Soul Grinding Disc

The palm-sized pyramid crystal was strangely translucent, shimmering with a mesmerizing light.

Holding it in his hand, a surge of information flooded into Gu Ding's brain.

After a long while, Gu Ding finally processed the information. "So that's how it is. This thing is a Soul Treasure, with effects such as soul defense, soul attack amplification, and increasing soul strength..."

"By infusing the soul into it, the First Level of the Soul Grinding Disc can refine the soul."

Upon seeing the instructions, Gu Ding didn't hesitate and immediately channeled his soul power into it. Unexpectedly, the moment he channeled a wisp of soul power, the pyramid emitted a powerful suction force, pulling Gu Ding's entire soul into it.

Upon entering the inner world of the pyramid, Gu Ding was slightly surprised. He also discovered that he had lost contact with the Sea Emperor, but he guessed that this was probably due to the isolation effect of the pyramid. He did not panic, but instead looked around.

This world is a golden world, and all the light comes from a giant Gold Grinding Disc in the void.

The millstone was initially stationary, but after Gu Ding entered, it vibrated and then began to rotate automatically.

As the millstone spun, a golden gale began to take shape. The gale, which started less than a meter high, rapidly expanded before Gu Ding's eyes, transforming in just a few seconds into a massive golden hurricane that pierced through the clouds, resembling a colossal beast reaching for the sky.

Gu Ding watched from afar, somewhat alarmed. Just as he wondered what might happen next, a terrifying force of attraction emanated from the gale. Before Gu Ding could react, he was swept into the gale by that force.

Then, at the outermost layer of the Gold Astral Wind, Gu Ding's soul began to disintegrate at a visible speed. Gu Ding watched this scene in horror; the pain of his soul being torn apart caused even Gu Ding, who usually had a certain tolerance for pain, to scream in agony. But the pain was secondary; Gu Ding was more shocked. Within that Gold Astral Wind, he deeply felt his own insignificance. He even vaguely sensed that even a True God of the Tenth Sequence might not be able to escape the fate of being disintegrated before this gale.

He desperately used all the abilities he had learned to mend his torn soul. Meanwhile, he also desperately tried to escape the reach of the fierce winds. He knew that once his soul was extinguished, he would truly perish. But no matter what he did, it was all in vain.

Gu Ding watched helplessly as his soul was torn to shreds inch by inch by the fierce wind, until finally, it vanished completely.

His consciousness plunged into darkness. "Am I doomed? I never thought I'd be killed by a treasure I obtained. How ironic."

Just as this thought crossed his mind, his vision suddenly brightened, and his soul reappeared completely unharmed. Before he could even rejoice, he realized that he was still within the range of that fierce wind, and his soul was being torn apart once again.

"How did I come back to life? This is..." Gu Ding suddenly remembered that before entering, he had received a mental prompt saying that this place could cleanse the soul. He was speechless for a moment. "This method of soul cleansing is really violent..."

But Gu Ding also clearly felt that after the first collapse, the strength of his soul had indeed increased slightly. So he simply stopped resisting and instead howled in pain while enjoying the crushing force of the gale.

Time passed day by day. Gu Ding himself had lost count of how many times his soul had been obliterated; he only knew that the strength of his soul was indeed increasing every day.

Logically, Gu Ding's soul strength should be limited by his cultivation level; to improve it further, he would need to increase his cultivation level first. However, the crushing effect of the gale forced Gu Ding to break through the limits of his physique once again. His soul strength, already at the three-star Half-Step True God level, actually increased again, soaring all the way to four stars, five stars, six stars, and finally stopping at seven stars, forcibly pulled to the same level as his physical strength.

Gu Ding then retrieved his soul from the pyramid.

At this point, nearly seven hundred days had passed in the Time Acceleration Cabin.

Gu Ding pushed open the door and was startled. He saw that the Crimson Blood Demon Tree had come back to life, and the eye-like organ on the trunk was looking at him.

"Gu Ding, since my physical body is unusable, I have temporarily refined this tree into my own clone, so that my physical body will not be without Combat Strength. After I leave this world, I will return this tree to you, and you can use it as your own clone after refining it." The voice coming from the tree was none other than Bartholomew's.

Upon hearing the voice, Gu Ding was initially taken aback, but then immediately understood. Just a moment ago, he was wondering why the tree had come back to life, but after hearing Bartholomew's explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The divine fire has been extracted for you," Bartholomew said, pointing with a branch to a ball of white flame floating in the air not far away.

"Why is this flame white-gold?" Gu Ding wondered upon seeing this flame. "Shouldn't the flames of the Crimson Flame Demon Tree be red?"

"It's true that the flames of the Crimson Flame Demon Tree are red, but that's because of the environment in which it grows. Its flames contain a lot of vital energy, which is why they appear red. In reality, the color of the Life Fire is platinum," the Sea Emperor immediately explained.

"Hurry up and refine that time-accelerated house, then you can take me out," Bartholomew said again, his tree trunk wildly waving its branches, thoroughly enjoying itself. Clearly, this old man had been cooped up in this place for millions of years, and finally getting his hands on a toy was something he was quite fond of.

Gu Ding directly enveloped the ball of flame with black divine energy, sealed it into his body, and then rushed back into the Time Acceleration Cabin.

Time Acceleration Cabin, the platinum-gold Life Fire flickered incessantly, trying to break free from the control of the divine source. Gu Ding immediately activated his Devouring the Heavens and Swallowing the Earth divine power, beginning to extinguish that beam of divine fire.

The Life Fire has a very special nature, being extremely resilient, which makes Gu Ding's absorption speed terrifyingly slow. What usually takes a few days to absorb the divine flame took more than sixty days.

When the platinum flames appeared in Gu Ding's Soul Space, Gu Ding's original three-star Half-Step True God divine source strength was also raised to the four-star level.

Having left the Time Acceleration Cabin once again, Bartholomew also withdrew his soul from the Crimson Flame Demon Tree and returned to his body.

"I will return to the Ice Crystal Coffin and fall into a deep sleep. You can then put the Ice Crystal Coffin into your Storage Space and leave through a one-time teleportation array." Bartholomew said, waving his soul, and all twelve pillars in the entire cemetery disappeared into his body. Then he slowly walked towards the Ice Crystal Coffin.

After entering the coffin, he slowly lay down, and the coffin lid closed automatically, completely extinguishing his breath.

Gu Ding put away the giant tree, and then put the coffin into his Storage Space.

The entire tomb chamber instantly became empty, and only then did Gu Ding step into the small teleportation array, which was only about one meter in diameter... (To be continued~^~)