301: Xiao Shi's Soul

One of the functions of the eye of imperial judgment is to regularly perform baptisms, enlightenments, and blessings for the disciples of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

However, 'regularly' often implies a long period of time.

It could be as short as several years.

Or as long as a century.

And each time, it can only affect a maximum of five people.

Therefore, within the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, being able to receive the baptism, enlightenment, and blessings of the eye of imperial judgment is an incredibly rare occurrence.

Only those who have achieved great glory and merit.

Are qualified to receive the baptism, enlightenment, and blessings of the eye of imperial judgment.

Now, the eye of imperial judgment not only rewarded Xiao Shi with the heart of the divine tree.

It also prepared to perform a baptism for him.

For Xiao Shi, this was undoubtedly a huge stroke of luck and opportunity.

Xiao Shi was thrilled and excited by this.

He knew that such an opportunity was incredibly rare.

Immediately.

From the massive eye of imperial judgment before him.

A ray of starlight, imbued with an abstruse aura, shone forth.

It transformed into a beam of light.

Enveloping Xiao Shi.

The countless tiny stars within the beam continuously merged and converged into Xiao Shi's body, causing him to enter an incredibly peculiar state.

In this state.

Xiao Shi not only felt that he could construct a Life Soul, but also felt that he could implement the suggestion previously made by his master, Xiang Zizhen, to condense his Life Soul into a vessel.

He felt that in this state... he could definitely succeed!

What Xiao Shi didn't know was that the baptism brought by the eye of imperial judgment was different for everyone.

Some people, after being baptized, might develop a special physique.

Others might experience a significant enhancement of their physical body.

Still others might have their lifespan increased.

Everyone experiences different changes during the baptism.

And the baptism of the eye of imperial judgment on Xiao Shi made him feel that he could perfectly accomplish the task of condensing his Life Soul, which he previously had little confidence in!

He felt that he was not only blessed with good fortune but also had powerful beings protecting him, giving him a strong sense that whatever he wished for would come true and whatever he did would succeed.

Xiao Shi knew that such an opportunity was incredibly rare.

And it had a time limit.

He absolutely had to complete this action during the baptism.

His mind raced.

"According to the idea provided by Master Xiang Zizhen, I should condense my Life Soul into a weapon to control it..."

"But none of the weapons on me are suitable."

"Then I can only choose an item!"

"If I absolutely had to choose one among the many items I possess..."

Xiao Shi quickly reviewed all the items he had.

First, those powerful items could be directly excluded.

For example, the heavens secret mask.

For example, the four pieces of Emperors Armor.

For example, the Myriad Treasure Pagoda Spirit.

Although the stronger the item, the more stable the Life Soul he condensed into it would be, Xiao Shi had to consider a problem: the situation when the Life Soul transforms into a Demonic Body Clone... After all, he specifically condensed his Life Soul into a vessel.

It was originally to prepare for controlling the Demonic Body Clone later.

Once the Life Soul is condensed into an overly powerful item, the Demonic Body Clone formed by it will also be incredibly terrifying.

At that time, it would face the problem of losing control!

Once it loses control... the consequences would be unimaginable!

Therefore, those overly powerful items could be directly dismissed.

"Items that are too strong won't work, but neither will items that are too weak."

Xiao Shi knew that if the item was too weak.

His Life Soul would be unstable.

And he would face even more problems then.

This was also the problem that had been bothering him before.

Although he could condense his Life Soul into a vessel, he hadn't found a suitable one.

After much deliberation.

Xiao Shi suddenly thought of a relatively suitable option.

"If I condense my Life Soul into an Evil Energy User's corpse... it seems like this is the best option right now!!!"

Xiao Shi had a deep understanding of the Evil Energy User's might.

As an Evil Energy User who was once ranked third on the Ten Evils Ranking of the Youyue Dynasty, when he was in the illusory world, Xiao Shi merely injected a common disciple's nether moon soul spirit from the Gen Mountain Sect into an Evil Energy User's body.

The Evil Energy User then single-handedly annihilated the entire Gen Mountain Sect!

In terms of strength, there was definitely no problem.

The main thing he needed to consider was control.

However, Xiao Shi thought that with his own control over the Evil Energy User, there was an extra layer of protection, and even if the soul body clone lost control, the Evil Energy User's body would safely obey him.

