After several minutes of awkward, almost suffocating silence, Robin finally stopped flipping rapidly through the stacks of folders and scattered papers. The rustling ceased all at once. He lifted his gaze toward the sky for a few monts, his eyes narrowing slightly as if calculating sothing far beyond what the others could perceive, then slowly lowered his head again and returned to his seat in front of the Cosmic Elder, calling out, "Seraphim!"
Whoosh
The feather pen imdiately abandoned what it had been doing without the slightest delay and shot toward Robin, cutting through the air before landing precisely in his hand, as if it had been waiting for that very call.
And just like that, Robin began sketching rapidly while speaking at the sa ti, his hand moving with incredible speed and accuracy, "Constructing bridges of condensed energy between the cells is a good idea, Shaddad. In fact, I wouldn't have found a better concept that mirrors the idea of Nexus... but it's full of problems, my friend, problems that will stop you at every step if not addressed correctly."
"Thank you!!" Shaddad's eyes imdiately welled up with tears. He completely ignored the latter half of the sentence as if it didn't exist. For him, that first acknowledgnt alone was more than enough.
And perhaps... that was the true reason he had co here today.
Shaddad had spent nearly three hundred thousand years trying to reduce the cost of breakthrough through the body path, advancing at an incredibly slow and exhausting pace. Now, after the invention of the array, he had finally gained the ability to utilize his mind more efficiently, opening vast and previously unreachable domains of thought... but even then, it still wasn't simple enough to complete any idea instantly.
It could be said that creating a thod for breaking through into World Cataclysm using arrays was not the achievent of a single individual, but rather the intersection of Shaddad's imnse experience, Jabba's innovative and unconventional ideas, all under the guidance, coordination, and acceleration of their master, the Great Truth Chosen of the current generation.
It was nothing short of a miracle... a convergence of factors that should never have aligned so perfectly.
And now, the next step... the Nexus State?
It might take several thousand years just to begin the first true experint... and then several thousand more before reaching any form of stable
implentation.
"Congratulations, City Lord Shaddad!" Jin stepped forward and patted Shaddad's back enthusiastically, his face lit with a wide smile, fully aware of how significant that praise truly was.
"Haha, thank you, thank you... today has been a good day!" Shaddad laughed proudly, unable to suppress his joy, his earlier tension completely gone.
"First, there's the issue of bridge stability..." Robin continued speaking without slowing his hand, the pen still dancing across the surface, "A user of the body path, whose cells are constantly expanding and contracting, cannot be restrained by rigid, fixed energy bridges. They will either shatter under stress or cause internal damage. So you need to find a way to make them flexible... or make them appear and disappear only when needed, adapting dynamically to the state of the body"
"But..." Shaddad raised his eyebrows and responded quickly, his thoughts racing ahead, "There are around forty trillion cells in the human body, and even more in larger races. How can you possibly construct flexible or instantaneous bridges between all of these cells at once?!"
"You'll find your key..." Robin continued drawing without pausing for even a mont, then suddenly pulled the large panel from beneath his hand and flicked it toward Shaddad with a casual motion, "...Here."
"What?" Shaddad caught it instinctively, his expression filled with confusion, while Jin imdiately moved closer from the side, leaning in to examine the panel as well, both of them staring intently at the intricate and incomprehensible structure drawn across it.
"As for the rest of the problems with your approach, most of them haven't even revealed themselves yet, because you haven't truly stepped onto the correct path." Robin flicked Seraphim upward, sending the pen back to resu its previous task inside the glass house as if nothing had happened, "I want you to apply this key to your bridges and adjust your next steps accordingly. And if you encounter any obstacle, don't hesitate to co back."
"...?!" Shaddad slowly raised his head, his eyes shining intensely, a thin layer of tears forming as realization, confusion, and awe all mixed together.
Then, in a loud voice that broke the atmosphere entirely, he shouted, "I don't understand a single thing on this panel, Master!"
"But I will understand it, and I will solve the problem using it, and I will create this damned path! I promise you!!" Shaddad's voice carried both determination. and a kind of desperate resolve, as if he had already committed his entire being to that single goal. Then he turned abruptly and shot toward the gate at full speed, his figure disappearing like a streak of light, without even sparing a backward glance.
