Breakthrough into Inner Vista

From that day onward, while most fourth-year students were still fighting for coefficient scores and desperately battling ferocious beasts, Fang Yu began his own grueling cultivation. Every day, he pushed himself almost to his absolute limit. Starting at three in the morning, he would repeatedly unleash Dark Force to practice his saber technique, footwork, and fist technique, pushing his body to the brink of exhaustion. Then, he would spend Primordial Points for rapid recovery before channeling his star acupoints to absorb external star force. Coupled with the medicinal agents and treasures he had purchased, his Life Level rose with maximum efficiency. This continued until three in the afternoon, after which Fang Yu would lie quietly on the ground to practice the Force-Yielding Origin-Returning Method. Combining motion and stillness, he pursued the realm of Inner Vista. At eight o'clock every evening, he would head to the space base's combat simulation room. Using his privileges as a Tier-1 Warrior and spending a certain amount of Primordial Points, he engaged in life-and-death combat against numerous simulation androids programmed with the strength of Level 25 martial artists. At the same time, every two days, Fang Yu consumed a bottle of primary Spirit Nourishing Spring, keeping his spiritual force growing at a blistering pace... Immersed in this state of devoted cultivation, subtle shifts began taking place within his mind and spirit. Serenity! Peace! When he had first learned the verdict, comforted by Martial Uncle Jiang Wei, Fang Yu had appeared to accept it, harboring no regret over his decision to kill Xia Tao. Yet deep down, he had felt aggrieved, harboring an underlying resentment. After all, right before killing Xia Tao, Fang Yu had awakened his Star Aspect and made a breakthrough in his technique. He had held genuine hope of signing an Earth Contract, with a radiant future lying just within his grasp... Only to be crushed ruthlessly by Xia Kaishan. He had even been stripped of his eligibility to take the postgraduate examination. How could he not harbor hatred in his heart? Such dramatic ups and downs were something few people ever experienced, and amid his grueling cultivation, it allowed Fang Yu to peer into the depths of his heart with far greater clarity! *I did nothing wrong, and I have no regrets.* *Yet I was subjected to unfair treatment. That only proves... those big shots high above are the ones in the wrong!* Fang Yu no longer harbored mere anger. Instead, he examined himself with a calmer perspective. Since someone had done wrong, he should strive to grow stronger and ensure that those at fault faced their due punishment, rather than merely complaining. Would complaining do any good? Having thought through everything, Fang Yu cast aside all distracting thoughts and threw himself wholeheartedly into cultivation, refining his saber technique. His saber skills continued to progress steadily. Through repeated practice of the Force-Yielding Origin-Returning Method, he found it increasingly easy to enter the state of "internal listening," as if aided by the divine. Ten days flew by in the blink of an eye. Space Base, Combat Room 18. This floor covered several thousand square meters. Dozens of simulation androids wielding different weapons—spears, swords, saber and shield combos, dual warhammers, and even long-range bows—were launching frenzied attacks at Fang Yu from every direction. "Kill!" "Kill him!" These simulation androids looked astonishingly lifelike. Their personas could also be configured, and Fang Yu had designated them as "ancient bandits." *Whoosh!* *Whoosh!* Clad in a full combat suit and gripping his war saber, Fang Yu moved like a wraith, dodging the androids' strikes time and again while constantly swinging his blade. *Squelch!* With each slash, a simulation android was "wounded"... They were not truly injured, but rather mimicked the realistic state of an injured martial artist according to the power of the saber strike and where they had been struck. However... There were simply too many "bandits." Every single one was Level 25, and working in coordination, even though their martial techniques were merely at the Lesser Accomplishment of Entering the Minute, they still posed a tremendous threat to Fang Yu. Under their relentless encirclement, defending himself grew increasingly grueling. "Warning! It is advised to terminate combat. Continuing the fight carries a risk of injury!" The warning chimed in Fang Yu's ear, yet he seemed not to hear it at all. He kept fighting. Time and again, he unleashed the secret technique Flowing Shadow alongside another newly mastered secret technique, Mountain Cleaver. This selfless combat brought a profound exhilaration to Fang Yu's heart. Pure, unadulterated pleasure! *Bang!* A warhammer came crashing in viciously. Unable to dodge in time, Fang Yu took a glancing blow to his waist. A sharp wave of pain instantly ripped through him, forcing him a step back. *Boom!* *Whoosh!* "Kill him!" More "bandits" shouted excitedly, sensing an opening. With ferocious snarls on their faces, they surged toward Fang Yu with even greater madness. "Danger! Danger! Combat will be forcibly terminated! Countdown: 3, 2..." The alarm blared abruptly. This was a safety safeguard of the combat room: once a practitioner was detected sustaining an injury, the system would forcibly halt the battle to prevent more dangerous harm. However! "Don't stop! Keep going!" a thunderous roar erupted! *Boom!* Though he had just taken a hammer strike, Fang Yu's eyes gleamed brighter than ever before, and he burst into a wild laugh: "Hahaha! Bring it on!" Perhaps it was luck. Or perhaps it was the fruit of his soaring spiritual force and so many days of grueling cultivation. The moment that hammer struck him, Fang Yu felt his soul shudder, like a blind man suddenly seeing the light... His condition felt better than ever before. At this very instant! Fang Yu, who already possessed an extraordinarily high degree of control over his body, could perceive with startling clarity every droplet of blood coursing through his veins, every wisp of vitality circulating, every bundle of muscle tightening, and every sinew and bone being mobilized... Everything became impossibly vivid. This was no longer mere "perception." It was as though an extra pair of eyes had opened within his body, clearly sensing everything. *Mobilize!