Building a Soul Aperture System, Deep Meditation

After learning the truth behind Director Chi's anxiety, Su Fan felt rather helpless as well.

A sudden leap in strength?

He wanted another one too.

But that was basically impossible.

After sending Director Chi away, he sat cross-legged on his bed and began his cultivation for the day.

The Heavenly Circuit Apertures circulated his Soul Power, making his meditation efficiency far surpass that of Soul Masters at the same rank.

It was precisely because of this that he had been able to maintain such rapid progress even after reaching the third and fourth rings.

Hunting the fifty-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca had wasted nearly half a year.

However, with that fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, along with the accumulation from those preceding months, Su Fan's Soul Power had directly reached level forty-five.

Now, after another half year, Su Fan had advanced two more levels and reached level forty-seven.

He was still quite far from level fifty.

Moreover, Su Fan had previously used Apertures as his guide. Every breakthrough through a bottleneck had followed the clear path of condensing an Aperture.

Now that the Heavenly Circuit Apertures had taken shape, he truly did not lack Apertures anymore.

How was he supposed to break through from level forty-nine to level fifty?

It was not that Su Fan could no longer break through without the Aperture Method. Rather, since he had developed such a cultivation method, he wanted to see it through from beginning to end.

The Aperture Method was still far from its limit.

"The Heavenly Circuit Apertures—what is called the Heavenly Circuit only satisfies the Physical Heavenly Circuit. The Soul Apertures within my Sea of Consciousness have not yet condensed in sufficient numbers."

"A Soul Master's fifth ring must endure Soul Shock. From then on, spiritual power begins to be tempered and grows noticeably. Therefore, before the fifth ring, the limit of my Aperture Method should be determined by Soul Apertures. After the fifth ring, cultivation should also condense a Heavenly Circuit of Soul Apertures."

At that point, body and soul would form a truly complete Great Heavenly Circuit.

With that thought, Su Fan sank into his Sea of Consciousness.

"Senior?"

"What is it?"

"Your methods are extraordinary. Before your death, you must have cultivated to an extremely high realm, right?"

"Not particularly high. I did not become a god."

Su Fan was speechless.

How could those be the same?

Becoming a god on the Holy Demon Continent meant becoming part of heaven and earth.

Although one would lose one's physical body, and even one's reason would gradually be assimilated by heaven and earth over time.

Everything one had cultivated would truly influence the entire world.

It was not on the same level as becoming a god on the Douluo Continent.

"Even if you didn't become a god, you should be no worse than one, right?"

"More or less." Electrolux had originally been rather modest, but Su Fan's praise pleased him nonetheless. Unable to resist feeling proud, he said, "If I wanted to become a god, I could take that step at any time. In fact, if I had not sealed myself, my realm would have broken through on its own."

Su Fan clicked his tongue in amazement.

That was more like it.

"Standing at such heights, this junior wishes to further develop the Soul Aperture Method. However, this junior does not understand spiritual power cultivation very deeply and has some questions to ask."

"You do not know how to arrange the Soul Apertures?"

"Yes."

Su Fan looked at Electrolux expectantly.

"You would do better to ask yourself than ask me."

"Hm?"

Su Fan was puzzled.

Electrolux smiled. "I have observed the cultivation of you Soul Masters. Relying on Soul Rings to directly master Soul Skills is truly incredible."

Electrolux's expression was filled with envy.

"No need for diligent study or arduous training. So long as you absorb a Soul Ring, you can master the correct Soul Skill. It is foolproof."

"And you have also obtained an Imprint Soul Skill."

"In theory, you can master any Soul Skill."

"With Imprint assisting you, you can directly sense the correct Soul Skill, which allows you to master it easily."

Electrolux's words were full of praise for the Soul Master system.

Su Fan asked in confusion, "So what does this have to do with my Soul Apertures?"

"Of course it is related. To unleash a Soul Skill, the circulation of Soul Power is indispensable, and comprehension of its essence is equally indispensable."

