As time passed, the soul phantom opposite Flowing Cloud gradually expanded from its original ordinary size to dozens of zhang tall. The speed of this growth was truly terrifying.
As its size increased, the Soul Realm of this condensed second clone's soul continued to rise. It had now surpassed the Spirit Realm.
The Spirit Realm was a Soul Realm that countless people dreamed of attaining.
Reaching this realm meant one possessed the potential to become an Eighth-grade Alchemist. Of course, the prerequisite was that one had to be an alchemist in the first place. Otherwise, attaining a Spirit Realm soul would be pointless.
For alchemists, a Spirit Realm soul could increase the spirituality within the soul, thereby endowing medicinal pills with spirituality.
This was also a necessary prerequisite for refining medicinal pills above the eighth grade.
Of course, Spirit Realm souls did not exist solely to serve alchemists.
Upon reaching the Spirit Realm, aside from that spirituality, one's overall soul strength underwent a qualitative transformation compared to the Mortal Realm. Alchemists could control flames with greater precision and refine and fuse more varieties of medicinal herbs at once. These were all benefits brought about by the increase in Soul Power.
All of this was because stronger Soul Power enhanced a person's perception and control.
Even for those who were not alchemists, the enhanced perception and control could be applied in other areas. For example, when fighting others, stronger perception allowed one to better evade enemy attacks and sneak attacks in advance, and even detect an enemy's presence from a great distance away.
Moreover, powerful Soul Power could be used directly in battle. Upon reaching the Spirit Realm, even without using Dou Qi, one could use Soul Power to attack and directly contend against high-level Dou Zongs. If one cultivated certain