Air Control

Shen Wen sat alone in the Quiet Room, where the sunlight from outside shone in at an angle, casting dappled shadows across the long table covered in drafts.

His fingertips tapped the table unconsciously, while Yao Lao's words from a few days ago echoed repeatedly in his mind.

"A Heavenly Realm Soul controlling space is almost an instinct..." Shen Wen whispered to himself, his thoughts swirling in his eyes.

"Space Power, at the end of the day, is just a type of heaven and earth energy, only more special and closer to the essence of the rules."

Yao Lao's words had enlightened him.

Recalling every major Realm of a Dou Practitioner's Cultivate process, it seemed to imply a process of constantly "approaching" and even "merging" with heaven and earth energy.

A Dou Practitioner condenses Qi into a vortex, a Dou Master turns the vortex into liquid, a Great Dou Master liquefies it into crystals, a Dou Ling turns the crystals into solid, a Dou Wang turns Dou Qi into wings to initially soar through the sky, and a Dou Huang circulates Dou Qi throughout the entire body to resonate with heaven and earth energy at a higher level.

And upon reaching Dou Zong, one begins to initially grasp and utilize Space Power.

This was already a direct touch upon one of the most profound forms of energy between heaven and earth.

"Seen in this light, the path of Dou Qi Cultivate is inherently a process of allowing the Cultivator to go from controlling their own energy, to gradually controlling ordinary external heaven and earth energy, and finally attempting to control supreme energy like space."

The light in Shen Wen's eyes grew brighter.

He then thought of Alchemy.

Why could a seventh-grade pill trigger Pill Lightning?

That is because when the quality of a Medicinal Pill reaches a certain boundary, its inherent spirituality and energy trigger the resonance and trials of heaven and earth rules.

And one of the prerequisites for being able to refine a seventh-grade pill is that the Alchemist's Soul Realm must reach the "Ling Realm."

"Ling Realm Soul..." Shen Wen's fingertips paused, "Does this mean that once Soul Power reaches the 'Ling Realm' level, one already possesses the qualification to perceive, and even initially trigger, certain special heaven and earth energies? It is just that the vast majority of those with a Ling Realm Soul do not know the method, or lack the strength to precisely control it."

This thought invigorated him.

If this were true, then for Dan Chen, who had a naturally special Soul and had long stepped firmly into the Ling Realm, and possibly even beyond the Early Stage of the Ling Realm, what she lacked was perhaps not "ability," but "methods" and "techniques."

"Dou Zong uses Dou Qi as a lever to pry open Space Power. Then, can the Soul... especially a sufficiently powerful Soul, directly use Soul Power as a 'hand' to touch, construct, and control space?"

Shen Wen immediately immersed himself in deduction.

He compared this to his own insights into Space Power when he had his Breakthrough to Dou Zong.

He recalled the subtle connection, like moving one's own arm, every time he used the space ancestral talisman.

At the same time, he combined the descriptions of the essence of the Soul in the Past Amitabha Sutra and the Future Non-Existence Sutra.

Shen Wen thought of using the method of "resonance" to use Soul Power to control Space Power.

Everything between heaven and earth has fluctuations, and space also has its own unique "frequency" or "rhythm."

If one adjusts Soul Power to a similar fluctuation, perhaps one could generate traction and resonance, thereby achieving influence.

He also thought of construction.

Instead of using Soul Power to directly imitate Space Power, he would use Soul Power as "threads" to weave a "Soul Power configuration" with a specific structure capable of producing a space isolation effect.

Just as Formation runes can trigger heaven and earth energy to produce specific effects, Soul Power structures might also be able to do something similar.

In the Quiet Room, day and night were indistinguishable.

Shen Wen would sometimes close his eyes and meditate, his Soul Power rippling subtly around him as he tried to capture the invisible and intangible "pulse" of space.

Sometimes he would take up his pen and write rapidly, sketching complex and profound Soul Power operation circuits and structural concepts on the draft paper.

Sometimes he would use his finger as a pen, sketching in the air to trigger subtle ripples in space, observing their fluctuation characteristics and verifying them against the changes in Soul Power.

Yao Lao often drifted over, watching silently, occasionally offering a few words of guidance at critical moments.

His experience and insight were often able to help Shen Wen avoid detours or open up new lines of thought.

After repeated deductions, verifications, and adjustments, who knew how many days had passed.

