With the significant consumption of Qingguang, Gu Jinlai seemed to stand at the core surrounded by the three thousand Great Dao with the mindset of another person. Here, he could clearly "see" the outlines of the Three Thousand Daoist Ancestors. They were located in the deepest part of the Heart of the Cosmic, as if maintaining the fundamental operations of the universe, yet also seemed to be doing something else. Due to only being outlines, and not clear, he did not know what exactly the Three Thousand Daoist Ancestors were doing, nor the true meaning of their repeated cleansing. "Amidst the vast starry sky, the number of Immortal Golden Immortals is neither few nor many. Tens of thousands for the Human Clan, and the other five strongest races likely don’t exceed a million. Adding lower-level species and individuals representing backward civilizations, it’s estimated to reach tens of millions and just over ten thousand per Great Dao..." This is not an astonishing number. But then he realized, Immortal Golden Immortals are truly immortal beings with limitless longevity, kept at this number due to the regular cleansing by Daoist Ancestors. If Daoist Ancestors ignore the Immortal Golden Immortals... Immortal Golden Immortals living for tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions of years, easily living as long as the universe itself. By then, the number of Immortal Golden Immortals accumulated on each Great Dao would reach a terrifying degree. "Fifteenth Rank Divine Sense, standing here, ’seeing’ clearly the outlines of Daoist Ancestors, is the limit of Divine Sense, any further..." At this moment, Gu Jinlai had already obtained the Innate Star River Map. Originally he thought that the Heart of Silent Annihilation had the ability for a Great Power to maintain consumption and recovery cycles, living permanently in the depths of the Heart of the Cosmic. But as he continued to comprehend the Innate Star River Map, he found that this was not the case. The key difference between the Silent Annihilation Realm and the Realm of Eternal Life lies not in the strength or resilience of Divine Sense, but in a kind of computation power. The speed of thought operation. Moreover, through descriptions of Great Powers on the Innate Star River Map, he understood that apart from Spiritual Realm, the most important things a Great Power has over a Great Immortal Venerable are wisdom and accumulated knowledge. For those with talent, this wisdom and knowledge accumulation feedback into the Spiritual Realm, thus accelerating breakthroughs of Spiritual Realm. For those without talent, vast wisdom and knowledge accumulation becomes a heavy burden, dragging down a Great Immortal Venerable, making it forever impossible to reach the Silent Annihilation Realm. This so-called talent is known as perception. In essence, it also belongs to a kind of computation power. Googlᴇ search 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱 However, perception tends to be a flash of inspiration, while computation power is tangibly the speed of thought operation. "Putting aside perception and computation power, accumulating a wealth of wisdom and knowledge often requires a long time and years. Yet, each Great Immortal Venerable essentially lacks much time to waste, akin to being trapped in a vicious cycle." No wonder, despite Great Powers having methods to evade the cleansing by Daoist Ancestors, they haven’t surpassed Great Immortal Venerables in numbers. After all, becoming a Great Power is incredibly difficult. "Perception, too elusive! But the essence of perception is turning the unknown into the known through a flash of inspiration. If a lifeform can achieve omniscience and omnipotence, then perception is meaningless to them. But, what vast quantity of knowledge does omniscience and omnipotence represent? And, to utilize such vast amounts of knowledge, what level of thought operation speed, hence computation power, is required?" Gu Jinlai’s expression became solemn. The Innate Star River Map recorded methods for training and enhancing thought operation speed, but their effects were generally mediocre. They require extraordinarily long years to endure. Like the constant iteration of quantum computers; no matter how fast the iteration, it still takes time. A breakthrough in technology can be realized. This breakthrough does not imply advancing from Great Power to top-tier Great Power, nor from the Sixteenth Rank Spirit to Seventeenth Rank, but directly breaking through to a higher realm, from Honorable Daoist to Daoist Ancestor. Yet this step is unreachable for everyone. Since the history of the Human Clan, no one has heard of breakthroughs to the Daoist Ancestor Realm. "Great Power... evidently not a correct realm, like the Divine Spirit System, fearing the cleansing by Daoist Ancestors, scared of falling, thus taking the path of ’Silent Annihilation’ to evade Daoist Ancestors’ cleansing." Gu Jinlai reflected carefully. This is a path with no future, no prospects. Presumably, Great Powers understand this too, hence, even though they stand at the peak of the Cosmic, they haven’t slackened or rested, repeatedly venturing deep into the Heart of the Cosmic, searching for the path ahead. "There should be Great Powers exploring the Daoist Ancestor realm in the Fire Cloud Palace, an Overlord-level force." Gu Jinlai contemplated a while: "Looks like truly breaking through as a Great Power requires immersing in the Fire Cloud Palace." Upon this thought, his Divine Sense slightly trembled, withdrawing from this third person-like perspective, quickly drifting out of the Heart of the Cosmic, crossing the boundless starry sky, and finally landing on a starship drifting amidst the starry space. On the starship, Gu Jinlai opened his eyes. Even though he had experienced this scenario many times, he still felt somewhat in a daze. The actions of refining Divine Sense deep in