Passed

Li Pin currently did not have the ability to cultivate the Primal Supreme Method to the fourth level.

It was only because the Light of the Great Dao had illuminated the workings of the Heavenly Prison World's rules that he could use the foundation of the third level of the Primal Supreme Method to simulate the power of the fourth.

If the fourth level of the Primal Supreme Method represented perfect mastery of controllable nuclear fusion technology, then he had, at most, only just reached the level of nuclear fission.

He was still one technological tier away from nuclear fusion—from constructing the framework of a universe.

As for truly simulating a universe, he lacked the crucial "control" in controllable nuclear fusion—true spirit.

Measured in mortal time, this key hurdle might be overcome in three to five years, or it might take another fifty years, perhaps even two or three spans of fifty years.

For a mortal who had grown to the point of researching controllable nuclear fusion, fifty years was essentially all the lifespan he had left.

For cultivators, it was perfectly normal to spend an entire lifetime without being able to condense a true spirit.

"Only a hundred thousand Creation Gold Coins remain."

Li Pin looked at the few remaining gleams of golden light around him and sighed. "Creation Gold Coins truly are useful. With enough of them during cultivation, it really feels like divine aid. It's just... the consumption is a little too great."

Fortunately, he had finally completed the simulation of the Primal Supreme Method's fourth-level form before the Creation Gold Coins ran out.

As he pondered, Li Pin pointed casually through the air.

A force containing the faint traits of a singularity began expanding at his fingertips. Matter, energy, time, and space simultaneously emerged within