Searching for thought anchoring in the Inner World of the Demon God's Sea (two chapters in one, 6,000 characters!)

Zhang Ming's personal attributes had been stuck at the threshold of around 12,000 points for far, far too long. His lifespan had already accumulated to 160,000 years. He had thought up countless approaches, such as creating abilities himself or using Gaia Consciousness to break through... There really was not much help he could get from humanity.

Now, a path that others had traveled lay before him. It was certainly quite tempting.

However, the method of Thought Anchoring had many difficulties of its own.

First, his "self-awareness" would still be slowly eroded by the object of his anchoring.

Take Zhong Shan. His body was as powerful as a mountain, and his physique attribute was almost impossible to measure numerically.

Yet his self-awareness was quite weak. He spent most of his time asleep and could only awaken at critical moments.

"But compared to ordinary Transcendents, Thought Anchoring is already an excellent method, since it lets you retain your sense of self."

"Many Transcendents are bloodthirsty lunatics who can't even retain their sense of self."

"And looking at the Wanhai Civilization more broadly, some people have broken through the transcendent limit and achieved Achieving Immortal... This path is difficult, but at least it leads somewhere."

Zhang Ming did not think Zhong Shan would deliberately lie to deceive him, because such a lie would be utterly pointless.

"My personal circumstances are even a little better than Zhong Shan's."

It was not that Zhong Shan's partner, Mu Mu, lacked ability. Rather, the "knockoff Demon God" at Old Zhang's side really was rather impressive. Although this "knockoff Demon God" could not fight, she could enter his mental world directly and provide effective help.

Then there was the second difficulty.

"Thought Anchoring" had to be anchored to a natural phenomenon.

Specifically, a natural phenomenon compatible with his