Chapter 457: Chapter 395: Advancement, Divinity Transformation Stage (2)
Cultivators and Wizards of the same level may have similar total energy or destructive power, but their inner logic and manifestations are vastly different.
However, interestingly, when these paths reach a high level—whether it’s the Immortal of the cultivation path or the Eighth or Ninth Level Wizard—they vaguely point towards a similar endpoint.
"Indeed... different paths lead to the same destination, yet each has its own merits." Jeming’s conscious form slowly dissipated, returning to reality.
Inside the central array, Jeming, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes seemed to flow with a galaxy, before returning to clarity and calm.
The recent reading and contemplation were like a clear spring, washing away the slight tension from long-term research and preparation for a breakthrough.
It allowed him to have a clearer, more essential understanding of the "Divinity Transformation" realm he was about to step into.
At this moment, he clearly felt that his internal state was harmonious and complete, with Essence, Qi, and Spirit resonating, reaching a subtle critical point.
The Nascent Soul in his Dantian glowed brilliantly, eager to try.
The Ring of Truth was steadily rotating in the sea of consciousness, providing a strong spiritual force as a backing.
The body, tempered by the Body Refining Technique, was like a bowstring ready to be released, full of surging power.
The opportunity had arrived, naturally.
"The time has come, so... let’s begin." Jeming muttered softly to himself, closing his eyes, focusing his mind into his Dantian, and started to operate the mysterious Dharma Gate recorded in the Qi Refining Technique, specifically used for breaking through from Nascent Soul to Divinity Transformation.
There were no earth-shattering phenomena, no difficult and painful challenges.
Under the rule of a Fourth Level Wizard’s strong spiritual power, the entire process was unexpectedly smooth, as if merely pushing open a door that had long been ajar.
Inside the Dantian, the Nascent Soul, identical in appearance to him, began to slowly "grow" as the spell operated.
But this "growth" was not a simple expansion of volume, but a fundamental "diffusion" and "fusion".
The glow of the Nascent Soul became increasingly intense, yet its form became more transparent, gradually transforming into a chaotic yet bright spirit light.
This spirit light did not leave the Dantian, but like mercury pouring or spring sun melting snow, it flowed upwards against the established meridians and blood vessels, reuniting with every inch of Jeming’s flesh, every bone, every cell...
Not the Nascent Soul leaving the body, but a perfect unity of "Spirit" and "Form" on a higher dimension.
An indescribable feeling of "completeness" filled Jeming’s entire being.
It seemed like the invisible subtle barrier between the Nascent Soul and the physical body was completely broken.
Previously, although Jeming could manipulate his Nascent Soul like an extension of his limb, it always consumed his mental energy.
But now, he was the Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul was him.
The three treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit reached an unprecedented harmonious unity at this moment, circulating endlessly, eternally.
The spiritual power inside him, as vast as the ocean, seemed infused with new vitality and spirituality, circulating more smoothly and freely.
The recovery speed was incredibly fast, almost at the mere thought, the consumed spiritual power could be crazily absorbed from the external world through the body’s pores or instantly regenerated from the internal cycle.
An illusion of "endless spiritual power" arose spontaneously.
The "quantity" of spiritual power was fixed by Wizard level and didn’t drastically increase due to the cultivation breakthrough.
However, Jeming keenly noticed that his "precision control" and "efficiency utilization" of spiritual power had advanced by several levels.
Precise spiritual operations that previously required careful attention now could be performed almost instinctively, with a mere thought.
The breadth, depth, and speed of thinking were all significantly improved.
The direct enhancement of the physical body was not obvious, for the Body Refining Technique had already honed his physique far beyond his current level.
But that feeling of "smooth and intact," the unity of inside and outside, seemed to elevate the body’s defensive resilience, recovery ability, and adaptive evolution capability against various damages.
What delighted Jeming most was the change in "cognition".
The mind became exceptionally clear and calm, and previous challenging research problems now, with a little thought, could yield inspiration from different angles, even directly deducing answers.
His perception of the surrounding environment reached a new realm.
He didn’t need to deliberately use sorcery; merely through vision, hearing, touch, and even the most basic "sense of existence," he could vaguely "see" the flow of elements in the air, the trajectory of energy veins, the subtle vibrations of material structures...
It’s as if everything were "telling" him the "laws" of their operation.
His mind slightly moved, and his gaze fell on a cup of plain water prepared in advance beside the array.
There was no incantation, no casting, not even noticeable energy fluctuation.
He merely "thought" of making the water "disappear".
In the next moment, in Jeming’s "perception," the most basic "material particles" forming the cup of water—according to wizard theory, corresponding to the most primitive "earth" elemental state—had their activity reduced by an invisible force.
It was not alchemical decomposition and transformation but closer to... from the active state of "existence" temporarily tending towards "stillness" or "dissipation".
The cup remained in hand, but the water within seemed erased by the highest skill of a rubber eraser, disappearing without a sound.
No steam, no residue, as if it had never existed.
"The significant reduction in the threshold to manipulate elemental activity... is this the initial application of the ’dao’ by the Fourth Level Wizard combined with the Divinity Transformation stage? Indeed, it’s remarkably similar to the wizard’s law manipulation, but the approach is more inclined towards the essence of ’existence’ and ’change’..." Jeming’s eyes sparkled.
He immediately tried his frequently used perception sorcery: [All-Purpose Eye].
Once activated, this sorcery would comprehensively collect all observable information within its range.
Energy spectrum, material composition, microstructure, life fluctuations, down to the extremely faint spiritual remnants... the information volume was staggering.
In the past, even though Jeming’s spiritual power had increased after advancing to Fourth Level Wizard, he could barely maintain the effective range of [All-Purpose Eye] within a four to five meters radius around him.
Exceeding this range, the vast amount of unprocessed raw information would overwhelm his consciousness processing capability, resulting in "mental crash".
At this moment, [All-Purpose Eye] silently activated.
Buzz...
The familiar massive information flow poured into consciousness.
But Jeming felt not a burden, but a confident "receiving" and "sorting".
He slightly moved his mind, and the observation range rapidly expanded outward like ripples on water.
Five meters, eight meters, ten meters... twelve meters!
Everything within a twelve meters radius was within the "eye"!
Moreover, the precision and dimension of information processing far exceeded before.
He could even "see" the dynamic balance process of Faith’s power and spiritual qi conversion in the energy network of Incense Fire Divine Dao.
He could "see" in the rock underfoot, several inert elements undergoing slow isotopic decay in the long geothermal heat.
He could "see" polarization phenomena caused by plane characteristics in different attribute elemental energies in the air...
This was not merely "observation" but closer to a "omniscient" insight.
Jeming had no doubt that relying solely on the current observation precision and information processing capability of [All-Purpose Eye], it was sufficient to replace most precision instruments used for routine matter and energy analysis in laboratories!
"Divinity Transformation... these are the benefits brought by the integration of all forces in Divinity Transformation." Jeming gradually withdrew the sorcery, a genuine smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The sublimation of life, the leap of cognition, and the initial manifestation of the ability to interfere with the essence of the world.
It’s not just an enhancement of combat power but a gigantic leap in his ability as a "researcher" to explore truth.
He slowly stood up, feeling the constantly flowing, harmoniously unified new power within him, and turned his gaze to the depth of the Incense Fire Divine Dao network.
Divinity Transformation had been achieved, and the path ahead was broader.
It’s time to put the theories and insights accumulated over the years into practice.
(That’s all for today. I need to sort out the new plane plots.)
