Over the course of several days, Zhang Chen refined every ghost creature he had absorbed into his ghoul stomach. Though cries of agony rang out continuously during the process, Zhang Chen never paused or rested.
Just as Zhang Chen had predicted, once all the ghost creature souls had been refined, his True Ghost form increased by 2.5%.
Its overall completion had reached 12.5%, meaning one-eighth of his ghost creature portion had transformed into true ghost essence. Zhang Chen could also clearly sense the subtle changes in his own strength.
If this continues, I wonder whether I can reach a 100% True Ghost form simply by refining ghost creature souls. The chances may be slim, but I should keep refining them for now.
Zhang Chen's unusual body allowed him to move freely between the three parallel worlds, while Gui Zhong, as an Apostle, could only exist in the Zero Realm. This gave Zhang Chen the advantage of obtaining resources from the human world.
In Zhang Chen's view, once the souls of evil spirits had been twisted and corrupted by negative emotions, there was no reason for them to continue existing. They might as well become part of his power and help him resist the final war.
Over the next three years, Zhang Chen assumed various identities and traveled across the world in search of evil spirits. He refined their souls until his True Ghost form reached its limit of 25%.
While staying at an inn in a small town in Kazakhstan, in the Middle East, Zhang Chen successfully refined the soul of a high-ranking ghost creature, only to discover that the concentration within his body had not increased. His brow furrowed.
The reason was not that the soul could no longer be refined, but that the True Ghost aura stored in