The main thing was to refine that life force, completely integrating it into his body and Martial Soul to gain an improvement, then consider the path ahead.
Should he continue down the Evil Phoenix route, or abandon its evil attribute and use that life force to evolve the Evil Phoenix Martial Soul into a Dark Phoenix or a pure Fire Phoenix?
"Come to my room."
After looking over Zhang Lexuan, who still wore a cold expression, especially her pale hand, Yang Hao gestured for her to follow and eagerly headed back.
He'd wanted to do that ever since his previous life, but, unfortunately, he'd transmigrated to this world before he could enjoy it.
Still, even in another world, he could give it a try.
Zhang Lexuan glanced at Ma Xiaotao, who had fainted on the ground, then finally stepped forward to follow. She felt humiliated, but also anxious and afraid.
Was that brat going to do that sort 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 massage him.
"Hm?"
Zhang Lexuan, feeling apprehensive, froze when she heard this. Why was it just a massage?
Wasn't it supposed to be that sort of thing?
"You women are all the same. You get a little pretty and start acting like you own the place. Do you really think you're succubi, making every man in the world so desperate for you that he can't keep his pants on?"
As if he'd seen right through Zhang Lexuan's thoughts, Yang Hao scoffed.
He was the one who used honey traps to fool others. He'd never be the one getting fooled.
And if he ever was, he'd learn from Dong Tianbao.
When a woman could sway your thoughts, don't hesitate—kill her!
Though Zhang Lexuan felt a little humiliated by the boy's words, she was mostly relieved. She walked over to give him a massage.
She didn't know how to give massages, but she'd rubbed Mu En and Xuan Zi's shoulders before. It should be about the same.
"Stop. Aren't you going to wash your hands?"
"You don't have the slightest sense of hygiene. Terrible service!"
Yang Hao hurriedly called for her to stop and pointed to the basin of hot water he'd just brought out.
"Wash your hands, then massage me."
This woman had no sense of cleanliness.
"..."
Zhang Lexuan clenched her hands so tightly her veins bulged.
Were you saying this young lady's hands were dirty?
Although she was furious, the restrictions of the secret art left her no choice but to wash her hands and then start massaging him. After that, Yang Hao fell silent.
"Do you even know how to do this?"
He turned his head. Leaving aside the pressure, her technique wasn't comfortable at all.
Most importantly, her fingernails were a little long.
"No!"
Zhang Lexuan gritted her teeth and spat out the word. She really wanted to summon her Martial Soul and kill this guy.
"If you didn't know how, you should've said so earlier. What a waste of my time."
Yang Hao lost interest and stood up to get dressed.
He'd only wanted to try out the famous massage service out of curiosity. He hadn't wanted to suffer.
Zhang Lexuan clenched her hands again, her veins bulging with tension.
"Stay right there. Don't move."
After getting dressed, Yang Hao went behind Zhang Lexuan and ordered her to stay still, then took out a wooden stick.
Zhang Lexuan was displeased, but she still obeyed. At present, she had no way to refuse.
It wasn't just because the secret art controlled her. It was also because of Xiaotao.
She owed her survival, to a great extent, to Xiaotao's pleading. Xiaotao had even formally joined the Holy Spirit Cult for her sake.
If she resisted, Xiaotao would inevitably be dragged into it.
"Thud!"
Just as Zhang Lexuan wondered what that guy was planning, a thud struck the back of her head. Her vision swam, and she collapsed without another sound.
"Whoa, don't lie on my bed. I just changed the sheets."
Yang Hao hurriedly grabbed Zhang Lexuan by the wrist and pulled her toward the floor beside the bed.
He pressed his palm to the middle of Zhang Lexuan's back and used the Chaos Eight-Wing Soul Bone to transform his Soul Power into Chaos-attribute energy, then poured it into her and merged it with hers.
Using that Chaos-attribute Soul Power as a medium, he gradually merged his own Soul Power with hers, allowing the two of them to directly fuse their Soul Power.
This was a Soul Power fusion skill, just like the Shrek Seven Devils had used ten thousand years ago.
He guided the power of the Gold of Life into her body with their fused Soul Power, removing the evil attributes from her Soul Bone and Martial Soul.
At the same time, he controlled the Demon Blade to devour the evil attributes from the outside. They came from 100,000-year Soul Bones and Soul Rings, making them a fine supplement for the Demon Blade Martial Soul.
As it removed the evil attributes, the power of the Gold of Life also strengthened Zhang Lexuan's body, preparing it for the experiment to come.
Once the evil attributes were removed and her body strengthened, Yang Hao used the Chaos Eight Wings to devour Zhang Lexuan's Martial Soul Origin and merge it into the Moon Essence Wheel he'd prepared in advance.
The Moon Essence Wheel's design was based on the Moon Blade weapon used by Bai Nianyun, the mother of the protagonist from the neighboring Cang Yuan Tu, after she activated her Divine Venerable Body. It was quite exquisite.
