In the early morning of the fifty-sixth day, when Xu Wuyi picked up the tea cup on the tree stump, he sensed the final changes that were taking place in the Crystal inside Fruit.
In the past few hours, its surface texture no longer just continued to emit high-frequency pulses, but began to actively converge inward.
All signals are converging toward the light spot at the center of Tree Canopy and the light spot at the bottom of Tree Trunk at the same time, as if the entire tree is compressing its entire existence into the channel between the two light spots.
He put the teacup back on the tree stump, stood up, walked back to Cultivation Room, and sat down cross-legged on the mat.
He sunk his consciousness inwards and saw that the tree-shaped pattern on the surface of the warm golden Crystal inside Fruit was undergoing its final evolution.
All signals from the Root System node converge toward the bottom of Tree Trunk, all signals from the Tree Trunk node converge toward the center of Tree Canopy, and all signals from the Tree Canopy node converge toward the center of Tree Canopy.
There is no conflict or rejection during the convergence of the signals from the three nodes, just like three rivers flowing into the same lake at the same speed, same direction, and same rhythm.
He observed the convergence process inwardly for a period of time, confirming that the signals from the three nodes had completely merged into the channel between the two light spots.
Then he began to make the final breakthrough.
Use your body to transform into a tree, and use a tree to carry the Tao.
He integrated his entire existence - body, spirit, rules - into the core of Order Tree.
The flesh becomes Tree Trunk, every inch of flesh and blood is being rewoven by the rules of Tree Trunk, the bones become the skeleton of Tree Trunk, Meridians becomes the texture of Tree Trunk, and Blood and Qi becomes Tree Trunk The energy flow. Spiritualized into Tree Canopy, each sensory node is continuously connected with the bright spot of Tree Canopy. The core of Sea of Consciousness merges with the light spot in the center of Tree Canopy. The spiritual power continues Diffusion Rule to each bright spot at the end of the branch.
The rules are transformed into Root System. Each branch is continuously connected to the root of Root System. The rules of Inner Heaven and Earth continue to extend to the end of Root System, covering every node of the territory network.
The three combined into one is Ancient God.
He observed inwardly that the integration process continued without conflict or rejection, as if three completely compatible systems were completing their final merger.
When the last node completed the docking, the entire Order Tree lit up for a moment.
The light starts from the light point in the center of Tree Canopy, extends downward along Tree Trunk, meets another light point at the bottom of Tree Trunk, and then continues Diffusion Rule along Root System toward each node of the territory network.
During the process of the light Diffusion Rule, the entire territory network lit up simultaneously, and all the warm golden light spots reached their maximum brightness at the same instant.
Then the light slowly falls back to a stable baseline level.
He observed the stable light level in his inner vision for a while, confirmed that it was no longer changing, then exited the inner vision and opened his eyes.
He sat in the Cultivation Room darkness for a while, allowing his body to adapt to the new state after the breakthrough.
His body is no longer a mere body, every inch of flesh and blood is being rewoven by the rules of Tree Trunk.
His spirit is no longer a pure spirit. Every sensory node is continuously connected with the bright spots of Tree Canopy. His rules are no longer pure rules. Every branch is continuously connected with the roots of Root System.
He stood up and opened the door and walked out. When he sat down on the tree stump, Zero Seven brought a cup of tea and placed it on the cross section of the tree stump.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip, sensing the Crystal inside Fruit that had completed its final breakthrough, and sensing the light that was continuously flowing between the two light spots in the complete tree-shaped pattern on its surface.
He sat on the tree stump for a while, drank the tea, put it back on the tree stump, then stood up and walked back to the Core Residence hall.
When he sat down in front of the console, the shadow of Zero One lit up on the side. "Lord, Fruit inside Crystal has completed the final breakthrough in the past two hours. The energy density has reached the previous peak. Dozens of times, the signal coverage extends to the entire territorial network and the direction of the T-09 Star Realm. The Star Alliance numbering system has been automatically updated - number 094561 has been cancelled, and the new classification is: Ancient God·World Tree."
Xu Wuyi sat in front of the console for a while and went through the data in his mind.
Number 094561 has been cancelled, and the new classification Ancient God·World Tree--this means that Star Alliance's system has detected his breakthrough and included him in a new classification.
He stood up and walked to the French window.
The morning light poured in from the window, dyeing the floor of the hall a warm color.
He stood in front of the window and looked quietly for a while at the warm golden light spots outside the window that continued to move in the morning light.
