Chapter 495 - 221: Divine Sense

Chapter 495: Chapter 221: Divine Sense

After a moment’s hesitation, he made his decision and took out a Secret Manual.

...Void Mirror Observation!

This Contemplation focused on a White Mirror. It could dramatically increase the insight and Illusion-Breaking ability of one’s Divine Sense. It also allowed one to use the mirror as a weapon to reflect Spiritual Attacks... and even contemplate a World within the mirror, projecting it into another’s Sea of Consciousness to create an Illusion Realm!

It was a technique for both offense and defense!

Moreover, its greatest danger was blurring the line between truth and illusion, causing one to lose their true self.

...Not to say that ’losing one’s true self’ wasn’t a serious consequence.

But compared to other techniques that could cause sudden personality shifts, or even turn a person into a withered tree or a solid rock... this outcome was relatively benign.

’Of course,’ Qin Fang thought, ’as long as I’m careful and not too eager for progress... I should be able to avoid that.’

With that thought, he hesitated no longer. He tapped his Token and immediately chose to exchange for this Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill.

And the contribution points required for this Leaf Skill were... a full fifty thousand?!

Qin Fang was a little surprised.

Fortunately... he still had enough contribution points.

He hadn’t exchanged all his points for True Essence Pills last time.

Without hesitation, he confirmed the exchange.

The next moment, the Jade Scroll on the shelf floated up and landed in Qin Fang’s hand.

Qin Fang pressed it to his forehead, and in the next instant, a vast wave of information flooded his mind...

"Let the heart be like the great void, and the mirror shall contain all things. With spirit as the artisan, forge the mirror on the spiritual altar. Let it be unstained by dust, unattached to form. Reflect the original self, break illusion to preserve truth..."

"In stillness and concentration, gather the mind and focus it at the ancestral acupoint. Let not a single thought arise, and all worries shall fall silent..."

The information appeared in clear segments, detailing the cultivation path of this Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill.

’It doesn’t involve True Essence at all...’ Qin Fang thought.

He committed it all to memory.

But after he finished reading, Qin Fang’s expression was one of stunned disbelief.

A passage in the ’Void Mirror Observation’ regarding ’auxiliary materials’ had left him utterly shocked.

It mentioned something called ’Concentrating Iron Heart Jade’.

And within that description was a critical point.

Which was...

’Divine Sense, interfering with reality’!

Qin Fang had always believed that once one’s Divine Sense became powerful enough, it would naturally begin to interfere with reality—a matter of course, like water carving a channel when the flow is strong enough.

As natural as a cup overflowing when it’s full.

But now it seemed...

...that idea was completely and utterly wrong!

The spiritual world and the material world were not the upstream and downstream of the same river...

They were two parallel, fundamentally different ’rivers’!

Ordinary Divine Sense cultivation, whether through the Contemplation of a candle flame, a great rock, or the moon’s reflection, was all conducted within the ’Spiritual River’...

Widening the riverbed was ’expanding the Sea of Consciousness’. Purifying the water was ’Refining Divine Sense’. Changing the current’s speed was ’enhancing one’s focus and spiritual agility’...

It could make a Cultivator incredibly powerful in terms of spiritual Perception, defense, insight, and even attacks against other spiritual entities.

But no matter how much it changed... this power was always confined within the river of ’Spirit’.

The material world, however, was another river entirely.

The essence of the Spiritual River was ’ethereal,’ ’incorporeal,’ and ’fluctuating.’

In contrast, the river of the material world was ’heavy,’ ’solid,’ and ’stable.’

A natural ’barrier’ existed between these two rivers.

Under normal circumstances, this barrier was almost absolute.

But in this world...

...there were always mysterious things whose very existence spanned both rivers.

For example, this ’Concentrating Iron Heart Jade’...

...It was born from a special Spirit Vein and was naturally imbued with the dual properties of both Spiritual Energy and the Law of Matter.

It was one of the very few natural creations capable of ’blurring’ the boundary between the two rivers to a certain extent.

A Martial Artist could use their Divine Sense for its Refinement and absorption.

Then, that trace of substance from the material world could be fused into their own spiritual Origin!

From that point on, one’s Divine Sense would gain the ability to interfere with reality!

"No wonder Senior Brother Yun’s Divine Sense could shatter a Cultist’s head... or pierce straight through that massive Flesh Puppet... while my Divine Sense... couldn’t even touch Qinghe’s body..."

"So... aside from my Divine Sense not being as strong as Senior Brother Yun’s, the most fundamental reason... was this?"

Qin Fang murmured.

No matter how powerful the ’Spirit’ was, it could never truly ’interfere with reality’!

Not unless your Spirit was branded with the imprint of ’reality’!

Qin Fang’s eyes lit up completely.

Looking at the now-crumbled Jade Scroll in his hand, he didn’t linger any longer and turned to head downstairs.

Just as he reached the door, he saw Zhou Xuanmo looking at him, his expression grave.

Qin Fang: "..."

’...He’s here, just as I expected.’

"Linyuan, you... you’re going to cultivate Divine Sense?"

Zhou Xuanmo asked, his voice low and heavy.

Qin Fang felt a bit helpless, but he still gave a slight nod.

"Foolishness!"

Zhou Xuanmo immediately grew anxious. "Linyuan, do you have any idea how dangerous Spiritual Sense Leaf Skills are? Look at your Senior Brother Yun! He’s a living example! Is the Nine Tribulations God Refining Chapter powerful? Of course it is! But what was the result? Your Senior Brother Yun was a generational talent, but because he cultivated that Nine Tribulations God Refining Chapter, his Divine Sense is now shattered, his memories are a chaotic mess, and he often can’t even remember who he is!"

"Do you think only the Nine Tribulations God Refining Chapter is dangerous? The truth is, any Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill is like dancing on a razor’s edge! The Contemplation of Extinction? You might literally extinguish your own heart! Thunder Contemplation? You could very well blast yourself into an idiot! You have extraordinary Talent. You’re uniquely gifted when it comes to Leaf Skill cultivation and Root Method Breaking Realm. If you just follow the proper steps, you’ll steadily reach the Sixth Realm... and in the future, you might even touch the Seventh Realm! *That* is the grand and proper path!"

"Dabbling in Divine Sense now is like ignoring a broad, flat road to instead try and cross a rickety log bridge over a cliff! A single misstep means eternal damnation! When that happens, you’ll forget who you are, what you’re meant to do! How could Senior Brother Yue, how could we elders, possibly bear that?"

Zhou Xuanmo pleaded earnestly, "Linyuan, your Martial Uncle isn’t trying to obstruct your path. But your foundation and your natural aptitude are simply not suited for the extremely perilous Path of Spiritual Sense. The Sect has thousands of legacies to choose from! You can pick other methods that are safer and better suited for you to increase your strength. Getting revenge, protecting the Way—these things don’t rely on the treacherous tricks of Divine Sense... they rely on solid Cultivation, built one step at a time... Listen to me. Don’t cultivate Divine Sense... all right?"

Looking at Zhou Xuanmo, his face filled with anxiety as he pleaded.

For a moment, Qin Fang was at a loss for words...