The integration process went smoothly.
Mo Hua simply felt his Divine Soul tremor, an overwhelming desire for "hatred of evil" surged from his heart, as if all wrongdoers in the world deserved to die!
All sinners should be thrown into the prison, subjected to severe torture, tormented to death by cruel means, only then would their sins be eradicated...
This realization seemed etched into his Divine Soul with the Daoist Prison’s heart image.
Mo Hua’s expression turned slightly fierce, his eyes filled with an intensifying evil Qi, his whole demeanor enveloped in the ruthless aura of a "severe official."
"No!"
Mo Hua immediately became alert.
He forcibly gathered his thoughts, calming his emotions to prevent these prison heart images from further engraving into his Divine Soul.
By isolating his Divine Soul’s perception and cutting off the heart image integration, Mo Hua finally relaxed, his gaze returned to clarity, with all trace of evil Qi dissipated.
Mo Hua involuntarily sighed in relief.
"Almost learned in the wrong direction..."
Embedding the Water Prison Sect’s prison heart image in his Divine Soul, once successful, would mean this heart image was deeply engraved within his Divine Soul.
Though he would then be able to use the Water Prison Sect’s pupil skill, Mo Hua pondered and felt this wasn’t what he wanted.
He had no desire to nurture the Water Prison Sect’s "righteous evil."
Even though he constantly reminded himself that he was a Righteous Cultivator, who should seek the Great Dao with integrity, he also understood that some "righteousness and evil" in this world aren’t so easily distinguished.
Where there’s righteousness, there must be evil.
Strictly separating them, pursuing extreme "righteousness," could very well lead one onto a "evil" path.
Primarily, it didn’t align with his own disposition.
Mo Hua felt that he had a good rapport with people.
Even if he wasn’t "loved by everyone, praised by all," he believed he was fairly amiable.
Even Uncle Gu, though not overtly affectionate, was quite caring when it counted.
In times of danger, he would protect Mo Hua behind him.
His master often reminded him that being a righteous cultivator meant seeking the Great Dao with integrity and uprightness, and he also understood that harboring too much alarming severity was not the right path.
Thus, he decided that he must not let the prison’s heart image infuse into his soul.
He must carve no portion of it into his Divine Soul to avoid becoming cold and detached like Uncle Gu, with a demeanor that is only stern and fear-inducing.
Moreover, Mo Hua aspired to focus on the Great Dao of formations in the future.
If the Water Prison Sect’s heart image were to be carved into his Divine Soul, it would mean he could only concentrate on the strictness of the penal system, destined to follow the path of the Court Official.
Thus, nurturing the Water Prison Sect’s righteous evil cannot be pursued, nor can the fusion of the prison’s heart image.
I can’t merge the prison method, so perhaps... merge with Swordsmanship?
Merging Divine Thought into sword?!
How exactly to merge it?
Mo Hua’s mind was suddenly illuminated by the thought of a sword technique’s name:
Soul-Shocking Sword!
Some images and sounds began to emerge in Mo Hua’s mind.
These were things he had conjured, from a variegated and enigmatic delve into his own consciousness.
"Xuan Er..."
"I originally shouldn’t teach you this swordsmanship..."
"Your foundation is already solid, so today I will teach you..."
"The Soul-Shocking Style!"
...
Mo Hua drew out the broken sword from his Storage Ring that he found in the blood-colored fishing village, his mind flooding with images and sounds.
This was his first time drawing the broken sword within the Tai Xu Mountain Gate.