Although the trial-takers had already entered the Tower Condensation stage, Chen Rui remained immersed in his earlier insights from "Star Ignition." Even the spatial shift in rankings failed to interrupt his contemplation.
Chen Rui had cast aside his enormous lead, which was tantamount to giving up Star Descent and Tower Condensation. Yet he did not dwell on it, because the Super System was a different path. He had come here to gain the enlightenment he sought, not necessarily to follow the prescribed steps and become a trial-taker of the Tower of Stars. If he could grasp even a trace of the laws that only Kingdom-level powerhouses could command, neither Star Descent nor Tower Condensation could compare to such a gain.
It was as though he had crippled his own martial arts and started over with a different cultivation method. Because the method and the angle from which he entered it differed, what he saw—and what he was about to see—would certainly differ greatly from before.
Sure enough, having set out anew, Chen Rui gained some insight. He was just about to catch hold of something, only to let it slip away. Then he gave up once more, this time with startling boldness. What he abandoned was not merely his previous and recent sense of touching upon Kingdoms through Star Power, but all of his original insights as well.
It was like that shut-in otaku who had just crossed into the Demon Realm, once again experiencing the Gang Realm, the Baleful Intent Realm, the Blaze Realm... step by step.
After a long while, Chen Rui opened his eyes. At last, he understood what that flash of inspiration he had caught was.
It was neither laws nor Kingdom transformation, but... foundations.
As a transmigrator, he had been fortunate enough to possess the