Chapter 106

Xue Lingyun sat cross-legged in the Cultivation Room with his eyes closed, focusing his consciousness on the Dark Demon Core within his chest.

Nourished by his blood and vitality, the core had already become flesh and blood, like a second heart.

Its energy output was stable and abundant, even "purer" than the Primal Heart's—because it did not need to bear Soul Rings, allowing all its energy to be freely mobilized.

He tried to draw the Dark Demon Core's excess energy out of his body.

Energy surged from his chest like a stream of air compressed to the extreme, spreading out before him.

It had no shape and no direction, merely a chaotic torrent of energy that churned through the air a few times before dissipating.

His first attempt had failed.

He did not rush to try again. Instead, he paused to think.

He wanted to create a Clone.

Clone-type Soul Skills were not uncommon on the Douluo Continent.

Some Soul Masters possessed Martial Souls with innate cloning abilities, such as the "Shadow Clone" of certain Agile Attack System Martial Souls. However, those were mostly innate Martial Soul abilities, not something cultivated afterward.

What he needed was a true energy clone—one with substance, capable of fighting independently.

This was not an innate ability of his Martial Soul. It was a Soul Skill he intended to create himself.

There was no experience from predecessors to draw upon, no ready-made technique he could copy.

He could only rely on himself—on the Dark Demon Core's surplus energy, the Primal Heart's precise control over energy, and the energy replenishment provided by Ice Empress and Youyou.

He recalled the energy structures of the clone-type Soul Skills he had seen.

What he needed was a pure-energy, tangible Clone capable of fighting independently.

An energy body with no