“Billy, have you… have you reached the point where you can practice Heart Sutra of the Azure Void?” Without waiting for Billy’s response, Ivy, after steadying her emotions, asked.
“I gave it a try, and luckily, it was successful!” Billy smiled faintly.
Bob Stokes, on the side, called out, “Boss, didn’t the old master say that you can’t practice that sutra unless you break through to the Sovereign realm? You should have only broken through to the complete God-Emperor Realm now. How did you make it?”
“What’s Heart Sutra of the Azure Void?” Judge asked Bob.
“It’s the supreme scripture of the Ether Mountain Heart Method!” Bob explained.
“Originally, Ether Mountain Heart Method is different from the ordinary heart methods. By practicing the Ether Mountain Heart Method, even activities like eating and sleeping are equivalent to cultivating martial arts!”
“Moreover, Ether Mountain Heart Method has unique healing effects. When cultivated to a high level, as long as injuries don’t affect the meridians and Dantian, they can be self-healed in a short time.”=
“Bob, get to the point. We know all this!” Soul Chaser urged.
“That’s not all,” Bob continued. “The Ether Mountain Heart Method is divided into two parts: the upper and lower parts. What we are currently practicing is only the upper part. The so-called lower part is Heart Sutra of the Azure Void.”
“Heart Sutra of the Azure Void is not only the supreme scripture of the Ether Mountain Heart Method but also the supreme technique of the entire martial art path in Glavale. It is something countless people dream of!”
“What are the benefits of cultivating Heart Sutra of the Azure Void?”
“There are many benefits!” Bob replied. “Firstly, by practicing the heart sutra, even severe injuries affecting the meridians can be self-healed in a short time.”
“Secondly, if one can practice the Heart Sutra to perfection, the speed of breakthrough in martial art cultivation will be more than twice as fast as before practicing the scripture!”
“Jesus!” Black Tortoise’s eyes lit up.
“I haven’t finished yet!” Bob continued, “The most important function of practicing the Heart Sutra is…”
“Don’t beat around the bush, say it quickly, what is it?” Vermilion Bird urged.
“Enhance the cultivator’s spiritual power!” Bob said with emphasis.
“What?!” Except for Ivy, everyone else on the scene exclaimed.
As martial artists, they knew what spiritual power meant to a martial practitioner. Perhaps, for martial artists below the late God-Emperor Realm, spiritual power might not seem as important, at least not as crucial as Chi Essence power. However, when breaking through to the late God-Emperor Realm or even higher realms, the influence of spiritual power on a martial artist’s combat power becomes increasingly significant.
For example, the backlash that Billy experienced when casting the Five Elements Secret Technique was partly due to his slightly weaker martial cultivation, but more importantly, it was because his spiritual power wasn’t strong enough to control techniques of that level.
Similarly, when Billy activated the Stuart Sword Art, the range covered by the countless sword lights was about a kilometer. If his spiritual power were strong enough, it might have covered dozens of kilometers.
Moreover, cultivating spiritual power to a certain level could also be used as a form of attack. The impact of a spiritual power attack, in some ways, was far more potent than other martial arts techniques. Because spiritual power attacks directly targeted the opponent’s nervous system. If spiritual power was strong enough, with just a thought, one could shatter an opponent’s brain nerves, making them instantly intellectually disabled or even driving them into madness!
This was the real meaning of invisible lethality.
Of course, spiritual power had many other applications as well. This point was deeply felt by Stout and Ivy. When refining pills, the strength of spiritual power determined the grade of the pill! Additionally, it was worth mentioning that, for most martial artists, spiritual power couldn’t be cultivated independently and could only passively increase with breakthroughs in martial cultivation. Unless, like Billy, they could find a technique that specifically cultivated spiritual power. However, such techniques were extremely rare!
“However, there is a prerequisite for practicing Heart Sutra. The cultivator must have a Sovereign Realm cultivation. Otherwise, they will undoubtedly face backlash, and even demonic possession!” Seeing the eager expressions on everyone’s faces, Bob poured cold water on them.
“Your words are just nonsense!” Azure Dragon sneered, “Then how could boss make it?”
“Uh… just pretend I didn’t say that…” Bob scratched his head and responded.
Including the Five Elements Secret Technique and the Domineering Blade Art, they all required cultivators’ Sovereign Realm cultivation.
Billy could already unleash seventy to eighty percent of the Heart Sutra’s power, which couldn’t be explained by common sense.
Seeing Bob’s expression, Frostblade chuckled, pointed at the pill floating on Billy’s palm, and said, “Bob, is this pill also related to the Heart Sutra?”
“I don’t know about that.” Bob replied, scratching his head.
“Indeed, practice Heart Sutra of the Azure Void allows practitioners to condense their Chi Essence into Chi Essence pills for others to cultivate.” Ivy explained.
“Ah?!” Upon hearing her words, the crowd exclaimed once again. As common knowledge, they naturally had heard of the Chi Essence Pill.
The Chi Essence Pill was condensed from the Chi Essence of martial arts experts, and Chi Essence was the root of a cultivator’s power. From a certain perspective, the strength or weakness of one’s martial cultivation referred to the intensity of their Chi Essence.
In some inheritance grounds of late-stage God-Emperor or Sovereign experts, there would occasionally be the Chi Essence Pills left behind by powerful individuals for future generations. If fortunate enough to obtain a powerful individual’s Chi Essence, the beneficiary’s martial cultivation would undoubtedly advance rapidly in a short period.
This was also why, whenever news of a powerful expert’s inheritance spread, there would be a rush of people flocking to it.
“Boss, how could you take out your Chi Essence?! Then… then you’re doomed…” Stout cried out with a trembling voice.
“Boss, swallow it quickly. You can’t die… we can’t be without you…”
Casey and others on the side were choked by saliva, their mouths twitching.
Before Stout finished speaking, Ivy slapped the back of his head, and stars appeared in his eyes.
“I haven’t finished speaking, shut up!” Ivy gave Stout an unkind glare before continuing.
“Practitioners of Heart Sutra of the Azure Void can refine some surplus Chi Essence into pills for the use of others.”