I logged into the God panel.

[Time Slow (0%): When activated, the passage of time is slowed down by half (in the real universe). The maximum duration is determined by physical constitution and mental strength.]

First, it's extremely fast.

It's slow again.

Lu Daosheng's heart raced as he roughly estimated... if he were to go all out right now, it would be equivalent to twelve times the speed!

Its speed is roughly equivalent to more than 60 meters per second.

It's fast, but not extremely fast.

But my sensitivity is only 0.79!

But that's not all!

Lu Daosheng's breathing quickened slightly. If physics still held even the slightest validity... theoretically, if time were to slow down by half, then even the motion of particles would slow down for him.

This is equivalent to reducing all kinetic energy exerted on oneself by the outside world by a factor of four!

"What's your name?" The old priest's gentle voice interrupted Lu Daosheng's thoughts.

He pondered for a long time, but not much time had passed in the outside world... The passive effect of [Extreme Speed] tripled his thinking speed.

"Lu Daosheng."

The boy spoke softly, "This is my classmate, Li Qiuhua."

He gently placed the girl he was carrying on his back on the ground. The girl immediately curled up, trembling slightly, with her eyes tightly closed.

"What's wrong with her?" Lu Daosheng asked with some concern.

The old priest and the man in the trench coat also noticed Li Qiuhua's unusual behavior. The latter squatted down and examined her carefully for a moment, a look of surprise appearing on her face:

"Is this child...awakening?"

He sighed, lost in thought:

"In a spiritual environment, and under high-pressure stimulation, her potential was unleashed, making her qualified to become an extraordinary person... The reaction was so intense, this child's talent is probably extremely high."

As he spoke, the man in the trench coat produced a blanket from somewhere and gently covered Li Qiuhua with it before standing up and clapping his hands.

"You may call me Knight Commander, and as for him... you may call him High Priest."

The man in the trench coat—or rather, the knight commander—seemed unwilling to reveal their names.

He gazed calmly at the boy before him:

"Your physical abilities seem average, but your talent... is very suitable for cultivating secret martial arts and following the apprentice path."

"As for the child."

The knight commander looked at the unconscious Li Qiuhua and said, "I can feel the spiritual power in her body. It's very strong. She's suited to be a scholar."

Lu Daosheng was speechless. An apprentice... practicing some kind of secret martial art?

My strength lies in spirit; if I allocate the increased attribute points to spirit, I can immediately break through to 3 points.

A thought struck him, and maintaining his persona as an innocent child, he asked the question at the opportune moment:

"Uncle... Knight Commander, what are apprentices and scholars?"

The old priest standing to the side smiled:

"All extraordinary things in the world are based on the grace and favor of the gods. By developing one's own spirituality, one can become an apprentice or a scholar."

"These two paths are vastly different. Apprentices use divine favor and the spirit world to unlock secret martial arts and strengthen their bodies, while scholars use divine favor and the spirit world to explore the mysteries of the spirit."

After thinking about it, he felt that explaining it was too complicated and the child might not understand, so he summarized it as follows:

"In short, the apprentice path is for brutes, and the scholar path is... for scholars?"

The knight commander standing to the side said irritably:

"What does it mean to be a brute?"

He glared at the old priest, then looked at the boy again:

"Child, since you worship the great Emperor of Time and Space, would you be willing to join my Church of Cosmic Light?"

"willing."

Lu Daosheng spoke up decisively, saying that only by actively contacting these mysterious and extraordinary beings could he obtain the Ice Flow and reclaim his power!

Moreover, the Knight Commander said that in this world, to become extraordinary, one must have some kind of divine favor...

Since I don't believe in God anyway, I might as well find someone I know to hang out with for now.

Of course, the most crucial point.

He coveted the mural. It was also mentioned on the Hidden House forum that the Church of the Light of the Universe had a rich foundation and possessed hundreds of sealing artifacts related to time and destiny!

These... are all abilities! They're all attributes!

Just as the knight commander was about to speak, Li Qiuhua woke up at some point and was curled up in a ball, looking timid.

