Chen Cuo reached into the bookshelf, but what he seized was neither bamboo slips nor a book. It was a cluster of sparks!
The Spark of Wisdom!
He drew back his right hand. The Five-Zhu Coin in his left jolted, and the illusory vision of the Book Mountain and Sea of Learning surged forth, plunging straight into the sparks!
The sparks swelled in an instant, filling the cavern!
Countless flickers of light and shadow swept past his eyes, stirring even the Myriad Manifestation Thought he had just refined within his mind.
He did not hesitate. He urged the Myriad Manifestation Thought outward!
But in the next breath, the visions abruptly froze and scattered. Only two figures remained, seated cross-legged before Chen Cuo.
On closer inspection, both looked exactly like Chen Cuo, yet their auras and bearing were utterly different.
One sat suspended in the air, palms, soles, and crown turned skyward. Scarlet Fire coiled around him, and his skin was like iron!
The other was an ethereal figure, light shining from Niwan. Wisps of smoke curled around him, and his thoughts stretched on without end!
"The Primordial Beginning Way and the Incense Way?"
Chen Cuo frowned as understanding dawned on him.
Then the two figures before him suddenly opened their eyes, their power climbing without pause!
Behind them, fragments of scenes from his past and Previous Life gathered within the illusory light of the Book Mountain and Sea of Learning. They condensed into experience and insight, then poured into the two figures!
Five-colored rays appeared behind one and were swallowed in a single gulp; thoughts gathered around the other like a Sea, all converging in his heart.
The road ahead...
Chen Cuo's eyes lit up. He watched and contemplated with his full attention.
The Book Mountain no longer trembled, but