"After I entered meditation, I succeeded in visualization but found myself trapped in an endless land of darkness. In that dark land, there was a point of light. I followed the light and walked in darkness for a month before I finally approached it, only to discover that the light was actually a barrier. Beyond the barrier were mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and endless galaxies. Why is that?" Zhang Chen asked with a puzzled face.
"Crash~"
The tea cup in the hands of the Fox Spirit fell to the ground and shattered. In her excitement, her chair overturned, leaving her sprawled embarrassingly, yet Fox Fairy Nannan climbed up from the ground without caring about her own disheveled state, her eyes fixed intensely on Zhang Chen, glowing green: "Say that again, I didn’t quite hear you clearly."
Zhang Chen was startled by the Fox Fairy Nannan’s reaction and hastily recounted the experience, then cautiously asked, "Did I go wrong in my cultivation? Something feels quite off."
Upon hearing this, Fox Fairy Nannan stepped closer, her delicate face almost brushing against Zhang Chen’s, her eyes locking intensely onto his.
In a breath, a sweet fragrance wafted over, causing Zhang Chen to gulp, suppressing the thought of ’skill temptation’ forcibly.
"You really entered a darkness? Did you truly see a light screen, a world?" The Fox Spirit repeated, seemingly confirming its authenticity.
Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this: "These are all my firsthand experiences; otherwise, why would I come to ask you? Did something go wrong? Am I going to have bad luck?"
"Damn it! This is simply outrageous! I’ve been diligently cultivating for decades, not daring to slack off for a single day. I’m reputedly the greatest genius in the world, so why does heaven treat me like this? You, a mere two-legged beast, why do you deserve such a creation?"
Fox Fairy Nannan directly slumped to the ground, as if drained of her Essence, Qi, and Spirit, wailing and complaining.
Watching Fox Fairy Nannan’s behavior, Zhang Chen was even more unsure: "Hurry up and tell me, is it a good thing or a bad thing?"
Fox Fairy Nannan’s eyes were full of helplessness as she stared at Zhang Chen for a long time before saying, "Do you know that even meditation has different levels?"
Zhang Chen shook his head at the question.
Seeing Zhang Chen’s ignorance, Fox Fairy Nannan was even more annoyed, cursing: "Heaven is indeed unfair. I’ve been striving day and night in my cultivation, yet I’m not allowed to step into this realm."
Then Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen and explained: "Our cultivation visualization is just a general term. The first realm is meditation. Once you’re in meditation, you can already reflect on the soul, which marks the beginning of the cultivation path. But meditation is just the simplest entry-level. After that, there’s the great realm of Forget Form. According to ancient classics excavated from great tombs, Forget Form has thirty-three levels, corresponding to the thirty-three layers of the Spiritual World."
"Ancient Divine People discovered a mysterious world between heaven and earth. Only by reaching the extreme in meditation and forgetting your physical constraints can you enter that legendary Spiritual World. It’s said that within that Spiritual World, there are endless great creation elixirs. Obtaining them can transform your body, even regenerate flesh and blood, or grant immortality."
Fox Fairy Nannan’s voice was filled with excitement: "I’ve heard that within the thirty-three layers of heaven, there’s a divine object called the Peach of Immortality, and eating one can extend life for a thousand years. There’s a divine object called the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, and if you can collect one in the Spiritual World, your soul can immediately transform into the Yang God Realm. The thirty-second layer has a divine object called Li Spring that can restore youth, bring the dead back to life, and flesh and bones back to people. The Spiritual World contains endless great creations and can only be reached by entering an incredible realm through meditation."
"I thought it was just a legend, but who would have thought it was real!" Fox Fairy Nannan’s voice was filled with shock, her eyes locked on Zhang Chen, full of jealousy, as if she wished she could take his place.
"Impossible! How could you, at such a young age, spiritually enter the Extreme Realm of Forgetfulness? Throughout recorded human history for thousands of years, no more than ten people have reached this realm through meditation. Each one is an illustrious figure, like the Master of Confucian Dao who founded Legalist School as a Saint. Only with unparalleled wisdom can one reach such an incredible height. You, a kid who can’t even read a single character, how is that possible?" The Fox Spirit’s voice was full of disbelief.
How is that possible?
Zhang Chen relied on the Golden Finger!
Upon hearing the Fox Spirit’s words, Zhang Chen just felt that his thousands of points spent were truly worthwhile!
Now, Zhang Chen understood that the cultivation of the human soul generally divided into two systems: one is called Mental Skill, and the other is Life Skill.
Life Skill, needless to say, belongs to the Yang God System, focusing on the pursuit of power. It ranges from Seeing God, Soul Emergence, Night Travel, Day Travel, Exorcism, Appearance, Possession, to Soul Seizure, among other stages, all focusing on the pursuit of soul power.
The other is Mental Skill, which, if understood in the context of the 21st century, refers to the mental realm. Alternatively, it can be explained as a mental state. People like Laozi and Wang Yangming in the 21st century were still ordinary humans, yet their mental realm reached an incredibly profound stage, incomprehensible to ordinary people.
As for the connection between the two?
Only when the mind reaches the Meditation Realm can one see God, and from there, begin the cultivation of Life Skill.
The higher the mental realm, the faster the cultivation speed of Mental Skill.
"Damn it! This is really unjust!" The Fox Spirit lashed out angrily, her voice filled with indignation: "I prided myself as the greatest prodigy in the Fox Race over ten thousand generations. Countless clansmen admire and revere me, yet now I’m not even as good as you, a two-legged beast, it’s truly outrageous."
Zhang Chen watched as the Fox Fairy Nannan cursed, his smile broadening, his spirits lifting immensely. Such a rare spiritual realm that he managed to break through just by boosting points surely felt like a cheat.
"How could it be possible? How could it be? Even if, throughout human and demon race history, sages could enter the realm of Forget Form, it was only after decades of study and enlightenment of the principles of heaven and earth. It isn’t until their old age that they suddenly realize the Dao, entering that realm. You, a mere two-legged beast, still of flesh and blood, how can you match ancient saints and sages who’ve lived for decades?" The Fox Spirit’s gaze on Zhang Chen was filled with suspicion.
Meanwhile, the Fox Spirit also realized that the world is changing!
This kid, with his mind entering the mysterious First Heaven, will likely change the entire global structure, surpass all others in the future, reaching an unprecedented height.
This might be the only person in the world who, through acquired effort in cultivation, breaks the Twelfth Tier, paving a way for all living beings.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhang Chen felt a bit unsettled under the Fox Spirit’s steady gaze.
"I can’t wrap my head around it, how can someone as mediocre as you possess such a mental realm." Fox Fairy Nannan looked at Zhang Chen, and suddenly sighed.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen’s face instantly darkened. The words of the Fox Spirit were seriously disrespectful.
"It’s because my mind is pure, unlike your filthy ways." Zhang Chen snapped irritably: "If your heart were as pure as mine and you didn’t commit vile deeds, you’d surely enter this realm too."
The Fox Spirit bristled at the words, as if Zhang Chen had struck a sore spot, jumping angrily: "Boy, don’t be ungrateful. Didn’t I just take a little something from your house? Do you have to harp on it every day? I took your family’s food because I valued it. After all, yours was the freshest. You don’t appreciate it."
"Oh, thank your ancestors for eight generations." Zhang Chen retorted grumpily.
To his surprise, the Fox Spirit’s face broke into a smile: "You are teachable! You do recognize your mistake. Now you know to thank me?"
Upon hearing those words, Zhang Chen’s smile froze as he remembered that there wasn’t an equivalent phrase for cursing someone’s ancestors for eight generations in this world.