Hence, his understanding of the Thick Earth Formation became increasingly profound.
Finally, after an indeterminate amount of time had passed, Mo Hua successfully completed the first Thick Earth Formation upon the earth.
The Formation Patterns merged with the ground as one.
Mo Hua ignited the formation with his Spiritual Power.
In the deep night, the Thick Earth Formation emitted a warm and gentle luster.
Within the formation, the Spiritual Power also went through a special transformation.
It seemed to gain its own life, evolving independently, transforming into more delicate, more gentle Spiritual Power.
This Spiritual Power was like fine spring rain, merging into the land, nourishing life, proliferating endlessly.
Mo Hua could even feel a strong sense of vitality rising from the soil.
"The Earth’s potential is fertile, its generosity sustaining all; is this the essence of the Thick Earth Formation..." he murmured, momentarily lost in thought.
He finally understood why the Ultimate Formations were called as such.
For the Spiritual Power circulation within Ultimate Formations had an essential difference compared to ordinary formations, bringing them closer to a deeper layer of the Dao.
Mo Hua now mastered two types of Ultimate Formations.
One was the Reversed Spirit Formation, the other was the Thick Earth Formation.
The Reversed Spirit Formation caused Spiritual Power to unravel, while the Thick Earth Formation allowed Spiritual Power to reproduce.
The unraveling of the Reversed Spirit signified death and destruction.
The nourishing of the Thick Earth signified endless life.
Both were transformations of Spiritual Power, distinct from each other, yet they both returned to the same origin, evolving within the Dao.
Suddenly, Mo Hua had an epiphany. His mind became crystal clear, and his understanding of the Great Dao deepened.
"To exhaust all Formation Studies is to approach the Dao..."
This saying of Mr. Zhuang was deeply etched into Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness.
It was now past 1 a.m., and the night sky was filled with dense stars.
The moonlight, like a gauze, lay over the Spirit Fields and mountains.
Mo Hua’s mood lightened considerably, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
After spending so much time, he had finally mastered the Thick Earth Formation.
Mo Hua wanted to rest for a while, but he felt lively and full of energy as if rest was unnecessary.
He decided to further consolidate the Thick Earth Formation.
So, Mo Hua once again drew the Thick Earth Formation on the ground.
But this time, he felt something was amiss.
Although the Formation Patterns merged with the ground, there were occasional interruptions; the Spiritual Power flow was not particularly smooth either.
After pondering, Mo Hua realized the issue.
Although he had sensed the breath of the earth, his understanding was still shallow.
Therefore, this perception was intermittent, and so was the formation itself, occurring in fits and starts.
Such a skill level could only be considered a forced learning, not mastery.
At the very least, it was probably much inferior to the Old Ancestor of the Sun Family.
Thinking of how the Old Ancestor of the Sun Family reconstructed the Spirit Field with the pattern of the Thick Earth Formation, Mo Hua was even further from achieving that.
Mo Hua frowned.
The root of the problem did not lie in the formation itself.
Having drawn it so many times, Mo Hua had become sufficiently proficient in the Thick Earth Formation; he could complete it even with his eyes closed.
The problem was the perception of the earth’s breath.
Once Divine Sense lost this perception, the Formation Patterns could not harmonize with the earth.
Mo Hua closed his eyes and once again sought to connect with that breath using his Divine Sense.
This time it was much clearer, yet still faint and elusive, beyond his grasp to perceive any deeper.
No matter how much more he tried, this was as far as he could go.
Resting his chin on his hand and furrowing his brows, Mo Hua’s thoughts raced.
He needed to find a way...
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If one cannot clearly perceive this breath of the Dao, Divine Sense cannot communicate with the earth, and thus, one cannot draw the Thick Earth Formation accurately and with complete certainty.
Nor is it possible to construct a Spirit Field.
In that case, one cannot be said to have truly mastered the Thick Earth Formation.