Chapter 359

The Nascent Soul of Daoist cultivation is also called the Dao Embryo.

Perhaps it may also be called the Dharma Body.

Just as the Physical Body is the tangible, formed human shell — "form" refers to things with shape and appearance, the material form includes the four great elements of earth, water, fire, and wind.

Confused scholars of the world, deludedly wishing to cultivate truth, yet not knowing how to exhaust the truth.

Taking this Physical Body as truth, fearing to let this body suffer bitterness, fearing to let this body toil, fearing to let this body hunger, fearing to let this body freeze.

Mistaking the false for the true, taking the void for the real.

Little do they know that only by setting aside this Physical Body, seeking out another true body of formless form and imageless image, can one extend life and illuminate nature.

— This is cultivation.

— The Nascent Soul Dharma Body is the symbol of the true self that cultivators pursue.

It is also the key meaning that the next stage needs to bear in Xia Zhi's conception.

In the grand blueprint he conceived, every stage has a very key meaning, each needing to bear absolute responsibility.

The Qi Refining Stage needs to breathe essence Qi, open up the Jin Zhi Xiang, using the subtle circuits of the human body to trace the trajectories of celestial bodies' operation, exploring that simulated Mystery...

The Foundation Establishment Stage emphasizes the Three Flowers Gathering Atop, the Physical Body gradually becoming firm, Qi passes endless, individual Intelligence able to travel back and forth arbitrarily on the occupied Timeline, breaking free from the linear time flow...

The Golden Core Stage even more needs to achieve a Great Dao Golden Core that is firm and unbreakable, perfectly pure and clean, its computing scale matching a Xing Xing Xi, the light of hundreds of millions of light-years used by it to calculate, operate, and replace physical laws...

The Nascent Soul Stage...

Oh, the Nascent Soul Stage hasn't been realized yet, merely a conceived stage within the plan.

But it is indeed the key step for cultivators on this bizarre and special Immortal Path to march toward true immortality.

In short, it's just like this: on this long staircase to immortality, every step climbed is a completely different, brand new world.

One step, one layer of heaven.

Every realm is a transcendence and rule over the previous realm, the gap so vast it's like a heavenly moat, difficult to describe in words, almost impossible to bridge through quantity.

— For the Foundation Establishment Stage, no matter how many Qi Refining Stages come, they all turn to ash and smoke under a single palm...

— By the same reasoning, for the Golden Core Stage, the Foundation Establishment Stage is naturally likewise like ants, insignificant...

And on this long staircase to immortality, the progression of realms is so cruel yet just, it mercilessly divides strength and weakness, the higher one goes, the more so it is.

Just the same...

The higher one goes, the closer to that vague and illusory "Immortal", the more arduous the opening of the road becomes.

After all, this is also very normal —

A magnificent and extraordinary path of evolution and sublimation of supernatural power should originally be a Feat experienced across thousands of autumns and myriad generations, with the fire passed down. Countless people pouring their hearts and blood, chewing through literary bones, devoting a lifetime of talent and achievements...

Only then able to lay foundations and revise details on this thorn-ridden road.

Making the entire cultivation system ever more perfect.

In this process, countless people in exploration and attempt can only become sacrificial products of trial and error. The wisdom and efforts of countless geniuses ultimately only reach dead ends.

It is precisely these trials and sacrifices that bring new possibilities and choices to the path of sublimation.

Like meteors in the dark night, though brief they illuminate the path forward.

— It should have been so.

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"Although the specifics are unclear, at least the existence calling itself a Magic God needs to browse and thoroughly read a large amount of Original Scripture Level Mo Shu Shu and understand their contents, then exercise power in a special way..."

"It is also based on this condition that there is the saying: as long as one obtains Index, this Index Librorum Prohibitorum, and draws out the power, one can reach the 'Magic God' realm."

Xia Zhi pondered silently in his heart, the fragmentary Intelligence gathered in the past converging into a stream at this moment, slowly flowing.

"Therefore —" his thoughts gradually cleared, "Even those Magic Gods looked up to by the world, their power is not created from nothing, all wisdom and skills are not born from nothing..."

"But rather constantly researching magic, using stones from other hills to polish one's jade, ultimately opening up their own road on the foundation of known Abnormal Knowledge and Abnormal Law..."

Understanding this point, he also became very clear about his greatest advantage.

Because Index, that is the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, has long fallen into his hands, those prototype Abnormal Knowledge and Abnormal Law, he does not lack.

