Chapter 159: The Greatest Flower String Master of the Human World

In a dojo shrouded year-round in white mist, hidden from all demons…

To say he had already stolen the entire Phantom Sea's Spirit Light Wave Fist in just that moment would be absurd—such "Water Shadow Heart" would no longer be a Northern Dipper Secret Art, but a Northern Dipper Divine Art.

Though in truth, it's about the same. pg

But when Jia Ji just activated the "Water Shadow Heart," he wasn't focused on the patterns of how Phantom Sea used the technique—after all, their cultivation systems were entirely different; even if copied, it couldn't be used with battle qi.

He was primarily trying to sense how this thing called "spiritual power" was generated, and what its essence and origin truly were.

—A special force tied both to the essence of life and to the strength of the soul.

Observing with the naked eye might not be clear enough, but after physically being struck by spiritual power, he could feel it far more distinctly.

This quality… it's like it, very much like it, good, very good.

A sudden, inexplicable impulse—like a new sprout breaking through the soil—flared in his heart.

Jia Ji's pupils involuntarily contracted into needle-points; a dormant tremor deep within his spinal cord climbed up his vertebrae, and the palm previously struck by the Spirit Bullet trembled faintly.

He glanced down—within his palm lines, long saturated with battle qi, tiny specks of blue-green radiance were now seeping out.

As a successor of the Northern Dipper Divine Fist, he knew too well the signs of power surging.

Battle qi should erupt like bursting magma, gushing from every cell—but what now surged uncontrollably within his body was clearly something he had never possessed before…

"Can it really be compatible?"

Jia Ji grew excited.

Oh oh, the Divine Instrument's indifference, the Artifact's discrimination, the absence of Existence Power… tears streamed down his face.

Let me see what form my Jia Ji's spiritual power takes!

Then… Jia Ji's ten fingers each suspended three inches of blue radiance, forming delicate threads of pale blue light as fine as spider silk. As everyone present held their breath and stared at the threads, an inexplicable beauty emerged—like star dust falling to earth.

"Wu suo da, wu suo da!"

Mudan stared at the fine, net-like strands of spiritual power stretching from Jia Ji's hands and let out a strange exclamation—she knew this guy had never known a single technique involving spiritual power before. Had he truly mastered its secrets just through combat?

"Deng deng deng deng~"

In the blink of an eye, the net of spiritual threads had been stretched by his absurdly agile fingers into a pentagram shape.

Then, as if possessed by a champion only seen in the movie version, in a dizzying blur, the original ten threads split into seven hundred and twenty, flitting up and down at speeds beyond human limits… until they formed a miniature phoenix.

The spiritual power's strength was low—after all, it had just awakened; if measured numerically, perhaps only around two hundred. But…

The flower-stringing skill displayed here was more than enough to qualify him as a puppet circus director or to challenge a doll-user in the Human Village, leaving all three onlookers stunned.

"How did you do this? How did you shape spiritual power into this form—and achieve such terrifying control?"

Phantom Sea, a grandmaster in the realm of spiritual abilities, knew well that everyone's spiritual power had unique traits—hers was highly condensable, a key to practicing the Spirit Light Wave Fist; others manifested as spirit swords, ripples, or…

But she had never seen spiritual power in this form.

Spiritual power is a reflection of the soul—could such a coarse exterior conceal such delicate finesse?

"Eh, such nimble fingers!" Mudan's focus was peculiar; she seemed to be imagining something, and despite being a spirit form, her face flushed red.

"Hey, don't corrupt the others!"

Frowning, Jia Ji quickly pulled Xuecai behind him, away from this spirit-world hussy.

But if we're talking about sheer flexibility, my Golden Right Hand isn't just for show—I can strike any acupoint with absolute precision, never deviating by more than a millimeter.

After all, this is the tool a Northern Dipper heir uses to survive. In Northern Dipper history, there was even a test for disciples: to pierce and explode a Taihu stone covered in honeycomb-like pores using only the fingers… If the world's end is ever averted, he could open a massage parlor with ease.

As for Phantom Sea's confusion, he decided to answer with a question.

"What if… I've never used spiritual power before, and this is the first time it's awakened?"

Jia Ji wore a smug grin—he was clearly, undeniably, a once-in-a-million martial genius.

"…"

Phantom Sea fell silent, hesitated for a long moment, then finally felt the stirrings of admiration:

"I'd like to teach you something."

Jia Ji nodded eagerly, eyes gleaming—he'd been waiting for this!

This was Phantom Sea offering to teach him—completely on her own, not because of him.

…………

Aside from special secret arts requiring specific spiritual forms, some foundational techniques are universal.

The Spirit Light Wave Fist has five modes: "Attack," "Defense," "Divine," "Healing," and "Cultivation," each with unique abilities and effects.

The most basic and commonly used is the "Attack" mode.

The "Attack" mode enhances the body—no need to elaborate; it allows Phantom Sea, a mere human, to stand toe-to-toe with demons whose physical strength far surpasses hers, and proves immensely useful in combat.

For example, the signature technique—Spirit Bullet—is a sphere of condensed spiritual energy formed at the fingertip and launched with force, its power determined by the amount of spiritual energy gathered. Though potent, it consumes vast amounts of spiritual energy.

But through Spirit Light Wave, spiritual power can be efficiently condensed, drastically reducing loss during Spirit Bullet formation and greatly enhancing penetration and power.

Turning one unit of force into ten, even a hundred… this, this is just like what happens after unlocking the fourth stage of the Gene Lock!

The idea thrilled Jia Ji, who had always relied on brute force and wasted battle qi to crush opponents.

Now, the "Defense" mode: while battle qi can be used for defense, it's purely hard resistance—like adding a defense stat, functioning as a shield. Spiritual power defense, however, reduces damage.

At the instant of impact, the spiritual light fuses perfectly with the body, locking every part within a spiritual "field," redirecting all incoming energy across the entire body, transforming "piercing" and "slashing" attacks into distributed "blunt impacts."

It can also be used inversely: when facing wide-area attacks, channel the damage through non-vital areas of the body, sacrificing limbs to minimize overall injury.

By actively consuming spiritual power, one can counteract incoming damage—a technique that might rightly be called 【Wholeness as One】.

The "Divine," "Healing," and "Cultivation" modes each hold their own mysteries and complement battle qi effectively.

"Come!"

To achieve breakthrough.

The long-missed athlete's discipline began.

Stay tuned for the next episode: Ultimate Discipline!!

(End of Chapter)