“So magical! Did my cheat finally arrive?”
Zhou Ze could clearly feel himself multitasking at this moment. One was his main consciousness, and the other was constantly receiving insights about the first level of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade, automatically analyzing, summarizing, concluding, and even innovating!
And when his main consciousness also merged with the sub-consciousness, he felt his soul tingle, his entire brain was clearer than ever before, sublimated, and his comprehension was strengthened to an unprecedented degree!
This feeling was like an epiphany!
In this fused state, he could follow the sub-consciousness to receive insights into the first level of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade, and follow along with the analysis, summarization, conclusion, and innovation.
He could also use this elevated comprehension to do whatever he wanted.
Not only that, but with a thought from Zhou Ze, his phone floated up out of thin air; he had actually awakened psychic power!
However, compared to psychic power, he was more interested in the sub-consciousness that had appeared within him.
“This should be Luo Feng’s insights into Nine Heavy Thunder Blade. I didn’t expect my cheat to be teaching-based. The harder the student works, the stronger their comprehension, and the stronger I become… Phew…”
Zhou Ze's originally slightly dim eyes re-emitted a bright luster!
It was fine to slack off without a cheat, as he couldn’t see the present, but now he had an infinite future.
“I wonder what the limitations of this ability are. If there are no limitations, the more students I have, the faster my own improvement will be, and the more substantial the capital I have to explain things to my students will be, creating a perfect cycle!”
Zhou Ze's heart surged with emotion as he quickly went to the training hall on the second floor. His main consciousness merged into the sub-consciousness that was receiving Luo Feng's insights. His mind was exceptionally clear, free of distractions, as if in a state of epiphany, forgetting both self and external objects.
“Nine Heavy Thunder Blade!”
Zhou Ze performed the first three levels of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade move by move, with new experiences and insights constantly emerging in his mind every single moment.
“Hiss! Hiss!”
Zhou Ze felt his blade technique becoming increasingly fluid, and its integration with his movement technique becoming more harmonious. He even found the direction he had explained to Luo Feng—the fusion of blade technique, movement technique, and Guiding Technique—becoming clearer. He even had a constant stream of inspiration in his mind, feeling as if even the Five Hearts to Heaven cultivation method could be integrated.
“The martial arts of this world are actually about constant fusion and constant unification. Attack methods, movement techniques, Guiding Technique, gene original energy cultivation methods, and even the body, original energy, psychic power, domain, various laws, secret techniques, consciousness, and so on!”
“To command everything with will, and to fuse everything…”
Zhou Ze’s brain was incredibly clear, and his mind was focused to the extreme. The inspiration about the domain from the original work rapidly merged with his own martial arts insights, and his thoughts expanded infinitely.
“Babata said that a so-called domain expert is someone who truly combines gene original energy, physical strength, spiritual power, and consciousness, triggering a resonance in the cosmic space…”
“And the root of fusing all these is will. Hong said that will is the heart, and willpower is heart power…”
“My special ability seems to be multitasking, with no interference between the two, yet they can merge into one!”
Zhou Ze sat cross-legged on the ground, inspirations and insights continuously emerging in his mind. A new power seemed to be surging within his body, but this power was as fragile as a spark, and ultimately failed to ignite a flame.
Zhou Ze's lips curved into a slight smile: “So this is the so-called domain. It’s a pity my body, original energy, consciousness, and spiritual power are too weak. Hmm, if my will could improve another level, perhaps I could possess a domain even at the apprentice stage.”
“No wonder Hong was noticed by Great Axe; strong will is truly strong! Everything else can be improved through conventional means, but will cannot; it can only be improved through immense pressure and life-and-death tempering…”
“And the methods for improving will throughout the Universe Sea are too crude, merely passively improving through immense external pressure and life-and-death tempering. Such methods are too primitive, too crude!”
“And the mental state cultivation methods passed down by Earth’s ancient sages might be the only systematic method for cultivating mental state in this dimensional Universe Sea, and Hong and Thunder God are definitely the grand masters of mental state cultivation!”
…
Yian District Dojo of Limits.
Zhou Ze walked into the training hall on the third floor. In this era, martial arts were mainstream, and the training hall on the third floor of the advanced student teaching building was already packed at night. If it weren't for the Dojo of Limits's immense wealth, it wouldn't be able to accommodate so many people.
This was also why Zhou Ze knew he would be coming tonight, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people on a normal day.
“Good evening, Teacher Zhou!”
“Teacher Zhou, I have a question…”
“Hello, Teacher Zhou!”
Some of the closer students greeted him one after another, while those with questions came over to ask. Zhou Ze had long adapted to the role of a teacher and patiently explained things to them one by one.
Every time he taught a student, a sub-consciousness would pop up in his mind, like a pop-up window, constantly receiving the student's insights, thoughts, and questions.
