39: Soul Refining True Solution Complete

Xuanyuan Peak, Geomantic Secret Chamber

On the formation platform, spiritual mist boiled.

Xiao Zhuo sat cross-legged, his hands forming the ancient mudras recorded in the True Explanation of Soul Refining, his aura as deep and condensed as an abyss.

His consciousness was completely immersed in his Sea of Consciousness, and the invisible Divine Sense power, guided by the True Explanation, began to furiously converge and compress from its original chaotic and disordered state!

The True Explanation of Soul Refining clearly stated in its opening: Mortal beings, their Divine Souls are like scattered stars and flowing sand from birth, dispersed throughout their limbs, bones, and the depths of their marrow.

Only at the moment of death and the fading of their Dao can they briefly condense for Reincarnation.

And the path of a Cultivator is to act Heaven-Defying, to open up a Sea of Consciousness in the Mud-Pill Palace, forcibly gather and condense the scattered Divine Soul fragments, and forge the foundation of an immortal Divine Soul!

Xiao Zhuo’s Sea of Consciousness had long been opened, and his Divine Sense had also been born, but it was a vast emptiness, with only formless and qualityless Divine Sense power surging endlessly.

At this moment, he was taking the most crucial first step of the True Explanation of Soul Refining—Soul Condensation and Form Shaping!

“Condense!”

A low, ancient incantation erupted from his throat, its sound waves resonating, actually causing dust to fall from the secret chamber’s stone walls!

Veins bulged on his forehead, and fine beads of sweat instantly covered his brow.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the vast Divine Sense power suddenly solidified, then transformed into billions of Divine Sense threads, finer than hair and incomparably tough, piercing through the Sea of Consciousness barrier, following the Meridians throughout his body, and thrusting into the most minute and deepest corners of his Physical Body!

Om—

A strange sense of resonance came.

Xiao Zhuo clearly “saw” that in the depths of his bone marrow, between his organs, and within his Apertures, countless fragments, tiny as dust and shimmering with a warm Soul light, were startled!

They were like sleeping fireflies, now being precisely captured, coiled, and pulled by those billions of Divine Sense threads!

“Heavenly Soul return to its place, Earthly Soul return to its abode!”

The second ancient incantation exploded like a clap of thunder!

A drastic change suddenly occurred!

At the sacral end of his spine, a dormant Soul light suddenly erupted!

It did not obey the pull; instead, it transformed into a ferocious crimson blood snake, carrying an irresistible, fierce bloody Qi, and surged upward along the vital points of the Governing Meridian!

Striking directly at the Sea of Consciousness!

“Ugh ah!” Xiao Zhuo felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, his body trembled violently, he let out a muffled groan, and a trickle of crimson blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

His flesh and blood had carried these Divine Soul fragments for over ten years, long considering them as their own nourishment! Now, to forcibly peel them away and condense them, his Physical Body instinctively resisted!

The dangers recorded in the ancient texts had now truly arrived!

“Suppress!”

A fierce light flashed in Xiao Zhuo’s eyes, and he bit down hard on his tongue, the sharp pain stimulating his spiritual platform into clarity!

Within the Sea of Consciousness, vast Divine Sense rapidly outlined under his will, and several profound and obscure runes, emanating an ancient aura, instantly formed, suppressing the violently surging blood-Soul snake shadow!

At the same time, his Dantian Qi Sea rumbled!

The pale golden True Essence torrent, refined by the Nine Revolutions Profound Essence Art, erupted with a roar, sweeping through the Meridians of his entire body like a golden raging tide, firmly suppressing and calming the rampaging bloody Qi that originated from his Physical Body’s instinctive resistance!

In the center of the Sea of Consciousness, a silver vortex slowly formed, emitting an irresistible suction force.

In his limbs and bones, countless fragments of Soul light, captured by the Divine Sense threads, were like tired birds returning to their forest, breaking free from the shackles of flesh and blood, and fluttering into the vortex.

At the center of the vortex, a blurry humanoid light-shadow was condensing and becoming clearer at a visible speed!

As the humanoid light-shadow became more solid, Xiao Zhuo felt as if his will had grown wings!

His control over Divine Sense increased exponentially!

With a slight thought, his Divine Sense was as responsive as an arm, precise to the smallest detail!

Even when operating the Spirit Concealment Art, the precision of his control over True Essence and Divine Sense had increased by more than tenfold compared to before!

It was as if he had previously seen the world through a blurry glass, but now the glass had suddenly shattered, and everything was revealed in minute detail!

