Heavenly State

In a desolate mountain, Xiao Yuan looked at Mo Yu, who had a serious expression on his face, and nodded in satisfaction.

A week ago, he began refining the puppet, so he was able to do two things at once, refining it while flying away from the place where he had fought. During this time, he tore through the void multiple times to travel, changed locations, and entered Space Wormhole, making many turns to erase his own aura as much as possible.

There was nothing he could do; the Soul Hall's methods were too bizarre. Although he was careful in every aspect of the battle, he was still worried that the Soul Hall could track him down by following the clues from the last place where the Ninth Heavenly Venerable's aura disappeared.

It should be noted that with Xiao Yuan's current strength, although he can bully the Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu, if a powerhouse of the Sixth Heavenly Venerate or the Fourth Heavenly Venerable level were to come, he would really be no match for him.

Therefore, it is never too much to be cautious.

Of course, crafting puppets while traveling took a toll on Xiao Yuan's energy. That's why he found an inconspicuous desolate mountain where a Seventh Rank Magical Beast was hidden and was dismantled into various materials, where he rested.

All the hard work along the way has paid off. Mo Yu is now even stronger than he was in life, reaching the level of Eight Star Dou Zun. His physical body is extremely abnormal, even surpassing Xiao Yuan's.

More importantly, this guy possesses all the Dou Technique he learned in his previous life. If a fight were to break out, he wouldn't be afraid even if it were Nine Stars Dou Zun powerhouse.

Although Xiao Yuan had erased the soul of the Nine Heavens Venerable, just to be on the safe side, Xiao Yuan still condensed a talisman with Heavenly Flames deep within the soul of the Ninth Heavenly Venerable. If any problems arose, it could immediately destroy his soul. In that case, Xiao Yuan would only lose the puppet's ability to Dou Technique, which wouldn't be too much of a loss.

With such a powerful puppet protecting him, Xiao Yuan was able to calmly recuperate.

After taking out some pills from his Storage Ring and swallowing them, Xiao Yuan closed his eyes and focused his mind to begin recovering his condition.

He needed to get himself into peak condition! This time, refining the puppet had given Xiao Yuan some insights, and his soul realm had loosened up a bit. Therefore, he decided to consume the Earth Core Soul Marrow here! Perhaps he could take this opportunity to directly raise his soul realm to the Late Spirit Realm! This meditation lasted for two whole days. By the time he finished, his battle Dou Qi had also improved somewhat.

This major battle clearly benefited him greatly.

With a slow exhale, Xiao Yuan waved his hand in the air in front of him, and three jade boxes floated in front of him. With a flick of his finger, the lids were opened, and a unique fragrance immediately filled the air, invigorating his spirit.

Of the three ingredients, Earth Core Soul Marrow and Dan Spirit Paste can be directly prepared as long as the proportions are well controlled. As for Tianma Jade Stone Essence, the stone essence within it needs to be extracted before it can be added to the preparation.

Refining was not a difficult task, especially for Xiao Yuan in his current state. With a wave of his hand, the green stone floated out and hovered in front of Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan glanced at the piece of Tianma Jade Stone Essence in front of him, then opened his mouth and spewed out golden flames, which then enveloped the entire piece.

As soon as the flames appeared, under Xiao Yuan's control, the temperature suddenly rose to an extremely high level. As a result, in less than half a minute, cracks appeared on the surface of the Tianma Jade Stone Essence, and a very faint scent wafted out from it.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan nodded slightly and casually waved his hand, sending a burst of energy onto the Tianma Jade Stone Essence, turning the stone on its surface into ashes that fell to the ground, revealing the pale white slurry hidden within.

As the white slurry appeared, Xiao Yuan gradually reduced the temperature of the flames. The flames covered the surface of the white slurry like a thin film, scorching it with just the right temperature.

The white slurry was constantly churning with tiny bubbles, and with each burst of a bubble, a faint fishy smell would rise.

This fishy smell is an impurity in the stone essence. Only after it has been refined to an extremely pure state can it be used to harmonize the Earth Core Soul Marrow.

