I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"As you progress with divine skills, the increase in the required divine power for upgrading becomes increasingly exaggerated... If the upgrade requirement for extraordinary skills Lv3, Lv4, Lv5, and even beyond remains at 1000 divine power, then my burden of divine power shortage will be much lighter."

"However, I don't know whether to be happy or disappointed... The requirement for divinity is linked to the strength of the skill. Although the requirement of only one thousand divinity per level has reduced the divinity shortage, it also means that there won't be a situation where you spend ten thousand divinity to level up once and your combat power skyrockets..."

"Hmm... Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't really matter. Spending 10,000 divinity to upgrade the skill to level 10 should have about the same effect."

Xue Jing gently lifted Ning Fengwan, who was sleeping on his stomach, and then reached out to grab a pillow to put under her head, but the pillow was a little far from his arm, on the other side of the bed.

His instinct was to grab the pillow.

At that moment, his body started to operate automatically, and the next instant, a ball of pale golden energy shot out from his palm and headed towards the pillow.

The pale golden energy transformed into a palm, picked up the pillow, and quickly returned, landing in Xue Jing's hand.

"This is……"

Xue Jing blinked.

He had been able to separate his energy from his body and transform it into tangible 'qi energy' a long time ago.

However, to control the detached energy as freely as one's hands and feet... that's a bit too outrageous.

Xue Jing placed a pillow under Ning Fengwan's head, then got up and left the room.

After washing up and eating something simple, he went out and headed towards the Hidden Dragon Dojo.

Upon arrival, without lingering, he went straight to the Yangxin Room and pushed open the door to enter.

It was around 2 p.m. when Li Qi was wearing reading glasses and looking at a thread-bound book with a very new cover at his desk. It was the "Huang Po Gong" that Xue Jing had copied for him.

Hearing the door open, Li Qi looked up and saw Xue Jing. He immediately smiled and said:

"Oh, it's Xiao Jing. What's wrong?"

Upon seeing Li Qi, Xue Jing realized that Li Qi hadn't asked about the source of his strange abilities from the previous night. He understood his master's meaning and didn't bring it up either.

He smiled and said, "Master, I've learned a new trick and I'd like to show it to you."

Li Qi placed the book he was holding on the table, took off his reading glasses, and wheeled himself to Xue Jing, raising an eyebrow as he said:

"What new trick?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing took a deep breath and began to circulate his energy.

The next moment, wisps of pale golden energy emanated from his body, and countless wisps of energy surged towards him and converged together.

He originally intended to casually condense some kind of energy into a fist to show Li Qi, but as the energy gathered, Xue Jing had a completely new idea.

Gradually, the surrounding energy began to change and take shape, and a pale golden human body slowly formed.

Under Xue Jing's control, the shape of the Qi-force humanoid gradually became more detailed, and before long, it transformed into a semi-transparent, pale golden 'Xue Jing'.

“This…” Li Qi’s eyes widened slightly.

Xue Jing was also a little surprised that he had actually created a 'person'.

He controlled the pale golden humanoid figure and threw a punch into the air.

"call out--"

A powerful gust of air erupted from the pale gold humanoid's fist, causing the curtains on all four windows of the meditation room to sway wildly, almost detaching and flying out.

"A physical clone of energy that can be freely manipulated... This is the Daoist secret technique 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones,' when did you learn it?"

Li Qi asked with an incredulous expression.

"One Qi transforms into Three Pure Ones?" Xue Jing was taken aback, his face full of doubt.

Li Qi stroked his chin: "Hmm? Isn't it 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones'?"

Xue Jing asked curiously, "No... I just discovered that I can control my internal energy to this extent, so I came to ask you, Master, what's going on..."

Li Qi's lips twitched: "Simply controlling internal energy..."

He scratched his bald patch, now stray and no longer smooth, and sighed:

"I thought I had seen enough of the 'unexpected' things from you, and that I would be able to remain calm no matter what outrageous things happened in the future... I didn't expect to be startled by you again."

"...Who can simply control their internal energy and make it form a 'clone'? Even a master who has broken through the Dragon Gate would find it very difficult to do this; they must have cultivated a special secret technique."

Li Qi looked at Xue Jing with the eyes of someone looking at an alien: "Are you even considered a human being anymore?"

Xue Jing: "..."

"The Taoist practice of 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones' can use a special 'Three Corpses Method' to cut off all negative thoughts that hinder one's cultivation, separate a part of one's spiritual consciousness, and let it reside in the detached Qi. Only in this way can it be bound, and then form three 'Qi clones' to assist oneself in battle."

Li Qi looked at the pale golden humanoid figure beside Xue Jing and said thoughtfully, "But your 'Qi clone'... upon closer inspection, it is indeed not formed by the method of dividing the spirit and consciousness like the 'Three Corpses Technique'."

