"Little Gentleman, how do you find it?" Mo Hua frowned and shook his head: "It’s too difficult, I don’t understand..." Despite not understanding, he continued to look. That’s how Formation Masters are, the less they understand, the more they want to; the more they can’t comprehend, the more they strive to... Lu Chengyun knew this feeling, so he didn’t think anything was amiss. It was all the more natural for Mo Hua to be observing. As he watched, he critiqued in his mind: "This Lu Chengyun draws way too slowly, I’ve been waiting for ages, if it were me drawing, I would have finished long ago..." "That stroke is wrong, and he hasn’t even noticed..." "Bone pen, blood ink, and using corpses as mediums... making such a fuss..." "Dawdling..." ... After muttering to himself for a while, Lu Chengyun suddenly flicked his wrist, and his pen moved swiftly, leaving behind several Formation Patterns. These Patterns were quite unfamiliar to Mo Hua. He matched these Patterns with the Spiritual Pivot Formation and found that they fitted perfectly, closing off the "backdoor" in the Formation that was missing. On the surface, Mo Hua seemed confused, but his mind was as clear as a mirror. With a thought, he memorized these few Patterns. As soon as Lu Chengyun had put pen to paper, he subconsciously sensed something amiss, turned his head, and saw Mo Hua looking the same as ever, which put his mind at ease... The missing Patterns were now in hand. Back home, Mo Hua used these Patterns to fill in the gaps in the Spiritual Pivot Formation, sealing off the backdoor Lu Chengyun had left. After a few more days of contemplation and adjustments, Mo Hua finally mastered the Spiritual Pivot Formation completely. At the same time, his understanding of the Spiritual Pivot Formation deepened. The principle of the Spiritual Pivot Formation was to clarify the structure of Spiritual Power and meticulously control it through the pivot of the Formation. The key to this control was the Spiritual Thread. By breaking down Spiritual Power into even finer filaments and using these threads for more intricate manipulation. At the same time, similar Spiritual Pivot Formations would resonate with each other. Just like in the Compass Parent-Child Formation, where the Parent Formation resonates with the Child Formation, the Spiritual Power fluctuations detected by the Child Formation are reflected in the Parent Formation. Similar Spiritual Pivot Formations resonate and connect with each other. This connection is the control of Spiritual Power. The Main Formation controls the Sub-Formation, the Sub-Formation controls the Base Formation, allowing a small amount of Divine Sense to control a large number of Walking Corpses or puppets. This utility of the Formation was something Mo Hua had not discovered within the Five Elements Formation. "The Ultimate Formation indeed involves the essence of Spiritual Power, seizing the creation of heaven and earth..." Mo Hua was somewhat shocked and silently said to himself. After learning it, he tried using the complete Spiritual Pivot Formation on Little Tiger. Mo Hua had a bunch of Little Tiger puppets on him. These were made by Old Kui, which Mo Hua asked for, intending to test the Spiritual Pivot Formation. He picked one that was slightly larger, called it "Big Tiger," and then drew the Main Spiritual Pivot Formation on it. Afterwards, he drew the Sub-Spiritual Pivot Formations on six or seven other Little Tigers. With Divine Sense, Mo Hua controlled the Main Spiritual Pivot Formation, which in turn controlled Big Tiger through the Formation. Then, using the Main Spiritual Pivot Formation as a reference, it spread to the Sub-Formations on the other Little Tigers, controlling them through these Sub-Formations. All levels of the Spiritual Pivot Formation were displayed in Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness. Mo Hua’s Divine Sense shifted slightly. The Big Tiger clumsily started running on the table. Simultaneously, the Formation on its body turned Spiritual Power into threads, activating the other Sub-Formations, which in turn made the other Little Tigers begin to run as well. Seven or eight tiger puppets came lively to life, chasing each other on the table in a merry pursuit... Yet the Divine Sense expended to control these puppets was not substantial. This was only about controlling small puppets; if controlling zombies, with divided control through levels, it is conceivable that with one’s Divine Sense alone, one could command thousands of Walking Corpses. One