Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2036 Chapter 975: Anomaly
Previously on Immortality Through Array Formations...
Beneath the Taoist Stele within his Sea of Consciousness, Mo Hua sat in deep meditation.
He focused his mind, achieving a state of absolute tranquility. Once his Taoist Heart became as settled as a polished mirror—devoid of joy or sorrow, undisturbed by ripples, and perfectly seamless—he reached out. He seized the shimmering, golden strand of Third Grade Divine Marrow and consumed it, initiating an immediate refinement.
Though it appeared as a mere single strand, the Third Grade Divine Marrow possessed immense purity and overwhelming power.
In an instant, a flood of incredibly refined Divine Thought saturated his entire being.
The substance of pure golden marrow integrated into every fiber of Mo Hua’s Divine Thought incarnation. It began the gradual process of mending the Divine Marrow he had sacrificed during the confrontation with the Evil Embryo at Solitary Mountain City.
These strands, born of the heavens and earth and woven into the Divine Way, slowly became part of Mo Hua’s very Origin.
It felt as though a "congenitally deficient" god was being restored.
Or perhaps, it was as if a "deity" that wasn't truly a deity was finally finishing its fundamental metamorphosis.
As Mo Hua’s mind sharpened and his divinity reached towards perfection, the Third Grade Divine Marrow continued to nourish and supplement his Divine Thought incarnation bit by bit.
The stubborn bottleneck that had obstructed his progress for so long finally started to give way.
The restrictive Laws of the Heavenly Dao stopped suppressing him.
It felt as if the Heavenly Dao, through its inscrutable mechanisms, had granted him permission to ascend to the next Realm.
In a sudden flash of enlightenment, Mo Hua understood the truth.
He realized why he hadn't been able to break through to Twenty Patterns before, despite being just a hair’s breadth away and regardless of how much he tempered his Sea of Consciousness or consumed Divine Sense.
The reason was that, in a strict sense, his Divine Thought had already approached the status of a "Demigod."
All things evolve according to the Heavenly Dao.
However, the "Dao" governing the evolution of humans and deities is fundamentally different.
While his physical form remained that of a human, his Divine Thought had already moved beyond the boundaries of ordinary "mortals."
Consequently, the criteria the Heavenly Dao set for him were naturally different from those applied to typical "human" cultivators.
If an ordinary cultivator practiced Formations daily, tempered their Sea of Consciousness, and absorbed such a vast amount of Telekinesis, they would have reached Twenty Patterns long ago.
But Mo Hua was an exception.
He required Third Grade Divine Marrow to foster his Divine Sense, enrich his divinity, and complete the Daoification. This allowed his Divine Thought to experience a leap in "quality," perhaps even reaching the standard of a "deity."
Only after meeting these conditions would the Heavenly Dao permit his breakthrough.
Upon realizing this, Mo Hua felt a slight sense of grievance.
He was clearly a human, yet the requirements for breaking through a Divine Sense realm were so punishingly high.
This felt like blatant "racial" discrimination on the part of the Heavenly Dao.
Nevertheless, as a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was in no position to quarrel with the Heavenly Dao.
He could only follow the established Laws of Heaven and Earth, allowing his Divine Sense to evolve one step at a time.
Mo Hua couldn't predict what the final result of this evolution would be.
However, since he was following the framework of a "deity," he assumed the result would be anything but weak.
Mo Hua settled his mind and resumed the refinement of the Divine Marrow. He digested it piece by piece, converting the laws, Daoification, divinity, and other inherent elements into the nutrients needed to expand and strengthen his Divine Sense.
His Divine Sense grew steadily.
The Origin of his Divine Thought was also being forged by the Laws of the Dao, which burned away impurities and left it increasingly refined.
During this "Marrow Cleansing" style of tempering, the color of his Origin shifted toward a state of pure gold.
It is said that gold is never entirely pure and no man is without flaws.
Yet, through this tempering, Mo Hua’s Divine Thought was evolving toward the state of "pure gold."
The process moved at an incredibly slow pace.
The closer he got to the finish line, the more that final tiny fraction seemed to drag, making the "tempering" feel even slower.
Mo Hua, however, remained patient.
The Heavenly Dao operates by its own internal logic.
Fruit ripens when the time is right, and water naturally carves its own path.
By understanding the Heavenly Dao and following its natural flow, success is achieved without the need for haste.
Adopting this natural mindset, Mo Hua kept his heart serene and his Divine Thought clear. He used this window to carefully observe the internal transformation of his Divine Sense.
He watched how the Divine Thought of a deity underwent the tempering required to finish its Daoification transformation.
For deities born with exceptional talent, this was an innate process; they didn't need to study or understand it.
But Mo Hua was not a deity by birth.
The things that deities possessed from birth—the Daoification they viewed as self-evident—were entirely foreign Laws to Mo Hua.
Therefore, he watched, studied, and pondered.
He was deciphering these Laws.
He was meditating on the very essence of Divine Law.
This was a feat that only a human mind would attempt.
Through this enlightenment, Mo Hua’s grasp of "Daoification" grew even more profound.
As some of the Divine Marrow’s Laws were converted into nutrients and merged into his subconscious, the final "impurity" within his Divine Thought was refined away, leaving behind nothing but flawless gold.
Consequently, Mo Hua’s Divine Thought became a brilliant, immaculate, and dazzling pure gold.
The bottleneck shattered entirely, vanishing as if it had never existed.
A golden Great Dao of the "deity" descended from the heavens. It laid out a path on Mo Hua’s Life Chart, intertwining with his human journey until the two became one.
The Divine Way and the Human Dao resonated in perfect synchronization.
At that moment, Mo Hua’s Divine Thought finally attained Twenty Patterns.
Twenty Patterns—Divine Sense Core Formation!
In that instant, the world itself reacted.
A pillar of golden Divine Thought surged toward the heavens like a rainbow piercing through the sun, illuminating the night sky of Taixu Mountain as if the sun had risen at midnight.
The golden radiance then expanded, sprouting leaves and manifesting as a towering, pure golden Divine Authority Tree infused with laws.
This Divine Authority Tree did not bear ordinary leaves; it bore Formation Patterns!
With Formation Patterns as its foliage, the Formation Pivot as its branches, and Innate Laws serving as the formation eye, it stood as a magnificent, radiant Divine Authority Tree reaching toward the firmament.
The Law of the Great Dao pulsed within its form.
As the golden light radiated outward, thousands of formations and ten thousand techniques bloomed like countless pear blossoms, blanketing the entirety of Taixu Mountain.