Zhao Xuan murmured softly in his heart, then silently closed his eyes.
Calming his mind, he began to meditate.
Ten minutes later—
With the sound of the class bell ringing, Zhao Xuan slowly came out of his meditative state.
Right then—
The system notification chimed:
"Dingdong! You meditated seriously for a short while and gained a slight insight. Mental power +0.01!"
"Not bad!"
Zhao Xuan didn't feel disappointed that his system only increased his spiritual power by 0.01.
After all—
A gain of 0.01 after ten minutes of meditation was already impressive.
If ten minutes was +0.01, then in an hour, it would be +0.06.
And a full day had twenty-four hours.
By that calculation—
If Zhao Xuan could meditate non-stop for an entire day, he could increase his mental power by 1.44 points!
What did that mean?
That was explosive!
If word of this spread, it would definitely drop everyone's jaws to the floor.
Moreover—
According to the system, the longer one trained continuously, the greater the rewards.
As soon as class ended—
Shua shua shua!
Almost everyone in the class rushed over to Zhao Xuan's desk.
Although, judging by the homeroom teacher Zhong Jianguo's and the school leaders' reactions, they were already convinced that Zhao Xuan's mental power had indeed exceeded the norm…
Still!
Until they heard it from Zhao Xuan himself, they couldn't fully believe it.
"Zhao Xuan, Zhao Xuan, is it true your mental power really reached 37 points?"
"Zhao Xuan, did your spiritual power really mutate?"
"Zhao Xuan—Zhao Xuan—!"
Throughout the ten-minute break, Zhao Xuan's ears were filled with nonstop questions.
Meanwhile—
The news of Zhao Xuan's 37-point spiritual power spread throughout the entire school.
In an instant—
The whole of Tongcheng No.1 High School was in an uproar.
By the next day, even neighboring Fengming High School had heard the news.
No, not just Fengming High—
Half of Tongcheng was talking about it.
And it made sense.
A spiritual power level of 37 almost guaranteed one would become a Logia-type Devil Fruit user.
As mentioned before—
Nearly all Logia ability users, so long as they didn't die young, would eventually rise to become Seventh-Rank Sovereigns.
A Seventh-Rank Sovereign—
That was the level of a provincial governor!
Zhao Xuan was aware of all this, but he wasn't too concerned.
Because—
His focus was entirely on the Heaven Rewards Diligence System.
After two days of effort, and with the ten Spirit-Nourishing Fruits gifted by Principal Jin Xueyang, Zhao Xuan's mental power was rapidly approaching the 40-point mark.
Morning.
The sky was still dark when Zhao Xuan woke up early.
After washing up and finishing breakfast, he went straight to the private office the school had prepared just for him—
and began his daily meditation.
Time quietly passed.
In the blink of an eye, two hours went by.
"Dingdong! You meditated diligently for a long period and gained great insight. Mental power +0.2!"
Hearing that, Zhao Xuan quickly opened his status panel.
[Heaven Rewards Diligence System]
Name: Zhao Xuan
Age: 18
Spirit: 30.08 / 40.17
Body: 19.84 / 19.84
Abilities: Shave, Iron Body, Finger Gun, Moon Step, Tempest Kick, Paper Drawing, Swordsmanship
Long meditation inevitably caused mental fatigue, temporarily lowering spiritual power.
This was unavoidable.
Also, Spirit-Nourishing Fruit wasn't a high-grade elixir—it was merely a low-tier one.
It worked well for those below 20 points of mental power, but its effect sharply decreased above that—
and even more so past 30 points.
That's why, despite having both the system and the fruit's aid, it still took Zhao Xuan two full days to break through the 40-point barrier.
"Finally broke 40!"
Zhao Xuan exhaled, a faint smile rising on his lips.
"Two more hours before the Demon Space opens.
I still have one Spirit Fruit left—it should be enough to restore my spiritual power to full!"
He casually tossed a green fruit into his mouth, closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and began restoring his energy rapidly.
Before long—
Homeroom teacher Zhong Jianguo, Principal Jin Xueyang, and a group of school leaders arrived at the office.
Seeing Zhao Xuan deep in concentration, no one dared to speak.
They just stood quietly, afraid to disturb him.
Time slipped by.
Before they knew it—
Noon arrived.
At exactly 12 o'clock—
Under everyone's intense gaze, the air around Zhao Xuan suddenly rippled.
Then—
In the next instant, a rift opened before him, swallowing his entire body in one gulp.
"It's starting!"
"I wonder which Logia-type ability Zhao Xuan will awaken!"
"Doesn't matter which—it's Logia! There's no weak one among them!"
As Zhao Xuan vanished into the rift, Zhong Jianguo and the others finally broke the silence,
their faces filled with excitement and awe.
"So… this is the legendary Demon Space?"
Zhao Xuan looked around with wide eyes, full of curiosity.
The real Demon Space was completely different from what he had imagined.
In his mind, it should have been a dark and gloomy place.
But—