Chapter 379: Rapid Improvement

After reading the first chapter of the secret scripture “Meditation Everywhere,” Ye Feng was utterly amazed—the creator of this cultivation method must be a genius.

Logically speaking, the cultivation of mental power differs from that of vital energy. For those practicing cultivation, for example, they only need to form a golden core within the dantian. Once the energy within the dantian is exhausted, the golden core will automatically absorb external energy to replenish itself.

However, mental power is different. It is intangible; even when it appears in the form of mist in the sea of consciousness, it cannot be condensed into a tangible object like a golden core. Thus, the cultivation of mental power requires deliberate effort through meditation to sustain and enhance it.

But “Meditation Everywhere” takes a different approach. Although mental power cannot be condensed into a tangible form, it can still be stimulated. The author of this book suggests that by continuously stimulating mental power to create a vortex in the sea of consciousness, eventually, when this vortex no longer requires external stimulation, “Meditation Everywhere” will be achieved.

Theoretically, this method is feasible, as the vortex constantly absorbs energy from the outside world, allowing mental power to grow continuously.

To Ye Feng’s surprise, the author seemed to have successfully created such a vortex in his own sea of consciousness. However, he didn’t have enough access to read the content of the second chapter. He flipped back to earlier sections and began studying the methods for creating the vortex.

“Stimulate the mental power in the sea of consciousness to operate at the highest speed. Don’t use too much mental power at first, as it will lead to exhaustion later. Once the speed reaches a critical point, maintain that steady pace for nine days and nights before the vortex truly forms. This critical point varies from person to person. Once reached, anomalies will appear in the sea of consciousness, which can serve as a benchmark.”

Ye Feng began new attempts in his sea of consciousness—once, twice, three times…

A month passed, and after tens of thousands of attempts, all ended in failure. No matter how hard he tried to accelerate, he never reached that critical point.

After countless setbacks, he decided to put the book aside for now.

“‘Manual of Mental Power Control’—this book is also about mental power. It seems to contain practical techniques. Since I can’t increase my mental power for now, it’s better to learn how to use it. At least I can use that plant for more varied attacks.” Ye Feng opened the book and started reading.

As Ye Feng had expected, The Manual of Mental Power Control was an extremely sophisticated guide to techniques. Even just the basic applications in the first chapter were eye-opening for him.
“Treat your mental power as your hands, and you’ll have countless extra hands at your disposal.” This statement deeply resonated with Ye Feng. If he could truly control his mental power as easily as his own hands, his combat strength would far exceed simple doubling.
After all, if he could wield all nine top-tier divine artifact-level leaves at once, it would be equivalent to four or five Ye Fengs fighting simultaneously. With the help of mental power, he also hoped to reach such a level of control.
After two months of practice, Ye Feng increased his ability to use the leaves from ten times a day to fifteen times a day. One reason was that his total mental power increased slightly after each use. The other was that his technique had improved significantly, allowing him to conserve more mental energy.
With only 200 days left, Ye Feng felt it was unlikely he could make further progress in controlling his mental power in such a short time.
He turned his attention to The Sword Mastery Art and The Whip Killing Art—both of which appeared to be technique-based manuals. In Ye Feng’s view, they could both be activated using mental power.
If his previous training in mental power control was like learning to use a hammer to forge iron, then these two books were teaching him how to use that hammer to create high-quality iron.
This wasn’t to say these manuals were superior to The Manual of Mental Power Control. The latter focused not on combat but on methods of utilizing mental power, making it less lethal compared to combat-focused manuals like The Sword Mastery Art and The Whip Killing Art.
Of course, Ye Feng had only learned the basic section, which included not only object control but also other methods of using mental power—though he didn’t have much time to explore them at the moment.
In fact, under his control, the leaves of those sacred-grade plants could be both rigid and flexible—transforming into swords or whips. Thus, these two sets of techniques were perfect for Ye Feng.
“Only fifteen uses of the sacred realm plant leaves per day?” Ye Feng frowned. “This isn’t even enough to practice techniques… Should I buy nine divine artifact-level swords and whips, or top-tier demonic artifacts?”
Buying divine artifact-level swords and whips required using a privilege to purchase beyond one’s current rank. But at his current strength, top-tier demonic artifacts were no longer sufficient to fully unleash his potential.