* With a single thought from Fang Yu, his blood surged like a raging river, vitality swelled like a tempest tearing through his entire body, and surge after surge of power that had once been difficult to mobilize gushed forth. His strength soared by leaps and bounds. A sensation of flawless power control. "Kill!" Fang Yu bellowed. *Boom!* He slashed out! A visible shockwave tore through the air with a piercing sonic boom, sweeping across the space and directly launching the ferocious "bandit" before him into the air. *Boom! Boom! Boom!* Fang Yu's strength, movement speed, and reaction time skyrocketed at a pace visible to the naked eye, as if his Life Level had leaped from Level 26 directly to Level 30. Combat, in essence, was the marriage of strength and speed executed with absolute precision. As terrifying arcs of saber light flashed, the simulation androids that had previously posed a massive threat to Fang Yu were swiftly mowed down like grass. *Thud!* When the final simulation android collapsed heavily to the ground, displaying a status of "severely injured and incapacitated," Fang Yu was the only one left standing in the combat room. "Hahaha!" "Haha!" "Is this the Inner Vista?" Fang Yu laughed freely, his eyes shining brighter than ever. "Despite being at the exact same Life Level, my burst power spiked dramatically in an instant. An evenly matched battle turned completely one-sided!" "My peak power burst can actually remain stable at three times my base strength—absolutely incredible!" Great Accomplishment of Entering the Minute allowed a stable 1.5-fold power burst. The Limit of Entering the Minute allowed a stable 2-fold burst of base strength. Yet the Inner Vista meant cultivating an "insightful eye" within the body, seeing through the entire physical form and mobilizing bodily strength to perfection—just like suddenly revealing the entire map in a video game—instantly propelling peak power burst to three times base strength! And this was merely the beginning of the Inner Vista. "The realm of Inner Vista—unwavering like a mountain, aggressive like fire." Fang Yu smiled. "If Entering the Minute is setting the body ablaze, then Inner Vista is an outright explosion!" It was not just power burst. Reaction speed, recovery rate, sensory perception, and cognitive processing speed had all improved—a truly comprehensive enhancement across the board. *Compared to before the breakthrough, the current me is engaging in a dimensional strike,* Fang Yu marveled inwardly. *Xia Kaishan, I ought to thank you.* Without Xia Kaishan's oppression, Fang Yu might still be following the usual routine—fighting in the Wilderness Zone, returning to base for standard cultivation... How could he ever have trained so rigorously under unprecedented pressure? Through this grueling cultivation, his mind had undergone a metamorphosis, ultimately carrying him across the threshold into the realm of Inner Vista before he even realized it. *Raising Life Level is easy enough—as long as there are heavenly materials and earthly treasures and an awakened Star Aspect, one can reach Level 39 sooner or later,* Fang Yu thought to himself. *But technique?* How many Advanced Martial Artists couldn't even master an Entering the Minute secret technique? Much less the realm of Inner Vista? Fang Yu believed that even among his peers at the ten key martial arts universities, or even New Moon Martial University, achieving Inner Vista technique was undeniably something to be proud of. After all, there were only two core requirements to become an Earth Martial Artist: first, reaching Life Level 39; second, reaching the Perfection of Inner Vista in physical technique. Take Jiang Wei, for instance. As a direct disciple of the Earth Martial Artist Pei Fan and a lecturer at Huguang Martial University, his technique was merely at the Great Accomplishment of Inner Vista. Yet how old was he? How old was Fang Yu? *Xia Kaishan?* *You wanted to restrict me? Suppress me?* Fang Yu smiled faintly. *A twenty-one-year-old Inner Vista expert... I refuse to believe the city branches of the Eight Great Martial Artist Groups will still be unwilling to sign me.* As a top-tier Earth Martial Artist, Xia Kaishan's strength was terrifying; against ordinary Earth Martial Artists, he could kill them in a single move... The directors of the municipal branches of the Eight Great Martial Artist Groups were mostly Earth Martial Artists below Level 45. Xing Ye was one such example. And Fang Yu before had only displayed technical talent showing he had hope of becoming an Earth Martial Artist—it was by no means guaranteed... Thus, unless they were sworn mortal enemies with Xia Kaishan, even with friction between them, the Earth Martial Artists responsible for signing newcomers at the Eight Great Groups wouldn't want to offend Xia Kaishan over this matter. However, Fang Yu had broken through! Mastering an Entering the Minute secret technique at twenty-one versus stepping into Inner Vista at twenty-one were two completely different matters. "Though this cannot overturn the verdict," Fang Yu's eyes gleamed slightly, "at the very least, Xia Kaishan, I've already torn through one layer of the web you spun!" Sheathing his war saber, Fang Yu left the combat room. Deep underground beneath Auxiliary Base No. 12, in an extremely secretive facility, there were dense arrays of millions of monitoring screens. Some showed the interior of the space base. Some showed the Safe Zone. There were even screens showing the Wilderness Zone. On one of the monitoring screens, specialized text suddenly flashed into view: "Blue Moon Civilization Tier-1 Civilization Warrior 'Fang Yu,' Civilization ID: ... Age: 21. Life Level: 26.5. Spiritual Force: Level 33. Star Aspect Star Force Absorption Efficiency: Tier 4. Physical Technique: Inner Vista level." "Based on the comprehensive assessment of the above data, subject meets the minimum criteria for 'Star Seed.'" "Under the Primordial Civilization Protocol, notify the Blue Moon Alliance of this data. Transmitting immediately."