Xu Changqing's gaze lingered on that number for a moment, then he began to enter enlightenment.
Very quickly, his entire being entered a state profound beyond profundity.
First level: Budding.
At this moment, the foundation of the Genesis Record came into play. The Creation Aura already within his body rapidly aligned with the circulation route of the scripture, while his lifespan was consumed at a rate of one hundred years per second.
Three hundred years of lifespan were smashed into it, bringing the first level to completion.
Second level: Shared Breath.
This time, the consumption was even greater. Six hundred years of lifespan vanished between breaths.
The moment the second level reached completion, Xu Changqing clearly sensed the difference.
His breathing was no longer merely synchronized with living beings—it was synchronized with the entire starry sky.
The satellite planet swept past by the Abyss-Cleansing Mountain Chariot, a nebula slowly collapsing in the distance—everything that existed within Creation produced a faint resonance in the rhythm of his breath.
Third level: Return to the Repository.
The difficulty suddenly soared.
Return to the Repository in the Creation Heavenly Scripture required the cultivator to restore the laws of external objects back to their Creation Origin. This was not a simple cycle of life force, but a reverse tracing at the level of laws.
The rate at which Xu Changqing's lifespan was consumed jumped directly from one hundred years per second to three hundred years per second. He burned through a full fifteen hundred years before pushing the third level to completion.
Fourth level: Object Creation.
Creating objects from nothing with Creation Force—this was the realm where the Creation Heavenly Scripture truly began to reveal its edge.
Xu Changqing forcefully poured another three thousand years into it in one breath.
The instant he crossed the