Sitting in his seat, thoughts flickered in Li Cheng颐’s mind as he continuously compared the details of the two cultivation methods.

‘Having clarified the principles, and now with the blessing of the snow lotus, I have the ability to purify mental anomalies. As long as I make some modifications to the main structure…’

Enhanced by his powerful comprehension and purified spirit, his heart was like a clear mirror, instantly detecting any abnormality. This state of clarity allowed him to understand where the mental side effects came from.

Time slowly passed.

Soon, it was six o'clock in the evening.

All the direct disciples breathed a sigh of relief, rising to prepare to leave.

Li Cheng颐 remained seated, countless thoughts and methods rapidly calculating and interweaving in his mind.

He was gradually forming a method in his mind to minimize side effects to the greatest extent.

The first generation Crimson Oriole Ancestor was able to transcend ultimately because the Holy Spirit Art perfectly matched his own mental power. But even so, he left behind the legendary Seven Evil Demon Beasts.

‘But in fact, combining the comprehensive understanding of multiple world systems, as long as you constantly change your own body, it will inevitably affect your mental consciousness in reverse. Because the essence of consciousness is the will aggregate of countless cells in the body.’

‘Therefore, the Evil Flower version chose to let other bodies cultivate and bear this change, and then pluck the peaches. But this path is also unlikely to reach its limit. Because others can never perfectly match you.’

At this moment, Li Cheng颐's heart was as pure as crystal, reflecting all the detailed problems within.

‘And the best way should be to find another force to counteract the changes and influences generated during the cultivation of the Seven Intent Holy Spirit Art. To achieve a new balance.’

‘Advance in balance, sublimate in balance.’

Suddenly, Li Cheng颐 recalled that Sect Leader Saint Spirit Daoist often stayed in the Sword Sect's shrine.

The Faceless Sword Sect was not a religious force, but in the highest Faceless Hall, there was actually a faceless statue.

The statue had no name, no appearance, just the appearance of an ordinary Daoist, except it had no face.

But why did Saint Spirit Daoist often sit there cross-legged? Kui Ling said that the Sect Leader sometimes worshiped the statue, and it would last for several years.

He would eat and live inside.

This thought flashed through Li Cheng颐's mind.

He suddenly had the idea to seek guidance from Sect Leader.

The snow lotus's flower language ability was just an insurance policy he found. After all, it was still unknown whether the power of a single flower language could counteract the increasingly enormous side effects of the Holy Spirit Art.

Therefore, he had to find another new balancing force that could grow with him.

Soon, the teaching and enlightenment activity ended, and Li Cheng颐 got up and walked towards the top of the mountain.

He suspected that Sect Leader seemed to have noticed something was wrong, so he found another way to fight against the anomalies of consciousness.

"Bai Lu! Bai Lu!"

Behind him, Bai He shouted loudly, wanting to ask him about the essence of swordsmanship, but Li Cheng颐, immersed in thought at this time, could not hear at all. His figure flashed and disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

"Senior Brother Bai He, tomorrow is a new round of entry tests. There will definitely be a large number of new people entering the sect. Let's go take a look together. Last time, several junior brothers found good cultivation attendants."

Several direct disciples who got up not far away invited him with a smile.

The Sword Sect generally selects new recruits from the countries under its jurisdiction. Among them, there are many who failed the selection but still want to stay.

These failures have another option, which is to become attendants to the official disciples.

Attendants…

For the disciples who were full of vigor, the biggest role was to tidy up and take care of their lives, while also warming the bed and satisfying their physiological needs.

Reality is so cruel.

Otherwise, these disciples would have to worry about their food, clothing, housing, and transportation every day, which would delay too much cultivation time.

The upper echelons of the sect also tacitly approved of this.

Those failures were even less likely to have any objections. Some forces even sent people specifically to become failures in an attempt to contact promising direct disciples.

The Four Little Swords were now at this age, and it was time for them to have their own attendants.

Bai He was moved by this and followed several fellow disciples to prepare for the new entry trials in advance. Disciples who served as candidates for the trial checkpoints were entitled to prioritize the selection of attendants.

On the other side, Li Cheng颐 did not stop, but jumped up straight, passing through a series of Sword Sect buildings.

Soon he arrived at the Faceless Great Hall Daoist temple at the very top.

In the Daoist temple, an old Daoist with white eyebrows, wearing leggings and a cyan-black Daoist robe, was quietly sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground.

A huge old locust tree on one side continuously shed large golden leaves as the wind blew.

The trunk and branches of the locust tree grew crookedly, almost covering half of the Daoist temple's sky.

"Senior Uncle Qing Yuan, Bai Lu seeks to see Sect Leader. I have important matters to ask for guidance."

Li Cheng颐 took a step forward, cupped his hands and bowed.

"Sect Leader is inside. He already knows you're coming. Go in yourself." The sweeping old Daoist paused, speaking calmly without raising his head.

"Yes."

Li Cheng颐's heart skipped a beat. Sect Leader Saint Spirit Daoist had always been a symbol of unfathomable depth in his heart.

Although he had been under Kui Ling's tutelage for quite some time, his impression of the Sect Leader was still quite vague.

He looked up at the Faceless Great Hall, and Li Cheng颐 bowed to the sweeping old Daoist again before walking towards the temple gate at a measured pace.