To some extent.

Condensing the Life Soul into an Evil Energy User's body would be more secure than condensing it into other items!

In fact, Xiao Shi had thought of the Evil Energy User before.

But injecting a soul into an Evil Energy User's corpse had some strict conditions.

First, the soul injected into the corpse must be an independent soul; any split souls or remnant souls cannot survive in the corpse.

Second, the soul injected into the corpse must possess evil characteristics; a soul without evil characteristics similarly cannot survive.

The Life Soul is not considered a split soul or a remnant soul.

It is an independent soul itself.

After all, once the Life Soul is gone, death is inevitable.

Unlike split souls or remnant souls, even if they are gone, it only results in severe injury, not direct death.

And the requirement that the soul injected into the Evil Energy User's corpse must have evil characteristics also perfectly aligned with Xiao Shi's situation.

The Life Soul he was about to construct this time was precisely to prepare for the Demonic Body Clone later.

Therefore, in the construction of the Life Soul, he would deliberately condense all negative emotions, etc., into the Life Soul.

This was equivalent to constructing an evil Life Soul!

After thoroughly and cautiously considering all aspects, ensuring there were no hidden dangers or omissions.

Xiao Shi decisively decided to condense his Life Soul into the Evil Energy User's body!

Thinking of this.

He immediately summoned the Evil Energy User's corpse.

And began to condense his Soul Consciousness onto the Evil Energy User's corpse.

To transition from the Soul Consciousness Stage to the Life Soul stage, one's Soul Consciousness must first be strong enough.

If one's Soul Consciousness is not strong enough.

It will inevitably be impossible to form a Life Soul.

After forming his Soul Consciousness, Xiao Shi had been continuously strengthening it by absorbing soul bodies.

Especially when he was in the ancient ruins... the numerous soul bodies there brought an incredibly significant enhancement to his Soul Consciousness.

With his current level of Soul Consciousness, it was already more than enough for him to form a Life Soul.

In addition to this.

After absorbing these soul bodies, the negative emotions carried by these soul bodies were also accumulated by Xiao Shi.

Now, these negative emotions were all condensed into the Life Soul.

Thus forming this evil Life Soul.

In an instant.

These Soul Consciousnesses, imbued with negative emotions, began to accumulate rapidly within the Evil Energy User's body, quickly taking shape!

The entire process went unexpectedly smoothly.

Usually, when condensing Soul Consciousness onto other vessels, these Soul Consciousnesses would appear scattered, making it difficult to gather them.

Even though Xiao Shi's Soul Consciousness was extraordinary.

He would still find it difficult to condense it very tightly.

There would always be some incomplete gaps, etc.

However, the Soul Consciousness he was condensing now was incredibly dense, practically seamless!

He could clearly feel it.

The reason it was condensing so tightly.

Was inextricably linked to the state he was currently in.

The baptism he received created an invisible force around him, protecting him and helping him condense these Soul Consciousnesses extremely tightly.

This made the outline of the Life Soul he condensed incredibly complete, without the slightest flaw.

Before long.

He successfully condensed his many negative Soul Consciousnesses within the Evil Energy User's body, forming an illusory Life Soul!

The entire Life Soul was exactly identical to Xiao Shi's figure and appearance!

It was like a spiritual form of himself.

However, it exuded a chilling, bloodthirsty, indifferent, tyrannical, chaotic, and many other evil auras.

Buzz!

The moment the entire Life Soul opened its eyes.

Xiao Shi successfully completed the construction of his Life Soul.

At the same time, his Life Soul naturally and completely resided within the Evil Energy User's corpse, causing the Evil Energy User to be resurrected and no longer be a mere corpse.

Before this.

If Xiao Shi wanted to resurrect the Evil Energy User's corpse.

He could only inject the nether moon soul spirit into the Evil Energy User's corpse.

However, due to the limited existence time of the nether moon soul spirit.

It could only be resurrected temporarily.

But the current Evil Energy User was truly resurrected in every sense of the word!

And it became Xiao Shi's true clone!

This clone was fundamentally different from Xiao Shi's previous clones.

Previous clones only had fragments of Xiao Shi's remnant soul residing within them.

But this current clone contained Xiao Shi's Life Soul!

