Jiang Hai's visualization did not last very long. Although visualization and meditation differed by only a single character in Chinese, their meanings were entirely different.
Meditation involved emptying the mind and focusing solely on breathing, drawing in the origin energy of heaven and earth to increase soul power. Visualization, on the other hand, involved using one's thoughts to envision something aligned with the Great Dao of heaven and earth, allowing soul power to circulate more naturally.
This method also better suited the mindset of cultivation. Compared with meditation, it required an even greater freedom from distractions, and thus carried a smaller risk of cultivation deviation.
However, visualization also consumed spiritual power.
Even Jiang Hai could not maintain a state of visualization for long.
Yet prolonged visualization also brought considerable benefits. The most obvious was that Jiang Hai's spiritual power became more tempered and refined.
Golden light flashed in his eyes as Jiang Hai's awareness returned. The Holy Emperor's facial features in his mind had grown a little clearer.
The limits of the Soul Refining Art seemed related to his mastery of the visualization method. Jiang Hai could sense that the maximum age to which he could raise his soul rings with the Soul Refining Art had increased slightly. Although the increase was less than a year, it represented limitless possibilities. With steady accumulation over time, raising every one of his soul rings to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring might not be impossible.
The White Sea Eagle beside him was still sleeping. A layer of azure light enveloped Jiang Hai as he left the balcony with steady steps.
The Bloodthorn Flower intertwined into a Flowering Vines Staircase that extended downward.
In the Back Courtyard, above a dried-up blood pool, a pair of demon eyes on the Demon Empress Statue's hideous,