Two months passed just like that, and Li Xingkong felt as if he hadn't done anything at all.
Having only read the cultivation manual once, and not even having officially begun practicing, the time allotted for cultivation had already started to pass at a rate that was unacceptable to ordinary people.
Experiencing this feeling for the first time, Li Xingkong's only thought was that life as a mortal was far too short.
If we want to pursue knowledge, whether it's metaphysics or science, ultimately we need to increase human lifespan first.
While knowledge in today's society is vast, when broken down into specific professional fields, it only takes a few years of study to reach the forefront of current research. However, with the explosion of technology and the ever-increasing amount of knowledge, one day, human society will develop to the point where a person can learn from birth until death and still not finish learning the existing technology tree.
At this point, what constrains technological development is no longer unknown knowledge or laws of exploration, but rather the limitations of the human body itself.
Ultimately, whether it's scientific or metaphysical testing, once a certain level is reached, studying the sublimation and evolution of the human body itself becomes an indispensable process.
Li Xingkong simply stood on the shoulders of his predecessors, accelerating the process.
After a brief moment of relaxation, Li Xingkong immediately began his serious cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Method.
The first and most important step in the Foundation Establishment Method is to construct one's own Divine Sense Seed.
The function of this Divine Sense Seed is to govern the whole body, control both the internal and external, and receive all the behaviors and information that were originally controlled by the body's subconscious, so that these operations can be displayed directly in front of oneself.
Besides gaining control over the body, once one's Divine Sense can penetrate the body, within the range of Divine Sense's influence, all things can be controlled at will through Divine Sense.
Currently, if Li Xingkong wants to control external objects, he either needs to use the effects of Spiritual Qi or the anti-gravity field generated by the Qi Refining Method. Without the assistance of Spiritual Qi, he currently has no way to control external objects directly with his will.
However, once one gains Divine Sense, things become very different. This Divine Sense acts like one's own limbs, and can be used with ease.
At this stage, the formation of Divine Sense Seed certainly requires the assistance of Spiritual Qi.
Although Li Xingkong Qi Refining, many things still require Spiritual Qi. For example, adjusting the internal structure of his body or cultivating during the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage requires the direct participation and transformation of Spiritual Qi to proceed.
Without Spiritual Qi, Li Xingkong now only has a few spells he can use, and it's even difficult for him to learn new spells.
After all, adjusting Mana Circuit and constructing spell structures both require Spiritual Qi.
This Divine Sense Seed will be constructed in the upper dantian of the human body, which is the space between the eyebrows. During the Qi Refining, this place is used to store the structure of various spells. After the Foundation Establishment is established, once the Divine Sense Seed is completed, these Magic Power structures will also be planned under the control of the Divine Sense Seed.
Originally, casting a spell required Li Xingkong to manually activate the spell, which caused a slight delay. However, after gaining control of his Divine Sense sense, as long as Li Xingkong the thought of casting a spell, the corresponding spell would be activated directly. Although it might only be a tiny bit faster, in the eyes of a cultivator, even a fraction of a second could determine the outcome of the battle.
Thanks to the detailed description in the " Heavenly Evolution Foundation Establishment Method," Li Xingkong had a thorough understanding of the structure of the entire Divine Sense Seed. After all, the diagram of the entire structure was in his mind, the kind that he could never forget. With such a memory, he was naturally able to construct it with ease.
As for the construction of the Divine Sense Seed, it remains the same: first, Spiritual Qi creates a space at the center of the forehead to store the Divine Sense Seed.
Li Xingkong controlled the Spiritual Qi to move back and forth between his eyebrows. He originally thought he would have to go through a lot of trouble to collect some materials for the construction of the space between his eyebrows, but when the Spiritual Qi moved in and out, Li Xingkong found that he didn't seem to need to do the step of opening up the space between his eyebrows at all.
Between his eyebrows, on his forehead, there was a natural organ. After measuring it several times, he discovered that this organ was just right to be used as the site for constructing the Divine Sense Seed.
This so-called organ is the pineal gland in the human body. Even now, the study of the pineal gland and its various amazing phenomena are still talked about by many people.
"Could it be that the pineal gland was originally an organ of Divine Sense?"
Li Xingkong Spiritual Qi observed the structure of the pineal gland, which indeed bore some resemblance to the Divine Sense Seed he was trying to create.
"As I've said before, whether it's cultivating immortality or science, the field of bionics is extremely important."
The system appeared at this moment. It hadn't made a sound while Li Xingkong was immersed in studying, but it appeared just as Li Xingkong started thinking about other things. It's hard to say that the system wasn't constantly monitoring him.
"The original Divine Sense Seed was created by generations of cultivators based on their research and modification of the pineal gland. The seed in this Heavenly Evolution Foundation Establishment Method is merely a culmination of the research of our predecessors, so naturally it will have some similarities."
"I thought it was a coincidence, but I didn't expect they were actually causally related."
Li Xingkong had only made a casual remark, never expecting that the two things were actually related.
However, it's good that we've made contact. Building the Divine Sense Seed on the basis of the pineal gland is much easier than building it from scratch.
After carefully studying the structure of the pineal gland, Li Xingkong constructed the entire structure of the pineal gland layer by layer in his mind until an identical structure was formed in his mind.
Moreover, after observing the pineal gland's operating mechanism for several days and ensuring that the structure formed in his mind was exactly the same as the original organ's effect, Li Xingkong began to simulate the steps of constructing Divine Sense Seed in his mind.
The first step is to modify the pineal gland, cleaning up any unnecessary structures within the Divine Sense Seed.
To be honest, this step is quite painful, since it involves parts of your own body. Cleaning it is like cutting your own flesh with a knife. If it were other parts, it would be fine, as you could numb the nerves to block out the pain.
However, the pineal gland itself is located in the brain, and its neural connections are extensive, making it difficult to block all of its neural structures. This led to the situation where, during the cleaning process, it was as if someone had opened up Li Xingkong's skull and then used a spoon to scoop out his brain and eat it like jelly.
This kind of pain was indeed hard to bear, but fortunately, Li Xingkong's tolerance was very high, and his powerful cultivation also allowed him to maintain a strong sense of control even in such a situation.
Fortunately, there weren't many parts that needed to be deleted or modified, Li Xingkong quickly finished this step.
The next step is to awaken the entire pineal gland and build up the Magic Power structure and the special structure unique to the Foundation Establishment Method, which were left empty during the previous deletion and modification.
Once these structures are complete, the entire pineal gland will truly awaken and begin to function as Divine Sense Seed.