The problems of advanced students were too simple and obvious for him to miss, and compared to before, he was like a worm in the student's belly, solving their problems perfectly.
“Teacher Zhou is amazing! Just one sentence solved days of my troubles!”
“Isn’t that right? That one move always felt awkward to me, but he solved my problem with just one sentence too!”
“Teacher Zhou’s teaching level is getting higher and higher. It’s a good thing he’s at our dojo. I feel like I’ll be able to pass the quasi-martial artist assessment soon, haha!”
After a round of questions, the students secretly praised Zhou Ze. Zhou Ze smiled. Whenever he taught students, a sub-consciousness window would automatically open, giving him a clear view of the students' inner thoughts. Coupled with his many years of experience, he could point out these young sprouts' problems without even thinking.
“Alright, everyone, pause for a moment. Class begins tonight…”
The class ended quickly, and Zhou Ze's mind was not entirely on the lesson. After dismissing the students to cultivate on their own, his thoughts merged into the sub-consciousness that was receiving Luo Feng's insights, and his thoughts rapidly expanded.
“There are only two sub-consciousnesses: one is Luo Feng’s sub-consciousness, and the other is another advanced student. This just happens to correspond to my psychic power amplitude. There must be a connection here. It’s probably that the higher my psychic power amplitude, or consciousness amplitude, the more sub-consciousnesses I can activate!”
“The sub-consciousness receiving Luo Feng’s insights seems very stable, while this advanced student gives me a feeling of being intermittent, as if it could disappear at any moment…”
Zhou Ze stayed at the Dojo of Limits for one night and temporarily concluded that he could currently only open two sub-consciousness pop-up windows, most likely related to consciousness amplitude.
He could close these two sub-consciousness pop-up windows at any time. Even if Luo Feng's sub-consciousness pop-up window was closed, it could be reopened with a single thought, while these advanced students required re-guidance to activate them.
“The difference between Luo Feng and the others is that Luo Feng is my disciple, while these advanced students are just my students…”
Another important point was that when his main consciousness merged into the sub-consciousness of other advanced students, compared to Luo Feng's sub-consciousness, it was like being drunk; his comprehension, insight ability, and brain's thinking speed all significantly decreased.
…
The next morning, around ten o'clock.
In Mingyue Community, in Zhou Ze’s private garden, a stranger walked over.
“Mr. Zhou Ze, this is the secret manual you purchased.”
After fingerprint verification, an alloy box revealed a book about one centimeter thick, with two discs inside.
Taking the secret manual back to the training hall in his house, Zhou Ze began to learn the fourth and fifth levels of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade. With his golden finger and awakened psychic power, this lazy person had some new ideas.
Limited by his physical fitness, it was difficult for him to improve further without natural treasures, but his force exertion could continue to improve, and this was also for the sake of being able to teach Luo Feng in the future.
It was worth being happy that a disciple was stronger than his master, but if Luo Feng came to ask him questions in the future and he couldn't answer, as a teacher, others might not know, but he would still feel a bit awkward.
In the following time, he resigned from his teaching job at Yian Third High School. Except for one night a week when he would go to the Dojo of Limits to guide the dojo students, the rest of his time was spent immersed in the cultivation of the fourth level of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade.
By merging with the sub-consciousness that received Luo Feng's insights, Zhou Ze discovered that his comprehension had improved far more than he had imagined, almost as if he had a cheat. He learned the fourth level of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade without encountering any obstacles.
After learning the fourth level of Nine Heavy Thunder Blade, he did not immediately learn the fifth level. Instead, he chose to integrate it into his movement technique, and then tried to combine the fourth level blade technique, movement technique, and Guiding Technique.
Not only that, but he also didn't neglect his psychic power control training. Every day, he would set aside a period of time to train his psychic power amplitude. It wouldn't be long before he could control three flying daggers to unleash their maximum power.
“It’s a pity. My psychic power, like my physical fitness, is only at the intermediate God of War level. If I had a psychic power sphere in my sea of consciousness, I would now be equivalent to an elementary God of War!”
“However, my current physical force exertion is 3.5 times, and my punch force alone exceeds that of a high-level God of War. Combined with my artistic conception-level blade technique, artistic conception-level movement technique, and the 3.5 times speed burst, even ordinary elementary Lord-level monsters are no match for me!”
Zhou Ze recalled the monster that had almost cost him his life back then. If he were to face it again now, it would be the one running away.
“Sigh, physical fitness is the foundation. Force exertion and such can only greatly enhance combat power at the same level, but what good is strong combat power at the same level? Even if I truly comprehend a domain, or even a trace of a law, I still wouldn't be a match for a Planetary Level martial artist now!”
When he used to read novels, he always felt thrilled by the protagonist's invincibility at the same level, or even their ability to kill enemies beyond their level. Now that it was his turn, he realized that all of that was fleeting; only the life level and realm were the true fundamentals!