We moved to the training ground where Zhu Shi recently practiced swordsmanship, and then Mazao began the preliminary safety test using Planet Natural Will Power according to Little Bowl's thod.
The thod was simple and easy to understand. Little Bowl used the Power of Blessing to enhance Mazao with part of the nature of a Divine Son, and Mazao was to use her enhanced perception to judge whether she could "Go with the flow," transforming the Destiny Vortex Power enveloping her into a usable force.
Ordinarily, this power manifests as Unfortunate people power, seemingly colorless and formless, yet truly as vast as the universe, affecting the world's destiny every second. Even Impermanence gets its future fortune twisted when approaching Mazao; the more one thinks about it, the more bizarre it seems.
During this process of perception and judgnt, although Mazao cannot converse with nature like a true Divine Son, by focusing her attention, she should more or less be able to hear the voice of the Planet's Natural Will and determine whether actively using its power might cause spiritual pollution symptoms.
Of course, the Planet's Natural Will doesn't whisper idle beside anyone's ears. Even Little Bowl, a Divine Son, doesn't have such precedence, but Mazao is an exception. If the will truly instinctively demands Mazao to repair the world, placing her in a fate of suffering at every mont with Unfortunate people power, then Mazao must be able to hear that will's voice.
After bestowing the blessing, Little Bowl imparted the experience of listening to the natural voice to Mazao. Mazao stood in the open space with eyes closed, completely devoted to listening to the voice even I, Impermanence, couldn't hear.
I, too, concentrated on observing Mazao's expression, especially focusing on her soul state. The mont I perceive any tendency of spiritual pollution, I must intervene imdiately. That is my purpose here.
Although my power is manipulating flas rather than spirits, within this realm of Impermanence, forcibly intervening in others' spirits is still doable. In the past, I even placed a Sealing Necklace directly in the spiritual realm onto Yinyue's neck; I'm now even more adept than I was then, able to perform more abstract operations.
For example, I can burn away certain erging emotions and thoughts, or burn away a part of the target's mory and thoughts, or even permanently damage certain spiritual functions of the target—Theoretically, I could even render soone like Zhu Shi unable to feel romantic emotions or unable to feel fear and sorrow.
Since going overboard might incinerate soone into a spiritual cripple, I must carefully grasp the level during practice.
After a long ti, Mazao finally opened her eyes, revealing an indescribable expression.
Her soul did not show any strange symptoms, but to be safe, I concernedly asked, "How do you feel, any discomfort?"
"No, I'm fine, it's just..." Mazao seed to be choosing her words.
"Did you fail?" Little Bowl also showed a concerned expression, "It's okay, Sister Mazao. If you don't succeed this ti, try again. It's your first ti imitating a Divine Son to hear the world's voice; it's understandable even if you can't manage it right away.
"Moreover, the issue might not be on your side; it could be that my blessing wasn't properly applied. Also, since I can only give you part of a Divine Son's nature, perhaps this level of enhancent isn't sufficient for the desired result."
Mazao shook her head vigorously, "No, no, it's not like that. I didn't fail; I heard the voice of the Naraku Gospel... probably."
"Is that so? What did it say?" I curiously asked.
"Well... I can't understand it," Mazao said, "Although I indeed heard so sounds, I couldn't figure out what they were saying, nor could I discern whether they were aningful syllables, or how to describe what kind of sound it was."
Little Bowl tried to analyze: "Naraku Gospel is different from Naraku's Will. The latter is the will of the human race in the Post-mortem World, so we as humans can generally achieve consensus with it. The Naraku Gospel, however, is the death will gradually ford over billions of years in the ecosystem. Although it certainly contains human soul components, the proportion is negligible; it's normal that its expression form isn't understood by humans..."
"But don't the Blessed Monks and those on the verge of Sin demonization hear the Naraku Gospel telling them to kill others?" I asked.
