From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Then practice the Heart Sutra, focusing on the mental landscape, which is to build a 24-story pagoda in the spiritual world that has been perpetually opened up, corresponding to the spine;

Afterwards, one should practice contemplation, inwardly observing freedom and outwardly observing the sounds of the world, using one's own spiritual light to collide with the spiritual light of others, that is, the power of worship and faith, thereby forging a bit of Dharma nature.

In theory, if one can transform one's myriad thoughts into all living things within the spiritual world, and allow them to spontaneously grow and form civilization, one can also obtain the power of faith.

Recalling the "world" he had seen when he awakened his potential, Mark asked, "So all the people in that world were manifestations of your distracting thoughts?"

"That's right, but I was able to cultivate to the size of a sixteen-foot-tall figure by gaining the faith of others and feeding my body to demons, allowing countless resentful thoughts to gnaw at my body, before I finally succeeded."

Jiang Liu gave his approval, then glanced at Mark and said, "It will be quite difficult for you to cultivate this body into a fully-fledged physical form."

The Devouring Beast's body saves the trouble of cultivating physical and mental states. Its only shortcoming is in terms of faith. No matter how you enlighten your own thoughts or collect the worship of others, it takes time, especially on this continent. Even if you include the people of the Lighthouse, the total population is only a little over ten thousand.

If you want to cultivate yourself to a height of sixteen feet, who knows when that will take!

Chapter 1190 For Love, You Must Try One More Time

Mark had little expectation for the practice of the Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya.

However, Mark is quite confident in his ability to transform himself back into a human form by adjusting the information in his body's energy field.

When he was the commander of the hunters at the Lighthouse, he was an absolute genius, learning everything extremely quickly. Now, even with the body of a Devouring Beast, he still managed to awaken his source potential with the help of the golden hoop given to him by Jiang Liu.

He is still a human being!

Even if this body has organs and tissues that humans don't have, the principle should be the same. Humans can build a system to help them control their aura based on the essence of life, so he certainly can too!

"However, I am only analyzing this from the perspective of normal cultivation. If you want to cultivate the Sambhogakaya, it is actually not too difficult. You just need to be able to defeat the thing that wants to interfere with your consciousness."

Jiang Liu then raised his third finger.

Mark is a skeletal clone, and also the primordial Qi that returned after the death of the skeletal body!

Based solely on the primordial Qi, Lu Sheng and Mark are the same person.

What is the identity of a craniocerebral being?

Jiang Liu knew perfectly well what was going on.

It is an individual born from the atrophy of the left brain of a giant creature in the core area of ​​the Dragon Bone Village Shielding Tower, and should have been the incarnation of the [Mana Primordial Body] defined by Bai Yuekui.

Mana's primordial body suffered severe damage during the Permian period in that time and space, and had to fall into a deep sleep. It concentrated all the life essence in its abdomen, started a special cycle with its brain, and used the left brain as the source to give birth to cranioblasts, or rather, to give birth to a brand new body that could allow it to walk in the world.

Under normal circumstances, cranial beings will absorb all the life essence of the initial Mana body and inherit its memories, spirit, consciousness, will, etc., and will be in their complete form from birth.

But plans can't keep up with changes—

Bai Yuekui's father discovered Mana's initial form and began researching it...

Bai Yuekui, even more audacious, went so far as to conduct a craniotomy on the original Mana body, together with ASH, the artificial intelligence left behind by her father, hoping to extract a way to avert disaster from Mana's brain...

However, due to the backlash of the original Mana body against ASH and the intervention of Tartarus, the predecessor of the Lighthouse, the right brain of the original Mana body was taken away, while Bai Yuekui discovered the "craniogenesis" gestating in the atrophied left brain after ASH's final reminder.

Therefore, he was extracted from the left brain by Bai Yuekui when he was still an "infant" in his cranial stage, which resulted in him not inheriting any of the memories or intelligence of the original Mana body. However, he was still exceptionally gifted and, during his wandering life with Bai Yuekui, he took control of the flow control room in a video game store.

Once this stage is reached, with guidance, the cranial being can directly connect with the Mana ecosystem. Furthermore, if it can defeat the consciousness of the higher-dimensional deity, then everything about that deity will belong to the cranial being, including the light of that deity's soul.

The same reason.

As a reincarnated individual born from the skull, as long as Mark's mental power is stronger than that of a higher-dimensional deity, and he can defeat the other party and obliterate the other party's will and consciousness, he can naturally unconditionally merge with the other party's enormous mental power, thereby directly forging his Dharma nature and refining something similar to the Three Bodies in the Buddhist concept.

After learning about the existence of the Mana ecosystem, Jiang Liu also speculated that some Buddhist practices might have been acquired by Shakyamuni through contact with higher dimensions...

"Is the existence behind the Mana ecosystem really aliens?"

Mark frowned.

“You can think of Him as an alien, and to defeat Him, you need a miracle.”

Jiang Liu said this.

As for the title "God"—

It's too pompous.

In terms of technology and ability alone, modern humans can be considered “godlike” compared to ancient apes.