Finally, at dawn one day.

Shen Wen slowly put down the pen in his hand; the brand-new scroll spread out before him recorded a relatively complete and logically self-consistent method for Soul Power operation.

The core of this method lies in the fact that the Cultivator must first use their own Soul Power to introspect, perceive the fluctuations of the Soul Origin, and then gradually extend their perception outward, attempting to touch and understand the "stillness" and "movement" of the surrounding space.

Subsequently, through a set of special visualization and refinement techniques, the Soul Power is tempered and shaped so that it can construct an invisible barrier possessing the characteristics of "stability," "isolation," and "cushioning."

This barrier is not merely about resisting by force, but rather tends towards "channeling" and "deflecting," taking the Soul suction power that Dan Chen unconsciously emits, circulating and dissipating it within this Soul Power barrier, or guiding it along a specific, safe path to avoid affecting the outside world.

At the same time, this method also initially touched upon the concept of using Soul Power to perform subtle space manipulation.

For example, retrieving or placing items from a distance within a small range, or creating a temporary visual distortion barrier, etc.

Although it is far less vast and varied than the Space Power of a Dou Zong, it has the advantage of being covert, swift, and consumes Soul Power, without interfering with the Dou Qi System.

Shen Wen examined this work of his painstaking effort, pondered for a moment, then picked up his pen and wrote three words at the top of the scroll: Skill of Sky Control.

Holding the initially perfected "Skill of Sky Control" scroll, Shen Wen went to find Yao Lao first.

In the Quiet Room, Yao Lao's Soul body hovered in mid-air, taking the scroll and perceiving the method recorded within it in detail with his Soul Power.

After only a moment, an undisguisable look of surprise appeared on his illusory face.

"How long has it been?" Yao Lao raised his head, looking at Shen Wen, his tone filled with admiration and a trace of disbelief.

"You have actually deduced it to this point? The framework is clear, the principles are self-consistent, and especially this resonance of Space Power with Soul Power is completely different from the crude force interference relying purely on a Heavenly Realm Soul; it is more precise, and also more... 'methodical'."

He couldn't help but try it himself.

As a former Heavenly Realm Great Perfection Soul, his application of Soul Power could be called the pinnacle.

Mobilizing his Soul Power according to the method described in the "Skill of Sky Control," he indeed felt the difference from his previous practice of forcibly squeezing and twisting space with Soul Power.

It was a softer, more internal form of guidance.

It was as if allowing the Soul Power itself to carry a certain "space attribute" rhythm.

Although the initial effect was weak and far less domineering and obvious than a Heavenly Realm Soul acting with full force, it had the advantage of more controllable consumption.

And it was more scalable and malleable.

This was indeed a novel and systematic method.

"A Genius idea..." Yao Lao sighed again, his gaze towards Shen Wen complex and difficult to understand.

In his life, he had seen countless brilliant talents, but someone like Shen Wen, who not only possessed exceptional talent but also combined pioneering thinking with terrifying execution, was truly rare.

Hearing this, Shen Wen just shook his head, his expression calm: "Yao Lao overpraises me. That I could deduce the prototype so quickly relies more on a few conditions that others do not have."

Shen Wen was very clear that if it were others, even those who were also Heavenly Realm Souls, or even experts whose cultivation had reached Dou Zun.

Their understanding of Space Power mostly stopped at the level of "sensing" and "utilizing," like blind men touching an elephant, knowing the 'what' but struggling to know the 'why'.

Yet he, with the help of the space ancestral talisman, had directly glimpsed the full picture and internal structure of the "elephant."

The gap here could by no means be bridged by simple talent or effort.

"Regardless, this method has indeed opened up a new path." Yao Lao handed the scroll back, speaking solemnly, "Especially for the situation of the girl Dan Chen, it is extremely targeted. Next is to let her start trying to Cultivate. During the process, one must pay close attention, and if there is anything amiss, make adjustments in time."

Shen Wen nodded: "I have exactly that intention."

He put away the scroll, already having a plan in his heart for the subsequent perfection of the "Skill of Sky Control."

Although this prototype was formed, it was like a piece of precision machinery that had just been designed; it needed actual operation to test whether every gear fit, and it also needed fine-tuning based on the user's feedback.

And Dan Chen was the first, and also the most suitable, tester and co-Cultivator.