[This chapter is a bit mind-burning. Careful analysis can be considered the foundation of the protagonist's advantage in cultivation speed in the future.]
Back at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Qin Ming instructed Su Wen to return to the dormitory to cultivate on his own and stabilize his Soul Power cultivation.
Su Wen naturally wouldn't refuse. After returning to the dormitory, he continued to ponder his previous assumptions.
"There is no logical problem, the next step is practice."
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.
As long as certain experiments are conducted to verify some pure conjectures, then it is no longer mere conjecture. Once verified, it becomes a genuine law.
"It's easy to verify."
Although Su Wen temporarily cannot focus on cultivating Source Soul Power, he can suppress the generation of Source Soul Power.
Previously, in matters involving the penetration of energy into the Martial Spirit Space, Su Wen had always resorted to forceful urging.
The Soul Power of the Spirit Ring was actively infused into the Martial Spirit Space by him, which was also the result of the joint efforts of his own Soul Power and Source Soul Power.
Suppressing the birth of Source Soul Power is also the case.
Under the suppression of the birth of Source Soul Power, he continued to cultivate and indeed felt a significant decrease in his cultivation speed.
On the contrary, the recovery speed of Soul Power increased.
"So, there are three consumption pathways for absorbing heaven and earth energy: the body, the soul, and their mutual digestion."
When the part of mutual digestion is suppressed, the consumption of the other two pathways becomes greater.
This allowed Su Wen's Soul Power to recover faster.
"Let's try Spiritual Power."
Su Wen consumed Spiritual Power, once again suppressing the birth of Source Soul Power while absorbing heaven and earth energy.
"Sure enough, the recovery of Spiritual Power has also increased significantly."
However, the benefits of cultivation are too few like this.
The three pathways are competing for the heaven and earth energy absorbed by the Spirit Master. However, the scarcity of Soul Power itself will drive the body's craving for heaven and earth energy, thereby driving the recovery of Spiritual Power and even the birth of Source Soul Power.
The three are mutually influential.
There is competition, but also mutual promotion among them.
If one simply suppresses the birth of Source Soul Power in order to increase the recovery speed, disrupting this beneficial relationship, then the gains of the Spirit Master in battle will also be affected.
After all, it is easier to break through in battle, which is why we engage in battles.
However, now, to engage in battles for the sake of battles, thereby reducing one's gains, is very unwise.
"In specific competitions, this can be done, but methods to increase recovery speed cannot be used in daily training battles," Su Wen whispered.
Simple experiments allowed Su Wen to verify his conjectures.
At the same time, he was extremely excited at this moment.
"Although this balance cannot be disrupted in battles, daily meditation practice can completely suppress the other two pathways to increase the proportion of Source Soul Power consuming heaven and earth energy."
For some reason, Su Wen inexplicably recalled the chemistry he studied in his past life, the analysis of changes in the quantities of products and reactants in reversible equations, and the speed of forward and backward reactions.
"When meditating and cultivating, if there is any depletion of Soul Power, there needs to be a process of replenishment. When one pathway of replenishment is suppressed at this time, it necessitates greater replenishment through another pathway, which means an increased demand for Source Soul Power."
With a greater demand for Source Soul Power, and the other pathways competing for heaven and earth energy being suppressed, under the dual effects, the birth of Source Soul Power will be more abundant, and the speed will be faster!
"Perfect!"
Su Wen, excited, prepares to research methods to suppress the body's digestion of heaven and earth energy.
"By covering the entire body with Spiritual Power, integrating it into the entire body, and even attempting to integrate Spiritual Power with Soul Power as much as possible, one can effectively suppress the body's digestion of heaven and earth energy."
No, it's not just the body that is suppressed, but the soul as well.
No, that's not an accurate expression.
It should be a change in the relationship between the body and the soul, leading to changes in the pathways among the three. Not only are the two pathways of digestion no longer convenient, but the difficulty of Source Soul Power birth is also reduced.
Su Wen nodded.
"In that case, as long as I explore the techniques of integrating Spiritual Power into Soul Power during my future cultivation, I can achieve the maximum effect of promoting the birth of Source Soul Power!"
Suddenly, he had a thought.
With the existence of the Visualization Library, Su Wen's thoughts remained intact.
"By doing this, am I merging the soul and the body? Or, will this increase the fusion between me and my Martial Spirit?"
Just by sensing the Martial Spirit Space himself, Su Wen had already surpassed other Spirit Masters of the same level in terms of fusion with his Martial Spirit.
Now, actively studying techniques to merge Spiritual Power and Soul Power, even if there were no tangible gains, just the continuous birth of Source Soul Power during his cultivation process would promote fusion.
"It's all positive!"
That night, Su Wen utilized the Second Spirit Skill, gathering heaven and earth energy, adjusting the intensity of his Spirit Skill, seeking the optimal level.
The night passed.
"The concentration of gathered heaven and earth energy cannot be too high either, or else the maintenance cost would be too great, and I wouldn't be able to sustain a night of cultivation."
However, the higher the concentration gathered, the better the effect.
So, I need to find a balance point.
"My cultivation speed has increased by at least ten percent. If I find the optimal solution, perhaps it could reach twenty percent."
"And, this is only the most primitive method."
Just by simple adjustments to the supply-demand relationship of digesting heaven and earth energy, I can achieve such results. What if I actively operate Source Soul Power?
"Like cultivating Source Soul Power as I do Soul Power and Spiritual Power." Su Wen couldn't help but have such thoughts.
"Let's give it a try."
In the following days, Su Wen returned to his normal cultivation routine.
The difference was that he was also exploring the possibility of directly cultivating Source Soul Power while practicing.
Half a month later.
"In theory, it's feasible, but I need the amount of Source Soul Power generated to be greater than the amount consumed, in order to accumulate within the Martial Spirit Space."
Before the bottleneck period before reaching the tenth level, Source Soul Power cannot accumulate within the Martial Spirit Space. However, if the birth rate exceeds consumption, then there can be a surplus. Once accumulated, operating the stored Source Soul Power can facilitate the accumulation of even more Source Soul Power.
"The significance of doing this is to break through my cultivation limit."
He broke through the speed limit brought by Martial Spirit quality. Even if it cannot be reflected in the level of Soul Power, he can wait until he reaches the next tenth level to fully transfer the accumulated Source Soul Power into Soul Power level in the form of Spirit Rings.
In other words, Su Wen won't need to waste his time accumulating energy before getting his Spirit Rings when he reaches a new tenth level, as he used to do and could sav years of time!
"Hahaha, this is really amazing!" Su Wen was as happy as a child with his dream toy.
However, his expression soon turned bitter.
Superior perception is his talent, not superior control. Since he began practicing, he has been using his exceptional perception to control his Soul Power within his body, making him proficient in this aspect.
However, there is ultimately a limit.
Now, while not affecting his normal life, he must maintain Soul Power to operate along the Internal Strength route at all times, which has already reached his limit.
To continue manipulating Source Soul Power and even maintain its operation in a similar martial arts form, and to want to train himself in this aspect.
"Multitasking?"
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