Chapter 28
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Chapter 28: Spirituality
“I’m waiting for you to beg me, junior brother!”
Zhu Zhaohong patted Yun Ye’s shoulder from above and then brushed past him, saying nothing more.
In their eyes, putting pressure on Yun Ye would eventually make him yield.
After glancing at their backs, Yun Ye left too.
Yun Ye knew his shortcomings. While he had accelerated his growth through diligent cultivation, his lack of friends meant he had little access to information from higher circles, leaving him unaware of many things.
The three forces in the Awakening Hall were actually a stepping stone for commoners; only by becoming a servant could one find a better path ahead.
Yun Ye had no regrets about this. There is a trade-off in everything. His intense training and studying naturally meant he would neglect other aspects.
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In the following days, Yun Ye followed a step-by-step approach to learning, waiting for Shen An’s notice.
Like other revival of Spiritual Roots, Yun Ye first needed to learn a form of Spiritual Law.
The Awakening Hall had two Spiritual Laws for each element, and the two Spiritual Laws for the Fire Element were “Fire Spiritual Law: Feather Coat” and “Fire Spiritual Law: True Fire.”
Feather Coat was a state-based Spiritual Law that could weave fire spirit energy to create a flame coat. This would enhance physical qualities and allow each strike to deal extremely high fire damage. Additionally, the flame coat could defend against all external attacks, making it a balance of offense and defense.
On the other hand, True Fire didn’t involve any weaving and simply enhanced the flame’s temperature, continuously increasing its destructive capacity. The power of a single attack was several times, even dozens of times, more powerful than the Feather Coat.
However, since it didn’t enhance physical qualities, whether one could hit their target depended solely on the cultivator’s skills.
As he could only choose one to learn, Yun Ye pondered for a while and chose the Feather Coat.
“Is this the method to cultivate the Feather Coat?”
Yun Ye sat on a chair, raising his fingers and letting small sparks of fire emerge, wrapping around his fingertips.
He fell into deep thought.
His top priority was to enhance his strength, so he was eager to begin practicing the Feather Coat Spiritual Law.
But the reality was nothing like he had imagined. The so-called Spiritual Law was merely about controlling the form of spirit energy; there were no profound formulas or techniques involved.
The Feather Coat only pointed to one direction: how to use Fire Element spirit energy without harming oneself to form a coat that balanced offense and defense. The rest depended entirely on the cultivator.
Such a simple and rough Spiritual Law clearly didn’t intend to properly teach anyone.
Without a good teacher, relying on himself would result in low efficiency.
Given Yun Ye’s D-level comprehension, it should have been quite challenging for him to master it. Yet, in reality, he learned quickly.
The only reason was that Yun Ye saw through the essence of the Fire Element Spiritual Roots.
“Spiritual Roots revival!”
The fiery patterns on Yun Ye’s forehead ignited as he entered a state of controlling the spirit energy of heaven and earth.
A large number of fire rings appeared, swirling around him.
At first glance, these fire rings seemed to be extremely hot, but upon closer inspection, one could find that they radiated no heat outward.
Because of this, Yun Ye could freely position these fire rings around himself without harming himself.
This was quite unusual, but everyone took it for granted that flames wouldn’t harm them.
After Yun Ye mastered the Fire Element Spiritual Roots, he immediately discovered this unique feature and began his research.
He found that in the revival of Spiritual Roots state, casually creating and controlling flames was only a surface-level effect.
The ability of the Fire Element Spiritual Roots was to “create phenomena similar to fire.”
More accurately, it was about transmitting energy out of thin air.
However, depending on the user and the difference in Spiritual Laws, flames would exhibit different properties.
Not harming the user was a common understanding, so all flames developed a spirit that prevented them from radiating heat back to their master.
The capacity of this spirit had its limits; once a certain effect occupied the flame’s capacity, other effects would weaken.
Thus, when revival of Spiritual Roots first awakened their roots, they were at their weakest because they hadn’t mastered the Spiritual Law to maximize their spirit.
The reason Yun Ye’s flames could break through Huang Yupeng’s wooden barrier lay in this detail; he focused all the spiritual properties of the flames on burning, continuously consuming the wooden barrier’s spirit energy, forcing Huang Yupeng to awaken his Spiritual Roots to extinguish the flames.
Yun Ye’s flames could even burn without consuming any material, solely exhausting spirit energy to achieve maximum destructive effect.
Using this method to increase the power of the flames, outsiders saw no issues and mistakenly believed Yun Ye’s Spiritual Roots were innately strong, enabling him to command more spirit energy of heaven and earth, meaning he had greater completeness of his Spiritual Roots.
Based on this, Yun Ye quickly learned the Feather Coat. Although it was on a small scale, he had indeed mastered it.
If it were any other revival of Spiritual Roots— even a genius— they would still encounter problems to some degree.
Cultivating Spiritual Laws required a fundamental shift in one’s perception of flames protecting their master and converting that protective spirit into offensive power, a process that could easily lead to mistakes, and many revival of Spiritual Roots had died because of it.
That Yun Ye could bypass this stage was a tremendous advantage, allowing him to progress without hesitation and rapidly enhance his control over spirit energy, gaining powerful abilities as a result.
It’s worth mentioning that in the revival of Spiritual Roots state, the capacity of the Spiritual Roots’ spirit increased tenfold. Therefore, if one didn’t awaken their roots, their spirit capacity would only remain at one-tenth, insufficient to even fully convert into the Feather Coat’s spirit for using the Feather Coat Spiritual Law.
This is the area that required long-term, steady cultivation.
Huang Yupeng, having not awakened his Spiritual Roots, had a normal spirit capacity that far exceeded Yun Ye’s awakened roots. Were it not for the fact that he could initially control all spirit energy, he would likely end up as others predicted: unable to break through defenses.
Spirit cultivation is divided into five levels: Entry, Proficiency, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, and Perfection.
However, the upper limits of these five levels are related to the Spiritual Laws.
The Feather Coat and True Fire Spiritual Laws are merely basic laws; even cultivated to their utmost, their limits remain low.
Fortunately, Yun Ye grasped the essence; as long as he raised the upper limit of his spirit, he could convert most of it, unlike other cultivators, who could only use the spirit corresponding to their current law.
“The spirit of the Fire Element generally involves four aspects: flame temperature (energy levels), burning characteristics, impact range, and propagation speed. If one doesn’t understand this, no matter how much they practice, they cannot eliminate the other three aspects completely.”
“The perfection described in basic Spiritual Laws is merely a significant increase in spirit capacity, with still a lot of spirit being wasted. Perhaps this is why they are considered basic laws.”
Yun Ye began his seven-day spiritual cultivation.
Spiritual cultivation is quite simple, involving continuously transforming spirit energy into corresponding spiritual flames. As one progresses through this process, they grow more skilled and gradually enhance their conversion efficiency.
Spirit, in essence, is the application of spirit energy; the higher the application, the greater the spirit capacity.
In just seven days, Yun Ye completed the entry level of the Spiritual Law.
His spirit doubled!
