Over the next week, Gu Ming and Cyan Treasure continuously tried to combine Origin Power with the Foundation Establishment Platform, aiming to transport all three elements in unison.

However, while the theory was simple, the actual execution was fraught with difficulties.

This was especially true for the Foundation Establishment Platform. They just couldn’t get the hang of manipulating the Divine Soul. It was as if a membrane was in the way; Cyan Treasure could feel it but couldn’t move it. Its Divine Soul was completely stuck.

Even with in-person, private guidance from the two teachers, they made no progress.

One must understand that the Divine Soul is the most mysterious and fragile part of any human or Pet Beast.

Anything involving the Divine Soul had to be handled with extreme caution.

The two teachers even used their personal resources to ask how a One-star Pet Beast could possibly transport its Divine Soul. The answer was always the same: impossible, a complete fantasy.

The Divine Soul was hardly something a One-star Pet Beast could tamper with.

Even for Spiritual Pet Beasts, it was a feat that required a Star Level of at least Two or Three-stars.

As for a non-Spiritual Pet Beast trying to move its Divine Soul using a Cultivation Technique or a Talent—no one had ever heard of such a thing succeeding.

Gu Ming consulted his family’s only Six-star Level Spirit Beast, Ma Tianba. Ma Tianba was a master of Life Power, and it learned that Gu Ming wanted to transport the Divine Soul to form a Life Seed.

It scoffed at the idea, believing it to be a crooked, unorthodox path.

Life Power could come from outside the body as well as from within.

Transporting one’s own Divine Soul was tantamount to partitioning a piece of it.

No matter how powerful such a move might be, using it would only make one weaker and weaker, eventually depleting all potential.

Ma Tianba advised Gu Ming against it. From a theoretical standpoint, this approach was completely wrong.

Gu Ming knew Ma Tianba was right, but he had a feeling that this was precisely how Origin Power was meant to be used.

Cyan Treasure couldn’t do it simply because its Star Level was too low. It had the idea but was limited by its physical condition, unable to bring it to fruition.

"I’m convinced that to use Origin Power, we have to move all three together."

"You’ll hurt it."

"There must be another way around this. Please, let’s all brainstorm together."

Gu Ming put his foot down, determined to see this path through to the end.

Ma Tianba couldn’t understand it. ’Gu Ming must have gone mad,’ it thought, ’his mind corrupted by that powerful Origin Power.’

The two teachers also felt Gu Ming was walking a tightrope. Anyone could see that this path was a dead end, at least at the One-star level.

’Two-stars? Maybe it would be possible then.’

But Cyan Treasure wasn’t a Spiritual Pet Beast, so it didn’t have that advantage.

Little did they know, the pillar supporting Gu Ming’s conviction was the increase in Experience Points from his system.

He had discovered that although the theoretical cultivation of the Earth Shifting Technique had hit a bottleneck, discussing the difficulties with everyone also increased Cyan Treasure’s experience with the technique.

The key was that it added a significant amount—thousands of points after every discussion.

And the later the stage of a Cultivation Technique’s training, the more experience it required.

Gaining thousands of experience points at once was a clear sign that Gu Ming was on the right path!

Otherwise, the experience wouldn’t have increased.

Seeing Gu Ming so insistent, the others could only play along.

After all, the series of Cultivation Techniques Gu Ming had created, along with the recent Foundation Establishment Evolution Method, all proved he had a keen instinct for such techniques and a powerful creative ability.

As the saying goes, a person half a step ahead of their time is a genius; a person one step ahead is a madman.

Gu Ming’s current state was a bit like that of a madman. Perhaps he really was one step ahead, seeing a future possibility hidden from everyone else.

Ma Tianba recalled the Nine-Colored Holy Light that had descended from the Hall of the Great Dao. Even now, it had never revealed that it was nine-colored, always referring to it as seven-colored instead.

Since Gu Ming was so insistent, it decided to join the brainstorming sessions, pondering how to use the Foundation Establishment Platform to enhance the efficacy of the Earth Shifting Technique and expand its target to the level of the Divine Soul.

Ma Tianba itself hadn’t managed to cultivate Origin Power, which showed just how much it coveted it.

「Monday night.」

Lu You, as Mouse Treasure’s master, was also invited to the brainstorming session.

