His body was motionless.
His breathing was faint, almost imperceptible.
Only the fine beads of sweat occasionally seeping from his temples and his tightly furrowed brow silently spoke of the incredibly arduous and monumental War he was waging within his own body.
His terrifying "Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence" system played a crucial role at this very moment.
For him, every failure was not a complete waste.
His body and soul committed to memory the experience of each failure, the subtle sensation of energy at the moment of defeat.
Each of his new attempts was more precise and more stable than the last.
His Mental Power and vital energy were honed and tempered beyond imagination through tens of thousands of failures and repetitions.
During this tedious cultivation, his Control over his own power also advanced toward the true realm of "subtlety" at a terrifying speed.
One month passed.
Qin Feng could now stably construct one-tenth of the Acupoint Shell’s framework.
Two months passed.
The Acupoint Shell Prototype he was constructing was already half-complete, like an overturned jade bowl, beginning to envelop the Acupoint Singularity.
Three months passed.
Just as the geniuses on the plaza had grown numb from the tedious wait, a sound, faint and almost inaudible yet as momentous as the creation of the world, finally rang out within Qin Feng’s inner cosmos!
VMMMM—
Under the perfect coordination of his Mental Power and vital energy, the final "Brick Stone" was fitted perfectly into place.
A perfect, flawless, spherical "Acupoint Shell"—entirely crystalline and shimmering with a faint red glow—finally enveloped the Acupoint Singularity completely and securely!
It floated there quietly, its structure stable and perfectly integrated, like a peerless work of art.
He had succeeded!
After three months and tens of thousands of failures, the first "Acupoint Shell Prototype" was finally complete!
An indescribable sense of accomplishment washed over Qin Feng.
He immediately "awakened" from his deep cultivation and opened his eyes.
The plaza was unchanged, as were the figures scattered across it.
He quickly had Hammer calculate the time.
"One month remains until the end of the assessment."
’The timing is perfect.’
Without any hesitation, with a single thought, he retrieved three Potions from his Subspace Storage Unit that were a deep azure blue, their contents swirling like a miniature Star River.
These were precisely the three advanced Spiritual Energy Potions from the massive rewards he had received upon graduating from Qiming First High School, which he had not yet had the chance to use.
The third step: ’Energy Attraction.’ Once the Acupoint Shell Prototype is stable, one must use the Will of the Great Sun visualized through the *Great Sun Visualization Method* as a ’lighthouse’ and one’s own Mental Power as a ’rope’ to forcefully pull and leverage the raging Spiritual Energy!
This process is like dotting the eyes of a painted dragon, or a mortal stealing fire—it is incomparably dangerous.
Success means opening the first acupoint and achieving a leap in one’s life form. Failure means the Acupoint Shell shatters, and one will be severely wounded by the backlash from the rampaging Spiritual Energy!
Previously, he had used Spiritual Energy to restore his physique; now, he was drawing it directly into his body to temper his flesh!
Qin Feng’s eyes were more determined than ever before.
He downed all three incredibly precious Potions in one go.
BOOM—!
A vast, pure, and gentle current of Spiritual Energy, so immense it was hard to imagine, exploded through his limbs and bones like a bursting dam.
Having done all this, he closed his eyes once more.
In his sea of consciousness, the brilliant sun he had visualized suddenly flared with light, unleashing a supreme Will—domineering, majestic, as if it intended to bring the entire Cosmos under its Control!
Above the plaza, the situation changed dramatically!
With Qin Feng’s body as the center, a huge, visible vortex of Spiritual Energy began to slowly form!
"What’s going on?!"
"Such terrifying Spiritual Energy fluctuations! Who’s cultivating?"
"It’s that Qin Feng! What is he doing? Is he opening his acupoints?!"
"Such terrifying Spiritual Energy fluctuations... what kind of Acupoint Opening Method is this? A Top-grade Supreme Awakening Technique? The kind for 360 major circumferential acupoints?"
This astonishing phenomenon instantly startled all the geniuses on the plaza.
They stared in horror at the figure enveloped in the Spiritual Storm, their eyes filled with disbelief.
And at this moment, Qin Feng was enduring unimaginable pressure.
His Mental Power transformed into hundreds of millions of tenacious ropes, tightly binding the Spiritual Energy within his body. Then, with immense difficulty yet unshakable resolve, he began to drag it, bit by bit, toward the fragile "Acupoint Shell" he had just constructed inside himself!
This process lasted for a full half-month.
Half a month later, the moment the first wisp of tamed Spiritual Energy from the Cosmos was successfully poured into the Acupoint Shell—
BOOM—!!!
A pain so extreme it defied all description, originating from the deepest level of life itself, detonated inside his body like the Big Bang of the Cosmos!
In that instant, Qin Feng felt as if every single one of his cells was being torn apart and pulverized by an invisible, violent force, only to then be forcibly reassembled in a new, higher-order fashion!
This was the baptism of Spiritual Energy!
This was the most primitive, most savage leap in life form, from a Third-level Martial Artist to the fourth-level "Acupoint Opening Realm"!
Black, foul-smelling beads of blood seeped out from the surface of his skin. This was the deepest layer of impurities in his body, being forcefully squeezed, burned, and expelled by the rampaging Spiritual Energy!
His bones emitted a series of sharp CRACKS, as if being forged a thousand times over by an invisible giant hammer, growing denser and harder!