Liancheng City.

In the dark, gray-black sky, countless shooting stars streaked across.

An enormous blue-black planet slowly rotated above this area, its delicate land, oceans, mountain ranges, and atmosphere all showing clear textures.

Below, inside a gray, rock structure shaped like the Chinese character "出" (chū - to exit), a special meeting was taking place, one that concerned the stability of the entire Ten Domains.

All the omniscient representatives of the Three Righteous and Seven Reverse factions had arrived.

Inside the room were ten seats, each with a tall-backed chair made of cold, black stone, with symbols carved on the back representing the power they came from.

In the gray, empty hall, the ten chairs were arranged in a circle, with the omniscient representatives of the ten major powers seated upon them.

These ten powers were:

First—Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion).

The representative was an old Daoist with long eyebrows, sitting cross-legged. He wore a black Daoist robe, simple and ordinary.

As soon as he said this, the other representatives fell silent.

The representative was a good-natured snowman made entirely of white ice and snow. With a round head, round body, a carrot for a nose, and a curved mouth drawn with red ink, it looked quite amusing.

Its voice, however, was completely different from its cute appearance, being a harsh sound similar to that of a crow.

Such institutions are cognitive traps, like a circular repeating number sequence, constantly cycling and preventing the omniscient beings from breaking free during their deductions.

Seeing that the snowman seemed to want to mock him, he interrupted.

The Eighth's shadow suggested in a deep voice.

Only the top three did not conceal themselves.

"Therefore, we are already the highest products of the known. The process of cognition itself is built on the foundation of the order of life. Choosing to integrate into the unknown is abandoning oneself, losing oneself."

Apart from the top three, the representatives of the remaining powers were shrouded in a black mist, concealing their forms.

Omniscient beings can know each other's affairs, so to counter the omniscience of others, these high-level experts would establish cognitive loop belts for their own factions.

Eighth—Ancient God Hall.

Tenth—Cloud Sea Palace.

Ninth—Heavenly Calculation Tower.

"So, what does Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion) believe is the correct path to break through the boundary?" the snowman from Eternal Ice Sea asked. "Is it plundering the Heavenly Curtain concepts of other powers?"

Third—Eternal Ice Sea.

"The Giant Beast Cult and the Mother of Emptiness are making moves again. We still need to discuss a plan on how to deal with them next, right?"

All the representatives of the powers ranked fifth and below felt a chill in their hearts.

"Asura Duni and the Mother of Emptiness have both chosen another evil path to break through the boundary. Even their slightest movements can have a huge impact on us. At this Liancheng City meeting, I hope everyone can put aside past grievances and work together." The snowman from the Third Eternal Ice Sea said.

The recent destruction of two nascent forces that were qualified to enter the Omniscient Assembly had already frightened the representatives within.

Fifth—Eternal Yellow Sands.

Once an omniscient being tries to explore the secrets of the territory under the command of another, they may fall into a cognitive loop belt.

Second—Divine Eagle Kingdom.

"Then there's no need for Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion) to worry." One of the power representatives said in a deep voice. "We have already discussed it separately. Our five families cannot compare to your strength. Now we are sticking together to keep warm, moving to a corner and shrinking our defenses. If we encounter danger, we can respond in time."

"Disorderly chaos is a sin," a figure hidden in the black mist said in a low voice.

"The matter of integration is of great importance and cannot be resolved in a few words. It still needs to be discussed in the long term," the Divine Eagle Kingdom representative said coldly.

Seventh—Puppet Temple.

Five families merging into one?

The Heavenly Hand Daoist's face turned cold. If they were one family, it wouldn't be too difficult for them to annex it, but five families combined would be much more difficult.

The Heavenly Hand Daoist sneered, "Look at Asura Duni and the Mother of Emptiness. Now they have been reduced to chaotic and irregular natural disasters with only two names left in the unknown. What else do they have left?"

Now, in front of everyone, they were proposing to integrate the Omniscient Assembly. Their ambition was obvious to everyone.

Fourth—Clear and Secluded Pavilion.

"Of course, but..." The Heavenly Hand Daoist smiled, "I'm just afraid that if a tsunami is about to arrive and we haven't discussed a plan, it will endanger the members of the forces ranked lower, causing damage, which would be unfortunate."

Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion) has become increasingly domineering recently, constantly encroaching on the surrounding forces' territories.

"However, before coming, my master, Tian Qingzi, specifically mentioned that in order to respond to the invasion of the unknown, our Liancheng Omniscient Assembly should further integrate and cooperate to prepare for the fight against the tsunami disaster."

"I am not one of the Four Elders, merely a newcomer who has just barely stepped into this realm. This question is too much," The Heavenly Hand Daoist said with a smile.

The representative was a man with an eagle's head and a human body wearing platinum armor. He sat cross-legged on the chair, closing his eyes to rest, holding the hilt of a short knife at his waist in one hand.

"What the Heavenly Hand Daoist said is correct. I only hope that if the Four Sky Plucking Elders of your pavilion cannot break through in the future, they will not choose the path of Asura Duni like the Mother of Emptiness," the Divine Eagle Kingdom representative said coldly.

"Of course not. Our lives are the supreme crystallization of order. Order originates from the known. All known things can only be composed of various particles, various genes, various cells, organs, and even the entire life, according to accidental order."

Clearly, they were very dissatisfied with Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion)'s expansion and plundering everywhere.

