I, Consciousness, Observer

The opening and closing of butterfly wings replaced the opening and closing of circuits, forming zeroes and ones. After accepting Wang Qi's dharma power, these butterflies no longer flapped their wings automatically. Their movements were no longer uniform, yet they secretly accorded with other laws.

This was all because of Wang Qi's dharma power. His dharma power contained his self, like an installation package, entering the insect swarm. And his dharma power could likewise be converted into machine language to control machines.

This was the advantage of "My Dharma is One," or rather, the unique specialty Wang Qi had developed after achieving My Dharma is One—though once it was popularized, others could learn it as well.

Consciousness was dharma power, and dharma power was consciousness. That was what Law and Self as One meant. This was also why high-level Ancient Method Cultivators could not become Modern Dharma Cultivators. Their consciousness had long since fused into one with their own power. And their lives were often inextricably bound to that power as well.

This also meant that they could not possibly abandon their power. Because that would mean abandoning their self, memories, and life entirely—this was not something reincarnation could resolve, because "reincarnation" merely meant the destruction of the body while the soul remained alive, with the essence of one's power unchanged.

As for Zhen Chanzi, his dharma body and power were entirely gone. Strictly speaking, he was already dead, surviving only by clinging to a strand of immortal spirit qi within an immortal artifact and the artifact's special material. It was precisely because of this that he gained the opportunity to begin anew.

The instant Wang Qi refined the butterfly swarm, countless thoughts surged through his consciousness. For that instant, he felt as if he had "once again" become a