Chapter 336: Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True: The Foundation of an Immortal (3049)

Li Ang had already formed some suspicions about encountering, or successfully making contact with, Alaya.

After all, unlike the Naruto world, the collective unconscious of humanity is an indispensable part of the Type-Moon world, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, a genjutsu capable of pulling everyone into a mental space, surely must have some effect on Alaya—Li Ang didn't believe it wouldn't.

Of course, he didn't absolutely need to make contact; if things didn't unfold as planned, he could simply follow the earlier idea from the Naruto world.

Fortunately, as predicted, as the spiritual energies of Earth's humans converged, Alaya naturally surfaced.

At this moment, Li Ang surveyed the sea of human consciousness before him and thought to himself:

'But of course, it has no subjective personality—otherwise it wouldn't appear so rigid.'

In his view, both Gaia and Alaya resembled automated programs.

Thus, in handling certain special circumstances, their responses appeared extremely inflexible.

For example, in the world Li Ang currently inhabited.

But he wasn't saying this to excuse these two Inhibitors—after all, what he was about to do wasn't anything good.

Thinking of this, Li Ang couldn't help but smile slightly.

Rather than crudely fabricating a completely new Immortal within the genjutsu world, it was better to directly implant the concept into the collective unconscious of humanity.

This was his plan.

As for how to implant this concept:

【Conceptual Armament】.

Although Li Ang couldn't yet extract the concept of 【Immortal】 from within himself, forging a similar false concept under the influence of Infinite Tsukuyomi posed no major problem.

And the direction of this concept would naturally point to him.

After a moment's thought, Li Ang began implementation.

Due to Infinite Tsukuyomi, Alaya was currently in a state of utter vulnerability.

Thus, Li Ang easily inserted the information 【The Immortal is Li Ang】 into Alaya's core.

But completing this step wasn't enough—not only because his Career Panel hadn't triggered a completion notification, but because this was merely the first step of his plan.

'If Alaya is the convergence of human subconsciousness, then logically, it can also be regarded as humanity's collective soul.'

'If so—'

Li Ang's gaze flickered slightly.

He intended to try using 【Soul Materialization】 on Alaya—though he wasn't sure if it would succeed.

After a brief silence, countless magical circuits spread across Li Ang's body, then connected into this space.

As immense energy began flowing through the circuits, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

'It actually works.'

Good news: 【Soul Materialization】 is usable.

Bad news: it requires a very long time.

Li Ang wasn't surprised—after all, if Alaya could complete 【Soul Materialization】 so easily, it wouldn't be the collective unconscious of humanity.

Seconds and minutes passed as the tall young man meticulously wove this vast, brilliant soul.

Finally, after an indeterminate amount of time, a tiny, doll-like girl appeared in the space.

Seeing her closed eyes, Li Ang exhaled slowly, then slightly stretched his body.

'It succeeded.'

Yet even after 【Soul Materialization】, Alaya still lacked autonomous personality.

Of course, this was a good thing—because if such an entity gained self-awareness, it would be a catastrophe.

Thus, the second step was complete.

Next came the third step: reprogramming Alaya's autonomous operation to establish a tangible channel between it and humanity on this planet.

But for Li Ang, this step wasn't difficult, since Alaya and humanity already had countless intricate connections.

Moreover, Infinite Tsukuyomi was currently assisting—after all, under normal circumstances, Infinite Tsukuyomi was used in conjunction with the Tree of Life to gather energy; establishing a channel was trivial.

Thus, he completed this task without spending much time.

With this, the preliminary preparations were finished.

Li Ang had gone through all this trouble because a single 【Immortal】 concept wasn't enough.

Without supporting concepts, this 【Immortal】 would be like a castle in the air—a water without source, a tree without roots.

【Long ago, an Immortal from beyond the heavens came to this world and left behind a method for strengthening oneself.】

【Every newborn awakens a Spirit Root upon birth.】

【Spirit Root quality varies greatly—the better the quality, the more Spiritual Energy one can obtain.】

What Li Ang needed to fabricate was simple: completely replace the concept of magic with something that seemed plausible.

Magical Circuits = Spirit Root.

Magic Power = Spiritual Energy.

What is called "transcendence" is actually entering the Root; the cultivation process is merely continuously drawing magic power from Alaya.

Thus, Alaya naturally became the Heavenly Dao.

But in Li Ang's setting, all humans, upon death, return their entire stock of magic power—Spiritual Energy—to Alaya, the great source, as nourishment.

Of course, some clever individuals might realize this and resist returning to Alaya.

But that was precisely what Li Ang wanted to see.

Let anyone dare say this world has lost its possibilities!

After a long period of compilation, Li Ang finally completed all the settings.

He gazed at the little girl before him, still with closed eyes, and softly exhaled.

'Now, I only need to dispel Infinite Tsukuyomi.'

With this thought in mind, Li Ang took the initiative to leave this space.

By the time he came back to his senses, the surroundings had once again returned to their previous appearance.

Glancing at the curious Gem Elder in the distance, Li Ang formed hand seals.

"Release."

As Infinite Tsukuyomi was dispelled, the crimson radiance emanating from the moon instantly faded, and at the same time, the humans who had been trapped in sweet dreams gradually regained consciousness.

'What happened.'

Countless people pinched the bridge of their noses with aching heads, then instinctively began circulating the spiritual energy within their bodies.

Spiritual energy?

They were momentarily stunned, then immediately revealed expressions of taking it for granted.

On the surface of the moon, Li Ang looked at the panel before him, an irrepressible hint of delight surfacing on his face.

【2. Participate in and take a leading role in completing a super-large (standard planetary scale) ritual with the element of 'true and false' ( )】.

At this moment, things that seemed similar yet were different had completely replaced the original system.

The so-called borrowing the false to cultivate the true—he had done it.

This referred not only to his completion of the 【Immortal】's second job-change condition, but also to the future of this world.

For Li Ang, the Immortal was real.

But for the people of this world, the completely replaced Magus system was what was real.

And by using the 'cultivator' system to continuously grow the mystery that should have perished—this was the ritual Li Ang had prepared.

He had even prepared some startup capital for everyone.

That was, everyone had received a gift from Alaya—a wisp of incomparably faint magical energy.

As for whether this snowball could actually be set rolling, that would depend on whether the people of this world could live up to expectations.

'Then the 【Immortal】 only lacks learning an Immortal technique.'

Regarding this, Li Ang had absolutely no leads.

Speaking of Immortal techniques, he currently had many skills more powerful than the Eight Grand Techniques, but in the panel's judgment they did not count as Immortal techniques.

Fortunately, he wasn't without a way.

Apart from working his Shadow Clone to the bone, Li Ang also planned to find a way to return to the worlds he had previously visited.

Relying solely on the talent evolution from the third energy level breakthrough to the fourth was ultimately not stable enough; he planned to seek other means in advance to intervene in the 【Traveler】 talent.

As for what means.

He already had some leads.

Just then, several messages popped up on the panel.

【Major Event Experienced: Severing of Phenomena】.

【You pulled a world that should have perished back from the abyss, although all of this was originally caused by you】.

【But regardless, you ultimately brought new possibilities to this world. Perhaps thousands of years from now, legends of the cultivation, alchemy, and immortality universe will also spread through the Type-Moon world】.

【You may begin a new journey (29 days 23 hours 59 minutes)】.