Inside the Quiet Chamber, the sharp, splitting pain caused by a will too powerful for his frail body had long since vanished.
Hu Yanbo sat cross-legged.
His Divine Body had been reconstructed with an entirely new network of "Effect-Cause," sufficient to bear a Late God Emperor will.
His right hand hovered before him, index finger extended, a speck of light gathering at its tip.
Within that light, an exceedingly fine silver pattern of intricate structure formed and extended through the void, stroke by stroke, following the slow movements of his fingertip.
He was copying the Secret Patterns of the "Determine the Effect, Trace the Cause" branch.
His fingertip was steady, the silver lines fluid.
The lines formed their first closed loop. Its structure stable, it began circulating slowly on its own, emitting a faint Dao resonance of "effect" preceding "cause."
Without pausing, his fingertip moved toward the next Secret Pattern node and began outlining the "Reverse Connection Grafting" branch.
The process remained smooth. The new Secret Patterns naturally joined the earlier "Determine the Effect" patterns, forming a slightly larger composite structure.
The copying continued.
"Bearing," "Veto"-he outlined the core Secret Patterns of each branch in the void in succession,
connecting them.
These Secret Patterns took shape individually and linked together, gradually forming an incomplete but nascent overall framework.
His fingertip moved toward the final region-the Secret Pattern structure here had to connect and coordinate the operation of every branch. It was the key to ultimately bringing the entire Second Level "Effect-Cause" system to its peak.
His fingertip moved there and descended.
Silver light flowed, outlining the initial lines of the connecting hub. The process was steady.
The lines extended, beginning to touch the nodes that connected to each branch.
With each connection, the framework trembled slightly, and the light circulating