The old priest's expression shifted:

"Such immense spiritual power, almost equivalent to that of two adults... Such talent..."

He stepped forward in amazement and briefly recounted what he had said earlier.

A look of confusion crossed Li Qiuhua's face; her little brain seemed a bit overwhelmed. The old priest then asked:

"Child, are you willing to join the Church of the Light of the Universe and bask in the great glory of the Emperor of Time?"

Li Qiuhua looked at Lu Daosheng for help.

The latter nodded quietly to her.

So Li Qiuhua nodded:

"If Lu Daosheng is willing, then I am willing too!"

The knight commander and the old priest exchanged a glance.

"Shall we begin the baptism now?"

baptism?

Curiosity appeared on Lu Daosheng's face as he watched the old priest extend his hand, making a knocking motion, and gently tapping the air... which actually produced a knocking sound!

"Knock knock knock!"

The void flowed like water. The Knight Commander led Lu Daosheng, and the High Priest led Li Qiuhua, as if they had entered an invisible 'gateway'.

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

The church had vanished, replaced by swirling, bizarre, and chaotic vortexes of color from all directions.

There are all sorts of distorted, strange and indescribable shapes.

Looking up, you can see the pure and flawless sky; looking down, you see not the earth, but an endless, distorted starry sky.

A dense, overlapping, gentle voice reached my ears, like a mother's murmur, or the filial piety of her descendants.

It's warm and comfortable, like soaking in a hot spring.

"Waaah..." Li Qiuhua let out a mournful cry.

Lu Daosheng glanced sideways and saw the girl painfully covering her ears, and the knight commander and the old priest also looked displeased.

The latter spoke, panting:

"This is the spirit world, the spiritual realm. It's normal to hear crazy, incomprehensible ramblings. You must not let them affect your mind..."

Lu Daosheng immediately feigned pain, a thought creeping onto his mind.

Crazy... delirium?

The voice in my ear was still gentle and intimate.

It even gave him a feeling of complete comfort.

"Baptism is to leave a mark on you, so that you can visit the spirit world on your own in the future... but be careful."

The knight commander spoke these words, slightly out of breath, clearly disturbed by his frantic ramblings.

He reached out and gently tapped Lu Daosheng's forehead.

Lu Daosheng could sense that a barely perceptible connection had appeared between him and the spirit world... and this connection was expanding wildly at an unimaginable speed!

It was like a fuse being lit.

He still managed to force a pained expression on his face, without revealing anything unusual.

The old priest did the same, gently tapping Li Qiuhua's forehead before speaking, panting heavily:

"The spirit world is of vital importance to us. Apprentices cleanse their bodies with spirituality, and scholars cleanse their minds with spirituality... but the spirit world is too dangerous."

After pausing, he continued with difficulty:

"That's why you need divine favor to walk on the extraordinary path. Only with divine blessing can we extract spirituality from the spiritual realm."

"Only the protection of the gods can prevent us from going mad when absorbing spiritual energy..."

"Those are spiritualities." The old priest pointed to the pure white sky above and the distorted starry sky below, pointing to the chaotic vortexes of color.

"And those..." he pointed again to the changing, indescribable forms, "are all spirit beings that travel and live here."

"Some of them are as powerful as gods, some are as weak as humans, some are friendly and gentle, and some are violent and fierce..."

Lu Daosheng listened quietly, pursing his lips.

I don't seem to have any particular feelings about the so-called spirit world, but about the chaotic spirituality that permeates this mysterious world...

Lu Daosheng felt a warm sense of belonging.

no no.

It is because they have a sense of belonging to themselves.

"Let's go back..."

The old priest seemed unable to hold on any longer; he breathed softly and opened the door to reality.

Before leaving, Lu Daosheng looked back at the vast and boundless Spirit Realm with reluctance.

He felt that his connection with the spirit world was expanding at an incomprehensible speed!

(ps: For some inexplicable reasons, Einstein has been changed to Odin in the previous text.)