Chapter 162 - 141: Planning the Future, a Spacetime Rift Appears

Chapter 162: Chapter 141: Planning the Future, a Spacetime Rift Appears

Zhang Ji had still underestimated the world’s resources.

Now, he was picky even with his supplements, not even glancing at anything that wasn’t up to par.

Robby and the others had used an AI model to create a supplement plan for him. He no longer just mindlessly devoured whatever came his way, regardless of taste, simply swallowing it to be digested into nutrients.

Now, it wasn’t just about eating a lot, but also about eating well.

Even taste had become a factor.

On March 20th, Zhang Ji’s [True Solar Flame] reached grand completion in Guning Country.

His Spirit attribute increased dramatically, and the bloodline within him underwent a further change. As of today, Zhang Ji seemed to possess some traits of elementalization.

He could achieve a Half-Elementalization similar to Ferguson’s, only his was with the Fire Element.

He could transform into True Solar Flame and incinerate everything.

On April 14th, his [Breaking Army Finger] reached grand completion.

This technique wasn’t difficult for Zhang Ji to learn. He had already crossed the greatest threshold, [Spiritualization], and the rest was just a matter of how to use it better.

On the second day of the sixth month, Zhang Ji’s *Celestial Silkworm Rebirth Scripture* also reached grand completion.

This cultivation technique was indeed difficult to practice.

Even with abundant resources, Zhang Ji still spent nearly fifty days on it.

However, the benefits matched its difficulty.

Now, Zhang Ji’s physical defense, Spirit intensity, and cellular activity had all improved once again.

Furthermore, a Celestial Silkworm Origin had appeared in his Upper Dantian.

When Zhang Ji suffered a fatal attack, he could instantly mobilize the Celestial Silkworm Origin to form a cocoon on the spot, as long as the Origin stored in his Upper Dantian wasn’t destroyed and his spiritual body wasn’t significantly damaged. Within ten seconds, his physical body would be reformed based on his anchored cellular memory.

Factoring in the restorative effects of [True Solar Flame], Zhang Ji could return to his original state in just three seconds.

Combined, Zhang Ji estimated that with sufficient energy, he could repair his body a total of about five times.

It was an understatement to say his survivability had greatly increased.

His physical body was now virtually without weakness.

Next, he needed to consider strengthening his Spirit and speed.

As for offense, he had only practiced one of the seven forms of the *Tathagata Divine Palm*. He hadn’t even started on the strongest form, [I Alone Am Honored], and he had only just mastered [Breaking Army Finger].

In this regard, Zhang Ji had no shortage of techniques.

The entire world was now thriving.

After several months of drastic reforms, the upper echelons around the world had almost all accepted the existence of the Saint King Council and his rule as the Ultimate One.

Of course, there was still some small-scale resistance, but it couldn’t make any waves.

After Giles and Ferguson each made a trip, Cyril and Tran also displayed their power.

Now, all resistance in the world could only operate underground.

Besides, most of it was just chanting slogans; very few were actually willing to join the resistance.

In a way, the Saint King Council consisted of gods, not men.

Their levels of desire were different.

The things ordinary people desired were meaningless to the Saint King Council.

Therefore, the tone set by the Saint King Council was actually a good thing for most people.

The heavens don’t care if you’re a noble, nor do they care about your past glory or your personal connections.

The Saint King Council had only one word for job assignments: "Strength!"

Admittedly, this world wasn’t just about the law of the jungle; there were other things.

But for the Saint King Council, everything else now had to make way for strength.

From now on, the strong would rule; that was the new keynote.

Every profession would have associated fighting ranks and skill requirements.

D, C, B, A, S.

These five ranks were what had been established for now.

However, Zhang Ji didn’t divide the ranks into just D-, D, and D+ like the game officials once did.

The current evaluation criteria were more detailed, with nine minor tiers within each rank.

It was a comprehensive assessment based on multiple factors like combat power, functionality, and so on.

Primordial Qi didn’t necessarily have to be used for killing. In terms of healing, many forms of Primordial Qi were also very effective.

The [Earth-Shaker Sect] fighters originally just shattered rocks to farm the land.

The "fighter" profession only existed because these people with Extraordinary abilities were too rare, and most of them used their powers for combat.

As time passed and the Extraordinary formed a system, "fighter" would become as common a title for the super-powered in this civilization.

Just like "Mage" or "Spiritual Ability User" in some works of fiction.

Of course, there was definitely some maneuvering behind the scenes. For instance, Liu Hetong had secretly replaced a portion of the personnel with his own trusted followers.

But Zhang Ji didn’t care.

’You can scheme all you want. As long as you relay my orders, execute my tasks, and don’t create pointless trouble, it’s all fine.’

’But if you fail, I’m sorry. No matter how high your position is, heads will roll, and people will be replaced.’

Emperors of old might have had reservations due to the power of their subjects’ families, but the current Saint King Council had no such considerations.

If you did a poor job and incurred the Ultimate One’s wrath, you would die, and absolutely no one would be able to avenge you.

Over in the Ultimate Capital, after receiving Zhang Ji’s permission, titles were established for the five members of the Saint King Council.

Giles was still called the [Primal Tyrant], just like in the original game.

Cyril was called the [Spirit Core Walker].

Tran was the [Ultimate Saint King].