Day and night alternated, spiritual mist gathered and dispersed.

When the Divine Soul phantom, sitting cross-legged in the center of the Sea of Consciousness, with a face identical to Xiao Zhuo’s and radiating a pale golden glow, completely solidified, with no trace of illusion remaining—

Xiao Zhuo’s tightly closed eyelids suddenly opened!

Buzz!!!

A golden light suddenly lit up between his brows, dazzlingly bright!

An invisible yet vast ripple of Divine Sense, like waves spreading from a giant stone dropped into a calm lake, instantly swept through the secret chamber, pierced through the thick mountain rock, and rapidly spread in all directions!

Three thousand meters! The Divine Sense coverage area had surged to three thousand meters in radius!

The cold dew drops condensed on the spiderweb in the corner, the subtle vibrations of the water molecules within them, the wrinkles in True Man Xuanlun’s clothes on the mountain Peak, blown by the mountain wind, and even the faint heartbeats of hibernating insects deep in the soil... all were now as clear as if they were right before his eyes, vividly reflected in Xiao Zhuo’s perception!

Between the Divine Soul’s brows, that golden light flickered like a living thing, containing an indescribably profound power.

The Divine Sense, which could originally only vaguely perceive the outlines of the outside world, could now construct a meticulously detailed “holographic map,” and its coverage area had greatly expanded.

Even more terrifying was that when operating the Spirit Concealment Art now, his Divine Sense fluctuations were condensed to an unprecedented extreme, as if completely merged into the dust of the Void Realm!

If Senior Martial Uncle Situ Ming were to investigate him now, he would probably have to go to great lengths!

“It’s done! The True Explanation of Soul Refining, initiated!” An uncontrollable excitement surged in Xiao Zhuo’s heart.

He immediately called up his attribute panel:

Name: Xiao Zhuo.

Race: Human Race.

Realm: Condensing Aperture Realm Ninth Layer.

Divine Soul: First Order

Divine Sense: Elementary (Coverage: 3000 meters radius)

Cultivation Technique: Tiger Subduing Fist (Subtlety) (MAX); Eight Directions Demon Slaying Saber (Subtlety) (MAX); Nine Revolutions Profound Essence Art (Fifth Layer Nine Revolutions) (842 years of Cultivation); Lesser Primordial Pile Stance (Perfection) (100 years of Cultivation); Wind and Thunder Fleeting Shadow Steps (Subtlety) (MAX); Heavenly Thunder Quenching Gold Art (Subtlety) (MAX); Great Void Bright Palm (Subtlety) (MAX); Heavenly Dipper Transformation to Zenith Saber Technique (Subtlety) (MAX); Azure Light Evasion (Subtlety) (MAX); Golden Serpent Coiling Silk Hand (Initiated) (1/100); True Explanation of Soul Refining (Initiated) (1/100);

Unique Skills: Extreme Tiger Killing Fist; Eight Extremes Return to Void Slash; Floating Light Instant Shadow; Heavenly Thunder Hegemon Body; Space Shattering Mark; Tiangang Saber Domain; Fleeting Light Instant;

Secret Arts: Purple Extreme Burning True Method Third Layer;

Traits: True Essence Enhancement LV45; Qi Recovery Speed Boost LV9; Blood Qi Enhancement LV5; Heterogeneous Energy Resistance LV4;

Talents: Danger Perception; Innate Divine Strength; Soul Perception;

Concept: Saber Intent First Layer;

Attribute Points: 1243

His gaze locked onto the newly Awakened talent:

Soul Perception: Can clearly perceive the state and location of all beings with Souls, and can directly communicate across races with Soul fluctuations.

“Soul Perception?” Xiao Zhuo raised an eyebrow slightly, his mind scanning the entry, “Can perceive Souls, and even communicate? It sounds... like it’s not very useful for now? I can’t exactly go have a heart-to-heart with the rabbits in the mountains, can I?”

A thought of dismissiveness flashed through his mind, and then he redirected his attention to the main task.

Attribute Points were abundant, and time was pressing!

Xiao Zhuo didn’t hesitate, his mind locked onto [True Explanation of Soul Refining (Initiated) (1/100)], and he instantly invested 100 Attribute Points!

Boom!

His consciousness once again sank into the mysterious White Mist Space.

This time, the scene within the space had changed dramatically!

Countless unseen, tiny particles radiating a soft blue light, like summoned stardust, emerged from the void, rushing one after another into Xiao Zhuo’s glabella, merging into his newly born Divine Soul!

