Great Light Mantra! (Please Vote)

After taking a bath, Zhu Ziyang felt completely refreshed. He sprawled lazily across the bed, not wanting to move at all. With his eyes half-closed, he contemplated his future plans and arrangements.

His martial soul had evolved into dual Light and Death Attributes—an unexpected delight. This meant he needed to make a decision: should he continue strengthening his Death Attribute, or follow his original plan and strengthen his Light Attribute?

He fell into deep thought.

The Death Attribute was undoubtedly powerful, but it also came with many problems.

First, Soul Beasts with the Death Attribute were at least high-level Soul Beasts. They were generally powerful and difficult to hunt. With Zhu Ziyang's current family background and strength, hunting a Death Attribute Soul Beast under a thousand years old might not be difficult. But once it exceeded a thousand years, things would become troublesome. After all, his father's combat strength was not particularly formidable.

Second, Death Attribute Soul Beasts were extremely rare, both in species and number. Encountering a White Bone Scythe Demon had already been an incredible stroke of luck. According to the information Zhu Ziyang knew, there were no Death Attribute Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast gathering grounds near Anyang City.

Finally, and most importantly, if he primarily cultivated the Death Attribute, other soul masters could easily mistake him for an Evil Soul Master!

Once he was regarded as an Evil Soul Master, things would become very troublesome.

After the Church Era ended, the nobles entered a golden age, and Evil Soul Masters did as well. Without Spirit Hall's suppression, Evil Soul Masters across the continent became exceptionally rampant. It was said that after ten thousand years of development, the Evil Soul Masters had even established a sect of their own. That alone showed just how brazen and unrestrained they had become.

So did the nations of the continent not take any measures against Evil Soul Masters? Zhu Ziyang did not know about the Sun Moon Empire, but the Three Great Empires held one attitude toward Evil Soul Masters: better to kill the wrong one than let one go!

However, the imperial officials had little more than an attitude. The only organization on the continent that explicitly hunted Evil Soul Masters was Shrek Academy!

As the continent's number one academy, Shrek Academy's stance and actions against Evil Soul Masters had always been very resolute.

Zhu Ziyang still wanted to enroll in Shrek Academy. He did not want his martial soul to bring him unnecessary trouble.

The Light Attribute, on the other hand, was different. It was just as powerful as the Death Attribute, but unlike the rarity of the Death Attribute, the Light Attribute was much more common. Therefore, Light Attribute Soul Beasts were far more numerous than Death Attribute Soul Beasts, and their strength would not be too much for Zhu Changhe to handle. Most importantly, there were Light Attribute Soul Beasts near Anyang City!

Having suitable Soul Beasts nearby was the greatest blessing for a soul master. It meant he would not need to travel vast distances to other regions to obtain Soul Rings. Whether in terms of time or distance, it was far more worthwhile.

In the end, Zhu Ziyang decided to focus on the Light Attribute and cultivate the Death Attribute as a secondary path.

"Ah! This is the only way!" Even after making his decision, Zhu Ziyang could not help sighing.

In the end, it was all because he lacked strength!

"Ah!" He sighed again, then shook his head and muttered, "Forget it. I'm only level 11. I'm still far from level 20, so I can think about it later. The most important thing now is to increase my strength! Cultivate!"

With that thought, Zhu Ziyang quickly swept away all the tangled hesitation and uncertainty in his heart. He sat cross-legged and began cultivating with complete focus.

He had been greatly looking forward to his first cultivation session after absorbing a Soul Ring.

He settled into a cross-legged position, closed his eyes, and prepared to enter meditation. Yet the next second, he began practicing the Lesser Light Breathing Technique instead. Zhu Ziyang froze, but he did not stop. Ever since his martial soul awakened, the Lesser Light Breathing Technique seemed to have completely become nothing more than an ordinary way of breathing. The wisp of qi in his Danzhong Acupoint had not shown the slightest reaction.

Zhu Ziyang had already given up on investigating it further.

However, it seemed that the Lesser Light Breathing Technique had sensed Zhu Ziyang's thoughts. This time, when he practiced it once more, the wisp of qi that had remained silent for seven days stirred again!

Zhu Ziyang was startled, and his consciousness was immediately drawn to the wisp of qi. Curiosity rose within him.

Soon, the Lesser Light Breathing Technique completed its cycle. Under normal circumstances, that wisp of qi should have returned to Zhu Ziyang's Danzhong Acupoint.

Yet this time, it did not obediently return there. Instead, it continued moving. Zhu Ziyang, who had been watching it closely, instantly noticed the change. He stared at the still-moving wisp of qi in shock and confusion as it shot straight toward the space between his brows—the Niwan Acupoint known as the Upper Dantian!

