The First

"Formless Pearl."

Aboard the starship, in the lounge.

Gu Jinlai pointed with an empty hand. The immortal artifact was activated at once, and rings of ripples enveloped him, muddling every fluctuation emanating from his body.

After doing this, he turned his gaze to the ball of light beside Green Lotus, which represented the Galaxy Diagram.

"Over these hundred years, I've read through a vast number of cultivation insights concerning the path of the mind and spirit, gaining many entirely new realizations. Combined with the complete Galaxy Diagram..."

He glanced at the clear light. "It should be about enough."

With a thought, streams of clear light poured into the Galaxy Diagram without the slightest reservation.

Beneath the clear light, his mind and spirit seemed to tear free of his body, crossing through endless time and space before plunging into the depths of the heart of the universe.

Having experienced it once before, Gu Jinlai did not lose himself within it.

Instead, following that intangible guidance of resonance, he immersed himself in the Three Thousand Great Daos radiating from the heart of the universe. His mind and spirit constantly plucked at the Three Thousand Great Daos, tempering its resilience and sensitivity.

This state continued for an unknown length of time. Gradually, Gu Jinlai felt his mind and spirit growing ever stronger, more resilient, and more vigorous.

When that resilience and strength reached a certain limit, abruptly...

The power of his mind and spirit seemed to force its way through the Great Dao. It could actually shake the Great Dao now!

The impact of that head-on collision jolted Gu Jinlai awake from his immersed state.

"Relying on the mind and spirit alone to forcibly suppress the operation of the Great Dao! This is... the eleventh tier!"

Gu Jinlai understood.

The eleventh tier of