I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

After all, the Eternal Destruction, though described as a cultivation system, is more accurately described as a potential release device.

Reinhardt and Fujii Ren were able to become gods because they inherently possessed the potential to do so.

"The concept of 'divine thought versus demonic thought,' also known as 'mind-based thought,' is an extreme cultivation system that emphasizes refining the spirit..."

As they were reading the cultivation system recorded in the golden book, one of the memory entities, Lotus, began to explain the characteristics of this cultivation system to Duanmu Lian.

This is a cultivation system that emphasizes the mind and spirit.

Before discussing this system, let's talk about its predecessor—Eternal Destruction.

Eternal Destruction refers to a special secret technique that uses relics as weapons to arm oneself with extraordinary abilities.

Its essence is a demon alchemy technique that fuses sacred relics containing various thoughts with human souls and uses human souls as fuel.

This secret art has four levels: activity, formation, creation, and outflow.

To advance, one must first kill and devour souls, since this technique uses souls as fuel.

The souls of humans killed by the demons will be devoured by the holy relics.

The devoured souls then act as "spiritual armor" that binds the user, proportionally increasing the user's defensive capabilities.

At the same time, modern weapons will be unable to interfere with the user, and can only fight with the same kind of power—such as relics.

Moreover, once a user is injured, they can use the souls of others as sustenance to repair themselves.

Unless the relic is destroyed or a fatal blow that cannot be regenerated is inflicted, the individual cannot be killed until their soul reserves are completely depleted.

But devouring souls is not the main point; the main point is one's own insane and unchanging desire.

When you have enough souls, you can advance to the next level.

Currently, during the Eternal Calamity Return in the fourth day of the God Throne World, only demons of the [Creation] rank can be considered strong if god-level combat power is not taken into account.

However, any demon who uses this secret technique will fall into a slow, murderous impulse.

After all, the essence of this secret technique is that "the more you kill, the stronger you become, and the stronger you become, the more you want to kill." This kind of technique is perfect for madmen, perverts, and those with broken personalities.

Therefore, demons use their extremely immature and delusional willpower, along with their own desires, to resist their murderous impulses.

Of course, this technique also has considerable limitations.

First, the user's soul must be extremely strong.

If one were a mortal, merely reaching the first level of activity would lead to an uncontrollable state of self-destruction.

The second is the souls consumed by artifacts, which have limitations depending on the user and the artifact.

Most of the relics do not exist; they possess the ability to devour human souls without limit.

In conclusion, based on her own circumstances, Duanmu Lian realized that she was fundamentally unsuitable for eternal destruction.

The reasons are limited by the following points.

First and foremost, it's about the soul.

This secret technique requires a soul as fuel, but not just any soul will do.

The soul refers only to the soul within the God Throne worldview.

Souls from any other world are not acceptable.

If we compare the soul fuel needed for eternal destruction to rocket fuel, we can't just add soy sauce or sesame oil to it, can we?

This alone completely eliminates the possibility of Duanmu Lian pursuing [Eternal Destruction].

After all, he couldn't just kill and steal souls in the God Throne World at will, and there were no suitable souls in other worlds.

Also, this system doesn't allow you to become infinitely stronger by killing an unlimited number of people.

This system is very dependent on aptitude; those with the aptitude to become gods can directly enter the stream and become either a god seeking the Dao or a god of hegemony.

Otherwise, ordinary people can only kill and eat souls to reach the creation stage.

Red Spider has remained a mystery so far. Is he truly afraid to go on a killing spree? Or is his mind not twisted enough?

No, it's not that; it's just that they weren't qualified enough.

Even if you are the ultimate psychopath, if your soul is not resilient and you have no qualifications, you will perish before you can even pass the first level of the [activity].

Therefore, during the Eternal Return on the fourth day, if you are not a god or have no connection with gods, cultivating Eternal Destruction will be of no use.

Even if you master the skill, you won't reach the point of being able to release your energy unless you have an innate potential for it.

Since you are a born god, you don't need eternal destruction.

Speechless, isn't it?

It's very deformed, isn't it?

There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how eternal destruction is.

This is a pure master rehabilitation system; its purpose is to accelerate the ascension of those with overwhelming talent to godhood.

For ordinary people, the highest level of cultivation they can achieve is creation.

However, despite its many limitations and flaws, Eternal Destruction is still quite useful to Duanmu Lian.

Duanmu Lian took a liking to this system, which could allow people without the aptitude to become gods to awaken the supernatural abilities of seeking the Dao/dominating.