The Niwan Acupoint, also known as the Sea of Consciousness or Spiritual Sea, was where soul masters stored Spiritual Power. It corresponded to the Lower Dantian, where Soul Power was stored. Generally speaking, aside from spiritual-type soul masters, other soul masters could only open their Sea of Consciousness and begin cultivating Spiritual Power after reaching the Soul Elder realm.

Zhu Ziyang was astonished to discover that the wisp of qi had entered his Niwan Palace without any obstruction. Before he had time to think, he could only guide his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness as well. Only then did he realize that his Sea of Consciousness seemed to have been opened long ago. Once his consciousness entered it, his Spiritual Power immediately poured out from the Sea of Consciousness, sweeping through his body and filling him with an overwhelmingly pleasurable, floating sensation. It felt as though he were about to ascend to paradise itself.

But he quickly calmed down and hurriedly controlled his consciousness to inspect his Sea of Consciousness, wanting to see exactly what that wisp of qi was and what it intended to do!

Inside Zhu Ziyang's Spiritual Sea was a desolate sight. Aside from a small blue pond of average size and the mysterious qi floating above it, everything else was gray and hazy.

"So this is my Sea of Consciousness? It's so barren!" Zhu Ziyang observed it and muttered, "Is this little pond my Spiritual Power? Why is there so much of it? As expected, my Sea of Consciousness must have opened without me realizing it. A newly opened Sea of Consciousness couldn't possibly contain a Spiritual Sea this large!"

His gaze finally settled on that wisp of qi, full of scrutiny and doubt. "What exactly are you?"

There was no response, and Zhu Ziyang felt somewhat discouraged.

The next second, his eyes widened, filled with shock and fear. Under Zhu Ziyang's gaze, the wisp of qi suddenly exploded with a bang, bursting into countless golden particles that instantly spread throughout his Sea of Consciousness Space. Immediately afterward, Zhu Ziyang felt a sharp pain in his head. His vision gradually blurred, and in the end, he passed out.

Who knew how much time passed.

Inside the room, Zhu Ziyang slowly opened his eyes. His face was filled with intense shock and delight as he said softly, "I never expected this! I really never expected this! The Lesser Light Breathing Technique, heh! The Great Light Mantra, heh!"

It turned out that the Lesser Light Breathing Technique was the foundational circulation method of a cultivation art.

That cultivation art was the Great Light Mantra!

That wisp of qi was the vessel carrying the complete inheritance of the Great Light Mantra. Only by cultivating that wisp of qi could one possibly obtain the Great Light Mantra. Once Zhu Ziyang's Soul Power cultivation reached level 11 and fulfilled the inheritance requirements, the inheritance qi had rushed into his Sea of Consciousness and exploded within it. Its purpose was simple: to pass the Great Light Mantra on to him.

Now, he had obtained the Great Light Mantra.

A cultivation art should be a method of cultivation rather similar to a Meditation Method, Zhu Ziyang thought.

The Great Light Mantra was a cultivation art of mysterious origin. His memories from his previous life contained nothing related to it, which clearly meant that his past self had never obtained the Great Light Mantra. Zhu Ziyang did not know its specific effects, because the inheritance contained nothing but the cultivation chant and a diagram of the acupoints through which it circulated. If he wanted to understand the effects of this mysterious cultivation art, he would have to test it himself!

After a moment of silence, Zhu Ziyang decided to experience it personally!

He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.

He began circulating the Soul Power within his body according to the Great Light Mantra's route. His Soul Power flowed in a manner completely different from a Meditation Method. It felt somewhat awkward, and its speed was rather slow. Yet after completing one cycle, he gradually became more familiar with it, and the speed naturally increased. During cultivation, Zhu Ziyang was surprised to discover that after his Soul Power left his dantian, it would become infused with Light Element. Then, this Soul Power infused with Light Element gradually seeped into his blood and was ultimately completely absorbed by it. By the time it reached his Danzhong Acupoint, the remaining Soul Power infused with Light Element would become pure Soul Power again after leaving the Danzhong Acupoint, continuing its circulation.

When Zhu Ziyang ended his cultivation, the expression on his face was one of surprise, excitement, and exhilaration!

He had already understood the effects of the Great Light Mantra.

If the Meditation Methods popular across the continent were merely methods for circulating Soul Power, then the Great Light Mantra was a more advanced method for circulating Soul Power, bloodline power, and Spiritual Power! Zhu Ziyang understood that the Great Light Mantra had at least four effects. The first was naturally cultivating Soul Power, the second was cultivating Spiritual Power, the third was strengthening his physique, and the fourth was increasing his affinity with the Light Element!

After cultivating for an entire night, Zhu Ziyang deeply felt that his Spiritual Power had grown and his physique had been tempered. Most importantly, the Light Attribute of the Radiant Scythe seemed to have strengthened by several degrees!

For Zhu Ziyang, who had already decided to primarily cultivate the path of light, this was undoubtedly a powerful shot in the arm!