Elias sat back, his frustration shifting into something else. Confusion? Genuine uncertainty? Both were unfamiliar states for someone who'd spent decades optimizing every aspect of his cultivation.
"You're saying I have to... what? Stop thinking logically?"
"No." Archon shook his head. "Logic remains your tool. But you must also exist in states where logic breaks down. You must embrace contradiction without resolving it. You must hold in your mind simultaneously: 'I understand infinity' and 'I cannot understand infinity,' and accept that both are true."
The echo stood again and walked to one of the crystalline trees, placing a translucent hand on its surface.
"When I achieved 100%, I did not gain new knowledge. I did not suddenly comprehend some hidden aspect of infinity I'd missed. I simply... stopped seeking completion. And in that moment of accepting that completion was impossible, I became complete."
Archon turned back to Elias.
