Return

The light on the platform grew brighter and brighter, while the runes spun faster and faster.

Xu Wuyi closed his eyes, his consciousness completely immersed in that ocean of data.

Outside the pure white space, beneath the dark golden sky, the pillar of origin energy in the outpost's core area continued to rotate slowly.

Pale blue light fell over Xu Wuyi's cross-legged body, over his bronze skin, over his tightly shut eyes.

His breathing was even, his heartbeat steady, as the Rules of Order circulated through his body at the most soothing rhythm.

Inside Beast Pool Space, the holographic image of the Golden-Scaled Beast still floated before him.

Its dark golden scales gleamed coldly beneath the dark red light. Those deep crimson vertical pupils stared straight at him, as though examining the human trying to find answers within it.

Xu Wuyi opened his eyes and looked at the image of the Golden-Scaled Beast.

He raised his right hand, spreading his palm and curling his five fingers slightly.

The power of Order extended from his palm, transforming into countless pale blue threads as fine as hairs. Those threads burrowed into the Golden-Scaled Beast's image and began a deeper level of analysis.

What he wanted was not merely an understanding of the Golden-Scaled Beast's structure. He wanted the underlying logic behind the beast's physical strengthening.

Why could the Golden-Scaled Beast's scales grow from its bones?

Why did its blood contain a substance that accelerated healing?

Why could its heart pump three times as much blood?

Every one of those questions pointed toward an answer. Pieced together, those answers formed a path.

A path leading to the Celestial Being level.

Beneath the dark red sky, in the hall of the ring-shaped building, Xu Wuyi sat cross-legged on the platform.

Behind him were countless