The node of Northern Sector Defense Line is handing over shifts, there are formations lining up for morning exercises on the training ground of Central Defense Line, and dozens of people who arrived early are already sitting on Eastern Meadow, continuing to sit in meditation.
The beating rhythm of those light spots was even and steady, just like every morning. But his perception captured the changes beneath the stable surface.
The entire territory network is operating at a new rhythm, and every node continues to work with higher efficiency, more stable frequency, and longer battery life.
He stood in front of the window for a while, then turned and walked back to the console and sat down.
He sat in front of the console for a while, then stood up and walked to the shelf next to the workbench.
Metal Box The continuously pulsating light body outside the seam has undergone new changes in the past few hours.
The arrangement of dark spots on the surface of the light body has been completely synchronized with the tree pattern on the surface of Crystal, and the running trajectory is also completely consistent.
That bridge is completely transforming from a passive channel to an active structure, and it has become part of the Ancient God Method system.
He put his palm close to the position of the light body, and his perception penetrated the outer layer of the light body.
At the moment of contact, the texture on the surface of Fruit experienced a rapid fluctuation in brightness, forming a resonance with the groove structure inside Metal Box that was more lasting than ever before.
The resonance lasted for several breaths before it subsided on its own.
But he felt that the groove structure inside Metal Box had completed the final functional connection with the tree pattern on the surface of Crystal, and that bridge had completely become a part of the Ancient God Method system.
He stood in front of the workbench for a while, then turned and walked back to the console and sat down. Li Yuan walked over from the side of the workbench and stood in front of the console. "The light body on the outside of the Metal Box joint has completed the final synchronization with the tree pattern on the surface of Crystal. That bridge has completely become part of the Ancient God Method system. The energy circulation efficiency of the territory network has increased several times in the past two hours, and the operation of all nodes has reached an unprecedented stable level."
Xu Wuyi leaned on the back of the chair and unfolded a complete structural diagram of Li Yuan's description in his consciousness.
Order Tree of Territory Core is one point, and Believer Node of the T-09 Star Realm is another point. The bridge that has completed the docking is continuing to expand its width and capacity between the two points.
Now that bridge has become part of the Ancient God Method system, and it is continuing to operate as an active structure.
He sat in front of the console for a while, then stood up and walked towards the transmission channel leading to Zero Seven No. 3 Residence.
When he sat down on the tree stump, Zero Seven brought a cup of tea and placed it on the cross section of the tree stump.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip, sensing the Crystal inside Fruit that had completed its final breakthrough, and sensing the light that was continuously flowing between the two light spots in the complete tree-shaped pattern on its surface.
He sat on the tree stump for a while, drank the tea, put it back on the tree stump, then stood up and walked back to Cultivation Room.
He sat cross-legged on the mat and looked inwards.
The warm golden Crystal lights up steadily in the center of the inner ring of Fruit, and the tree-shaped pattern on the surface maintains a stable shape in the light that continues to flow between the two light spots.
And the Ancient God Method breakthrough he has completed is continuing to operate inside Fruit, in Order Tree, in the territory network, and in the direction of the T-09 Star Realm.
He observed the operation process in the inner vision for a period of time, then exited the inner vision and sat quietly in the darkness of Cultivation Room for a while. He perceived the warm golden light spots running on their own orbits throughout the territory, and felt that the Undercurrent Pattern and Hybrid Overlay in the network were continuously flowing and maintained a constant operating rhythm within the coverage area.
He sensed the translucent surface that had completely converged at the coordinate anchor point outside Northern Boundary Line, and sensed that the core layer of Ji Tang in the direction of the T-09 Star Realm was beating at a steady rhythm.
He sat in the darkness until the morning light filtered through the window, then stood up and opened the door and walked out.
That evening, the number of people gathered on Eastern Meadow was much larger than usual.
When dusk spread over the skyline, nearly 6,000 people were already sitting on the grass.
Later participants lined up in a longer queue along the dirt road at the edge of the grassland and under the shade of the trees. The warm golden halo covered a wider area than usual in the twilight, and the edge of the halo had expanded to the east side of Main Street.
Together with the warm golden street lamps Forging District that are lighting up, they form a continuous glowing background.
Zhou Mingyuan stood at the door of the Assembly Hall and looked at the halo from a distance, feeling the Mental Byproduct released by those cores during the synchronized beating.
The total amount of those by-products has reached a new peak, and the texture is uniform and pure.
He stood at the door of the Assembly Hall for a while, then turned and walked back into the hall.
