Chapter 49: Superior Talent and Aptitude

Through the fire of rebirth, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Jiang Xincheng finally completed his transformation!

His Meridians and Dantian became much more stable, several times stronger than before. The flow of Primordial Force inside them was more than twice as fast, without causing any damage or making his foundation unstable.

This meant Jiang Xincheng’s cultivation speed had more than doubled. His cultivation talent officially rose from medium-high grade to high grade.

Cultivation talent was divided into seven grades: low, medium-low, medium, medium-high, high, top-grade, and the most terrifying, legendary-grade. Each grade difference meant at least a twofold increase in cultivation speed.

If a Primordial Warrior with low-grade talent had a cultivation speed of 1, then a Primordial Warrior with legendary-grade talent had a cultivation speed of 64—a difference of 64 times.

A Primordial Warrior with legendary-grade talent could cultivate for one year and achieve what a low-grade talent practitioner would need 64 years to achieve. And that was just the minimum; the gap could be even wider, with some legendary talents being slightly faster or slower. The difference between low-grade and legendary-grade talent could exceed a hundredfold.

It was clear how much cultivation talent affected a Primordial Warrior. Before, Jiang Xincheng only had medium-high grade talent, which was considered good among ordinary people—a talent that was rare, maybe one in a thousand.

But now that his talent had advanced to high grade, Jiang Xincheng’s cultivation speed placed him among the best out of billions of practitioners on Earth—truly one in ten thousand, a cultivation prodigy. That was what it meant to be a Primordial Warrior with high-grade cultivation talent.

As for those with top-grade cultivation talent, they were exceptionally rare and seldom seen by ordinary people.

With his talent rising to the high grade, Jiang Xincheng’s cultivation speed more than doubled. His future progress would advance by leaps and bounds, and his prospects would become even brighter.

Sharpening the axe did not delay the work of cutting wood. This “sharpening” would save Jiang Xincheng at least half of his growth time and have a profound impact on his future cultivation.

This was a blessing, a tremendous opportunity.

In Jiang Xincheng’s perception, because he remained conscious throughout the process of absorbing the mutation energy, he maximized the effects of the Mutated Yuan Crystal. His cultivation talent was not just ordinary high grade, but the peak of high grade—very close to top-grade talent.

Jiang Xincheng’s cultivation talent had increased by more than a full major realm. In contrast, when Zhao Gen obtained the Mutated Yuan Crystal back then, his talent only improved by less than a full major realm. It was said that he couldn’t endure the pain and passed out while absorbing the mutation energy, so he didn’t achieve a better transformation.

Jiang Xincheng was much stronger than him and gained far greater benefits than Zhao Gen.

Besides his Meridians and Dantian, Jiang Xincheng felt that his Spiritual Sense and soul had also undergone a transformation. Spiritual Sense controlled Primordial Force, and the soul was hidden within the Spiritual Sense.

With the transformation of his Spiritual Sense and soul, Jiang Xincheng’s comprehension improved greatly. His understanding of Origin Force Combat Skills and Origin Force Cultivation Methods, as well as his control over his body and Primordial Force, all rose by a major step.

This invisible enhancement increased Jiang Xincheng’s overall strength by more than half.

Meridians, Dantian, and soul—these three determined a practitioner’s talent and aptitude. With all three undergoing a leap-like transformation, Jiang Xincheng’s cultivation talent and aptitude surged by more than a full major realm, maximizing the power of the huge Mutated Yuan Crystal.

Beyond cultivation talent and aptitude, Jiang Xincheng’s body and Primordial Force also received additional gifts.

His body strength doubled during the process of destruction and rebirth, and so did his body’s flexibility, greatly increasing his defense far beyond that of ordinary Primordial Warriors at the same stage.

Even his facial features and skin improved. His skin became fairer, his eyes bigger, his hair darker… If Jiang Xincheng’s appearance score was 65 before, now it was around 75—barely handsome.

Jiang Xincheng never expected that consuming that miraculous Mutated Yuan Crystal would bring such benefits, which pleasantly surprised him.

Besides these, Jiang Xincheng’s Primordial Force realm quietly broke through the bottleneck of the Early Tendon Refining Stage during the body’s destruction and rebirth, reaching the Mid Tendon-Training Stage.

A five-stone bow could shoot lions and tigers!

In ancient times, during the Han Dynasty, thirty jin made one jun, and four jun made one stone. One stone was 120 jin, so a five-stone bow meant a Mid Tendon-Training Stage Primordial Warrior had at least five-stone strength—600 jin of force.

An ordinary person’s strength was about 100 jin per hand, but a Mid Tendon-Training Stage Primordial Warrior had at least 600 jin of force per hand, enough to shoot and kill lions and tigers. It showed how strong they were.

With just a wave of a hand, they had hundreds of jin of force, far surpassing ordinary people.

As for Jiang Xincheng, because his Cultivation Foundation was several times stronger than that of his peers, and with such robust and pure Primordial Force, his strength was even greater. One hand had a thousand jin of force, and with both hands, he had over 2,000 jin of force.

Such terrifying strength, in ancient times, would make him a hero who could lift mountains and overpower crowds, capable of fighting a hundred men and sweeping through territories with ease.

Now, just with his sheer strength, Jiang Xincheng could rival a Late Tendon Training Stage Primordial Warrior. If he added the Primordial Force in his Dantian, ordinary Late Tendon Training Stage Primordial Warriors were no match for him.

Inside Jiang Xincheng’s Dantian, dense Primordial Force mist surged and swelled, nearly doubling in volume compared to before. It was more than four times that of his peers. Jiang Xincheng’s overall strength was at least twice as powerful as before.

Feeling his significantly enhanced strength, Jiang Xincheng stood up tall, a bright smile spreading across his face. This trip to Nanhai City not only greatly increased his cultivation talent by more than a full major realm but also allowed his strength to break through the bottleneck of the Early Tendon Refining Stage. It was a truly fruitful harvest.

Since that was the case, it was time for the next step of the plan—to obtain that decent Primordial Force Weapon, the Mysterious Steel Sword.

Primordial Force Weapons were weapons that could bear a practitioner’s Primordial Force. Most were ancient weapons that allowed practitioners to channel Primordial Force into them, giving the weapons immense destructive power.

Ordinary weapons, like steel knives or steel swords, could not withstand the Primordial Force inside a Primordial Warrior. If a Primordial Warrior tried to channel Primordial Force into them, the weapons would either break or even explode, potentially injuring the Primordial Warrior.

The origin of Primordial Force Weapons was unknown, but basically, modern weapon-making techniques could not produce them. Only ancient weapons forged in iron furnaces could bear the Primordial Force inside a Primordial Warrior, and they were extremely rare. Each one could significantly boost a Primordial Warrior’s strength.

Therefore, Primordial Force Weapons were also called divine weapons. And now, in the early days of Primordial Force cultivation on Earth, Primordial Warriors had even the most basic Origin Force Cultivation Methods, let alone the forging techniques for Primordial Force Weapons. They hadn’t even been developed yet, and even the principles behind Primordial Force Weapons were still unknown to Earth’s Primordial Warriors.