I Arrived At Wizard World While Cultivating Immortality Chapter 615: Void Refinement Realm and Dao Integration Realm

Chapter 615: Void Refinement Realm and Dao Integration Realm

Deep within his consciousness, before the Great Dao Book Pavilion that seemed cast from white jade, Jie Ming’s conscious form sat cross-legged.

Endless void surrounded him, with only the Book Pavilion emitting a gentle, warm glow that illuminated this small patch of space.

Before Jie Ming floated an ancient tome-style document—the exact discussion on cultivation bottlenecks and comprehension limits that he had just retrieved from the depths of the Book Pavilion.

He had seen and read many such classics within the pavilion.

Now he was reviewing them once more to confirm there were no errors.

Opening the book-like document, Jie Ming’s gaze fell on the first line of text.

“The path of seeking the Dao is arduous and fraught with obstacles. The world often speaks of the limits of resources, the disturbances of external demons, incomplete cultivation methods, and broken lineages. Yet these are all external causes, not the root. The root is comprehension. Those with insufficient comprehension are like the blind wishing to distinguish the five colors, or the deaf wishing to hear the five tones—they will never succeed. Even with vast resources, supreme cultivation methods, and sages as teachers, it is all in vain.”

Jie Ming nodded slowly.

Resources could be earned, cultivation methods could be found, lineages could be joined, and external demons could be slain.

But comprehension was something one was born with—it could not be forced.

“Methods to improve comprehension in this world are not nonexistent. However, they are either weak in effect, short in duration, or come at a terrible cost.”

Jie Ming now had a deep understanding of these words as well.

The means and resources for raising comprehension were extremely limited, and most only provided temporary boosts.

In the cultivation world, for example, one might drink a pot of Enlightenment Tea, light a stick of Mind-Clearing Incense, or seclude oneself for a few days in a special spiritual land.

Once the effect faded, the bottleneck remained, and these resources were extraordinarily precious, making long-term use impossible.

The situation was similar even in the wizard world.

Up to this day, the only resource Jie Ming had discovered that could truly be said to improve comprehension was probably the Entropy Brain.

He turned the page.

Perhaps because what followed was more important, the language in the book shifted closer to plain speech.

“Those capable of permanently raising comprehension have never been seen throughout the ages. Occasional rumors mostly turn out to be traps, cultivators must be extremely cautious.”

Jie Ming’s brows furrowed slightly.

“What is comprehension? It is the comprehensive result of a person’s logical thinking, mode of thought, perceptual ability, and cognitive ability. The core of personality is precisely composed of these four.”

“If one rashly uses external force to permanently strengthen comprehension, it is in fact replacing the old mode of logical thinking with a new one, and overlaying the old mode of thought with a new one. Even if memories remain intact, the personality will have quietly changed. For the individual, it is no different from being possessed.”

Jie Ming nodded repeatedly as he read.

Every person’s comprehension was like the underlying operating system of a device.

Temporary improvement in comprehension was equivalent to running a virtual machine on the original system and operating another system inside that virtual machine.

Once time was up and the virtual machine was deleted, the original system remained unchanged and unaffected.

But permanent improvement in comprehension was equivalent to directly replacing the underlying operating system.

Switching from Android to iOS—the entire underlying architecture changed.

Even if the outer shell remained the same, the interior had been completely transformed.

Was that person still the same person?

In fact, this was already common knowledge in the wizard world, and Jie Ming had even encountered an example—the unlucky senior who had risen to fifth-rank in five years in the Shadow Plane.

Jie Ming shook his head and continued reading.

“However, there are ways to transcend the limits of comprehension.”

“This method is called—Dao Integration.”

Jie Ming straightened his posture.

In the cultivation system, above Spirit Transformation was Void Refinement, and above Void Refinement was Dao Integration.

However, within the cultivation system, Dao Integration was both a realm and a state.

The ancient text continued to emerge.

“So-called Dao Integration is when a cultivator uses various means to make their own being harmonize with the rules of heaven and earth. In simple terms, the cultivator transforms their life form into an existence similar to ‘rules that have gained spirit.’”

Jie Ming stroked his chin, frowning in thought.

Rules that have gained spirit… he had not felt much about it before, but now it felt somewhat familiar?

“At that time, the rules of heaven and earth become your instincts. Pursuing the path naturally becomes much simpler. No need for comprehension, no need for talent—one only needs to follow their own instincts, and the path will open by itself.”

It was not about making you smarter, but about making it so you no longer needed to be smarter.

Just as fish do not need to learn how to swim, and birds do not need to learn how to fly—after all, those are their instincts.