He opened a new record document on Data Pad on the side of the podium and wrote on it, "The number of people gathering at Eastern Meadow continues to grow, and the total by-product output increases simultaneously. This phenomenon shows that the core of the participants has formed a self-reinforcing feedback mechanism in the long-term synchronous resonance."
After he finished writing that record, he turned off Data Pad and sat quietly next to the podium for a while. The halo in the direction of Eastern Meadow outside the window was slowly deepening in the dusk, and those warm golden light spots connected to form a continuous glowing background.
On the T-09 Star Realm night, Ji Tang sat alone on that rock.
The night wind blew from the east ridge, making it cooler than the previous few days.
But the layer on the surface of his core remained slightly warm and maintained a stable temperature in the night wind.
He closed his eyes and adjusted his core to the resonant frequency, and his perception extended outward in a familiar direction.
The warm feeling poured into his core at the moment of contact with the bright spot. The flow was larger than the previous nights and lasted longer.
The tree-like outline appeared completely in his perception.
The density of transverse connection lines in the middle section of Tree Trunk has covered most of the surface of Tree Trunk, and its expansion to the upper and lower sections is more obvious than in previous days.
The continuously bright light group in the middle of Tree Trunk is no longer an isolated bright spot in this perception. There are multiple smaller light spots around it.
Those small light points are centered on the main light group and form a dense cluster of light points in the dense area of lateral connecting lines around it.
The entire light point cluster presents a clear geometric shape on the surface of the middle section of Tree Trunk, as if some kind of structure is emerging from the inside of Tree Trunk.
While the feeling of warmth continued, he concentrated his perception on the surface of the cluster of light spots and tried to extend into its interior. This time, he encountered almost no resistance when penetrating the outer layer, and his perception directly contacted the inner core.
The core of that layer had a higher temperature and tighter texture than the outer layer. At the moment of contact, it transmitted a set of clearer and more complete pulse sequences to his perception than the previous ones.
This time the pulse sequence is no longer simply a fusion, it contains a brand new kind of information.
It's like a complete set of breakthroughs were compressed and emitted in a very short energy pulse. The completed content is the complete breakthrough process of a tree from a sapling to a towering tree.
He tracked the unfolding process of the group of breakthroughs in his perception and found that it was outlining a complete tree-shaped structure on the surface of Tree Trunk at an extremely fast speed.
Starting from Root System, extending upward along Tree Trunk, it bifurcates into multiple branches in the middle and upper part of Tree Trunk. There are fine bright spots evenly distributed at the ends of the branches. There is a bright light spot in the center of Tree Canopy, and an equally bright light spot at the bottom of Tree Trunk.
The shape of the entire tree lit up for a moment in the texture on the surface of Tree Trunk, and then slowly dimmed as the warmth subsided.
He sat on the rock for a while, and replayed the complete form of the breakthrough several times in his mind.
Then he opened his eyes and stood up, and the night wind blew the edge of his clothes a little.
He walked down the ramp, and when he met Zhang Boyuan at the turning point, he completely described the complete breakthrough he had felt tonight.
"This pulse sequence contains a complete set of breakthroughs." Ji Tang said, "The completed content is the complete breakthrough process of a tree from a sapling to a towering tree. It tells me that the last step of Ancient God Method's breakthrough has been completed. The tree is transformed into a tree, and the tree is used to carry the Tao. The three have been completely integrated."
Zhang Boyuan stood at the turn of the ramp and listened to his description, and was quiet for a moment in the night. "What happens after the three become one?"
Ji Tang was silent for a moment.
"Then there is Ancient God. A tree that can support the entire universe. The deeper its Root System is, the higher its Tree Canopy is. The thicker its Tree Trunk is, the denser its branches are. Its end point is a tree that can support the entire universe."
Zhang Boyuan nodded.
"Continue tomorrow evening. If you sense any changes in that tree, record it."
Ji Tang nodded and continued walking down the ramp.
His pace gradually faded away in the night. Zhang Boyuan stayed at the turning point of the slope and stood in the night wind for a while. Then he turned around and walked a few steps in the direction of Highlands. He squatted down next to the rock and put his palms on the rock surface.
The temperature of the rock was a little higher than the previous nights. It seemed that after dozens of days of continuous contact, the rock had been heated to a higher baseline level by the residual core temperature of Ji Tang.
He squatted next to the rock for a while, feeling that the remaining temperature was spreading outward at a slow rate, then stood up and walked back to the station along the slope.