Chapter 1223 Tenets I

Chapter 1223 Tenets I

Stepping into the ship, Lex felt like he had walked into another space entirely. The space inside the ship was strangely artificially solid, so much so that it felt slightly suffocating. Yet perhaps that was exactly the kind of thing needed for a vessel to traverse through the Void safely.

Naturally, with the Jolly Rancher, Jack would have to come up with a better solution.

Lex found a corner for himself to sit in and closed his eyes. Though he was curious about the ship, he had to sell the act at the moment, and he was well aware that he was under supervision even if it didn't seem like it.

"It will take roughly 96 hours to get to the Trials of Eternity, and once there each and everyone of you will be dropped off at a different point. This is for your own safety. Once, every year the ship will make a round to see if there is any progress. If you manage to complete the mission you will still have to wait till the return of the ship to be credited for it, don't forget."

Lex entered a meditative trance, ensuring that he was in his peak state as they approached their destination. This was a long time coming, and even if he was absolutely certain in his preparation, that did not mean that there was no risk.

In fact, most cultivators did not pass their first tribulation. Lex had not forgotten that the first time he encountered a tribulation, which was inside the Midnight Inn, the devil that had been experiencing the tribulation died.

For example, an Immortal may be able to bypass the requirement of temperature change to bring about the freezing or boiling effect in water by directly influencing the laws that dictated the behavior of water itself.

That is where tenets came into play. The way an immortal perceived, and then influenced the laws of the universe was totally and completely dependent on their tenets. This meant that two immortals, even if they were twins who had lived an identical life in all their experiences, would see the universe differently from one another as long as there was even the slightest difference in their tenets, which was almost a certainty.

When studying the same laws of water, someone who had tenets of music might perceive the actions and influences on water through patterns and melodies, whereas a swordsman would see it entirely differently. Even if they brought about the same end result, the way they would each do it was completely different, and something they would have to discover for themselves.

This was another reason why growth among immortals was so slow. At most, a person could offer some guidance, but they could not actually teach anything about laws to anyone. That usually depended entirely upon personal comprehension and understanding.

With that said, it was obvious how extremely important tenets were to someone, which is why picking the right ones was an extremely important decision - almost as important as deciding the number of tenets as well!

The reason why it was called tenets, and not tenet, is because almost all immortals had multiple tenets. After all, it was rare to find a person with only a singular interest, and even rarer for them to rise through the cultivation ranks. Life would, inevitably, find ways to add various obstacles or challenges in someone's path, which would end up shaping their personality in various ways. As such, finding a single thing a person could dedicate their entire life to was exceptionally difficult.

Moreover, there was no clear benefit to having more or fewer tenets.

Considering that a tenet could be literally anything, from a way of life, to an abstract concept, to something entirely imaginary that did not actually exist in reality, it was almost expected for an immortal to have at least four or five tenets. After all, usually, what most people did when selecting a tenet was picking something they had a natural affinity for, or something they were dedicating their life to.