"Say that again?" Qin Gong's eyes were wide open in shock as he moved closer to Zhou Xinqiu with a desperate attitude.
"Do you know about the Thousand Heavenly Soul Imprint....?" Zhou Xinqiu repeated herself and walked back.
"This.. If its true.. you're too lucky. The Thousand Heavenly Soul Imprint is a technique passed down to the successors of the Myriad soul Palace. Even the soul transformation realm 'Thousand Heavenly Soul Imprint' is not its complete form or true name. The true form is known as the Myriad Divine Soul Imprint. Once the successor of the palace reaches the realm beyond soul transformation they go through a test which once they pass they will be named the Divine Successor and would have the qualifications to take on the Myriad Divine Soul Imprint" Qin Gong explained to her while her eyes lit up as she listened.
Zhou Xinqiu's face returned back to its gloomy state as she stated, "The Zhou Sect only has the first two scrolls."
"Little woman, you are lucky to even find one. I truly wonder how your Zhou Sect got such an important and secretly kept technique. After all, The Myriad Soul Palace is in a place that cannot be compared to here. Now cheer up, let me explain how to really perform this technique properly." Qin Gong smiled and and his illusory figure sat in a cross legged position levitating off the floor.
"My current self can only be explained as being my 'Origin Soul' since I lost my mortal body." He formed some hand seals before a spiral of soul energy appeared in his palm. "Hand me the scroll" He reached his other hand out and took hold of the scroll before the information was processed in his mind and a golden glint flashed in his eyes. The soul spiral transformed into a huge golden palm which appeared behind him and from the center of the palm, the soul rune emerged.
His soul spirit began glowing more and more brightly before he exclaimed "Hahahaha what a great Myriad Soul Palace!" The character went flying straight into a mountain and the mountain was on the verge of shattering. Zhou Xinqiu's body trembled, this imprint was even more powerful than the one her uncle had shown her.
"Grandmaster, can you show me how you did it?" She stared straight into the eyes of the proudly smiling Qin Gong and begged.
"Little girl, this technique is very hard. The only reason I was able to learn it so fast was because I am naturally at a higher realm than the one that is supposed for this part of the technique." Qin Gong explained with his hands behind his back before he floated back down to her. "The Origin Soul is a very important thing to one's life, and therefore the body uses protective measures to prevent it from becoming damaged. Normally these protective seals dissipate after one reaches the Soul Transformation realm, however this technique requires you to prematurely break some of those protective seals."
"How do I break them?" Zhou Xinqiu's eyes suddenly had a glow of innocent excitement in them.
"You must understand that if you break these seals, nothing can protect your soul from its development becoming damaged if you make a mistake." Qin Gong patted her head and a light appeared in his hand. "However, If you are truly insistent, I can help you break them on one condition."
"I will promise to be careful, I insist!" Her begging eyes became even brighter.
"You must agree to learn the true art of the Heaven Defying Blood Hammer in the future. This Stupid Hammer wont stop annoying me about it." Qin Gong Laughed wholeheartedly.
"Ok, I promise!"
"Ok then let me input my Qi into your embryonic pathways" The light in Qin Gong's palm expanded and turned into a beam of light as it shot into her body from between her brows. Her body shuddered from the immense pain as she struggled to stay conscious.
"Do not resist it or the seal will fail to be broken" Qin Gong's voice boomed in her head as her face paled. The Soul Qi traveled within her embryonic Qi pathways until it reached her core. In her core 10 huge white jade rings created a sphere which surrounded her origin soul. Qin Gong's Soul Qi wrapped around three of them and a bright red glow suddenly leaked out from the jade rings dying them dark red. The Soul Qi was destroyed and Qin Gong had woken up.
"huh?" Qin gong muttered as he added more Soul Qi, almost double the amount he had used before. This time an even more strong red glow flashed and surrounded all the Soul Qi. However, unlike the last time, Qin Gong's Soul Qi, to his shock was devoured by the jade rings and fed to her origin soul. Right after his Soul Qi was absorbed, one of the jade rings unlocked and went into her origin soul to nourish it.
"What...soul devouring..." His eyes flew open and he was pushed back a few steps, "She has this ability too...I am starting to think this girl really isn't something normal. Instead of the normal way of breaking the seals through force, this girl is able to actually devour soul Qi and grow her soul from it immensely to the point where the seals unlock themselves." Qin gong was shocked but also intrigued at the same time.
"XIUUU XIUUUUU!" The blood hammer started making noises directed towards Qin Gong.
"I know, I told her I would help her break the seals. Don't worry, I don't have much time in this world left anyway so I might as well use some of what I have left to feed a genius. Maybe I will become someone in the history books because of this girl hahaha" He closed his eyes and pointed his finger at the place in-between Zhou Xinqiu's brows and released an amount of Soul Qi that was 4 times greater than the one he released previously.
As the Soul Qi headed into her core, more and more red mist accumulated on the jade rings until it bursted with energy onto Qin Gong's incoming Soul Qi and devoured it whole. Two more rings unlocked and fell into Zhou Xinqiu's origin soul. The Humanoid shaped fetus soul expanded a little bit more than double its size and emitted a resplendent light before a dark red shockwave spread out from it and Qin Gong's remaining soul essence was pushed out.
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"Hmmmmmm Grandmaster Qin! did you succeed??" Zhou Xinqiu's eyes glimmered as she looked at him and inquired.
"Yes, I did haha" Qin Gong rubbed the top of her hair before continuing "Also check inside your body to make sure everything is ok."
"I- Reached th- the eighth..." she couldn't believe her own eyes, "I broke-through!"
"Hahaha, yes you did little girl. Now we have to focus on getting you ready for that youth ceremony that I heard your uncle talking about. That bronze circulation pool is indeed a treasure for people at your level."