Chapter 724: Chapter 614: Void Refinement Realm and Unity Realm Stage

In the depths of consciousness, in front of the Great Dao Book Pavilion forged like white jade, Jeming’s consciousness sat cross-legged.

Surrounding him was endless emptiness, with only the pavilion emanating a gentle glow, illuminating this small piece of the world.

Suspended before Jeming was a book-like document, precisely what he had just extracted from the deeper recesses of the pavilion regarding the bottlenecks and limitations of enlightenment in cultivation.

He had seen plenty of such classics in the pavilion and read many of them.

Now it was time to reorganize them to confirm there were no errors.

Opening the book-like document, Jeming’s gaze fell on the first line of text.

"The difficulty of seeking the Dao is rugged and bumpy. People say it’s resource limitations, disturbances from external evils, incomplete techniques, failed mentorship transfer. Yet all these are external factors, not fundamental. The fundamental is enlightenment. Those lacking enlightenment are like the blind wishing to discern colors, the deaf wishing to hear sounds, never to achieve. Even with vast resources, supreme techniques, great sages as teachers, it’s all in vain."

Jeming nodded slowly.

He deeply understood the truths being communicated here.

Resources can be earned, techniques can be found, mentorship can be accepted, external evils can be vanquished.

But enlightenment, it is innate for each person, cannot be forced.

"Ways to enhance enlightenment do exist in the world. However, their effects are minuscule, short-lived, or come with tragic costs."

Jeming now felt this sentiment acutely.

Methods and resources to enhance enlightenment are extremely limited, and most only offer temporary boosts.

Like in the Cultivation Immortality World, drinking a pot of Dao-enlightening tea, lighting a stick of calming incense, retreating in special spiritual grounds for a few days.

When the effects fade, the obstacles remain, and these resources are exceptionally precious, impossible to use long-term.

This is true even in the Wizard World.

To this day, Jeming found only one resource that could genuinely enhance enlightenment, namely the Entropy Brain.

He turned another page.

It seemed, as the following matters were of greater importance, that the recorded language resembled plain speech.

"A means to permanently enhance enlightenment has never been seen in ages. Occasionally rumored, often traps—cultivators must be cautious."

Jeming frowned slightly.

"What is enlightenment? It is the integration of one’s logic of thinking, way of contemplation, perception ability, recognition capability, which together form enlightenment. The core of personality is composed of these four."

"If one rashly enhances enlightenment permanently with external forces, it’s truly replacing old logic with new logic, covering old thinking with new thinking. Even if memory remains intact, personality gradually changes. To the individual, it’s essentially akin to possession."

Jeming nodded repeatedly as he read.

Everyone’s enlightenment is like the underlying operating system of a device.

Temporarily enhancing enlightenment is akin to installing a virtual machine on the original system, running another system within it.

When the time comes to delete the virtual machine, the original system is clean and unaffected.

But permanently enhancing enlightenment is like directly replacing the underlying operating system.

Changing Android to Apple changes the entire underlying architecture.

Though the shell remains the same, the insides have thoroughly transformed.

Is that person still that person?

In fact, this has become common knowledge in the Wizard World, and Jeming encountered it, as with the unfortunate senior who rose to the Fifth Level in the Shadow Plane in five years.

Jeming shook his head and continued reading.

"However, there is a method to surpass the limitations of enlightenment."

"This method is called — Unity."

Jeming sat up straight.

In the Cultivation Immortality System, above Divinity Transformation is Void Refinement, and above Void Refinement is Unity.

However, in the Cultivation Immortality System, Unity is both a realm and a state.

The ancient text continued to unfold with words.

"Unity involves cultivators employing various means to harmonize themselves with the rules of the universe. Simply put, it transforms the life form of the cultivator into an existence akin to ’essence of the rules.’

Jeming stroked his chin, frowning in thought.

Essence of rules... hadn’t felt much before, but now it seemed familiar?

"At that time, the rules of the universe transform into your instincts. The pursuit of the way becomes much simpler. No need for enlightenment, nor talent, just follow your instincts, and the path naturally unfolds."

It’s not about making you smarter; it’s about not needing to be smart.

Just like fish don’t need to learn to swim, birds don’t need to learn to fly, since it’s their instinct.