"Wait!!" Jin was completely caught off guard by the sudden shift. He hurriedly bowed toward Robin and the Cosmic Elder, his movents rushed and unsteady, then imdiately launched himself after Shaddad, "Don't leave behind, wait for !!" His voice faded quickly as he chased after him. "You have an interesting disciple." The Cosmic Elder comnted calmly, placing half of the cards in front of Robin as if nothing unusual had just occurred. "He's devoted." Robin accepted his share of the cards with a faint, almost amused smile, "And by that, I an his devotion to research in general, and to the body path in particular... that's what truly matters in the long run." "Oh? You an his devotion to you doesn't matter?" The Cosmic Elder chuckled, his tone carrying a hint of mockery, "That doesn't quite fit soone like you, who chases glory and status so relentlessly."
"Hmm... his devotion to exists only because I can benefit him in what he
truly cares about." Robin replied calmly, without even looking up, "If I were just so random person on the street, or even a general who shakes the heavens, I wouldn't have earned even a fraction of his acknowledgnt, right?"
"If I want to maintain Shaddad's loyalty, I must always remain ahead of him... I must remain the person he turns to when all paths close before him, just like
what happened monts ago."
Then he lifted his gaze toward the Cosmic Elder, his eyes steady, "Tell , isn't that also a form of devotion... his devotion to the body path itself? He follows because I can lead him further along that path."
He glanced briefly at the cards in his hand, inspecting them with subtle suspicion, "No one will truly be loyal to or love sincerely except my children... or at least, that's what I hope. As for everyone else, everything is governed by interests. The degree of loyalty is directly proportional to the amount of benefit they gain."
"What a pessimistic way of seeing things..." The Cosmic Elder raised an eyebrow, observing him closely, "Do you really look at your closest followers while thinking like this?"
"And what's wrong with that?" Robin chuckled lightly, completely unfazed, "If I don't constantly remind myself of the reason they follow , I'll end up losing
them sooner or later."
Then, without warning, his expression shifted abruptly and he flicked a card straight toward the Cosmic Elder's face, "Replace this."
"Tsk..." The Cosmic Elder clicked his tongue, instantly burning the card to ashes before handing Robin another one, this ti legitimate.
Then he spoke while watching Robin continue reviewing his hand with focus, "At the very least, it seems you'll never lose your researcher followers." He paused briefly, as if recalculating sothing internally, "You just resolved two major problems that had completely stalled a third-stage Truth Chosen... and you did it within minutes, without any prior preparation or setup. That's not sothing trivial. Even my forr friend Azramid didn't possess that kind of imdiate adaptability or insight."
"Hmm, I suppose that ability cos from the other Master Laws I've grasped." Robin replied casually, still examining the cards as if this conversation held no weight, "Whenever I look at a problem, I unconsciously apply the principles of balance, creation, space-ti, and causality to it..."
Then he let out a soft laugh, almost to himself, "How many problems can truly
withstand being placed under the scrutiny of four Master Laws at once? Most of them collapse before they can even take shape."
"Secondly..." He then shifted his gaze toward the interior of the glass house, where Seraphim was moving at an almost frantic speed, writing endlessly as if it were about to ignite from the intensity of its own motion, "Not everything happens as quickly as you think..."
"That damned sixth cultivation path..." he added, his tone lowering slightly, carrying a rare hint of dissatisfaction, "...refuses to be completed, no matter how many angles I approach it from."
Author note;
Hello my dear readers in chapters 2133 and 2083 XD-
I had previously written this in the Webnovel notes, but I'm still receiving questions in the comnts about why chapters aren't being uploaded as regularly, so I'll explain it here this ti. Please forgive for breaking the
flow~
As so of you may know, about a year ago I was involved in a serious car accident that left my leg fractured into nine pieces. Now, after undergoing three surgeries, I've started physical therapy, which takes a great deal of ti
and effort from .
The second reason is an issue with dry eyes. I believe writing all those chapters
while I was bedridden last year affected significantly, so I'm trying to give my eyes so rest now to avoid any permanent damage. Anyway things are still moving forward, and I'm doing my best to keep up with daily uploads as much as I can. I truly rely on your moral support, and I believe I'll return strongly to the level of publishing you're used to very soon ^^
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