"Master, Master, what is this chain reaction?"
"How should E=mc² be understood? Multiplication factor, mass..."
As the Book Spirit read the contents of the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method, it became engrossed, and with those doubts in mind, it occasionally asked Li Tianwei questions.
As for Li Tianwei, he was also immersed in figuring out how to revise the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art. Hearing its questions, he patiently explained them.
Listening to Li Tianwei's various novel ideas and those strange combinations of data,
the Book Spirit gradually came to understand. It even began continuously simulating the possibility of putting it into operation.
Meanwhile, the system inside Li Tianwei's head watched the two fellows converse like old scholars.
For a moment, it was somewhat stunned.
Especially when it saw the Book Spirit suddenly begin communicating freely with Li Tianwei, the system could not help but inwardly cry that things were bad.
After sensing the Book Spirit's existence, it knew that, with its immortal power, the Book Spirit would absolutely be able to see through Li Tianwei's condition.
Everything unfolded exactly as it had expected. The Book Spirit had indeed seen through Li Tianwei's Pseudo-Spirit Root.
Unfortunately, the system had not expected that the Book Spirit would fail to snap that single-minded fellow Li Tianwei awake and make him recognize that he possessed a Pseudo-Spirit Root.
At the very least, the Book Spirit and the system had originally stood on the same side. They both wanted Li Tianwei to gain a clear understanding of his own circumstances.
Thus, the system was in no hurry to step forward and show itself, much less reveal itself before the Book Spirit. It planned to wait until the Book Spirit utterly collapsed before Li Tianwei's unconventional train of thought, then insert itself into the situation. That way, it could take the Book Spirit in as a little brother, join forces against Li Tianwei's bizarre way of thinking, and make him wake up.
But now, the two looked like a pair of old scholars, as though they had somehow found common ground. At this point, the system had begun to panic.
This was going to be its future teammate! If it lost him, would it not have to fight alone from then on?
No, I must stop all this.
The system immediately made its decision and began secretly transmitting information to the Book Spirit.
The system was even somewhat fortunate that its host was bound to the Book Spirit. Since it was connected to Li Tianwei's divine sense, it could use that connection to communicate with it.
Thus, the system began covertly contacting the Book Spirit.
Immortal art, immortal art...
The system's voice transmission entered the Book Spirit's mind. Unfortunately, the Book Spirit was currently immersed with Li Tianwei in all sorts of brand-new cultivation theories.
As it continuously communicated with Li Tianwei, drawing inferences from one instance to another, it completely treated the system's voice as noise and directly ignored it.
Seeing that the Book Spirit did not react, the system assumed the transmission had failed and immediately wanted to raise its voice.
At that moment, Li Tianwei and the Book Spirit had finished a round of discussion.
"That's incredible. So immortals can be cultivated this way too. I ran a simulation according to what you said, and it really can reach this level, though the probability is somewhat low."
The Book Spirit's excited voice slowly rang out. At that moment, the system was rendered completely speechless. It knew that the comrade who might have joined its united front had defected on the spot.
The system dearly wished it could go over and shake the heads of those two fellows, just to see what exactly was inside them.
Sigh, no, I cannot give up. There will still be chances in the future. A Pseudo-Spirit Root was a Pseudo-Spirit Root. Just because he was a little unusual and had stumbled upon a dead mouse like a blind cat did not mean there would be no problem.
There were still the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms ahead. He could not possibly keep breaking through without bottlenecks forever, could he?
The system thought so honestly.
As for the system's current self-entanglement and self-moved state, Li Tianwei and the Book Spirit knew nothing of it.
After this exchange, the two fellows' impressions of each other improved somewhat.
In Li Tianwei's eyes, this Book Spirit was still somewhat useful. It could recognize its own problems and even make improvements. It was far better than the system.
The system naturally received Li Tianwei's thoughts, but having developed resistance to Li Tianwei's train of thought, it chose silence.
The Book Spirit had originally believed that Li Tianwei was merely a reckless fool, an Evil Demon with a Pseudo-Spirit Root who had used some method to infiltrate the human race.
But now its view of Li Tianwei had changed. The corrections to the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method, along with his unconventional ideas, concepts, and data verification, all showed that this fellow truly possessed ability and comprehension.
Moreover, after its simulations, an ordinary Pseudo-Spirit Root truly did have a possibility of achieving Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days.
Even its former master had been unable to accomplish that.
