So if you imagine a dragon in your Sea of Consciousness, does that mean you have a dragon?
Mr. Zhuang chuckled and shook his head:
"It's not that whatever you think of becomes reality. If it were so, Divine Sense Manifestation would be far too simple."
"Divine Sense Manifestation is based on 'reality' to manifest the illusory Divine Thoughts."
"Without an objectively real thing, you cannot manifest the illusion of it."
"If you want to manifest a Spell, you must actually know that Spell."
"If you want to manifest a Spiritual Artifact, you must truly possess that Spiritual Artifact..."
"And even then, it's not as if you can manifest it just because you know it or have it."
"You must understand the Spell thoroughly, be extremely familiar with the object, and fully comprehend its essence to manifest it within the Sea of Consciousness."
"Things you have never seen, don't understand, haven't grasped, or are unfamiliar with cannot be manifested."
"Even if you did manifest them, they would only be unfounded and fragile illusions, unable to withstand a single blow."
"Divine Thought Manifestation, the more real it is, the more powerful it is..."
Mo Hua had a moment of enlightenment, deep in thought.
Mr. Zhuang paused for a moment before explaining further:
"If you use your Divine Sense to manifest an almost real 'fire,' then this 'fire' can indeed burn another's Divine Thoughts..."
"If you manifest a sword, that sword can also injure someone's Divine Thoughts..."
Mo Hua suddenly understood clearly.
Mr. Zhuang looked again at Mo Hua, his tone becoming slightly solemn as he said:
"What you must learn is to first manifest Spiritual Power, then manifest spells, and ultimately... manifesting Formations!"
Mo Hua's heart gave a slight tremble.
Manifesting Formations!
But after pondering for a moment, he expressed his confusion:
"Master, it seems like... I can already draw Formations in my Sea of Consciousness. Does that count as manifestation?"
Initially, he had drawn a Formation while the little ghost was transforming, and it was this very act that deterred that Little Green-faced Ghost.
"That's just the tip of the iceberg," Mr. Zhuang said.
Mo Hua was surprised in his heart and didn't quite understand.
Mr. Zhuang said with profound eyes:
"Such Divine Sense Manifestation is somewhat superficial. What is manifested is merely the ethereal shadow of Formation Patterns formed by Divine Thought, not real enough, nor is its power strong enough..."
"Another problem is that it's too slow."
"Slow?" Mo Hua was a little taken aback.
Mr. Zhuang nodded, "In the clash of Divine Thought, life and death are but an instant. There's not always an opportunity to draw Formation, stroke by stroke, line by line..."
"Some malicious and brutal spirits won't wait for you to finish drawing the Formation; they'll likely have devoured you by then."
Mo Hua's heart went cold, and he frowned and said:
"If a Formation isn't drawn stroke by stroke, then how should it be drawn?"
Mr. Zhuang's gaze shifted, and with a stern expression, he said:
"Manifest Spiritual Power, control it with Divine Sense, and bring it into being in one thought - Drawing Ground into Formation."
"This way, without the need for pen and ink, with a mere movement of Divine Sense, in a moment's effort, a Formation can be constructed within the Sea of Consciousness..."
Mo Hua gaped in astonishment, came back to his senses, and then furrowed his brows again, seemingly pondering something.
Mr. Zhuang's eyebrows raised slightly, and he gently inquired:
"What are you thinking now?"
Mo Hua spoke carefully:
"Master, have you calculated all of this?"
"Calculated what?"
Mo Hua, with furrowed brows, counted on his fingers and said:
"To learn Formation Visualization, one needs to know Heaven Yan Jue, needs to know Divine Sense Calculation, and also needs to master the Spiritual Pivot Formation..."
"Learning Heaven Yan Jue makes the Divine Sense sharp, forming a foundation for spiritual control;"
"Learning Calculation is essential to deduce the trajectory of Spiritual Power within a Formation, allowing control of Spiritual Power to construct the Formation;"
"And by learning Spiritual Pivot Formation, one can understand the structure of Spiritual Power, discern the essence of Spiritual Power, thereby manifesting Spiritual Power, which also complements Heaven Yan Jue, further strengthening the control over Spiritual Power by Divine Sense..."
The core of Spiritual Pivot Formation is control.
But control is just the surface; only by understanding the structure of Spiritual Power and breaking it down into its strands can one achieve control.