This kind of refining didn't require much effort from Xiao Yuan. In just five minutes, all the impurities in the white slurry were expelled.

Having completed the refining of the stone essence, Xiao Yuan's expression remained unchanged. With a flick of his hand, some exquisite jade bottles and vessels appeared in his hand. Then, with a thought, a thin wisp of liquid from each of the three jade boxes in front of him flowed out and, under Xiao Yuan's control, merged together into a transparent jade bowl.

"Hiss!"

As soon as the three liquids intertwined, a faint mist erupted. Then, as if they were extremely hostile, they began to corrode each other, constantly releasing tiny bubbles as they came into contact.

With his soul perception, he could clearly sense the changes that occurred after the liquids collided, and then promptly made repairs. After a short while, he finally finished adjusting all the Earth Core Soul Marrow.

At this moment, wisps of smoke floated on the jade bowl, while inside, there was a viscous paste as vibrant as jade.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yuan raised the jade bowl, poured it directly into his mouth, tilted his head back, and swallowed it all.

The moment the Earth Core Soul Marrow entered his body, a "buzz" sound rang in Xiao Yuan's mind. The soul power between his eyebrows suddenly expanded, and the rapid expansion caused a sharp pain in Xiao Yuan's eyebrows, as if his head was about to explode.

However, Xiao Yuan was not alarmed. He calmed himself down and observed the situation.

The harmonized Earth Core Soul Marrow, after flowing into Xiao Yuan's body, transformed into a scalding hot current that dispersed and then rapidly evaporated into wisps of dark green, strange smoke. This smoke then surged to the top of his head at an extremely fast speed and entered his sea of consciousness.

As the smoke intertwined with his soul, Xiao Yuan quickly sensed a powerful and terrifyingly strange energy rapidly seeping into his soul. At the same time, the strength of his soul seemed to be increasing dramatically, as if it had consumed a powerful tonic! Along with the rapid increase in his soul power, the throbbing pain between Xiao Yuan's eyebrows grew stronger and stronger, but Xiao Yuan's soul was inherently incredibly resilient, so he was naturally not afraid of this throbbing pain.

Before long, Xiao Yuan experienced what it meant to have a splitting headache. At this moment, his temples on both sides of his head bulged high, like the surface of a drum being struck, constantly throbbing.

The soul that had suddenly become so powerful had gradually exceeded the maximum capacity that Xiao Yuan could bear. So, at a certain moment, a deep, explosive sound that caused his eardrums to ache suddenly erupted from the depths of Xiao Yuan's mind.

"Bang!"

The explosion completely shattered Xiao Yuan's senses, leaving him in a daze. His vision was filled with golden light, and his mind was a chaotic mess. Only the colorful scroll and the Soul Nourishing Pearl, radiating a soft glow, remained floating at the very center of his consciousness.

When Xiao Yuan regained his senses, the excruciating pain in his head had disappeared. He vaguely sensed that his soul had become much stronger, having entered the Late Spirit Realm! But at that moment, the surrounding energy of heaven and earth seemed to be stirred by something strange. And amidst the turbulence, wisps of extremely faint but very Xiao Yuan energy flowed out from the space, then surged towards his brow in a massive, overwhelming rush!

These Spiritual Energy energies continuously flowed into Xiao Yuan's brow, eventually merging with the soul residing there. During this fusion, Xiao Yuan's soul felt as if it were enveloped in warm spiritual nectar, with the warm Spiritual Energy quietly seeping into every part of his body. The feeling of comfort almost made him groan out loud.

This is amazing! But that's not all. While absorbing external Spiritual Energy, that strange suction force was actually acting on the Soul Nourishing Pearl. As a result, Xiao Yuan saw that the energy in the Soul Nourishing Pearl was also being continuously absorbed.

However, this still seemed insufficient. Suddenly, the strange power intensified, and an invisible wave, unseen by the naked eye, quietly spread out, covering a radius of thousands of miles.

"Boom!"

As the wave spread out, the world around this mountain suddenly erupted like a boiling oil pot. The sudden upheaval also attracted the attention of some magical beasts around the desolate mountain, but Spiritual Energy, this strange flow of energy, seemed too ethereal to them. They could only stare blankly at the fluctuating world, unable to sense anything unusual.

