210: With the mark of the Venerable as the core, the realm of spirit and soul is finally achieved!

Su Lei's consciousness was fully immersed in his Sea of Consciousness.

The sky here was playing out a silent cosmic storm.

Vast Mental Energy was like churning nebulae, at times transforming into deep blue chains, at other times condensing into brilliant stars.

Two completely different forces fiercely collided and annihilated in his Sea of Consciousness, yet they followed an extremely profound Law, intertwining and evolving into myriad forms.

His Soul body sat cross-legged at the center of the storm.

In his mind, the battle with the Demonic Venerable's afterimage replayed over and over again.

“My power is strong enough, and with Demon Shadow's help, I can briefly unleash power approaching that of a Venerable.”

“But it is scattered.”

His Soul Power was like a handful of sand; although vast in quantity, it was ultimately loose sand, unable to condense into an indestructible rock.

And that Demonic Venerable, the core of his power, was that twisted, corrupted Law.

All his actions revolved around this core.

Therefore, his every attack was concise, efficient, and went straight to the Origin.

He, too, must have a core.

A core that could command, integrate, and mobilize all his power!

Su Lei slowly looked towards the very center of his Sea of Consciousness.

There, an ancient bronze bell floated silently.

On the bell's body, the star imprint formed from Venerable Tianhe's Divine Soul radiated an eternal light.

It was like the sun of this Sea of Consciousness, illuminating everything and maintaining the operation of all things.

A crazy thought uncontrollably grew and strengthened in Su Lei's mind.

Since the Venerable's imprint was itself a condensation of the Venerable's power and Law... why not use it as the core!

Using his newly created Star Pivot Divine Prohibition Art, which fused two ancient Legacies, as a furnace, he would smelt all his Soul Power into it!

This was nothing short of a gamble.

He was staking everything on this Venerable's imprint.

Success meant ascending to heaven in one step, his Soul transforming, glimpsing the realm of deities.

Failure meant everything returned to zero, his Sea of Consciousness collapsing, his body dying, and his Dao vanishing!

“Demon Shadow.”

Su Lei's thought was transmitted to the dying willow tree in the Small World of his Sea of Consciousness.

“I need to undergo a transformation, and I need all your power.”

The willow tree's branches and leaves gently swayed, and a thought responded to him.

“Take it.”

There was not the slightest hesitation.

Demon Shadow knew very well that Su Lei was his only hope for revenge.

The stronger Su Lei became, the closer he would be to the day he personally killed Qin Wuyan.

For this, he was willing to bet everything.

Having received the promise, Su Lei no longer hesitated.

“Rise!”

With a thought, his entire Sea of Consciousness instantly surged with wind and clouds!

Endless Soul Power transformed into towering waves, surging madly from all directions towards the central bronze bell and the star imprint!

The Star Pivot Divine Prohibition Art was operated to its extreme at this moment!

Deep blue rune chains and brilliant star runes intertwined into a huge net, like an invisible furnace, enveloping all the surging Soul Power.

Compress! Temper! Forge!

This process was billions of times more painful than imagined.

If fusing the two Legacies before was like two rivers flowing into the sea, then now, it was like forcibly compressing all the water of an entire sea into a single drop.

The veins on Su Lei's forehead were already bulging!

Li Xue凝, who was standing by, felt her heart tighten and instinctively wanted to step forward, but she forcibly held back.

This was Su Lei's most critical moment; blindly disturbing him could very likely lead to eternal damnation.

In his Sea of Consciousness, Su Lei's Soul body had begun to blur, distort, and even showed countless cracks.

He felt his consciousness being torn apart, as if it could completely sink and dissipate in this boundless pain at any moment.

Just as he was at the critical point of being unable to hold on, a cool and vast life aura emanated from the willow tree in the Small World of his Sea of Consciousness, surging into his nearly collapsing Soul.

It was Demon Shadow's Origin power.

This power was like a sweet spring in the desert, instantly stabilizing his crumbling consciousness and repairing his damaged Soul.

“Hold on!”

He forcibly reined in his mind, no longer feeling the heart-wrenching pain, but instead focused all his will on operating the Star Pivot Divine Prohibition Art and compressing his power.

Time lost its meaning at this moment.

He didn't know if a day or a year had passed.

The Soul storm in his Sea of Consciousness finally gradually subsided.

The vast ocean-like Sea of Soul had disappeared.

In its place, at the center of his Sea of Consciousness, above the ancient bronze bell, the Venerable's imprint star had become more dazzling than ever before.

It could no longer be called an imprint.

It was as if it had transformed into a real star!

Su Lei's originally vast and boundless Soul Power had all been compressed into this star.

Quantitative change finally led to qualitative change!

A soft hum echoed from the star, reverberating throughout the entire Sea of Consciousness.

Immediately after, a power completely different from before emanated from the star, carrying an aura of looking down on all things and holding sway over rules.

Divine Soul!

This was the legendary Divine Soul!

Although, compared to the Demonic Venerable's afterimage, his nascent Soul core was still very small, only just entering the first stage.

But its essence had undergone a fundamental transformation!

Su Lei slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, the world he saw was completely different.

If the previous world was a 4K high-definition painting, now, he saw the underlying source code that constituted this painting.

He could clearly see various invisible strings flowing in the air.

They intertwined to form the fundamental Laws of this world.

He could even feel that with just a thought, he could gently pluck some of the more fragile strings, thereby triggering a series of chain reactions.

For example, making a cup of water freeze out of thin air.

Not by using Protective Aura, but by directly drawing away the vibrations of the Law strings representing heat in that space.

Su Lei, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes!

Li Xue凝 was stunned; she felt that Su Lei in front of her seemed no different from before, yet it also seemed that everything had changed.

Su Lei stood up and gently raised his hand.

In an instant, the Frost Longsword in Li Xue凝's hand suddenly hummed on its own!

The cold Qi on the sword body surged uncontrollably!

She even felt that her connection with this sword, condensed from Protective Aura and Mental Energy, was being interfered with and suppressed by a higher-level power!

Su Lei smiled and lowered his hand, and the sword's anomaly stopped.

He looked at the shocked Li Xue凝 and whispered, “I succeeded.”