The moment the Purple Emperor Meridian was fully cleared, Xu Qing only felt a spiritual connection established between himself and the Ziwei Star in the heavens, with the subtle induction growing stronger and stronger.
Inside his Sea of Consciousness, the Ziwei Star was completely ignited, resonating with the innate Ziwei Star from afar.
Ziwei Power poured into Xu Qing’s hands in a way imperceptible to ordinary people, a slow yet firm transformation was continuously occurring on his hands.
"I need more Star Power, elder tree, assist me." Xu Qing subconsciously called upon the Old Wutong Tree, capable of gathering Moonlight.
The Old Tree seemed to sense it, its breathing becoming heavier and more forceful than before.
Within several miles, the Ziwei Power that sprinkled down to the world seemed summoned, converging towards Xu Qing’s Wutong Courtyard.
The Ziwei Star is immense; even if the Star Power of several miles converged, it is but a grain of sand compared to the Star Power the Ziwei Star scattered over the world.
If not for someone experiencing soul out-of-body, one would notice nothing unusual near Xu Qing’s courtyard.
However, for Xu Qing, the Star Power gathered by the Old Wutong Tree was like a spark meeting dry wood, causing the Ziwei Star in his Sea of Consciousness to shine even more brightly.
Until the latter half of the night, when Xu Qing felt a burning sensation in his Divine Soul, he knew he had reached the point of diminishing returns.
He slowly ended his Cultivation.
In his hands emerged a miraculous change; he could faintly feel the slight night breeze, the imperceptible flow of air, and even the touch of starlight...
Such a sense of touch was too subtle.
When his hands touched the trunk of the Old Wutong Tree, he instantly sensed the tree’s breathing, the trembling of its branches and leaves, and even the insects lurking on the trunk became faintly perceptible.
This absolute sense of touch brought about a marvellous transformation in his perception of the entire world.
After a while, feeling mentally fatigued, Xu Qing retracted his hands, finishing this "absolute touch."
"Is this the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand?" A subtle sensation arose in Xu Qing’s heart.
He even had a feeling that his hands could replace his eyes, that touch was even more real than vision.
He observed the bronze mirror, and indeed, under the Daoist Skill section, the words of his Innate Divine Ability appeared:
"Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand (Rough Mastery)."
It was merely a rough mastery, not even at the level of a beginner.
Xu Qing knew his hands needed a long period of Star Power refinement to complete a true Transformation.
Fortunately, the Old Wutong Tree had the ability to gather the light of stars and Moonlight, otherwise Xu Qing might have had to interrupt the birth process of this Innate Divine Ability due to insufficient Star Power tonight.
Once interrupted, even if it were perfected later, there would surely be flaws.
"Now that the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand has been cultivated, all I need to do is continuously accumulate proficiency and raise its level." Xu Qing set aside his concern for the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand.
This Divine Ability, in fact, is also quite draining on Divine Soul Power.
To perfectly exert its effect, a stronger Divine Soul is still needed.
Of course, now Xu Qing’s Divine Soul is already quite strong.
After reaching the Great Success of Exorcism in the Divine Soul Realm, the main difference from before is that Xu Qing no longer needs to concentrate and visualize to operate his Divine Soul.
With just a thought, he could have his soul leave the body.
The advantage is that, unlike before, under the suppression of the powerful Martial Arts Qi Blood like King Lin’s, the hindrance of being unable to have his soul leave the body is gone.
The essence of such Qi-Blood suppression is to make it difficult for the Divine Soul’s thoughts to coalesce, hence the inability to leave the body.
The Great Success of Exorcism Divine Soul is exceptionally robust. Taking one more step forward is the Realm of Divine Soul Manifestation, at which point the Divine Soul can be directly manifested in front of ordinary people, or even hidden, appearing no different from an ordinary person.
At this stage, the Divine Soul can be called a "Yin God."
Even if the physical body dies, the Yin God can still survive in the mortal world for a short time.
One step further from the Yin God is Possession, the ability to forcefully occupy a living person’s body. Still, one cannot abandon one’s own body, for if they do, after a period of time, there will still be issues with the Yin God.
Xu Qing’s ability to undergo Rebirth "reincarnation" is evidently related to the help of the bronze mirror.
The more he cultivates his Divine Soul, the more he can feel the high level of the bronze mirror.
Xu Qing had a thought.
The Peach Wood Sword resting on his knees let out a faint tremble, transforming into a ball of sword light under the Starlight, circling Xu Qing, sometimes like birds darting through the woods around the branches and leaves of the Old Wutong Tree, sometimes soaring into the sky, flying out several miles away.
"Two miles," Xu Qing silently calculated.
Within two miles of his physical body is the distance where the power of the Peach Wood Sword does not diminish. Beyond this range, the power of the Flying Sword drops sharply and can easily be knocked down and seized by others.
A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step.
This was also a good beginning.
It can be said that Xu Qing, now mastering the Peach Wood Sword and controlling the sword light, feels a dimensionality reduction strike against any Martial Artist below the level of Internal Cultivation.
Because Martial Artists of such level can’t keep up with the reaction and agility of his control over the Flying Sword.
It’s like Firearms against cold weapons.
Like a Flintlock Gun against a bow and arrow.
"Great Success of Exorcism is indeed terrifying, but the Qi-Blood of Internal Martial Artists has begun to undergo a qualitative Transformation, which has a strong restraining effect on manifested Yin Gods, let alone Great Success of Exorcism." Xu Qing compared the strength; experts at the level of Great Success of Exorcism are more suitable for assassination. In a straight-forward battle, facing those battle-hardened regular troops that have seen blood, the Divine Soul would also be greatly affected, resulting in diminished strength.
"No wonder they say that when a Dynasty is about to fall, there will be Devils. Because in the heyday of a Dynasty, officials large and small could be blessed by the Dynasty Destiny, which naturally grants them strong resistance against Yin spirits and Evil Spirits like the Divine Soul. Once the Dynasty declines, the protective Dynasty Destiny around them will also greatly diminish, and by then Divine Soul Experts will naturally find plenty of opportunities to utilize their skills."