High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

[Martial Arts Heart (White)]:

Effect 1: Unwavering Will. Slightly enhances mental resistance, greatly increasing resistance to illusions, mental attacks, and mind-controlling abilities, making it less likely for external factors to shake one's beliefs.

Effect 2: Willpower Domination. Increases control over one's own Qi and strength by 50%, and improves comprehension and understanding of cultivation techniques by 50%.

(Note: The martial arts heart can continuously grow and transform with the host's experiences and insights.)

Become!

Su Jie suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze deep and calm. His entire demeanor had undergone a subtle change, losing some of the youthful impetuosity and gaining more of the composure and confidence of a grandmaster.

He opened his hand, and the dark golden general-level crystal core had turned into dust. All the energy and remnants within it became the resources for him to condense his martial arts heart.

Feeling the mysteries brought by the invisible "seed" between his eyebrows, especially the sense of control over his own power, Su Jie was filled with joy and enlightenment.

"I see... Uncle Yang gave me this crystal core so that the remaining demonic beast's will within it could serve as a final whetstone, helping me to completely solidify my martial arts heart!"

This thoughtful gesture deepened Su Jie's gratitude towards Yang Baichuan to an unparalleled level. This elder's consideration for him was far more profound than Su Jie himself had imagined.

"The heart of martial arts, is this the starting point of a true strongman?" Su Jie clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body and the unwavering will at the center of his mind, and an unprecedented confidence arose spontaneously.

"Then, the next step is to push this foundation to its true limit, achieving the perfection of the tenth-level martial acupoint!"

He stopped thinking about it and immediately lay down on the bed, preparing to continue his tempering work. However, just as he was guiding his qi and blood, preparing to break through to the next seventh-level martial acupoint, the system's notification sounded in his mind again:

[Ding! The system has detected that the host possesses 350 million points of Qi and Blood reserves and has condensed a Martial Heart, meeting the requirements. New system function unlocked: Qi and Blood Furnace!]

[Qi and Blood Furnace: This furnace allows you to input your stored Qi and blood for compression and purification, transforming it into a higher-level energy form called "Qi and Blood Essence."]

Exchange ratio: 10000:1 (meaning 10,000 points of ordinary Qi and Blood can be converted into 1 point of Qi and Blood Essence).

【Qi and Blood Essence: Can be used to temper martial acupoints, or ignore tempering time to directly upgrade the level of a single martial acupoint (the amount of essence consumed is five times the amount of Qi and Blood required to temper that level. For example, if it takes 1500 Qi and Blood to upgrade from level 6 to level 7, then 0.75 points of Qi and Blood Essence are required).

Used for temporary bursts of power, greatly enhancing combat strength for a short period (the specific effect depends on the host's strength and the amount of essence consumed).

[Warning: The Qi and Blood Essence contains an excessive amount of energy. Please use it with caution and within your limits.]

Su Jie suddenly sat up in bed, his eyes wide open!

"Holy crap! Ignoring tempering time?! Instant upgrade?!"

This feature... is simply incredible!

Previously, it was possible to consume double the amount of Qi and Blood to halve the tempering time, but as the level of the Martial Aperture increases, the time required also increases.

Even though his current energy consumption is alarmingly high, five times higher than before, what he has in abundance right now is his blood and energy reserves! What he lacks most is time!

"Give it a try!" Su Jie didn't hesitate and immediately poured 100,000 points of Qi and Blood into the "Qi and Blood Furnace".

[Invested 100000 Qi and Blood Points, conversion initiated, conversion successful! Gained 10 Qi and Blood Essence!]

Seeing the words "Qi and Blood Essence: 10" appear on the system panel, Su Jie's heart pounded. He immediately locked onto a level six martial acupoint.

"System, use Qi and Blood Essence to upgrade this martial acupoint to level seven!"

[Consuming 0.75 points of Qi and Blood Essence, Martial Aperture Tempering in progress... Tempering complete! Current Martial Aperture Level: 7. Combat Power +11!]

Almost the instant the command was given, that level-six martial acupoint seemed to be instantly filled, cleansed, and transformed by a vast and pure energy! The whole process took less than a second!

A powerful sense of strength instantly surged through my entire body!

"Awesome! That's so awesome!" Su Jie couldn't help but exclaim with joy. "This efficiency is amazing!"

He looked at the 9.25 points of Qi and Blood Essence remaining on the system panel, and then at his enormous Qi and Blood reserves, his eyes gleaming with the unique light of the "Scroll King".

"Liver? Forget about it! From now on, I'm going to spend money... no, I mean spend money on health and mana!"

Without hesitation, he began a frenzy of "spending".

[Consuming 0.75 points of Qi and Blood Essence, Martial Aperture level increased to 7! Combat Power +11!]

[Consuming 0.75 points of Qi and Blood Essence, Martial Aperture level increased to 7! Combat Power +11!]

[Consumes 0.75 points of Qi and Blood Essence...]

The pleasant notification sound rang in his mind like a machine gun, and one after another, the level six martial acupoints were advancing to level seven at a speed visible to the naked eye! The power in his body soared wildly like a rocket!

In just one minute, he consumed 40.5 points of Qi and Blood Essence (equivalent to 405,000 ordinary Qi and Blood) and upgraded all the remaining 54 level 6 martial acupoints to level 7!

[Current Martial Acupoints: Level 7, 99 in total!]

[Current Qi and Blood Reserves: 335 points]

[Qi, Blood, and Essence: 0.5]

[Combat Power: 3465 points!]

Ninety-nine acupoints, seventh level perfect! Combat power exceeds 3,400 points!

Feeling the ninety-nine level-seven martial acupoints within his body, which radiated immense power like burning stars, Su Jie felt as if his entire body was filled with world-destroying power!

He was now absolutely confident that even without using the "Penetrating Void Finger," his basic combat strength alone was enough to give that old ghost Zhou Tianfang, with his three martial meridians, a run for his money! Of course, it was just an arm-wrestling match; a full-blown fight was out of the question.

"Not enough! Level 7 perfection is just the beginning! Level 8, charge in!"

He invested another million points of Qi and Blood into the Qi and Blood Furnace, exchanging them for 100 points of Qi and Blood Essence.

"System, how much Qi and Blood Essence is needed to upgrade a level seven martial acupoint to level eight?"

[Level 7 Martial Acupoint → Level 8 Martial Acupoint: Requires 5000 points of normal Qi and Blood; instant upgrade requires 2.5 points of Qi and Blood Essence.]

"2.5 points each? 99 of them would be 247.5 points! It's finally time to use my millions of health points!"

Su Jie waved his hand and began mass upgrades!

[Consuming 2.5 points of Qi and Blood Essence, Martial Aperture level increased to 8! Combat Power +15!]

[Consumes 2.5 points of Qi and Blood Essence...]

After another pleasant notification sound, Su Jie looked at the new data on the system panel:

[Current Martial Arts Skills: Level 8, 99 in total!]

[Current Qi and Blood Reserves: 88 points]

[Qi, Blood, and Essence: 0]

[Combat Power: 4950 points!]

Four thousand nine hundred and fifty combat power! Eighth level martial arts skill perfected!

Su Jie stood up, stretched his limbs slightly, and felt the rush of blood and qi within his body surge like a mighty river! He even felt that he could flatten the outpost and the small hill behind it with a single punch!