Chapter 56: Soul Core Complete, Breakthrough to Soul Sage!
"Xiao Bai, now!" Du Qianjue shouted. With the help of many soul beasts, he extracted the last strand of pure soul power from his body and infused it into the soul core.
At this moment, there wasn't a trace of soul power left in his body. His meridians were filled with energies of five different attributes, each a different color. This bizarre sensation of extreme weakness and strength made Du Qianjue feel as if ants were crawling all over him, leaving him highly uncomfortable.
Though he felt no imminent danger, as the attribute energies were still his own power, the lack of soul power simply meant he had less overall strength and no risk of losing control.
In the spiritual sea, the only soul beast that hadn't helped stabilize the attribute energies, Xiao Bai, now took action. Revealing its true form, the enormous Ice Bear King roared, its body enveloped in icy blue flames.
Simultaneously, Du Qianjue right arm, where he was condensing the soul core, began to glow blue. Xiao Bai was burning the essence stored in its soul bone and transmitting the pure energy to Du Qianjue.
The soul core already had a prototype, imprinted with Du Qianjue ' aura. Since Xiao Bai's essence was stored in his body and had taken on his aura, it could merge into the soul core.
The icy blue flames continued to burn on Xiao Bai, even extending to Du Qianjue ' right arm. Pure soul power from the soul bone flowed out, joining the vortex formed by the soul core.
The soul core, which was about to start absorbing the surrounding chaotic energy, now greedily absorbed the pure soul power provided by Xiao Bai. This soul power was even more abundant than Du Qianjue own.
With Xiao Bai supplying pure soul power, Du Qianjue switched his focus from extracting soul power to suppressing the attributes within his body.
The other soul beasts sighed in relief and withdrew their efforts to suppress the attributes. Although these attributes originated from them, Du Qianjue now controlled this power, and suppressing it was tiring for them.
With Du Qianjue now able to manage on his own, the soul beasts no longer needed to exhaust themselves.
Xiao Bai's burning continued. While it didn't harm Xiao Bai, it did consume its essence, and it would likely need to sleep for a long time afterward to recover.
Unless Electrolux could immediately create a spirit and contract it with Du Qianjue, there was no way for him to help Xiao Bai recover other than letting it rest and naturally restore itself.
Four days later, exactly one week after starting, the icy blue flames on Xiao Bai finally extinguished. Xiao Bai reverted to human form, its face showing unmistakable fatigue.
"Dad, my task is complete. I'm going to sleep now."
"Good, rest well," Du Qianjue nodded and then focused on the now-still soul core in his hand.
The soul core was fully formed. The final step was to integrate it into his dantian and fuse it with his body.
Thanks to Tianmeng Iceworm and Xiao Bai's help, the soul core's condensation was exceptionally smooth. Du Qianjue had even managed to recover a few times during the process, so he was in peak condition and didn't need to rest before integrating the soul core.
He didn't hesitate. Du Qianjue pressed the soul core directly into his chest.
Humans have three dantians: the forehead, the chest, and the lower abdomen. Each can house a soul core, and Du Qianjue intended to place his soul power core in his chest.
The chest is the body's core, housing essential organs. Placing the soul core, the source of soul power, in the chest was logical.
As the soul core integrated into his chest, it didn't clash with his body. Instead, it naturally formed a vortex, driving the circulation of soul power within Du Qianjue.
This was the soul core's power! It constantly operates, continuously drawing in ambient energy to restore the soul master's soul power and enhance their cultivation!
Before condensing the soul core, Du Qianjue was confident he could become a Soul Douluo or even a Title Douluo before turning twenty. Now, with the soul core, he was ninety-eight percent certain he could break through to Title Douluo before twenty.
After all, this was a soul power core, designed to enhance soul power growth!
As soon as the soul core fusion was complete, Du Qianjue aura surged again.
Soul Sage!
More precisely, a seventy-level Soul Emperor who hadn't yet acquired his seventh soul ring.
Xiao Bai had burned its remaining essence and integrated it into Du Qianjue. Although most of it was absorbed by the soul core, a significant amount was directly absorbed by Du Qianjue himself.
Thus, his soul power level was likely higher than seventy. The exact level would only be clear after he absorbed a soul ring, but Du Qianjue estimated he was probably around seventy-three.
If he then absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, he could possibly reach seventy-seven or even seventy-eight.
Becoming a Title Douluo might take a bit longer!
Condensing the soul core and fusing it took nearly half a month. Afterward, Du Qianjue and Snow Empress spent another half-month in the Far North, visiting various soul beast clans before finally leaving.
This time, Du Qianjue didn't plan to return to the Body Sect. Instead, he wanted Snow Empress to accompany him while obtaining his soul ring.
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At Shrek Academy.
Over the past half year, our protagonist Huo Yuhao had a rough time.
At the start of the school term, he unsurprisingly clashed with Wang Dong. Considering Wang Dong's temper, it was inevitable they would fight.
Without the spiritual detection ability this time, Huo Yuhao, despite his Lingmo's keen eyesight, was beaten up by Wang Dong. If he hadn't used the illusion skill of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to confuse Wang Dong for a moment, he wouldn't have managed a comeback and would have ended up looking foolish.
But Huo Yuhao's charm eventually won Wang Dong over, and they became friends. Wang Dong also helped him during the new student assessment.
However, without their martial soul fusion skill, even with Wang Dong going all out and carrying Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to the finals, they were still brutally beaten by Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Hell Civet.
After the match, Huo Yuhao stared at Dai Huabin with red eyes. They were enemies, and being publicly humiliated by him only added insult to injury.
But no matter how unwilling he was, strength was like advanced math problems: if you can't solve them, you just can't. Losing meant losing, and no one cared about his reasons.
Thus, Huo Yuhao was left feeling miserable.
He trained himself intensely for a month, to the point where even Zhou Yi, his strict teacher, was amazed, proclaiming this was the kind of student she wanted.
If it weren't for the Life Tree soul sage at Shrek Academy occasionally healing Zhou Yi's students, Huo Yuhao's frail body would have broken under the strain long ago.
Even so, his potential was almost entirely exhausted.
As a result...
Oh well, it's over. Huo Yuhao, who barely had potential to begin with, exhausted himself. Despite acquiring a top-tier soul ring from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, he wasted it all and now was essentially crippled.
Without a miraculous opportunity, he, like Yu Xiaogang, wouldn't be able to break through level thirty in his lifetime.
(End of Chapter)
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