"I have felt it before. When a Soul Ring is activated, your Soul Power circulates automatically along a specific route. Yet that alone is not enough. Certain traits within your Soul Ring also take effect, granting your Soul Power special properties. Combined, the two form a complete Soul Skill."

"Your physical Apertures can inscribe a Core Array and record the Soul Power circulation of a Soul Skill. Naturally, Soul Apertures can record the characteristics of Soul Skills."

"Only when a physical Aperture and a Soul Aperture become one is it a complete Aperture. Only then can one Aperture correspond to one Soul Skill."

Listening to Electrolux's explanation, Su Fan suddenly understood.

"A Soul Aperture corresponds to a physical Aperture!"

"Correct."

Electrolux revealed a gratified smile.

By offering guidance from the side, he had allowed Su Fan to comprehend this point. That showed Su Fan truly possessed talent in this area.

Perhaps Su Fan himself had already vaguely sensed it.

He had merely been waiting for an opportunity to pierce the window paper.

"A Soul Aperture corresponds to a physical Aperture..."

Su Fan closed his eyes and carefully considered the details.

"An Aperture must also have a soul. A Soul Aperture is the soul of an Aperture."

"The Ancestral Aperture connects the physical body and the Sea of Consciousness. Taking the Ancestral Aperture as the center, I can compare the Sea of Consciousness with the body..."

Before he knew it, Su Fan had entered Deep Meditation.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the sole Soul Aperture that had already grown incomparably enormous began to divide.

One Soul Aperture after another lit up around it.

The sun rose and the moon set.

Su Fan could not sense the passage of time. He concentrated on comparing them with his physical body as he traced the pathways of Soul Apertures within his Sea of Consciousness.

Outside.

Director Chi paced outside Su Fan's door.

"What is going on with this kid? He shouldn't have overslept, and it's already been a week. He hasn't had a drop of water or a single meal."

Director Chi could sense Su Fan's Soul Power fluctuations.

They were inside the dormitory.

"Could he really be in Deep Meditation?"

Director Chi was also responsible for teaching, so he had a solid grasp of many cultivation theories concerning Soul Masters.

He had never experienced Deep Meditation himself.

But he knew about it.

Judging from Su Fan's current condition, he roughly arrived at this conclusion.

It was precisely because of this that he had not rashly kicked open the door, lest he interrupt Su Fan's Deep Meditation.

"It has been seven days. I wonder how long this Deep Meditation will last."

Director Chi glanced at the sky, sighed, and left Su Fan's door.

Soon, another teacher came to stand guard outside Su Fan's door, preventing some other student from suddenly losing his mind and kicking it.

Time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.

"What exactly did this kid comprehend?"

Director Chi came to Su Fan's door once more.

He held a medicine bottle containing more than a dozen pills.

He had specifically commissioned someone to refine them.

They were meant for situations where someone like Su Fan went without food or water for a long time.

They could swiftly replenish his body's deficiencies, restore him as quickly as possible, and ensure that it would not affect his assimilation of what he had gained from Deep Meditation.

"Director, Su Fan's Soul Power seemed to fluctuate just now."

A teacher standing beside Director Chi suddenly spoke.

Director Chi immediately extended his senses.

Sure enough, Su Fan's Soul Power within the room had begun to fluctuate violently.

They were not fluctuations from an increase in Soul Power, but fluctuations that rose and fell.

At times, they even erupted.

Director Chi and the teacher looked at each other.

"Could something have happened?"

"Wait a little longer," Director Chi said.

Su Fan's Soul Power fluctuations grew increasingly intense and showed no sign of stopping.

Not only did they not stop, they became even more violent.

It was not an increase.

It was fluctuation.

Rising one moment, falling the next.

His Soul Power remained at the same level.

Yet the magnitude of those fluctuations highlighted how extraordinary they were.

It clearly had not increased, yet it gave people an even more terrifying feeling.

"What exactly did he comprehend?"

Director Chi's expression turned solemn.