Chapter 231: Cultivating the Nine-Turn Profound Skill (Fourth Update, Please Vote!)

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The automated voice of the Zerg sub-brain slowly resounded:

"Yes, integrating. Please prepare yourself."

Xu Zhi felt a wave of soreness and numbness throughout his body, as the familiar intense pain returned, making him feel as though he might faint at any moment. After an unknown period, he regained consciousness, opened his eyes, and examined his genetic talents.

His gene chain was displayed:

1. Human Gene (Immortality Talent)2. Evil Eye Gene3. Rubik's Cube Gene4. Empty5. Empty

"In the blink of an eye, I've unconsciously reached a three-gene life level," Xu Zhi remarked, his expression calm. "Although my cultivation realm is still low, my life essence is remarkably high."

"It's time to learn the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art." He sat at his computer and opened a book that the Zerg sub-brain had recorded and screenshotted for him:

*Calculus: From Vigor to Baldness*

He began to study with great interest.

He hadn't mocked them before, knowing that his own turn would come sooner or later.

This was an inevitable path for the strong; no one was an exception.

"Time flow adjustment: one hundred years per day," Xu Zhi said.

*Whoosh!*

Immediately, his thought processes and movements at the computer became incredibly fast, even blurring into afterimages.

Previously, he had used his alias "Messiah Emperor" to enter the Wizard World and study books, utilizing the accelerated time flow there to learn a thousand years' worth of the Wizard World's civilization knowledge. Now, that was no longer necessary.

This was because he possessed the Immortality talent, which allowed him to accelerate his lifespan without side effects, preventing him from dying of old age. However, he still fell into a period of slumber at regular intervals.

*Whoosh!*

Wake, sleep, wake.

One hour...

Two hours...

Eight years had passed.

Only then did Xu Zhi stop, beginning to confirm that he had fully mastered this knowledge.

The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art was based on the system of the Ancient Desolate World. Naturally, he first learned the existing knowledge of the Incense system and thoroughly grasped the theory of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art before slowly stopping.

"Indeed, although I am immortal, I can't use acceleration too much," Xu Zhi muttered, slightly frowning as he sensed his body. "Originally, I only needed to sleep for four hours at a fixed time each day, but now it's five hours."

As he grew stronger, this would eventually become twelve hours of wakefulness and twelve hours of sleep.

This was a major flaw of the Immortality talent, and such frantic acceleration was undoubtedly hastening the onset of his increased sleep time.

"Although I usually sleep ten hours a day, an extra two hours isn't much, and Earth is a very safe environment. But ultimately, it's a hidden danger, and I need to start figuring out how to improve it."

Xu Zhi frowned slightly. "Medusa is also trying to overcome the flaws of the Immortality talent. Her sleep time is ten times longer than mine, but it has now increased from five percent to ten percent. Someday, I'll secretly check out her research findings."

Meanwhile, the Phoenix had already overcome her Immortality talent's flaws thanks to the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art.

Perhaps, if Xu Zhi found no other solution, he could remove the Human Gene's Immortality talent and integrate the Phoenix's Rebirth from Ashes gene, thereby eliminating this flaw and achieving an alternative form of immortality.

However, that was merely a backup plan.

Nevertheless, the Rebirth from Ashes gene talent was truly extraordinary, arguably the most potent of all talents, with terrifying cultivation speed. If he could cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and overcome his talent's flaws, the Phoenix's gene would be Xu Zhi's next choice!

This would allow him to quickly break through realms.

"It's time to create my inner space," Xu Zhi mused, slightly frowning. "Based on our conversion ratio, at Level Five life, my inner space was only twenty cubic meters. At Level Six, it's two hundred cubic meters."

This two-hundred-cubic-meter space, equivalent to a five-room, two-hall suite, would be divided into nine separate spaces.

"First, I'll open up the initial Dantian space." Xu Zhi closed his eyes slightly and reactivated time acceleration.

After a short while, he successfully created it.

Without stopping, he immediately proceeded to open the first acupuncture point space!

With a crisp sound, a new space gradually materialized within his body.

He continued to open the second, then the third acupuncture point...

Only then did he slowly stop.

"The first three revolutions of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art were quite simple with preparation, especially since I'm already at the sixth-level Cavern Heaven Realm, the strongest existence below the Heavenly Emperor. The subsequent deduction and positioning will be more challenging. Also, I can't rush it; doing so could destabilize my realm. I need to take some time to acclimate."

The three acupuncture point spaces now rotated around the central Dantian.

The Dantian was twenty cubic meters, and each acupuncture point was also twenty cubic meters.

Xu Zhi silently observed internally, feeling that he finally possessed a piece of land that belonged to him.

Real estate on Earth had limited tenure, but he finally had his own "house." Though each space was small individually, once fully cultivated, they would collectively form a space equivalent to a five-room, two-hall suite.

However, his Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art was incomplete and flawed, lacking its final component. It was essentially an empty framework with no practical combat power, as there was no sun to act as a power furnace within his Dantian.

It was like a Gundam robot without an engine.

Not only was there no power source, but he also couldn't illuminate the nine surrounding worlds, nourish countless living beings within his body, cultivate all things, form a Pangu True Body, or create an ecosystem for the creatures inside him.

"The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art absolutely requires a Solar Primordial Spirit; otherwise, it's useless. But I don't have a Solar Primordial Spirit, nor can I find one now. The Phoenix is the most suitable, but even she cannot serve as my Primordial Spirit." Xu Zhi understood that without a Solar Primordial Spirit, which he couldn't acquire at the moment, his Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art was a defective product.

However, he wasn't bothered by it.

The acupuncture point spaces within his body were too small; he hadn't intended to open a new sandbox or propagate a new world sandbox within them.

At least not for now.

"But I should cultivate something, right? To celebrate, otherwise all this effort would be wasted. So, what should I plant inside my body?" His mana was exhausted from creating the inner space. After some thought, he still rode his electric bicycle out the door.

He went to the agricultural supply store in the county, acquired several plant grow lights for greenhouse cultivation, along with a few batteries, and returned to his room.

*Whoosh.*

The plant grow lights, connected to the batteries, were placed within the central Dantian, emitting a faint glow like a miniature sun, illuminating the three surrounding worlds.

*Splish, splash, whoosh!*

Streams of water and soil poured into the three surrounding acupuncture points, and support frames were erected.

"Intelligent Sub-brain, propagate and deploy the delicious plants I previously screened from the Wizard World and the Ancient Desolate World."

The automated voice responded:

"Yes!"

*Whoosh!*

Patches of land began to proliferate, exuding verdant life.

"Like the Phoenix, I'm a peace-loving individual. I'll cultivate a small 'wood realm' here. Later, when I want to eat fruit while sitting in my chair, I won't have to go through so much trouble; I can just grab some from my inner space whenever I like." Xu Zhi thought for a moment and then added the only animal to this wood realm: "funeral chickens." He figured whenever he was hungry, he could just grab a few and roast them with magic – that would be delightful.