He recalled the information he had just received once more.
"Woohoo~"
Jiang Dongjun could not help letting out a strange whoop. He felt so good he might spiral straight up into the heavens on the spot.
"My good brother, everything you've done before made me suspect that the Soul Liquid you condensed had an effect something like 'Deep Blue Add Points.' I never got around to testing it, but this information just confirmed it!"
Jiang Dongjun rubbed his hands together, pondering which option to start with.
As for that Immortal Spirit Fungus? Never heard of it! Really, never heard of it!
"On the physical side, increase my fireball's density!"
"Hmph, the core of a certain sun only has a density of 150 tonnes per cubic meter. If I have the same density, surely you ought to call me a miniature star?"
"Add points!"
At Jiang Dongjun's mental command, eleven drops of Soul Liquid flew out of the small metal bottle and entered the golden-orange fireball before him.
(0/11) → (11/11)
Boom!
In an instant, it was as though the Big Bang had erupted inside Jiang Dongjun's head, leaving his consciousness utterly blank.
Then his consciousness was dragged into an unknown dark space. A blazing sun suddenly lit up, driving away the endless darkness and freely scattering light and heat.
A profound essence-blazing, fervent, domineering, dazzling, and sacred-washed over Jiang Dongjun, leaving him deeply entranced.
Only after an unknown stretch of time was Jiang Dongjun's consciousness kicked out of that mysterious space. When he came to, he felt a hollow sense of loss.
Without bothering to inspect the changes to his Martial Soul, Jiang Dongjun threw all his effort into savoring the lingering impression.
"Maybe I could use it as a visualization image to temper my mind. If I visualized it while meditating to cultivate, could that become a different kind of cultivation method? I could feel the Soul Power in my dantian stirring while I observed it!"
He acted on the idea at once.
While that profound essence still lingered, Jiang Dongjun sat cross-legged on the spot and began meditating.
A hazy sun rose within his consciousness. With his Spiritual Power sufficiently powerful, Jiang Dongjun actually managed to reproduce a little of its true essence, forming an inexplicable force field that drew the energy of heaven and earth into his body.
The Soul Power in his dantian was drawn along as well. It began flowing on its own, taking a familiar route through several meridians, coursing throughout his body in a self-contained cycle.
It really worked!
Jiang Dongjun suppressed his excitement and looked within himself, committing the meridians through which his Soul Power flowed and the order of its circulation to memory.
This was a cultivation method bestowed by heaven!
It was not merely circulating his Soul Power on its own. A portion of that Soul Power also branched off, descending from his dantian through the perineum before rising along his back like a stream of heat, tirelessly attempting to break through a blockage.
That was...
The Governing Vessel, one of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels!
Knowing the wonders of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Jiang Dongjun instantly realized what this portion of his Soul Power was doing.
Under the guidance of the Great Sun Visualization Method, it was actually trying to open his Governing Vessel!
"Great Sun Visualization Method" was the name Jiang Dongjun had just given it.
In truth, after experiencing how it guided his Soul Power to circulate automatically, Jiang Dongjun would rather have called it the "Fully Automatic Cultivation Machine."
Unfortunately.
As the lingering impression faded completely, the great sun Jiang Dongjun visualized in his mind gradually became "distorted." The little true essence he had reproduced lost its magic, and the force field weakened. It could no longer guide his Soul Power to circulate on its own or break through blockages, retaining only enough strength to draw Heaven and Earth Essence into his body.
"No, the impression from a single observation is still too shallow. I need to observe it several more times and reproduce more of its true essence, more faithfully, before the Great Sun Visualization Method can live up to its name."
"How can I enter that state again?"
Jiang Dongjun's gaze shifted back and forth between the golden-orange fireball before him and the small metal bottle.
"Let's use a little and test the waters."
The Light of Time and Space shone onto the golden-orange fireball, and the information it returned had already changed.
The parentheses after its density had disappeared, indicating that there was currently no opportunity to "add points."
The value in the density field had changed as well.
