For Fang Chen, this was a far more efficient way to cultivate his soul.
Fang Chen stood and returned to the black Stone Tablet. He took a deep breath, then placed his left hand against it.
Boom!
That overwhelming pressure surged forth again. Under its assault, Fang Chen's Soul Origin was torn apart once more.
Fang Chen lost consciousness again.
This time, he woke in less than three days.
After waking, Fang Chen touched the Stone Tablet again. He repeated the cycle over and over.
Three hundred years later.
Fang Chen lay sprawled across the Stone Tablet. Powerful waves poured from it and battered his soul without cease, but his soul no longer tore apart.
At that moment, in Fang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, his Eleventh Void Lotus had fully bloomed.
Crack...
A crisp cracking sound suddenly came from inside the Stone Tablet. Fang Chen shot upright and saw fractures spreading across it.
As the Stone Tablet broke apart, countless Mysterious Runes peeled from its surface and converged on Fang Chen, merging into his Soul Origin and the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella.
"How did the Stone Tablet break?"
Inside the Spirit Crane Space, the Spiritual Martial Great Emperor was stunned by the sight.
The Stone Tablet dissolved rapidly, like a block of ice.
In less than half an hour, it had melted completely. As it dissolved, the mysterious Dao Patterns released from within were absorbed by Fang Chen's Soul Origin and the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella. The umbrella took in most of them.
After absorbing those Dao Patterns, the Immortal-Veiling Umbrella looked more solid than before.
"It actually dissolved?"
Fang Chen was surprised to see the Stone Tablet disappear completely. He had wanted to take it with him, but now it was simply gone.
Little Crane flew up to Fang Chen and asked, "Master,