Gift

In a vast starry sky filled with disorderly Great Ways, a massive consciousness wandered endlessly.

That vast consciousness nearly immersed itself completely in those disorderly Great Ways. With a single thought, it could even smooth out all the chaotic Great Ways, restoring order to the chaos.

But he seemed to know that this still wasn't enough.

He had to reach the sources of those Great Ways.

Only by sorting out those chaotic, primordial Great Ways from their very sources could he make the entire world, the entire universe, orderly and well-arranged.

Thus, he continued forward, delving deeper, seemingly intent on seeing through the ultimate mysteries of every Great Way and suppressing the source of all chaos and confusion.

But just as he was about to delve into those sources, he seemed to suddenly think of something.

"Wait! I'm... Gu Jinlai!? I just used more than twenty thousand strands of Clear Light to raise my mental state!?"

As this thought surfaced, the world before him rapidly shattered.

It was like emerging from a dream...

Or like a parallel universe suddenly becoming aware of its own unusual nature.

And then...

The dream ended.

His excursion through parallel spacetime and resonance with another self was forcibly interrupted as well.

Gu Jinlai woke up again.

He opened his eyes in the cultivation chamber on Evergreen Island.

Although his eyes had opened, he remained deep in thought for a long while without saying a word.

Because...

That "dream" just now, and that "journey" of resonating with another self in parallel spacetime, had been so clear.

So clear that even after everything had ended, he remained immersed in that grinding and tempering.

It took nearly half a day before Gu Jinlai finally let out a long breath.

"Phew!"

Only then did he dare confirm that he