--Density: 27.34 kg/m³ (0/11) ↓ --Density: 1100 kg/m³
"That number..."
The four-digit figure made Jiang Dongjun's brow twitch.
The basin-sized golden-orange fireball bobbing in the air before him had gained a sense of weight and substance. It was also more solid, shining like burnished gold.
The benefits of increasing his Martial Soul's density were obvious.
Attacks unleashed through the Fireball Martial Soul, such as flaming spears, would become more solid and weighty, like metal. They would be harder to disperse and strike with greater force.
Defenses unleashed through the Fireball Martial Soul, such as Dusk’s Blessing, would produce a thicker veil of energy that was harder to break and better at absorbing damage.
"Calm down! Calm down!"
"Think about Tang Wulin. When he broke his seal at ten years old, both his left and right fists could deliver over a thousand kilograms of force. With the Golden Dragon Claw, that would double!"
"All I've done is raise my Martial Soul's density to over a thousand kilograms. Compared to Tang Wulin, I'm still far inferior."
Jiang Dongjun constantly reminded himself to stay alert, using Tang Wulin as his target to keep himself from getting too carried away.
-If I can't even surpass Tang Wulin's cultivation record, how can I talk about opposing God King Tang?!
"If I'm going to ascend to godhood, naturally it'll all be thanks to my extraordinary innate talent!"
"Soul Liquid, add points!"
One drop of Soul Liquid flew out of the small metal bottle and entered the golden-orange fireball.
This time, the enhancement targeted "light element control."
--Light element control: intermediate (30/100) ↓ --Light element control: intermediate (31/100)
Boom!
Jiang Dongjun's guess was correct. His consciousness was once again pulled into the mysterious space, where a blazing sun hung in the void, freely scattering light and heat.
But almost before he could register it, his consciousness was kicked back out.
"Keep going! Keep going!"
"Today, I'm going to bring the Great Sun Visualization Method into being! Every time I visualize it, it'll guide my Soul Power into a self-contained cycle and cultivate automatically!"
Ten drops of Soul Liquid flew out and entered the golden-orange fireball.
--Light element control: intermediate (31/100) ↓ --Light element control: intermediate (41/100)
Boom!
This time, he was dragged into the mysterious space to observe it for much longer.
He kept adding points.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Until.
--Light element control: advanced (101/1000)
The moment his Elemental Control crossed the threshold from intermediate to advanced, Jiang Dongjun remained in the mysterious space longer than ever before. So long, in fact, that after being kicked out, he had exhausted his Spiritual Power and felt as though a needle were churning inside his head.
Yet his bloodshot eyes shone with a piercing brilliance, and his face was filled with utter exhilaration.
He had finally reproduced enough of its true essence. The cultivation technique, the Great Sun Visualization Method, had been born in his hands.
"Just hold on a little longer!"
After giving himself a word of encouragement, Jiang Dongjun began testing the cultivation method.
He closed his eyes, sat cross-legged on the floor, and entered a meditative state.
An illusory blazing sun rose above his Sea of Consciousness.
Blazing! Dazzling! Domineering! Fervent! Sacred!
It freely scattered light and heat, generating a wondrous force field that drew upon all things.
Drawn by the wondrous force field, Heaven and Earth Essence surged into Jiang Dongjun's body. The Soul Power in his dantian was likewise drawn into his meridians, coursing throughout his body and forming a self-contained cycle.
But that was as far as it went.
He had not reproduced enough of the true essence from the mysterious space. The newly formed Great Sun Visualization Method was not yet powerful enough to perform all three operations at once. While drawing in Heaven and Earth Essence and guiding his Soul Power to circulate on its own, it could not also guide a portion of that Soul Power to persistently batter the Eight Extraordinary Vessels.
"All right, I should be satisfied. This rough first version of my Great Sun Visualization Method should be comparable to the castrated version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, shouldn't it?"
With that thought, Jiang Dongjun's consciousness gradually grew hazy, and he sank into deep meditation.
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