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Chapter 582: Chapter 574: Perfection of the Void Projection Technique
Three Realms.
The core cultivation technique for a long time to come, developed by Gu Jinlai.
Consisting of the Chaotic Starlight Body, Eternal Furnace, Spirit Mechanism Technique, and Star Cloud Strategy.
The level had surpassed the deep gold and reached the pinnacle of bright gold, nearing the transformation into an orange technique.
If he truly wanted to breakthrough his own strength, he could only start perfecting and cultivating this technique.
However...
Looking at the "incomplete" tagged behind "Spirit Mechanism Technique," he always felt it was somewhat glaring.
He was more worried about the hidden dangers that could arise from cultivating such a flawed technique.
Especially since Master Wushi had specifically left him a message, advising him not to spiritualize under certain conditions.
"In the Spirit Realm, there might be some danger; hence, Master Wushi left the ’do not spiritualize’ last word to remind me. But my spiritualization starts from establishing a small spirit realm based on myself, not directly burning Essence Qi Spirit to stake that sliver of opportunity in becoming a spiritualized life. Theoretically, I should not encounter any dangers," Gu Jinlai pondered.
Even so, he eventually shifted his gaze away from the "Three Realms."
Even if he believed there was no danger, he still did not want to gamble.
"Let’s head to the Immortal Country first, get the complete Spirit Mechanism Technique from the Immortal Country or, rather, from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and completely integrate it into the orange Three Realms Technique," Gu Jinlai resolved.
He then turned his attention back to the Chaotic Starlight Body.
"Although the consumption of over a hundred beams of Qingguang couldn’t transform the Chaotic Starlight Body to deep gold, thanks to the Aries Star Lord’s frequent encounters with many Innate Divine Beasts, the difficulty of cultivating this technique has significantly reduced. The key is that he skipped the preliminary Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Method, allowing anyone with the cultivation of a Martial King to start directly, and through refining Thunder Magnetic Elemental Gold, significantly shortening the cultivation time," considered Gu Jinlai as he looked at the skill’s light ball.
It wasn’t in vain that he had invested so much.
Then, he looked at the Eternal Furnace.
Thanks to Xie Yusheng’s idea of a large-scale nuclear fusion reactor, the power of the Eternal Furnace had finally been increased once again.
The color of the skill upgraded from gold to deep gold, seemingly close to bright gold.
Correspondingly, its level dropped from Perfection to Mahayana.
Gu Jinlai tried to restore the Eternal Furnace to Perfection, which would require approximately eight hundred beams of Qingguang.
Once raised...
The power did increase, but since the Chaotic Starlight Body could not be elevated with it, he would eventually face the same situation as when the Chaotic Starlight Body had not reached Perfection.
Therefore, he had not yet decided.
"Still not enough Qingguang to use."
Gu Jinlai glanced over.
Over the past three months, he had already purged Qiantian.
Most of those to be judged had been dealt with, with the number of Qingguang beams once reaching four digits.
However, after optimizing the Chen Guangjiu Refinements Visualization Method, Chaotic Starlight Body, and Eternal Furnace with these beams, only about six hundred remained.
"The trait of the Eternal Furnace lies in being endless and everlasting. Even if the Eternal Furnace were elevated to Perfection, it would merely allow me to defeat True Immortals more easily, not fearing a joint force of numerous True Immortals, but facing a Cave Heaven Immortal Master, I still would hardly manage. But... even in the Immortal Country, there are only about thirty or so True Immortals," Gu Jinlai pondered.
In light of the need to conserve Qingguang, this increase in endurance held little significance and was even inferior to elevating the Devas Dao Wheel Divine Skill to Perfection.
The remaining...
Gu Jinlai’s gaze shifted back to the Spirit Mechanism Technique.
"The prerequisite for cultivating the Three Realms is to achieve Perfection in the Spirit Mechanism Technique. Although this technique is not perfect, if I could reach Perfection in its practice, I might be able to grasp the true essence of the Spirit Mechanism Technique..."
With that thought, Gu Jinlai concentrated on the Spirit Mechanism Technique.
A massive amount of Qingguang immediately poured into this Magic Skill.
For a moment, the various mysteries related to "Spirit Mechanism" and the Spirit Mechanism Technique flowed once again in his mind.
Spirit Mechanism Technique: Mahayana→Perfection.
At the moment when the Spirit Mechanism Technique reached Perfection, he felt as if he had touched upon the essence of "Spirit Mechanism."
That essence was not merely the "Will of All Living Beings" or "Spirit of All Things."
It was...
"Established as the most fundamental rule of the world."
Gu Jinlai murmured to himself.
What is the essence of the world?
It’s matter!
It’s energy!
It’s spirit!
It’s also will!
All things have spirits.
Gu Jinlai reconsidered this initial principle that Heavenly Masters must adhere to.
"So... the fundamental of the world, is it everything that can sustain the existence of matter? Or perhaps, it itself is the concept of ’existence’?"
So, the essence of the Spirit Mechanism is the essence of "existence?"
Encompassing matter, energy, spirit, and even the concept of a being forming itself?
Is that also will?
If considered from this direction...
Then, Spirit Mechanism...