Xiao Zhuo’s Divine Soul phantom sat cross-legged in the White Mist Space, operating according to the profound methods of the True Explanation of Soul Refining.

That omnipresent profound power descended once again, like the most brilliant mentor, guiding the incoming blue particles to transform into pure Soul Origin, and controlling Xiao Zhuo’s Divine Sense, it began to outline intricate, precise, and profound white-gold Divine Runes on the surface of the pale golden Divine Soul!

Xiao Zhuo understood: these Divine Runes were the foundation for the three great Divine Abilities of the True Explanation of Soul Refining to be unleashed! They were the “Talismans” and “formation bases” that drove the mighty power of the Divine Soul!

The first comprehension session ended.

Xiao Zhuo’s Divine Soul phantom only had its entire head covered in dense white-gold Divine Runes, as if wearing a sacred and majestic crown.

According to the True Explanation, with the head Divine Runes completed, it was only considered a rough understanding; only with the torso Divine Runes covered was it Minor Achievement; with Divine Runes covering the entire body, it was Major Achievement; and only when the Divine Runes throughout the body were connected as one, perfectly integrated, could it be called the Perfection Realm!

As for the even more profound “soul infant” Realm, that would require countless years of painstaking effort.

Exiting the space, Xiao Zhuo was surprised to find that his body showed no signs of fatigue or hunger after Cultivating!

It was completely different from the intense consumption of blood Qi when adding points to Cultivate Physical Body Cultivation Techniques in the past.

“It’s those pale blue particles!” He instantly understood, “Cultivating Divine Soul Cultivation Techniques consumes this special Soul energy Origin provided by the White Mist Space! Whereas Cultivating Physical Body Cultivation Techniques consumes one’s own blood Qi essence!”

His thoughts were clear, and the sense of urgency intensified.

Xiao Zhuo no longer hesitated, Attribute Points poured in like flowing water!

One hundred points! The front half of the Divine Soul torso’s Divine Runes were completed!

Another hundred points! The back half of the torso was covered in Divine Runes! True Explanation of Soul Refining—Minor Achievement!

Yet another hundred points! Divine Runes began to spread across the limbs!

...Five consecutive point additions! A total of five hundred Attribute Points disappeared!

Buzz!

In the Sea of Consciousness, the pale golden Divine Soul phantom had completely transformed!

Its entire body was covered in layers of flowing, white-gold profound Divine Runes!

The light was contained within, and Divine Might was born from it!

Every single pattern seemed to contain the mighty power to destroy Souls and imprison True Spirits!

“True Explanation of Soul Refining—Major Achievement! Divine Runes like clothing, protecting the Divine Soul, flowing throughout the body!” Xiao Zhuo observed his Sea of Consciousness, and his lips finally curved into an uncontrollable smile.

At this moment, he was full of vigor and spirit, his temperament had undergone an earth-shattering change.

His eyes were as deep as the starry sky, seemingly able to penetrate human hearts and gaze directly into the Soul Origin!

If an ordinary person were to meet his gaze, they would likely instantly lose control of their mind, feeling a terrifying sensation of their Soul being completely seen through, with nowhere to hide!

“A full thousand Attribute Points! The True Explanation of Soul Refining has finally reached Perfection!” Xiao Zhuo’s heart surged with excitement, “Even more remarkably, this Divine Soul Cultivation Technique is similar to Internal Skill, capable of continuous advancement by stacking years, with infinite potential! This harvest far exceeded expectations!”

He clearly felt that his Divine Soul Realm had surged!

In terms of the degree of Divine Soul refinement and the intensity of Divine Sense alone, he was probably no weaker than a powerful expert like Revered Master Xuan Lun, who had just entered the Divine Sea Realm!

Of course, compared to Xuan Qing Immortal Master, who was at the Peak of the Divine Sea Realm, or Situ Ming, who specialized in Divine Soul Cultivation, there was still a gap in accumulated foundation.

But, this was enough to bring about a qualitative change!

The Divine Sense blade condensed by the Soul Extinguishing Divine Ability was already enough to pose a substantial threat to the Divine Souls of Divine Sea Realm experts!

More importantly, all the Profound Truths of the Soul Sealing Divine Ability were now clear in his mind!

“It’s time to confront the Restriction guarding the Blood Demon’s Sea of Consciousness!” Xiao Zhuo rose to his feet, the Divine light in his eyes restrained, yet exuding an unparalleled confidence.

The stone door of the secret chamber, with a slight thought from him, emitted a heavy rumble and slowly opened.