Around ten o’clock at night, Henry Clark really couldn’t hold on any longer and lay down to sleep.

Then, a miracle happened once again—the dream system activated once more.

In the dream, every page of “Meridians and Acupoints” that he had hastily skimmed through during the day replayed before him like scenes from a movie, with every word and every illustration crystal clear.

In the real world, he could only utilize five percent of his brain’s resources, but in the dream world, his brain usage exceeded ten times that, reaching a staggering fifty percent or more. As a result, his memory and comprehension abilities increased more than tenfold. The learning that was so difficult during the day became effortless in the dream.

And most crucially, in the real world, an hour was just an hour, but in the dream world—especially in the deeper layers of dreams—time began to slow down. No one knew exactly how much slower; maybe five or six times, maybe ten times.

So, while asleep, Henry Clark’s brain worked at lightning speed, desperately studying and memorizing the book “Meridians and Acupoints.”

He slept for a total of eight hours, but in the dream, time slowed by a factor of ten, and his brain usage was more than ten times higher than in reality. One night was equivalent to dozens of days of study in the real world.

This led to one result: in just a single night, he memorized all 500 pages of “Meridians and Acupoints” in the dream.

When he woke up the next day, Henry Clark was overjoyed, but also very worried, afraid that the memories from the dream wouldn’t be reliable. So he quickly began to verify the results from the dream, testing himself.

“Recite the content of page 189.”

Immediately, the content of page 189 appeared in Henry Clark’s mind, and he began to silently recite it. After finishing, he opened the book to check—there wasn’t a single mistake.

“Redraw the detailed diagram of the acupoint on page 359.”

Henry Clark picked up a graphite pencil and began to redraw on a blank sheet of paper. This diagram was a detailed image of the root acupoint. It included not only the acupoint itself, but also more than a dozen tiny blood vessels and meridians. The length, thickness, and angles all had to be precise.

In just over ten minutes, Henry Clark had completely drawn the detailed diagram of the root blood vessels. He opened the book to compare, and it was still exactly the same, without a single error.

Next, Henry Clark tried reciting the text from dozens of pages and redrew more than a dozen detailed diagrams of acupoints and meridians.

All were completely correct, one hundred percent accurate—a true mastery, far beyond rote memorization.

Henry Clark was ecstatic. This dreamland cheat was truly incredible. With this golden finger, Henry Clark believed that miracles were bound to happen.

……

The next day, Henry Clark began studying “Fundamental Xuanqi Theory.”

Although this book had no illustrations, it was even more difficult. On modern Earth, where Henry Clark came from, there was some understanding of meridians and acupoints, but Xuanqi was a form of energy unique to this world, an alien energy that invaded this Earth during the Battle of Kunyang when the celestial spheres converged.

It took the people of this world three hundred years to write the first “Xuanqi Theory.” Now, nearly 1,600 years have passed since the Battle of Kunyang. According to the Gregorian calendar, this world’s Earth should be around the early seventeenth century.

Over more than a thousand years, countless martial arts masters have revised and improved the theory of Xuanqi. Now, there are dozens of complete books, spanning several series. The eunuch faction chose one or two series to study, but even so, there are three thick volumes, totaling over 200,000 words.

In this world, any martial art—whether it’s saber, sword, spear, arrow, or even feats of strength—must begin with the fundamentals of Xuanqi theory.

Without mastering Xuanqi theory, one cannot practice martial arts. This is the most basic common sense. If you force yourself to practice, there is only one outcome: you will go mad, your meridians will rupture, and you will die.

The study of Xuanqi theory accompanies every martial artist for life, and what Henry Clark needs to learn now is only the basic Xuanqi theory.

Even knowing he had the dreamland cheat, in the real world Henry Clark still read desperately, memorized desperately, and tried to understand desperately, to the point of neglecting food and sleep.

When Samuel Wright saw this, he finally said, “Cramming at the last minute—how laughable!”

It seemed his attitude was gradually changing, and the time when he would start bullying Henry Clark again might not be far off.

Around nine o’clock at night, the exhausted Henry Clark once again fell asleep.

Then, a miracle happened again. In the dream, he began studying and memorizing the first volume of “Fundamental Xuanqi Theory.” Once again, he had nearly ten times the time of the real world, and nearly ten times the brainpower to study.

After a full eight hours of sleep, Henry Clark not only completely finished learning the first volume of “Fundamental Xuanqi Theory,” but also began to reflect and gain a deeper understanding of the theory.

When he woke up the next day, Henry Clark couldn’t wait to test the results of his dream study.

Not only did he remember everything perfectly, but more importantly, he could deeply grasp and flexibly apply the theoretical knowledge. Because Xuanqi theory was different from meridians and acupoints—it couldn’t be mastered by memorization alone; it also required understanding.

Over the next three days, Henry Clark studied and recited diligently during the day, and learned effortlessly in his dreams at night.