After the divine chant of the Sword Heart Formula began echoing repeatedly in Wangquan Baye and the others' minds, the negative emotions that had been infinitely magnified within them began to subside.
Almost all creatures Outside the Circle had no physical bodies, yet they were connected to the seven emotions and six desires. As long as one was not someone whose heart was as still as water, the slightest flaw would inevitably leave them vulnerable to those creatures' influence.
The "Sword Heart Formula" was a strange, incomprehensible sequence of syllables, totaling four hundred and sixty-two sounds, with no written record. The Sword Heart Formula itself had no meaning. Its mystery lay in the fact that reciting, silently chanting, or listening to it could temper one's heart.
The Sword Heart Formula had four major realms: when the heart's lake merged into one, it became Still Water; when the lake froze, it became Dustless; when the ice became transparent, it became Bright Mirror; when the heart's energy became formless, it became Great Void.
One only needed to reach the first realm, a heart as still as water... to completely ignore the influence of creatures Outside the Circle.
Though the first realm was by no means easy to attain, continuously reciting, silently chanting, and listening to it could still dispel the negative emotions in one's heart and resolve a state of demonic deviation.
Of course... the irredeemable demonic deviation Fu Hua spoke of was different. The demonic deviation here referred to being infected by Honkai, not truly falling into emotional madness.
"Boss? We..."
"What... what were we doing just now?!"
"Junior Brother Ji, Junior Brother Mu, Junior Sister Aoki..."
Once they regained their senses and saw the traces of battle around them, they realized there had been no enemies at all... They had