Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court from the Holy Spirit Cult

The main focus was refining that life force, thoroughly integrating it into his body and Martial Soul to achieve advancement, and then contemplating his future path.

Should he continue down the path of the Evil Phoenix, or discard the evil attribute and use that life force to evolve his Phoenix Martial Soul into a Dark Phoenix, or perhaps a pure Fire Phoenix?

"Go to my room."

After sizing up Zhang Lexuan, who still wore a cold expression—particularly her fair, white palms—Yang Hao gestured for her to follow and headed back in high spirits.

That was something he had wanted to do back in his previous life, but unfortunately, he had transmigrated to this world before he could ever enjoy it.

However, even in an alternate world, he could still experience it.

Zhang Lexuan glanced at Ma Xiaotao, who lay unconscious on the ground, and ultimately lifted her feet to follow. She felt a sense of humiliation, mixed with anxiety and fear.

Is that brat going to do that kind of thing to me?

What should I do?

Chapter 49: Martial Soul Golden Core

"Do you know how to give a massage?"

After taking a bath, Yang Hao lay down comfortably and gestured for Zhang Lexuan to come over and massage him.

"Hm?"

Zhang Lexuan, whose heart had been in turmoil, was stunned when she heard this. How did it turn into a massage?

Was it not that kind of thing?

"You women, you get a little bit of beauty and you start acting like you own the place. Do you really think you're a Succubus, capable of making every man in the world drool and lose control of his belt?"

As if seeing through Zhang Lexuan's thoughts, Yang Hao expressed his disdain.

He was the only one who used honey traps to trick others; it would never happen that he was the one being tricked.

If it ever really came to that, he would learn from Dong Tianbao.

When a woman can sway your mind, do not hesitate—kill her!

Hearing the youth's words, although Zhang Lexuan felt a bit humiliated, she felt more relieved. She walked over, prepared to perform the massage.

She didn't know how to give a massage, but she had kneaded the shoulders of Mu En and Xuan Zi before; it should be about the same.

"Stop, aren't you going to wash your hands?"

"You have absolutely no sense of hygiene. Zero stars!"

Yang Hao hurriedly called a halt, pointing to the basin of hot water that had just been brought out.

"Wash your hands before you massage me."

This woman was far too unhygienic.

"..."

Zhang Lexuan clenched her hands, so tightly that the veins stood out.

Are you disgusted by this young lady's hands?

Although she was furious, constrained by the secret technique, she could only go wash her hands, then begin the massage. Shortly after, Yang Hao fell silent.

"Do you even know how to massage?"

He turned his head; setting aside the strength of her touch, the technique itself offered no comfort whatsoever.

Most importantly, her fingernails were a bit too long.

"I don't!"

Gritting her teeth, she spat out the two words. Zhang Lexuan really wanted to summon her Martial Soul and kill this guy.

"If you didn't know, why didn't you say so earlier? You're wasting my time."

Yang Hao lost interest and stood up to put on his clothes.

He had been curious and wanted to enjoy a spa-like service, not suffer through an ordeal.

Zhang Lexuan's palms clenched once more, so tightly that the veins stood out.

"Stand still, don't move."

After dressing, Yang Hao walked behind Zhang Lexuan. After giving the order, he took out a wooden rod.

Zhang Lexuan was unhappy inside, but she still accepted the command because she had no way to refuse right now.

It wasn't just because of the control of the secret technique; it was also because of Ma Xiaotao.

The reason she had been able to survive was largely due to Ma Xiaotao's desperate pleas; Ma Xiaotao had even officially joined the Holy Spirit Cult for her sake.

If she resisted, it would inevitably implicate Ma Xiaotao.

"Thud!"

Just as Zhang Lexuan was wondering what that guy was about to do, there was a thud against the back of her head. Her mind spun with dizziness, and she collapsed cleanly to the ground.

"Hey, don't lie on my bed; I just changed the sheets."

Yang Hao hurriedly grabbed Zhang Lexuan's wrist, pulling her so she fell onto the floor to the side.

He pressed his palm against Zhang Lexuan's back, channeling his soul power through the Chaos Eight-Wing Soul Bone to convert it into the chaos attribute, then injected it into her to initiate fusion.

He then slowly used that portion of chaos-attribute soul power as a medium to integrate his own soul power, achieving a direct fusion of their two energies.

This was a Soul Power Fusion Skill, much like that of the Shrek Seven Devils from ten thousand years ago.

He utilized the soul power to guide the power of the Gold of Life into her body, purging the evil attributes from her soul bones and martial soul.

Simultaneously, he controlled his Demon Blade to devour the energy externally; these evil attributes from 100,000-year soul bones and soul rings were excellent supplements for his Demon Blade martial soul.

While purging the evil attributes, the power of the Gold of Life was also strengthening Zhang Lexuan's body, preparing her for the upcoming experiment.

Once the purging and physical reinforcement were complete, Yang Hao used his Chaos Eight-Wing Soul Bone to devour the origin of Zhang Lexuan's martial soul, integrating it into the Moon Essence Wheel he had prepared in advance.

