Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2147 Chapter 1011: Invisible

The sword discussion pitting Taixu Gate against Vajra Sect has wrapped up.

All of Mo Hua's actions, skills, and precise movements in that sword discussion got captured through the "Ink Image" and shared across every sect, landing in the possession of the Elder of Daoist Law overseeing the event.

Across the Qian Learning State Boundary, elders from the Four Great Sects, Eight Great Gates, and Twelve Sects watched Mo Hua's Ink Image closely, breaking down each of his maneuvers.

Certain sect elders even convened special gatherings to delve into the topic.

Within a vast chamber, the Ink Image hung prominently above.

In the Ink Image, Mo Hua's form flickered in and out of view. Inside the chamber, elders from different sects shared their thoughts:

"I see..."

"I kept wondering how a Spiritual Cultivator like him managed to stay alive without some kind of lifesaving method. Given that kid's sly personality, he had to have a hidden ace... and it turns out to be the Concealment Technique."

"His footwork isn't anything special, but this Concealment Technique stands out as remarkably refined, proving he's invested plenty of effort into it."

"No one picked up on this detail earlier?"

"Taixu Gate sees him as their 'Little Ancestor,' and they keep their intel locked down tight."

"Looks like the Taoist Court played a role in burying all records on Mo Hua."

"Folks have brought up his knowledge of the Concealment Technique in passing before, but nobody paid it much mind."

"The key issue here is that nobody anticipated his Concealment Technique reaching such heights."

"Why not?"

"Because... his Divine Sense packs a punch?"

"Exactly, the heart of the Concealment Technique isn't the method alone, but the Divine Sense behind it."

"Remember, back when Mo Hua hit the mid-stage of Foundation Building, he already commanded nineteen patterns of Divine Sense..."

"The peak of nineteen patterns," another voice corrected, "Nineteen patterns plain and simple aren't the same as the peak of nineteen patterns."

A Body Cultivation Elder, unfamiliar with the finer points of Divine Sense, commented, "Isn't it just nineteen patterns either way... what's the real difference?"

"Well..."

An elder with deep knowledge stepped in to clarify:

"The difference is huge..."

"Divine Sense sets itself apart from Spiritual Power—it's intangible and shapeless, following its own unique scale in Tao Cultivation."

"Going from late-stage Foundation Establishment to peak Foundation Establishment keeps you within Foundation Establishment, with the divide no bigger than a single minor realm."

"Yet the leap from nineteen patterns to twenty patterns in Divine Sense crosses a massive gulf."

"And that gulf is what we call the Peak of Nineteen Patterns."

"The range within the peak of nineteen patterns of Divine Sense can swing wildly from one end to the other, rivaling the stretch from ten patterns up to nineteen."

"This gulf acts as a barrier from the Heavenly Dao, yet it serves as a boon too."

"Because of this enormous divide, Foundation Building Cultivators can't leap over the 'Heavenly Chasm' at the peak of nineteen patterns and rashly claim the twenty-pattern level reserved for Golden Core Divine Thought. That's the Heavenly Dao's restraint."

"But the moment a Foundation Building Cultivator advances to Golden Core, their Divine Thought automatically enters the twenty-pattern realm."

"The Divine Sense at the peak of nineteen patterns comes as a generous boon from the Heavenly Dao; it's akin to your Divine Sense doubling right after breaking through to Golden Core, making it a true gift from the Heavenly Dao..."

A few elders grasped this intricate explanation on Tao Cultivation, while others seemed a touch lost.

One person inquired, "So where does Mo Hua's Divine Sense stand right now? How far along is he in the peak of nineteen patterns?"

The knowledgeable elder shook his head, "Who could pinpoint such details exactly? The peak of nineteen patterns forms the 'Chasm Area' of the Heavenly Dao, lacking any fixed measures."

"Plus, very few cultivators ever hit the peak of nineteen patterns, so there aren't enough examples to set a clear standard."

"Still, regardless of the angle, even though Mo Hua's Divine Sense remains at the peak of nineteen patterns, it's clearly more potent than it used to be."

"As for just how much more... that's tough to gauge."

The scholar-like elder shook his head.

The group furrowed their brows, faces turning a bit grave.

Another voice piped up, "Could his Divine Sense have reached twenty patterns by now?"

The room's air grew still at once.

The elders sensed a weight pressing on their hearts.

The scholar-like elder creased his brow, showing clear irritation:

"Did nothing I just explained sink in?"

"What do terms like 'Heavenly Chasm,' 'Chasm,' and 'Heavenly Dao's limitation' even signify?"

"If he vaulted over this Heavenly Chasm, bridged this chasm, and shattered this Heavenly Dao's limitation, wouldn't the world flip upside down, with strange signs filling the heavens?"

"How could that ever happen?"

"Even we elders ought to think twice before tossing out ideas like that..."

The elder who'd spoken flushed with embarrassment from the scolding.

"So if his Divine Sense is this formidable, doesn't that imply... nobody can spot his Concealment Technique? And wouldn't he dominate sword discussions completely?"

"Shi Tiangang follows Body Cultivation and has no Divine Sense to speak of; that's why he missed it."

"What does Body Cultivation have to do with anything? If you swapped in a Formation Master, would their Divine Sense outmatch it?"

"Don't overlook how, in the last Formation Competition, he took the top spot. In the whole Qian Learning State Boundary, amid all those formation prodigies, not one topped him—and that was three years back..."

The room went quiet.

But shortly after, a spark lit in someone's gaze, and they proposed:

"What about deploying spiritual tools then?"

"A cultivator's Divine Sense comes with varying strengths, where the inferior ones struggle to perceive the superior and get easily outmaneuvered. Spiritual tools, however, lack life and hold up better against such tricks."

"That's a solid approach."

"Not only spiritual tools—reveal dust works too."

"A cultivator's essence isn't one-of-a-kind, but draws on outside aids..."

"So... this could be the solution..."

Following the elders' back-and-forth, they pieced together a basic strategy.

The upcoming sword discussion features Taixu Gate versus Longding Sect.

Longding Sect ranks among the Four Great Sects and carries on the legacy of the Dragon Cauldron Body Refining technique.

Legend holds that Longding Sect's founding ancestor earned major merits in aiding the dragon and forged close bonds with the Taoist Court, earning transmission of the "Dragon Cauldron Technique," which employs the Blood of Karmic Dragon for Marrow Cleansing and manifests the Green Cauldron form to forge the Dharma Body.