After spending a few days, Mo Hua "digested" the Iron Corpse Elder and purified its malicious thoughts, significantly increasing his Divine Sense.
"As expected of the Iron Corpse Elder, the Divine Sense is comparable to Foundation Establishment..."
Mo Hua felt great joy in his heart.
With the enhancement of Divine Sense and the condensation of spells and formations during the manifestation of Divine Thought in battle, Mo Hua's control of Spiritual Power became even more precise, deepening his comprehension of the Spiritual Pivot Formation.
But that was as far as he could go.
No matter how Mo Hua practiced thereafter, and no matter how much he reflected, he could no longer gain any new insights.
His understanding of the Spiritual Pivot Formation had reached a bottleneck.
Mo Hua thought it over and felt that this shouldn't be his own issue.
After all, studying the Spiritual Pivot Formation, whether in terms of Divine Sense expenditure or understanding of the Laws, had not reached a state of utter exhaustion and extreme difficulty.
The current bottleneck likely lay with the Formation itself.
The Spiritual Pivot Formation in his possession was incomplete.
An incomplete Formation could not fully grasp the fundamental principles of Spiritual Power.
"It seems I need to find a way to obtain the complete Spiritual Pivot Formation..."
Mo Hua silently said to himself.
In the time to come, he still had to deal with the Zhang Family's "zombie" situation.
He planned to "eat" the zombies in the diagram, from the weakest to the strongest.
With the strategy of nourishing warfare through warfare, devouring his disciples and grand-disciples to enhance his Divine Sense, he would eventually take on the zombies' Ancestral Master.
That would be Zhang Quan's ancestor.
However, according to what the Iron Corpse Elder had said, this zombie ancestor had many tricks up its sleeve.
Knowing both your enemy and yourself, you will never be endangered in a hundred battles.
He needed to find a way to fully understand its capabilities to develop a targeted strategy.
Moreover, as for Divine Thought Manifestation, Mo Hua was still not very proficient with it.
Even though he had repeatedly engaged in battle, and the manifestations of spells and formations were quite substantial, Mo Hua was still not quite satisfied.
The manifested Spiritual Power wasn't realistic enough;
The power of the manifested spells was slightly inferior;
And the speed of manifested formations was still a bit too slow...
This level of skill was more than adequate to deal with lesser zombies.
It was just sufficient to suppress the Iron Corpse Elder.
But when facing the Zhang Family's zombie Ancestral Master, Mo Hua lacked confidence.
To the average cultivator, with the Zhang Family's evil thoughts and a whole family of zombies, having consumed who knows how many people, their strength was already extremely formidable.
Being able to suppress Walking Corpses and Iron Corpses was already an achievement.
But Mo Hua believed that he was a disciple of Mr. Zhuang.
If his master had taught him Divine Thought Manifestation, then he must master it exceptionally well; otherwise, he would surely lose face for his master and let down his master's expectations.
Therefore, his Divine Sense had to be cultivated to the extreme.
Divine Thought Manifestation also had to be cultivated to the extreme!
The manifestation of spells and formations required the manifestation of Spiritual Power as a foundation.
Manifesting Spiritual Power required an intrinsic understanding of the nature of Spiritual Power.
The deeper the understanding, the more authentic the manifestation, and the stronger the power.
And the understanding of the nature of Spiritual Power had to do with the Spiritual Pivot Formation.
Thus, apart from "eating" zombies, Mo Hua had to start preparing to find the complete Spiritual Pivot Formation.
Besides, the Spiritual Pivot Formation was related to the traitor of the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect.
Instructor Yan had devoted most of his life to settling this grudge with the Sect.
His lifelong obsession was to recover the Spiritual Pivot Formation and take personal revenge on the traitor who had betrayed and dishonored their ancestors.
Instructor Yan had shown him great kindness.
A drop of water should be repaid with a spring.
If the Black Hand behind the Corpse cultivators in the mine turned out to be the traitor from the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect, Mo Hua wouldn't mind letting the deserving die a fitting death.
...
The clue to the Spiritual Pivot Formation was hidden on Zhang Quan, who was detained at Taoist Court.
During these days, Mo Hua's thoughts had all been focused on capturing zombies.
But he had kept an eye on the news from the Taoist Court.