At Elder Yi's announcement, Ye Linyuan's body trembled violently.
At this moment.
The Soul Devouring Engraving Knife had long since vanished.
Yet the gaping wound in Ye Linyuan's chest did not close after the Engraving Knife merged into him.
Instead, it slowly writhed beneath rings of cyan light, eventually forming a strange pattern resembling a heart.
The pattern was cyan and white, with what seemed to be flowing radiance within it.
More strangely, that flowing radiance was like the projection of a heart.
As Ye Linyuan's heart beat, it also faintly contracted and expanded along with it.
With every pulse, Ye Linyuan felt his rate of absorbing spiritual energy increase, as though a spiritual power pump were constantly operating within his body to aid his cultivation.
The effects might not be apparent in the short term.
But over the years, Ye Linyuan believed that his cultivation speed for Soul Power would definitely surpass that of others by a great margin!
After completing Ye Linyuan's heart reconstruction, Elder Yi's Divine Sense receded like a tide and returned control of his body to Ye Linyuan.
The moment he regained control of his body, Ye Linyuan immediately noticed the difference.
If his previous heart had been like a warm heat lamp, capable of protecting his consciousness at all times from having its reason corroded by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's evil intent—
Then his current heart was like a spring brimming with life, completely enveloping Ye Linyuan's consciousness.
Not only did it block the evil intent more thoroughly, it had even added a sacred attribute to the springwater, gradually nourishing Ye Linyuan's body!
Aside from his heart, Ye Linyuan's spiritual space had also undergone tremendous changes.
At the bottom of his once-sealed spiritual sea, Elder Yi had somehow carved out a passage leading directly to his heart.
Dense life energy poured into the spiritual sea like an underground spiritual spring, endlessly forming a circulation akin to living water.
The entire spiritual sea had not only expanded severalfold, but also exuded dense life energy.
Ye Linyuan could clearly feel that, bolstered by this life energy, his spiritual perception had become countless times more active than before.
His mind was utterly clear, and his senses were sharper than ever.
Ye Linyuan's face was filled with shock.
Only after a long while did he gather his thoughts and say sincerely, "Thank you, Elder Yi, for giving me a new life!"
Electrolux's voice was somewhat weak. Clearly, the reconstruction just now had consumed a great deal of his strength.
Yet his spirits were exceptionally high as he laughed. "You are my disciple. How could a teacher not think of his disciple?"
Ye Linyuan asked curiously, "Elder Yi, what exactly is this Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart you mentioned?"
"How is it different from my previous Exquisite Sacred Heart?"
Electrolux chuckled. Rare pride entered his tone. "The Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, as its name implies, possesses nine Exquisite Orifices."
"Your original Exquisite Sacred Heart, on the other hand, possessed only one Exquisite Orifice. That is the greatest difference between them."
Ye Linyuan looked utterly confused.
Exquisite Orifice?
What did that mean?
He humbly pressed on, "Elder Yi, what is an Exquisite Orifice? What is it used for?"
Electrolux slowly explained, "You can regard an Exquisite Orifice as a medium for carrying and wielding power."
"Your Exquisite Sacred Heart was itself an orifice. The power it carried and controlled was the sacred attribute."
"After I occupied that orifice, because of the unique nature of my Divine Sense, although it still retained its capacity for accommodation, it lost its ability to control power—that is, Soul Skills."
"That was why I said that although you could still add Soul Rings to this second martial soul in the future, you would no longer be able to possess Soul Skills."
Ye Linyuan was somewhat bewildered. "Elder Yi, are Soul Skills connected to attribute powers?"
Electrolux gave a soft laugh. "Of course they are."
"According to the laws of power on this continent, humans cannot comprehend and control power through themselves."
"Martial souls are their most important medium for controlling power."
"Therefore, whatever attribute a martial soul possesses determines what corresponding Soul Rings it needs to seek out, so that its advantages can be maximized."
"For example, a fire-attributed martial soul can almost never control water-attributed power."
"Unless he possesses Twin Martial Souls, or his martial soul itself possesses both fire and water attributes."
"Such laws of power place immense restrictions on soul masters."
At this point, Electrolux paused briefly before continuing:
"My Necromancy carries a sacred attribute and is the research I am most proud of."
"And this sacred attribute happens to be compatible with your Exquisite Sacred Heart."
"In a sense, every type of Necromancy you master in the future can be considered a Soul Skill with a sacred attribute."
"My existence, meanwhile, is equivalent to having already fused with your second martial soul and become part of its power."
"At this stage, the laws of power you wield still primarily consist of only two types."
"One is the evil attribute of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while the other is the sacred attribute of the Exquisite Sacred Heart."
"But now, things are completely different!"
Electrolux's voice suddenly became excited:
"The Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, fashioned from Life Gold, is equivalent to granting you eight additional mediums for controlling power."
"This means that every Soul Ring you add to the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart in the future can grant it an additional attribute!"
"For example, if you use the Infernal Delicate Apricot in that valley as your second Soul Ring, the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart will possess a fire attribute on the same level as that plant."
"If you then use the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as your third Soul Ring, you will gain another ice attribute of the same level."
"If you continue by taking in the Aromatic Silk Beauty, you will possess the Aromatic Silk Beauty's ability to be immune to all poisons!"
"And more importantly, once you master these attributes, the limit on the number of Soul Skills will no longer have any meaning to you."
"How far you can bring out the power attributes within the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart will depend entirely on your understanding of the true essence of their power."
"The deeper your comprehension and the more thorough your understanding, the greater the power you can unleash."
"But even if you only grasp the barest surface of them, you will at least gain the ability to be immune to attacks of the corresponding attribute!"
After hearing Electrolux's words, Ye Linyuan was so shocked that his scalp went numb.
He could independently choose attributes to add to his martial soul, and even become immune to attacks of those corresponding attributes?
According to Elder Yi, if he took in Youyou, Bajiao, and Ajiao, he would be able to control and become immune to the power of ultimate ice and fire, including immunity to all poisons?
Good heavens!
Even Huo Gua from the original work had only mastered ultimate ice, spiritual power, and Necromancy.
Yet in theory, his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart could even become immune to and control nine different ultimate attributes?
Hiss—
This Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart was far too terrifying. It was obviously even more absurd than Huo Gua!
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