Rong Qiyue's guess had actually been right—
Feeling that strange stirring, Han Su was pleasantly surprised.
Rong Qiyue had said before that during the Second Stage advancement, one could feel the effects of the Emperor's text. That was what had made him consider advancing in the first place.
But now, this strange sensation was far more than he'd imagined, and the Fishing Horn had proved useful in an unexpected way.
He'd originally come up with chanting the Fishing Horn as a kind of safety valve, but now it seemed there was no need for it at all.
The Mysterious Will could contaminate a person's mind because the supernatural species that had once appeared in the world had left behind Mental Activity, even after they were gone.
Once an extraordinary being's mind developed Mental Activity, it could remain in the world even after the being died.
The amount was simply too small. The world diluted that activity until almost nothing remained.
But supernatural species whose bodies had fused with divine matter were different. Their divine matter and Mental Activity exceeded all limits.
Even long after their extinction, they coexisted with the real world, like enormous treasures waiting to be found.
Perhaps this was what the long-haired girl at the Central City Library had meant when she said, "Gods never die"?
But it wasn't really that they couldn't die. It was that their Mental Activity contained their minds, giving them the ability to revive under certain conditions.
Likewise, anyone who stole the Mysterious Power they'd left behind would be affected by that lingering Mental Activity.
This was the greatest difficulty in Second Stage training.
As one stole power, one was constantly influenced by the lingering will. Sooner or later, one would lose oneself and be utterly consumed. But now, as for the