One Step, One Tribulation: Celestial Maiden of the Moon Palace

The ultimate goal of cultivation in this world was to become a Spiritual Energy Creature—to become the world itself.

In Lin Chen's terms from his previous life, it meant becoming a conscious molecule, an atom, even an electron, thereby becoming part of the world's material existence, living as long as heaven and earth and enduring alongside the universe!

The Spiritual Energy Creatures of this world were collectively known as Primordial Spirits.

No inner thoughts arose, no outer notions entered; the self stood alone and sovereign, without the slightest thought or awareness. One perceived that the five aggregates were all empty, the four limbs all false, yet possessed a True Self—this was called the Primordial Spirit!

Yet the Path of the Primordial Spirit was difficult, shattering the ambitions of countless prodigies throughout the ages. And the most crucial point in breaking through to Spirit Transformation was the Spiritualization Tribulation.

This tribulation was exceedingly hard to overcome because it involved the Entropy Effect of spiritual energy. Spiritual energy would naturally descend from high concentration to low concentration, from high energy levels to low energy levels. In the end, its activity level would decline, and it would turn into mundane objects.

Spirit Transformation was meant to completely transform the flesh and blood body. During this process, the physical body, this precious raft for crossing the world, would lose the ability of spiritual roots and flesh to bind spiritual energy. This caused the mana originally stored within the dantian to leak outward and could even lower in energy level.

Thus, throughout this process of spiritual energy entropy increase, cultivators had to use the Great Dao Laws they had comprehended—namely, spiritual energy information—to complete the transformation of their life essence and become true Spiritual Energy Creatures.

In truth, this process was much like the ancient