I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

Xue Wan pondered for a while, seeming to have thought of the word, then said with a sudden realization,

"Enlightenment!"

Xue Jing swatted her head in annoyance, causing her to stumble forward,

"It's called 'empowerment.'

Xue Wan rubbed her head, grumbling discontentedly, "How could I possibly not know that? I was just playing dumb to give you something to criticize."

"With your 'wisdom', it's hard for me to believe you're pretending to be dumb."

Xue Jing said indifferently.

...

After frolicking with Xue Wan for a while, Xue Jing, citing the excuse of spiritual exhaustion, swiftly sent her off to sleep and chased her back to her room.

Then he summoned the little maid and Miao Miao and performed an empowerment for both of them.

With the experience gained from the session with Xue Wan, Xue Jing proceeded with much more caution, first imparting the basics of the Coiling Dragon Art and Armor Shaking Skill to the little maid.

Although Yun Qin had been learning martial arts from him, her natural talent was not exceptional, and the techniques she learned were not quite standard.

But after this empowerment, Yun Qin directly received his insights and experience with these two Posture Standing Practices. Following the empowerment, she demonstrated the techniques once as Xue Jing requested, and the subtleties of her Channeling Energy were utterly perfect.

The little maid's relatively fragile spirit could barely handle the empowerment of these two Posture Standing Practices.

Miao Miao was different. As a 'Blessed One' who had fused with the powers of the Cat Goddess, her spirit index was quite high, allowing Xue Jing to impart even more to her.

It wasn't just the two Posture Standing Practices; he also transferred the five major moves of the Hidden Dragon School directly... Although it felt weird for the Serpent Slayer Spearhead, aimed at restraining dragons and snakes, to execute these dragon-related moves.

After the five major moves were fully transferred, Miao Miao still had some capacity left, so Xue Jing attempted to pass on other standard skills such as [Riding] and [Acting] to Miao Miao.

It actually worked... However, the consequence was that Ning Maomao, like Xue Wan, experienced too much mental strain and nearly fainted.

Having sent both of them to rest and properly assimilate their gains, Xue Jing also returned to his own room.

"Something's not right, this way, 'empowerment' would be all output with no input?"

Xue Jing sat on the bed, chin in hand, pondering.

"Purely a skill for cultivating one's entourage and subordinates?"

"No, that's not it... The skills that evolved before did so while retaining their original effects and obtained better outcomes after the evolution."

"The 'teaching' skill came with a nurturing return function, it's unreasonable that 'empowerment' would not have it... There must be some aspect I'm not aware of yet."

After thinking for a while, Xue Jing shook his head.

"Forget it, let's not think about this for now."

He opened the Skill Panel and clicked on [True Martial].

[True Martial Lv3 (Transcendent)]

[Required for upgrade: Experience Points 40000/40000, Divinity 3568/2000]

Without hesitation, he pressed upgrade.

[True Martial Lv4 (Transcendent)]

[Required for upgrade: Experience Points 0/60000, Divinity 1568/2000]

"The experience needed is 20,000 more than for Lv3, looks like it's not doubling every level, which is a relief."

"The Divinity required for another upgrade is still 2000... With Lv1 and Lv2 being 1000, it seems that every two levels, the required Divinity increases, just not sure whether it will be 3000 or 4000 needed for the next level..."

Xue Jing nodded to himself.

He closed his eyes slightly, feeling the changes after the upgrade of True Martial.

Upon internal observation, he found almost no changes in his physical structure, except for some almost imperceptible refinements at the most minute level.

"When I first acquired [True Martial], the optimization of the physical structure was the most evident, practically transforming me into a different species."

"But when it reached Lv2, although the body was once again optimized, the change wasn't as significant, and with Lv3, the degree of optimization was even less."

"Now at Lv4, the degree of optimization is hardly noticeable..."

"It must be that my body's adaptability to martial arts has nearly reached the limit of perfection, making it difficult to adjust further."

With a thought, energy within his body operated smoothly, springing from all directions like rivers merging into the sea, rushing towards the location designated by Xue Jing.

An unimaginable torrent of power ceaselessly emerged; if condensed to his fingertips, a mere touch could penetrate a skyscraper. Converted into explosive power, this was at least equivalent to several dozen kilograms of TNT.

It was a terrifying force that could pulverize even a 'Mortal Limit' level body if mishandled in the slightest.

Yet, within Xue Jing's body, this violent energy behaved like a well-trained puppy. It would not head west if he pointed east, nor south if he directed north, scampering throughout his body at will.

Even restraining it quietly into a small piece the size of his fingertip posed no strain whatsoever.

True Martial Lv4 gave Xue Jing an exaggerated level of control over his energy.

He dissipated that tiny, bomb-like concentration of power and pressed the attribute table to glance at his current five dimensions.

Power: 1563

Spirit: 1761

Robbery: 13842

Saint: 7421

Force: &#%$%%

Power and Spirit rose by just over a hundred, which doesn't seem much.

However, by his own estimate, his real martial arts combat prowess had increased by at least thirty percent.

"The enhancement to energy control is astounding," Xue Jing remarked.

"It appears that the main effects of future True Martial upgrades will be on energy control and the comprehension of martial arts, while body optimization will gradually weaken until it's completely ineffective."

He opened the panel again, contemplating [Army Master] and [Dragon Horn] with hesitation.

With only fifteen hundred points of Divinity left, which should he upgrade?

[Army Master]'s Experience Points are full; it can't progress without an upgrade.

But... getting experience for Army Master isn't particularly hard, so there's no need to fret.

Meanwhile, [Dragon Horn] is his next main target for leveling up, intending to focus most of his Divinity on this skill until Lv10, to unlock the Avatar.

Ever since he killed the Naga Giant Snake and Dragon Horn underwent mutation, gaining Destruction Flame Thunder, he prioritized this skill for its pure, extreme killing power, which is too useful in combat.

"Hmm... There's no rush with Army Master. My body's strength is already substantial, and the current level of Dragon Thunder isn't challenging enough at twenty times gravity," he mused.

"Plus, Destruction Flame Thunder is very handy, so let's upgrade [Dragon Horn] first."

Having made his decision, Xue Jing clicked to upgrade [Dragon Horn].

[Dragon Horn Lv6 (Divinity required for upgrade: 368/2000)]

He stood up, walked out onto the balcony, and leapt down to the garden below.

Looking around and seeing nobody in sight, he let his thoughts act and his head crackled with arcs of electricity as the silvery Lightning Dragon Horns manifested.

Then, his body wrapped in silvery Dragon Thunder Feather Belts, he applied the maximum gravity to himself.

"Hum——"

A humming sound echoed, the ground cracked, and Xue Jing's feet sank in, burying his calves beneath the surface.

His whole skeleton vibrated delicately; gauging the sensation against the twentyfold gravity, he approximated the limit of Dragon Horn Lv6's gravity to around twenty-seven times.

"... Passable, I can withstand it."

After some movement under the heavy gravity, Xue Jing nodded slightly.

His current physical strength was likely enough to endure the intensive training at twenty-seven times gravity.

The Thunder Feather Belt dispersed, and Xue Jing channeled energy to shake off the clinging dirt before lightly leaping back up to his own balcony and walking into his room.

He lay down on his bed, adoptind the Buddha's nirvana lion's pose, and gently closed his eyes. In just a second, he let out a long breath and quickly fell asleep.

Silently, layers of golden light emerged from his body, and a sacred majesty radiated from him. Insects hiding in dark corners of the room fled away from Xue Jing as if they were desperately escaping from something terrifying.

Soon, not a single bug or impurity remained in the room.

...