In a mysterious space, Chu Tian floated in the air.
Misty fog surrounded him, and below was a verdant lake.
This space, though devoid of any light source, was incredibly bright.
Chu Tian looked out, and in the center of the lake was a small island.
He willed his body to move, intending to go and investigate.
Unexpectedly, the moment he had this thought.
*Swish…* The space shifted.
He instantly appeared above the small island.
Chu Tian was stunned, what was going on?
He moved his body again; wherever he willed to go, he could move instantly.
Finally, his gaze fell upon the surrounding mist. He could instantly appear at the edge of the mist but could not pass through it.
"Are you done playing?"
A familiar voice resounded throughout the space.
"Uh…" Chu Tian blinked. "Old man, where is this?"
Chu Tian recognized the voice as Dao Tian's.
"This is within your Sea of Consciousness, to put it plainly, within your consciousness," Dao Tian explained.
Chu Tian blinked and said, "Damn it, whatever! How do I get out of here?"
"Alas…" Dao Tian sighed.
Chu Tian waited for a long time, but Dao Tian said nothing further. Annoyed, he exclaimed, "What 'alas'! Speak up!"
After speaking, he perked up his ears, waiting for a response.
After a long while, there was still no one speaking.
"What's going on?" Chu Tian said again.
"Bad signal…" Dao Tian's voice came out abruptly.
"Uh…???" Chu Tian was full of questions.
"Now I'm saying it, you listen…"
After saying this, Dao Tian fell silent again.
Chu Tian, feeling helpless, could only wait.
After a long while, Dao Tian's voice finally came again.
"Lake island… door… open… enter…" Thus, he uttered one or two words every half-day.
However, fortunately, Chu Tian was not intellectually disabled and roughly understood.
He instantly arrived at the island in the center of the lake. When he landed on it, he realized that from outside, the island hadn't seemed that large.
But upon landing on it, it was as if he had been infinitely shrunk.
And the island seemed to have infinitely expanded.
Arriving at the very center of the island, he discovered an ancient, unadorned door.
At a glance, Chu Tian felt as if he were standing before the gates of hell.
On the towering, colossal doorframe, milky-white carvings were spread across.
Wisps of mist emanated from the carvings, and on this grand doorway, a milky-white vine coiled.
Chu Tian noticed it was alive. It slowly circled the doorframe, then grew green leaves, which gradually turned golden.
Once the leaves turned golden, they would slowly wither and detach from the vine, falling to the ground.
Upon landing, they shattered, turning into white mist and re-integrating into the door.
Standing there, he felt that in just one second, this cycle of repetition seemed to have occurred countless times.
A sliver of enlightenment dawned upon him.
But he couldn't grasp the feeling. It was clearly there, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't seize it.
The sensation was like a heavy stone pressing on his chest, a stifled breath he couldn't exhale.
"Calm your mind and focus. It is not yet something you can comprehend. Mobilize all the power of your divine soul and break open the Door of the Divine Platform."
Upon reaching the Door of the Divine Platform, Dao Tian finally spoke a complete sentence.
"The power of the divine soul, how do I mobilize it? I don't know how!" Chu Tian shouted at the sky.
However, his cry once again vanished without a trace.
Chu Tian tried to calm his mind and focus his attention.
*Boom…*
The island trembled.
Following the direction of the sound, he saw.
A pillar of emerald water, like a dragon drinking, rose from the small lake.
The instant Chu Tian turned his head to look.
This completely defied the laws of physics. The water in the air did not fall but simply dissipated.
Could it be that the lake water had been mobilized by his focus?
Chu Tian tried again. With focused attention, another pillar of water appeared.
His eyes lit up. He controlled this pillar of water, directing it to impact the Door of the Divine Platform.
*Bang…*
The Door of the Divine Platform vibrated slightly.
Chu Tian's head throbbed, as if a massive stone had crashed down upon it.
The pain turned his vision black, and he fell straight onto the island.
After an unknown period, he heard a voice calling, "Kid, how is it? Have you mobilized your Divine Source yet?"
Chu Tian grunted and sat up, rubbing his head, only to find his hand passing straight through it.
He had forgotten that he was currently in a mere spectral form.
"If by Divine Source you mean the water pillar, then yes, I've mobilized it," he replied weakly.
"That's good. Focus your attention and mobilize more Divine Source to strike the Door of the Divine Platform," Dao Tian said.
"Damn it, it's easy for you to say! I almost fainted from the pain just now. Are there any other methods? Also, why am I here?" Chu Tian said helplessly.
"Hmm…" Dao Tian pondered for a moment. "There are no other methods. As for why you are here, it's because you were too arrogant to recognize your own recklessness.
You actually let someone else's divine soul enter your body to probe. If I hadn't discovered it early and ejected her, your… cough, cough, in short, alas…
Anyway, you have to go through this step sooner or later, it's just much earlier than I anticipated.
Once you complete this step, you will be able to freely control your divine soul power, and with the support of the Divine Source, your divine soul can be considered a seed with roots.
Otherwise, your divine soul power will only be rootless and wandering. At the same time, you can hide your divine soul power, and others won't be able to detect that you are a soul-user.
Alright, keep at it… hit it a few more times, and it will eventually open. Your Divine Source is not weak; it just depends on how much you can mobilize for your use.
After you come out, you'll still need to guide Qi into your Dantian to activate the seed!
In a while, the Qi will dissipate, and you'll regret it!"
Actually, Dao Tian almost said that he had been drunk earlier and discovered someone using divine soul power to scan Chu Tian's body.
In his excitement, he had used a bit too much force, directly vibrating Chu Tian's Divine Platform, causing the Door of the Divine Platform to close.
However, he knew that if he told the truth, Chu Tian would surely fly into a rage.
"Holy shit…" Chu Tian jumped up from the ground. "You old geezer, I almost died from the pain when I used one strand of Divine Source to hit the door just now.
And you're telling me to mobilize more strands to crash into it together? How can you be so heartless? Why don't you try it yourself and smash your head with a big hammer!"
"It's not like I haven't tried," Dao Tian muttered to himself, but he didn't say it aloud to Chu Tian. Then, he simply pretended to be deaf and mute, ceasing to reply.
However, he was very puzzled. Logically, since Chu Tian could mobilize Divine Source, one strand should have been enough to break open the Door of the Divine Platform.
Opening it from the outside was difficult, but opening it from the inside shouldn't require much effort.
Why was it that even after knocking himself unconscious, he couldn't open it?
Because Chu Tian was in his own spiritual space, and the Door of the Divine Platform was closed, Dao Tian had no idea what was happening.
Even if the Door of the Divine Platform were not closed, he wouldn't dare to carelessly probe the other's Sea of Consciousness.
At best, Chu Tian would become an imbecile.
At worst, Chu Tian would perish here.
He had searched for countless years to find Chu Tian, such a unique trash physique across myriad worlds. How could he let him die?
For a moment, even someone as powerful as him was at a loss.