Chapter 469

Chapter 469: The Size of a Needle’s Eye

Humans possess three souls and seven spirits, and cultivators continuously strengthen their souls through practice. When one reaches the Bosa Stage, it becomes essential to pursue the essence to solidify the soul.

Transforming from formless to form is a significant advancement, signifying your stature in the world. This is why, during the Spirit Motion Stage, the focus on Spirit Motion marks is so crucial; it leads to the All-Manifestation Realm, allowing one to create an exceptionally powerful Legal Form.

Li Hui dedicated himself to intense cultivation, believing he could surely attain the Golden Dragon Legal Form. He indeed succeeded, albeit only for a fleeting moment before it was shattered, reducing him to a tiny silver snake.

If one were to say there was no connection to the silver snake bracelet in this outcome, no one would believe it.

“What does this mean? Am I being treated like a snake egg to hatch into a little snake? What use is this Legal Form? Am I supposed to consume spirit treasures?” Li Hui smacked his forehead and muttered, “There is no record of this in the classics! There are plenty of snake Legal Forms, but most are dark and malevolent. Does having thick black hair mean I can avoid seeing myself as a snake?”

“No way! What good is this silver snake with a hairpin-like shape? I’ll have to wait until it forms a Legal Form to understand its value. Thankfully, my spiritual sense is strong, and my cultivation is decent, so my soul will stabilize its form quickly. I should be able to create a Legal Form in mid-stage Bosa. But if this Legal Form is subpar, how can I show it without embarrassing myself?”

Just as Li Hui intended to withdraw and stand up, his dantian firmly held onto the Stone Stele. After reaching the ninth level of profound qi, he could still improve further, and he became incredibly excited: “Could it be that today I could reach completion? This stone stele raises the clear qi and lowers the murky qi. Is it possible that this clear qi is the direction for cultivating profound qi at its pinnacle?”

No one could answer that question; the path of cultivation often requires personal exploration.

Since the strange fish had not descended, Li Hui decided to speed up his cultivation process. Unexpectedly, his mind became hazy, and he felt as though he was plummeting. When he opened his eyes, a storm surged within him: “Unbelievable! Has my soul already fused with the silver snake and stabilized?”

“Oh my! It really stabilized! This means that starting today, my soul will take the external form of the silver snake with a hairpin-like shape, and in the future, my Legal Form will also be the silver snake.”

Li Hui was astonished: “How can this happen so quickly? Accelerating time usually requires several days to stabilize. Is this because my profound qi has reached a new level?”

Next, experiencing the body of the silver snake felt different from manipulating the External Transformation. He could clearly discern the three souls and seven spirits. The three souls refer to the Main Soul, the Perceptive Soul, and the Mature Soul. The seven spirits represent happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hatred, and desire.

“The Main Soul controls the body, the Perceptive Soul governs good and evil, and the Mature Soul relates to lifespan.”

“When the soul appears before the spirits, one must have life to have spirits. Without life, who talks about joy or anger? The seven spirits generate immense power; human advancement relies on the energy from the seven spirits. Cultivators experience love and hate; one must have the will to act.”

For the first time, Li Hui gained such direct insight into the souls and spirits and immediately recognized the benefits of solidifying them. After solidifying, he could check his accomplishments, losses, and cultivation errors at any time, allowing him to remedy deficiencies and prevent outside malevolence from invading.

“Now I understand; the Treasure Cabinet Array acts like a barrier and can also protect the souls and spirits.”

“My cultivation has shown some deviation. Manifesting the External Transformation hurt my Perceptive Soul, thereby affecting the seven spirits, and the desire for external things has become very strong, while I am increasingly indifferent.”

“Wounds to the soul require nurturing for recovery. Profound qi is excellent for strengthening the soul; minor damage will heal quickly, but breaking through the shackles to manifest outside is challenging.”