When the knowledge source channels are stable, even to the point of saying the highest advancement requirements have long been satisfied, what Xia Zhi needs to do is merely to browse, thoroughly read, and understand their contents —

Transform knowledge into ability.

Achieve the cycle of knowing and doing.

Then, on this basis, set about constructing his own exclusive path of sublimation, a brilliant trajectory in the brilliant Star River of magic and wisdom.

As for the trial and error aspect...

"... I have computing power like a god, and also the Characteristic ability of Cross-timeline Information Transmission."

"... With these two combined, it's practically the dream Combination of a closed timelike curve Computer..."

Xia Zhi calculated the cards in his hand, very clear where his other enormous advantage lay.

Simply put, the calculation principle of this closed timelike curve humanoid Computer of his is:

A person copies down the Complete Works of Shakespeare, then returns to the past and gives it to Shakespeare himself.

Thus, the Complete Works of Shakespeare are born from nothing just like that.

It's equivalent to using a time machine's Time Loop to calculate all possibilities; originally a problem would take ten thousand years to compute an answer, but it can time travel to the past at any moment.

So in ten thousand years, it which has calculated the result, uses the closed timelike curve to time travel back to when the problem was just input, and outputs the Conclusion Output.

From this point of view, it's also Mors Thanks to Miss Suzumiya's strong support.

If not for her Power of Thought, letting Xia Zhi successfully obtain the Cross-timeline Information Transmission ability in the first stage of Qi Refining Stage...

Then he would have no way to subsequently keep approaching and evolving toward such a dream state.

Even more to say, relying on himself alone to continuously lay foundations, revise details, and go straight from Qi Refining into Golden Core.

And after obtaining a super-evolution in computing scale at the Golden Core Stage, there is even more Opportunity to continue peeking at the realms behind.

The reason, ultimately, is that his individual power far surpasses the collective strength of ordinary civilizations.

After all, perhaps just a single breath of his, a single high-dimensional tremor of the Great Dao Golden Core... has already seen the occurrence and conclusion of countless true simulations.

Through countless generations, the torch passed on, the data of countless people pouring their hearts and souls into a lifetime, from birth to disappearance, all within a single instant.

How can this be compared against.

If not for the consideration of exploring higher realms in the future, needing to absorb more prototype Abnormal Knowledge and Abnormal Laws, and needing to process complex high-dimensional data...

Then relying solely on the Great Dao Golden Core would inevitably feel increasingly strained, eventually becoming an arduous struggle, difficult to sustain.

He might not even consider actually needing to use guinea pigs.

However, since a backup preparation must be made, it is indeed necessary to plan and scheme in advance, especially when there is a choice, it is even more necessary to do so.

And one should not wait until the matter is at hand before responding hastily.

"As expected, it failed..."

Withdrawing his gaze from the time plane, Xia Zhi's heart was calm as still water.

He never held much hope for those guinea pigs to begin with, naturally he did not expect them to truly break through to the Nascent Soul stage... what he valued was the chain reaction triggered.

In Xia Zhi's observation, the guinea pigs either sensed something amiss and directly went into seclusion to risk it all; or they were forced into a desperate situation in battle, only able to break through on the spot.

The behind-the-scenes black hand hasn't even determined the next phase's direction, it would take a ghost for them to succeed directly.

So naturally they all failed...

Then, they met their end on the spot.

But this is not the point; the point is that their demise, like the deliberately scattered magic tool fragments before, will leave behind one different heritage after another.

Like seeds sown into the great earth, taking root and growing in this world, then bearing fruit...

Spreading that someone's bizarre yet unique immortal dao system.

After that, one can foresee the emergence of batch after batch of numerous new era cultivators, with flesh and blood, each with their own thoughts.

They will also become wave after wave of guinea pigs, using their own talent, wisdom, and effort to explore all kinds of possibilities, bringing new possibilities and choices to this road.

This is self-generating innovation! Sustainable draining the pond to catch the fish!

It is also what the behind-the-scenes black hand is most happy to see.

"Should also bait the spot in advance; to catch fish, one must throw in some bait first..."

Xia Zhi pondered a moment, then directly stood up, his figure fading and disappearing into the air.

Who knows where he went.

And just at this time, the Analyst young lady had just returned from the control room side; seeing this, she imperceptibly raised an eyebrow.

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"..."

Only she didn't say anything, instead silently doing other aspects of work.

