Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1688 Organizing Knowledge
This time, in the 'Wisdom of Inheritance', only a general introduction to the power of mantras was given, just to let him understand what it was roughly.

The main point is that you know what this is and you know how to use it.

At this stage, he has no possibility of creating true words or supernatural powers; his strength is far from sufficient.

Having resolved his doubts, Zhou Xu continued to organize the knowledge that had been crammed into his mind.

Of course, there is a method to this sorting out. He usually sorts out the knowledge he wants to know first. For example, what he is sorting out now is the cultivation experience of the Out-of-Body Realm.

Since breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Zhou Xu has clearly felt a significant decrease in his cultivation efficiency, and cultivation has also become more difficult.

The fundamental reason is that the Out-of-Body Realm has an additional soul body that needs to be condensed.

Under this premise, his normal cultivation and research of mantras all require the consumption of magical power, and his limited magical power and time are simply not enough.

At this rate, he might really need to cultivate for another hundred years or so before he can break through to the next major realm.

This topic was unsurprisingly mentioned in 'The Wisdom of Heritage'.

According to the 'wisdom of inheritance', the existence of the soul body can actually be regarded as a minor supernatural power.

Prioritizing the condensation of your soul body is equivalent to first improving the strength and proficiency of this minor supernatural ability.

Prioritizing normal cultivation will improve one's own physical cultivation level.

That makes it very clear.

The best approach is to pursue both aspects simultaneously, avoiding extremes and focusing solely on one area.

Under these circumstances, it is normal to have a high demand for magical power.

However, there are solutions.

According to some birds and beasts, those at the Out-of-Body Realm are basically equivalent to demigods or earth immortals, and can be worshipped.

Therefore, when he has a certain level of influence, he can obtain a stable amount of magical power from his believers on a regular basis. This power can also be called faith power. Essentially, they are the same thing; to put it bluntly, they are energy.

Although the amount of faith power steadily generated by each believer is negligible, as long as the quantity is large enough, quantitative change can lead to qualitative change.

Of course, such direct absorption has a limited scope.

Zhou Xu has a deep understanding of this.

Currently, his strength is at the second level of the Gold Realm of the Nascent Soul stage. While he is in the Black Moon City Palace, his current absorption range can only cover the area from the grasslands to the mountains.

These are all sparsely populated areas, making it really difficult to maintain order.

In response to this, cultivators from the old civilization naturally had their own methods.

Simply put, it's that statue of King Zhou outside!

That's right. If you refine your own stone statue into a piece of equipment that can absorb faith power, and then place it in an area where you can't normally absorb it, then this equipment can absorb faith power for you.

When crafting this equipment, a special mantra enchantment can be used to establish a connection between oneself and the equipment, allowing one to directly draw upon the faith power stored within the equipment.

Incidentally, believers often generate more faith power during formal worship than they do on ordinary days.

This was also the main reason why, during the old civilization, those birds and beasts wanted to enslave the human race and force them to worship them.

Its purpose is to provide them with cultivation resources, making them stronger and stronger, while the human race becomes weaker and weaker. With this ebb and flow, the human race will never have a chance to turn the tide!

Therefore, if conditions permit, in order to obtain more magical power, one must set up one's own stone statues in various parts of the territory in order to accelerate one's cultivation and have the believers of the entire country contribute to one's cultivation.

The text also mentions the method of making this stone statue and the materials required.

As for enchanting, it's on the Zhou King statue outside. He can study it himself later. By the way, the magic power stored inside the Zhou King statue can also be absorbed by him.

It's worth mentioning here that the total amount of faith power that a stone statue can store varies depending on the materials used.

In short, the better the materials used, the more can be stored. When good materials are unavailable, source crystals are the worst option. In addition, some precautions and tips for reaching the Out-of-Body Realm are mentioned later.

Just as I initially guessed, once the soul body is attacked at the level of magic, it will indeed directly damage the soul.

Therefore, engaging in combat through astral projection is inherently a very dangerous thing, and it's best not to do it.

If the situation becomes critical and requires astral projection for emergency support, then possession can be chosen.

【what? 】

When Zhou Xu got to this point, he was clearly stunned.

Clearly, he was unaware of the existence of the technique of 'possession' before this.

Just like the name suggests, your soul can directly enter other people's bodies and control their bodies to fight against enemies.

However, there are a few points to note.

The one who possesses you must be your follower; otherwise, possession is impossible.

Under this premise, the other party must completely relax and relinquish control of their body.

If you resist, there is a possibility that the possession will fail or your soul will be damaged.

Of course, the other party is more likely to suffer the loss.

After all, the soul strength of a believer is likely to be inferior to that of the person who possesses them.

If there are believers whose soul strength is equal to one's own, then that's a different story.

In addition, there is one last point: if the possessed believer is an ordinary person, given the strength of your soul, the other party may not be able to withstand it for long.

At the same time, your own strength will be affected by the possessed believer, preventing you from fully utilizing it.

Therefore, when choosing a target to possess, if conditions permit, choose one that is as strong as possible.

It turns out that finding one's own lineage early on is very important; otherwise, it's really hard to discover many things by just figuring things out on your own.

However, it cannot be said that possession is definitely better than using a soul body directly.

The advantage of possession is that one's soul and body will not be directly attacked, thus avoiding the risk of soul damage.

However, their strength will certainly be limited.

In a truly critical moment, if you want to fight with all your might, you still have to take the risk and use your soul body.

At the end of the instruction on the experience of the Out-of-Body Realm, it was also mentioned that the next realm is the 'Incarnation' Realm.

To successfully break through to the Incarnation Realm, there is a prerequisite: the soul body must be completely solidified.

The most distinctive feature of the Transformation Realm is that it can condense an external avatar of itself, which can also be understood as a clone puppet.

As for the ability of this incarnation...

Let's assume that after Zhou Xu condenses his avatar, he places his avatar at the edge of the void, while his main body is in Black Moon City.

The avatar is usually unconscious and does not act on its own; it is merely a shell.

However, once something happens at the Void Border, there is a close connection between the main body and the avatar. With this connection, the soul body can directly ignore the distance and enter the avatar's body to control the avatar to fight!

Simply put, the existence of the avatar almost perfectly solves the shortcomings of possession in the Out-of-Body Realm.

This allows Zhou Xu to achieve a balance between the two aspects to a certain extent.

(End of this chapter)