Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

He remained depressed until the event ended.

Lei She had seen the other party's condition clearly, but at this moment he was powerless to help him, because this was his inner demon, something he had to face on his path of martial arts. As an outsider, there was nothing he could do to help Gu Yizheng.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chaoqiang and his family were already holed up in their hotel room watching TV.

After Gu Yizheng finished his competition, the organizers of the Synthesis Competition also sent him a message at the same time.

The message states that at 9:00 AM tomorrow, the overall rankings of all participants in this synthesis competition will be officially determined.

The final ranking contestants will also receive the rewards prepared for them at the beginning of the synthesis competition for each ranking.

As an incentive, they will be given out tangible items such as crystal cores and cultivation resources immediately.

However, the rewards for the top 8 include a brain-enhancing space—a cultivation state in another dimension and a secret realm for improving one's abilities...

Instead, it will begin three days later, and the organizers of the competition specifically instructed the eight finalists to manage and maintain their physical and mental strength for the upcoming matches.

Once you enter the brain-enhancing space, what you can gain there depends primarily on each person's abilities and their destiny.

In addition, there is another substantial and special reward: Zhang Chaoqiang's first place.

Being able to choose a treasure from the national treasury as a reward will likely take longer than entering the brain amplification space.

After all, the national treasury is not always open to the public.

Therefore, the contestants are all different. Some ordinary contestants will be able to leave Zhongzhou City, the venue of the Synthesis Competition, and return to their own cities after the rankings are determined and the rewards are distributed tomorrow.

Players with good rankings, like Zhang Chaoqiang, are not returning to the starting lineup so quickly.

On the night the competition ended, some people slept very peacefully, while others did not sleep very well and were unable to sleep all night, only able to cope through cultivation.

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Zhang Chaoqiang, Tan Yue, Wu Yun, Ma Chao, and others slept very peacefully, because they had achieved the best ranking they could get in this competition, and the rewards they received were decent.

Although Tan Yue did not make it into the top 64, she gained a great deal of experience and knowledge from this synthesis competition.

This experience will allow her to demonstrate exceptional personal experiences and expertise in her future path of synthesis and martial arts education. This experience and process is invaluable and important for her martial arts career.

As for Wu Yun and Ma Chao, he was even more excited.

Because in the third stage, he did not have the real ability to fully synthesize the first stage of the third-order artificial crystal core.

Because at that time, it took nearly 7 hours, but they still couldn't completely break through the first stage of the third-order artificial crystal core.

In that situation, even any second-tier artificial crystal core synthesizer with second-tier strength could try it out.

Because he was the only one who had tried to synthesize and replenish simultaneously, but others certainly possessed the ability to achieve the same result.

Therefore, Wu Yun and Ma Chao can be said to have achieved a relatively good result in this third stage of the competition, which is a competition related to quality, and compared with others, there is still some exaggeration in their performance.

However, the final ranking also determined the authenticity of his achievement. Since he had the courage to synthesize a third-order artificial crystal core, the result was indeed the achievement he deserved.

So others won't say much, they'll just regret not having boldly tried the so-called third-order crystal core.

After all, apart from Zhang Chaoqiang, Wu Yunma Chao, and Gu Yizheng, the other contestants have all reached a very proficient level in the synthesis of the second-order crystal core.

Given their proficiency, they might as well try synthesizing a third-order artificial crystal core.

In that respect, they probably also have some attempts and capabilities in synthesizing third-order artificial crystal cores.

As time goes by, they may not necessarily be able to surpass Wu Yun and Ma Chao in terms of ability and achievements. That's why many people couldn't sleep that night, and some were also depressed.

I did not choose to try and break through my limits by selecting a third-order artificial crystal nucleus in the final stage.

Therefore, their performance fell short in the third stage of the competition, which was a competition focused on quality, a situation that made them feel very resentful.

So, as the saying goes, some are happy while others are sad.

Wu Yun and Ma Chao were secretly relieved, but many players felt somewhat resentful about his actions.

They were unable to fully accept this result. If they improve their performance in the third stage, their overall ranking in the competition will rise accordingly, achieving a result they never dared to imagine before.

That's why they couldn't sleep at night, always feeling that they could have gone even further in the competition, which fully demonstrated their dissatisfaction and unwillingness to accept defeat.

They were unwilling to accept the final result, which they found extremely difficult to accept.

But there was nothing they could do; the final results were already clear, and they had no right to protest.

While in the synthesis space, Gu Yi completed his synthesis that very night and then tried to perfect his third-order artificial crystal core once again.

After final refinement, Gu Yizheng needs to do more than just improve his synthesis skills; he also needs to attempt to break through to the third-tier martial arts level in his own martial arts career.

Because in the previous competition, during the final quality contest of the synthesis competition, Gu Yizheng had already reached the standard of a third-tier martial artist by controlling and managing his spiritual power.

This standard also means he has a very good chance of directly breaking through to the third-tier martial arts level. Once he successfully breaks through...

Then the strength gained will be even greater than it is now.

Even at the peak of the second tier, he still lacked the ability and stage to defeat Zhang Chaoqiang through martial arts.

So what if he breaks through? If his overall strength increases from the peak of the second tier to the third tier, will he still be able to restrain Zhang Chaoqiang and defeat him?

These are basically all the concerns Gu Yizheng has in mind.

He, of course, spent the entire night without sleep, mostly thinking about how to improve his strength even faster, to the point that it would be beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Once he steps into the ranks of third-tier martial artists, then in just today's timeframe, you have made two astonishing attempts in succession.

That is, being able to successfully synthesize a third-order artificial crystal core before the age of 20. That is the first point.