As an immortal art, it possessed a unique pursuit of knowledge and other such things by nature. Therefore, what Li Tianwei had displayed suited its tastes very well.
Its favorability toward Li Tianwei soared.
With their thoughts converging, the Book Spirit and Li Tianwei simultaneously had an idea: could they follow this line of thought and properly revise the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art, elevating it to an even higher level?
"The Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art condenses the intent of a single Dao, gathers Heaven, and suppresses all things."
"When cultivated to its final realm, one can assume the majestic bearing of the vast heavens and overwhelm others with sheer momentum. Without even lifting a hand, one can openly and grandly suppress them through condensed Dao Intent and spiritual energy."
"Back then, Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable relied on this immortal art to awe the world, keeping the Outer Realm Demons beyond the Heavenly Profound Realm. Among immortals of the same realm, none were a match for Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable."
The Book Spirit immediately recounted the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art and Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable's former might in a stirring, impassioned manner.
As it spoke, it did not forget to secretly watch Li Tianwei's expression.
Seeing Li Tianwei deep in thought, it immediately felt that it had finally regained some face.
What Li Tianwei was thinking, however, was that this Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art was rather lackluster. It could only be said that Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable himself had been somewhat inadequate.
Li Tianwei sighed inwardly. Considering the flaws in the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method and the Book Spirit's inability to recognize true talent, Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable seemed rather underwhelming.
Even so, Li Tianwei did not disdain it. If they were going to revise it, they had to be bolder.
What five intentions? That was far too few. Double it to ten intentions?
Li Tianwei frowned tightly at that thought and immediately decided it would not do. Doubling it was still not enough. How about a Hundred Intentions? A thousand intentions...
When he thought of a thousand intentions, Li Tianwei seemed to realize something. He slapped his hand down and immediately made up his mind.
"Three Thousand Great Daos—how could there be only five intentions?"
"At the very least, it had to be Three Thousand Dao Intents. Since it is Condensing Heaven, would three thousand intentions not correspond perfectly?"
Li Tianwei acted on whatever came to mind. He then took out a brush from his storage ring and began writing on paper.
"Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent"
The Book Spirit had been waiting for Li Tianwei's response when it suddenly saw his excited expression, followed by him picking up a brush to write.
The Book Spirit's consciousness fell upon the words Li Tianwei had written.
"Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent?"
The Book Spirit was initially puzzled, but then it seemed to think of something and shifted its consciousness toward Li Tianwei.
"Three Thousand Condensing Heaven Intent—are you planning to condense Three Thousand Dao Intents?"
"Yes."
Upon receiving the Book Spirit's question, Li Tianwei nodded without hesitation.
"Ah! Do you know what kind of concept Three Thousand Dao Intents is?"
"Even Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable spent several hundred years condensing five great Dao Intents. With those five great Dao Intents, he stood among the very best even among immortals."
"And you want to condense Three Thousand Dao Intents? What wild fantasy."
The Book Spirit spoke in shock. In its heart, Li Tianwei was at this moment utterly arrogant and completely mad.
"Is there something wrong with you? You only have a Pseudo-Spirit Root. Even if your comprehension is exceptional, because of your aptitude, your affinity with Dao Intents simply cannot allow you to comprehend so many of them."
As the Book Spirit spoke, it lost control of itself somewhat and once again let its inner thoughts slip out.
Hearing the Book Spirit call him a Pseudo-Spirit Root once more, Li Tianwei cast it a faint sidelong glance.
An invisible pressure descended. The Book Spirit seemed to realize something and hurriedly shut its mouth.
"How could you possibly see through my aptitude? Three Thousand Dao Intents it would be. Since there are Three Thousand Great Daos, what immortality would we cultivate if there were not three thousand?"
"That is why I say Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable was lacking."
Naturally, Li Tianwei could not be bothered to argue with someone so short-sighted.
"If we are revising it, then we revise it this way. Five intentions are simply too few."
Li Tianwei had already made his decision. Facing his pressure, the Book Spirit naturally cowered.
"As expected of my master. If one cultivates, one must cultivate to the utmost. Five intentions truly will not do; it has to be three thousand."
The Book Spirit had already realized how wildly fanciful Li Tianwei's train of thought was, but under the coercion of his tyrannical might, it chose to compromise and flatter him.
It also thought inwardly that once Li Tianwei discovered he could not condense them even after growing old and dying, it would find another master and pass down the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art.