the Heart of the Cosmic always seemed to be happening in some parallel timeline. Those Qingguang merely helped him reenact these already occurred events, enabling him to complete integration and recollection. Gu Jinlai focused his Divine Sense on the Qing Lian in the spiritual world. The Qing Lian swayed, having grown many lotus leaves, looking increasingly noble and magnificent. "Could it really be the legendary Creation Divine Artifact." Above the Immortal Artifact, there is the Supreme Immortal Artifact. Above the Supreme Immortal Artifact, there is the Supreme Immortal Device. Further above the Supreme Immortal Device, there is the Creation Divine Artifact. What is the Creation Divine Artifact!? Anything that can suppress the destiny of a clan is a Creation Divine Artifact. Why can the Human Clan, Mechanical People, Innate Sacred, Star Spirits, and others be called the Six Strongest Races!? It’s because these six races possess the Creation Divine Artifact! Other races, even those like the Feather Spirit Clan, Void Crystal Race, Dimensional Giant Beasts, among others, have Great Powers overseeing them, but without a Creation Divine Artifact to suppress destiny, they remain below the Six Strongest Races. The Human Clan’s Creation Divine Artifact is held by the Creation Immortal Dynasty that occupies the Creation Star Sea. This force, which has birthed six Great Powers, is also the strongest force within the Human Clan. This is evident from their exclusive hold over the Creation Star Sea. "The Creation Divine Artifacts, also known as Destiny Divine Artifacts, are born from the destiny of the cosmos, or rather, the supreme treasures innately nurtured by the cosmos, unable to be created by any external force... Since the birth of the universe, only nine Creation Divine Artifacts have been nurtured, among which six have fallen into the hands of the Six Strongest Races, while the other three, two are destroyed, and one is in the hands of the Solo Wanderer, Supreme Powerhouses Yuan Yi." Gu Jinlai recalled some information about the Creation Divine Artifact in his mind. That’s all the information there is. Any data concerning the Creation Divine Artifact is absolutely confidential, not a bit is revealed externally. Even among the Human Clan, it’s feared that even the Immortal Venerables cannot learn the true divinity of the Creation Divine Artifact, only knowing they are the cornerstone ensuring the Human Clan remains one of the Six Strongest Races. The various miracles of Qing Lian inevitably made Gu Jinlai think of the Creation Divine Artifact. "Among the nine Creation Divine Artifacts nurtured by the cosmos, two were shattered in the struggle among Great Powers. Qing Lian’s divinity seems to gradually recover... Could it be that some Great Power obtained this item, then transformed Blue Star into a place of reincarnation with plans to use this item as a revival opportunity to achieve the Supreme Powerhouses Realm in the future!?" Gu Jinlai speculated. The gap between Great Powers is smaller than that among ordinary Immortal Venerables, top-tier Immortal Venerables, and Great Immortal Venerables. Even a Great Power with a Spirit Level at the Eighteenth Rank does not have the assurance of killing a Great Power at the Sixteenth Rank. Unless they overpower with numbers while the opponent is weak. But those possessing the Creation Divine Artifact, claiming to be Supreme Powerhouses, are exceptions. They truly have the capability to kill Great Powers. Though it requires more effort. After his mind churned for a while, Gu Jinlai finally soothed his emotions. Whether it’s the Creation Divine Artifact or Supreme Powerhouses, they are far beyond his reach. Currently, he is merely a top-tier Immortal Venerable at the Fifteenth Rank in Spirit. The Fifth method of Great Dao hasn’t even been chosen yet. Moreover, the Supreme Immortal Artifact that Immortal Venerables ought to have isn’t equipped yet. There’s still a long way to go. "Step by step, according to my original plan, first purchase a Supreme Immortal Artifact, then use it as a gimmick to reveal the Divine Sense Ability at the Twelfth Rank, exchange the Merit gained from exterminating hundreds of Divine Spirits for another Supreme Immortal Artifact, barely compensating for this shortfall, in the meantime, select the new Great Dao I wish to cultivate, then completely enter the Great Immortal Venerable Domain." Gu Jinlai made a brief plan. Supreme Immortal Artifact! They are considered strategic materials anywhere. Yet, several such forces sell these treasures within the cosmos. Among them, there is one within the Human Clan territory. Cosmic Light Commerce. "I have already checked the information; Cosmic Light Commerce has a small auction every cultivation cycle and a large auction every era, with the next large auction occurring in one hundred eighty years." Considering the high price of Supreme Immortal Artifacts... Gu Jinlai thought it would be best to collect more Immortal Artifacts over these one hundred eighty years. As for the method of collecting Immortal Artifacts... The Divine Spirits in the Ten Thousand Gods Realm more or less have one or two friends. While exterminating Divine Spirits, he also extracted clues about other Divine Spirits from some of their mouths. Although not every Divine Spirit can provide him with effective clues, he remains undeterred because he has exterminated so many Divine Spirits. Thinking of this, Gu Jinlai didn’t waste time further, took out the Star Map to cross-reference briefly, and quickly took action. Upon knowing the general location of that Divine Spirit, then relying on the Heavenly Light Mirror as his artifact... Few Divine Spirits can evade his search. Under such relentless hunting, one hundred eighty years passed in a flash. He also embarked on the journey to Cosmic Light Commerce, carrying a vast collection of Immortal Artifacts he had gathered.