Chapter 226: Foundation Establishment Divine Sense

Mo Hua was startled.

Mr. Zhuang said, "These past few days, I've looked through some of the notes left by previous practitioners of the Heavenly Origin Art within the sect. After a bit of research and referencing the enigmatic formation you encountered, I discovered a problem."

Mo Hua's spirit was invigorated, and he listened attentively.

"The bottleneck of the Heavenly Origin Art cultivation method is because people are different," Mr. Zhuang said slowly.

Mo Hua was slightly astonished, "Because people are different?"

"Do you still remember the small print notes on the Heavenly Origin Art cultivation method?" Mr. Zhuang asked.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, "The bottleneck is in the divine sense. Only formation masters can cultivate it."

"The problem lies precisely in the divine sense," Mr. Zhuang said, looking at Mo Hua. "Your divine sense is too strong. The stronger the divine sense, the stronger the bottleneck."

Mo Hua's mouth fell open, and he asked weakly:

"So if my divine sense were a bit weaker, cultivating the Heavenly Origin Art would be much smoother..."

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua with a half-smile, "If your divine sense is weak, the bottleneck is weak, and the effect of the cultivation method is naturally also weak."

Mo Hua thought for a moment. The benefit of the Heavenly Origin Art cultivation method was that it made the divine sense sharp, the control stronger, and the formation drawing faster. But he himself had outstanding divine sense, so this kind of efficacy seemed a bit weak and didn't matter much.

"You don't feel that divine sense control is significant?" Mr. Zhuang saw through Mo Hua's thoughts.

Mo Hua nodded honestly.

Mr. Zhuang said, "The use of the Heavenly Origin Art is to solve formations through the Sea of Consciousness, to exercise your control over the divine sense. The more complex the formation you solve, the sharper your control over the divine sense will be after breaking through."

Mr. Zhuang sighed with emotion, "Divine sense control is extremely important for formation masters, even for cultivators. This is related to the speed at which you draw formation arrays and the time it takes to cast spells."

Simply put, formation arrays will be drawn faster and faster, more and more, and spells will also be used faster and faster.

Mo Hua nodded, "Then this cultivation method is still quite powerful?"

"As I said just now, it's because people are different," Mr. Zhuang's gaze slightly condensed, and he said:

"The stronger the divine sense, the more this cultivation method is like a tiger with wings. The weaker the divine sense, the more this cultivation method is like a chicken rib."

Mo Hua's eyes lit up.

His divine sense wasn't weak, ah. Not only not weak, but also very strong.

It seemed he hadn't chosen wrong initially. The Heavenly Origin Art was the most suitable cultivation method for him.

Mo Hua felt a bit proud in his heart, then Mr. Zhuang poured cold water on him and said:

"Although the stronger the divine sense, the stronger the effect of the cultivation method, the bottleneck to breakthrough is also similarly stronger, and the enigmatic formation is also more complex."

Mo Hua furrowed his brows.

Mr. Zhuang said, "The Sea of Consciousness maze formation for your Qi Refining mid-stage is already a Tier 1 complex formation. Then, if you want to break through Foundation Building, what level of maze formation should you solve?"

Mo Hua's heart jumped upon hearing this, "It won't be a large formation, will it..."

"Not necessarily. Strictly speaking, although large formations are in the category of Tier 1, they are not considered something a Tier 1 formation master should learn."

"Sir, can I learn large formations now?" Mo Hua asked.

"Not yet."

"Oh." Mo Hua nodded.

Since Mr. Zhuang said so, he wouldn't aim too high for now.

The pressing matter was still to solve the problem with the cultivation method.

Mo Hua asked, "The stronger the divine sense, the stronger the bottleneck. Then how should I break through the bottleneck of Foundation Building in the future?"

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and said faintly, "Actually, it's also simple. Just let your divine sense become stronger."

Mo Hua's brows furrowed even tighter. He realized a problem:

"Sir, if the stronger the divine sense, the stronger the bottleneck, then no matter how strong my divine sense is, the bottleneck will also increase accordingly. Since that's the case, can unilaterally increasing divine sense really break through the bottleneck?"

