Chapter 134: Astonishing Speed of Mastery

A dozen or so minutes later.

Gunie had also finished imparting the training methods of this Esoteric Doctrine.

At this moment, Gunie, seated cross-legged, was fully immersed in thought.

"Most of it is consistent with the information I've encountered before regarding Esoteric Doctrines."

"A more meticulous control of the Esoteric Doctrine can enhance one's ability to master the 'Esoteric Doctrine texts' to be learned in the future."

"Controlling the Esoteric Doctrine is essentially the basic skill."

"With a solid foundation, practicing and even executing the Esoteric Doctrine texts naturally becomes easier."

"More importantly,"

Gunie narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering carefully.

"Meticulous control of the Esoteric Doctrine also allows one to use the Source Power Esoteric Doctrine to strengthen the 'Soul Source Core' while condensing it."

"In this way, after promotion, even at the same Transcendent Seventh Rank, one's strength will be far greater than others."

"Both of these training methods are aimed at enhancing the path to promotion to Transcendent Master."

"From this, it's not hard to see why the number of Transcendent Masters on the Oya Continent is so scarce."

"If one's control over Source Power is poor, they simply cannot achieve the level of control needed to condense the Soul Source Core required for promotion to Transcendent Master. Naturally, they cannot advance."

"Even many Transcendent Masters, after barely advancing, spend their entire lives stuck at the Transcendent Seventh Rank."

"It should be due to insufficient in-depth control of Source Power and a lack of Rune Esoteric Doctrine enhancement."

"According to the rules of this Esoteric Doctrine training text, if one does not enhance the condensed Rune Esoteric Doctrine with Esoteric Doctrine, the difficulty of future promotion is indeed very high."

"No wonder many Transcendent Masters spend a long time at the peak of the Sixth Rank, presumably all in seclusion, trying to comprehend a sliver of Rune Esoteric Doctrine."

"Even a small amount of Esoteric Doctrine enhancement is far better than none at all."

"Fortunately, my Esoteric Doctrine is very profound."

After some deliberation, Gunie slowly gathered his thoughts.

"Spellcasters also face difficulties in advancing to Transcendent Master."

"But for me, it doesn't seem like a big problem!" Gunie mused inwardly.

A long, long time ago, back in the Sugg Ruins City.

After several consecutive reincarnation transformations,

Gunie naturally came to see 'Source Power,' and then gained Source Power Vision.

On some level, directly seeing Source Power was like being a 'godson of Source Power.'

In the subsequent continuous promotions and reincarnation enhancements of Transcendent talent, along with repeated reincarnation refinement of Source Power,

Gunie had indeed felt the benefits of a high affinity with Source Power.

First, his Source Power Vision ability grew stronger and stronger.

At the same time, Source Power was perfectly attuned to him, making it easy to use with great skill.

"Regardless, I need to use this 'Source Power Hundred Threads' method to carefully test and train my control over Source Power."

Then, Gunie sat down cross-legged in a meditative state.

"'Source Power Hundred Threads' First Layer: use the method to condense ten Source Power test threads, each of one Source Power unit, totaling ten threads and one hundred Source Power units."

"Then interweave and condense them to form a 'Source Power Framework Sphere.' Once the sphere is perfectly condensed, the test for this layer is passed."

Seated cross-legged, Gunie meticulously reviewed the aspects to note for the First Layer's Source Power Framework Sphere in his mind.

With a flip of his hand,

ten Source Power test threads, about the thickness of a finger, slowly rose from Gunie's palm.

Each test thread extended along a mysterious trajectory.

Since it was a test of Source Power, Gunie did not apply any Esoteric Doctrine for enhancement; he simply used his control over Source Power to construct the framework sphere.

A dozen or so seconds later, a Source Power Framework Sphere the size of a basketball bloomed above Gunie's palm.

At this moment, the framework sphere floated there, with the ten Source Power threads forming a very stable structure, perfectly interlocking energies without any leakage. Gunie estimated it could maintain this state for a very long time.

When Gunie condensed the ten-thread sphere,

the Warfeather Monkey nearby glanced at him briefly.

"Not bad talent."

It muttered softly and continued to lie down and sleep.

"The ten-thread sphere isn't difficult—actually, it's almost effortless."

Gunie thought to himself.

"But I can't waste this energy; after all, it's one hundred Source Power units."

Then, with a wave of his hand, Gunie absorbed all the Source Power from the ten-thread sphere.

"Next, the twenty-thread sphere."

As Gunie constructed it, twenty-odd seconds later, the twenty-thread sphere also bloomed in his hand.

The twenty-thread sphere was noticeably larger than the ten-thread one, but for Gunie, the difficulty hadn't increased much.

After absorbing the energy from the twenty-thread sphere, Gunie began constructing the thirty-thread sphere.

A minute later, the thirty-thread sphere was successfully constructed.

Two minutes later, the forty-thread sphere was successfully constructed.

Five minutes later, the fifty-thread sphere was successfully constructed.

A dozen or so minutes later.

Gunie, seated cross-legged in a corner cultivation spot, was constructing the sixty-thread sphere.

Although Gunie now felt some difficulty, the entire sixty-thread sphere steadily progressed under his manipulation.

Success was only a matter of time.

Just as he was condensing it, a small mistake in a delicate touch and fusion occurred.

With a 'whoosh' sound,

the sixty-thread sphere shattered, dissipating into Source Power that flowed away.

Watching the dispersing sixty-thread sphere, Gunie's eyes twitched slightly.

"The sixty-thread sphere—my six hundred units of Source Power!"

At the same time,

the Warfeather Monkey, which had been lying down sleeping, was now wide awake.

Its stone eyes fixed on Gunie, full of disbelief.

"This guy's failure with the sixty-thread sphere was due to a mistake, not insufficient control."

"Without repeated practice, being able to directly condense up to the sixty-thread sphere—either he's done similar training before, or if not, his talent in Source Power affinity and control is astonishing!"

"Senior Warfeather Monkey, is there a place to restore Source Power?"

Seeing the Warfeather Monkey watching him, Gunie asked.

"This is a Forbidden Elemental Ground, containing not a trace of energy. Even the energy you dissipated has vanished. Where would there be a place to restore Source Power?"

"Let me give you another tip: to improve your control, it's best to maintain a semi-condensed state. For example, when you were condensing the sixty-thread sphere earlier, stop halfway and keep it in that semi-condensed state. That's the best way to enhance your Source Power control."

"If you feel you can't control it, quickly retract it, so you don't waste Source Power."

"In this place, Source Power is very, very important." The Warfeather Monkey advised.

"Mm, thank you for the advice, Senior. I understand." Gunie nodded.

Then, focusing his mind, Gunie flipped his hand and took out the Deep Source Anchor cube, beginning to restore Source Power.

When the Warfeather Monkey saw Gunie take out the Deep Source Anchor,

its eyes twitched.

"This guy clearly has such a treasure as the Deep Source Anchor, yet he still asked me for a way to restore Source Power..."

After some restoration, Gunie began condensing the sixty-thread sphere again.

This time, under Gunie's careful and meticulous control, it was completed smoothly.

Then Gunie began condensing the seventy-thread sphere.

This time, he felt the pressure of Source Power control.

While Gunie was using the 'Source Power Hundred Threads' method to train and improve his Source Power control,

the others were also gradually passing through the various layers of tests.

They too arrived at their respective places for testing Source Power and Esoteric Doctrine.

Those who could enter were all formidable experts.

However, most of them had not comprehended Rune Esoteric Doctrine.

Among them, the vast majority chose the path of Source Power control.

But they clearly did not have Gunie's powerful talent.

For many, the first layer of condensation was not difficult.

But the second layer began to pose challenges.

Some struggled at the third layer.

Even those who had comprehended Natural Esoteric Doctrine were stuck around the fourth layer.

In terms of talent for Source Power control, they were far behind Gunie.