Secondly, he broke through to the third-tier martial artist level within the age of 20, which was something very few people in the Central Kingdom could do before.

Although breaking through to the third tier of martial arts before the age of 20 is not particularly difficult for some contemporary martial arts masters and some martial arts giants from the past, the key is that Gu Yizheng originally possessed the ability to rival a third-tier martial artist.

Furthermore, he possesses exceptional expertise in synthesis, which means he is well-suited to adapting and coordinating the relationship between the two.

If he were to dedicate himself entirely to martial arts, he would likely make further progress.

Of course, nothing is certain, such as the opportunity for this breakthrough.

It was Gu Yizheng who, while working on the synthesis of third-order artificial crystal cores, ultimately figured it out on his own.

It was precisely through the synthesis within the third-order artificial crystal core that Gu Yizheng was able to strengthen his control over spiritual power, allowing him to grasp the opportunity for his ultimate breakthrough.

In this situation, it can be said that neither the synthesis aspect nor their martial arts aspect is hindering the other. Moreover, the state they exhibit is more like a scene of mutual coordination and complementarity.

In this process, the two complemented and coordinated each other very well.

In terms of martial arts, his martial arts strength, namely the intensity and control of spiritual power, added some confidence and ability to his synthesis.

In terms of synthesis, the process of synthesis and communication with artificial crystal cores can also enhance the control and strength of spiritual power.

In this way, martial arts enhance one's synthesis, while synthesis provides a certain degree of boost to one's martial arts and enhances one's inspiration; the two help each other.

After finishing his final experience in adjusting and understanding the third-order artificial crystal core, Gu Yizheng immediately began to regulate his physical spiritual power and real-time martial arts state.

It is used to prepare for starting one's final step.

This is the last step I take before reaching the third level of martial arts.

After a full hour had passed, he had finished adjusting his physical condition. He had also taken all the elixirs that the doctor had instructed him to take within a week because of his qi deviation.

With absolute assurance and to avoid being disturbed by other things, he deliberately stayed in the laboratory to make his breakthrough.

However, the laboratory is not the synthesis space, because there is no spiritual energy to nourish it, so there is no way to obtain the spiritual energy from heaven and earth that can help one cultivate and improve one's martial arts level.

Because there is no spiritual power or foundation in the synthesis process, what is truly tested is the contestants' synthesis ability and their control over their own spiritual power.

They cannot rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to have any beneficial or supplementary effect on them.

It was precisely because of this situation that Wu Yun and Ma Chao needed to constantly absorb the crystal cores of demonic beasts to replenish their spiritual power.

In the research lab, Gu Yizheng, who couldn't sleep all night, officially began his breakthrough.

Apart from himself and his teacher Lei She, basically no one cares or knows what level Gu Yizheng's abilities have reached, or what level he is about to reach.

Zhang Chaoqiang was already lost in his dream. He was somewhat excited and looking forward to the final rankings of the synthesis competition the next day.

Furthermore, because he won first place in the competition, he received very rich rewards, including not only ancient bloodline-level monster crystal cores but also dragon crystal cores.

It also allows entry into a secret realm that offers immense potential for improvement and cultivation for martial artists, a brain-enhancing space.

The Brain-Enhancing Space is the premier secret realm in the Central Kingdom, with only a handful of people entering each year.

And this first Central National Synthetic Competition…

The brain amplification space, which was originally only open to the top-ranked contestants in the National Martial Arts Competition, was expanded to include eight spots for the top eight contestants of the first Synthesis Competition.

This is one of the reasons why the contestants are so excited.

Because among the top eight, the vast majority of people would have absolutely not met the standards to enter the brain-like amplification space.

The reason they didn't meet the standard here, to be precise, is that they didn't reach the top rankings in national martial arts competitions. Basically, apart from Zhang Chaoqiang and Gu Yizheng, everyone else present...

The others achieved their top eight rankings in the first synthesis competition because of their outstanding synthesis abilities.

If they were placed in the Central Kingdom's National Martial Arts Tournament, they would likely not be able to achieve a high ranking.

Because their expertise lies in synthesis, not in martial arts.

In terms of martial arts, they might not even be considered among the top 80 in the entire Central Kingdom.

Of course, all of this is because everyone has their own expertise, and not everyone has the strength and ability to do both things well, like Zhang Chao or Gu Yizheng.

The Central Kingdom's national martial arts competition is divided into three stages: the first stage is for those under 18, the second stage is for those aged 18 to 20, and the third stage is for those aged 20 to 24.

These three stages test the teenagers' martial arts abilities. Apart from Gu Yizheng and Zhang Chaoqiang, the other eight contestants in the top eight are not among the best in martial arts among teenagers nationwide.

The reward of increased brainpower was indeed a pleasant surprise and unexpected one for them.

After all, the top eight players will have the opportunity to advance.

The top three contestants will receive a dragon crystal core of ancient bloodline level.

The first place winner, Zhang Chaoqiang, will receive a reward that belongs solely to him in the national treasury. He will find a treasure in the central country's treasury to serve as his reward.

Whether it's the so-called brain-enhancing space or the dragon crystal cores that the top three can obtain.

Their value is far less than the prize for first place.

You know, with the Central Kingdom's accumulated wealth over the years, who knows how many treasures and coveted items are hidden in the national treasury?

So this is not only an opportunity to acquire good things, but also a great opportunity for him to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge in the process!

The others thought the same way. Even if they couldn't enter the national treasury to choose their own treasures, they wanted to be able to take a look and understand just how much heritage the Central Kingdom, with its rich history, truly possessed.