First Among Peers? Overwhelming the Seniors!

A thread of consciousness rushed along the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm. It flowed with great caution, as though it feared this environment.

This was merely one wisp of an enormous consciousness. Following a channel formed from spirit waves, it stretched toward a certain direction.

Then, it sensed another individual—an individual similar to itself.

The two consciousnesses merged.

—Individual, safety confirmed.

—Individual, safety confirmed.

—Rest easy.

This manner of conversation, where there was no distinction between self and other, was a trait unique to the Sea God.

When the spirit bodies of two Sea Gods came too close, their "subjective consciousnesses" dissolved, and their two minds temporarily became one. They communicated through this highly efficient method.

—Rest easy.

This feeling echoed through the thoughts of Mi and Xi.

—No change.

—No change.

—Xie's personality is being rebuilt.

—How pitiful.

—I am still me, and you are still you.

—How wonderful.

The collective mind dispersed, becoming Xi and Mi once more. Mi asked, "What are you doing right now? I sensed an enormous amount of computation."

"Rehabilitation training... I think that's what it's called? Probably." Xi muttered, "Why did we separate?"

"My injuries were a little too severe. Instead, I'm no longer used to that way of communicating."

Mi shook his head with a bitter smile.

By this point, two days had passed since that inexplicable great collapse. Over those two days, Mi, Xi, and the other Sea Gods had gradually calmed down.

That great collapse had been the deepest denial of logic. Under the influence of its true meaning, the Sea Gods who had not yet left the Myriad Immortal Illusion Realm all developed negating infinite loops within themselves, triggering the collapse of their cultivation methods.

For Sea Gods, the spirit body was their only organ of thought, cultivation was thought,