At the Pseudo-King stage, Han Dong was likely the only example of someone crossing the Gate of Truth again.
The reason he had come once more
was because his most fundamental "personal truth" was undergoing a transformation.
This transformation was not superficial; it acted directly upon the roots... Being at the Bottom of the Origin Pool and merging with Absolute Error under the effects of the vortex had been the primary cause of this "root-level transformation."
Thrown directly to the other side of the Gate of Truth by the Mysterious Little Person, Han Dong had to reread, comprehend, and carve truth anew during his descent.
The final result would directly feed back into Han Dong's essence.
In the worst-case scenario, Han Dong's nature might completely change, turning him into some indefinable, grotesque unknown creature. He might be unable to maintain his overall form, and even the foundations he had laid in the past could be erased.
However,
during the descent,
Han Dong merely wore a mad grin, without the slightest confusion or turmoil in his heart.
This was already his third time crossing the Gate of Truth, and the entire process had become incomparably familiar.
His objective was also very clear:
"To revise the very foundation of truth, alter the fixed painting carved upon the stone tablet, and perfectly integrate the relevant properties of the Origin Vortex into it as the axis of the Trinity."
If this process were compared to painting,
Han Dong's previous Black Vortex cultivation
was like adding an extra central pattern onto an already completed painting. Not only was it troublesome, it could even ruin the original perfect artwork.
Now,
Han Dong had found a brand-new sheet of paper. He treated the original as a draft and began composing and painting anew.
He would paint the