Although she couldn’t speak, her mind never stopped contemplating Cultivation Techniques.

Whenever she had an inspiration, she would write it on a piece of paper and pass it to Gu Ming.

When Mouse Treasure used Earth Shifting, it meditated on the power of the earth and transported the "soil" beneath its feet.

This "soil" wasn’t literal soil but a metaphor for all sorts of things.

Theoretically, the Divine Soul could also be a target for transportation.

Since Cyan Treasure couldn’t do it at its current stage, perhaps the object of its meditation needed to change.

Lu You offered a small suggestion: Cyan Treasure could try to Visualize a different Daoist Skill Realm. Anything related to transportation was worth a try.

Gu Ming received the note with her cultivation insights, and before his brain could even fully process it, the system chimed in with a notification of ten thousand experience points.

[You have engaged in a deep discussion with a classmate with severe social anxiety about the pros and cons of the Earth Shifting Technique and discovered the array reform it lacks. Perhaps you could try inserting a transportation-type array to strengthen the Cultivation Technique’s abilities.]

[Earth Shifting Technique Experience +10,000]

[Time Dragon Cyan Treasure has synchronized with your epiphany. It has experienced a great enlightenment in the Earth Shifting Technique, reaching the Master Level of proficiency!]

Gu Ming was astonished.

Lu You had suggested changing the Visualization Image, but the system mentioned adding an Array.

The two suggestions were clearly different. What the system said was probably the right direction.

Changing the Visualization Image would alter the Cultivation Technique’s core concept, requiring a complete overhaul of its circulation path and more.

Lu You’s method might have been successful, but actually implementing it was not something that could be completed in a mere month.

The path of Arrays was indeed a clever shortcut for achieving quick results.

"I have an idea," Gu Ming said. "We could insert an Array into the Earth Shifting Technique, just like with the Cyan Pine Skill."

As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.

It wasn’t that they were shocked.

With the precedent set by the Cyan Pine Skill, they were mentally prepared for such an idea. It was just that no one knew how to walk that path.

After all, Cultivation Techniques like the Cyan Pine Skill, which involved carving an array inside the brain, were far too novel. Gu Ming’s was the only one in the entire world.

Perhaps some reclusive, powerful experts were researching Brain Arrays in secret.

But Gu Ming was the only Beastmaster to publicly research Brain Arrays.

"If we were to carve a Transportation Array in Cyan Treasure’s brain, it might just be possible. The difficulty would be much lower."

Teacher Zhang rubbed his chin with both hands, a rare gesture for him.

He couldn’t refute what his student said, because he was also practicing the Cyan Pine Skill and had recently succeeded in reaching the Entry Level.

After reaching the Entry Level, the first thing he felt was how incredibly smooth and satisfying it was to cultivate this kind of Spiritual Technique that had an array in the brain.

One could say that reaching the Entry Level for this kind of technique was difficult, but once you crossed that threshold, your cultivation progress would soar.

As long as one had enough spiritual recovery supplements, one could easily cultivate several times a day.

If this kind of Spiritual Technique were to be popularized, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Besides, the difficulty of entry was only relative for the creator of the technique.

If the Visualization Image was well-made, the cultivation threshold for those who came after could be lowered significantly.

But to get back to the point, before such a Cultivation Technique was perfected, one would either become a founding master or a complete failure.

"Are you sure you want to let Cyan Treasure try this?" Teacher Zhong asked.

Ma Tianba snorted twice in quick succession, letting out an excited neigh.

’This is it! Yes, this is absolutely right!’

It didn’t think Cyan Treasure would just drop dead from carving an array in its brain.

After all, with a healing expert like itself around, there was no way it would let anything happen to Cyan Treasure’s body.

As for damage to its Divine Soul, so what?

Cultivation was inherently an act of defying the heavens. How could one not get injured in the process?

A damaged Divine Soul was just another hurdle on the path of cultivation.

If it couldn’t overcome it, then that was its fate.

After all, it was just a Little Cyan Snake. If it could make this leap, it would be like a fish leaping over the Dragon Gate, ascending to become a true Flood Dragon.

Ma Tianba was the most enthusiastic one in the group, its excitement practically radiating onto Gu Ming’s face.