You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

However, for the Red Heart Society, this is indeed a direction.

The researchers at the institute calmly annotated the meeting minutes, but these annotations contained a great deal of questioning.

From the miniaturization and stabilization of energy cores to the biocompatibility adaptation of rule circuits, from the security of soul connection interfaces to the ethical boundaries of combat intelligent assistance systems.

Each of these problems may require a large number of top researchers and hundreds or even thousands of years to solve.

This is a monumental project comparable to creating an entirely new power system, and its difficulty may even exceed that of developing large-scale superhuman weaponry.

But its potential rewards are equally disruptive, enough to warrant endless resources from any visionary leader of a civilization.

The Red Heart Research Institute has officially placed the True God-level Individual Combat Armor project on its highest-priority long-term development list, and has begun mobilizing its most elite forces to embark on a long and arduous journey, starting from the most basic theoretical models and materials science.

[In November of the 642nd year of the Extraordinary Calendar, you will immerse yourself in the exploration of your own path. In the deepest recesses of the Crimson Heart Society, in a quiet chamber with a faint connection to the Sea of ​​Origin of the Universe, you will gain some insights.]

In this deep meditation, new mysteries emerge in my mind: deeper connections to the essence of rules, more efficient integration of power, and greater possibilities for forms of existence.

[You realize that the rules of the ultimate path are not some fixed, unchanging ultimate form; they still have room for upward expansion and inward deepening, only this path is more obscure and more difficult.]

But to be honest, once you come to your senses from that sudden flash of inspiration, you clearly realize that this kind of self-realization, relying entirely on your own accumulation and occasional epiphanies, is too slow.

[So slow it's despairing!]

[Because one of the core characteristics of the ultimate rules you wield is the all-encompassing nature of all things, including the possibilities and unity of countless rules.]

If you want to advance the rules of the Yakuza, it means you can't just deepen your understanding of one or two rules; you need to simultaneously promote the progress of all three thousand rules that you integrate and represent.

[Let the entire rule system evolve collaboratively, rising together as one system improves.]

This is a massive and daunting undertaking involving a vast array of rules, intricate interrelationships, and a need for balanced implementation!

[Relying on natural perception and the accumulation of time, its progress will be so slow that it will be measured in civilizational eras.]

"And at this moment," a clear and stark contrast came to mind.

The individual practitioner's understanding of the rules is like water dripping on a stone—slow and arduous.

The great power of the origin of the universe lies precisely in the fact that it is the essence of billions of years of natural evolution and accumulation of a complete world.

[Its inherent information on the myriad rules and fundamental energy makes it almost a natural database of rules and a repository of evolutionary nutrients.]

This is where it comes in handy!

History and reality both prove that absorbing and digesting the origins of the larger world is the most effective, without exception, way for an individual to achieve a leap in the level of rules.

Whether it's the Heart Demon God, the Star Demon God, or those planned demigods, they all benefited from this to varying degrees.

Therefore, you arrive at a nearly inevitable conclusion.

If you wish to achieve leapfrog progress within the rules of the ultimate path, conventional seclusion and arduous training will yield minimal results at this stage.

It seems you're faced with only two extreme paths.

One approach is to achieve transcendent insights and mysteries through the extreme act of self-sacrifice, experiencing a fleeting moment of brilliance.

But the price is the end of existence. The other path is a more proactive one, but one inevitably accompanied by endless bloodshed and struggle.

[Devouring the essence of the vast world!]

Only by directly plundering and assimilating the fundamental rules and information nurtured by the world can you provide a sufficiently powerful and systematic impetus for your bottomless thirst for extreme rules.

Otherwise, any significant progress you make will be measured in hundreds of millions of years.

[In May of the Extraordinary Calendar 697, nearly two hundred years have passed since the storm caused by the sacrifice of three top demon gods.]

However, the Abyss's will, born from the pain of its repeatedly torn foundations and the rage of its authority being repeatedly challenged, did not subside with time. Instead, like a smoldering inferno, it continued to maintain a scorching and suppressed fury within its chaotic core of consciousness.

Each slight throbbing in the very fabric of the rules served as a reminder of the losses inflicted by those traitors.

Every tendril of power that attempts to reach into the void, yet is somewhat obscured by the loss of authority, intensifies His sense of humiliation.

This anger is no longer the initial violent outburst, but has transformed into a cold, persistent, and calculating undertone.

But He knew that indulging in powerless rage was pointless.

[If the root cause of the demon gods' defection is not eliminated, today the Heart Demon God, Star Demon God, and Source Demon God have left, tomorrow a new Fire Demon God and Dark Demon God may appear.]

This must not be allowed to happen again!

This realization, like the hardest wedge of rules, was driven deep into the chaotic depths of His mind, forcing Him to seek a systemic, one-size-fits-all solution through instincts that transcend emotions.

The will of the abyss began to examine its relationship with the demons with an almost cold rationality.

As we all know, the greed of the true God is insatiable.

This is an ironclad law derived by the will of the abyss after observing the rise and fall of countless civilizations and witnessing the struggles of myriad gods.

Power breeds ambition, eternity breeds complacency, and the yearning for a higher, freer existence is an instinct etched deep within the soul of every being who ascends to the realm of true divinity.

Even demons are no exception!

No matter how humble they were initially, once they are given authority, ascend the throne of God, and taste the sweetness of power and the pleasure of domination, that greed will grow like weeds, difficult to eradicate.

Even if I were to use swift and decisive methods to annihilate all the current Abyss Demons, it would only be a temporary solution, not a permanent one.

As long as the Abyss continues its external conquests, internal order, and rule-making, it must continue to cultivate new, powerful individuals as its henchmen and managers, which means new ambitious individuals will emerge.

These ambitious individuals will gradually transform into new dissatisfaction with the status quo, new greedy individuals and sacrificers tempted by the method of sacrifice.

This is an unsolvable cycle: the larger world needs powerful individuals to extend it, and powerful individuals will ultimately yearn to transcend the shackles imposed by the larger world.

Like drinking poison to quench thirst, yet one has no choice but to drink it.

However, there's always a solution to everything in this world.

[The Will of the Abyss has actually found the relevant methods and theories!] (End of Chapter)