On the Mind—

indeed.

Most humans cannot awaken the light of their souls or use the power of their souls, but that does not mean they do not have a 'soul'.

Take a drop of water and an ocean as an example.

What is contained in a drop of water?

Dust and microorganisms in the air.

And what about the ocean?

It has more water, a more complex composition, and has created a natural marine ecosystem.

In essence, both are water, exist in the same spacetime dimension, and have no essential difference.

All intelligent beings possess a mind.

The minds of ordinary people are ethereal and intangible, like dust in the wind or water vapor in rivers, appearing and disappearing, almost nonexistent.

If we can teach everyone to be of one mind, even if they still cannot awaken the light of their souls or unleash their spiritual power, as long as someone can connect their souls spiritually and form a network of souls, it might be possible to unleash a miracle that even the gods can only retreat from.

"Miracle?"

Mark couldn't read minds and couldn't sense what Jiang Liu was thinking, but he had his own understanding of the word "miracle": "Nonsense."

"You know what? People who believe in miracles are just as remarkable as miracles themselves."

Seeing Mark's "I believe in science" expression, Jiang Liu smiled, quoted a famous saying, and encouraged him, "So, for love, give it your all."

Mark was speechless. Even though he knew these words were meant to encourage him, the thought of Ran Bing's potential resurrection filled him with energy.

Then--

By the end of the morning, Mark had tried all the games in the play-alcohol shop, but failed to complete any of them. Even the simplest game, "Tetris," resulted in his worst performance since the shop opened.

Even a three-year-old child has a 70% chance of scoring higher than Mark when playing Tetris.

During this time, Shan Hui learned that Mark was undergoing "special training" and joined in, playing a game of King of Fighters with him. With his infinite combo, Shan Hui beat Mark's "Iori Yagami" to a pulp, leaving Mark with no chance to fight back.

In no time, the news that Mark was even worse at playing games than Shan Shi Hui spread throughout the entire Dragon Bone Village... Of course, Mark was unaware of the seriousness of the problem at the moment, and had already gotten into a fight with the game projects in the store.

but--

Snapped!

The screen went black instantly.

Mark was startled and turned to look at Dulu who had just walked in, asking in confusion, "Is there a power outage?"

"No, it's just that the money you paid only allows you to play for this long."

Dulu revealed a shrewd businessman's smile, "If you want to continue playing, you'll have to pay more."

Mark looked at Jiang Liu.

"Why are you looking at me? It's not like I'm the one keeping you."

Jiang Liu was very serious.

Mark then looked at Bai Yuekui.

"Why are you looking at me? You said you would earn your own money."

Bai Yuekui mimicked Jiang Liu's tone, adopting the same serious expression as his "good grandson."

Mark was speechless for a moment, then tried to negotiate: "Aren't you all going to the Blood Vortex? I'm a key figure... Could you give me some extra living expenses periodically?"

"Sorry, no."

Jiang Liu chuckled and denied it, saying, "I'll teach you Qi cultivation later, and that will be payment for you."

"Sorry, no."

Bai Yuekui echoed Jiang Liu's denial, saying, "I've already paid for your living expenses by letting you stay at the Shan family's place and providing you with food, clothing, and shelter. There's nothing extra."

mark:"······"

Chapter 1191 The Difference Between Devouring Beasts and Humans

Faced with the rejection from Bai Yuekui and Jiang Liu, the "grandfather and grandson" duo, Mark was speechless. He could only sigh and leave the Playful Reading Shop to discuss with Shandong University whether he could take on some lucrative tasks.

after all--

He can no longer live off Bai Yuekui.

After Mark left, Bai Yuekui paid for Dulu's game, recharged the battery, sat down next to Jiang Liu, picked up the game controller, and asked, "Want to play a round of King of Fighters?"

"Row."

Jiang Liu chose Kyo Kusanagi, while Bai Yuekui chose Mai Shiranui.

As the battle began, Bai Yuekui asked, "Given Mark's current state, he's not fully engaged in the game and is treating these exhibits like ordinary games. To master the flow control room, he'll likely have to travel a long way... Don't you need some guidance?"

“If he were a fool, he would need guidance, but Mark is quite perceptive. After becoming self-reliant, he will naturally be able to maintain a good balance between life, work, and spiritual practice.”

If Mark trains according to Bai Yuekui's ideas, he will be able to master the flow control room in less than a week.

But haste makes waste.

It's not that Mark can't perfectly control the flow control room, but rather that doing so would mean missing the most important part of the spiritual practice—experiencing life.

After all, cultivation is not like playing a game. As time goes by, the increase in knowledge and experience will become a part of his thoughts and soul.

in contrast.

Breakthroughs made under pressure often require a longer period of time to compensate for the lack of mental fortitude.

"What do you want?"

Bai Yuekui seemed to understand Jiang Liu's thoughts.

"Cattle and sheep roam in herds, while wild beasts prefer to roam alone. But humans... in the old world, although they stood at the top of the food chain, they were never wild beasts."

Jiang Liu's unspoken meaning was simple: