The three-state spirit power flowed through Wang Nan's meridians. With each inhale and exhale, each expansion and contraction, the World's elemental force gathered and naturally merged into him.
From another perspective, Wang Nan "watched" the process of the World's elemental force transforming into spirit power, and then began to try to intervene and make some changes.
A gentle breeze seemed to rise around him, and the spirit power around him surged, enveloping him. His lips moved slightly, and a strange syllable escaped his mouth, causing the surrounding spirit power to pulse.
It was only a tiny change, but Wang Nan's expression was visibly excited.
Influenced by memories of his previous life, when he obtained the cultivation methods for "magic," Wang Nan didn't just memorize how to use them. Instead, he deconstructed the function of each spell to understand its deeper effects.
Although it was just a single syllable, the change it brought made Wang Nan realize that Iliex's magic actually had discernible patterns. He could use such power to do more things.
It was a pity that, in his memory, the original Huo Yuhao, after receiving Iliex's guidance, had not fully utilized this power, which was in no way inferior to the Spirit Master system.
Time gradually passed, and Wang Nan would occasionally utter a difficult-to-understand syllable or string of syllables. Each time, his mental force and spirit power would shift accordingly.
Slowly, Wang Nan began to actively contact the surrounding World's elemental force, incorporating it into himself.
A Spirit Master's spirit power comes from spirit cultivation. Therefore, apart from Cultivation Techniques like Mysterious Heaven Skill, no Spirit Master has ever been able to train before Spirit Awakening.
In fact, apart from Tang San tens of thousands of years ago, even among the Tang Sect members who possessed Mysterious Heaven Skill, no one had ever heard of anyone being able to train spirit power before Spirit Awakening. Otherwise, everyone in the Tang Sect would have innate full spirit power.
But Wang Nan, who gradually understood another kind of power, was now trying to bypass the Spirit and transform the World's elemental force into spirit power through his own manipulation.
Although this process required more effort than meditating with a Spirit, it was not limited by innate spirit power.
Through continuous attempts, Wang Nan gradually explored another cultivation method suitable for himself.
Although it was only in its nascent form and could not yet compare to long-established Cultivation Techniques like Mysterious Heaven Skill, and was temporarily only suitable for Wang Nan alone, there was no doubt that he had indeed created something called a "Cultivation Technique."
The light around him gradually dissipated. Wang Nan had been awake all night, but his mind showed no fatigue. Or rather, his strange cultivation method could also be considered a form of meditation. At this moment, he was mentally refreshed, his spirit power abundant, and his state was optimal.
The sun had just begun to peek out and had not fully risen. The Sea God Pavilion remained quiet. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wang Nan took out a Spirit Bone from his spirit tool.
The gem-like Spirit Bone appeared before him, and Wang Nan could feel the power slowly flowing within it.
Instead of directly refining and absorbing it as usual, he placed it in front of him, gradually connecting his mental force to it, and softly chanted syllables.
It was not a complete spell, but Wang Nan was trying to communicate with the power within the Spirit Bone.
The process of a Spirit Master fusing with a Spirit Bone varies. Depending on the compatibility between the Spirit Bone and oneself, some processes are very smooth, while others require immense pain, and some even suffer backlash from being unable to withstand the Spirit Bone's power.
Although Wang Nan was confident he could withstand the power of this Spirit Bone, before that, he wanted to try to make this Spirit Bone more compatible with himself.
Brilliant golden mental force surged from Wang Nan's glabella, solidifying as it fell upon the Spirit Bone. Golden light enveloped him and the Spirit Bone.
On the Spirit Bone, golden patterns also lit up, fluctuating and flowing with Wang Nan's mental force. For a moment, Wang Nan seemed to be conversing with a distant consciousness, telling each other their stories.
The azure-blue Spirit Bone had, at some point, turned into two colors—golden and blue. The two lights intertwined and finally completely fused together.
Only then, with a thought from Wang Nan's mental force, did the Spirit Bone transform into a stream of light and drill into his glabella.
The Evil Breaking Dragon appeared out of thin air, continuously circling around Wang Nan, enveloping him. With its eyes slightly open, golden light flowed within them.
What Wang Nan was improving at this moment was not just his spirit power. The skull's effect was far greater than he had imagined. At this moment, he felt as if he were swimming in an ocean, with gentle power pouring into his body. Even with his current mental force, he could feel an improvement with the help of the Spirit Bone.
His prior preparation also played a role. The process of fusing the Spirit Bone was exceptionally smooth. The moment the Spirit Bone entered his body, its power merged with his own. Both his Sea of Consciousness and the Soul Core in his glabella were constantly improving under the nourishment of the skull.
Days passed. Occasionally, people would pass by the Sea God Pavilion, but upon seeing the Evil Breaking Dragon coiled beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, no one chose to disturb Wang Nan.
Until the night seven days later, the Evil Breaking Dragon slowly moved, its form gradually dissipating. Wang Nan gently raised his head and opened his eyes. Two golden rays of light shot straight into the sky, even illuminating the Sea God Pavilion for an instant.
In just a moment, the golden light in Wang Nan's eyes had already dissipated, but the World in his eyes was now completely different.
One of the Spirit Abilities the skull originally provided him should have been a mental detection-like ability. However, just as the same spirit ring would provide different Spirit Abilities due to the influence of the Spirit, during Wang Nan's communication with the Spirit Bone, the Spirit Ability it provided also changed due to Wang Nan.
Insight.
This was the name Wang Nan gave to this Spirit Ability. It retained part of the original mental detection-like ability, allowing him to see the opponent's weaknesses and grasp the timing of his attacks. But compared to this, its more important role was to help Wang Nan see through the essence of things.
If he were to encounter the kind of illusion he experienced in the Dragon Valley again, he would be able to see through it at a glance.
Gently raising his head, the true form of the Golden Ancient Tree, hidden in the Void Realm, was now completely uncovered before Wang Nan's eyes. In that unseen realm, golden light connected the Sea God Pavilion and the Golden Tree.
And in a higher place, above the Nine Heavens, there seemed to be another World.
His gaze swept over the Sea God Pavilion. Yan Shaozhe in the pavilion was still looking at some matters concerning Shrek Academy and had not entered meditation. He suddenly sensed something and abruptly stood up.
His mental force probed outward, but he found nothing other than Wang Nan beneath the Golden Tree. After a moment's pause, he sat back down, as if nothing had happened.