Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 38 Entering the Planetary Level

After a family banquet, Lu Jin returned to the underground martial arts training hall of his villa.

Sitting cross-legged with his palms facing the sky, Lu Jin began to circulate the cultivation method of the "Light and Shadow Sword Manual," specifically the "Source of Light and Shadow."

As the cultivation technique was activated, wisps of cosmic energy entered the body and were absorbed by all the cells in the body.

Soon, it seemed as if a threshold had been reached, and the genetic energy hidden in every cell of the body began to converge towards the abdomen.

The whole process is like water droplets converging into trickles, then transforming into streams, rivers, and even vast oceans.

'boom--'

At a certain moment, just as Pangu created the world, the dantian, which was not originally a real entity in the human body, suddenly opened up.

The source of power for a spiritual master lies in the sea of ​​consciousness in the head, while the source of power for a martial artist lies in the dantian in the abdomen.

As his consciousness sank into his dantian, Lu Jin saw the genetic energy that had gathered from all the cells in his body begin to rotate and accelerate within the newly opened dantian, then continuously expand and contract.

Each expansion is accompanied by the convergence of genetic energy transformed from external cosmic energy.

With each contraction, the volume of the accumulated genetic energy becomes smaller, just like being forged into steel through repeated tempering.

Expansion and contraction, contraction and expansion, in an endless cycle.

'Wow—'

After a while, Lu Jin trembled all over, and the aura emanating from his body surged, releasing a holy and radiant aura.

At this moment, a planetary-level martial artist has been achieved!
Within Lu Jin's vast dantian, the immense genetic energy that had originally gathered had vanished.

Instead, there was a small, white planet that was constantly rotating and emitting bursts of energy.

Upon close inspection, it can be discovered that the entire white miniature planet is actually composed of a large number of six-sided white crystals aggregated together.

As expected, after entering the planetary level, the primal force transformed from the genetic energy was the light-based primal force.

Then, Lu Jin's heart stirred, and a wisp of white primal force instantly flew out of his dantian and merged into his body.

'Click click click—'

'Crackling and popping—'

In an instant, every cell in Lu Jin's body began to transform, evolving from an apprentice-level life form to a planetary-level life form.

For a moment, Lu Jin felt as if his bones and muscles were collapsing inch by inch, then reforming, and then undergoing a rebirth and sublimation.

After a long while, all the changes came to a standstill.

At this moment, a powerful sense of strength welled up in Lu Jin's heart.

It's as if they could destroy the world with the slightest gesture.

'An illusion, just an illusion.'

Secretly reminding himself not to get arrogant, Lu Jin carefully examined the special ability he had acquired.

Once an apprentice-level martial artist advances to the planetary level, they will gain a special ability related to their own Force attribute.

There are eight lower-level laws and attributes in the universe. Based on these attributes, the special abilities of planetary-level martial artists are also divided into eight categories.

However, each major attribute category can be further subdivided into many smaller categories.

Different types of special abilities have vastly different effects; some are offensive, some are defensive, and some are supportive.

After carefully sensing it for a moment and then testing it out in the training hall, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

The special ability he acquired as a planetary-level martial artist was simple: once activated, his entire body was enveloped in white light, greatly increasing his speed.

If nothing unexpected happens, this planetary-level special ability will allow him to double his speed in a vacuum environment.

As for the specific name of this special ability in the universe, Lu Jin didn't know.

'Let's call it Flowing Light for now,' Lu Jin thought to himself.

Afterwards, Lu Jin temporarily put aside his special abilities and began to break through his mental power.

While continuing to practice the cultivation technique and absorbing cosmic energy, his consciousness sank into his sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, within the boundless sea of ​​consciousness.

The cosmic energy absorbed from the outside world is constantly transformed into strands of spiritual power, flowing into the river that symbolizes Lu Jin's spiritual power cultivation.

Immediately afterwards, the water in the center of the river began to swirl, forming eddies.

Then, the swirling vortex rapidly expanded, gradually engulfing the entire river and forming a giant, rotating, transparent water sphere, within which faint wisps of strange, white-gold light flickered.

As cosmic energy from the outside world continued to flow in, the rotating water sphere grew larger and larger, and a thick mist began to emanate from it.

Before long, the giant water sphere transformed into a spinning, enormous fog sphere.

'boom--'

The next moment, the enormous fog ball exploded to its maximum, spreading to every part of the boundless sea of ​​consciousness, followed by a tremendous suction force generated in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

'boom! ’

"Whoohoo-"

The collapse occurred. The mist that filled the entire sea of ​​consciousness seemed to have fallen into a black hole, swirling and gathering wildly, eventually converging at the core point.

'Om—'

An invisible hum resounded, gathering all the mist into a single core point, transforming it into a miniature white planet radiating a halo of light.

As soon as the miniature planet took shape, an invisible, strange fluctuation spread out, permeating the entire sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, following his status as a planetary-level martial artist, Lu Jin became a planetary-level mentalist.

'Shuh! '

Opening his eyes, Lu Jin had a thought, and his entire body rose into the air from the underground martial arts hall, hovering in mid-air.

One of the hallmarks of planetary senators on Earth: flight.

Whether it's a martial artist or a spiritual practitioner, once their life level reaches the planetary level, the miniature planets within their dantian or sea of ​​consciousness can form a small magnetic field.

If the gravity of the inhabited planet or continent is not too great, the magnetic field of the micro-planet inside the body is enough to counteract this gravity, and one can fly directly through the air without external force.

'Life never stops, upgrades never cease.'

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin conjured up tens of thousands of planetary-level life essences from his external storage space, beginning his rapid level-up journey.

On the other side, a large flying saucer-shaped fighter jet flew in from the distant sky and hovered in mid-air outside the Lu family manor.

Below the fighter jet, there was a huge tiger carcass suspended by steel cables.

Immediately, the fighter jet's hatch opened, and a warrior dressed in combat uniform with military insignia on his shoulder leaped down from mid-air.

"Hello sir, may I ask where you are?"

Upon seeing this, the captain of the guards at the manor gate quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Hello, I am from the military headquarters in Huashan. I am here on orders to deliver the body of the White Tiger King of Kunlun Mountain to Councilor Lu's home."

After giving a military salute, the War God Warrior Zhu Hua spoke.

This salute was not directed at the guard captain before him, whose strength was at most that of a high-level warrior, but at Lu Jin, who had swept through all the land-level king-class monsters in China last night.

"Sir, please wait a moment, I will report it immediately."

The captain of the guard did not hesitate for a moment, and after returning the greeting, he hurriedly contacted the steward.

(End of this chapter)