The Essence of Martial Will
Su Luo slowly opened her eyes, reopened the [Vast Sea Scroll], and directly channeled her Divine Power into it.
Ignore those vast and ethereal phenomena; these sights are merely manifestations of the result, appearances of power, not the power itself.
Su Luo used her powerful Divine Power to forcibly stabilize her perception, which was almost being assimilated by the vast collective will. She rejected all the magnificent sound and light effects and focused her perception on the most subtle fluctuations.
He saw through it!
Piercing through the raging waves, the Starry Sky, the mountains of corpses and seas of blood... at the very bottom of all these magnificent phenomena, what flows is not a fixed picture or move, but a pure thing—the will itself.
A spiritual entity that is capable of interfering with reality, born from a firm belief in its own path and Perfect fusion of that belief with its own power.
Su Luo looked at the empty space, her attention gradually wandering.
Soon, a miniature yet vast world appeared. Above, a nebula settled and coalesced into a human figure; beside it, a river of stars flowed; below, the ocean rippled; and various high-speed energy Cycles operated in a highly orderly manner.
Su Luo contemplates her spiritual world within the [Vast Sea Scroll].
After waiting for a while, Su Luo made another new discovery.
This scroll contains absolutely no specific knowledge or techniques that can be learned.
It is itself a vast and pure training ground and catalyst.
It simulates various powerful Martial Dao realms, not for instruction, but to evoke the deep-seated beliefs within the Observer and provide a powerful external pressure and template to help the Observer combine their own beliefs with power, thus forging their own [Martial Will].
So why is it that only Song Shige has been able to successfully cultivate [Martial Will] so far?
The reason points to the key carrier— Vital Energy. The Survival World of the Martial Dao system is based on Vital Energy, a fundamental form of energy.
Without Vital Energy as a medium between will and reality, belief cannot be transformed into substantial intervention.
As the bound entity of the "Vast Sea Scroll," Song Shige's scroll would spontaneously generate and supply him with vital Vital Energy that he could directly draw upon when he used it, enabling him to complete this crucial step.
What surprised Su Luo even more was that once the [Martial Will] was forged into a complete form, its operation seemed to break free from its simple dependence on Vital Energy.
It has become a more Essence, purely personal power belonging to the user, existing between the soul and reality. This high degree of independence makes its value far exceed ordinary energy manipulation techniques.
In other words, enhancement requires Vital Energy, but use does not. It is even possible to enhance without Vital Energy, but the speed is extremely slow.
Holy crap, this thing is awesome.
Su Luo believed that this thing was comparable to Purple Skill.
"I see. The Essence of the 'Vast Sea Scroll' is not the transmission of knowledge, but a crucible of will, a catalyst. It doesn't teach you how to do things; it simply helps you 'Ignite' and 'fuel' yourself. I speculate that its higher-quality form might be the ability to catalyze stronger and purer Martial Will..."
He immediately retrieved a large amount of data that had been previously recorded regarding the fluctuations of Song Shige's [Martial Will], and once again poured his Divine Power into the "Vast Sea Scroll".
In his perception, it was an extremely condensed spiritual energy structure. It was extremely pure, with a strong sense of exclusivity and self-affirmation, as if its own way were the Truth.
It is somewhat similar to the Daoist heart of cultivating immortality, but it places more emphasis on power and less on transcending the mind.
"Stable structure... extremely high energy conversion efficiency... extremely deep bond with the soul... possesses self-reinforcing and external interference characteristics..."
A unity of belief, energy, and soul.
After a moment's thought, Su Luo activated the Emotion Cycle of her mental world.
Extreme emotions and beliefs must be pure and intense, serving as the foundation of the soul and will.
The next step is to use Vital Energy as a carrier.
Ordinary Vital Energy does not possess such a powerful personal imprint. Martial Will requires is vital Vital Energy that a cultivator has refined and nurtured over a long period of time. This Vital Energy is filled with the cultivator's personal spiritual imprint, as if it possesses a simple consciousness and can respond to the call of their beliefs.
Recording these discoveries, my Divine Power withdrew from "The Vast Sea Scroll" and returned to reality.
Su Luo murmured:
"Wait a minute, Song Shige didn't cultivate any Vital Energy, how did that happen? Could he really be a peerless genius? No, it must be the special nature of the special item binding..."
For the next few hours, the interior of the Laboratory flashed with energy.
Su Luo tried her own pure Mana, highly condensed Divine Power, and even many elements, but the results were not ideal. They either could not be effectively integrated with her will, or their structure was unstable and easily collapsed under the simulated impact of her will.
He is trying to replace vital energy with other forms of Vital Energy as a new carrier.
He even nearly exhausted the Vital Energy stored in the System Space as samples, conducting numerous comparative experiments before he could fully understand the role and nature of Vital Energy in constructing [Martial Will].
As the vehicle through which will interferes with reality, without Vital Energy, will is merely a fantasy and cannot be transformed into actual power.
After several attempts, Su Luo finally discovered that the Heart Fiend Blood Qi was the most suitable replacement, as it was closer to the Vital Energy Blood Qi cultivated using Yuan Qi in the Martial Dao system.
After all, Su Luo's Heart Fiend Blood Qi originated from the Martial Dao lost in the history of the Trial Instance.
His accumulated knowledge and in-depth research on different power systems finally came in handy at this moment.
Having initially resolved the carrier issue, Su Luo did not stop. He needed more data and reference points. Under his control, the Laboratory instantly activated, transforming into a silver streak of light and hurtling towards a coordinate.
"Hey, that can't be taken down!"
Song Shige looked on helplessly as Su Luo placed her hand on his bony chair and tried to stop her.
This guy came to his house, forced him to watch "The Vast Sea Scroll" for five or six hours, then dismantled his Sanctuary's engine, and now he's eager to try it on other buildings.
"Get the engine completely back up and installed first! I don't want to have to carry this thousand-ton thing around on my own every time we move the Sanctuary next time!"
Su Luo regretfully withdrew her hand from the skeleton chair. Su Luo couldn't see anything special about this Perfect- level building at all. Its various beneficial effects seemed to be more due to the mysterious power of the "system building" itself than to how ingenious its structural design was.
"That Perfect high-quality engine... I can't install it properly. There are many internal structures that I can't understand, especially the energy conversion. Even the internal space sizes are different, probably due to the system architecture."
Song Shige's eye twitched slightly as he strode to the engine room. Looking at the massive metal structure that seemed unchanged from before, he opened the control panel:
[Large-Scale Mana Engine (Perfect)]
[Damage level: 34%]
[Repair requires: 1294371 SC, 300 Special Mana Metals, High-Purity Elemental Crystals...]
"Damn, the repair will cost at least three million SC..." Song Shige calculated the total price and looked at Su Luo.
"Just kill a few level 8 monsters, they're cheap." Su Luo continued calmly:
"By the way, are you really planning to aim for a Level 8 Sanctuary? Judging from the data we've gathered so far, it seems like pure money-burning. A single engine alone would cost at least 20 to 30 million Survival Coins."
Su Luo subconsciously compared it to his mobile Laboratory. Although the upgrades and iterations had only consumed materials worth nearly 100 million Survival Coins, it was actually not expensive, only slightly more expensive than a regular level 7 Sanctuary.