Once everything was ready, he calmed his emotions and made a plan.

When the time comes to visualize those incredibly powerful Divine Beasts, no mistakes can be made. Just here in this Newbie Village, let’s first practice with some of the most ordinary things, going from simple to complex, step by step. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Xiao Jie glanced around and finally his gaze settled on an inconspicuous bluish-gray stone on the ground—it would be this one.

He bent down, picked it up, and placed it in the palm of his hand. As the saying goes, a thousand-mile high building starts from the ground, so on this path of visualization, the first step should begin with this simplest and most basic stone.

Focusing his spirit, he used the "Visualization of All Things" technique on the cold and rough bluestone in his hand.

His eyes became extraordinarily concentrated, meticulously scrutinizing every detail of the stone: the rough, uneven surface texture, the varying shades of grayish-blue, the heavy, solid weight felt in his hand, and the hard, slightly cool, and slightly gritty texture that came through his fingertips...

Meanwhile, various pieces of data and information about the stone began to automatically emerge and consolidate in his mind: the main composition (primarily silicon dioxide, with traces of other minerals), density, approximate hardness, formation age...

Xiao Jie closed his eyes and began to construct the virtual form of this rock in his Sea of Consciousness. This process was somewhat akin to the "character customization" phase in online games, intriguingly, every object visualized could seemingly undergo a certain degree of "appearance customization" based on the observer’s understanding and intent.

For example, the flesh and blood body he was now using; of course, this customization wasn’t a flight of fancy and needed to be rooted in an understanding of the essence of the thing.

For an ordinary stone, Xiao Jie didn’t bother to put too much thought into "beautification," merely sketching its outline, edges, and texture based on the real object in his hand. Soon, a rough yet realistic three-dimensional model of the rock was stabilized in his Sea of Consciousness.

System prompt: Using the visualization technique, current target of visualization [Bluestone], visualization progress: 37%.

Only 37%? Xiao Jie was slightly taken aback. He had clearly seen and felt every part of the stone inside and out, hadn’t he? What deeper secrets could a mere stone have that needed "visualization"?

He thought for a moment, deciding to try a more "in-depth" understanding. He stuck out his tongue and cautiously licked the surface of the stone.

An indescribable taste of soil and minerals instantly spread, the tongue surface feeling extremely coarse friction, even pulling at his tongue a bit.

"Tsk, the taste is really ordinary," Xiao Jie smacked his lips and commented.

He initially just acted on a whim, trying it casually, unexpectedly a system prompt immediately sounded.

Visualization progress increased to 55%.

Hey? It actually worked! It seems that "tasting" is also part of cognition.

With a little force, he broke off a small piece of the stone’s edge, put it in his mouth, and ground and chewed it finely with his teeth.

Crunch... crunch...

The fine gritty texture filled his mouth, a pure, utterly lifeless mineral taste, not enjoyable in any sense but an unprecedented, extremely direct experience.

Visualization progress increased to 69%!

Look, smell, lick, taste... how else could he further "visualize"?

Xiao Jie gazed at the bluestone in his hand, his eyes sparkling—listen?

With a slight movement of his mind, he summoned a very subtle breeze, controlling the airflow to quickly yet steadily blow across the uneven surface of the bluestone. He leaned his ear, listening, the Immortal’s keen hearing distinctly capturing the faint yet exceptionally unique hissing and rubbing sounds as the wind brushed over the rock, a sound completely different from wind passing through leaves or dirt.

Visualization progress increased to 78%!

Could it be... that he needs to take an even further step into "embodying" and "acting"?

After contemplating for a while, this seemed to be the only possibility.

Xiao Jie simply walked to the old locust tree beside him and sat down on the ground, placing the bluestone in his palm, clasping it with both hands. He slowly closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and tried to still his spirit.

He began to imagine, imagining himself as the silent and ancient stubborn stone in his hand. Buried deep underground for millions of years, witnessing geological changes, eventually washed out by rain, exposed to the wilderness, enduring sun and rain, wind and storm, standing silently in countless ages, unnoticed, and needing no notice. A serene, lonely yet incredibly tenacious "stone mindset" slowly emerged.

As he gradually entered this state of forgetting both self and object in meditation, his breath seemed to truly merge with the stone in his palm, becoming heavy and primitive, as if he too had transformed into a piece of stubborn stone under the tree, forgotten by the bustling world.

It was finally the system’s voice that awakened him from this wonderful state.

System prompt: Visualization successful! You have completely mastered the form and essence of [Bluestone]. Your [Myriad Phenomena Atlas] content has increased.

Xiao Jie slowly recovered from that peculiar meditation state, opened his eyes, and looked at the bluestone in his hand. For some unknown reason, at this moment, looking at this ordinary stone again, it inexplicably had a mysterious sense of intimacy and familiarity.

"Petrification—transform!"

With a thought, there was a soft sound, a puff of white smoke suddenly exploded and quickly dissipated. On the spot, Xiao Jie’s figure had disappeared, replaced by a seemingly ordinary, inconspicuous bluish-gray rock, identical to another bluestone beside it.

Xiao Jie silently checked his current status panel.