Chapter 105: Mystic Aperture Realm

Jiang Yan left decisively, unaware of what happened afterward.

It was hard to imagine the expressions on the faces of the Tianyuan Star Martial Artists when they learned that the man who broke their record actually came from Blue Star—expressions likely resembling someone who had just eaten something unpleasant.

In his dorm room, Jiang Yan sat by the bed, holding his phone as he checked Silver Radiance Academy’s point exchange system.

Spirit Aperture Source Liquid

Stock: 100 (bottles)

Price per unit: 100 (points)

“Surprisingly cheap.”

Jiang Yan was delighted. Every ten floors cleared in the Myriad Stars Tower rewarded him with points, and so far, he had accumulated 8,900 points.

“At this price, it seems Spirit Aperture Source Liquid isn’t particularly precious on Tianyuan Star. However, the academy’s stock is only a hundred bottles. Presumably, those who qualify for this university have already opened all their Aperture Points and have no need for Spirit Aperture Source Liquid, which explains why the price is so low.”

“I can exchange for 89 bottles of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid. I wonder how many Apertures I can open?”

Jiang Yan was attempting an unprecedented experiment on the Martial Way. Opening Apertures multiple times in the Acquired stage—a Heaven-Defying endeavor—was bound to be extremely difficult.

One day later.

“Congratulations, you have opened an Aperture.”

“Congratulations, you have opened an Aperture.”

“Congratulations, you have opened an Aperture.”

…

Jiang Yan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, facing the sunlight streaming through the window. His chest rose and fell slightly, his breathing rhythmic and steady.

Around him, black vortices swirled, with faint glimmers of light occasionally visible through his clothes. Outside the window, Qi continuously converged toward him, achieving an effect comparable to that of a Spirit Gathering Device.

【Name】: Jiang Yan

【Number of Apertures Opened】: 8

【Talent】: Chaos Imprint: Myriad Tribulation Body

【Imprint】: You can create Doppelgangers that inherit all your attributes. (Current Doppelgangers: 2/5) (Opening the tenth Aperture can increase the limit)

Trait: Doppelgangers inherit all your attributes, and you inherit all attributes of the Doppelgangers. (Cannot be inherited repeatedly)

Trait: When the main body is injured, the damage is shared equally between the Doppelgangers and the main body.

【Shadow Hunt】: During combat, you can hunt the Doppelgangers of enemies to assist you in battle.

Trait: The strength of the Doppelgangers depends on the evolution level of the Talent. The stronger the enemy is compared to you, the weaker the Doppelganger’s strength.

Trait: You inherit all attributes of the enemy’s Doppelganger.

(After an enemy’s Doppelganger perishes, it can reform after 30 seconds.)

Jiang Yan’s efforts over the past day were not in vain. The number of Apertures he had opened directly reached eight, and all his attributes improved once again, as if he had unblocked the Ren and Du meridians.

The limit for the number of Doppelgangers had now increased to five. Once he condensed the Doppelgangers later, Jiang Yan’s transformation would be nothing short of terrifying.

However, he also encountered a problem.

“The efficacy of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid is almost negligible for me now. I wonder if Tianyuan Star has more Advanced Spirit Aperture Source Liquid.”

If Jiang Yan continued consuming Spirit Aperture Source Liquid, he would undoubtedly open more Apertures, but the corresponding consumption of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid would be staggering.

“For now, I can only rely on stacking large quantities of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid. Unfortunately, I’ve already spent all my points. It seems I’ll need to find opportunities to earn more points.”

But this method was also problematic, as Silver Radiance Academy’s stock was down to just eleven bottles. It was uncertain whether that would be enough for Jiang Yan to open his next Aperture.

Silver Radiance Academy never expected that someone would still purchase Spirit Aperture Source Liquid after entering university.

Originally, those one hundred bottles of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid had been sitting on the shelf for nearly a year with no buyers, and the academy was already planning to remove them from stock. But when he checked early in the morning—

Hey, guess what?

The inventory was gone.

Jiang Yan checked the points mall and found there were still eleven bottles left in stock. Adding the eighty-nine bottles he had bought, it could be said that not a single person at Silver Radiance Academy needed this stuff.

“Whatever, even a mosquito’s worth of meat is still meat. I’ll go buy the rest first—maybe I can open another Aperture.”

Thinking this, Jiang Yan knocked on Cheng Wu’s door.

“What, Bro Jiang, you want to borrow points from me?”

“No, no, no need to borrow. What’s mine is yours.”

Cheng Wu truthfully told Jiang Yan how he had earned several thousand points.