Just as Li Hui pondered this difficulty, he felt the Tai Chi on his forehead rotating. With a soft “whoosh,” he found himself no longer in his dantian. Alarmed, he darted around for a bit before realizing he was on the Dai Character Stele, and his heart calmed slightly.

“Another incident! It’s always troublesome being connected to this snake.”

Fortunately, he had grown accustomed to it; if he hadn’t, there was nothing he could do.

“Uh, it’s not that the Dai Character Stele is enlarged. I’m still holding this stele, pressed against my dantian. It’s just that I’ve become so tiny, as small as a mustard seed, which makes the stone stele seem enormous.”

“Ah, how do I go back?” Li Hui had just the thought when, with a puff, the silver snake returned to his dantian without any hindrance.

“Go out!”

“Come back!”

“Go out again!”

“Come back again!”

After several exits and entrances, Li Hui realized that breaking through his body to manifest outside was no difficulty for the silver snake; it was as simple as sipping water, so he was effectively forming a Legal Form in one go. However, this Legal Form was so small, almost nonexistent, though the soul was quite concentrated.

“Others’ Legal Forms are ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang; mine is smaller than the size of a needle’s eye. This gap is too vast!”

Looking up, he saw his body towering like a majestic mountain, while the Legal Form’s forehead Tai Chi rotated, with golden eyes and red eyes flickering, immediately revealing the pathways of his profound qi and Ideal Body’s operation.

“Hmm? Interesting! I’ve never seen myself this way before. Layer upon layer beneath the Golden Dragon’s celestial eye and Bai Ze’s divine eye, everything appears so clear and transparent.”

“No! Something is very wrong! Since the Treasure Cabinet provides spiritual energy, I have been using spiritual energy to perform my Ideal Body, thinking the profound qi would seep in and assist. However, that’s not the case; the profound qi follows its own path. Even if the operation pathways overlap, it does not automatically enhance my Ideal Body.”

“Profound qi has spirit; cultivation is hard, akin to one’s own blood, which does not easily spill. To exert it externally requires opening a gate manually, with careful control and thorough study. Therefore, the phrase ‘true disciple speaks a truth, while a false disciple transmits thousands of books’ often comes down to just one knot; unlocking that knot brings clarity, referred to as breaking the threshold.”

With newfound clarity, he broke through the threshold and propelled the profound qi into the Ideal Body’s pathways, suddenly infusing his body with unique significance.

Now that his profound qi cultivation had reached the ninth level, he was only one step away from completion; previously, it didn’t matter whether he used profound qi to push his Ideal Body, but it was different now. With the body, the legality, the intent, and the heart, it became the profound within the profound, adding an ethereal lightness.

One should not underestimate this ethereal lightness; it flows silently like the wind in the night, nurturing all without a sound. Often, what hinders one’s path is merely a lack of spiritual insight.

As the saying goes, "The bystander sees clearly," Li Hui observed himself from the perspective of a spectator and corrected several missteps in his cultivation while examining the exceptional Divine Bird Technique, revealing chakras in his mind.

“That’s great! The spirit-refining technique can also correct errors.”

As he attentively explored, he was greatly shocked; there were far too many mistakes in his cultivation of the exceptional Divine Bird Technique. If he continued practicing like this, it wouldn’t lead to insanity but would veer off track, potentially resulting in the loss of a grand vessel, ending up mediocre.

Li Hui hurriedly sought to plug the gaps and repair the damage. Before he could complete the corrections, he noticed his body producing ripples, the Dai Character Stele rattling, and an immense amount of murky qi was being expelled, hinting at a breakthrough that could lead to completion.

“Is my profound qi reaching completion? Is this for real? In such a short time, have I gained the equivalent of a thousand years of power?”

He couldn’t believe it; even if his profound qi had risen to the ninth level, the gap between this and completion seemed insurmountable. How could he ascend so quickly?

At the same time, a furious roar echoed from the lake: “Who is this little brat snatching my opportunity? What kind of cultivation is he practicing? Will he summon another Zhuang Mountain?”