Chapter 585: Celestial Chess

　　Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Millman97

　　"Spiritual Perception Book Reading Technique?"

　　"Saint 2-dan?"

　　All of the master teachers below stared at one another in confusion.

　　They had never heard of such a term before.

　　Instead of answering the question straight away, Hong s.h.i.+ said, "Beyond Fighter is Transcendent Mortal, followed by Half-Saint, Nascent Saint, and finally, Saint. I believe you all should be aware of these cultivation realms!"

　　"Un!" The crowd nodded their heads.

　　Most of those present were all master teachers. Even though Saint was still very far off from them, perhaps even out of reach, they had at least heard of it.

　　"Half-Saint and Nascent Saint are just intermediary stages while Saint, just like Transcendent Mortal and Fighter, consists of 9 dans!" Hong s.h.i.+ continued.

　　Half-Saint and Nascent Saint are just two normal realms, just like Origin Energy realm and Yin-Yang realm. On the other hand, Saint was the name for the entire set of cultivation realms.

　　Just like Fighter and Transcendent Mortal, it could be divided to nine tiers.

　　"The first dan is known as Void Pursuit realm. At this realm, one will be capable of flight. As for the second dan, it is known as... Spiritual Perception realm!"

　　With a grave look on his face, Hong s.h.i.+ said, "Only at this level can one open their 'Incipient Eye' and awaken their Spiritual Perception."

　　Someone couldn't help but ask, "Spiritual Perception... What's that?"

　　He had heard of the concept of souls, but he had never heard of Spiritual Perception before.

　　Hong s.h.i.+ explained, "Spiritual Perception is a unique capability that only Saints possess. As we know, upon reaching Consonant Spirit realm, one's soul becomes aligned with one's body, thus allowing one to temper one's soul and strengthen it!"

　　Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

　　Transcendent Mortal 5-dan Consonant Spirit realm opened up a whole new world to cultivators. At this level, not only would a cultivator be able to train their physical body and zhenqi... they would be able to train their souls too.

　　"A strong soul can achieve unimaginable feats; you will understand this upon reaching that realm. Once one's soul reaches a certain level... one becomes able to extend the reach of their soul and perceive everything that it touches. In fact, one's sight would even be clearer than what our eyes are capable of... This is what Spiritual Perception is!" Hong s.h.i.+ said.

　　"Extending... the reach of one's soul?"

　　"For a soul to be able to extend beyond one's body to conduct observation... how powerful must one be?"

　　"It can't be... Is Hong s.h.i.+ saying... Zhang s.h.i.+ already possesses the strength of a Saint 2-dan?"

　　Everyone leapt in shock.

　　Saint 2-dan? How was that possible?

　　Zhang Xuan was also perplexed by the situation unfolding around him. All he had spouted was nonsense, how did Hong s.h.i.+ draw the line to the Saint realm?

　　Hong s.h.i.+ shook his head.

　　"Naturally, Zhang s.h.i.+ can't possibly be a Saint. There's no need to worry, allow me to finish my explanation first. You'll understand it after I'm done!

　　"Reading via Spiritual Perception is much more convenient and efficient than reading manually. This is also the reason why Saints accrue knowledge swiftly, and they grow at an astounding pace.

　　"While Zhang s.h.i.+ isn't a Saint, he seems to possess an ability equivalent to this as well. If I'm not mistaken... an expert must have dug out the Incipient Eye of a Saint 2-dan and transplanted it to him using some unique method, thus allowing him to read and memorize content swiftly!"