The design of this Moon Essence Wheel was inspired by the Moon Blade weapon used by Bai Nianyun, the mother of the protagonist in Cang Yuan Tu, after she activated her Divine Venerable Body; it was quite exquisite.

Furthermore, the soul tool core of this Moon Essence Wheel was crafted through the joint efforts of himself and his teacher, Ye Xishui, ranking it as a Level 9 Soul Tool.

At the same time, he devoured and separated Zhang Lexuan's eight soul rings, allowing her martial soul origin to return to a state of purity.

Losing her soul rings caused Zhang Lexuan's soul power level to drop rapidly, falling to level ten in the blink of an eye.

This was the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth, something that could not be resisted by human effort alone.

Yang Hao paid no mind to this; once the martial soul origin was integrated into the Moon Essence Wheel, he used the Soul Power Fusion Skill to guide Zhang Lexuan's soul power to circulate according to the Mysterious Heaven Skill method. He expanded his Five Elements Domain, driving the evolution of the five viscera and five qi, and even the yin and yang qi.

Although the intensity was low and the quantity minimal because it was guided, it was sufficient to serve as a catalyst.

Yang Hao integrated the yin and yang qi and the five elements qi he had cultivated into Zhang Lexuan's body, further triggering the fusion of the Five Elements Domain with the chaotic yin and yang qi.

The yin and yang qi and the five qi utilized the martial soul origin to integrate into the soul tool core of the Moon Essence Wheel, forming a stable structure of yin-yang balance and five-element circulation. He then injected and condensed Zhang Lexuan's soul power to form a brand-new Martial Soul Core.

Although he had initially pioneered the Martial Soul Core system a year ago, it was a rough draft with many shortcomings, primarily regarding the difficulty and requirements of cultivation, making it hard to popularize.

Over the past year, he had been deducing and perfecting it, and combined with his research into the mystery of multi-attribute coexistence within the Evil God Pearl—the soul core of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—he had finally achieved these results.

He chose to experiment on Zhang Lexuan because she was a Soul Douluo who had possessed a 100,000-year soul ring, making her not much different from a Titled Douluo.

In this era, becoming a Titled Douluo required the condensation of a soul core, and Zhang Lexuan met the criteria perfectly.

Even though her soul rings had been separated, the essence of the soul power she had cultivated remained unchanged.

In fact, because the power of the soul rings had been removed, her martial soul and soul power had returned to a state of purity, granting her higher control and making the condensation process even easier.

With the martial soul origin as the core, the yin and yang five elements as the foundational structure, and the soul tool core as the carrier, he absorbed soul power to condense it, then used powerful spiritual force to guide and apply pressure, slowly forming a crystalline structure.

It then expanded, eventually enveloping the soul tool core to form a brand-new Martial Soul Core, still in the form of a colorless crystal.

"What is this?"

Having long since awakened, Zhang Lexuan sensed the changes within her through her martial soul and was deeply puzzled.

"A Martial Soul Core, or perhaps, a Martial Soul Golden Core."

Feeling the new Martial Soul Core—no, it should be called a Martial Soul Golden Core now—stabilize, Yang Hao felt relieved and filled with joy.

It had succeeded.

Although it was not yet perfect, he had taken a crucial step.

"My level has dropped to ten."

Zhang Lexuan remained confused; she could see that she had become a test subject, but she did not understand the significance of what he was doing.

"Once I finish the inspection, I will begin increasing the Golden Core's level."

Yang Hao replied, conducting a meticulous examination of the Martial Soul Golden Core until he was certain there were no issues before beginning to enhance it.

Just as he was about to proceed, he suddenly looked at the Martial Soul Golden Core and felt that its compatibility with himself had increased.

After a moment of thought, he summoned his Demon Blade martial soul, which instantly resonated strongly with Zhang Lexuan's current Moon Essence Wheel.

This was the sign of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Is it because I devoured her evil attributes earlier?

It should also be due to the integration of my own yin and yang qi into her martial soul core.

Lost in thought, Yang Hao followed that intense resonance and injected his own soul power; the next moment, his Demon Blade martial soul merged into the Moon Essence Wheel, and he himself was drawn into Zhang Lexuan's body.

This fusion left even Zhang Lexuan stunned. She naturally knew this was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but she could not understand why she was suddenly able to perform one with that guy.

And what was with this feeling of soreness and weakness throughout her entire body?

What had he done while she was unconscious?

Yang Hao, having merged into Zhang Lexuan's body, did not delay. He guided Zhang Lexuan's soul power to inject into the Martial Soul Golden Core, which rapidly absorbed that energy to fuel its own advancement.

Although it had absorbed a significant amount of soul power earlier, that had all been used to form the Golden Core itself, not to level it up.

Moreover, only once the Golden Core was fully formed could it utilize the constraints of the laws of heaven and earth to form that colorless crystal; that was the starting point of the soul beast system.

With the continuous absorption of soul power, combined with the quality of Zhang Lexuan's original soul power, the Martial Soul Golden Core soon gained a hint of white, which gradually increased and deepened until it finally turned completely white.