Those memories on the blue planet scattered into countless fragments, yet they were the most interesting and easiest to understand. The written language learned in that world was exactly the same as that of the Empire, and even some traditions, customs, and culture had similarities. But there were far more differences. In terms of development, the two had clearly diverged fundamentally, leading the two worlds down completely opposite paths.

However, Brian Grant discovered points of convergence in the development of the two worlds; though their inner meanings might be entirely different, their outward forms were strikingly similar.

Ever since the Western sage James Watt advocated for the standardization and streamlining of cultivation five hundred years ago, the once-declining West developed at a rapid pace. Their standardized units of measurement were even promoted worldwide. Traditional units like chi and zhang were eliminated, replaced by precise measurements such as light-years, kilometers, meters, centimeters, tons, kilograms, and grams.

There was also the establishment of the Skynet, the operation methods of Skynet’s websites, and so on—all bearing a remarkable resemblance to that other world. In this memory, Brian Grant could surmise that the sage James Watt from five hundred years ago might have sensed the advancements of that world through a convergence of time and space, and after making improvements, introduced them to this world. As a result, systematic theories rapidly increased the power of the Western world.

To this day, although the once-dominant Great Qin Empire still possessed profound heritage, it had fallen a step behind in this wave of change. The glory of its former supremacy was no more.

With these memories, Brian Grant could now view his own world from an incredibly novel perspective. This expansion of thought was truly invaluable.

The scripture chanted by the old monk in yellow was actually a supreme divine art called “Wuxiang Divine Radiance.” Though the scripture contained only tens of thousands of words, every word was a gem, pointing directly to the Great Dao. As wonderful as this divine art was, it was clearly not something that Brian Grant, with his mere Qi Refining cultivation, could practice.

Even so, the method of Wuxiang Divine Radiance seemed to be engraved upon Brian Grant’s very soul. With just a thought, the tens of thousands of golden, radiant words of Wuxiang Divine Radiance would appear in his sea of consciousness.

Each golden, shining character emitted a gentle, luminous aura. The tens of thousands of golden characters seemed almost alive. Whenever Brian Grant focused on a particular golden character, it would convey all its meaning to him. For Brian Grant, the profound and mysterious Wuxiang Divine Radiance revealed all its secrets to him.

Brian Grant had a feeling that those golden characters were merely a manifestation—the true Wuxiang Divine Radiance technique had already completely merged with his soul, inseparable from it. Because of this, Brian Grant felt an unbreakable, blood-deep connection to these techniques.

Meanwhile, the silver sword intent transmitted from the silver-eyed man transformed into a silver longsword, quietly suspended in the deepest part of his sea of consciousness.

The silver longsword had three ridges on each side of the blade, dividing it into eight sharp edges. This was the eight-edged Han sword design used by George Washington, the founder of the Illusory Demon Realm. The silver longsword was ancient, upright, elegant, and solemn.

Although it merely floated quietly in Brian Grant’s sea of consciousness, its majestic, kingly aura made Brian Grant feel an urge to bow in worship. The slender blade and sharp edge fully displayed the sword’s domineering power to cut through all things.

The first time Brian Grant sensed the longsword formed by supreme sword intent, the overwhelming sword aura that could sweep all before it trembled slightly, and the vast sword intent that could tear the universe instantly shattered his soul into countless pieces. Even though Brian Grant’s soul had undergone a qualitative transformation, he was still unqualified to look directly at this sword.

However, with his soul fused with Wuxiang Divine Radiance, it was now clear and resilient. As long as even a fragment remained in his sea of consciousness, he could be reborn at any time. If not for his soul’s power being enhanced a hundredfold and protected by Wuxiang Divine Radiance, Brian Grant might truly have been ground to dust by the sword intent. Realizing the danger of that sword intent, Brian Grant wisely gave up on studying it further.

After sorting everything out, Brian Grant slowly awakened from that wondrous state. It was at this moment that Brian Grant heard someone knocking at the door.

Brian Grant noticed that he was still in the same appearance as when he killed, and was startled. He hurriedly took off the Hundred Illusions Armor, changed all his clothes from inside out, tidied up the room, and then opened the door to welcome Linda Parker and George Miller inside.

Although Linda Parker was rather inexperienced, George Miller had a sharp eye. He kept observing every detail, but unfortunately, all the incriminating items were hidden behind the Lingguang Mirror. With the special divine script concealment array, even a Jindan-level expert would have a hard time discovering anything, let alone someone like George Miller at the Qi Refining stage.

The arrival of the enforcers was not unexpected for Brian Grant. With such a sensational case, even the slightest suspicion would not be overlooked. The two enforcers were merely conducting a routine inspection, which was perfectly normal procedure.

The sudden arrival of the two enforcers left Brian Grant with no time to study the new changes within his soul.

After receiving the power of that prayer bead, Brian Grant felt his soul become solid and clear, with a faint, radiant light of the soul shining through. Judging by the changes in his soul, Brian Grant felt he had made a fundamental breakthrough.