159: Under the lens

Inside the core meditation chamber, time seemed to stand still.

Brian's consciousness was highly focused; facing this mere thirty-second experience with the law lens, he had to make the wisest choice.

Numerous options rapidly circulated and were eliminated in his mind.

Linghe Meditation Technique? A fundamental cultivation method, involving the essence of spirit, too grand, likely little to be gained in thirty seconds.

heart of the source energy model? Too high-level, like a primary school student looking at relativity equations; in thirty seconds, he wouldn't even recognize all the symbols.

Level 4 Railgun? The structure was relatively clear, and its power was considerable, but he had already mastered it, so improvement might be limited.

Finally, his gaze locked onto the strongest offensive method he currently possessed, and also the first breakthrough spell he had created — the Level 5 Breakthrough Railgun!

This spell was the crystallization of his knowledge, wisdom, and luck; its power far exceeded that of its peers, even touching upon the mysteries of breakthrough.

The inherent characteristics within it, such as penetration, kinetic energy, and electromagnetic conversion, were very likely connected to deeper law 脈絡.

Observing it might allow him to understand the true meaning of breakthrough and how to apply this understanding to his own cultivation advancement.

At the same time, an even stronger thought drove him —

He wanted to know if a Level 6 spell could also achieve breakthrough?

Would the end of breakthrough inevitably lead to contact with laws?

Would the twenty million spell scale, which exceeded the Level 6 limit, naturally give rise to the 雏形 of laws?

This law lens might give him the answer, or at least, a direction!

"Target: Level 5 Breakthrough Railgun spell model!"

Brian no longer hesitated and issued the command to the unfolding light screen.

In an instant, the three strange symbols on the light screen suddenly lit up.

An invisible, trans-dimensional gaze projected out, enveloping the complex Level 5 Railgun spell model in Brian's spiritual sea.

The thirty-second countdown began!

In the first second, Brian's perspective was completely overturned.

In his perception, the familiar spell model, composed of energy lines and runic structures, disappeared!

In its place was a dynamic network woven from countless extremely tiny "strings" (yes, strings from string theory) or "lines," flashing with various colors!

These lines were not static; they vibrated, intertwined, and resonated at specific frequencies.

The area representing the [Magnetic Field Rune Group] was composed of countless tightly arranged, synchronously vibrating blue light strings;

The area representing the [Phase Shift Acceleration Rune Group] was even more complex, constantly undergoing short-distance flashes and reconnections of silver light strings;

And the area representing the [Mass-Energy Conversion Summoning Rune Group] was filled with chaotic light vortices where the boundaries between matter and energy were blurred... Each rune group corresponded to a cluster of light strings with specific frequencies and colors.

In the tenth second, his consciousness was forcibly focused on the core of the breakthrough — the aggregated resonance node triggered by the [Multiple Rune Combination Group].

Here, he saw a phenomenon that transcended simple energy superposition:

Twelve independent law 脈絡 intersected and interfered with each other in an exquisitely precise manner, instantly forming a temporary, higher-level composite structure!

This structure was like a special key, temporarily prying open the underlying rules of the realm sea, causing an exponential leap in energy output!

He understood!

Breakthrough was not simply an amplification of energy, but rather, under specific conditions, the spell model itself formed a rule singularity, triggering the resonance and blessing of world rules!

In the twentieth second, with a shocking understanding of the essence of breakthrough, his vision attempted to delve deeper.

He vaguely perceived that the electromagnetic, kinetic, and spatial 脈絡 constituting this spell seemed to have a theoretical limit to their vibration intensity and complexity, which might be the power ceiling of a conventional Level 6 spell (20 million spell scale).

However, in the deepest part where those 脈絡 intertwined, he caught a fleeting glimpse of some even more obscure, more fundamental "roots" that seemed to support the existence of the current 脈絡.

When the complexity and energy level of a spell model reached a certain critical value, could it touch and temporarily activate these roots, thereby drawing upon deeper power and achieving a Level 6 breakthrough?

The answer was: possibly!

But the difficulty far exceeded that of Level 5!

It required not the extreme of a single 脈絡, but the synergy and sublimation of multiple 脈絡 at a higher level, even requiring active definition of a temporary, localized rule!

In the last five seconds, a massive amount of information fragments washed over his consciousness, mixed with a glimmer of realization:

Power beyond the limit itself would not naturally give rise to laws, but it was very likely the threshold or catalyst for activating or manifesting some latent law phenomenon.

Just as sufficiently high temperature and pressure do not create nuclear fusion, but can trigger it.

"Buzz—!"

Thirty seconds were up!

The light screen dissipated, and the reward was exhausted.

Brian abruptly closed his eyes; the intense information overload made his head throb, but in his spiritual sea, it was as if a thunderclap had exploded!

The Level 5 peak barrier that had hindered him for so long, under the impact of this transcendent perspective, dissolved instantly like ice and snow under direct sunlight!

His cognition of power, rules, and breakthrough underwent a qualitative leap!

"Combine!"

Without conscious effort, sixteen spiritual spheres, in accordance with that new understanding, converged, compressed, and underwent qualitative change towards the center with unprecedented harmony!

Boom!!!

A deeper, more condensed spiritual singularity, within which countless tiny light strings seemed to subtly vibrate according to some profound law, was magnificently born in the center of his spiritual sea!

Powerful mental energy fluctuations swept through the meditation chamber; the aura around Brian suddenly soared, becoming more vast and restrained, yet carrying a keen insight into the underlying laws of things.

Level 6 Mage! Achieved!

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sparkling, not only because of the increase in level, but also because the path ahead had suddenly become clear.

"So that's it! Breakthrough is resonance and blessing at the rule level. Level 6 breakthrough, the key lies in synergy and definition!"

He murmured to himself, his ideas for a Level 6 Railgun rapidly evolving and combining in his mind at an unprecedented speed.

The roots of the law 脈絡 he had observed, though incomprehensible, pointed him in the direction of enhancement—

No longer a linear increase in power, but the construction of a more complex model structure capable of eliciting a deeper rule response.

This experience with the law lens not only provided the inspiration to break through his bottleneck but, more importantly, lit a crucial guiding lamp for his path to Level 6 breakthrough spells.

Within the realm sea, a mage who had reached Level 6 and glimpsed the true mystery of breakthrough now possessed the qualifications to stir up even greater storms.

His next goal was already clear—to create his own Level 6 breakthrough spell!