Demons who can reach the [Creation] rank already possess the rudiments of seeking the Dao and dominating the world.

Beatrice's [Lightning Sword Dance: War Maiden Transformation] transforms her into lightning, making her speed equivalent to lightning in this state.

Makina's [Human World - End Transformation] transforms himself into the embodiment of the end, a mass of death. Even if his fist hits Reinhardt, the latter would not be able to escape unscathed.

The power possessed by these two individuals both belongs to the power of seeking the Dao.

Although they have not reached the level of Tai Chi, it is undeniable that they have already possessed the rudiments of seeking the Tao.

Taking advantage of the [Eternal Destruction], the memories within the Eternal Abyss created the [God and Demon in a Single Thought - Mind's Idea].

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"It feels like, in extreme cases, the thought of a god or demon and eternal destruction are quite similar."

After reading the golden pages in her hand, Duanmu Lian looked up and uttered these words of admiration and comment.

Why do I say this? Because thoughts and ideas are the same as "a single thought of a god or demon" and "eternal destruction."

They are all evil systems that harm others for personal gain and are cruel and ruthless.

"After all, the pursuit of the Dao/the path of domination is essentially a path of obsession leading to demonic possession. The process of achieving such a Dao must be extreme."

One of the memory entities, Duanmu Lian, wearing a white coat and glasses, took a sip of tea, shrugged, and explained.

Of all the gods throughout history, except for the goddess of twilight, they can all be considered evil gods.

They all transformed their desires into a power capable of manipulating the entire world and shaping it into their own form.

Leaving aside eternal destruction, let's talk about another system from the era of the first God's Throne: the Commandments.

It's a special system where you make an inviolable vow to yourself in exchange for power.

Without going into detail about the others, let's just talk about one of the precepts that the Shameless Master of the Second Seat set for himself.

[The cold, deadly sword that has remained unchanged since ancient times].

The precept forbids any physical contact between oneself and others except with the intention to kill.

In detail, it prohibits engaging in any physiological activity related to killing evil or useless humans, and also prohibits blinking, sleeping, eating, excreting, carrying weapons, and thinking about anything other than killing.

The power gained from such restrictions is the ability to see through the enemy's weaknesses, and if the opponent has no weaknesses, to forcibly reveal those weaknesses to the world.

With such a set of rules, wouldn't you say he's crazy?

Now let's turn back to the topic of "Gods and Demons in a Single Thought".

The reason why Duanmu Lian said that it is similar to [Eternal Destruction] is because [A Thought of God and Demon] also requires killing and soul devouring.

However, it can devour souls, but it does not consume them.

It means using souls, without absorbing other souls as fuel.

The essence of "Gods and Demons in a Single Thought" is a system for developing the brain and expanding the mind.

Its methods for strengthening the body, developing the brain, and unlocking the power of the mind are quite unique.

First, he needs the wishes, emotions, and will contained in other souls to baptize him, so that his mind can be twisted and transformed.

In order to resist the urge to kill, the demon of [Eternal Destruction] will resist with its own desires and chuunibyou will.

But in the process of resistance, one's will and desire will become more resilient and stronger.

As long as there is no backlash from the devoured soul, and the will and desire do not dissipate, then one's own desire will form a force that distorts reality.

The concept of "God and Demon in a Single Thought" arises from the idea of ​​using one's soul to train oneself, which is similar to the concept of "Eternal Destruction," thus creating a need for soul devouring.

This system also has a division of realms into activity, formation, creation, and outflow within eternal destruction.

However, the realm of a single thought between gods and demons has two more realms than the realm of eternal destruction, making a total of six realms.

It is divided into four categories: thought, non-thought, no thought, delusional thought, and demonic thought.

The first step is the initial stage of learning, which involves "thought".

After cultivating the Divine Demon One Thought, a blank [Inner Landscape] will be created within the body.

The interior is like the dream world in "Inception," a fantasy world created based on the host.

After obtaining this inner vision, the next step is to kill people and devour their souls.

There are also specific rules regarding the souls that need to be devoured.

While it doesn't require the souls of the God Throne world specifically, as in the case of Eternal Destruction, it still requires extremely powerful souls.

And this soul must be the soul of an extremely evil person, such as Muzan from Demon Slayer or Dio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The soul of such a person needs to collect the number of "one yuan", which is 129,600.

After you kill them yourself, their souls and their thoughts will enter the [Inner Realm].

At that time, we will need to kill them again.