Insight into the Origin

In the endless Time-Space, no one knew how far from Earth.

A white-haired Old Man sat cross-legged in the Chaos Void with his eyes closed.

Strands of grayish airflow continuously formed and vanished in the void, profoundly mysterious.

When the Taiyu Tower absorbed the vast amount of Mental Power in Xia Zhi's Sea of consciousness and acknowledged him as its master, the Old Man suddenly opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction through the void.

"Eh! Tai...?"

Scene after scene emerged in the Old Man's eyes, as though the birth and destruction of the universe were replaying before him in an instant.

"Reincarnation? Tai's inheritance..."

The Old Man suddenly smiled and reached out. A reddish-gold plaque appeared between his fingers, covered in mysterious characters. One could understand their meaning at a glance. It was the character for "Realm."

With a flick of his finger, the reddish-gold plaque shot through an immense distance, crossed endless Time-Space, and entered the vast universe.

After entering the universe, it transformed into a speck of reddish-gold light, streaked across infinite Time-Space, and headed straight for the Milky Way Galaxy. After landing on Earth, it vanished without a trace.

Even the universe's greatest experts, and even the universe's Origin Laws, noticed nothing.

Mingyue Residential Area, Villa No. 188.

"What? Why can't I cultivate?" Xia Zhi was extremely anxious.

After the Taiyu Tower in his Sea of consciousness acknowledged him as its master and he accepted the direct inheritance of the Supreme Dao Sect, he could not wait to return his consciousness to his body and begin cultivating according to the records of the Primordial Golden Body Art.

Yet his blazing enthusiasm was like a bucket of cold water had been poured over it. No matter how he cultivated according to the secret art, he could not even get started.

"Hoo—"

With a long exhale, the frustration of being unable to cultivate seemed to leave his body along with that breath of stale air.

"My strength is still too weak."

He carefully recalled the contents of the first level of the Primordial Golden Body Art deep within his soul and finally discovered that, to cultivate it, he first had to master the foundational Body Refining Art, complete the final hundred-day foundation building, and undergo a bodily transformation.

"Ah, being able to see it but not eat it, seriously..." Xia Zhi thought helplessly. "To master the third section of the Body Refining Art, Blood Tempering, my physical fitness needs to reach the War God level. Then, after a hundred days of foundation building, my body probably needs to reach the Planetary level before I meet the threshold to cultivate the Primordial Golden Body Art."

"And this Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art—I don't know how it cultivates the spirit. My Mind Controller abilities have already broken through to the War God level. Let's see whether I can cultivate it."

Reluctantly setting aside his longing for the Primordial Golden Body Art, Xia Zhi began cultivating another secret technique recorded in the Supreme Golden Chapter, the Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art.

It was a cultivation method very similar to the Daoist visualization methods of Earth in his previous life.

Except the image being visualized was neither a Daoist deity nor a god, but that Bronze Bell—the Cosmic Pole Bell!

As Xia Zhi quietly visualized it according to the art's instructions, the image of the Cosmic Pole Bell grew clearer and clearer in his Soul consciousness.

Not only did it possess an ancient, vast aura, but its surface was also covered in countless tadpole-like inscriptions that moved about, unfathomably profound.

The writing flowed across the great bell layer by layer, as though it were traveling through all of history.

The resonant chime of the Bronze Bell suddenly rippled beside Xia Zhi's ears. Those tadpole-like words moving layer upon layer seemed to carry Xia Zhi with them as they roamed the great void.

It seemed as though a very long time had passed, yet it also seemed to have lasted only an instant.

All of Xia Zhi's senses of the outside world vanished. His Soul consciousness seemed to arrive at the end of time, faintly resonating with the fluctuations of the Origin Laws operating in the depths of the universe.

"This light and nimble feeling—is this wind? And this steady, heavy feeling—is this earth?"

"These are the universe's Origin Laws? Heavens, it can actually let me directly perceive and comprehend the Origin Laws?!"

The distracting thoughts that had just arisen in Xia Zhi's mind instantly disappeared with the ringing of a bell, leaving only his comprehension of the universe's Origin Laws.

In the training hall of Villa No. 188, Supervisor Zhuge Tao, Yangzhou City branch director Xiang Zhonghua, and Xia Zhi's grandfather Xia Dahai had gathered there.

When Xia Zhi did not come downstairs on the first day of cultivation, Xia Dahai did not think much of it.

In the past, Xia Zhi would often enter meditation to cultivate, practice Guidance arts and combat techniques, and go a full day without coming downstairs. He had long told his grandfather not to worry whenever he was cultivating.

But after five days passed, Xia Dahai could no longer sit still. He went upstairs and found Xia Zhi still sitting there without moving, his breathing so faint it was almost imperceptible.

