chsdbacks Chapter 615 Refining Void Realm and Dao Integration Realm
Chapter 615 Refining Void Realm and Dao Integration Realm
Deep within his consciousness, before the Great Dao Pavilion, which resembled a building cast in white jade, Jemin's consciousness sat cross-legged.
The surrounding area was an endless void, with only the library emitting a warm light that illuminated this small patch of space.
A document resembling an ancient book floated in front of Jieming; it was a treatise on cultivation bottlenecks and limitations of comprehension that he had just retrieved from the depths of the library.
He had seen and read many such books in the library.
Now we're going to go through it all again to make sure there are no errors.
Opening the book-like document, Jieming's eyes fell on the first line of text.
"The pursuit of the Dao is difficult, fraught with obstacles and hardships. People often speak of limited resources, external demonic interference, incomplete techniques, and the lack of a continuous lineage. However, these are all external factors, not the root cause. The root cause is enlightenment. Those who lack enlightenment are like the blind trying to distinguish the five colors, or the deaf trying to hear the five tones—they will never succeed. Even with abundant resources, supreme techniques, and sages as teachers, they can only lament their inability to attain enlightenment."
Jemin nodded slowly.
He had a deep understanding of what was being said in that book.
Resources can be earned, cultivation techniques can be found, masters can be learned, and external demons can be slain.
But comprehension is something everyone is born with; it can't be forced.
"There are methods in the world to enhance one's understanding. However, they may be of little effect, short-lived, or come at a terrible cost."
Jemin now deeply understands this sentiment.
The means and resources for improving one's comprehension are extremely limited, and most of them are only temporary.
It's like being in a world of cultivation, drinking a pot of enlightenment tea, lighting a stick of calming incense, and going into seclusion for a few days in a specific spiritual place.
Once the effect wears off, the lag persists, and these resources are extremely precious, making it impossible to use them for long.
This is true even in the wizarding world.
To date, the only resource that Jemin has discovered that can be considered to enhance comprehension is probably the Entropy Brain.
He turned the page.
It seems that because what was about to be said was more important, the language recorded in the book was closer to vernacular Chinese.
"Those who can permanently enhance their comprehension are unprecedented throughout history. Even if there are rumors, they are mostly traps, so cultivators must be extremely cautious."
Jemin frowned slightly.
"What is insight? Insight is the combination of a person's logical thinking, way of thinking, perception, and cognition. And the core of personality is composed of these four elements."
"If one rashly uses external force to permanently enhance one's comprehension, it is essentially replacing the old logic with a new one, and covering the old way of thinking with a new one. Even if the memory is completely preserved, the personality has already been subtly altered. From an individual perspective, it is no different from being possessed."
Jemin nodded repeatedly as he watched.
Each person's comprehension is like the underlying operating system of a device.
Temporarily enhancing one's comprehension is equivalent to creating a virtual machine on top of the existing system and running another system within that virtual machine.
When the time is up, delete the virtual machine, and the original system remains the same, completely clean and unaffected.
However, permanently improving one's comprehension is equivalent to directly replacing the underlying operating system.
Switching from Android to Apple completely changes the underlying architecture.
Even if the outer shell is still the same, the inside has completely changed.
Is that person still the same person?
In fact, this is common knowledge in the Wizarding World. Even Jemin had encountered it before, the unlucky senior who had reached level five in five years in the Shadow Plane.
Jemin shook his head and continued reading.
"However, there is a way to overcome the limitations of comprehension."
"This method is called One-to-One Harmony with the Dao."
Jemin sat up straight.
In the cultivation system, the realm above the Nascent Soul stage is the Void Refining stage, and above the Void Refining stage is the Dao Integration stage.
However, in the cultivation system, achieving Dao is both a realm and a state.
The text from the ancient books continued to emerge.
"The so-called 'harmony with the Dao' refers to a cultivator using various methods to align themselves with the rules of heaven and earth. In short, it means that the cultivator transforms their life form to become an existence similar to 'rules becoming spirits'."
Jemin stroked his chin, frowning in thought.
Rules coming to life... He hadn't thought much about it before, but now it felt kind of familiar?
"At that time, the rules of heaven and earth will become your instincts. The pursuit of the path will naturally become much simpler. No enlightenment or talent is needed; simply follow your own instincts, and the path will open itself."
It's not about making you smarter, but about making you not need to be smarter.
Just like fish don't need to learn to swim and birds don't need to learn to fly, it's their instinct.
