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At this moment, the panel displayed a total of two thousand one hundred and fifty merit points—a fortune for Gu Chen, who had never been so rich before.
"Panel, upgrade!"
As Gu Chen's thought arose, in an instant, three hundred and thirty merit points vanished from the panel, and the Extreme God Nerve, at the grand completion stage, was immediately advanced to perfection.
Hum!
As if he had undergone countless days and nights of cultivation, Gu Chen's mind was filled with an abundance of martial knowledge about the Extreme God Nerve. Simultaneously, a radiant light shone from his brow, and his tangible spirit soared once more as the Extreme God Nerve reached perfection!
The dazzling light bloomed from Gu Chen's brow, extremely splendid. Now, Gu Chen's spiritual sense had completely surpassed the grand perfection stage of the Spirit Enlightenment realm and ascended even higher.
Following the perfecting of the Extreme God Nerve, the martial art and the Refining Spirit Secret both showed a new option to deduce.
These two martial arts, one offensive and the other defensive, were said to have been unified many years ago, but for some reason, they split into two. To this day, no one has been able to comprehend the true essence of that original martial art and restore it.
But clearly, Gu Chen, who possessed the panel, could!
However, after pondering for a moment, Gu Chen chose not to do so.
Because, at this stage, his spiritual sense was strong enough, and there were other areas that needed brief enhancement.
Such as his cultivation level.
Before enhancing his cultivation, however, Gu Chen spent five hundred and forty merit points to raise the LingXu Nine Steps, a movement-based martial skill, directly from minor achievement to the realm of perfection.
The reason for choosing to enhance LingXu Nine Steps was that Gu Chen felt that speed was also extremely important to him. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
In the world of martial arts, nothing can surpass speed—this old saying from Gu Chen's previous life applied just as well in Jiuzhou.
With LingXu Nine Steps and the realm of movement that leaves no trace, Gu Chen had repeatedly gained absolute initiative in battles, capable of attacking or defending as he pleased—a critical advantage.
Moreover, as an Earthly Martial Skill, LingXu Nine Steps was not only good at rapid movement; its offensive capability was hardly any less formidable.
Once perfected, with nine steps he could take, even a mountain peak could be shattered by Gu Chen's foot!
And in terms of speed, Gu Chen had now reached a certain pinnacle; within the Spirit Enlightenment realm, no one could match him.
"Despite having encountered an unprecedented fortune, I still can only make targeted breakthroughs and cannot bring all my martial skills to the realm of perfection," Gu Chen sighed lightly.
As his strength increased and the grade of his martial arts enhanced, the merit points required grew ever more. Until this point, even Gu Chen himself did not know how many merit points he had spent.
Even while sitting on two thousand one hundred and fifty merit points, Gu Chen had to make choices to maximize the enhancement of his strength.
In terms of martial arts, he had only upgraded Extreme God Nerve and LingXu Nine Steps. Next, Gu Chen would allocate all his merit points to his cultivation.
As for his physical body, the Pure Yang Vajra Body had reached perfection, combined with a transformation of the flesh. Now, Gu Chen's physical strength was not weaker than martial artists in the Coagulation Field realm, and for the short term, his physical robustness was enough to withstand battles against formidable enemies.
Only his cultivation level had not been properly enhanced since Gu Chen made his breakthrough to the Spirit Enlightenment realm.
Now with merit points at hand, of course, Gu Chen prioritized enhancing his cultivation.
At this moment, one thousand two hundred and eighty merit points remained on the panel.
Whoosh!
With a thought from Gu Chen, in an instant, six hundred merit points disappeared from the panel.
Following the disappearance of these merit points, what came next was an addition of three hundred years' worth of True Qi cultivation inside Gu Chen's body!
Gu Chen's power surged, leading to an abrupt increase to one thousand nine hundred and sixty years!
The searing Tri-Sun True Qi flowed through Gu Chen's meridians, emitting a terror-inducing fluctuation powerful enough to raze mountains and boil seas. Any other martial artist, even if they were a top-tier grandmaster with various opportunities and having consumed heavenly treasures, would not have been capable of accumulating such an extensive level of cultivation in their body.
This was too unrealistic!
Nearly two thousand years of cultivation, throughout the ages in Jiuzhou, there might not be a single martial artist whose body could withstand it.
It was only Gu Chen, who had reached the limits in all respects at every stage along the way, with a martial foundation profoundly deep, that he could possess such vigorous power.
Most importantly, this was still not Gu Chen's limit.
His body could withstand even more!
"Again!"
In an instant, the last remaining six hundred and eighty merit points on the panel vanished, transforming into three hundred and forty years of cultivation, and Gu Chen's power was directly increased to an astounding two thousand three hundred years!
The Tri-Sun True Qi, vast like a deep ocean, circulated within Gu Chen's body, filling the meridians and flesh, every corner of his being.
At this moment, Gu Chen felt an unprecedented level of strength!
He felt that with his current full-power punch, he could truly shatter the heavens, no longer just an illusion!
Unparalleled strength filled Gu Chen's being—essence, energy, spirit—each of these aspects had reached a sort of ultimate peak for Gu Chen at the moment.
Then, Gu Chen glanced down at the panel and saw that his realm had reached the late stage of the Spirit Enlightenment realm.
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