For cultivators post-Unity, pursuing the Dao is as natural as fish swimming or birds flying, born with, naturally.

"Yet Unity carries risks. If not carefully handled, one risks assimilation by the Dao, losing self-consciousness, becoming part of the rules. This is termed as Dao Integration."

Jeming nodded.

This wasn’t difficult to understand.

Unity is like adding an external operating system over the original system.

The external system is strong, but it must be carefully managed during use.

If not managed well and the external system overwrites the original system, that’s Dao Integration.

In realizing this, Jeming suddenly blinked, finally understanding why the description felt familiar.

The state described as "Dao Integration" was strikingly similar to what almost trapped the entire Wizard Expeditionary Army in the Triangular Plane Community—the "Fungus Lord."

Except the Fungus Lord inherently lacked individual consciousness, so even if assimilated with the rules, it hardly affected its individuality.

But humans are different; humans have their own thoughts.

If Dao Integration happened, thinking completely obliterated.

From an individual standpoint, it equates to complete death.

"Initially, post-Divinity Transformation, was the Unity Realm."

"Yet the probability of Dao Integration was eight or nine out of ten. To improve success, predecessors forcefully created a new realm between Divinity Transformation and Unity."

"This realm’s purpose is to reconstruct the cultivator’s life structure ahead of time, aligning better with Unity’s needs. Throughout, ’reaching mastery, maintaining tranquility’ is essential to ensure post-Unity, one’s ’return to roots.’ Thus, within this realm, all self-modification follows this guideline."

"Because its pursuit resembles ’Refining Spirit, Returning to Void’ in Ancient Cultivation practices, coincidentally preceding the realm named ’Unity,’ this new realm was named..."

"Void Refinement Realm."

Jeming closed the ancient text, exhaling deeply.

Void Refinement Realm.

It was a newly paved path by the cultivators of the old for progressing further.

Even this realm itself branched out from the riverbed of cultivation. It specifically prepares for Unity, paving the way for crossing the enlightenment ceiling.

This realm demands the cultivator’s life form structure be altered in advance, boosting survival odds.

Jeming’s consciousness stood up.

He had the Great Dao Book Pavilion, a wealth of knowledge reserves.

So long before, Jeming began preparing for this day.

Just like in the Wizard System, after passing the elite test and obtaining the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, Jeming began laying the groundwork for his Wizard path.

Purchasing the Seventh Level Large Elemental Pool, establishing the foundation of Incense Fire Divine Dao, collecting Incense Fire Divine Power... such activities were not solely for boosting combat power but also to ensure resources for overcoming future Wizard path bottlenecks.

Even now, should his Cultivation Immortality Level fail to breakthrough, the Wizard side remains unaffected; he can fully leverage preliminary research on other Incense Fire Divine Dao subsystems to enhance Law mastery.

The Cultivation Immortality System being his foundation, Jeming took a long-term view, preparing thoroughly.

Returning consciousness to his body, Jeming’s awareness shifted to his Dantian.

There, a palm-sized round mirror quietly suspended, emitting radiant light.

Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror...

His Lifebound Magical Treasure, nurtured since the Qi Refining period, accompanying him for a thousand years.

The core of the Void Refinement Realm is to let the cultivator transform into a quasi-information life form, adapting early to the eventual state post-Unity.

Regardless of how Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror is refined, its capability only encompasses one thing: Light Transformation and Escape.

In reality, as Jeming’s carefully selected magical treasure recommended by the Great Dao Book Pavilion, the mirror serves not solely for escape but to experience "Light Transformation."

During Light Transformation, cultivators experience the complete process from material state to energy state, from energy state to information state.

Each Light Transformation serves as a simulation of the information life state.

With a millennium of nurturing, numerous Light Transformations.

His adaptation to the information state far exceeds any cultivator of the same level.

Even, specifically investigating the mirror’s ability to transform individuals into the information state, he developed the technique of Light Divinity Transformation.

It’s no exaggeration to say, the so-called Light Divinity Transformation actually prefigures the Void Refinement Realm.

Jeming withdrew his consciousness, his lips slightly curving upwards.

Thus, the road was paved long ago.

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