Uterede's Resolve
The Spatial Turbulence stretched on without end, churning eternally. Lincoln made his way back at a steady pace, the space around him suppressed into stillness and calm.
Lincoln considered the matter as he went. Orf and Hela had both mentioned, independently, what lay beyond the Chief Gods.
They didn't understand that what lay beyond the Chief Gods was transcendence. And the key to the Path of Transcendence was energy, not Laws, rules, Willpower, techniques, or anything of the sort.
Linley's transcendence relied on fusing the original powers of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, returning to the origin of Hongmeng and gaining a Hongmeng Golden Body.
Qin Yu's transcendence came about by a stroke of luck: he connected directly to the Hongmeng Space and, fortunately, wasn't swallowed up by it. Using the boundless Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, he built a universe and forged a Mysterious Yellow Indestructible Body.
So, in the world of the two Hongmeng sagas, if one couldn't effectively obtain and use Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, transcendence was simply impossible.
Hongmeng Spiritual Energy was the foundation of the "Great Dao"!
Take Che Houyuan, for example. He'd done everything right in creating a universe and earned the approval of both Hongmeng and Linley. He'd only lacked Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, so he couldn't create a real universe. In the end, Linley had regretted it, but all he could do was compensate him with a position as a Heavenly Venerable.
But if one could use Hongmeng Spiritual Energy in large quantities, even a pig might have the chance to rise to great heights and become "Pig Meng."
Lincoln didn't expect to forge a Hongmeng Golden Body through Soul Mutation. Perhaps he could find a way to connect to the Hongmeng Space—but for all his talk, he didn't have the slightest clue how.