"The Sin Demon, being sothing strange after being completely invaded by Frenzy, its mindset might be close to the channel where the Naraku Gospel resides. The Blessed Monk, sharing the sa source as the Sin Demon, is a human who gained power after deep Frenzy infection, which might cause so spiritual structure mutations similar to the Sin Demons." Little Bowl speculated.
"So, if Mazao beca a carrier of Naraku Gospel Power, would she exhibit similar spiritual mutations?" I grasped the crux of the issue.
Little Bowl looked at Mazao for confirmation, and after so thought, Mazao denied: "——No."
"Do you have a basis?" I asked.
"Although I cannot understand the Naraku Gospel's voice, I can now clearly perceive the Destiny Vortex Power around and have a definite premonition," Mazao said, "This premonition tells I can leverage this great vortex power without causing spiritual pollution issues. As for the specifics, I can sowhat understand.
"This is a Destiny Vortex generated with my use of Power of Return to repair the world as a premise, so this power would help push to that intensity and state at all costs; if my spirit and soul bizarrely mutated halfway, Mana would inevitably undergo fundantal shifts, and the 'Power of Return' power might transform into another nature of power. That would no longer be the power needed by the Planet's Natural Will, an outco to be avoided."
I accepted this explanation and then asked, "Then... what about the burden? Will the burden be so great that you can't bear it if you accept this power?"
"There are still so issues with the burden," Mazao said regretfully.
I pursued, "What kind of issues? Is it soul damage? Or is it that you can't beco a bearer of such imnse power?"
"Soul damage is a part of it, but since the plan was to use this power after full recovery, it can be ignored for now," Mazao carefully explained, "The main issues are twofold. One is that this power is indeed overly imnse. I can't judge with my own scope whether it's stronger than Impermanence, nor whether I qualify to carry the Power of Great Impermanence. In any case, this power far exceeds my limits.
"The other is that I can only gain part of a Divine Son's nature from Little Bowl and can't completely 'Go with the flow.' Therefore, using this power would inevitably cause more friction and resistance, transforming into harm towards ..."
Hearing this, I was almost ready to give up on her using Naraku Gospel Power, but she seed to be calculating sothing, then concluded, "—In the most ideal condition, I estimate I can only use this power for one minute."
"Not... one minute?" I was astonished.
That surpasses Impermanence power, and she said she could last a minute under such friction? Even one percent of the Power of Great Impermanence could grind Mazao into dust in an instant.
A minute... sounds short, but even the Impermanence, not adept at high-speed combat, can operate with sub-millisecond units with ease. Unless deliberately stalling, one minute is enough to determine most outcos.
Due to Mazao's life-and-death stakes, I had to confirm repeatedly, "Is this true? Are you sure you aren't pushing yourself?"
Seeing my surprised expression, Mazao smiled happily.
"This conclusion is from the premonition while blessed... but I believe it's true," she said confidently, "Because this power will greatly enhance my Power of Return, and the enhanced Power of Return will not only repair external things but can also massively bolster myself, providing my body and soul unprecedented cohesion and regeneration power...
"In other words, this power will both damage and repair . Moreover, this Destiny Power would inherently avoid fatal scenarios, which is why I always manage to survive through perils. This safety chanism also has limits, so one minute is my limit.
"However, after strengthening, I might not reach beyond the level of Impermanence, even less so to directly save the world... Failure to completely 'Go with the flow' might be one reason, but mainly, as a power vessel, my potential isn't huge enough to perfectly match the Planet's Natural Will's wishes."
In the end, she seed to hold both ecstatic anticipation of wielding more potent power and slight concerns over other matters.
Maybe she harbors certain expectations. Since the Planet's Natural Will places such significance on her, hoping she uses Power of Return to save the world, possibly, she truly possesses great potential to single-handedly restore and save the world.
Yet reality reaffirms that it's not a job achievable solely through individual power.
Little Bowl encouraged, "Don't be discouraged, Sister Mazao. Reaching this point has already exceeded expectations. The only thing left is fully repairing the soul."
"Exactly," I said, "Now... it's my turn to make an effort."
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