I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

"Not bad," Xue Jing nodded with satisfaction.

"Right, let's test the regenerative power too..."

He held the Crouching Rabbit Sword and made a cut on his arm. The sharp blade immediately left a gaping wound from which thick, ruby-like blood slowly oozed out.

Then, with a thought, he activated his Life Force, which began to burn intensively at the site of the injury.

Instantly, the wound started to wriggle and heal at a visible rate. In just a few seconds, it had completely healed, leaving the skin smooth and flawless, not even a scar to be found.

If it weren't for the fresh blood still staining it, it would look as if nothing had happened.

"Impressive, hyper-speed regeneration," Xue Jing's eyes lit up.

"As long as I concentrate and burn Life Force, I can recover from injuries in no time."

"With this ability, even if my neck were to be sliced, it seems I wouldn't die... Even if my head were chopped off, as long as it's reattached in time, it should probably heal," he mused.

He inspected the still vigorous Life Fire within himself.

"Given sufficient Life Force, as long as I'm not killed instantly, I reckon I could recover," he thought.

"It's practically an Undying Body!"

Xue Jing looked with satisfaction at [Health Cultivation Lv8] on his Skill Panel.

It was worthy of being one of his most valued routine Skills; it really was handy.

Considering [Fitness] and [Charm Art] have already triggered the requirements for sublimation, Health Cultivation should be able to sublimate as well.

I wonder how powerful it will become after sublimation; I'm really looking forward to it...

...

At noon, after finishing his meal, Xue Jing sat on the sofa, petting the cat, and looking at the Skill Panel.

[Divinity Held: 702]

He glanced at the Divinity value first, then turned his attention to [Plant Pact].

Should I upgrade Plant Pact by one or two levels to see its effects?

The upgrade from Divine Skill Lv1 to Lv2 only requires one hundred points, and three hundred points for Lv2.

That's only four hundred points in total...

Now with another means to obtain Divinity, Xue Jing felt he could be a little more generous.

As he was pondering this, a gentle knock came from outside.

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He closed the Skill Panel and expanded his Spirit Consciousness, using Meditative Visualization to see the scene outside the door.

It was Xue Wan, holding a black bag and knocking on the door.

Xue Jing interrupted his Meditative Visualization and controlled a black arm made of Shadow Flame to open the door.

Xue Wan had already contacted him by phone saying she was coming over; he just wanted to confirm with Visualization.

As the door opened, Xue Wan walked in, and her gaze immediately turned to Miao Miao coiled up beside Xue Jing, her eyes lighting up.

"Feng Wan, my Little Feng Wan, mommy's here!"

Xue Wan pounced over and hugged the cat in her arms, rubbing her face against it constantly.

"Meow~"

Miao Miao's face was filled with anthropomorphized resignation, looking towards Xue Jing for help.

"Meow meow meow meow meow~" Xue Wan adorably cooed at the cat.

"Enough already, can't you see it's not happy?" Xue Jing said with a wry smile.

"Which eye of yours saw it being unhappy? Little Feng Wan is overjoyed to be loved by mommy, right?"

As she spoke, Xue Wan rubbed even more vigorously against Miao Miao, then buried her face into its belly, starting to sniff the cat deeply.

"Sniff sniff... you smell so good."

"Meow..."

In response to Miao Miao's pleading gaze, Xue Jing could only offer a helpless shrug of his shoulders.

"The little kitty must want a kiss from mommy, mua~mua~"

By the time Xue Wan was satisfied, Miao Miao had already flopped onto the sofa, its paws up in the air, its pupils out of focus in resignation.

"This is for you," Xue Wan said, her face bright from her contentment, handing over the black bag to Xue Jing.

"What is this?" Xue Jing asked curiously.

He took the bag, peering inside.

Inside were several strands of dark green... vines?

"These are my mentor's hair, her 'Stigmata'," Xue Wan explained.

"Didn't you say that absorbing stuff from Stigmata that causes contamination and mutation is beneficial for you? This should work."

Xue Jing's eyebrows raised.

He had a long conversation with his sister the day before and did mention this matter briefly.

He hadn't expected Xue Wan to bring it to him so soon.

He reached into the bag and pulled out several strands of the dark green vines.