For a cultivator after Dao Integration, pursuing the Dao was as natural and instinctive as a fish swimming or a bird flying.

“However, Dao Integration also carries risks. If one fails to grasp it properly, they may be assimilated by the Great Dao, losing their own consciousness and becoming part of the rules. This is called Dao Transformation.”

Jie Ming nodded.

This was not difficult to understand.

Dao Integration was equivalent to loading an additional external operating system outside the original one.

The external system was powerful enough, but one had to control the degree when using it.

If one failed to control it properly and the external system overwrote the original, that was Dao Transformation.

Thinking of this, Jie Ming suddenly blinked. He finally understood why this description felt familiar.

The state of so-called “Dao Transformation” was very similar to the “Mycelord” that had nearly doomed the entire wizard expeditionary force back in the Triangle Plane Cluster. It was just that the Mycelord originally had almost no individual consciousness, so even if it assimilated with the rules, it made little difference to it as an individual. Humans, however, were different—they had their own thoughts.

If one underwent Dao Transformation, their thinking would be completely obliterated.

From an individual perspective, it was essentially equivalent to death.

“In the earliest times, after the Spirit Transformation Realm came the Dao Integration Realm.”

“However, the probability of Dao Transformation was eight or nine out of ten. To increase the success rate, the ancient sages forcibly created a new realm between Spirit Transformation and Dao Integration.”

“The purpose of this realm is to transform the cultivator’s life structure in advance, making it more compatible with the needs of Dao Integration. During this process, one must emphasize ‘transcending the spirit and entering transformation, maintaining emptiness and guarding unity’ to ensure that after Dao Integration, one can ‘return to the root and origin.’ Therefore, all transformations of the self in this realm are guided by this principle.”

“Because its pursuit is similar to the ‘Refining Spirit and Returning to Void’ in ancient cultivation methods, and the next realm is precisely named ‘Dao Integration,’ this new realm was named…”

“Void Refinement Realm.”

Jie Ming closed the ancient tome and let out a long breath.

Void Refinement Realm.

It was a new path that the predecessors of cultivation had forcibly carved out in order to advance further.

Even this realm itself had been differentiated from Dao Integration. This realm existed to prepare for Dao Integration and to pave the way across the ceiling of comprehension. That was why one had to transform their life form in advance—to increase the probability of survival.

Jie Ming’s conscious form stood up.

He possessed the Great Dao Book Pavilion and had ample knowledge reserves.

Therefore, he had begun preparing for this day “very early” on.

Just as on the wizard side, after passing the elite test and obtaining the Infernal Sulfur Plane, Jie Ming had started laying groundwork for his path in the wizard system.

Purchasing a seventh-rank large elemental pool, establishing the foundation of the Incense Fire Divine Dao, accumulating Incense Divine Power… these actions were not only for increasing combat power, but also to provide resource guarantees for breaking through bottlenecks he would encounter later on the wizard path.

Just as now, even if his cultivation progress could not break through afterward, the wizard side would remain unaffected. He could continue increasing his law comprehension through surface-level research on other subsystems of the Incense Fire Divine Dao.

On the cultivation side, which was his foundation, Jie Ming had thought even further ahead and prepared even more thoroughly.

His consciousness returned to his body. Jie Ming looked toward his dantian.

There, a palm-sized small round mirror floated quietly, emitting a magnificent, colorful glow.

Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror…

His life-bound treasure, which he had begun nurturing since the Qi Refinement stage and had accompanied him for over a thousand years.

The core of the Void Refinement Realm was to transform a cultivator into an existence similar to an information lifeform, adapting in advance to the state after Dao Integration.

No matter how the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror was refined, its ability was only one: Light Transformation and Flight.

But in reality, as the treasure Jie Ming had carefully selected and the special treasure recommended by the Great Dao Book Pavilion, the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror was not only for escaping. More importantly, it was for comprehending “Light Transformation.”

In the process of Light Transformation, a cultivator could experience the complete process of their being shifting from material state to energy state, and from energy state to information state. Every instance of Light Transformation was a simulation of the information life state.

A thousand years of nurturing and countless instances of Light Transformation.

His degree of adaptation to the information state far surpassed that of any cultivator at the same level.

He had even developed the Light God Transformation technique based on the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror’s ability to convert an individual into an information state.

It was no exaggeration to say that the so-called Light God Transformation was actually a rehearsal of the Void Refinement Realm.

Jie Ming withdrew his consciousness, and the corners of his mouth curved upward slightly.

So, the path had long been paved.