Mo Qiong quickly learned how to become a Heavenly Ghost.
First, Shangqing helped him confirm that perceiving information at the root of the Mother Universe could indeed lead to becoming a Heavenly Ghost.
As the depth of perception increased, observation could distort reality, transfer information, alter it, and even create it.
These were things that information itself allowed under open Root Perception. It had established that lifeforms could comprehend and obtain traits through this method.
This was a public method available to everyone, known as the Root Algorithm.
However, the Root Algorithm was neither knowledge nor a way of thinking. It was a concept.
It seemed like one was learning and comprehending it, but in truth, it could not be learned, explained, or taught by example. Those who understood, understood; no matter how one taught it, those who did not understand would never do so.
Therefore, the simplest way to obtain the Root Algorithm was to grind away at it over time.
Randomly and passively obtaining Absolute Traits was how most ancient gods did it. They belonged to the category of Pseudo Heavenly Ghosts.
Many of the ancient gods' traits had come about this way, which was also why they so often ended up harming themselves.
Things like "touch the Reverse Scale and die instantly" and "absolutely blow your own head off" were all random.
In truth, it was the equivalent of applying to become a Contained Object.
As long as one possessed Root Perception and had enough time, one could gradually obtain various traits. Kelon had done the same.
A small number of top-tier ancient gods might be able to make somewhat subjective choices, such as selecting a particular Contained Object.
Then, through the accumulation of luck and time, they would obtain the Absolute Traits contained within it.
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