After listening, Jiang Yan’s eyes flickered slightly as he asked Cheng Wu, “You’re saying someone owes you points and hasn’t paid back?”

“Uh… that’s right, but one day, I, Cheng Wu, will take back everything that belongs to me!”

“Bro, how about I transfer these points to you? After all, I earned them thanks to you.”

“No need. I wasn’t involved in your bet, so I shouldn’t take these points.”

“Bro Jiang, you…”

Cheng Wu choked up a little. Sniffle, tonight he absolutely had to treat Bro Jiang to a spa to repay this kindness.

“Bro Jiang, say no more. Today, I, Cheng Wu, must take you out for a good time.”

Jiang Yan gave him a speechless look. “I haven’t finished speaking yet. Don’t rush into having fun.”

“I’ll take you to get the points back. We’ll split them fifty-fifty.”

Cheng Wu: “Damn, I got emotional for nothing. But I, Cheng Wu, keep my word—this spa trip must happen!”

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but call him out: “I think you just want to go yourself.”

Cheng Wu: …

One hour later.

“What, you want me to pay back the points? I earned them fair and square by being shameless—why should I pay them back?”

Thump!

Cheng Wu punched the guy.

“Damn it, can’t you see I’ve got someone backing me up?”

Relying on someone else’s power feels so good. Looking at it this way, doesn’t that mean I, Cheng Wu, also have an invincible aura?

…

Collecting the debt was effortless.

Eleven people owed a total of 6,600 points. After splitting fifty-fifty, it came to 3,300. Back in his room, Jiang Yan prepared to sweep up the remaining Spirit Aperture Source Liquid, but when he checked the inventory, he suddenly fell silent.

The stock count for Spirit Aperture Source Liquid in the mall had changed from the original eleven to eight, meaning someone else had purchased some during that time.

On Tianyuan Star, Martial Artists who enter university have almost all opened one Aperture in the Acquired stage. Logically, no one should be buying Spirit Aperture Source Liquid anymore, but the data doesn’t lie—only eight bottles remained in stock.

The reason behind this was intriguing. Jiang Yan immediately placed an order for the remaining eight bottles. Ten minutes later, the goods were delivered to his door.

Jiang Yan’s luck was good. After refining these eight bottles of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid, he opened another Aperture. It was likely due to his previous accumulation; otherwise, just eight bottles of Spirit Aperture Source Liquid wouldn’t have been enough to open an Aperture in one go.

Later, Jiang Yan looked up some information and discovered that many Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasures also had the effect of opening Apertures. However, the belief that one can only open one Aperture in the Acquired stage is deeply ingrained, so people on this planet would never use Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasures to open Aperture Points—it’s too wasteful.

You have cheap Spirit Aperture Source Liquid available, yet you’d use Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasures? Are you out of your mind?

But when Jiang Yan noticed this information, he became extremely interested, his heart already stirring with excitement.

…

Five days later.

[System Log Updated]

“Congratulations on achieving Inner Astral Perfection.”

Jiang Yan remained silent, focusing solely on absorbing Qi.

After opening nine apertures, Jiang Yan’s body had become a walking, enhanced version of a Spirit Gathering Device. His cultivation speed was monstrous, with endless Qi flowing into his body without even needing filtration, greedily devoured by the insatiable Chaotic Void Ancestral Spirit.

Comprehensive enhancements in cultivation speed, Talent, Comprehension Ability, and strength—this was the terror of a multi-aperture Martial Artist.

“The next step is the Mystic Aperture Realm, but I don’t know the cultivation methods of Tianyuan Star. I should go ask Cheng Wu.”

“Bro, you’ve already achieved Inner Astral Perfection? It’s only been a few days.”

When Cheng Wu learned that Jiang Yan had broken through from the Late Stage of Inner Astral to Inner Astral Perfection and was now preparing to step into the Mystic Aperture Realm without pause, he was utterly stunned.

“Bro Jiang, not to overstep, but cultivating too fast isn’t necessarily a good thing. It can easily lead to an unstable Foundation.”

Jiang Yan waved his hand dismissively. “What unstable Foundation? I’ve just been accumulating strength for a long time before making a breakthrough.”

“Alright.” Cheng Wu stopped trying to persuade him. Bro Jiang must have his reasons for doing this.

“On Tianyuan Star, we focus on the development of spirit apertures. The Mystic Aperture Realm is the initial stage of developing aperture points. In theory, a Martial Artist must refine as many aperture points as they have developed in their body. For someone like you, Bro Jiang, refining just one aperture point would be enough to step into the Spirit Platform Realm.”