This Golden Gu Demon Monk was exceptionally bold, choosing to undergo the baptism of the Laws Profound together with the Primordial Spirit of his Natal Buddhist Gu.
When breaking through to the realm of the Primordial Spirit Body, the erosion of the body by the surrounding power of law was secondary. The key was whether the Primordial Spirit could withstand the varying amounts of the power of law that suddenly surged into it.
If he could not control this force, the consequences would be mild if his Primordial Spirit was merely damaged, and severe if it suffered grievous injuries. At worst, his Primordial Spirit would collapse, and he would die on the spot, his Dao vanishing with him.
At this moment, the Golden Gu Demon Monk and his Buddhist Gu separated a huge soul shadow, which twisted in agony in the void without the protection of their bodies.
Different Laws Profound of the metal element—slaughter, sharpness, tempering, and more—acted upon the two soul shadows.
Blades formed from the power of law sliced through the soul shadows, and shrill screams rose with them. The two soul shadows cried out in pain simultaneously.
Even Lu Xiaotian could not help narrowing his pupils. Although the soul shadows were not complete Primordial Spirits, the Golden Gu Demon Monk was extremely cautious, and such soul shadows should still be separable five or six more times. Yet when the power of law crudely carved into them, it was little different from cutting into a Primordial Spirit.
Lu Xiaotian still remembered that soul-deep agony vividly. Back when his cultivation realm had been lower, he had practiced the Soul-Splitting Art, slicing apart his main Primordial Spirit again and again to separate secondary Primordial Spirits. He had experienced this pain himself.
Every time the soul was split, the Primordial