man, an army. That indeed was terrifying. Mo Hua clicked his tongue in wonder. Mo Hua thought for a while, then sank his Divine Sense into the Sea of Consciousness again. He wanted to see if there were any changes in the Spiritual Power manifested by Divine Thought. Inside the Sea of Consciousness, Mo Hua appeared, then closed his eyes and concentrated, manifesting Spiritual Power. Moments later, he found that the Spiritual Power he manifested became finer and finer, eventually taking the form of "Spiritual Threads," resembling faint blue cotton fluff, yet also like sticky lotus threads. Spiritual Power Silkification! It was just like the refined Spiritual Threads within the Spiritual Pivot Formation. "This is what Master said, the deeper the comprehension, the more genuine the manifestation." As soon as Mo Hua’s Divine Sense moved, almost effortlessly, these Spiritual Threads followed his will, flowing smoothly. Mo Hua brought his fingers together, and in an instant, a Fireball Technique condensed at his fingertips. This time, the Fireball Technique also carried some silkification within its flames. It looked like a large mass of intertwined fiery red cotton. Except this "cotton" was made of flame Spiritual Threads, accumulated, entwined, compressed. The Spiritual Power surged yet was orderly. Mo Hua was a bit stunned. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂 The Fireball Technique in reality and the Fireball Technique manifested in the Sea of Consciousness seemed to be completely different. In reality, the Fireball Technique was dark red, condensed with Spiritual Power, quite powerful, already showing faint signs of solidification. The Fireball Technique in the Sea of Consciousness, however, was still bright red, but the Spiritual Power was divided into threads, even finer, seemingly even stronger in division. For a moment, Mo Hua didn’t know whether this was good or bad. Which one was more formidable? Should he make the real Fireball Technique conform to the one manifested in the Sea of Consciousness? Or should he manifest a more realistic Fireball Technique within the Sea of Consciousness? Mo Hua was uncertain. "I’ll ask Old Kui about it when I get out..." Besides the Fireball Technique, Mo Hua’s Water Passing Step had also become more exquisite. The Water Passing Step relied on the control of Spiritual Power by Divine Sense. The stronger the control of Divine Sense, the more profound the steps. The Water Prison Technique in the Sea of Consciousness was now cast faster, with stronger binding capabilities. Previously it was Spiritual Power turned into locks, now it was Spiritual Power turned into threads, then into locks, enough to tightly entangle an enemy. Most importantly, the Formation. Mo Hua tried it out. With a thought of Divine Thought, the speed of Drawing Ground into Formation doubled. Discover hidden stories at empire In a few breaths’ time, with Mo Hua standing still, relying only on Divine Sense, he could manifest a complete First Grade Nine Pattern Formation. Mo Hua thought of a combination for himself: He could first use the Water Prison Technique to restrain the enemy. In a few breaths’ time, manifest control formations like the Golden Lock Formation, Inundating Water Formation, Wood Prison Formation, Quicksand Formation, and bind the enemy. Once bound, the enemy would be a sitting duck. He could bombard them with the Fireball Technique. He could bomb with the Earth Fire Formation. He could even refine them with the Melting Fire Formation. This combination was tightly controlled and the form of the attack could be adapted to the "enemy," with many variations. As long as it was a Divine Thought Body of the Foundation Establishment Stage with Divine Sense not exceeding twelve patterns, one set of these moves would suffice to leave the enemy at their last gasp even if they didn’t perish completely. Mo Hua nodded, very satisfied with himself. Use the Sea of Consciousness as a prison, Divine Thought as a weapon. Capable of trapping and killing. The self within the Sea of Consciousness was much stronger than in reality. Mo Hua snorted lightly: "Let’s see who dares to trespass my Sea of Consciousness now. Bring them on, one by one, I’ll slaughter them!" But for now, the surroundings of the Sea of Consciousness were empty, devoid of evil spirits and ghosts, not one in sight. Mo Hua felt a bit like a hero with no place to use his prowess. Mo Hua felt an itch to fight, and as his eyes darted around, he thought: "I need to find something to test my skills..."