He reached out and touched the pale golden humanoid figure, carefully sensing it for a moment, and said somewhat uncertainly, "It seems that... I simply used my mental power to forcibly 'shape' it?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Qi is not so easy to control. Spiritual power is an intangible 'illusory form' without a physical carrier. It shouldn't be able to do this..."

"Unbelievable, unbelievable."

Li Qi shook his head as he spoke.

Upon hearing Li Qi's words, Xue Jing's heart stirred.

He initially thought it was due to the upgrade of [True Martial Arts], which, with its extraordinary skill characteristics, granted him this incredible ability to control internal energy.

But now it seems there are other reasons behind this.

He opened the panel and looked at one of the skills—[Visualization·True].

The Visualization True skill, which was just upgraded to Lv8 last night, is a powerful skill that allows his mental energy to materialize.

It should be that the upgraded Visualization·True Spiritual Power materialization effect is more powerful, and it works in conjunction with True Martial Lv2's control over force to produce a certain chemical reaction, giving him this ability to control force.

"So that's it..."

……

Having not stayed in the Nourishing Heart Hall for long, Xue Jing, having sorted out the reasons, went to his own cultivation room.

He sat cross-legged on the floor, with the pale golden, translucent 'Xue Jing' floating behind him.

This scene gave Xue Jing a strange sense of déjà vu.

"Now I've really become a Stand user..."

He thought for a moment, then activated Shadow Flame. Countless streams of black energy were drawn from the shadows in the training room and gathered on the pale golden humanoid figure, enveloping it and forming Shadow Flame Armor.

This became Xue Jing's disguise—the Dark Dragon Knight.

"Damn, he looks even more like a stand-in now."

"Could we have another one...?"

With a thought, Xue Jing once again unleashed countless pale golden energies from his body, attempting to condense another energy clone beside him.

This time, however, it didn't condense as smoothly as the first time. It was quite difficult, and it only barely took shape under Xue Jing's full control.

"Phew—" Xue Jing exhaled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Two clones... it took all our strength to create them, they're only good for playing around with, they have no practical value in combat."

"Next..."

Xue Jing used Shadow Flame again, similarly encasing his second Qi clone in armor.

Looking at the two 'black dragon riders' floating in the air in front of him, he snapped his fingers with great interest.

"Fuck me!"

Instantly, the two clones approached each other, and then began to wildly swing their arms and beat each other.

"Ora ora ora ora ora—!"

“Wood big wood big wood big wood big wood big—!”

"Bang bang bang bang bang—"

In the void, countless fist shadows collided with each other, exploding into countless ring-shaped air waves.

Xue Jing's hair was blown back into a slicked-back style as he watched intently as his two clones fought.

"Fight! Fight hard! The winner will be the invincible Platinum Star!"

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Chapter 206 GOD771, Under Attack, You Must First Attack This Taunting Clone (4K)

The duel between the two clones of Qi in the imperial city ended without a clear winner.

After all, the two clones were no different in any way, and even the controllers were both Xue Jing.

If a normal martial artist were controlling these two clones, one of them might soon make various minor mistakes, which would affect the situation, tilt the scales of victory, and ultimately determine the winner.

However, Xue Jing, possessing the True Martial Body, had reached an 'extraordinary' level of stability, making it impossible for him to make a mistake. Both clones maintained a perfect 100% performance from beginning to end, making it a true 50/50 match.

Controlling his two clones to stop them from spamming each other with "Ora Ora," Xue Jing waved his hand, dismissing one of them.

"This energy clone is very useful... Its constituent elements are my energy, so in terms of pure destructive power, it is the same as my original body. However, since it is not my physical body, it cannot receive the blessing of [Twin], so its actual combat power will be somewhat weaker."

"There are also many other problems. The first is that it consumes a lot of physical and mental energy. Not only do I have to bear the cost of any action, but it also requires a lot of mental energy to 'shape' it."

"Also, it's very fragile... After all, it's just a clone formed by mental energy restraint. If its torso or head, or other vital parts, are hit even slightly, or if its body structure is disrupted, it will be shattered..."

"However, this can be solved by wearing the Shadowflame Armor..."

Xue Jing pondered.

"Hmm, I need to test the distance and see how far it can get from my main body."

Just then, the door to the cultivation room was suddenly pushed open.

With a sweet, childish "Master~", the little girl Zong Shichan, dressed in her training clothes, ran in and headbutted Xue Jing in the arms with a rocket-shaped headbutt.

Xue Jing reached out and caught her, patted her head, and raised an eyebrow, asking, "What's wrong?"

"Sniff sniff..." Zong Shichan buried her face in Xue Jing's chest, taking deep breaths and saying with a look of ecstasy, "Ah, I'm alive again."

"I haven't seen my master for days, I'm going to die if I can't smell his scent again!"