In Materialized Heaven, at the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, the lords of Sky Cities and Puppet Dao Masters from every quarter extended their divine sense, descending into the virtual space as information avatars to watch the experiment.
Grandmasters with the right connections, such as Great Elder Shen, went so far as to travel great distances and attend in person, determined to witness this historic moment on-site.
Su Qing lacked the standing to be invited into Materialized Heaven, and he was neither a Sky City lord nor a Puppet Dao Master. However, as an Immortal Alliance exchange student who had participated in the research project, he had secured a precious slot, allowing him to watch through an information avatar just like those masters.
Li Chen had chosen the Immortal Abode's front courtyard plaza as the venue for this public experiment. Before beginning, he faced the crowd and said meaningfully, "Since matter and energy can serve as cultivation provisions for an External Elixir to sustain the human body, information can do the same. Dao attainment and Dao Fruits are, in essence, changes in one's state of mind, but more than that, they are changes in the traits of the divine soul and even the essence of the true spirit. These, too, can be encompassed within fundamental information."
"Perhaps, at this very moment, we have already touched the true Great Dao..."
"Fundamental information... the Great Dao?" Su Qing pondered.
"As for why I chose this pig as the experimental subject..."
Li Chen pointed, and mechanical guards brought forward an ordinary domestic pig, raised plump and pale and washed thoroughly clean.
"Oink, oink..."
It was still merely a mundane creature, unaware of the fate awaiting it. Faced with the information projections gathered in the plaza, as well as Shen Longcheng, Wu Fangdao, Han Tong,