Ferguson was the [Thunderstruck Apostle].

And Zhang Ji was called the [Profound Qi Martial God].

The purpose of these titles was to increase their mystique, information density, and intimidation factor, which could greatly enhance their personal influence.

Humanity believed in this sort of thing.

Those without titles were often unknown.

The higher one stood, the more one needed a sufficiently resounding and awe-inspiring title.

.......

The Ultimate Capital.

Inside his study, Zhang Ji’s consciousness sank into the Limited Space.

Six purple crystals floated within, a sight that brought Zhang Ji a little joy.

After all his training, only eight crystals remained in his Limited Space.

*Little Five Elements Fist* (Fine) x1, [Violent Waterfall Strike] (Excellent) x1, [Flower-Blooming Buddha: Annihilation] (Epic) x1, [True Solar Flame] (Epic) x1, *Celestial Silkworm Rebirth Scripture* (Epic) x1, [Breaking Army Finger] (Epic) x1, *Primordial Divine Qi Scripture* (Epic) x1, *Circulation Qi Body Divine Origin Skill* (Epic) x1.

Among these, he had created the *Little Five Elements Fist* by deducing martial arts over two days. As for [Violent Waterfall Strike], he had tried it before the Ultimate Fighting tournament but found it didn’t offer much of an upgrade to his current system, so he hadn’t continued practicing it.

The other six Epic crystals formed the core of Zhang Ji’s combat power.

[Breaking Army Finger] and [Flower-Blooming Buddha: Annihilation] were both techniques, one for penetration and the other for area-of-effect.

The other four crystals were Cultivation Techniques that added attributes and functions.

Currently, Zhang Ji’s Spirit and physical attributes were extremely close to S-rank.

If he planned well, with another two to three Epic-level Cultivation Technique crystals, his attributes could rival an S-rank’s.

Even if the intensity was still lacking, the quantity would definitely be sufficient.

With matching skills, he could even trade a few blows with an S-rank.

If he had eight to nine Cultivation Technique-type crystals, he could surpass an ordinary S-rank and even fight above his level.

Zhang Ji had even paved the way for himself to reach S-rank.

In terms of Cultivation Techniques, he currently had four. Of the remaining six he needed, he would use the AI to complete four Epic crystals from the [Divine Wind Sect], [Earth-Shaker Sect], [Flowing Water Sect], and [Celestial Thunder Sect] to round out the Five Elements of the [Profound Heart Stream]. The last two would be an Epic fighting skill from the [Concentration Sect] and one from the [Solid Body Sect].

This way, he would have the Five Elements, Spirit, body, and energy all covered.

Most importantly, the prerequisite for mastering the S-rank fighting skill [Cosmic Four Source Attraction] was to master one Epic skill each from the Earth-Shaker, Flowing Water, True Fire, and Divine Wind paths. This could be considered laying the groundwork in advance.

As for techniques, he would select a few moves from the *Tathagata Divine Palm*, combine them with some fighting skills from the [Spiritual Intent Sect], and then synthesize them into an even higher, Legendary-level fighting technique.

That would give him a sufficiently powerful means of attack.

When he reached S-rank, he would still be in the absolute top tier, barring the existence of some beings beyond all classification.

.....

.....

「June 5th.」

Zhang Ji was still in the Ultimate Capital, running data through the AI to calculate an Epic fighting skill for the [Concentration Sect].

He planned to break this one Epic fighting skill down into a thousand Normal-level fighting skills.

He would then practice them all separately and finally synthesize them.

This was the strongest way to use [Limited Space].

Every time he synthesized a high-level crystal, the [Limited Space] would save him a massive amount of accumulation time, allowing him to arrive directly at the result.

All the intermediate processes would be skipped entirely.

Therefore, the more convoluted the process leading to the result, the more benefits he would ultimately receive.

If it weren’t for the great uncertainty involved in synthesizing different essences, he would even consider subdividing it further, practicing ten thousand different Normal essences.

Of course, considering training efficiency, Zhang Ji needed to ensure he could create at least ten Normal-level fighting skill crystals a day. This meant the cultivation techniques themselves had to be relatively easy to practice.

"Easy to practice," of course, was relative to Zhang Ji.

For example, he could use mechanical assistance, supplement assistance, or rely on his own higher attributes for support, such as nurturing them with Primordial Qi.

After feeding enough data to the AI, it provided Zhang Ji with dozens of plans. Now, he was sorting through them and estimating the likely future outcomes.

’The direction of concentration needs to keep up, and the quantity must be sufficient. The rest isn’t as important. If it’s for increasing attributes, then it should just be purely for increasing attributes. The purer it is, the greater the enhancement...’

As he was thinking, Zhang Ji’s phone suddenly rang.

He answered it and projected the call onto a screen. Liu Hetong’s face appeared before him.

"Ultimate One, the matter in Xia Yu Country has been investigated. We found a void rift deep in that jungle. The spacetime reactions in the vicinity are highly abnormal. We’ve already sealed off the area..."

On the video feed, Zhang Ji saw the spacetime rift.

Aside from lacking the later-repaired Space Gate and its associated structures, it was virtually identical to the one in the game, right down to the location.

’It appeared this early? Then again, if I calculate it, it should be appearing around this time. It’s just that the invasion from the other side happens seven years in the future...’ Zhang Ji murmured to himself.