Zhao Xuan knew nothing about what was happening on Life Island.
Because at this very moment—
He was completely focused on using Life Energy to temper his skull.
Tempering the skull was no simple task.
It was nothing like tempering the limbs or the internal organs.
The complexity of the skull was dozens—no, hundreds—of times greater.
Although he was using Life Energy instead of ordinary spiritual power and didn't have to worry about damaging his brain during the process…
Although Zhao Xuan's tempering speed was already countless times faster than that of ordinary people…
Still—
The progress was not particularly fast.
But this was only his first time.
The first time is always unfamiliar. Slower progress was only natural.
But Zhao Xuan believed—
He was certain—
That the second, third, fourth, and fifth times would be far faster than the first.
Perhaps he wouldn't even need half the time.
This was what familiarity brought.
1%.
2%.
3%.
…
As time passed rapidly, under the constant torrent of Life Energy, Zhao Xuan's aura grew stronger and stronger.
Almost every second, his presence increased slightly.
Ten minutes.
Twenty minutes.
Half an hour.
One hour.
…
Several hours passed.
Suddenly—
BOOM!!!
A terrifying aura burst out from Zhao Xuan's body.
Gales swept through the entire relic space.
The Life Energy filling the space churned violently.
Zhao Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
Feeling the power surging within him.
Feeling a clarity in his mind he had never experienced before.
The corners of his mouth lifted.
"So this… is the power of Rank Seven?"
He opened his system panel.
Heavenly Reward System
Name: Zhao Xuan
Age: 18
Spiritual Power: 2650.14 / 2650.14
Physique: 13434.23 / 13434.23
Abilities:
Shave (Transcendent: 22900/640000)
Iron Body (Transcendent: 30100/640000)
Paper Drawing (Grandmaster: 23600/640000)
Moon Step (Grandmaster: 22300/640000)
Tempest Kick (Transcendent: 29100/640000)
Finger Pistol (Grandmaster: 22400/640000)
Swordsmanship (Grandmaster: 1/640000)
Observation Haki (Master: 13100/160000)
Armament Haki (Master: 5100/160000)
Conqueror's Haki (Master: 124101/160000)
Azure Dragon Fruit (Master: 20000/160000)
"Holy—! Holy—! Holy—!"
Zhao Xuan froze.
Completely stunned.
The reason was simple.
The rewards for breaking into Rank Seven were absurd.
Before this, his Spiritual Power had only been around 650.
Now?
2650.
An increase of 2000 points.
That was explosive.
And his Physique had surged by 3000 points in one go.
He burst into wild laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Excitement and ecstasy wrapped around him layer after layer.
Five thousand points total.
That was no small number.
"That 7,500 billion wasn't wasted! Not wasted at all!"
After laughing for a long time, he finally calmed down and did the math.
Then his expression grew even more delighted.
His earlier estimate had been wrong.
It didn't take 7,500 billion Life Energy to complete a full skull tempering from Rank Six to Rank Seven.
It only took 7,000 billion.
That meant each time, he would save 500 billion.
Five hundred billion!
Even though Zhao Xuan often spent thousands of billions at a time—
Five hundred billion was still an enormous sum.
With careful use, it could nurture multiple Rank Seven experts.
For some small nations, that amount could equal an entire year's fiscal revenue.
But this wasn't what excited him most.
What excited him most was this—
At 7,000 billion per cycle, with the resources he currently had…
He could repeat the process nine times.
"I wonder how much benefit each re-tempering will bring…"
He took a deep breath and began.
Removing the Life Energy from his skull was not easy.
It took him nearly an hour to completely strip it away.
His realm dropped back to Rank Six Grandmaster.
He opened the panel again.
Then his smile bloomed brilliantly.
"Four hundred Spiritual Power. Six hundred Physique!"
"Insane! This is insane!"
"Each re-tempering gives me 400 Spiritual Power and 600 Physique. If I do this nine times, that's 3,600 Spiritual Power and 5,400 Physique. Add the 2,000 and 3,000 from the Rank Seven breakthrough itself…"
"That means in total, I'll gain 5,600 Spiritual Power and 8,400 Physique."
"At that point… my Physique will be close to twenty thousand."
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