Sage's Dao Sound activated! Rich, powerful soul energy burst forth from the Soul Gem. Li Yao's recent nurturing of the staff had forged a spiritual connection between him and the Soul Gem, so that power flowed directly into Li Yao's body!
The faint sacred sound awakened Li Yao's consciousness,
and the amplified power stabilized the array inscriptions that were on the verge of collapse.
The situation had been brought under control.
Whether he could successfully advance still depended on Li Yao himself.
After all, Sage's Dao Sound was merely external aid.
Li Yao simply decided to risk it all. Taking advantage of his clear mind, he extended mental tendrils like needles and thread, guiding the unfinished magic array inscriptions to accelerate their formation!
Before, he had been passively taking the knife,
but now, he was actively mutilating himself!
It felt great!
Enduring the agony in his soul, all the inscriptions finally gathered and closed.
Li Yao felt as though a spring thunderclap had exploded within his soul. Layer upon layer of array inscriptions etched themselves into it, and at the very core was a place shrouded in spiritual light—the Magic Spirit Pool!
His soul rumbled loudly,
like the primordial cosmic explosion that had opened heaven and earth. Vast energy was shaping an entirely new existence.
Once all the strange phenomena faded, Li Yao weakly collapsed onto the floor. Around him lay magic materials reduced to gray-white ash. The power once contained within that ash had been absorbed by Li Yao's soul, transforming into magical Spirit Marks entwined and fused with it, becoming the "Magic Spirit Pool" within him.
It was said that these Spirit Marks had originally been created by Saint Mage Tara Yang through an analysis and modification of the "Magic Net." They had later been improved by generations