"Incense resonance was the cause of an incense deity, and an incense deity was the fruit of incense resonance?
Cause and effect gave rise to each other within a single thought. This was the power of a great cultivator!"
Madam Zhao soon learned that Li Ling had created a new method of his own to investigate the transformations of the Incense Path.
Li Ling said vaguely, "It's only an idea for now. Do you have any advice, Madam?"
Madam Zhao said, "I think this method has boundless prospects. But I can't even transform my mind into incense yet, so I'm hardly qualified to comment on such profound transformations."
"Even you can't do it, Madam?" Li Ling asked in surprise.
Madam Zhao said, "Divine abilities and spells have always come through affinity. Without the aptitude or the right encounters, you simply lack that affinity. You've studied a few things yourself, so you should have some experience of this."
Li Ling fell silent. Divine abilities and spells did indeed depend on compatibility.
They were not like the skills of mortal craftsmen, which could be understood through diligent analysis. This was inseparably connected to the mind-dependent nature of Dharma power.
Madam Zhao said, "The Netherworld Communion through incense essence you mentioned cannot be perceived through spiritual consciousness or thought at all. But this method of transforming incense resonance and incense deities does have some merit.
Unfortunately, you still can't depict the precise forms of these incense deities. Otherwise, by using methods for visualizing Dharma forms and invoking Qi-Contained Manifestation, we might be able to take a shortcut to mastering it."
Li Ling said, "Exactly. I created this method to give people a bridge they could cross by a shortcut. Cultivators who practice the Great Dao of the primordial spirit and contemplate Dharma forms