Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 604 The Second Branch of the Path of the Mind

Chen Yuan exchanged a total of seven perfect-level inheritances from the Infinite Space. Among them, the "Hun Yuan Formation Diagram" requires the second level of the Space Dao to cultivate, which he does not yet meet. Therefore, he can only cultivate the other six inheritances.

Of these six inheritances, four belong to the path of fusion, corresponding to the fusion of time and space, the fusion of birth and death, the fusion of immeasurable matter, and the fusion of the extreme points of the world.

As for the remaining two, they are "Nine Realms of Extinction," which focuses on the Great Dao of Destruction, and "Original Myriad Dao Array Diagram," which focuses on the fundamental rules.

These traditions were incorporated into Chen Yuan's optimization of the Manifestation Method, and now they have all become secret methods for cultivating with the power of the mind.

"However, before formally cultivating these inheritances, there is one more step to take, which is to imprint the original Dao I have mastered onto my spiritual body."

This even includes the path of the soul itself, and it must be the first imprint!

Only when the Great Dao of the Mind is successfully imprinted can he integrate the imprints of other Great Daos into the Great Dao of the Mind. This includes the fusion Dao that he cultivates using these basic Great Daos, which will also become an imprint of the Great Dao of the Mind.

Once he successfully integrates the Great Dao imprint, he will be able to simulate the effects of any Great Dao with the power of his mind; once he understands one method, he understands all methods!

This is the solution provided by the system.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's true form of spiritual body appeared, and together with his six avatars, surrounded his main body.

Chen Yuan stepped forward and placed a finger on the space between the eyebrows of the Sacred Body of the Mind.

boom!

A profound fluctuation of the Great Dao appeared, and the power belonging to the dream gathered at his fingertips, slowly merging into his spiritual body.

Gradually, a somewhat distorted "Dream" character mark appeared between the eyebrows of Chen Yuan's spiritual body. As this mark took shape, Chen Yuan's spiritual power underwent a different transformation.

Originally, his mental power could only be described as a carrier of the Great Dao, an energy used to drive the Great Dao of the Mind. But now, these two powers have completely merged together, and the Mind is the Great Dao itself. The two are no longer separate.

The entire process of forming the Dream Imprint took several hundred years, but with the acceleration of ten thousand times, the imprint was completed very quickly.

"It's done!"

The instant the mark was completely formed, the Holy Spirit Body transformed into a wisp of smoke and merged into Chen Yuan's physical body, becoming one with the divine power within him.

At the same time, dream marks identical to those of his spiritual body instantly appeared between the brows of his six spiritual avatars.

"I no longer need to use my mental powers to drive the power of dreams."

With a slight thought, Chen Yuan's physical body suddenly vanished into nothingness, only to reappear quickly. Then, with a light tap of his finger, various imagined things transformed from illusions into reality.

He was having a great time experimenting with the abilities of the dream branches. He had long mastered the ability to make his wishes come true and to transform reality into illusion, but in the past, these were unique to the Holy Spirit Body. This was the first time he had experienced driving this power with divine power.

Originally, the power of the dream branch required him to use his mental power as a foundation to unleash it, but now it is not so troublesome, because his mental power and physical divine power can be perfectly integrated into one.

During the fusion of the two, Chen Yuan could easily use any power that existed within the Great Dao of the Mind.

In other words, the more Daos are imprinted on the Dao of the Mind, the more diverse the methods he can employ, and there will be no conflict whatsoever.

Because in essence, these powers are all simulations of the "Great Way of the Mind".

After testing the benefits of fusing mental power and divine power, Chen Yuan pressed on while the iron was hot, continuing to integrate the other ten Great Daos he had mastered into the Dream Rune.

This time it took him a long time, after all, it took him hundreds of years to complete just one branch, and which of the great Daos he has mastered doesn't have many branches?

For example, the Great Dao of Time has relatively few branches, with only three branches, but there is also the Great Dao of Boundless, which has eight branches.

Therefore, the time it takes for Chen Yuan to integrate a Great Dao varies from about one thousand to three thousand years. Moreover, perhaps because these Great Daos also occupy the space of the mind, the more Great Daos he integrates, the more time it will take for subsequent integrations.

"The burden on the heart becomes heavy."

This was the feeling deep within Chen Yuan's heart after merging with the five Great Daos. His originally light and carefree mind suddenly became heavy, as if a large stone was pressing down on him.

Most importantly, this sense of oppression seems to increase exponentially. Although the increase is not large, the burden on his mind increases by about 50% for every major path he merges into.

"It seems that the path of the mind is not truly infinite, but rather related to my own capacity to bear it."

Chen Yuan blinked, feeling that the price was acceptable, and it might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Because the mind bears a burden, it is equivalent to being in a high-intensity willpower struggle at all times, which is beneficial to the growth of his willpower, similar to weight training.

"Moreover, as I integrate more of the Great Dao, my mental power is slowly transforming, and its upper limit will also increase."

This improvement is not due to training, but rather a feedback resulting from the integration of the power of various Great Daos into the Great Dao of the Mind.

Originally, his spiritual realm had just broken through to the first level of the God King realm, but as he acquired more and more Dao imprints, his spiritual realm gradually increased.

When Chen Yuan imprinted the six Great Daos, his mental and spiritual accumulation reached more than half of the first level of the God King realm.

Therefore, it can be seen that when he has mastered all ten Great Daos and imprinted them, his spiritual realm will at least reach the peak of the first level, and may even break through to the second level.

Of course, the mental burden brought by the ten great paths will also be incredibly heavy.

Time continued to pass, and when Chen Yuan's imprinted path reached the Eighth Road, he was suddenly jolted, and a strange feeling suddenly surged into his heart.

"This is—information from the second branch?"

Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes wide, thinking of the third effect of the Manifestation Method—enhancing the ability to sense other branches of the mind!

"The second branch is indeed willpower," he said, his eyes flashing. "And the way this branch is formed is by burdening the mind with a heavy weight for a long time."

"In other words, as long as my mind carries the Great Dao for a long time, it will eventually be able to condense a branch of will."

"Moreover, the heavier the mental burden, the more efficient the branching will be."

He looked somewhat surprised, never expecting that the branch of will he had been searching for for so many years without success would appear before him in this way.

Although it takes time to condense, once condensation is successful, he will directly control the complete branch of will!

What's the difference between this and giving it away for free?

"Very good, then keep up the good work!"

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Composing himself, Chen Yuan continued to imprint his mark on the Great Dao.