Terrified, he sought out Xiang Zhonghua. After branch director Xiang Zhonghua examined Xia Zhi, he comforted Xia Dahai, telling him that it was perfectly normal for martial artists to gain insight during secluded cultivation and immerse themselves in it for several days without eating or drinking.

Moreover, such an opportunity was extremely rare. Interrupting him rashly might instead harm Xia Zhi.

Thus, after Xia Zhi had sat cross-legged cultivating in the living room for half a month, Supervisor Zhuge Tao was finally alerted and came over in person.

Seeing that Xia Zhi looked calm and ruddy, that his body was continuously practicing the Guidance arts without pause, and that it constantly absorbed cosmic energy, with no sign of anything wrong despite not eating for half a month.

"Old brother, don't worry. Xiao Zhi must have been stirred by something during cultivation and entered enlightenment. This is a wonderful opportunity that cannot be sought. Once he wakes up on his own, his strength will surely advance by leaps and bounds."

After carefully observing Xia Zhi's condition and reassuring himself, Zhuge Tao comforted Xia Dahai, whose face was filled with concern.

Branch director Xiang Zhonghua also urged him, "Sir, even our Supervisor says so. Please rest assured."

"Old Xiang, keep a close eye on Xia Zhi during this time. Contact me if anything happens. Notify me immediately when he wakes up."

After speaking to Xiang Zhonghua, Zhuge Tao turned to Xia Dahai again. "Old brother, don't worry. Nothing will happen. This is a good thing."

The days continued to pass peacefully. Five days after Zhuge Tao's visit, in the middle of the night on Xia Zhi's twentieth full day of cultivation, he slowly opened his eyes.

His Soul consciousness had been immersed in the fluctuations of the universe's Origin Laws for so long that he was still somewhat dazed when he first opened his eyes.

Only after seeing his grandfather asleep, half-reclining on the sofa beside him, did he realize that he had been immersed in cultivation for quite some time.

He looked up at the electronic clock on the wall and discovered that twenty days had actually passed.

This was because it was his first time cultivating the Enlightenment Dao Art. He had been led into a deep state of tranquil enlightenment. Only the first time would have such a powerful effect and last so long; later, he would be able to control the duration of his enlightenment.

After standing and moving his somewhat stiff limbs, he carefully carried his grandfather back to his room and let him sleep in his own bed.

Looking at his grandfather, whose face had grown more aged from worry during this time, Xia Zhi thought, Once I find Mist Island and obtain the plant and wood essence, I must come back and restore Grandfather's health first.

After settling his grandfather, Xia Zhi returned to the training hall.

Hiss!

Hiss!

Again and again, he slashed downward, swept upward, or chopped with his blade in the training hall.

Twenty days of sitting still had made him feel as if his entire body had rusted. Unable to restrain himself, he began practicing his blade techniques.

Every time he performed a blade technique, he used the force-generation method of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade. Every strike contained six layers of force, while the muscles throughout his body instantly erupted with five additional bursts of Hidden Strength.

While chopping with his blade, he released several additional bursts of Hidden Strength in an instant. The strain on his bones, muscle cells, and everything else was enormous!

Before this period of cultivation, with his Beginner Wargod level strength and the physical strengthening from the Supreme Body Refining Art, he could only use the third level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.

But after these twenty days of enlightenment, during which his body had continuously operated the Guidance arts and Body Refining Art in that enlightened state, he had unexpectedly reached the fifth level. He could unleash five bursts of Hidden Strength, and together with his own power, produce force more than 4.2 times his base strength.

Tiring!

But it felt incredible!

After practicing his blade for an hour and a half straight, Xia Zhi was so exhausted that he sat cross-legged on the floor, unable to move at all.

The force-generation of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade placed an enormous burden on the tiniest parts of the body!

But that burden could also stimulate the rapid evolution of the cells within his body, accelerating the improvement of his physical fitness.

"This feels amazing! The Gene Energy I absorbed today is nearly double what it used to be!"

When Xia Zhi practiced the Guidance arts again after finishing his blade techniques, he was completely stunned by the speed at which his body absorbed cosmic energy.

"Thunder God's secret manual said that the deeper one's mastery of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, the more energy the body absorbs. I didn't expect it to be this much more! No wonder he has the strongest body among humanity on Earth today."

"The greatest gain from receiving the Supreme Dao Sect's inheritance this time is the Supreme Golden Chapter. The Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art can actually let someone enter a state of enlightenment and directly perceive the universe's Origin Laws. It's utterly heaven-defying!"

Thinking of that deep state of tranquility and enlightenment he had entered after visualizing the Cosmic Pole Bell, Xia Zhi was filled with awe.

"Ordinary people may never have a chance at enlightenment in their entire lives. Doesn't that mean I can enter enlightenment anytime in the future? That's insane, haha! First, I need a bath. I've started to smell after twenty days!"

That night passed amid Xia Zhi's excitement and exhilaration.

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