Mo began to experiment.

Soon, he discovered a critical point for himself.

Before reaching the Third Grade, he could only recover or cultivate his innate spiritual energy by absorbing the Solar Purple Qi.

But now, even though the time for absorbing the Solar Purple Qi had long passed, ordinary sunlight could also restore his dried-up dantian.

This means he is no longer limited to the period when the sun rises in the morning.

As long as there's sunlight, it's possible at any time.

The only pity is that this ordinary sunlight can only restore his innate spiritual energy but cannot be used for cultivation.

But to Chen Mo, it was already very satisfying.

In the future, if he runs out of innate spiritual energy, recovery would be much easier, without needing to be so stingy.

"With this, even if the world's situation changes tomorrow, I can confidently cope with it."

Chen Mo exhaled slowly, feeling a surge of safety in his heart.

...

Due to his injuries, Xia Zhining has been insisting that Chen Mo rest and recuperate properly for the past few days, refusing to let him mess around or overexert himself.

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