Chapter 967: Ten-Step Method

Chapter 1

"Let's discuss the path to the tenth level elsewhere," they said.

Click.

Caroline and the Super Ancient God departed from the terminal, leaving the bewildered Piano behind.

*Why didn't they say it in front of me? I promise I can keep a secret!* The entire Piano felt utterly confused. *If they weren't going to tell me, why start the conversation at all?* His heart felt an unbearable itch. *The path to the tenth level... it's really the tenth level! Emperor Qi next door probably hasn't figured it out yet, has he?*

"Yes, I believe I've seen the path to the tenth level."

Caroline sighed, unable to suppress her thoughts. "In truth, if you hadn't spoken of it yourself, I would have once thought that the four-gene system was the universe's limit, the pinnacle of life. I've distinctly felt that four genes reach saturation, making it impossible to integrate a fifth gene."

Xu Zhi pondered this with a dazed expression.

So, when Emperor Qi, Caroline, and others broke through to the ninth level, they intuitively felt that they couldn't integrate a fifth gene?

Because a four-gene life form was already the universe's biological limit.

Then, how does one break through to the tenth level?

All ninth-level cultivators in the universe, having transcended laws, would have an inexplicable feeling that they could not break through further, believing they stood at the end of the Great Dao.

However, the tenth level, the five-gene life form, genuinely exists in this world...

For example, Xu Zhi's own genes indirectly represented a five-gene life form, proving its real existence in this world.

The Super Ancient God couldn't help but ask, "How do you think one can break the four-gene curse and mysteriously gain access to a legendary fifth gene slot?"

"Ever since witnessing the 'Genesis,' I've gradually found a general direction. Now, seeing this Piano of Truth and its ability to create entirely new laws... I'm starting to see clearly."

Caroline's brow smoothed out. "Yes, before, I was completely lost. If a tenth-level being can't integrate new external genes, how can they break through?

It seemed impossible to break through!

Does the tenth level truly exist? Yet, facts prove it does... Someone has already walked that path and become the most magnificent being in the universe. So, how does one break through to the tenth level? I couldn't imagine it.

I chose to consider another path. Based on previous patterns, every cultivation path progresses step by step.

If the ninth level is about twisting laws, then the tenth level must logically follow this progression.

When a law is twisted to its extreme, distorted beyond recognition, it becomes indistinguishable from a new cosmic law... Isn't that creating a law?"

"So, is the tenth level about creating laws? I once considered this, but I wasn't sure; I even found it suspicious. Perhaps that guess was wrong. If the tenth level is about creating laws, where does the fifth gene come from? The tenth level is clearly a five-gene life form... How does one integrate the fifth gene? How is that resolved?"

"However, I thought about it for a long time, and now, seeing the Piano of Truth, I've truly realized my logical fallacy. These two things—creating laws and the fifth gene slot—are actually one and the same, aren't they?"

"Yes."

Caroline took a deep breath.

"Yes, creating laws and the fifth gene slot are indeed the same thing. I've always thought: what is the essence of genes? What is the ultimate culmination of gene cultivation techniques?

It is law.

Every gene corresponds to the cultivation of a law system. Therefore, the fifth gene slot would correspond to a fifth law. Since no one can integrate it from the outside, then one must create a law..."

"The two concepts perfectly align, forming a flawless cycle, as if the truth of the universe is precisely this profound. Don't you agree?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Caroline's eyes shone brightly, her face filled with longing, as she presented her final conclusion:

"The ninth level, a four-gene life form, already represents the genetic limit of life in the natural world. To break through to the mysterious fifth gene, there is only one way:

Since one cannot integrate a new, external gene from outside, then one must create a new gene within one's own body! Forcibly pushing open the fifth gene slot! Am I correct?"

"Correct."

Xu Zhi was utterly stunned.

Such a method was simply incredible.

"Yes, that's precisely it..."

Caroline took a deep breath, her voice continuous, as if confiding or muttering to herself, "The path to the tenth level involves a grand fusion of the four gene systems and laws one has cultivated. Five laws converge, twisted to their extreme, creating a new law—the fifth gene slot.

This is equivalent to one's previous four bloodlines and their corresponding laws converging to form a truly ultimate bloodline, forcing open the fifth gene slot."

"And the tenth level is known as 'the end of the Great Dao'... This 'end of the Great Dao' doesn't actually refer to the Great Dao of the entire universe, but rather the end of one's own Great Dao—the convergence of the four systems one previously cultivated, forming a true grand unification, the culmination of one's lifelong cultivation of the 'Dao'!"

Hearing this, Xu Zhi's heart was already profoundly shaken.

So, the tenth level ultimate, the end of the Great Dao, referred to *this*?

Not the end of "all Daos" in the entire universe, because an individual life form cannot truly encompass the vast universe, but rather the end of "all Daos" cultivated throughout one's own life!

Caroline also took a deep breath, her gaze burning brightly, as if the curtain of a new era had fully opened, and the future path of cultivation had become perfectly clear.

Yes.

The tenth level is about creating laws.

Or rather, creating the fifth gene and forcing it into the fifth gene slot.

However, it differs from the existing "Piano of Truth." The Piano synthesizes a new cosmic law based on existing cosmic musical notes, a law belonging to another universe, part of the greater cosmos. But the tenth level is about creating one's own law based on the four laws one has cultivated, creating one's own...

End of the Great Dao.

This encompasses a lifetime's learning.

Four gene slots converging to form a new, fifth gene!

No wonder Emperor Qi was called the "bug hero nailed to the board." I didn't understand it before, but now, reflecting on it:

The path to the tenth level involves integrating a lifetime's knowledge, consolidating one's four genes, merging them into a new gene, and developing a corresponding new cultivation method...

Isn't that Emperor Qi's specialty?

No wonder he was destined to be the bug hero.

"Previously, I couldn't understand, but all these things you intentionally made us strive for are now clear... the Genesis, and now this Piano of Truth, gradually revealing the truth step by step."

Caroline looked at the Super Ancient God with reverence. "And you, you made us cultivate four genes, perfecting them completely before breaking through to the ninth level...

Now I understand your profound intentions.

Because if those first four genes aren't perfectly cultivated, there's no possibility of ever breaking through to the tenth level!"

The Super Ancient God was completely silent this time.

He looked at Caroline, whose eyes burned with excitement, and, moved, gently embraced her. "All of this is the result of your own efforts. I did nothing."

"You are too modest."

It seemed she had truly embarked on the path of the ninth level, with new rules, concepts, and understandings emerging... Did this also mean she was officially beginning her journey toward the ultimate tenth level of the universe?