I will burn books and slay gods.

A week has passed since the last purification ritual, and nothing much has happened recently except for frequent practice.

After Lao Li expressed his choice to Chen Ye, Chen Ye thought Lao Li was angry. However, to his surprise, Lao Li continued to arrange for Chen Ye to practice "cognitive anchoring cards" the next day.

A week passed quickly. Chen Ye, who was still sleeping in the ward, vaguely heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

Chen Ye slightly opened his eyes, which were not fully awake yet, and looked out of the room through the gap in the blankets, but he did not see any figure at all.

Until Chen Ye heard fragmented voices coming from beside the blankets, "Chen Ye... get up... Old Li... is calling... you..."

Upon hearing that sound, Chen Ye suddenly jerked his head out of the covers!

Their eyes met those of Wang Xiaoming, whose body was almost transparent and covered in fluorescent stickers.

This startled Chen Ye, and even the bed creaked, making Chen Ye feel embarrassed.

Chen Ye then sat up in bed. The scene he had just witnessed had truly startled him, and he even broke out in a cold sweat.

Led by Wang Xiaoming, Chen Ye then arrived at a room he was unfamiliar with.

On the way, Chen Ye looked at Wang Xiaoming's body and could almost see through his body to the safety exit signs on both sides of the corridor.

Wang Xiaoming pushed open the door, and Chen Ye looked up. The room number clearly read: 407.

Wang Xiaoming pushed open the door, and Chen Ye peeked in, seeing Lin Su, who had arrived earlier, and Old Li...

Old Li, noticing Chen Ye, gestured with his eyes, "Since you're here, come in. Today's training mainly concerns the three of you."

As Chen Ye stepped into the room, before he could even figure out what was going on, he was hit hard by another round of training.

"What? We still have to train? Can't we take a day off?"

Old Li didn't answer, but walked up to Chen Ye and said, "Give me the 'cognitive anchoring card' I gave you."

"Today you will all train together on a training program that is relevant to each and every one of you."

Chen Ye took the "cognitive anchoring card" out of his pocket and handed it to Lao Li.

After receiving the cards, Lao Li took one out from a stack of cards and said, "This one is the training program you will be practicing."

"Emotional Card".

"An emotional card?" Chen Ye asked.

"That's right, an emotional card."

"This is a completely new understanding that is relevant to each and every one of you."

"And the emotional card at this moment is certainly not the kind of love and romance you're thinking of."

"It's 'trust' that binds you together!"

Chen Ye frowned. "What does this 'emotional card' have to do with the trust between us?"

Old Li smiled and said, "Of course there's a connection! Close trust can help you develop a new 'cognitive dimension'."

After Lao Li finished explaining his theory, the three of them looked confused and didn't understand its meaning.

But in an instant, Lin Su-ru had a flash of insight and realized, "Old Li, could it be that you're trying to use our trust to activate our 'compatibility'?"

Old Li nodded, "Lin Su reacted quickly."

"That's right. Although the 'compatibility' you have awakened is different, it is the same in its root. It is rational."

"In that case, it can be fully revealed through the bond of trust between you."

Old Li then arranged for the three of them to sit down in a row. "After the last purification ceremony, the compatibility and karmic obstacles of the three of you have been balanced a lot."

Following Lao Li's narration, the three closed their eyes, relaxed, and, guided by Lao Li, recalled the unconditional trust they had in each other during every mission.

Under guidance, all three of them experienced similar situations.

Before me lay a pure white expanse, stretching to the horizon, yet I could clearly feel the temperature of the white ground with my palm.

"Warm," the three of them said at the same time.

Then, led by Lao Li, the three of them sat down on the ground.

As the three delved deeper into their memories, the surrounding whiteness slowly began to change.

It turned from pure white to a chilling blood red, and was still seeping out a viscous solution. "What is that? Is it blood?"

When Old Li heard Chen Ye's confusion, he did not show the expected shock.

Instead, it was as if they knew this would happen, "That is another manifestation of your 'karmic obstacles.' No longer mist, but dark red blood."

Looking at the dark red blood converging towards him, Wang Xiaoming felt a pang of panic. "What's happening?"

Old Li not only comforted Wang Xiaoming, but also Chen Ye and Lin Su, saying, "Don't be afraid, this is precisely why we are training this time. 'Karma' itself is like mist, a state that we, as awakened beings, can see."

"The second type is illusion, which is the 'karmic obstacle' deep in our memories. We need to accept it and make it our own."

"You must relax your fears and not be afraid of them, but rather be willing to accept them."

"Karmic obstacles and compatibility are inherently balanced and complementary."

"To transform so-called 'karmic obstacles' into 'fuel' that we can use at will."

With Lao Li's reassurance and guidance, the three of them gradually calmed down.

The three people, trapped in the fantasy, were enveloped in the dark red, viscous blood.

None of the three resisted it; instead, they allowed it to envelop them.

Gradually, the violently churning, viscous blood stabilized over time.

Meanwhile, within the now-permeated, dark red space, everyone witnessed different scenes…

In an instant, the originally viscous blood evaporated, leaving only a crimson mist surrounding the three of them.

Before the three could react, the mist shot straight into their foreheads in the blink of an eye.

A wave of intense heat quickly emanated from between his eyebrows, and he felt as if this intense heat was about to burn through his head!

At the same time, Old Li noticed the change in the three men's expressions and quickly realized that this was the final step. "Kids, hang in there. This will help you!"

The three of them then began to tough out the heatwave, which was intensely and scorchingly released at their foreheads, forcing them to endure the unbearable heat throughout their bodies.

"Hold on! You must hold on!" Old Li shouted firmly, genuinely wanting the three of them to persevere.

Half a moment later, as the heat gradually dissipated, the three of them collapsed to the ground as if a heavy burden had been lifted, their clothes completely soaked.

A cool breeze gently blew in through the window, caressing every inch of my skin; it felt so refreshing.

Upon seeing this, Old Li jumped up excitedly, saying, "The so-called fog is just a manifestation of 'karmic obstacles'."

"As long as you use 'affinity' to guide it, you can take 'karmic obstacles' for your own use."

Just as Lao Li was shouting excitedly, Wang Xiaoming, who had been slumped to the side, seemed to have made a shocking discovery and suddenly sat up!

The sudden standing up startled Chen Ye and Lin Su. "What's wrong, Wang Xiaoming? Why are you as agitated as Lao Li?"

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, he suddenly realized what was happening and stood up as well.

This made Lin Su, who was sitting in the middle, wonder if these two people had lost their minds.

Chen Ye pointed at Wang Xiaoming's body, shocked, and said, "You...you...your body..."

Lin Su was even more speechless when she heard Chen Ye's stuttering, which sounded just like Wang Xiaoming's.

As Lin Su's gaze turned to Wang Xiaoming, and after seeing the situation clearly, her cold demeanor vanished in an instant.

Some could only utter words like Chen Ye's, exclaiming in equal shock, "You...you...your body..."

"It's back to normal!"