The basic operating principle of the Zhaoshen Map was to channel the user's soul power into the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, transforming it into starlight of divine intent. It was essentially a demonic seed implanted in a living being's mind palace, sharing the host's senses and stitching together the sensory ranges of all living beings within a certain area into a panoramic image.
There were two key factors: first, the strength of the user's own soul; second, the density of living beings within the sensing range. These directly determined the clarity and detail of the image manifested by the Zhaoshen Map.
When Yu Ci had been at the Spirit Communion realm, his starlight of divine intent had been unable to breach the defensive barrier of Core Formation cultivators. Now, Core Formation cultivators posed no difficulty, but those at the Void-Stepping realm and above still remained beyond his reach. As for the Zhaoshen Map's initial manifested range, both aboveground and underground had their limits because, beyond those points, the density of living beings was insufficient to stitch together an effective image.
However, during the period when the Zhaoshen Map had failed, Yu Ci had grasped the techniques for using the starlight of divine intent. Thus, when he wielded the Zhaoshen Map now, it was no longer the rigid old mode that relied entirely on the bronze mirror's spontaneous operation. He could shift its focus and viewing angle according to his will.
In other words, he could completely avoid interference from powerful targets. So long as there were living beings around the target whose senses provided coverage, the target could not escape his prying eyes; at worst, his angle of view would be limited. The "haze" problem had largely been alleviated.
Likewise, so long as he shifted his angle of view in time,