Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 247 Mental Space

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Qin Xiaochuan stared in shock at everything before him, suddenly realizing how insignificant he was.

The phantom had gradually faded from his sight, but he was still immersed in the shock he had just experienced, unable to extricate himself from it for a long time.

Suddenly, his eyes gleamed, he clenched his fists, and muttered to himself, "A true man should stand proudly between heaven and earth, wielding a three-foot sword!"

After speaking, he took a deep breath to calm his surging emotions. The most urgent task was to find a way to help Kaiming regain his memory, since Guo Shiyi was still waiting for them there.

However, although Qin Xiaochuan saw events from ancient times in his spiritual world, these events were fragmented and discontinuous, and the fragments he saw were not arranged in chronological order.

To regain Kaiming's memories, he had to search for those fragments related to Kaiming. Searching through so many time fragments was like finding a needle in a haystack. Now he understood why the monk Hui had stayed here for 20 years.

After searching for most of the day without success, Qin Xiaochuan realized that this was not a solution and he could only discuss it with others and then look for a new strategy.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiaochuan retreated back to his mental world. He had been so focused on looking through those ancient phantoms that he hadn't had a chance to properly study his mental space.

The first time I opened this mental space was because I was struck by Xiao Yi's Soul-Seizing Technique. It can be understood as a form of self-defense for my mental space against external mental attacks.

Furthermore, he also saw Xiao Yi in his mental space. The Xiao Yi he saw could be understood as a surge of mental energy that had invaded his mind. The ability of the mental space is to materialize one's own or external mental energy. If that's the case, the mental space should also be usable in combat.

Moreover, Qin Xiaochuan boldly asserted that since the mental space could defend against mental attacks from others, it could also be used to actively launch mental attacks against others.

I just don't know how to open this mental space, since I've tried many times before without success.

Moreover, when Si Chennan cast an illusion on him, this mental space did not appear. If we were to distinguish between Xiao Yi and Si Chennan, the former directly invaded and attempted to control his mind, while the latter was more like interference, creating illusions in his mind. Obviously, the latter was not as harmful as the former.

And why was this spiritual space reopened here? Although it can be attributed to the influence of the Heavenly Stele, what is the essence of this Heavenly Stele?

Since the Heavenly Stele affects his mental space, can we boldly speculate that the Heavenly Stele is essentially a kind of spiritual energy?

Thinking back to those phantoms, Qin Xiaochuan suddenly remembered the single-player games he used to play. One of the most important steps was to save the game in time when passing important levels. This way, even if you failed the later missions, you could start the game again from the save point and avoid wasting all your previous efforts.

Analogous to these phantoms, they can be regarded as archives of the historical space, and what he is doing in the mental space now is reading these archives.

"Hiss!" Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but gasp, feeling as if he had suddenly discovered something extraordinary.

Is this what it means to peek into the secrets of heaven?

Recalling the terrible fates his teacher had described in his spiritual studies class for those who revealed heavenly secrets, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Having thought of this, he dared not let his mind wander any further.

Regardless, Qin Xiaochuan now fully understood the essence and function of the spiritual space; the only problem was how to open it himself.

He remembered that every time he opened his mental space, the image from The Ring would always appear first.

"Could it be that this mental space doesn't belong to me, but only exists within the Witch's Ring?" Qin Xiaochuan pondered, resting his chin on his hand.

It seems we need to re-examine this mysterious witch's ring.

Qin Xiaochuan exited the mental space and checked the Witch Ring again with his consciousness. That familiar scene appeared in Qin Xiaochuan's mind once more.

Five colored liquids swirl around the center, and beneath the liquids lies the mysterious pattern.

"Huh?" Qin Xiaochuan wondered if it was just his imagination, but looking at the swirling liquid, he felt that the volume inside seemed to have increased.

"It does seem to have increased." Qin Xiaochuan was even more certain. During the previous battle, he had been consuming the spiritual power in the witch ring but replenishing it very little. Therefore, compared to the beginning, the spiritual power in the witch ring had decreased. But now it seemed that the spiritual power in the witch ring was actually more than at the beginning.

Then he carefully examined the changes in the spiritual energy within his body, and what he saw filled him with joy.

In just half a day, the concentration of spiritual energy in his body increased significantly, and he even showed a tendency to break through to level 7.

Could it be due to the influence of the Heavenly Stele? Qin Xiaochuan pondered to himself. If this pace continued, he was even confident that he could break through to the 9th level of spiritual power in less than half a year.

What an incredibly terrifying rate of improvement!

Suppressing his excitement, Qin Xiaochuan entered a meditative state once more. He clearly felt a surge of pure energy rushing into his Baihui acupoint. As that energy flowed in, the spiritual power within his body also circulated rapidly, condensing at an almost visible speed.

"This is insane!" Qin Xiaochuan felt a suffocating sense of having suddenly won a five million lottery prize. "No, we absolutely can't waste this golden opportunity."

At this moment, Qin Xiaochuan no longer cared about the mental space or the witch's ring, and decisively focused all his energy on cultivation.

Just as he expected, his spiritual power reached level 7 in less than a quarter of an hour. However, his cultivation speed gradually slowed down after that and eventually returned to normal.

He felt a huge sense of loss. This disappointment was just like his experience last month when he tried a Baidu Cloud membership and could only watch helplessly as the download speed dropped drastically after the trial period ended.

"I want to become a member," he thought to himself, if such a way really existed.

No matter how many times he tried afterward, the cultivation speed remained the same, as if what had just happened was just an illusion, but the increase in the spiritual power within his body was a real and tangible phenomenon.

"Could it have just been an accident? That shouldn't be the case," Qin Xiaochuan analyzed. He suddenly remembered what Guo Shiyi had told him: after spiritual power reaches level 6, level improvement can no longer be achieved entirely through cultivation; it also requires comprehension of the Dao.

Think about it, after he advanced to level 6 of spiritual power, he did experience a lot of things and learned a lot of lessons from Wudang Mountain and the Heavenly Stele. These enlightenments, along with the blessing of the Heavenly Stele, enabled him to quickly advance to level 7 of spiritual power. If he wants to continue to improve his cultivation, he needs to have more enlightenments.

"As expected, cultivation is not something that can be accomplished overnight," Qin Xiaochuan sighed helplessly.

"However, being able to quickly reach level 7 is an unexpected surprise, so I shouldn't be too greedy." He quickly changed his mind. There's still a long road ahead, and one should learn to be content with what one has.