"Throughout the history of our sect, the mental-type Body Soul Masters have summarized that the cultivation of mental power can be roughly divided into three realms, corresponding to the three layers of the Body Sect's mental attribute cultivation method. — Zhuge Yi"
Looking at the words left at the very front of the meridian diagram, Wang Lin memorized the name Zhuge Yi and continued looking down.
First Realm: One Origin Beginning, Myriad Phenomena Renewed.
Second Realm: Spirit Communication, Instant Manifestation of Thought.
Third Realm: Heart Like the Vast Ocean, Boundless and Limitless; Heart Like the Abyssal Sea, Blue Skies and Yellow Springs.
Looking at the introduction after the first two realms, Wang Lin felt inexplicably familiar.
This seemed to be the first two divisions of mental power realms during the Legend of the Dragon King era ten thousand years later.
From the first realm to the third realm, they corresponded to the Spirit Origin Realm and Spirit Connection Realm.
So what he holds in his hand right now is the prototype of the mental realm division of later generations!?
However, judging from the introduction, "Spirit Communication, Instant Manifestation of Thought," Wang Lin seemed to be born in the second realm, which was the Spirit Connection Realm in the Legend of the Dragon King.
So the Spirit Connection Realm corresponds to the materialized mental power of a Titled Douluo?
Doubts arose in his heart, but Wang Lin continued reading.
Soon, this doubt was resolved.
The mental power of a Titled Douluo corresponded to the limit of the second realm, not just the Spirit Connection Realm.
The mental power realms of the Legend of the Dragon King could not be equated with the three realms above.
The Soul Masters of the Legend of the Dragon King obtained soul rings through Spirit Souls, not soul beasts.
The cultivation methods had long changed, and the Soul Masters of that time were vastly different from now.
Throwing the mental power realm divisions of the Legend of the Dragon King out of his mind, Wang Lin calmed his mind and looked at the meditation cultivation method beside the meridian diagram.
This meditation method unique to the Brain martial soul was indeed as Zhuge Yi said at the beginning; the three layers of cultivation corresponded to the three mental realms.
At the same time, the three layers of techniques had clear divisions regarding the Soul Master's level.
The first layer corresponded to the stage from martial soul awakening to before Soul Elder; this was the part used to build the foundation.
The second layer corresponded to the stage from Soul Elder to before Super Douluo.
The final third layer corresponded to Super Douluo and above.
This was also the reason Wang Lin believed the Body Sect's mental power realm division was not equal to the Legend of the Dragon King's realm division.
Although Wang Lin hadn't read much of the Legend of the Dragon King, he knew that the mental power division therein was mostly to serve Spirit Souls, using realms like Spirit Origin to classify how many Spirit Souls one could withstand.
But the three-fold division in this Secret of the Body was truly defined based on changes in mental power levels.
Although the latter developed from the former, the two were completely different.
This was also the reason Wang Lin threw the realm division of the Legend of the Dragon King out of his mind.
He didn't have Spirit Souls to absorb, and the two couldn't be mentioned in the same breath, so why remember those things?
Carefully studying the brand new meditation cultivation method, he memorized the circulation routes of the first layer's soul power and mental power.
Currently still a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster who hadn't broken through, Wang Lin naturally had to start cultivating from the first layer.
Phew!
Exhaling lightly, Wang Lin closed the Secret of the Body in his hand.
His mind sank into his meridians.
The soul power that had been cultivated according to the Advanced Meditation Method's path began to circulate in a route it had never run before.
Mental power was also mobilized by Wang Lin.
Soul power and mental power simultaneously started from the spiritual sea and the dantian in the lower abdomen, surging and traveling through Wang Lin's body.
Passing through meridians never traversed before, mental power went down, and soul power went up.
They merged at Wang Lin's chest, entwining yet opposing each other.
In every process of blending, entwining, and opposing, the two converted into each other, strengthening simultaneously in an endless cycle.
This meditation method unique to the Brain martial soul was actually tempering mental power while cultivating soul power.
...
Early morning, a ray of glimmer shone on Wang Lin's face.
He immediately opened his eyes; his gray eyes flashed with a bright light that did not disperse for a long time.
"Attribute Panel!"
Calling out in his heart, a crude blue square frame appeared in his vision.
[Name: Wang Lin]
[Martial Soul: Brain (Mutated)]
[Cultivation: Level 29 {20%}]
[Mental Power: Level 33 {93%}]
[Techniques: Secret of the Body — Brain · Layer 1 {6%}, Eight Vajra Body Technique (Mastered) {34%}]
[Soul Ring: Yellow (642 years), Purple (1000 years)]
[Spiritual Artifact: Magic Wand · Stage 1 {29%}]
On the crude blue square frame, the words Advanced Meditation Method had disappeared, replaced by Secret of the Body — Brain · Layer 1, this meditation method belonging to the Brain martial soul from the Body Sect.
Since it was a meditation method, it naturally originated from the basic meditation methods on the continent.
Although the Advanced Meditation Method had the word "Advanced" in its name, it was still a basic meditation method, just a generic advanced version of it.
It still belonged to basic meditation methods.
Therefore, traces of the Advanced Meditation Method were naturally present in the Brain Meditation Method.
In the new meditation cultivation method, many meridian circulation routes overlapped with the soul power circulation routes of the Advanced Meditation Method.
This was why "Secret of the Body — Brain" replaced the position of "Advanced Meditation Method" on the Attribute Panel.
"How does the new meditation method feel?"
Long Xiaoyao's voice came from the side.
At this time, it was just getting light.
The bonfire that had been lit all night still had residual flames dancing.
Zhang Jian was still in his sleep.
"Far better than my original meditation method. Thank you, Master."
Wang Lin said sincerely and stood up, stretching his muscles and bones.
Don't look down on the fact that on the Attribute Panel, Wang Lin's cultivation only increased by one percent after a night.
Wang Lin's mental power had grown along with it, increasing by a full five percent, and the resilience of his mental power had received a subtle improvement.
Relying on a meditation method to cultivate mental power was something Wang Lin didn't dare to think about before.
Previously, Wang Lin's cultivation of his own mental power was all figured out by himself.
His original exercises for mental power were lifting heavy objects and fine operations like controlling a pen to write on paper.
More importantly, Wang Lin was currently only cultivating the first layer, the part used to build the foundation.
Starting from the second layer, the circulating meridians were more complex, and there were rigid standards for mental power.
A mental attribute Soul Master with decent talent could generally meet the standard at Soul Elder.
If it were a Soul Master of other attributes, they would have to wait until at least Soul Saint for their mental power to reach the standard.
As a mental attribute Soul Master, Wang Lin's mental power had already exceeded that of a Soul Elder; he actually met the cultivation standards for the second layer.
If he started directly from the second layer, Wang Lin estimated that his progress this night would inevitably have been greater.
However, he still honestly chose to start cultivating steadily from the first layer.
Wang Lin still understood the principle that a tree that can fill a person's arms grows from a tiny sprout.
Only by laying a solid foundation would the path ahead be easier to walk.
Furthermore, Wang Lin's current cultivation already stood at the top of his age group.
Wang Lin was not in a hurry to improve his cultivation.
After all, he had just absorbed his second soul ring and broken through to Soul Grandmaster not long ago.
With Long Xiaoyao's existence, he didn't have to worry about obtaining soul rings now.