Fundamental consciousness connected with countless immortal substances, and the immortal radiance it ultimately formed was also power those substances had possessed all along.
Through cultivation techniques, fundamental consciousness merely fused that power into an immortal path.
But this path could be condensed directly, without a baptism by the Cosmic Origin.
That was because every such path already existed within immortal substance.
This was why Li Qing's Present Body had not triggered a baptism by the Cosmic Origin when he cultivated the Immortal Golden Body in the Netherworld.
Civilization Heavenly Dao Reincarnation was an evolutionary-level great path condensed by an entire civilization. Its foundation was the power of the universe itself, not something cultivated by one person alone, so it likewise needed no baptism by the Cosmic Origin.
Civilization Equivalent Exchange was different. It was a path cultivated alone. To break through to the Concept Logic and Vow Zen Path levels, it had to undergo a baptism by the Cosmic Origin.
In the Order Universe, the baptism went smoothly. Twenty breaths passed without any tribulation.
A mysterious radiance flickered, filled with the principles and visions of countless transactions, as though all sentient beings were trading within it.
For now, those transactions were limited to sentient beings.
Realization struck Li Qing. "This realm shall be called the Sentient Beings Equivalent Exchange Path!"
It was a Way of Equivalent Exchange he had pioneered. It shared an origin with the vast Western path, yet headed in another direction.
This was a path of individual cultivation that could spread throughout the Infinite Universe.
"Then the next level is Civilization Equivalent Exchange."
"From the individual, it rises to every transaction within and beyond an entire civilization."
"Equivalent exchanges within and beyond the civilization take place at every moment. Each moment will therefore generate immense power on