Soul Growth, Profound Progress

Beside Jingshui Lake, inside a lakeside cottage that had been furnished with great care.

"Luo Ya, are you saying that Bradic is actually a divine beast?" Milia tilted her head to look at Luo Ya. In truth, she had already speculated that the Thunder God might come looking for them eventually.

However, the Thunder God was a Midgod, and in all likelihood, he possessed two divine clones. As she was currently only a Lowgod, she simply could not be of any help.

Her presence would only serve to distract Luo Ya, so when the great battle broke out outside, she and her parents had all stayed within the Plane Secret Room to cultivate.

Next time we fight, I must be able to help! Milia swore to herself.

"That's right. Divine beasts like him are quite rare in the Material Plane. By the way, I managed to get quite a few good things from him this time." As Luo Ya spoke, he waved his hand, taking a large pile of items from a spatial ring that filled nearly half the room.

Most of these items were rare plants, various bottles and jars, as well as some ores and metals. When Luo Ya's eyes landed on several transparent crystal bottles among the many items, they suddenly lit up.

"Soul Golden Beads?" Luo Ya quickly brought a transparent crystal bottle before his eyes. Three golden beads were stored inside, and he could sense the rich soul aura emanating from them.

Without hesitation, Luo Ya took out one Soul Golden Bead and touched it with his soul power.

Just as a river naturally merges into the sea, the massive amount of soul essence gathered within the Soul Golden Bead was rapidly absorbed by Luo Ya's soul!

"What a comfortable feeling!" Luo Ya felt as if he had drunk a glass of ice water in the sweltering heat of summer; his soul felt incredibly refreshed!

Of course, the effect of the Soul Golden Bead was not merely to provide comfort to the soul. Its greatest function was, in fact, to strengthen the soul itself.

Refining a Soul Golden Bead was immensely beneficial for a Lowgod; not only would the soul become stronger, but the speed of future cultivation would also increase.

"Milia, these are good things. You should refine one and try it out." Since Bradic had left behind a full fifteen Soul Golden Beads, they would certainly be enough for them to use, at least during the Lowgod stage.

"Hm? These Soul Golden Beads are so peculiar!" As Milia began to absorb the soul essence, she also wore an intoxicated expression, for she discovered that these Soul Golden Beads could rapidly restore her damaged soul.

Both Luo Ya and Milia had chosen to split their souls when they became gods, so naturally, each individual soul had inevitably fallen into a weakened state.

However, at the moment they independently became gods, the Laws of Heaven and Earth had descended. Their souls had been enveloped by the Laws of Heaven and Earth, and although it lasted only for an instant... their soul essence had undergone a transformation. This was, in fact, a benefit possessed by every powerhouse who became a god on their own.

That transformation during godhood had increased their soul deduction speed by more than ten times. Once they finished absorbing the soul essence within the Soul Golden Beads, their soul deduction speed would surely increase once again.

With both factors combined, their soul deduction and cultivation speed would likely be nearly a hundred times faster than when they were in the Saint Realm!

And this was merely the increase in pure soul deduction speed, not even accounting for the deeper affinity their divine clones would have with that particular law after becoming gods, nor the auxiliary benefits provided by the Plane Secret Room for cultivation.

"Besides that, when I was bestowed with Willpower, my soul underwent an additional transformation." This extra transformation had actually elevated his soul essence a second time.

For those Highgod Paragons, by the time they obtained Willpower, their own profound mysteries of the laws were already completely perfected.

At that stage, a transformation of the soul would at most be used to accelerate the deduction and development of some special techniques; there was little room for real progress.

But Luo Ya was different; he was still only a Lowgod.

For his soul to receive an additional growth spurt at this time, the benefits were significant—his comprehension of the laws and his deduction speed were both raised to a much higher level than before!

In addition to the Soul Golden Beads, Luo Ya also found quite a few Artifacts in Bradic's spatial ring.

Midgod Artifacts were relatively rare and were all of the thunder attribute or related to the Laws of Death, but there were many more Lowgod Artifacts, with two or three pieces each of wind and darkness attributes.

In the end, Luo Ya chose a dark-attribute armor defensive Artifact and a metal whip offensive Artifact, while Milia chose a single-handed wind-attribute sword offensive Artifact and a wind-attribute armor defensive Artifact.

After the battle with Bradic, Luo Ya's life returned to tranquility. His Dark God Clone and his original body began to cultivate the Laws of Darkness with their full focus.

If he only wanted to bring the single 'Dark Element' profound mystery to completion, Luo Ya estimated that one year would be more than enough, as his current cultivation speed was worlds apart from when he was in the Saint Realm. Therefore, Luo Ya chose to follow a path of cultivation that involved both fusion and comprehension simultaneously.

"This fusion is indeed much harder than comprehending a single profound mystery." Only after truly peeking into the gateway of fusing profound mysteries did Luo Ya realize the difficulty of the task.

Even the fusion of the two most basic profound mysteries was more than ten times harder than before!

"The most correct way for me to cultivate now is to gradually fuse the 'Dark Element' profound mystery with the 'Devour' profound mystery as I comprehend it, and I must try to keep the degree of fusion and the degree of comprehension roughly equal."

The ideal situation would be that the moment his 'Dark Element' profound mystery reached completion, the fusion of the 'Dark Element' and 'Devour' profound mysteries would also be successful.

"Cultivating this way will cost me ten or even a hundred times the effort to fully comprehend the 'Dark Element' profound mystery, but my future achievements will be the greatest!" Whether it is better to be strong for a moment or strong for a lifetime is naturally self-evident.

It was not just for himself; Luo Ya also suggested that Milia do the same.

Time flowed by, and in the blink of an eye, another three years had passed.

Although the 'Dark Element' profound mystery remained at the same minor completion stage it had been three years ago, Luo Ya had finally succeeded in fusing this small portion with the 'Devour' profound mystery.

In other words, from this moment on, the progress of the fusion of the two profound mysteries had caught up with the progress of his comprehension of the single 'Dark Element' profound mystery.

The path of cultivation ahead was now on the right track and would be smooth sailing!

The hardest part of fusing two profound mysteries is actually finding the point of compatibility—the very first step of entering the door.

Many people cannot even take the first step toward fusing two profound mysteries; this first step is like a key, and it is the most important.

With a beginning, there is hope for success.

Since Luo Ya had already found the point of compatibility, he would not encounter any major confusion along the way, aside from potential bottlenecks when the two profound mysteries were nearing full completion.

"Boom!" In the Plane Secret Room, the elements above suddenly gathered violently.

The cold, dark elements surged together, even producing a faint, rumbling sound. A large amount of pitch-black mist appeared above the secret room, and in an instant, this black mist transformed into a tiny, pure black viper.

"Hiss, hiss~~" The viper looked as if it were real, occasionally baring its fangs.

It was hard to believe that such a lifelike viper was merely a creation formed from elements.

With a flick of his mind, Luo Ya drove the little snake to lash its tail in annoyance, the slender tip whipping through the air like a barbed lash.

"Hum~~"

As the little snake's tail lashed out violently, it actually created clearly visible ripples in space.

In reality, Luo Ya wasn't even taking this seriously right now; the amount of divine power he was consuming was negligible.

"The power of these fused profound mysteries is truly formidable."

At this moment, although Luo Ya had only fused a small portion of his two profound mysteries, he discovered that even the same move as before had increased in power by two or three times: "And this is only just the beginning. Once I fully fuse both profound mysteries to completion and simultaneously reach the level of a Midgod, my strength will surely undergo another massive leap!"