Just as a bubble rises from the bottom of the water, a new universe grows larger and larger as it rises.
Until it surfaced, the boundary that held it together burst open, and the entire bubble vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
The universe is immersed in the Cosmic Sea, and of course, it never rises to the surface. But like a bubble, it also inhales and exhales chaotic matter from the endless Cosmic Sea to strengthen itself.
The force that sustains the universe by allowing it to absorb and release matter without collapsing is the Power of Creation that Li Xingkong seeks.
In order to further observe and even understand it, Li Xingkong repeatedly created parallel worlds and then chose appropriate angles to observe and explore.
After countless attempts, in the process of repeated exposure, Li Xingkong suddenly sensed a very peculiar energy that had somehow connected to his body.
This energy feels elusive; you can clearly touch it and feel it flowing through your body, but there's always a sense of alienation.
It's like looking at someone through glass; you can see them clearly, but there's still a sense of distance.
This feeling seemed to be an inherent attribute of this power; the moment Li Xingkong sensed it, it lingered in his heart.
Li Xingkong paused the operation of the Thousand Mountains Method because his intuition told him that the magical power within him was inextricably linked to the Power of Creation he was seeking, and that it might even be the Power of Creation.
Gathering his Divine Sense and thoughts back into his body, Li Xingkong began his research into this new energy.
Beneath its flowing, liquid-energy-like exterior, Li Xingkong discovered that its properties were more like a membrane.
A membrane that can be infinitely magnified or shrunk, capable of encompassing everything.
Using his experience in controlling Magic Power, Li Xingkong guided a portion of this energy out. After leaving Li Xing 'Li Xingkong body, the energy spontaneously enveloped his body.
Li Xingkong quickly figured out its first effect.
This force has both positive and negative aspects.
Its positive aspect can disregard everything; if you are enveloped by it, it's as if you've become a spirit.
On the other hand, it can intercept everything, taking in any object and isolating it from the outside world.
These two opposing attributes are closely related to the characteristics of the Power of Creation.
Because it needs to maintain the expansion of a universe, the positive aspect of it will selectively absorb matter, and the matter selected by it can enter freely regardless of the existence of the membrane.
The main universe itself is under the protection of the Power of Creation. Everything that exists in the universe has been filtered by the membrane. When Li Xingkong uses the positive membrane to "touch" the matter he comes into contact with, it will directly ignore the existence of these matter and filter them through.
Although it sounds similar to a spirit, it is not. As long as the world is Power of Creation, no person or thing in the entire world can pass through this membrane and come into contact with Li Xingkong.
Kinetic energy attacks are ineffective, energy attacks are ineffective, and even rule-based attacks will be filtered out upon contact with the membrane.
On the other hand, the Power of Creation not only needs to devour chaotic matter from the outside, but also needs to retain existing matter internally.
The opposite of the Power of Creation is this kind of extreme constraint.
Against an enemy, it can be used to bind and trap them; against oneself, as long as this opposing force covers the entire body, one can temporarily transcend the Three Realms and be outside the Five Elements.
No attack from the entire universe, not even the judgment of the rules, can affect me, who is covered by the Power of Creation.
This power is incredibly strong. It's no exaggeration to say that if Li Xingkong were to use it to form his Nascent Soul, it would be equivalent to having his Fengling Yueying Modifier in place, complete with invincibility and the ability to pass through walls.
"That's it!"
Li Xingkong pondered this for a moment and was overjoyed.
His own Dragon Gate Method is driven by this Power of Creation!
We're all set to cross the Dragon Gate now.
Calm his mind and concentrate, Li Xingkong guided the Power of Creation, allowing it to slowly circulate throughout his body.
He's about to begin his Leap over the Dragon Gate.
The Dragon Gate has been built, and the power has been borrowed. The final step is to peel away the threads of the Power of Creation one by one on the basis of the constructed model, and merge it with the model to construct the form of the Nascent Soul from scratch.
The so-called form is merely a concept; after all, neither a model nor the Power of Creation has a corresponding physical entity in this universe.
Their existence is even more miraculous; once the concept is formed in one's mind, the so-called Nascent Soul will appear on its own within Li Xingkong's body.
Previous spiritual practice was always unable to escape the constraints of the real world, requiring either material things or energy, and was always demanding from the real world.
But Nascent Soul is different; Nascent Soul doesn't need to demand any material things from reality.
What it seeks is the Chaos Sea behind the universe, and matter outside the universe.
His mental energy was being rapidly depleted, and within Li Xingkong's body, a small Nascent Soul was gradually taking shape from bottom to top.
Based on spatial structure and model, and with the Power of Creation as its framework, the nascent Nascent Soul that is generated is already beyond the universe as soon as it appears.
Several hundred years later, the Nascent Soul within Li Xingkong's body took on a human form, and it already resembled Li Xingkong himself.
Li Xingkong discovered that his consciousness had begun to shift.
He used to focus on his own body when doing things, but now he felt like he had become a small Nascent Soul. His body had become a unique exoskeleton armor.
It wasn't that he abandoned his physical body, but rather that he achieved a spiritual ascension.
It's like a character who was originally just a game character, but after forming a Nascent Soul, suddenly becomes a player sitting in front of the screen. Although the person is still the same, the position, the field of vision, and the height are completely different from before.
This is precisely the difference between achieving the Nascent Soul stage and before: one is a player, the other is a character.
How can the two be compared?
Those at the same Dao Integration as Nascent Soul are more like GMs in a game. In a sense, they have more control over the current world, this "game," than Nascent Soul.
However, they were also unable to truly trap or kill a Nascent Soul cultivator who was outside the world.
Throughout the process of forming his nascent soul, Li Xingkong felt his will being infinitely elevated, extending outwards into the world. As the completion of his Nascent Soul increased, he felt he was getting closer to the boundary of the universe.
Li Xingkong realized that once he formed his Nascent Soul, he would break free from the tribulation of Cocoon-Breaking, and the birth and death of the universe would no longer be related to him.