If the previous clones could be abandoned in desperate situations, then this current clone could not be abandoned under any circumstances.

This was a body as important as his main body.

Similarly.

The combat power of this clone was also entirely incomparable to that of the previous clones.

The previous clones were far inferior to Xiao Shi's main body in terms of combat power.

But this current clone.

Its combat power was not at all weaker than the main body.

Most importantly... Xiao Shi discovered that many of his possessions could be shared with this clone!

For example... the Martial Emperor Regalia!

As his thought moved.

The martial emperor mask, originally on his face, immediately appeared on the clone's face.

"I can switch the Emperors Armor back and forth between the main body and the clone!"

Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.

This way.

He no longer had to worry about the clone being unable to use the Emperors Armor.

Even if the main body and the clone were far apart, he could freely switch the Emperors Armor between the two anytime, anywhere.

"If the clone and the main body could also share other items simultaneously..."

"This would elevate my combat power even further!"

Xiao Shi felt that this idea of his definitely had hope of being realized.

After all, he no longer used storage bags.

Instead, he stored all his items in the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree's storage area.

If the clone could also simultaneously store and use items in this storage area... then all his items.

Would no longer be restricted for both the main body and the clone.

However, to achieve this.

The Azure Calamity Ancient Tree needed to leave a means for sharing items in terms of the clone.

Now, after absorbing the heart of the divine tree, the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree was undergoing a transformation.

He would have to wait until it completed its transformation.

Only then would he know if this method was feasible.

Regardless.

By condensing his Life Soul into the Evil Energy User's body and forming this powerful clone, Xiao Shi's strength could truly be described as a qualitative leap.

Especially if his main body and clone fought together.

With such combat power... Xiao Shi believed that no one in the Martial Soul Realm could withstand it!

"I just don't know if I can contend with the first stage of the Martial Demon Realm?"

Xiao Shi was a little eager to try.

When the entire eye of imperial judgment finished baptizing Xiao Shi, its aura also became a little weaker.

It seemed that this baptism was a considerable drain on it.

"Take me back to the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect."

After the artifact spirit in the eye of imperial judgment conveyed its words to Xiao Shi.

The entire gigantic eyeball quickly shrunk, and after shrinking to the size of a normal eyeball, it directly jumped into Xiao Shi's palm.

And merged into Xiao Shi's palm.

At the same time.

A swirling exit appeared out of thin air before Xiao Shi.

As long as he stepped into this exit, he could leave this place.

Although he didn't make any kills in this valley this time, his gains here were far greater than his usual gains from killing!

Most importantly, he successfully entered the Life Soul stage as a result.

Next, as long as nothing goes wrong.

When he uses this Life Soul to form a Demonic Body Clone, he will be able to control his Demonic Body Clone!

No longer having to worry about the Demonic Body Clone of the Martial Demon Realm.

"I believe that with my current strength, I am already the strongest in the Martial Soul Realm. Next, as long as the fourth piece of Emperors Armor drops, I can attempt to break through to the Martial Demon Realm!"

Xiao Shi took a deep breath.

He released Wang Xiao's clone.

"Senior, please enter this clone of mine."

Xiao Shi said to the artifact spirit in the eye of imperial judgment.

After all, this clone was his external identity.

To this.

The artifact spirit in the eye of imperial judgment did not refuse.

It directly transferred from Xiao Shi's main body to Wang Xiao's clone.

"Um... Senior, could you please keep my clones and Emperors Armor a secret?"

Xiao Shi asked tentatively.

He could only ask such a demigod-level artifact spirit cautiously.

He dared not be too presumptuous.

Even if he had done a favor for the other party.

He dared not presume upon it.

"Don't worry, I will not reveal anything about you to outsiders."

The artifact spirit in the eye of imperial judgment said.

Xiao Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried that after he took the eye of imperial judgment out, the artifact spirit within the eye of imperial judgment would reveal his situation to others.

Now, the artifact spirit in the eye of imperial judgment not only knew that he had a clone, but also knew that he possessed the Emperors Armor and the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree.

It almost knew most of his trump cards.

If this were known to others... all his efforts at concealment would be in vain.

Fortunately, by awakening the eye of imperial judgment this time, he had rendered a great favor to it.

The other party's attitude towards him was very friendly.

It could almost be said that it granted every request.

And immediately agreed.