In the laboratory, Benjamin sat at his workbench. A dense list of unfinished tasks filled the translucent screen before him, but he did not take in a single word.
His gaze rested on the screen while his thoughts sank deeper into his Spirit Sea.
His Ring of Truth had been wrapped completely in golden threads of law until it was pure gold. The nascent Law Solidification Domain turned slowly within it, like an embryo sealed in the womb. One final push was all it needed to take shape.
By all rights, he could advance to level six at any time.
His mastery of all Four Great Elemental Laws had surpassed one hundred percent. His mastery of Abyss Laws and Life Laws had gone far beyond that.
Any one of them would suffice as the core law for his advancement to level six.
But Benjamin wanted to advance using the Spirit Energy Law.
After all, it was the root of his entire Power System.
It was the only place where the Immortal Cultivation System and the Wizard System truly met, and the most fundamental link between him and the Great Dao Library.
If he advanced using the Four Great Elemental Laws, he would become a powerful level-six wizard—an absurdly powerful one, even.
But that was not enough.
He intended to take another path.
To support that path, his foundation had to be something entirely his own, something no existing system of laws could confine.
Only the Spirit Energy Law met that requirement.
But the Spirit Energy Law did not exist in the Wizard World.
The Wizard World had no concept of "spirit energy," no ready-made laws to consult. He even had to build its basic theoretical framework himself, piece by piece.
He had pushed his mastery of the Spirit Energy Law