At that moment, Ye Feng suddenly remembered that he had quite a number of long swords among his spoils. Long swords and knives were still quite commonly used by powerful fighters across various realms. Ye Feng searched through his spoils and easily gathered nine divine-grade long swords, two of which were mid-tier divine artifacts. “Never mind, I’ll practice these first. Once I’m pretty proficient in the Sword Control Technique, I’ll buy top-tier demonic artifacts to practice the Whip Kill technique.” The Sword Control Technique was a step-by-step training method, with the basic section providing very detailed instructions, which saved Ye Feng a lot of detours. The basic section started with controlling one flying sword and ended with controlling nine. To add each additional flying sword, he had to complete the previous control task before moving on to the next page. Facing opponents at the semi-divine level, Ye Feng used only the Sword Control Technique in battle, and under such pressure, his improvement speed was astonishing. In just three months, he fully mastered controlling all nine flying swords, his skill not falling short even compared to that of the Celestial Sword Master. After fully mastering the Sword Control Technique, Ye Feng spent 90 million third-tier domain points to purchase nine top-tier demonic artifact whips. This expense would have been astronomical for Ye Feng in the past, but for him, whose domain value was now measured in trillions, it was merely a drop in the bucket. He chose top-tier demonic artifacts because, given the intensity of the energy in his body at the time, demonic artifacts of lower grades could not withstand it—inputting energy on par with that of a divine realm’s divine core would cause them to explode. Only top-tier demonic artifacts, which were, to some extent, extremely similar in nature to divine artifacts, would not explode easily. He didn’t use divine artifacts not because he was reluctant to spend domain points, but because he no longer had the privilege to purchase beyond his current rank. While the privilege could be exchanged, Ye Feng saw no need for it, as he wouldn’t need divine-grade whips in future battles, so there was no reason to waste the privilege. The Whip Kill technique was an exceptionally outstanding training method. After reading the basic section, Ye Feng felt that the author must be a woman. Throughout the basic section, every point of emphasis was explained extremely clearly, with detailed descriptions of why to apply force in certain places and what the differences in effects would be. The basic section covered only the technique of striking, detailing different angles, points of force, and the opponent’s position to explain how striking could achieve better results. It covered everything from holding the whip with one hand to holding it with both hands, to using mental power to control the whip for attacks—completely a complete set of attack systems.

This set of whip techniques demands extreme precision in energy control and requires terrifying levels of mental power manipulation. It took Ye Feng nearly a month to master controlling the first whip with his mental power. Without using any other moves, he was chased around by those semi-godly strongmen in the Training Realm, forcing him to first learn the techniques using his hands before switching to mental control. From successfully controlling the first whip with his mental power to mastering all nine whips, it took Ye Feng over two months. This experience made him realize the terrifying nature of these techniques. He originally thought that no matter how hard he struck, the effect would only be to hinder the opponent’s attacks, causing little real damage. But as he became more skilled with the whips, he was able to kill peak semi-godly strongmen using top-tier demonic weapons. At first, it was just random strikes that led to death, but later, he could strike fatal points for instant kills. The variations in these whip techniques were countless; when all nine whips attacked from different angles at once, it was a nightmare-like assault for many, as it was impossible to defend against. Ye Feng also discovered that all the strike points were fatal—once hit, there was no chance of further defense, unless the opponent was far stronger and could break through to escape. After practicing this set of techniques, Ye Feng gained further insights into energy usage. “Only a few days left…” Ye Feng checked the time; it was almost dawn outside. “Activate stored data!” Ye Feng’s expression turned serious. “Please select characters!” The Training Realm offered over a thousand options. “All of them!” Ye Feng clenched his fists tightly. These stored data were from everyone who had participated in the last competition for high-grade divine crystals. Of course, the data of figures like Venerable Mo Jing was stored on the fourth layer of the Training Realm. This was the third layer, containing the battle data of all the semi-godly strongmen at that time. By choosing all of them, Ye Feng meant setting over a thousand semi-godly strongmen as enemies, including a few who were on par with Venerable Tian Jian. “Simulate the environment!” Ye Feng gave a new command. “Environment simulation completed; character data retrieved!” As soon as these words appeared, Ye Feng found himself surrounded by a crowd. The sharp gazes of those led by Venerable Tian Jian were all fixed on where Ye Feng stood. “Let’s use you to test the results of my training!” With utter arrogance, Ye Feng charged in a certain direction…