Chen Zhixing had always been curious about how he had lost his thought incarnations. He had considered that the Spirit Realm was simply too dangerous, or even that it was targeting him as a Longevity Master from the Celestial Profound Realm, but he never thought that the rules of the Spirit Realm were different from those of the Celestial Profound.

Ice spirit ancient tomb.

Thirty-odd residual thought incarnations gathered together, forming monsters resembling the Lamp God from stories.

Thirty-four Lamp Gods had to face the siege of thousands of beast-shaped, zombie-shaped, semi-transformed, and various other monsters. If it were not for the complex terrain within the ice spirit ancient tomb, and the fact that a complete Venus Fierce Ghost roamed inside hunting other monsters, these thirty-four thought incarnations would not have survived.

"The twisted rules of the Spirit Realm are more complicated than our main body previously thought. The patterns we anticipated never materialized. Upon arriving in the Spirit Realm, the many Great Tao practices we cultivated became limited, resulting in our current state."

"Are you talking about this Starlight?"

"Yes, you can touch it."

"Alright."

The newly joined thought incarnation clicked, and suddenly... a bizarre interface appeared before his eyes.

...

[Identity: Star Tao Residual Soul]

[Affiliation: Star Monarch Tao]

[Tao Practice: 3.7]

[Mana: 2]

[Magic: Starlight Attack]

[Starlight Attack: Consume one mana to summon Starlight to gather and attack your enemies.]

[Evaluation: A residual soul from the mortal world, wandering aimlessly into the Cangxuan Spirit Realm.]

...

"What is this thing? A game interface?"

"This is a product of the Star Realm's rules."

"This is a game interface, and a crude one at that. No familiar stats are displayed, not even labeled attack or defense, and there's no life bar, just Tao Practice and Mana. Is this a simplified version for the Spirit Realm?"

"You can think of Tao Practice as attack power, mana as the energy bar, and magic as a basic attack."

"What about the life bar?"

"..."

"Why is everyone silent... You're scaring me!"

"..."

"Impossible."

"Just as you imagined, we are simply the thought of someone else. One touch from another monster, and we're dead. Where would we have a life bar?"

"What about the other Golden Nature... monsters?"

The silence persisted.

All thirty-four thought incarnations remained silent together.

The ominous feeling in the heart of the newly joined thought grew more intense until a mummy-like monster appeared at the entrance of the ancient tomb.

...

[Identity: Fire Tao Spirit Monster (Incomplete)]

[Affiliation: Unknown]

[Tao Practice: 4]

[Longevity: 13996/14232]

[Mana: 13/14]

[Magic: Spiritual Fire Shield, Flame Rain, Fireball Skill.]

[Evaluation: A type of Spirit Realm creature produced by dispersed Golden Nature fragments nurtured in the Spirit Realm over a hundred years.]

...

"Uh, don't tell me that Longevity is its life bar...."

"I'm very sorry, but that's the truth. Moreover, this is just the weakest level. Previously, we saw a true Golden Nature incarnation in this ancient tomb, that guy's life had three more zeros."

"Over a million?"

"And it can regenerate, though the mechanism is unknown."

"What the hell!"

The newly joined thought incarnation cursed. What kind of hellish starting point is this!

His mindset collapsed instantly!

You hit someone, and they lose a few drops of blood, but if they sneeze on you, you're finished.

How are we supposed to play this Spirit Realm game?!

"Don't despair yet. Remember, we are just thoughts for now. What we need to do is figure out the rules of the Spirit Realm, and when our main body arrives, we'll give him all this knowledge."

".....So, how do we survive?"

"Hide."

"Find thighs to hug."

"See if we can level up by fighting monsters!"

"Let's merge; maybe if we merge, the template will normalize...."

"Dig a pit and bury ourselves. We don't have longevity constraints, so we won't die, but we must combat the daily hunger and madness of thought. Hmm, previously, seven companions self-destructed because they couldn't endure these."

"Uh... let's rethink fighting.... with at least ten thousand life points, how can we even scratch the surface!!!"

The mindset of the newly joined thought incarnation collapsed again.

...

The bizarre nature of the Spirit Realm was beyond Chen Zhixing's imagination.

The original world of cultivation suddenly turned into a game attribute template, which would cause anyone to break down.

But if considered from a realistic perspective, the person who created this system back then surely deliberated over turning the Spirit Realm into its current form.

The initial reason for the Spirit Realm's appearance was to allow people to continue living!

Afraid of death, they raised the life cap and lowered attack power infinitely, making it impossible for even the strongest to kill the weak in a short time. Moreover, it constrained the strong from wanton slaughter since too many weaklings could swamp even the strongest by numbers.

First talk about survival, then discuss dominance!

From the investigations by thought incarnations during this period, creatures with longevity over ten thousand are merely bottom-tier monsters from scattered Golden Nature fragments. True Golden Nature creatures have life starting well into the millions.

A point of longevity equals a day's life, and each day lived reduces that lifespan by one correspondingly.

The expression changes from [10000/10000] to [9999/9999] rather than [9999/10000].

The former is a life bar, which can be replenished through ways the thought incarnations cannot grasp, while the latter is actual lifespan.

What left many thought incarnations speechless was that true Golden Life entities, despite having millions of longevity, also have single-digit Tao Practice.

You hit me, I lose a few drops of blood, and I hit you, the same happens.

Plus, mana constraints ensure attacks require mana consumption...

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