"Even if they break through, it will be useless." The old Daoist from Tian Ju Ge (Heaven Gathering Pavilion) slowly opened his eyes, "That kind of breakthrough, abandoning oneself and integrating into the unknown to break through the boundary, even if one breaks through, they will lose themselves. What is the point? Just two failures."

Sixth—Mirror City.

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But what Heavenly Hand didn't understand was that only those at the pinnacle of omniscience were qualified to set up such methods.

These five families, even if merged together, would only have one pinnacle expert.

‘It seems that Master's plan to condense the only heaven will have to wait a bit.’

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Yao Garden.

Inside a pure white space.

Li Cheng Yi sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, books automatically flipping beside him. His consciousness swept across the surface of the books, reading the large amount of information and knowledge recorded on them.

He had once again adjusted the time ratio to one to one thousand, meaning that three years here was only one day outside.

Such a time flow was already terrifying.

But staying here, he would never feel any change in the surrounding flow.

Round and round, constantly repeating.

The books around Li Cheng Yi were also replaced batch after batch.

The books in the library were constantly being updated, and the words and graphics on the books would automatically record changes from the outside world.

This was an omniscient method, connecting to most areas of the known range of the Dead Sea at all times, and recording it here.

He didn't know how long had passed.

Suddenly, Li Cheng Yi felt empty all around and woke up from his meditation again.

At this time, his beard had grown to his chest, and his hair was scattered around, longer than he was tall.

A faint sense of vicissitudes emanated from his eyes.

"An even number, thirty years..." He had spent thirty years just reading and studying.

In these thirty years, he had read all the related system books recorded here.

And he had also found information about Eternal Life.

He had read all the side content about this forbidden knowledge here.

Next, what he had to do was to find gaps and correct errors.

It should be known that all books are written by life.

And as long as it is a living person, there may be mistakes and errors.

Even if there are no errors, the words of one family, looking at everything from one angle, also has limitations.

So what he has to do now is to verify.

Putting away the books, he walked out of this almost weightless space and took a long breath.

At his level, not eating or resting for thirty years was nothing, just a little tired, but the relevant information about Eternal Life allowed him to determine the direction that the Divine Fire needed to confirm next.

He did not return the books about the forbidden knowledge of Eternal Life, nor did he need to.

With just a flick of his hand, these books automatically disappeared.

Forbidden knowledge can only be mastered by one person. Others cannot access it even if they want to know it, and even records will be automatically destroyed.

‘Divine Fire… I have finished reading the forbidden knowledge here. According to the Yin Canon record, what I need to do now is to first find a dead corner and thoroughly study its internal evolution and changes… so as to ignite the Divine Fire.’

The Divine Fire here is not the fire of the gods, but the sublimation of consciousness into a new qualitative change, thereby transforming into the fire of divine will. This is a higher form of consciousness, with better strength, density, and speed. Only by elevating consciousness to the extreme can it be possible to ignite this kind of Divine Fire.

The Divine Fire here will not bring too much power, but it can comprehensively and substantially improve computing speed, reaction speed, memory, etc., just like replacing a computer chip.

The control over the body will also be improved to a new level.

Li Cheng Yi thought about it in his heart, and then went to True Monarch Qian Yan.

"A place for cultivation? There is no place for cultivation here." True Monarch Qian Yan yawned and said lazily.

"Aren't you going to the library? Isn't Yao Garden good? Stay there more, increase your savings."

"Disciple also wants to, but I have basically read all the books there." Li Cheng Yi replied in a deep voice.

"The Dao of Evolution is broad and profound, you have read it all?" True Monarch Qian Yan raised his eyebrows.

"Because of the direction of Eternal Life that I chose, I specifically looked for related books on the Dao of Evolution, and I have basically read them all. There are not many." Li Cheng Yi nodded.

Indeed, very few people choose the Dao of Eternal Life, and there are few remaining works. Obviously, very few researchers study this direction.

True Monarch Qian Yan obviously thought of this too.

"In that case, if you want to ignite the Divine Fire now, you have to go practice. Go out and wander around yourself. Here, this is what your Senior Brother Xuan Yunzi left behind. If you encounter danger, remember to crush it. The way out is to jump all the way up along the ancient blood. You will see a vortex of formations structured at the highest point. Going in is the edge of the unknown, the territory of our pavilion."

True Monarch Qian Yan introduced casually.

"That is a place for training, but you have to remember that the time and space you are in now is the moment when the entire area is about to be destroyed. Find some small dead corners to wander around and study, don't go to big ones."

"Yes. Disciple understands." Li Cheng Yi nodded seriously.

After bowing again, he exited the main hall and looked at the ancient blood floating and fixed in the Extinction City.

Immediately, he jumped up, stepped on a drop of blood, and stepped up again, using the force.

He jumped up again,

Stepping on another drop of ancient blood.

There was another person in the distance who, like him, was stepping on ancient blood to jump up.

The two looked at each other and said nothing.

The road to enlightenment is inherently lonely. The Black Sea is boundless. Being able to accompany each other is already fortunate.

Li Cheng Yi had already made up his mind that if he temporarily left this time and could not break through even if he studied small dead corners, it would be time to use his talent.

Using Flower Language to supplement the parts that the Forbidden Library did not fully record, in this way, his Divine Fire realm should be able to greatly shorten the time.

(End of this chapter)