[Divine Substance detected, extracting Divinity...]

"Where did you get this?" Xue Jing asked.

"Uh... did the mentor feel guilty for forcibly wanting to bind you into the sect and cut her hair as an apology to show her resolve?" Xue Wan said with an innocent face.

Xue Jing glanced at the messy broken ends of the vine.

It was obviously torn off by force.

"You're trying to trick ghosts?"

Xue Wan said indignantly, "Just take it, why ask so many questions!"

Xue Jing smiled and didn't say more, only saying, "Thank you, sister."

After speaking, he turned his gaze to the vine in his hand.

Stigmata are mutations that appear on the bodies of the Blessed, resembling the parts related to the deity they worship.

So that's what the hair of the deity known for Thousand Red and Ten Thousand Glamorous looks like—if It had any hair.

He didn't have to wait for long. After dozens of seconds, the panel notification lit up.

[Divine Absorption complete]

And the Divinity Value had increased from 702 to 1028.

"These few vines are probably just a small part of that Professor Lü's stigmata, and they provided more than three hundred points of Divinity?"

Xue Jing was a bit surprised, not expecting to absorb so much.

If they could pluck all of the professor's hair, how much Divinity would that be...

"Alright, I've made plans to go shopping with classmates first."

Xue Wan said with a smile.

"I will go to the venue for your competition this afternoon."

"I'll be off then."

She said farewell.

"I'll see you out." Xue Jing stood up.

After sending his sister to the door, Xue Jing closed it, went back to his room, and gazed at the panel showing more than a thousand points of Divinity, deep in thought.

"A bit wealthy, but how should I spend it?"

Upgrade Twin Lifes or Shadow Flame by one level?

Or perhaps directly raise Plant Pact to Lv4...

"For Twin Lifes, there's currently no urgently needed double effect."

"But the increase in the duration of active effects and the reduction in the cooldown for the passive revival from the level up would be quite nice."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

"Shadow Flame... upgrading would enhance the strength of the Activated Substance, as well as the 'Blue Bar' and its Annihilation power."

"That means bigger Gundams can be summoned!"

With that in mind, Shadow Flame's priority seemed higher than Twin Lifes.

"However, let's first raise Plant Pact by one level."

Going from Lv1 to Lv2 only requires a hundred points of Divinity Value, which offers a great cost-to-benefit ratio. Even after the upgrade, there would still be more than nine hundred points left, enough to raise Twin Lifes or Shadow Flame."

Xue Jing clicked to upgrade.

[Plant Pact Lv2 (Divinity required for upgrade: 928/300)]

After reaching Lv2, the skill name for Plant Pact, which had dimmed due to the pact with the Oxygen-Absorbing Tree seed, suddenly brightened quite a bit.

It became about as dim as it was when he had only made a pact with the Spider Plant.

Xue Jing touched the Spider Plant Seed on the table next to him, recontracting it.

The name of the Plant Pact skill dimmed a little again, but it wasn't obvious.

"Good, the 'Blue Bar' has improved quite a bit."

"Let's test the strength changes."

Xue Jing took out a dark red seed from his pocket, along with the Spider Plant Seed, and threw them both on the ground.

Immediately, green root tentacles and sword-like leaves grew from the two seeds, flailing wildly in the air and starting to attack each other under Xue Jing's control.

After a clattering of collisions, numerous robust tentacles and leaves fought like two armies in complex offense and defense, and soon, wood chips and broken leaves littered the floor.

But overall, the Spider Plant clearly showed signs of fatigue, constantly retreating under the onslaught of the Oxygen-Absorbing Tree.

"After all, it's a noble Otherworld special plant, it's normal that it can't win. The pact costs aren't even on the same level."

Xue Jing nodded.

"The Spider Plant's leaves have increased a bit in toughness, the limit of proliferation and growth has increased from a dozen meters to nearly thirty meters, not bad."

As he was getting into it, Miao Miao sat upright on the sofa, watching the magical scene of the plants writhing in front of her, lost in thought.

"Is this what it means to be a Martial Artist?"

She wondered what Old Li Qi would think if he saw this scene.

"Martial Arts: From Novice to Magic Mastery"?

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