Moreover, none of them dared to come and investigate.

After all, the overlord of this place, that Seventh Rank Magical Beast, was torn to pieces just because it yelled at Xiao Yuan.

They don't want to die for nothing.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan was completely immersed in the rich Spiritual Energy. The feeling of comfort reaching the depths of his soul was like fine wine, intoxicating and unparalleled.

His soul power also surged continuously, and a slightly illusory figure began to slowly emerge opposite him.

The soul is a rather ethereal and indescribable thing. It is the foundation of all living beings and is extremely mysterious. Even for some Eighth Grade Alchemist, the soul between their eyebrows is only more condensed and concentrated, and has more Spiritual Energy and vitality than that of ordinary alchemists.

Now, Xiao Yuan's soul power can gradually condense into a human form after leaving his body, which clearly means he has reached the threshold of the Heavenly State! You should know that in the past, to condense soul power into a human form, it meant that the soul would leave the body directly. At this time, the physical body had no soul at all, and was just a shell with some instincts.

However, Xiao Yuan's soul is currently within his physical body, yet he can directly condense a human form with his powerful soul force. Although this human form is truly illusory, it is enough to prove how powerful his soul force is! Along with the fluctuations of this world, more and more Spiritual Energy surges from the sky, eventually flowing into the cave and being absorbed by the extremely illusory figure, transforming into every detail of his body. Time flows like water, quietly passing by. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yuan has been refining the Earth Core Soul Marrow for a full five days, and the initial strange phenomena of heaven and earth also began to gradually dissipate on the fifth day.

"Bang!"

At a certain moment, a deafening roar suddenly resounded from the cave. Immediately, the mountain peak, which was a thousand feet high, was blasted open by an invisible pillar of light. The pillar of light shot into the sky and finally stopped in mid-air. A vast soul power, like a monstrous wave, swept out like lightning!

At this moment, within the surrounding mountains, spanning tens of thousands of feet, apart from a few extremely powerful high-level magical beasts, all the other magical beasts felt an extremely strong soul pressure. Under this soul pressure, their bodies involuntarily trembled slightly. They clearly knew that under such terrifying power, their life or death was merely a matter of a single thought from someone else! The soul power that spread out like a tide gradually dissipated after lasting for nearly a few minutes, and that invisible light slowly appeared under the blazing sun.

As the light faded, a figure vaguely appeared. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Xiao Yuan. However, Xiao Yuan's body now seemed extremely illusory.

Whoosh! The next moment, a figure appeared with Azure Lightning, it was Xiao Yuan's true form.

"Tsk, I feel he's not as good as the Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body."

Xiao Yuan looked at the illusory version of himself in front of him and scoffed.

According to his senses, the Soul Clone in front of him had a combat power of about four or Five Star Dou Zun.

His Three Thousand Lightning Illusionary Body, after unleashing his secret technique, is enough to possess the combat power of an ordinary Eight Star Dou Zun.

However, Xiao Yuan was actually quite satisfied.

The strength of this Soul Clone will increase as his strength improves. Moreover, in future battles, he will be comparable to three people by himself, which is already quite good.

"That's not necessarily true."

However, Xiao Yuan's Soul Clone smiled slightly upon hearing this, and then with a wave of his hand, five Heavenly Flames appeared and were condensed into five Fire Spirit.

Clearly, this Soul Clone is also capable of using top-tier Dou Technique such as the Five Round Fire Separation Method!

That's not all.

The next moment, the Soul Clone actually began to form strange hand seals. Judging from the appearance, they were the Soul Handprint known as soul skills!

As the hand seal materialized, a powerful pressure emanated from the soul, instantly forcing the Tian Yao Kui Mo Yu, who was still waiting below, to kneel on the ground! "It's even more effective than the Soul Handprint performed by the main body?"

Xiao Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw this.

With his keen eyesight, it was not difficult for him to see that this Soul Handprint, in the hands of the Soul Clone, actually had the characteristic of suppressing those with weaker souls.

This is truly an unexpected delight!