I'll Lead You to Victory

It took Yun Shu most of the day to finally figure out what this state resembling Astral Projection was.

It was the Divine Sense produced by cultivating the Universe Soul Refining Art. In one direction, it could extend up to 450 meters, but that was only in a single direction. If he wanted to perceive everything around him, it could only spread about 100 meters in all directions.

But the most special thing was that this was not an extension of Soul Strength, but an extension of mental power. Therefore, it would not be detected by the soul probes of those powerful experts. At most, they would only sense a strange fluctuation.

That was a good thing. He would not get caught peeping in the future.

More importantly, this Universe Soul Refining Art could cultivate the soul while cultivating Dou Qi. That was even better—cultivating body and soul without neglecting either, everyone growing stronger together!

Sweet.

"Alright, now you're the only one left!" Yun Shu took out the cultivation scroll for the Purple Cloud Wings, preparing to cultivate this Flying Dou Technique.

As he spread open the scroll, a pair of black wings patterned with purple clouds appeared before Yun Shu. Though he knew they were real wings, seeing them with his own eyes still shocked him somewhat.

"With my current Soul Strength, plus the fact that I've cultivated a Soul Cultivation Method and strengthened my soul somewhat, I should be able to withstand the impact of this remnant soul..." Yun Shu narrowed his eyes. This Dou Technique contained the soul of a fifth-tier magical beast, the Purple Cloud Eagle, though it had now become nothing more than a damaged, incomplete remnant soul.

With that thought, Yun Shu pressed both hands against the Twin Wings. Sure enough, the remnant soul within the Dou Technique instantly unleashed a mental assault that surged through Yun Shu's arms and into his body, charging straight for his brain.

"I refuse to believe I can't deal with you!" Yun Shu steadied his mind and spread his Soul Strength throughout his head, waiting for the remnant soul's attack.

Bang!!

After being struck by the assault, Yun Shu's face immediately turned pale. It seemed there was still quite a gap between his soul's strength and that loser Xiao Yan's.

Suppressing his discomfort, Yun Shu guarded his mind and continued defending against the remnant soul's attacks. After all, this thing only had violent emotions left; it could not possibly give up after one failed attack.

Sure enough, seeing that its mental assault was ineffective, the remnant soul directly hurled its violent emotions at Yun Shu's mind.

Boom!!!

Yet at that instant, before Yun Shu could suffer the attack, a transparent shockwave suddenly surged from within his body, directly destroying the remnant soul's violent emotions.

"This is... Fallen Heart Flame?!!" Yun Shu said in astonishment upon seeing the attack. He had not expected this juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to help him defend against the remnant soul's assault.

And... it seemed to have directly suppressed the remnant soul.

When Yun Shu placed his hands on the black-and-purple wings again, the remnant soul actually did not attack him anymore.

"Who would've thought you had this kind of ability!" Yun Shu patted his stomach and smiled at the Fallen Heart Flame inside him.

Now that the remnant soul issue had been resolved, Yun Shu prepared to cultivate this Dou Technique. However, an even bigger problem awaited him: cultivating this Dou Technique was extremely painful.

After he circulated the Dou Qi in his body through the black-and-purple wings according to the route described on the scroll, the wings suddenly released an intense glow before turning into two tiny black-and-purple streaks of light that shot into Yun Shu's body.

After entering Yun Shu's body, the two streams of energy followed his internal meridians. They only stopped once they reached his back.

"Here it comes!" Feeling the energy stop behind his back, Yun Shu hurriedly took out a piece of cloth and bit down on it.

The next moment, a bone-deep pain suddenly erupted from Yun Shu's back.

"Mmffff!!!!!" Even with a piece of cloth between his teeth, Yun Shu could barely endure it. The instant the pain struck, he was already drenched in sweat, his consciousness nearly fading.

The two small energy masses forcibly stretched out a short branch from the meridians in Yun Shu's back, only stopping once they reached his spine.

Immediately afterward, the two energy masses merged into the two branch meridians. Then, through Yun Shu's skin, they formed two faint purple tattoos of Twin Wings on his back.

And Yun Shu, after holding on for less than thirty seconds, fainted from the unbearable pain in his back.

By the time he woke again, four or five hours had passed. Yun Shu took a Simmons Mattress from his Storage Space and lay facedown on it...

He had forgotten to stock up on painkillers, so the pain in his back was unbearable right now. He had originally planned to cultivate the Crimson Flame Art as well, but it seemed he would have to wait until tomorrow.

Yun Shu released his Divine Sense and discovered that it had already grown dark outside.

"Perfect. I'll just treat it as getting some sleep." Retracting his Divine Sense, Yun Shu took out a blanket and draped it over his back. He closed his eyes again, emptied his mind, and began resting.

"Wow! As expected of an Earth Rank cultivation method—the amount of Dou Qi after successfully cultivating it is insane!" Two days had passed since Yun Shu successfully cultivated the Purple Cloud Wings.

On the second day, Yun Shu had actually rested properly for an entire day. It was not until last night that he began cultivating the Crimson Flame Art.

And now, Yun Shu had finally finished cultivating the Crimson Flame Art. The vast Dou Qi within his body made him sigh in amazement.

The higher the rank of a cultivation method, the greater the total amount and strength of its Dou Qi.

With Yun Shu's current Dou Qi and Dou Techniques, he should be able to fight Xiao Yan, who had just broken through to Dou Zhe, to a draw. After all, the total amount of Dou Qi from his Earth Rank cultivation method was several times—perhaps even dozens of times—greater than Xiao Yan's.

It was just that Xiao Yan's Eight Extremes Collapse dealt ridiculously high damage.

"Alright, now I can finally begin the thing I've been looking forward to the most!" Yun Shu rubbed his hands together and said excitedly.

When he had advanced to Dou Zhe a few days ago, the system had given him a gift pack containing a Mysterious Fragment and one random Lottery chance.

Random!! That meant he could draw a reward capable of directly allowing Yun Shu to achieve Becoming God. Of course... he might also draw a glob of stinky spit, or a talking Zhou Shufen.

That was why Yun Shu had been so excited and saved this Lottery chance until now.

"System, give me a shot!! Whether I'm blessed by luck or cursed by misfortune depends on this draw!!" Yun Shu shouted excitedly.

"Ding! Lottery in progress..."

"Congratulations, you obtained Heaven Palm Bottle · Body!"

"Wdnmd!!!!"