“Exactly, that’s why it’s called the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art. As the name suggests, you have to cultivate it during the Ziwei time.” the immortal brain said seriously.
“Ziwei is actually this ‘Ziwei’?! Which sect developed such a bizarre cultivation method?” Mu Yanxi was already too drained to complain.
But when she saw the information in the Heavenly Tome Library about the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art, she became even more speechless.
This cultivation method that used desire for cultivation wasn’t from some demonic or evil sect, but from a righteous sect’s technique.
The technique introduction clearly stated that the original intention behind developing the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art was to allow young, vigorous male and female cultivators to timely relieve their desires through this method.
The founder believed that unblocking is better than blocking—rather than letting chaotic desires interfere with cultivation, it’s better to directly convert the distracting thoughts and lust that would otherwise hinder cultivation into mana, and also obtain the sage state after release to further promote cultivation.
This was originally a very pure functional heart method, but after generations of improvements and refinements, its upper limit became extremely high.
It’s said that those who master it can use many practical divine abilities such as Ziwei Flower Realm, Heavenly Heart Disintegration, and Myriad Flowers Protection, and even at the highest level, it’s said they can achieve the Supreme Divine Ability of ‘One Flower One World, One World with Billions of Lives’.
After this heart method was developed, it was extremely controversial. Even the prestigious orthodox sect to which the founder belonged long forbade its disciples from cultivating such a heretical technique. So the founder proposed whether they could publicly sell the usage rights.
The sect agreed, but only on the condition that it be sold under personal name, not bearing the sect’s name.
As it turned out, this heart method was indeed very useful. Once on the market, it spread widely—simple to learn, immediate effects, and it hardly conflicted with any other cultivation methods a cultivator might have. It was said that back then it even made the top ten of the Dao Web’s technique sales rankings.
Later, that sect had no choice but to reluctantly accept it and included the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art as one of their sect’s techniques.
The founder from back then had long ascended, and outsiders bestowed upon him the Dao name Ziwei True Lord. The copyright had now been transferred to the sect.
But because this technique was so profitable, that famous orthodox sect was never willing to give it up, and they released a new version every few decades.
The later practical divine abilities and the highest realm of One Flower One World were all added by later generations—they kept researching and developing to make the technique seem a bit more refined. In the beginning, it actually only had the function of using desire for cultivation.
After reading it all, Mu Yanxi could only say that the person who developed this technique was indeed brilliant and exceptionally talented, but it’s a shame that he threw all that talent into the lower path, developing such a speechless technique.
But at least from the sales and positive reviews, the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art was indeed effective.
Mu Yanxi still asked the immortal brain, “Are there any other suitable techniques?”
“There are, but the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art is the most effective, simplest, and most cost-effective.”
“Other techniques either require hard conditions like a spiritual root or constitution, or like Buddhist or Confucian techniques require first reading scriptures, or they just suppress or completely indulge desire, none with as good an effect. The rest are all actual dual cultivation techniques.” the immortal brain said.
Mu Yanxi thought it over for a while and looked at the other feasible techniques the immortal brain introduced.
She found that none were as effective as the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art. The others all required a lot of effort just to suppress desire, while the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art directly converted desire into mana.
It had the highest benefits while being the easiest to start, with no prerequisites.
The introduction also stated that this technique is more suitable for women, because for men, as long as the seminal gate is not broken, cultivation is unaffected—essence is extremely important and cannot be wasted in the slightest. For women, it doesn’t matter, as long as the primordial yin is not lost, cultivation is unaffected.
In terms of cost-effectiveness alone, it was indeed an unbeatable choice, and the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art was probably the best technique in this field, possibly without equal.
Helpless, Mu Yanxi finally chose the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art.
On other platforms of the Dao Web, the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art was priced at only twelve thousand spirit stones, nearly a third cheaper than the Ice Heart Cold Jade Body.
If it was a pirated copy, three to four thousand spirit stones could get it, or one might even find it for free. However, these pirated versions mostly cut out all the divine ability content, only retaining the most basic functions.
The Taiqing Immortal Domain in the Heavenly Tome Library had a complete tutorial, including how to ‘handle it oneself’, but Mu Yanxi actually needed that.
Not to mention that after becoming a woman, she had no idea about the female physiological structure—even in her past life, she had never done such a thing.
And moreover, asking Mu Yanxi to learn by watching videos—she couldn’t accept that either.
In the end, Mu Yanxi decided to use the immersive illusion realm function, letting the synchronized senses help her.
Ten minutes later, Mu Yanxi lay in the bathtub, calmly staring at the ceiling, circulating the Virgin Fairy Bathing Method, and meditating on the Fairy Bathing Picture with no ripples in her heart.
Now she had fully entered the sage state.
Just as described in the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art, as long as desire was fully vented and converted into mana, she could have no desire at all and enter a state of high concentration and greatly improved Heart of Dao.
Only after the sage state had fully receded did Mu Yanxi climb out of the bathtub.
The spiritual water in the bathtub was only a little over half left, and she suddenly felt extreme fatigue.
The technique also said that the Ziwei Heavenly Heart Great Art could not be used frequently, nor could one become addicted to it—otherwise, one would be annihilated.
One must know that cultivators have abundant essence, energy, and spirit; theoretically, it’s very difficult for them to become fatigued. It seemed that entering this sage state was indeed a very mentally draining act.
With weak legs, Mu Yanxi returned to the bedroom; Shangguan Yun was still lying in bed sleeping.
She also lay down on the bed, and her consciousness almost instantly fell into darkness. She slept until the next morning.
“Get up quickly, you really slept like a log. Today we also have two important classes: the Dao of Alchemy class and the Sword Dao class. Many disciples are looking forward to them.” Shangguan Yun pulled Mu Yanxi up and said with a smile.
That’s right, these two classes were indeed very important.
Pill refining was the greatest aid to cultivation, while the Sword Dao could substantially increase combat power.
Who wouldn’t want to be a Sword Cultivator whose single sword brings frost to nineteen prefectures?
This time, while Shangguan Yun was helping Mu Yanxi comb her hair and dress, Mu Yanxi glanced at her and advised:
“Unblocking is better than blocking. If you suppress desire blindly and break the technique, the backlash will be more severe. In the future, just let it out when you need to.”
“Oh? So you’ve learned the principle of the Ice Heart Cold Jade Body. Have you decided to cultivate this technique? It’s not cheap.” Shangguan Yun asked happily.
“No, I just went to the forum and read the cultivators’ evaluations, pros and cons of this technique. I think it’s still not suitable for me, so I chose another technique.”