Chapter 1499: Chapter 527: True Self, Return of the Patriarchs

Roger closely followed the tour group, not daring to wander off.

In recent years, the Yanhuang Federation has been strict. All incoming tourists and pilgrims must follow designated groups and cannot leave the team on their own, disrupting the local residents’ way of life.

Occasionally, those who dared were all immediately suppressed by the Saints of the Yanhuang Federation.

"... Next, everyone has an hour of free time. A warm reminder, please do not leave this block."

The tour guide’s voice was like a heavenly tune. Roger exhaled a long breath and immediately broke away from the group, quickly heading toward the coordinates he had already scouted in advance.

In this place, the extraordinary is forbidden. Otherwise, with Roger’s early Heavenly Person level, he could reach it in an instant. But now, he could only march honestly on foot.

This trip, aside from the pilgrimage, Roger’s main purpose was to understand the essence of the [True Spirit Projection], and...

Why in his civilization, only a very small portion of people could awaken the talent of [True Spirit Projection] on the day they come of age!

Among them, his cousin, who was clearly above him in Martial Arts talent, also did not awaken the Self talent.

Along the way, the sight was simple yet revealing a hint of prosperity. Roger turned into a narrow and deep alley, at the end of which, a half-open iron door with peeling paint stood, and on the door hung a crooked sign with four striking large characters:

[Spark Internet Café]

The Yanhuang Federation’s network is not open to outsiders!

All outsiders wishing to enter the Federation’s internal network to search for information can only do so by obtaining a green pass or through certain local black internet cafés!

With the descent of the rumored True Spirit Heavenly Rank, the True Spirit Immortal Path gradually merged into the roots of the myriad Dao.

This initially caused a Dao shake; regardless of the path taken by beings, the higher the realm, the greater the impact.

All civilizations and forces have invested in researching the True Spirit Heavenly Rank.

For those at the pinnacle within their civilization, even at the strength of a Heavenly King, their research on the True Spirit Heavenly Rank actually yielded very little.

To learn more about the secrets of the True Spirit, the Federation is their only channel. Compared to those great powers, the Federation at least has "a path to go."

Roger, with a determined look, strode into the internet café.

The lighting in the store was dim, the only source of light being the dense computer screens, casting a blue glow over the focused and blurred faces.

These "customers" differed widely in appearance, most noticeably distinct from the local beings of the Federation; apparently, they were just like him.

Seeing this scene, Roger breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly not having found the wrong place.

He quickly walked to the counter, behind which sat a languid man who lazily said:

"You know the rules?"

Roger remained silent and just handed over an envelope, feeling a bit of a pinch in his heart.

The man, who seemed to be the owner behind the counter, felt the thickness of the envelope, nodded with satisfaction, and tossed him an old identity card, shrugging:

"Don’t mind that it’s old here; only these antiques can let you outsiders into the Federation’s internal network."

Roger had no time for entanglement, taking the identity card and quickly proceeding to an empty computer terminal.

The machine was very old, but Roger had come prepared.

The light from the screen illuminated the burning intensity deep in his eyes.

When the machine powered on, the first to appear was a compilation document titled [True Spirit].

Roger was taken aback for a moment, instinctively opening it to find various True Spirit information, detailed to an astonishing degree.

For a moment, Roger’s heart was a mix of emotions. He didn’t know if this was someone "predecessor" did, that the data he painstakingly sought was readily visible here.

Suppressing the surge of emotions, Roger quickly browsed through the document. The document, containing hundreds of thousands of words, was scanned by him in less than a minute. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

If the machine weren’t too old to allow for "heart" machine integration, Roger’s spirit could have comprehended it in one sweep!

Roger closed his eyes, the hundreds of thousands of words of information swirling, refining in his mind, soon synthesizing the effective information.

Previously, Roger understood that [True Spirit Projection] was the manifestation of a person’s most fundamental True Spirit in the present world.

This is correct but not entirely.

Accurately speaking, [True Spirit Projection] is the manifestation of a person’s Self.

Precisely because "Self" varies from person to person, the Self talent differs vastly.

And the reason why one can only awaken the Self talent at sixteen is that a person’s Self is influenced by the acquired worldview, reaching a preliminary stability at sixteen.

The so-called Self focuses more on the individual entities, representing the "Buddha Nature" that each individual is inherently endowed with.

Beyond this implication, the document also mentioned the concept of "True Self," which emphasizes a broader level, representing the "Buddha Nature" of the universe itself.

When the two are used in conjunction, True Self means the cosmic truth lies within the spirit of all beings, emphasizing that it is both the universe’s ontological existence and the true nature of all beings — that is, the True Spirit.

It is the truest "face" of a person, the ultimate essence of spirit, and the essence of their existence.

Connecting all this, Roger became enlightened, many bothersome issues resolved.

Such as after breaking through the Heavenly Person, the effect of the Self talent began to diminish...

In the document, the evolution of Self Projection into a concept similar to "Golden Finger" used a subtle analogy — an individual’s Self is like gold, symbolizing various potentialities.

This potentiality means the gold can be crafted into various items, such as bracelets, necklaces, and in this process of transformation, the Self evolved into a specific "Law."

And his "Golden Finger" is the Self manifested as the "Law."