The second layer of Divine Manipulation Technique, Diverging Divine Consciousness, requires one to split their own Divine Sense.
Chen Mobai researched this topic online and, based on what cultivators described, the degree of pain was more than most humans could bear.
It feels as if one's head was struck heavily with a stick, and even with the aid of Mind Incense, one would need a month to recover from the weakness brought about by the fracturing of one's Divine Sense.
Even though Chen Mobai had great confidence in himself, he was still somewhat apprehensive about this unknown and severe pain.
Thus, before he formally split his Divine Sense, he thought it'd be better to perform a little experiment first.
Splitting the Divine Consciousness Forming of the Green Paulownia Seedling into two must be painful, but plucking a bloom or fruit from it shouldn't hurt as much, right?