Mr. Zhuang's gaze slightly condensed, "So, the growth of your divine sense needs to exceed the limit."

Mo Hua's heart tensed, "The limit between Qi Refining and Foundation Building?"

"Correct." Mr. Zhuang nodded.

"How much exactly does the divine sense of Qi Refining and Foundation Building differ?" Mo Hua asked.

Mr. Zhuang said, "A cultivator's spiritual power is quantified by Zhou Tian, while a cultivator's divine sense is not so easy to quantify uniformly."

"One commonly used method is to measure the strength and weakness of a cultivator's divine sense by the range of divine sense external release."

"During the Qi Refining period, the distance of a cultivator's divine sense external release is mostly between ten zhang and twenty zhang. If the divine sense is strong, the external release distance is farther. If the divine sense is weak, the external release is closer."

Mo Hua nodded. When he cast spells, it was precisely because his divine sense was strong and the spell range was far, so he could gain some advantage.

"But this method is not precise. Some cultivators are born with divine sense external release that is relatively far, but their divine sense strength is just average. Some cultivators are not skilled at divine sense external release, but their Sea of Consciousness is very solid, and their divine sense is also very profound."

"The most precise way to measure divine sense is through drawing formation arrays."

"Drawing formation arrays?" Mo Hua was slightly startled, "The quantity of array patterns?"

"Correct." Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Just as a formation master measures the level of formation arrays by the number of array patterns, measuring divine sense strength by the quantity of array patterns is the most accurate method."

"Generally, a cultivator in the first layer of Qi Refining can draw one array pattern, and their divine sense is then one pattern. If they can draw two array patterns, their divine sense is two patterns... and so on. If they can draw nine array patterns, their divine sense is nine patterns."

"And nine patterns of divine sense is the limit for Qi Refining cultivators."

Mo Hua pondered silently, "Then the divine sense of a Foundation Building cultivator is ten patterns?"

Mr. Zhuang nodded.

"Only one pattern difference?" Mo Hua was a bit startled.

Mr. Zhuang seemed to be smiling but not smiling, "It seems like only one pattern difference, but the amount of divine sense is doubled."

Mo Hua was shocked, "Why is there such a big difference?"

Mr. Zhuang said, "Because when a cultivator at the ninth layer of Qi Refining breaks through to the Foundation Building period, their spiritual power condenses and undergoes a qualitative change. Their divine sense will also double. So, when a Foundation Building cultivator draws a Tier 2 formation array, the divine sense used is double that of a ninth layer Qi Refining cultivator from the beginning."

"Nine patterns for Qi Refining, ten patterns for Foundation Building. Nine patterns of divine sense doubled can reach the amount of ten patterns of divine sense."

"And this doubling gap is the limit of divine sense, and also the chasm that cultivators cannot cross!"

Mo Hua's heart was shocked. No wonder he always felt that ever since he became a Tier 1 nine-pattern formation master, the enhancement of his divine sense afterward was like a vast, misty sea, with no end in sight.

So the gap inside was so big, and the chasm was so deep.

"Is it possible for a cultivator in the Qi Refining period to possess the ten patterns of divine sense of the Foundation Building period?" Mo Hua asked weakly.

"It is possible." Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and answered meaningfully.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief. It was possible, that's all that mattered.

Immediately, his heart jumped, and he suddenly understood:

"Could it be that I can only break through the bottleneck and become a Foundation Building cultivator if I possess the divine sense of the Foundation Building period?"

Mr. Zhuang saw that he had figured it out and nodded, saying:

"Correct. The stronger the divine sense, the stronger the bottleneck. But no matter how strong the cultivation bottleneck is, it is ultimately a cultivation method of the Qi Refining period. If your divine sense exceeds the limit of the Qi Refining period, you can naturally break through the bottleneck. This also means..."

Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and said slowly:

"Other cultivators must break through to Foundation Building to have the divine sense of the Foundation Building period, but you are different. You must first have the divine sense of the Foundation Building period to become a Foundation Building cultivator!"

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