Judging from the intelligence brought by Kurumi Tokisaki, one's own strategy was still relatively successful; after all, the opposite side even suspected oneself to be the Earth's incarnation, yet didn't suspect there was an insider right by one's side...

Mio Takamiya prepared to continue implementing her advantage.

And this also requires her to continue playing the role of Analyst Reine Murasame well.

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Extreme high temperature brought extreme chaos, all matter was in an extreme state, undergoing instantaneously changing transformations.

The magnetic field was very active, frequently crossing and recombining, simultaneously frequently triggering sudden powerful energy explosions.

Sometimes accompanied by matter ejection, namely giant bubbles containing billions of tons of charged particles, jetting into space at extremely high speeds.

These breathtaking scenes are precisely the phenomena occurring on the Lie Yang.

As the central celestial body of the solar system, sunlight takes only eight minutes plus to reach the Earth's surface.

For Xia Zhi, this is naturally a distance that can be reached in an instant.

Walking on the great sun, there is no longer any technical difficulty; he also has no leisure to appreciate the magnificent phenomena on this wild stage, instead directly mobilizing his mimicry ability.

——Invading alien lifeform planetary management cell! Arrival!

——PP Chain / Seven Ether! Activate!

... At this moment, "flesh body" is the Sun.

Obviously, he is simulating ORT's Spirit Origin reaction, because the celestial body power of this star, the Sun, is very important in what follows.

Nothing is more suitable than the Sun.

All things grow relying on the Sun; this is a basic common sense on Earth.

And viewing from the "Age of Gods" on the main world side—

One important factor among them was that due to the Earth's rotation and the Moon's positional relationship, the star's revolution produced mutual restraint, causing the world to be filled with spiritual energy.

What the Moon reflects is sunlight.

This is a replicable model.

The Golden Core cultivator sat cross-legged atop the Lie Yang, the pulse circuits within his body emitting a faint grand celestial sound, like a long whale swallowing the sea, sucking in the external Pangea.

And then...

Released it all!

But in just a single breath, a single inhalation and exhalation, the massive surging energy had already been "refined" —

Simply put, it is refining crude oil into gasoline.

And he did not use it for himself, but directly returned it to heaven and earth, letting it merge into the solar system's own cycle.

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No one was able to perceive it.

"Spiritual Energy"…… would later be regarded as a matter of course.

It appeared in the world for the first time at this moment.

It dyed Lie Yang's spectrum with an invisible Qi machine bit by bit, spreading with the blowing of the Solar Wind, and gradually filling the entire Xing Xi over time.

With the appearance of Revolution Spiderweb·Orbiting Silver Silk, it wove a context for it in a higher dimension, in a posture almost imitating natural laws——

imitating the natural existence form of the Weave that enveloped the Crystal Sphere System……

The invisible "lines" thus intertwined with each other, crisscrossing.

They guided the spread of Spiritual Energy invisibly, eventually covering Heaven and Earth, becoming a huge network that was invisible yet truly existed.

It connected Heaven and Earth and encompassed all things, operating without emotion or bias, linking all tangible and intangible myriad phenomena together.

From this moment, Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth began to have its own context and trajectory. They surged like small streams gathering into Jiang Hai, and flowed slowly like a calm, wide Da He.

Under the wrapping of this huge network, mountains and rivers, plants and birds, and even human Souls and emotions were all reached by this invisible network.

Also from this moment——

A door to the extraordinary slowly opened.

All living beings had the opportunity to enter the Dao and the possibility of cultivation.

As long as one could sense the spiritual resonance from beyond the heavens and inhale and exhale the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth, there were possibilities of Qi Refining, Fu E, Talismans, various Techniques…… and so on.

But precisely because of this, all cultivation guidance lay within Spiritual Energy.

And all the wondrous changes and various mysterious phenomena triggered would ultimately feedback onto the source of Spiritual Energy like ripples.

All efforts in cultivation and insight, all innovations and improvements in techniques.

From Divine Abilities and Dao Techniques to the methods of refining artifacts and pills, all kinds of principles and spiritual rhythms would be imprinted therein along with the Mapping of their spirits.

Thus integrating human wisdom, the source of Spiritual Energy could use this as nourishment to constantly evolve itself.

That is, creation provided a platform, providing users with unimaginable services and convenience, but at the same time obtained all user data, creating benefits for itself.

Creating everything, dominating everything, and then……

Transcending everything!

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