Chapter Two began: To learn the art of calligraphy, first dry and grind the ink, gaze intently and still your thoughts, consider the size of the characters, whether they lay flat, stood straight, or trembled...
This chapter exhausted the marvels of brush momentum. Ordinary people looked at characters and saw only an impression, but this chapter laid bare the vast learning within every stroke...
Chapter Three began: Observe the form and structure, let changing appearances remain alike, follow the momentum and behold the countenance, height and depth each holding their own charm, fully capturing the movement within the characters...
As this chapter ended, Azure Lotus Fire suddenly appeared beneath Lin Su's brush, and a Triple Pagoda rose behind him.
A sign that the Treasure Codex was about to emerge.
Lin Su paid no attention whatsoever. Even the tip of his brush seemed steeped in the soul of the Calligraphy Way, flowing out in a boundless ocean... Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six... Chapter Twelve!
With a soft boom, the twelve chapters of the "Treatise on Brush Momentum" on the table flew up at once. Meanwhile, another text seemed to descend from the horizon—it was the "Treatise on Calligraphy" Lin Su had once written.
The two texts, bearing the same brushwork, together formed the complete essence of the Calligraphy Way of Wang Xizhi, a generation's Sage of Books.
The pages closed together in midair and transformed into a gigantic golden tome. It spiraled into the sky, then unfurled with a rustle...
A saintly voice spread through the Holy Hall. "Lin Su of Changxing has written the 'Book Power Theory,' which is hereby enshrined as a Sacred Hall Treasure Codex..."
The doors of the Calligraphy Palace's main hall flew open. An elderly man in a tall crown led a group outside, arriving