Chapter 56: Rapid Progress!

His whole body was still in a numb state, and Chen Chong looked as if he had just been pulled out of water, drenched in sweat.

Yet his eyes were filled with joy.

The Electrotherapy had succeeded. Even without careful sensing, Chen Chong could now feel that the True Qi inside him had undergone earth-shaking changes. Although sharp pain wracked every part of his body, he strangely felt as if explosive power now resided within him!

Crackle! Pop!

As the numbness gradually faded, Chen Chong abruptly sat up and moved his limbs. All over his body, tiny electric sparks flickered instantly, mixing with crisp crackling sounds, creating a terrifying display.

Chen Chong immediately closed his eyes and carefully sensed the condition inside his body. An expression of barely containable shock and joy instantly appeared on his face:

“The amount of my True Qi… has actually increased several times over!”

This perception immediately startled Chen Chong himself:

“In just less than an hour of using Electrotherapy, the effect is actually so much better than my sleepless training over the past few days!”

Now, his True Qi was like a river in flood season, surging endlessly within him. Its flow was more than double the previous trickle-like state of his True Qi! Moreover, this river spontaneously circulated within Chen Chong’s body, centered on his Dantian, forming a spiral operational trajectory like an electromagnetic coil, spinning at a ferocious, high-speed pace!

Chen Chong seemed to sense that, under this unique rotation of his Ultimate True Qi, imperceptibly faint electric currents were spontaneously generated from within his body. It was as if his body had become a generator, producing electric currents through the high-speed circulation of True Qi.

Chen Chong immediately understood this was the sign of the initial stage of the Ultimate Infinite Qigong, Current Push!

“Whew!”

Suppressing the urge to roar out in excitement, Chen Chong exhaled a long stream of hot air from his mouth and nose. He inwardly began to carefully perceive the internal state of his body once more:

“The amount of Ultimate True Qi has at least increased several times over, though this is probably because my original True Qi was relatively weak.”

“The speed of the True Qi’s spiral circulation is gradually decreasing… Sure enough, is this because the Electrotherapy has stopped, and there is no more electric current being channeled into my body to assist the cultivation?”

“In that case, I haven’t truly entered the Current Push stage yet. This is just a residual effect of the Electrotherapy. Moreover, this True Qi that swelled by absorbing electric current was not obtained by my own Refining Essence into Qi, so controlling it is not as effortless. This is also a drawback of Electrotherapy.”

Chen Chong’s mind was very clear. He was not carried away by the sudden, tremendous change in his True Qi, and he quickly analyzed the various situations.

The signs resembling the Current Push boundary were merely an illusion caused by the inertial operation of his True Qi under the stimulation of the residual current. Electrotherapy could draw electric current to strengthen True Qi and allow a cultivator to train in an accelerated Current Push manner, quickly achieving the Current Push stage. However, given Chen Chong’s current level of cultivation, just one session of Electrotherapy was clearly not enough to maintain the high-speed spiral circulation and truly step into and stabilize the Current Push boundary.

Even so, Chen Chong’s heart still surged with excitement:

“Just one session of Electrotherapy has made my True Qi grow so rapidly! As long as I continuously use Electrotherapy, I will soon truly achieve Current Push!”

Having thought this through, Chen Chong did not continue immediately. According to the Electrotherapy instructions, the body had just undergone intense electric stimulation and needed a period of rest before it could be performed again.

So Chen Chong first went to the Boiler Room, fed coal into each boiler, and then returned to sit cross-legged and meditate. He began cultivating normally through meditation, using meticulous, grinding effort to focus his mind and control the explosively increased True Qi bit by bit.

After about four or five hours, once he had gained some ease in handling the skyrocketing True Qi, Chen Chong could no longer hold back. He connected the wires again and pressed the switch.

Zzz…

As the electric current coursed through his body, the stinging sensation once again spread throughout Chen Chong’s entire being. However, perhaps because his True Qi had greatly increased and his tolerance had strengthened considerably, the pain he felt this time was undoubtedly reduced compared to before. This allowed him to more clearly and easily control the True Qi’s accelerated circulation and absorb the current.

And this session of Electrotherapy, Chen Chong persisted for over ten minutes longer than the last time, only stopping when he reached the critical point.

Under this kind of cultivation that could be called insane, the quantity of Chen Chong’s True Qi once again saw a large increase. Although the growth was not as exaggerated as the several-fold increase of the first time, the extent of the increase was entirely comparable to a dozen or so days of his sleepless, unremitting cultivation!

And the reason Chen Chong was deemed insane was that Electrotherapy was not a conventional cultivation method. Although its effects were extremely significant, the burden it placed on a cultivator’s internal organs was exceptionally heavy. Each use required a sufficient time interval, otherwise it could easily leave hidden injuries on the organs that were difficult to heal.

Chen Chong also clearly noticed this. When the second session of Electrotherapy ended, the numbness throughout his body lingered for a long time, and his internal organs continuously emitted sharp pain, making him instantly alert:

“No good, I still underestimated the burden of Electrotherapy on my body. Using it twice in one night has already exceeded my body’s current limit!”

Unlike the original Magnetic Field Rotation, a superpower relying on cellular friction to generate electricity for cultivation, the Ultimate Infinite Qigong Chen Chong practiced was, in essence, an ancient martial Qigong that simulated Current Push and even Magnetic Field Rotation in an unconventional way. At the introductory stage, his tolerance to electric current was still limited by his ordinary human body. The nourishment and feedback the Ultimate True Qi provided to Chen Chong’s physique were gradual, resulting in his current physique having limited strength and tolerance, unable to bear prolonged, high-intensity Electrotherapy.

Nevertheless, just in this single short night, Chen Chong’s Qigong cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, equivalent to at least nearly a month of his sleepless, continuous cultivation. In other words, Electrotherapy granted him a cultivation speed boost of dozens of times, which could only be described as unimaginable!

As for his power, having no place to fully exert it, Chen Chong still found it hard to judge what level he had reached. He only felt that his entire body was filled with explosive power everywhere, utterly incomparable to his state before applying Electrotherapy.

After quietly pondering for a while, he walked to the doorway. Seeing the dead-silent night sky faintly lightening, Chen Chong turned back contentedly. He stored away the electrical circuit device, restored all traces to their original state, then returned to the Boiler Room. He silently cultivated while waiting for the night watch to end.

When the sky brightened completely and the night watch period concluded, Old Xu was still in a drunken, deep slumber. Chen Chong added the final batch of coal to the boiler, then left the Power Station and returned to his residence.

After closing the door behind him, Chen Chong sat down cross-legged on the bed but did not cultivate. Instead, he immediately focused his mind and issued a command to the Main God in his consciousness:

“Translate, Vajra Indestructible Divine Art!”