Fang Hao was observing the changes in his status screen. In the breakthrough, he had gained a whooping 300 skill points, and his realm as a Qi Cultivator was Foundation Establishment. He had also gained roughly 40,000 xp for his breakthrough, comfortably achieving a levelup. He had a status effect of Deficient Marrow (Mild), which he assumed was somehow used to breakthrough. He hoped that it would recover soon naturally without external aid.

'I also got nice stat boosts, biggest gains being in Spirit and Qi. As for the Manuals and Scriptures learned, my new scripture is “Primal Vajra Aura Scripture (*)?” What does the asterisk (*) mean?' Wondered Fang Hao as he touched the display of the Primal Vajra Aura Scripture.

Primal Vajra Aura Scripture (*)

A very powerful Qi Cultivation Scripture with extremely stringent perquisites.

Note: This Manual/Scripture has been derived by the practitioner and skill point gain will be non-standard, as applicable.

'So (+) is for augmentation by insight, and (*) is for self-made stuff I guess. And non-standard skill point gain alright. 300 skill points makes all those talented geniuses with unfathomable comprehension little bitches in front of me! I have a nice fat margin to spend some skill points and upgrade/evolve some of my spells. On the flip-side if I had fucked this up really bad ending up with shit skill point gains. This was definitely a risky, but rewarding decision.' thought Fang Hao as he started observing the Spells and Techniques portion of his Status Screen.

'My Aura Infusion (Perfection) has changed to Primal Thunder Reinforcement (Basic). So my self-made scripture didn't grant new spells per se, but changed the spells granted by Aura Fist Manual; hopefully for the better. If that is the case, highest priority is to upgrade all spells from Aura Fist Manual to Perfection Proficiency. I have almost five hundred skill points and better not be too cheap with it. My home-brew scripture is supposed to have extremely stringent requirements after all.'

Aura Fist Manual had granted him five spells, namely – Aura Infusion, Aura Fist, Phantom Aura Steps, Aura Blast and Aura Sacrifice. Out of these five spells, only Aura Blast and Aura Sacrifice weren't at Perfection proficiency. Aura Infusion had already been augmented to Primal Thunder Reinforcement at (Basic) and he planned to grind Primal Thunder Reinforcement to Master or at least Expert Proficiency before he spent skill points on it.

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Fang Hao spent a total of 46 skill points to upgrade Aura Blast and Aura Sacrifice to perfection leaving him with 450 points. Aura Blast wasn't too useful of a spell even at Qi Condensation, it would be almost completely useless at Foundation Establishment. On the other-hand, Aura Sacrifice was a forbidden spell, with potential sue even at Foundation Establishment realm, which he would definitely not use unless he lost all other hope of survival. But he hoped never to be in a situation which would require him to find out how powerful was Aura Sacrifice. Spending around a tenth of his skill points on such skills definitely hurt him, but he wanted to make sure there were no hiccups for his home-brew scripture.

Fang Hao checked his Use Skill points screen, and saw that he had two skills ready to evolve. They were the Fire Serpent spell and the Floating Leaves spell. The Fire Serpent spell required 22 skill points to evolve and the Floating Leaves Step required 12 point to evolve. The Fire Serpent Spell had already evolved once, and was a reliable ranged offense option so he was partial to it despite the higher skill cost.

'The Floating Leaves Step was also quite good for sustained mobility in Qi Condensation, and further to that isn't lightning and wind matched with the wood element in the traditional five elements of the Chinese? Although Lightning, Wind, Light and Darkness are discrete attributes here; The five elements are still the most common and prevalent ones here. For now, lets refrain from upgrading these skills until further testing. I don't have access to the spell library for Foundation Establishment Cultivators while I am grounded here; So lets do some testing and stuff.' decided Fang Hao.

He reviewed the details of the Primal Thunder Reinforcement spell in his mindscape, and found that it was very similar to the Aura Infusion spell. He tentatively circulated Qi according to the details in his mind and a indigo colored aura covered his body. Violet streaks of lightning intermittently circulated in the Aura causing buzzing sounds.

With his spiritual sense, Fang Hao felt his nerves, muscles and tendons condense with violet streaks of lightning greatly increasing his explosive strength, speed and reaction time. Even his Perception was enhanced greatly and he experienced sharper dynamic vision and a slight change in the pitch of sounds he was hearing. With the Primal Thunder Reinforcement spell activated Fang Hao zapped around the courtyard in an erratic zig-zag manner at astonishing speeds. He adapted to his enhanced capabilities pretty quickly.

'This Primal Thunder Reinforcement Spell is a pretty solid boost over Aura Infusion. Though Qi costs and the strain on my body is higher, the boost it provides is much more potent as well. Ir reckon if someone touches the Thunder Aura from this spell, he will get a small shock and possibly be stunned for a moment. Not much of a defense against ranged potshots, but a nice added bonus for melee battles. Of course, with my Foundation Establishment cultivation base and Body Refining realm; I can actually sustain Primal Thunder Reinforcement much longer compared to Aura Infusion at Qi Condensation.'

'My only issue is how am I supposed to make sneak attacks with Primal Thunder Reinforcement active with all the flashy lightning streaks and electric buzzing sounds? All in all Primal Thunder Reinforcement spell, and Primal Vajra Aura scripture by extension, seems to have very good Offense and Speed, meh Defense and absolutely shit Stealth. Still the skill points are extremely tasty so I would rate my home-brew scripture as 8/10 for now.'

Forget about his peers, even if the Elders found out that the little Fatty who caused an uproar at the Sect rated the reason for the mystic phenomenon as a reluctant 8 out of 10, they would pound the ungrateful little dipshit into mincemeat with their bare hands.