"Is it the ’existence’ born within ’non-existence’? Or like a universal substance that can form all matter, energy, spirit, and will, having Spirit Mechanism would enable one to possess everything? In terms of cultivation, does this equate to Creation?"
Gu Jinlai had an epiphany.
In the haze, he seemed to realize where the most crucial missing point in the Spirit Mechanism Technique lay.
It was Creation!
In the Immortal Country, through the use of Spirit Mechanism, cultivators’ strength surged, enabling their cultivation to advance a thousand miles a day...
Wasn’t this a form of "Creation"!?
But, it didn’t stop there.
If a place lacking in Spirit Mechanism could diminish people’s aptitude and potential, could it not also mean that it had the potential to change a person’s cultivation aptitude?
Moreover, since all things have spirits and are constructed of spirits, as the quintessence of the spirit of all things, did Spirit Mechanism possess the ability to transform stones into life, to turn plants into sprites, to make wastelands become oases, to bring light to the darkness!?
Yet these true "Creations" were completely absent from the Spirit Mechanism Technique passed down from the Immortal Country.
Moreover, if the Spirit Mechanism truly began to deplete rapidly and became extremely scarce...
What would the Longevity World turn into?
Gu Jinlai, through the memories of the Aries Star Lord, suddenly thought of outer space, thought of certain desolate stars, even the Demon Realm...
Everything became clear.
"If the Spirit Mechanism of this world really vanished completely..."
He faintly understood the fate of a star.
Firstly, those Innate Divine Beasts with exceptional blessings would disappear.
Next, the Heavenly Master system utilizing spiritual power would perish.
Since "spirit" would no longer exist, naturally there would be no "spiritual energy" left for cultivation, leading to the extinction of the cultivation civilization.
Following that, the environment would worsen.
In the end, it would completely degenerate into a desolate star like those commonly seen in outer space.
Beside rocks and gravel, there would be nothing at all.
Eventually, even rocks and gravel might vanish, transforming into a gaseous star, followed by a gravitational collapse from within and a supernova explosion, utterly disintegrating into cosmic dust, vanishing without a trace.
Gu Jinlai felt a chill in his heart.
The first stage, Innate Divine Beasts!
For a thousand years, the number of Innate Divine Beasts had been decreasing.
It was rumored that due to excessive hunting by creators, they had fled to unknown places.
Or perhaps they were hunted to direct extinction.
But...
Was there a possibility that the current environment could no longer give birth to Innate Divine Beasts, and these beasts were dying off one by one, thus resulting in their decreasing numbers?
As for the second stage...
He thought of the "Heavenly Dao" currently being nurtured in the Immortal Country!
The ultimate goal of that "Heavenly Dao" was to end all spiritual life.
How similar was this to the second step in the death of a world, of a star!?
"With the extinction of spiritual life, the next stage would be the demise of the cultivator civilization..."
Gu Jinlai murmured to himself.
At that moment, a flash of brilliance crossed his mind.
He thought of those myths and legends from the Ancient Era on Blue Star.
Could it be possible that Blue Star was now in the Third Stage!?
The stage following the extinction of the cultivation civilization.
Was it because the lack of spirituality could no longer support the survival of cultivators, prompting people to transition from a cultivation civilization to a technological one, leaving behind one myth after another!?
At that moment, Gu Jinlai felt a strong impulse.
To go to Blue Star and uncover the truth behind the ancient legends.
"I’ve been to Blue Star twice, but due to the long journey and substantial consumption, I couldn’t stay long and was forced to return. Moreover, as I was ’borrowing’ Xie Yusheng’s perspective to view the outside world, let alone confirming whether Blue Star was indeed in the Third Stage, I couldn’t even see clearly..."
Gu Jinlai pondered, finally turning his gaze to the Void Projection Technique he had created a long time ago, which to date still remained at the Mahayana Stage.
The next moment, all the remaining Qingguang vibrated, rapidly surging towards the Void Projection Technique.
Instantly, all the mysteries of the Void Projection Technique re-emerged.
"At this moment, I am almost equivalent to a Spirit Realm Life... or rather, when I perform the Void Projection Technique, I complete the transformation into ’spirit’, allowing me to easily exchange information with all spirits, thus appearing anywhere there is ’spirit’."
Gu Jinlai muttered to himself.
This must be a Secret Technique capable of displaying true divine wonders only by creators.
No wonder each time he used it, the consumption was so massive.
However, as he carefully sensed it for a moment, he faintly realized why the Projection Technique had turned into a golden skill.
Void Projection Technique: Perfection.
Derived Trait: Assimilation.
Gu Jinlai looked at this trait.
Assimilation.
All who know me will leave a trace.
All who see me will leave karma.
Previously, Gu Jinlai thought that this so-called "trace" was something akin to coordinates, facilitating his next successful search.
But only when the Void Projection Technique truly reached Perfection did he discover that the so-called "trace" was actually...
Assimilation.
The Void Projection Technique was fundamentally about the exchange and transformation between "spirit" and "spirit".
Any "spirit" lesser than his, once projected, would be assimilated by the traces left by him, that is, the residual "spirituality".
Becoming more akin to his form.
Considering that this skill was most suited for creators, in other words, the projected being would gradually transform into a weaker Spirit Realm Life.
