Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill

Gu Sewei tried various methods, but she couldn’t break the cocoon formed by the Power of Time.

She sat limply on the ground, hugging her knees, her eyes vacant.

Her Legendary Weapon, the Frost Staff, lay tossed on the ground as if it were a piece of trash.

Li Wei walked over, took out an Ice Soul, and handed it to her. "Don’t overthink things," he said. "Take this opportunity to focus on your cultivation and improve your strength."

Gu Sewei heard him and looked up, her gaze slowly coming into focus.

Her voice was a little hoarse as she asked, "What is it you’re really after? Is cultivation all there is to your world?"

Li Wei fell silent for a moment. "If you really want to know," he said, "I can show you another world."

He was able to endure the monotony of cultivation because he had his own ways to relax.

Gu Sewei looked at him and asked in confusion, "Another world?"

Li Wei grabbed her hand. "Don’t resist," he said.

He used his Great Dream Traveling Skill, bringing her with him into the dream.

SPLASH!

Gu Sewei found herself standing on a sun-drenched coastline, wearing a thick, bearskin Mage Robe.

Under the scorching sun, she began to feel a little warm.

Gazing at the endless blue waves in the distance and the white surf constantly beating against the sand, she looked bewildered.

"Where... is this?"

"A dream."

Li Wei, now in a pair of beach shorts, walked over and answered her question.

He handed Gu Sewei a glass of iced cola with a slice of lemon. "Aren’t you going to change into something cooler?"

Gu Sewei instinctively took the strange, black, bubbling beverage from him.

Still in a daze, she repeated, "A dream?"

Li Wei took a sip of his own "happy water" and let out a refreshing sigh. "That’s right. This is the Dream World."

"Here, you can become anything or create anything, just by thinking about it."

Li Wei prompted her, "First, just imagine the most comfortable, coolest clothes you normally wear."

Gu Sewei did as he suggested, picturing them in her mind.

Sensing her imagination take form, Li Wei snapped his fingers.

SNAP!

The Power of Dreams materialized Gu Sewei’s thoughts.

"Uh... sorry. I didn’t realize that’s what you had in mind."

Li Wei looked at Gu Sewei, who was now only in her underwear, an awkward expression on his face.

Gu Sewei glanced down at herself, and her face instantly turned beet red. "Idiot!"

She furiously hurled her drink at Li Wei.

...

After a bit of chaos, Gu Sewei finally got used to the Dream World and could change her own outfits at will.

However, she still had to rely on Li Wei, the Lord of Dreams, to create objects.

Wearing a thin silk dress, Gu Sewei stood in the ocean, an expression of immense curiosity on her face as she felt the cool seawater on her skin.

"Is the real ocean like this?"

Lying on a beach chair under an umbrella, Li Wei replied, "Probably. The dream depends largely on my own consciousness. In my mind, this is what the sea is like. The real sea might be very different."

A look of reverence crossed Gu Sewei’s face. "I’ve never seen the ocean. I truly hope I get the chance to see the real one someday."

Li Wei thought of the Endless Sea. ’She’s probably not imagining a brutal ocean like that one.’

’Everyone longs for beautiful scenery.’

’No one would enjoy a place like the Sea of Fury, which is full of storms and ceaseless tsunamis.’

While Li Wei was still lost in thought, Gu Sewei walked back.

She came to his side, her shadow falling over his eyes. He looked up, his gaze falling on a pair of rather magnificent peaks.

"What’s up?"

Gu Sewei said, "I want to go back out. Back out to cultivate."

Li Wei was a little surprised. "You’ve figured things out so quickly?"

Gu Sewei nodded. "The dream is truly wonderful. Everything feels so real."

"But I want to see the real ocean, and to do that, I must become powerful enough."

"Come back to the dream to relax whenever you get tired of cultivating." Leaving her with those words, Li Wei led them out of the Dream World.

The two of them returned to the Time Secret Realm.

Li Wei handed three Ice Souls to Gu Sewei. "These are yours."

Gu Sewei didn’t refuse. She took the Ice Souls and nodded. "Mm."

She looked him in the eyes and said, a little shyly, "Thank you."

Li Wei smiled. "Don’t mention it."

They sat down a short distance from each other and began to cultivate on their own.

Li Wei himself wasn’t sure what kind of existence the Time Secret Realm truly was.

However, the various Magic Elements within the Time Secret Realm were both abundant and well-balanced.

At least he didn’t have to worry about being unable to cultivate here.

After watching Gu Sewei begin her cultivation with the Ice Souls, Li Wei took out his last bottle of Purple Crystal Source Potion and drained it in one gulp.

He was preparing to break through to Tier Five within the Time Secret Realm.

He harbored a faint, unrealistic hope that by breaking through inside the Time Secret Realm, he might obtain an Extraordinary Trait related to time.

However, he knew the chances of that were virtually zero.

An Extraordinary Trait wouldn’t just materialize out of thin air simply because he was breaking through to a new tier inside the Time Secret Realm.

Especially not one of the most mysterious and powerful of them all—a time-based Extraordinary Trait.

「Two days later.」 Li Wei’s cultivation reached the Great Perfection of Tier Four.

[Fiery Sun Visualization Method (Tier Four Awakening)] 456/10000

The effects of the Purple Crystal Source Potion were still potent, so Li Wei seized the moment to complete his Extraordinary Trait Awakening.

「Half a month later.」 The effects of the Purple Crystal Source Potion ran out, and his awakening progress slowed dramatically.

[Fiery Sun Visualization Method (Tier Four Awakening)] 5888/10000

Without the aid of Secret Medicines or Magic Potions, Li Wei took a full half a year to complete his Tier Four Extraordinary Trait Awakening.

It was clear that without the Purple Crystal Source Potion, it would have taken Li Wei at least two or three years of normal cultivation to break through to Tier Five.

When Li Wei had broken through to Tier Four, he had awakened two Epic Level Extraordinary Traits: [Nuclear Secret Technique] and [Arcane Enlightenment].

Now, upon breaking through to Tier Five, those two Extraordinary Traits awakened further and were enhanced.

[Nuclear Secret Technique] was awakened and enhanced into the Epic Level Extraordinary Trait, [Elemental Fission].

[Arcane Enlightenment] was awakened and enhanced into the Epic Level Extraordinary Trait, [Arcane Magic Codex].

Elemental Fission further increased Li Wei’s burst power.

Originally, Nuclear Secret Technique could only be applied to purely Elemental Magic, such as those involving the Fire Element.

The Elemental Fission Extraordinary Trait, however, could amplify any Magic.

Now, even the Meteor Fireball Technique, which previously could not be enhanced by Nuclear Secret Technique, could be amplified by Elemental Fission.

Its power was boosted to an earth-shattering degree.

It had effectively become a super nuke.

Arcane Enlightenment’s original function was to significantly boost Li Wei’s ability to learn Magic and his Mana Control, with the added effect of increasing his Spiritual Power.

After it was enhanced into Arcane Magic Codex, Li Wei could directly copy any Magic he witnessed into the codex and use it instantly, bypassing the need to learn, understand, or even perform the Casting.

It completely skipped the learning phase, allowing him to unconditionally copy any usable Magic.

Limited by Li Wei’s own Level, the Arcane Magic Codex could currently only copy Magic of Tier Five or below.

Once Li Wei broke through to Tier Six, he would be able to copy all Tier Six Magic.

Although Elemental Fission and Arcane Magic Codex were both Epic Level Extraordinary Traits, they were clearly far stronger than Nuclear Secret Technique and Arcane Enlightenment.

They were, in essence, upgraded versions of the original two Extraordinary Traits.