For cultivators who have attained the Dao, pursuing the Dao is as natural and innate as a fish swimming or a bird flying.
"However, there are risks in merging with the Dao. If not handled properly, one can be assimilated by the Great Dao, lose one's own consciousness, and become a part of the rules. This is called Daoization." Jeming nodded.
This is not difficult to understand.
Hedao is equivalent to loading an external operating system outside the original operating system.
External systems are powerful enough, but you must use them wisely.
If not handled properly, the original system may be overwritten by an external system, which is called "Taoism".
Thinking of this, Jemin suddenly blinked. He finally understood why this description felt familiar.
The so-called state of "Tao-ification" is very similar to the "Fungus Lord" who almost led the entire wizarding expedition to ruin in the Triangular Plane Cluster. However, the Fungus Lord originally had little individual consciousness, so even if it assimilated with the rules, it wouldn't have much of an impact on it as an individual. But humans are different; humans have their own thoughts.
In the event of Taoism, thought will be completely extinguished.
From an individual perspective, it's essentially equivalent to being dead.
"In the earliest time, after the Nascent Soul Realm came the Dao Integration Realm."
"However, the probability of achieving Dao transformation is only eight or nine out of ten. To increase the success rate, the sages forcibly created a new realm between the Transformation of Spirit and the Union of the Dao." "The function of this realm is to modify the cultivator's life structure in advance, making it more suitable for the requirements of the Union of the Dao. During this process, one must pay attention to 'entering the realm of divine transformation and maintaining emptiness and stillness,' ensuring that after the Union of the Dao, one can 'return to one's original nature.' Therefore, all self-transformation in this realm is based on this standard." "Because its pursuit is similar to 'refining the spirit and returning to emptiness' in ancient cultivation methods, and coincidentally, the next realm is called 'Union of the Dao,' this new realm is named..." "The Realm of Refining Emptiness."
Jemin closed the ancient book and let out a long breath.
Refining Void Realm.
It was a new path that the senior cultivators painstakingly carved out by hand in order to advance further.
Even this realm itself is differentiated from the Dao of Union. This realm is preparation for Union with the Dao, paving the way to overcome the ceiling of enlightenment. Therefore, one must transform one's life form in advance to increase the probability of survival.
Jemin's consciousness stood up.
He possesses a vast library of knowledge and a wealth of knowledge.
So Jemin started preparing for this day "very early".
Just like in the wizarding world, after passing the elite test and obtaining the Infernal Sulfur Plane, Jemin began to pave the way for his path as a wizard.
Purchasing a level 7 large elemental pool, laying the foundation for the incense and divine path, collecting incense and divine power... these actions are not only for improving combat power, but also to provide resource guarantees for breaking through the bottlenecks encountered on the path of wizardry in the future.
Just like now, even if his cultivation level cannot break through in the future, the wizard side will not be affected. He can increase his mastery of the laws by studying the surface of other incense and divine sub-systems.
Regarding the cultivation system, which forms the foundation of his being, Jieming has considered things more far ahead and made more thorough preparations.
As his consciousness returned to his body, Jieming looked towards his dantian (lower abdomen).
There, a small, round mirror, about the size of a palm, floated quietly, radiating a dazzling light.
The Five Aggregates Transform into a Rainbow Mirror...
His natal magic weapon, nurtured since the Qi Refining stage, has accompanied him for over a thousand years.
The core of the Refining Void Realm is to transform cultivators into beings similar to information life forms, allowing them to adapt to the state after achieving Dao Integration in advance.
No matter how the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror is refined, it only has one ability: to transform into light and fly away.
But in reality, as a magic weapon carefully selected by Jieming and a special magic weapon recommended by the Great Dao Book Pavilion, the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror is not only for escaping, but more importantly, for experiencing "transformation into light".
During the process of transforming into light, cultivators can experience the complete process of their own transformation from a material state to an energy state, and then from an energy state to an information state. Each transformation into light is a simulation of an informational life state.
Nurturing for a thousand years, transforming into light countless times.
His adaptability to the information state far surpasses that of any other cultivator of the same level.
They even developed the technology of light transformation, which targets the ability of the Five Aggregates Transformation Rainbow Mirror to transform individuals into information states.
It is no exaggeration to say that the so-called divine transformation is actually a pre-enactment of the Void Refinement Realm.
Jemin snapped out of his daze, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Therefore, he had already paved the way.