Five thousand years later, Maximus and his family successfully linked the Heavenly System to the Tower of Knowledge.
Immediately, the first to notice the change was someone currently using the Tower.
"Huh? The details are way clearer than before. Did Lord Maximus get stronger again?"
In the past, although the Tower of Knowledge could answer questions, its responses usually came from the books stored within.
So, while the answers were accurate, most of the finer details were often missing or vague.
If someone wanted to make use of the information, they had to study it themselves.
But this time, the response was direct and concise, presenting them with the answer that directly solved their doubts.
"Awesome! The Tower of Knowledge got stronger again!"
"Awesome, it can answer even this kind of question?!"
"Huh? What kinds of question?"
"Try asking a more vague question and you'll know."
"Oh? Let me try. What are my chances of becoming an Absolute?"
[This question costs 15,800 contribution points. Do you wish to proceed?]
"Hiss—15,800 points? That's expensive!"
A contribution point was equal to a strand of causality. Spending over fifteen thousand just to learn his odds felt like a scam.
Still, not wanting to remain stuck in the Tier 11 realm for eternity, he paid.
[Your chances of reaching the Absolute Realm are 0.0000…15%.]
"What the heck? I can't even count all the zeros!"
Disappointed with the result, he cursed himself for wasting so much contributions points.
[Would you like to know the methods to increase your chances?]
"Oh? I can increase my chances? How much can they go up?"
[This question costs 1,500 contribution points. Do you wish to proceed?]
"Damn, even that costs something?! Fine, give me the answer."
Grinding his teeth, he paid up and got the response.
[If you follow all the instructions, your chances of reaching the Absolute Realm are 70%.]
"Huh? So high?! As long as I follow your instructions, I have 70% of reaching the absolute realm?"
Seeing his chances shoot up to 70%, his eyes widened in shock.
Excited to know how he could increase his chances, he asked the first thing he could do.
[This question costs 1.3 billion contribution points. Do you wish to proceed?]
"Tsk, could it be more expensive?"
Though he grumbled, he still pulled out a quarter of his life savings and proceeded.
[First, condense the Path of Law using the Source of Knowledge. To condense the Path of Law, you need to…]
Taking years just to read the instructions, his eyes lit up with excitement.
Initially, he had planned to condense a path related to the Source of Chaos, since it had greater combat power against the Dark Beasts, meaning he could earn more contribution points.
However, according to the Spirit of Knowledge, if he condensed a path related to the Source of Knowledge instead, his chances of advancing to the Absolute Realm would increase to 5%.
From virtually zero to 5%, it was enough for him to go all in.
Just to be sure, he asked what his chances would be if he condensed a path related to the Source of Chaos.
Although it cost another million contribution points, he wanted peace of mind, so he still asked.
[Your chances of reaching the Absolute Realm would increase to 0.00143%. However, the possibility of successfully condensing the Path of Chaos is only 3%.]
"Huh~ Seems like I'm destined to walk the Path of Knowledge…"
Having trusted the spirit of knowledge since he arrived in the Shadow Void Land, he didn't doubt the words it had said.
He didn't even consider that this might be part of Lord Maximus's plan to guide others into following the Path of Knowledge.
Others who asked similar questions received the same answer.
If they wanted even a slim chance of reaching the Absolute Realm or even the Overlord Realm, they had to forge a Path of Knowledge.
Forging any other path was essentially a dead end, offering very little chance of reaching the peak.
Even those who had already mastered the River of Law began planning to start over and follow the Path of Knowledge.
The benefits were simply too tempting to ignore.
Meanwhile, Maximus, clueless about the commotion happening at the Tower of Knowledge, took his family to the Space-Time Lab.
With access to the Heavenly System, they couldn't wait to start experimenting on their own.
Iris headed to a secluded room, checking to make sure no one was watching.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Iris blushed as she asked the Heavenly System the question on her mind.
"Is there a way to break the limitations of the rules and give birth to a child?"
Her face turned red as she injected a few units of plane origin into the Heavenly System.
[Reaching the Absolute Realm, coupled with the rules of this plane and chaos, makes bearing a child nearly impossible. However, according to the Archon of Love, this can be mitigated through 23 methods, including the following…]
Reading all of the 23 methods, her excitement turned to disappointment.
"How could I do these things? Unless one of us is an Archon, there's no way!"
It seemed she could only try her luck.
Alongside the methods that could bypass the rules and guarantee conception, there were other options that simply increased her chances.
As long as she stayed diligent, combining various techniques and abilities, she still had a one-in-a-million shot.
Meanwhile, in another corner, Lux was also busy asking how to make more money than his father could generate.
[To surpass the income-generation ability of a bearer of a Rank 13 Plane Source, you need to…]
"So that's it! I just need to upgrade my physique to plane level!"
According to the Heavenly System, once his physique evolved to the plane level, it would gain the power of compounding growth.
No matter how much energy, materials, or items he had, everything connected to him would multiply over time.
Even if he did nothing, with the blessing of his plane-level physique, his wealth would keep on multiplying.
Once his wealth reached a certain scale, his father wouldn't be able to keep up!
Of course, if his father's physique also reached the plane level, then he'd still be outmatched.
However, according to the Heavenly System, the chance of a Plane Source physique advancing to plane level was practically zero.
In the entire history of the Planar Chaos Region, no one had ever reached that state.
As for Lux's physique, there were two recorded cases of a similar one advancing to plane level.
As long as he had enough resources and luck, his physique had a high chance of upgrading to plane level.
"Hehe… Father, just wait until your son starts earning for real, then it'll be your turn to retire."