Moreover, he and his teacher, Ye Xishui, had made the Moon Essence Wheel's Soul Tool core together. It was a Level 9 Soul Tool.
At the same time, he devoured and separated Zhang Lexuan's eight Soul Rings, restoring her Martial Soul Origin to its pure state.
Losing her Soul Rings caused Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power Level to plummet, dropping to level ten in the blink of an eye.
This was the suppression of the laws of Heaven and Earth. No human strength could resist it.
Yang Hao paid it no mind. Once her Martial Soul Origin had merged into the Moon Essence Wheel, he used their Soul Power fusion skill to guide her Soul Power through the Mysterious Heaven Skill. The Five Elements Domain unfolded, driving the evolution of the five organs and their five energies, and even the two energies of Yin and Yang.
Since he was drawing them out by guiding her, their strength was low and there was little of them, but it was enough to serve as a catalyst.
Yang Hao merged the Yin Yang energies and Five Elements energies he'd cultivated into Zhang Lexuan's body. He also drew on the Five Elements Domain to further fuse the Chaos Yin Yang Two Energies.
The Yin Yang energies and the five energies flowed into the Soul Tool core of the Moon Essence Wheel through the Martial Soul Origin, forming a stable structure with balanced Yin and Yang and circulating Five Elements. Then he poured Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power into it, compressing and condensing it to form a new Martial Soul Core.
He'd first developed the Martial Soul Core system a year ago, but it was only a rough beginning, with plenty of shortcomings. Its main problems were the difficulty and requirements for cultivation, which made it hard to spread.
For the past year and more, he'd continued to refine it. Combined with his research into the mystery of multiple attributes coexisting inside the Evil God Pearl, the core of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he'd finally arrived at this result.
He'd chosen Zhang Lexuan for the experiment because she was a Soul Douluo who'd once possessed a 100,000-year Soul Ring, putting her not far behind a Titled Douluo.
In this era, becoming a Titled Douluo required condensing a Soul Core, so Zhang Lexuan was just the right candidate.
Even though her Soul Rings had now been separated, the essence of the Soul Power she'd cultivated wouldn't change.
In fact, with the power of the Soul Rings separated, her Martial Soul and Soul Power had returned to a purer state, giving her greater control and making it easier to condense the core.
With the Martial Soul Origin as the core, Yin Yang and the Five Elements as the foundation, and the Soul Tool core as the vessel, he absorbed and condensed Soul Power. Then, using his powerful mental strength to guide and apply pressure, he slowly formed a crystalline structure.
It expanded until it enveloped the Soul Tool core, forming an entirely new Martial Soul Core, still in the shape of a colorless crystal.
"What is this?"
Zhang Lexuan had already woken up. Through her Martial Soul, she sensed the changes within her and was deeply confused.
"The Martial Soul Core—or, you could say, the Martial Soul Golden Core."
Feeling the new Martial Soul Core stabilize—no, it should be called the Martial Soul Golden Core now—Yang Hao relaxed, his heart filled with delight.
It had worked.
It wasn't perfect yet, but he'd taken the crucial first step.
"My level dropped to ten."
Zhang Lexuan was still confused. She could tell she'd become his experimental subject, but she didn't know what he was trying to accomplish.
"Once I finish checking it, I'll start raising the Golden Core's level."
Yang Hao replied, then carefully examined the Martial Soul Golden Core. He began raising its level only after confirming there were no problems.
Just as he was about to begin, he suddenly looked at the Martial Soul Golden Core and sensed that his compatibility with it had increased.
After some thought, he summoned his Demon Blade Martial Soul. It immediately resonated powerfully with Zhang Lexuan's Moon Essence Wheel.
This was a sign of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
"Is it because I devoured her evil attributes earlier?"
"There should also be the fact that I merged my Yin Yang energies into the Martial Soul core."
Yang Hao mused over it. Following that powerful resonance, he poured his Soul Power into it. The next moment, his Demon Blade Martial Soul merged into the Moon Essence Wheel, and he himself entered Zhang Lexuan's body.
Even Zhang Lexuan was stunned by this fusion. She knew it was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but she didn't understand why she could suddenly fuse Martial Souls with that guy.
And why did her whole body ache, leaving her weak and powerless?
What had he done to her while she was unconscious?
Chapter 50: Ultimate Sharpness
Yang Hao, now inside Zhang Lexuan, wasted no time. He guided Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power into the Martial Soul Golden Core, which rapidly absorbed it to fuel its own advancement.
Although it had absorbed quite a bit of Soul Power earlier, all of it had gone into forming the Golden Core itself, not raising its level.
Moreover, only after the Golden Core had taken shape could it use the restrictions of the laws of Heaven and Earth to form that colorless crystal. That was the starting point of the Soul Beast system.
As it continued to absorb Soul Power, combined with the quality of Zhang Lexuan's original Soul Power, the Martial Soul Golden Core quickly gained a tinge of white. The white steadily grew denser, until at last it became pure white.
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