Benjamin sat cross-legged in the quiet chamber deep within the main laboratory.
The surrounding walls were inlaid with panels forged from star-core condensed metal. Every metal panel was engraved with densely layered runes, completely isolating all outside interference.
The Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror floated at his side, helping him coordinate his spirituality.
Light screens from the instruments beside him unfolded page by page, marking the elemental concentration, spatial stability, and amplitude of spiritual fluctuations within the quiet chamber. Every reading remained steadily within the green range.
Preparations for advancement were complete.
"Whew... Let's begin."
Benjamin slowly closed all his eyes, and his consciousness sank into his Spirit Sea.
The next moment, within the Ring of Truth, the golden thread representing the Spirit Energy Law began to slowly and steadily unwind from its coiled state. As it peeled away from the ring's surface, the light it released dyed the entire Spirit Sea in a soft dark gold.
More than a dozen other golden threads of law retreated to either side, clearing a path for it toward the very center of the Ring of Truth.
At the same time, inside the Ring of Truth, the embryonic Law Solidification Domain that had long since condensed into shape also began to turn slowly.
It had originally been nothing more than a hazy halo, its outline blurred and its boundaries indistinct.
But as the golden thread of the Spirit Energy Law drew closer bit by bit, the halo's edges began to solidify. Its internal structure unfolded layer by layer, like a flower slowly blooming in the morning light.
Benjamin quietly watched it all, feeling the changes taking place. Gradually, understanding dawned on him.
At its core, a Law Solidification Domain was a simplified imitation of a plane.
Within the wizarding system of knowledge, a complete plane