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Calamities arise from causes and conditions, while suffering arises from attachment to the result.

The changes in the celestial sphere and the constellations of the Big Dipper give rise to the arising and ceasing of worldly causes and conditions, and the interdependence of fortune and misfortune.

To forge the true spirit through tribulation and suffering—what a mad act!

Calamities are the objective stages of formation, existence, decay, and emptiness. Suffering originates from sentient beings' attachment to "self" and "dharma."

Those who crave survival and fear destruction will naturally experience the pain of separation, death, and the destruction of their homes during calamities.

This is human nature, and even Luo Kunlun could not avoid it.

Those who believe that calamities are merely manifestations of the natural cycle of change, and who understand the impermanence of all things, thus eliminating the source of suffering, are not human.

The core of tempering the true spirit through calamities and suffering is to transform external tribulations into internal tempering fire, ultimately achieving the growth and transformation of the true spirit.

Use extreme pressure to strip away the impurities in life, refine the true spirit, and complete a qualitative change.

First, there is the most primordial catastrophe of origin.

That was the primitive era before the concept of psychic energy was born. This was the first tribulation that the universe bestowed upon the nascent civilization: survival.

It's not internal scheming within a group, nor is it a delusion about higher dimensions; it's simply the purest, cruel reality of natural selection.

Standing there, Luo Kunlun could almost feel the despair of those struggling to survive in the cracks of the rocks, and hear the desperate will to live roaring in the storm.

This calamity was devoid of any ambiguity, a tug-of-war between life and death, like the sharpest carving knife.

Next comes the tribulation of awakening.

It is unknown which generation of the Spirit Eye Clan ancestors touched the spark of spiritual energy deep within their souls when they were on the verge of death, and they awakened.

However, the first individuals to awaken their psychic powers often failed to control the surging power within them. They were either burned to ashes by their own psychic energy or caused an energy explosion that leveled the entire habitat.

The Spirit Eye Clan struggles in a cycle of awakening and destruction, with each leap in their understanding of psychic energy accompanied by death.

This is an inevitable tribulation for civilization to move from ignorance to enlightenment, a thorn that will inevitably burn through when the spark is ignited.

Luo Kunlun was immersed in this burning pain.

Hold fast to your true self, and let this calamity temper the resilience of your true spirit. The greater the power you can bear, the greater the destruction you must first endure.

Then came the tribulation of division.

After psionic powers became widespread, the race split into two factions.

There is both a struggle for power and a struggle for ideology.

The earth was torn apart, the ocean was boiled, and the once united people nearly perished in their infighting.

This is an internal tribulation in the growth of civilization, more cruel than the universe itself, because it stems from its own desires and divisions.

Even the remaining information is filled with lingering echoes of hatred and obsession.

These calamities are the cornerstone of the Spirit Eye Clan's rise from the dust, and the mark etched upon this civilization.

The true spirit of Luo Kunlun rises and falls amidst these historical calamities and individual sufferings.

Birth, aging, sickness, and death; separation from loved ones; encountering those we hate; not getting what we want...

All kinds of calamities and hardships are the "heavy hammers" that forge the true spirit.

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Analyzing that information, consciousness is no longer a bystander, but transforms into the perspective of countless individual Spirit Eyes, personally experiencing the pain etched into the marrow of civilization.

The ignorant ancestors, who gnawed at debris in the crevices of rocks and huddled in the storm awaiting death, felt the extreme despair driven by the instinct for survival, and how that little bit of obsession with "wanting to live" grew wildly between their flesh and bones.

The first batch of awakened victims experienced surging energy that scorched their internal organs like magma, and their skin carbonized inch by inch.

The destroyer, clutching his hatred, watched as his former comrades crumbled into pieces and scattered into the wind amidst the roar of colliding energies.

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These calamities and hardships are no longer cold fragments of information, but have transformed into tangible waves, washing over Lokunlun again and again.

The desire of all beings for "existence," their fear of "destruction," their attachment to "self," and their hatred of "dissent" all become fuel for the tempering fire.

If one is not careful, the fire will naturally die out, and the true spirit will disintegrate in endless pain, turning into ashes.

But having embarked on this arduous path, Luo Kunlun will not regret it, no matter the consequences.

Watching the Spirit-Eyed race rise from ignorance to glory, and then fall from glory into destruction; watching how the collective consciousness network smoothed out the individual's rough edges; watching how the fanaticism for the warp devoured reason; watching the Black Serpent descend, and the true spirit of the entire civilization let out its final lament in despair.

In that lament, there was resentment, regret, and an undiminished obsession with "immortality."

The true spirit of Luo Kunlun quietly absorbed this lament.

Without greed or rejection, it simply transformed the entire trajectory of the rise and fall of the Spirit Eye Clan civilization into a process of self-purification.

Those births and deaths, those struggles, those obsessions and pains, seem to have become the fine lines on the true spirit.

As the last lingering echo from the Spirit Eye Clan was completely absorbed, Luo Kunlun slowly withdrew from the long river of civilization's history.

The first spirit refining session is over.

The spiritual entity, which merged with the physical body, seemed to be shrouded in a halo of light.

The halo was fleeting, as if it were just an illusion.

But the enhanced soul power proved that it was not an illusion.

The soul is the external form, while the true spirit is the core.

A strong core will naturally affect the external environment.

When the light of the true spirit transforms into the morning star, it signifies reaching another level.

"It will take at least three thousand years to complete the transformation."

Luo Kunlun did a rough calculation.

This period of time is not long, after all, he is on the path of self-cultivation and self-improvement to strengthen his true spirit.

While the path of devouring was swift, Luo Kunlun did not wish to compromise his own purity after completing the layering of his soul.

Moreover, the astral plane is full of hidden talents, and we might inadvertently provoke powerful beings or civilizations.

Therefore, it's best to keep a low profile; recklessness is a recipe for disaster.

However, the rank cannot be transformed in a short period of time, but that does not mean that the power cannot be greatly improved.

"Build a base first, then conduct experiments."

Lokunlun assimilated and transformed a section of this desolate planet, turning it into his base.

During those years in the original world, he was constantly analyzing various kinds of knowledge.

The convergence of the world, coupled with a sound system, led to a surge in scholars and progress in the research of natural sciences.

As for Luo Kunlun, who possesses those four fundamental forces, once he understands the principles, he is qualified to turn them into means.

Although he only mastered the four forces separately, rather than completely unifying them into a unified force field that is universally applicable.

This is also what prompted Lokunlun to come to the Astral Plane.

The vast universe and starry sky suit him better.