Crossing the threshold, he was immediately greeted by a tall black statue without a face.

It was dark all around, and faintly visible on the walls were human-faced masks of various sizes.

The densely packed thousands of human faces were lifelike, as if thousands of eyes were calmly staring at everyone who entered the door.

"Don't be afraid."

In front of the statue, a thin old Daoist was sitting cross-legged on a futon, facing away from the gate.

"They are all the countless masters of this sect who could not transcend over the years."

The old Daoist slowly turned around, revealing Saint Spirit Daoist's old face, which was always solemn and indifferent.

"Bai Lu greets Sect Leader." Li Cheng颐 saluted respectfully.

"I already know your purpose for coming here," Saint Spirit Daoist said softly, "Back then, Qing Kong, like you, discovered the clues very early."

Half of his face was illuminated by the candlelight in front of the statue, and the other half was plunged into shadow, blurred and unclear.

"I can't say much. The problem with the Holy Spirit Art is that my path is not the right one."

"Please Sect Leader, give me guidance." Li Cheng颐 bowed again.

Saint Spirit Daoist sighed and pondered for a moment.

"You can incorporate the Mysterious Heavenly Nothingness Mother's Primordial Embryo into your body, using the artistic conception of encompassing everything and melting everything to dissolve the residual intent."

"What is the Mysterious Heavenly Nothingness Mother?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"She originates from the Mysterious Sea, devouring everything, virtualizing everything, encompassing everything, and is, along with the legendary beast Asraduni, the mother of origin," Saint Spirit Daoist explained.

"Mother of origin... what is that?" Li Cheng颐 frowned. Even the talented Hua Yu back then had not touched on or mentioned these things.

Moreover, the beast Asraduni was a legendary giant god who left a deep impression on him on Earth and the Moon.

"The mother of origin is the source of all things. The Mother of Nothingness represents that she is the root of all nothingness. I set her as a belief, just to experience the artistic conception of dissolving everything to balance my own problems," Saint Spirit Daoist explained.

Li Cheng颐 immediately understood.

This was to balance the abnormal side effects produced by the cultivation method by adjusting his overall mental state.

The effect was obviously there, but looking at the Sect Leader's appearance, he knew that he had to spend a lot of time constantly cleaning his mind.

This was impossible for him, who was still entangled in blind spots.

So, this path was simply a dead end.

However, the method of adjusting the overall mental state gave Li Cheng颐 a brand new inspiration.

He remained silent, standing still and thinking.

After more than ten minutes, his contemplative eyes became increasingly bright.

"Thank you for your enlightenment, Sect Leader!"

Finally, he saluted again, bowing deeply.

"It seems you have already understood," Saint Spirit Daoist closed his eyes, turned around, and said no more.

Seeing this, Li Cheng颐 quietly retreated and left the hall.

The moment he walked out of the Faceless Great Hall.

He stopped abruptly.

The third layer of the Holy Spirit Art instantly soared at this moment.

His mental power was already extremely large. Especially after being strengthened by the Shadow Dragon King twice, his body's physique, divine essence was the gathering of all living cells, and naturally the divine essence also greatly improved.

It was just that he had not been able to successfully convert it into cultivation.

Now, once he determined the path, under the rapid conversion, a large amount of mental power began to rapidly turn into the Wise Sword Emotional Threads and Bright Light of the Holy Spirit Art.

Soon.

He went from entry-level in the third layer to mastery.

Two minutes later, he entered perfection.

After another three minutes.

Li Cheng颐 opened his eyes. The fused version of the Seven Intent Holy Spirit Art completely broke through the third layer at this moment and could select the fourth layer, Holy Infant.

And the fourth layer was the dividing point for condensing the mental power Yuan Seal.

Whether it was the Faceless Sword Art or the Holy Spirit Art, once they reached the fourth layer and were perfected, they would condense their own unique Yuan Seal. Greatly strengthening the mental power and the power of the sword art.

At this moment, he suddenly broke through, and he also had ideas about the subsequent cultivation methods in his mind. He immediately saluted the sweeping Daoist, jumped up, leaped off the edge of the Daoist temple, and returned towards the Kui Ling Pavilion.

"This child seems to have... broken through just now?" The sweeping Qing Yuan Daoist was a little dazed.

"He has broken through." The Sect Leader's voice floated out from inside the hall.

"He has mastered the method of adjusting the spirit to make up for everything. Like Qing Kong, it depends on how he chooses to deal with it."

"Yes." Qing Yuan nodded slightly.

The so-called method of adjusting the spirit is actually to virtualize an empty shell of a god in the depths of one's heart.

Then, give it all the qualities and abilities you need, and then gradually find the actual filling from the outside.

Let it gradually change from an empty shell into a real Yuanshen (primordial spirit).

Yuan, which means beginning.

The nature and ability of the virtual god are all determined by oneself.

Of course, the ability must be able to perfectly match oneself and be able to perfectly solve one's own problems.

Therefore, everyone's Yuanshen are different.

And this is actually the true essence of the Thousand-Faced Sword Canon.

A thousand people have a thousand faces, a thousand-faced Yuanshen!

Continuously shape your Yuanshen until it grows completely, feeds back and integrates with yourself, and completely solves all the problems and ailments that exist in yourself.

Such methods actually have similar applications on Earth, in Midlarn, and even in Li Cheng颐's previous life.

(End of this chapter)