"...Mental Power, in essence, comes from a higher-dimensional realm—one that is the complete opposite of the material world we inhabit.
That realm is composed of pure, formless ’Will’ and ’emotion’.
In the Empire, we have given it the academic name of the ’Spirit Realm.’"
"Of course, the Spirit Realm also has another, more widely known name—the Subspace."
"..."
"A Martial Artist can subject their Mental Power to immense ’pressure’ through methods such as Meditation, contemplation, battle, or even experiencing extreme emotional fluctuations. After this pressure, their Mental Power, much like a muscle, will experience a slow yet steady ’enhancement’ during the recovery process..."
Reading this, Qin Feng nodded. This was all rather basic theory, which he already knew.
His gaze continued down the page, and he soon found what he most wanted to know.
"...How do you quantify your Mental Power? It’s simple. Calm your mind, sink into your Sea of Consciousness, and carefully ’feel’ and ’discern’ your formless, intangible Mental Power.
When you can clearly separate it into individual strands, units that can be perceived independently, then one strand is equivalent to ’one point’ of the Spiritual Power Index."
"Ten strands make one ’thread,’ which is equivalent to ten points of the Spiritual Power Index."
"Ten threads make one ’drop,’ which is equivalent to one hundred points of the Spiritual Power Index."
"..."
Upon reading this, Qin Feng immediately closed his eyes. Following the method described in the article, he submerged his entire consciousness into the vast, boundless Sea of Consciousness.
Soon, he "saw" his own formless Mental Power, which spread out like a mist.
He tried to use his Will to separate and break it down.
A moment later, a look of understanding dawned on Qin Feng’s face.
He discovered that his current Mental Power could be precisely divided into exactly twelve strands.
’So that’s how it is... My current Spiritual Power Index is 12 points.’
He opened his eyes and continued reading down the page.
The second half of the article had an even more captivating headline.
[How to Rapidly Increase Your Spiritual Power Index?]
"...As everyone knows, the cultivation of Mental Power is fraught with unknown dangers. The slightest misstep carries the risk of cultivation deviation or a mental breakdown.
Therefore, the vast majority of Martial Artists can only improve it through the slow, grinding work of daily Meditation, following the prescribed steps."
"However, even this ’step-by-step’ process has its shortcuts."
"Of course, the ’shortcuts’ I’m referring to are orthodox and completely safe methods that still strictly adhere to the three fundamental principles of ’Limit-Recovery-Enhancement.’ They are not like drinking poison to quench thirst—those self-destructive, heterodox techniques. You can rest assured and continue reading."
"First, if you want your Mental Power to reach its ’limit’ faster, there are two highly effective methods: engage in high-intensity Mental Power activities, such as practicing profound Meditation Methods; or, throw yourself into real combat on the verge of life and death."
"But here, everyone needs to be aware of a fundamental, enormous difference between the cultivation of Mental Power and our conventional cultivation of life force."
"For example, when you are a junior Martial Artist with a life force index between 1 and 10, you are absolutely incapable of practicing the Middle Level *Imperial Body Refining Technique*, which is adapted for a life force index of 11-20.
This is because your physical body’s strength is simply insufficient to support you in performing even one of the most basic, standard movements.
If you were to force yourself to imitate it, not only would it be completely ineffective, but it would also cause irreversible, permanent damage to your body."
"However, Mental Power is different."
"Even if your current Spiritual Power Index is a mere 10 points, you can still try to practice those higher-level Meditation Methods, even ones designed for Planet-level Strongmen!"
"Although, with your current Mental Power, you might not even be able to completely construct the first-level visualization diagram of those High-level Meditation Methods.
However, the mere process of ’trying’ is enough to bring a ’stimulus’ and ’pressure’ to your fragile Mental Power that is several times more intense than what you’d get from practicing a low-level Meditation Method!"
"And this is the ’shortcut’ we were talking about."
"Here, I recommend a few relatively gentle High-level Meditation Methods for all Martial Artists below the Planet-level, all of which have been certified by the Empire’s major Warbands. For your reference: the *Crystal Meditation Method*, the *Snow Night Meditation Method*, the *Raindrop Meditation Method*..."
"..."
Looking at the detailed explanation of the "shortcut to cultivating Mental Power" on the light screen, realization dawned on Qin Feng.
He now understood, almost completely.
’Body Refining Techniques and Meditation Methods—these two types of Cultivation Methods act on the ’material’ and ’spiritual’ respectively, and their underlying safety logic is completely different.
Body Refining Techniques affect the physical body.
And the physical body has a clear, physical limit to what it can bear.
The tearing strength of muscles, the compressive limit of bones, the energy throughput of meridians... all of these have limits.
Once the intensity of the training surpasses this limit, forcing the body to perform movements it simply cannot handle will inevitably result in torn muscles, shattered bones, and ruptured meridians, causing irreversible, severe physical damage.
But Meditation Methods affect the formless, intangible, and theoretically boundless Sea of Consciousness.’