Meanwhile.
Chen Zhian stared at his palm. That single strike had held such power that he could not help exclaiming, "Marvelous. Truly marvelous."
"This Divine Ability Method is extraordinary!"
Qin Mengyao was equally amazed. "Changqing, this Divine Ability Method of yours... Mother doesn't even know what to say. It's absurdly powerful!"
"No wonder the ancestor is willing to spare no expense to nurture you!"
Chen Changqing shook his head with a smile. "Father, Mother, you'll need to keep deepening your understanding and master more divine abilities."
A short while later.
To familiarize themselves with their respective divine abilities, Qin Mengyao and Chen Zhian went outside the courtyard and began sparring.
Chen Yuanba and the other two each chose a room and set about cleaning it.
Everyone had something to do.
Chen Changqing sat alone in the main hall's quiet chamber, his brow faintly furrowed as he continued pondering how to increase comprehension.
In truth, he did not merely want to increase his parents' comprehension.
He intended to improve the comprehension of every Chen Family Member.
The test just now had proved that Words Become Law really could increase comprehension out of thin air, enabling people to grasp divine abilities.
But the problem was obvious.
The duration of that enhancement was directly tied to his mental strength.
Maximizing his parents' comprehension for no more than a few breaths had nearly drained him dry.
If he tried to enhance the hundreds of thousands of Chen Family Members at once, even by the slightest amount each, the total cost would likely be staggering.
With his current mental strength, he could hardly sustain it.
Besides, the enhancement was only temporary. Once the divine ability wore off, their comprehension would return to normal.
Surely he could not cast Words Become Law every so often and enhance every member of the family one by one?
When would he have time to cultivate?
"Using Words Become Law to increase the family's comprehension directly isn't the best choice, at least for now."
Chen Changqing shook his head.
"Then what should I do?"
He sank into thought.
In the quiet chamber, wisps of smoke rose from the incense burner and curled through the air.
Chen Changqing sat cross-legged, his thoughts already soaring beyond the ninth heaven.
Under the terrifying boost of a million years of accumulated comprehension, a storm of towering waves surged through his sea of consciousness.
Countless possibilities surfaced there, only to vanish.
He was thinking at a speed far beyond anything an ordinary cultivator could imagine.
Refine pills that increased comprehension and distribute them to the whole family?
Probably not. Pills of that caliber would surely require exceedingly precious treasures of heaven and earth, perhaps even immortal herbs.
Create a cultivation method that increased comprehension? But cultivating it would itself depend on comprehension, so its actual effect would likely be negligible.
"Directly increasing the whole family's comprehension really is too difficult."
Chen Changqing opened his eyes and murmured to himself.
"But—"
"What if I stopped trying to change their comprehension directly and approached it another way..."
A bright gleam flashed through his lively eyes.
"What if I first made it easier for them to comprehend the Dao?"
The moment the idea formed, it exploded through his sea of consciousness like a thunderclap.
"My lectures alone could accomplish that."
Whether it was his lecture to the whole family on Purple Sun Peak or the one he had just given his parents in the cave dwelling, both had proved one thing.
His lectures truly could help others touch upon the Great Dao more easily.
Even those of ordinary comprehension, who might spend their entire lives unable to grasp the basics of a divine ability, had a chance to catch a fleeting flash of insight while listening to him.
Chen Yuanba and the other two had grasped Greater Divine Abilities partly because of their own exceptional comprehension, but the more crucial reason was Chen Changqing's lecture.
After all, his million years of accumulated comprehension defied imagination, and his understanding of the Dao ran unfathomably deep.
His lectures were, in themselves, a way to improve the odds of comprehending the Dao.
"If I preserve my lectures in Image Recording Stones..."
Chen Changqing's eyes grew brighter.
"Then set up a grand formation across the entire Chen Family, projecting the images and sound from those stones without pause..."
"Every Chen Family Member within the Chen Family Star Domain could listen to my lectures anytime, anywhere, no matter what they were doing."
"Then—"
"Every corner of the Chen Family would become a miniature place of Dao comprehension."
"I could even refine portable items, like jade pendants or jewelry, and link them to the formation's core. It would be like wearing Bluetooth earbuds—truly listening to the Dao at all times."
"And later, I could create separate channels, add lectures from other family members and recordings of divine-ability battles, and let everyone watch through their portable items whenever they wished..."
"With a few more changes, couldn't Chen Family Members also contact one another at any time while away from home?"
The more Chen Changqing considered it, the better the idea seemed. Points of light shone in his eyes.
With this method, the Chen Family's progress in divine abilities would be astonishing.
"This is the easiest and most practical way!"
The corners of Chen Changqing's mouth lifted in a faint smile.
The return on this investment would far surpass brute-forcing the family's comprehension with Words Become Law.
Once the formation was established, it could run indefinitely as long as the supply of spirit stones held and the Image Recording Stones remained intact.
And as more family members gave lectures, the formation would carry an ever wider variety of Dao resonance.
It was a long-term plan, a stream that would flow on steadily.
"But building a formation on that scale, one that can preserve the Dao resonance of my lectures, is beyond any ordinary formation grandmaster!"
"Before that, I need a deeper mastery of formations!"
"And I'll need the art of artifact refining too!"
Without hesitation, Chen Changqing took a step and vanished from the cave dwelling.
He had never studied formations or artifact refining in depth, so he was headed to the Chen Family's Scripture Repository to thoroughly study its books on both subjects.
Given Chen Changqing's status, every book in the Scripture Repository was available to him without restriction.
Before long.
The elder of the Scripture Repository selected every book on formations and artifact refining that Chen Changqing had requested.
"Divine Son, these are all the books on formations and artifact refining the Chen Family has collected and catalogued over countless years!"
The elder spoke with utmost respect, his eyes full of fervent admiration as he looked at Chen Changqing.
He did not know what Chen Changqing wanted the books for, but he had a powerful feeling that something astonishing would come of it!
"Sorry for the trouble."
Chen Changqing nodded slightly and looked at the pile of jade slips.
If the grand formation succeeded.
The Chen Family would soar straight into the heavens!
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