Only by watching the process of solving a problem and thinking while watching it, then writing down the method and doing several similar problems on your own, can you truly make that method your own.
What Luo Fan was doing now followed the same logic.
Very quickly, three days passed.
A notification of task completion sounded in Luo Fan's mind.
However, he ignored it and continued digesting his insights.
A few more days quietly went by.
After sitting cross-legged for a long time, Luo Fan finally opened his eyes.
At this moment, he had found the state of mind that suited him.
The completion notification also meant that his cultivation in mental state had reached the first realm of state-of-mind cultivation.
He did not walk the same path as Hong, Thor, or Luo Feng.
Hong and Thor had lived through the Great Nirvana Period.
And Luo Feng had grown up constantly learning about Earth, a world heading toward devouring.
All three had experienced times similar to the end of the world.
But Luo Fan was different.
He had crossed over here.
When he had just arrived in this world, he felt utterly out of place.
After all, he was a transmigrator.
And he had arrived in the Swallowed Star he had known so well.
At first, he treated everything with a playful mindset.
After all, he had known since childhood that he would become the older brother of the future City Lord Luo.
If he had talent, he could go on an adventure.
But he ultimately discovered that he did not have much talent.
So he changed his thinking.
He planned to wait until he had countless lifespans in the future, then freely explore the universe.
After all, he was destined to never age, never die, and never be destroyed.
So in this world, he had always carried a playful attitude.
Even after obtaining the system, that did not change.
After all, only by becoming stronger could he witness a broader world.
If he remained only an ordinary Immortal, it would be difficult to see the sights of the Extraterritorial Battlefield, the Universe Ocean, or the Original Star.
As a transmigrator, since he had been given this chance, naturally he wanted to see all those places.
And in the Swallowed Star, besides the Original Universe, there were many other places.
Origin Continent, the Three Thousand Universe Oceans.
And even those were only one Source World.
There were countless such Source Worlds.
After obtaining the system, Luo Fan developed the desire to visit other worlds.
Becoming stronger was merely a means to that end.
Besides wanting to see the world, Luo Fan also wanted true freedom.
Not the freedom to do whatever he wished, but the freedom to refuse what he did not want to do.
For example, he did not want to see half of Earth occupied by aliens.
These things required strength to support.
So Luo Fan began to grow stronger.
As he strengthened himself, he could see a broader world.
At this moment, he understood his true heart.
His heart was not like a blade or like a mirror; those did not suit him, as they were far too extreme.
He was not possessed of a childlike heart, nor was he Yin-Yang balanced, nor one with Heaven and Man. His worldview had long been formed, and he could not reach such states, nor did he desire them.
He also was not accepting of all things. He was selfish, and he did not want himself or those around him to be wronged.
He only wanted to act according to his heart, to see all the worlds, to live freely.
After thinking about it, he felt his state of mind should be named: All Phenomena Are but a Play, and I Remain Free.
At the moment he named his state of mind, a new entry appeared on his system panel.
[State of Mind: All Phenomena Are but a Play, and I Remain Free (First Layer)]
Then Luo Fan looked at his task rewards.
He claimed them immediately.
His beginner-level will talent maxed out and became intermediate-level will talent.
It was somewhat wasteful.
If the excess beginner-level will talent could be converted into intermediate-level talent, it would have been perfect.
As for the Reincarnation Fruit, that was much more precious.
It allowed one to undergo reincarnation.
Moreover, the stronger one's mental state and will, the more cycles of reincarnation one could endure, and the greater the gains would be.
If one's state of mind and will were too weak, one would lose their true self after reincarnation.
The system even specifically warned him that without reaching Immortal-level will, it was not recommended to use it.
Luo Fan was definitely someone who listened to advice.
After all, good advice feeds you well.
Now that his state of mind and will had both improved, Luo Fan wanted to test how many soul beads he could withstand now.
He created a task.
[Task: Shatter and repair the main body's soul ten times. Reward: State-of-Mind Insight +10, Will Cultivation +0.00001%]
Seeing the task reward, Luo Fan fell silent.
Good grief, after reaching the World Master level, using a single Universe-level soul bead only raised his will this tiny bit.
The efficiency was far too low.
Luo Fan planned to let his soul transform to its limit, then stop using soul beads temporarily.
Soon he discovered that even his main body could now withstand two Domain Lord-level soul beads in a row, or twenty Universe-level soul beads.
And his Space Worm clone could withstand five Domain Lord-level soul beads.
After all, not only had his will improved, but his state-of-mind cultivation had risen as well.
So in the days that followed, Luo Fan used soul beads while comprehending law insights.
He even created some incarnations to help hunt Chaos Beasts, earning soul beads through tasks.
After all, he still had quite a shortage of soul beads.
During this period, Luo Fan also attended lectures held by some King-level Immortals and even some Venerables.
However, no Venerable had yet offered to take Luo Fan as a disciple.
Because the Tideblade King actually had a teacher.
The pseudo-treasure Tideblade carried by the Tideblade King had been given to him by his teacher.
The Tide God Blade was a replica crafted by the Tideblade King's teacher, modeled after the Tideblade.
Back then, the Tideblade King had played the Tide God Blade to an extraordinary level, which was why he had been accepted as a disciple.
However, Luo Fan's never-before-met grandmaster was currently in seclusion.
He had been in seclusion for thousands of eras.
Luo Fan had learned unintentionally that his grandmaster was actually a Universe Overlord. (TL/N: Universe Overlord is the peak of Universe Venerable stage. You can check the auxiliary chapter or the wiki for more info)
So no one else attempted to take him as a disciple.
Among Immortals, no one was more suitable to teach Luo Fan than the Tideblade King.
As for Venerables, they could not compare to the Tideblade King's teacher.
And they did not wish to lower their seniority for no reason.
So during Luo Fan's time attending lectures in Chaos City, none of the powerful experts showed any intention of accepting him as a disciple.
But for now, the Tideblade King was more than enough.
After all, he was also an invincible King-level expert.
In truth, the main reason no one tried to recruit Luo Fan was because he had not attempted the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Passing the fourth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge would have made King-level experts fight to take him as a disciple.
However, the eyes of Venerables were set much higher.
Luo Fan had not yet reached the level where a Venerable would willingly lower their seniority just to take him as a disciple.
After all, seniority in the universe was also extremely chaotic.
But if Luo Fan's talent reached the required height, those Venerables would not care about such things at all.
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