Green Jade Willow Leaf

Ning Chuan quietly studied the prompt from the Station. A crazed thought, one that made his blood boil, began to spread wildly through his mind like weeds!

"Extract the willow branch!" Ning Chuan gave the command without the slightest hesitation, practically gritting his teeth.

With a flash of light, a charred, brittle branch about a foot long appeared out of thin air in his palm. It was black from end to end, as though it had been scorched by heavenly fire, utterly devoid of life.

It felt icy to the touch and light as air, so fragile that it seemed it would crumble into ash with the slightest squeeze.

Several traces of ancient runes could vaguely be seen on it, but most had long since broken apart and become impossible to recognize.

No matter how he looked at it, it resembled a piece of firewood left over from a stove, an absurd contrast to its earth-shaking origins.

Yet when Ning Chuan held it, an inexplicable tremor and reverence rose from the depths of his soul.

Suppressing his excitement, Ning Chuan tightly gripped the Charred Willow Branch that concerned his future fate and connected his consciousness to the light screen once more.

Ning Chuan had an incredibly bold plan!

"Recycling Station!" he urgently asked with his thoughts. "Can you separate the fragment of the Willow Deity True Spirit contained within this willow branch? Like in the second part of Douluo Continent from my memories, where Electrolux's fragment of divine consciousness resided in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea—can the Willow Deity True Spirit enter my Spiritual Sea to slumber and be nurtured?"

"At the same time, perfectly fuse the remaining origin of this willow branch into my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul!"

He needed to know whether this idea was possible!

Analyzing request...

Plan feasibility: High

Separation of weak true spirit fragment: Executable. This true spirit is in a state of absolute slumber, without consciousness or threat, possessing only the most fundamental trace of spiritual imprint.

Opening Spiritual Sea: Requires consuming part of the origin energy of the [Charred Willow Branch]. A stable Spiritual Sea can be opened for the Station Master, guiding the true spirit fragment into it to slumber.

Martial Soul fusion: Executable. The remaining origin of the willow branch will nourish and reshape the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, directing an elevation and fusion of its essence and rank.

Energy calculation: The remaining origin of the willow branch is sufficient to support the above operations. The excess energy will be transformed into the purest life Soul Power and fed back into the Station Master's body.

Operation control: The Heavens Trash Recycling Station will guide, control, and protect the entire process, ensuring stability while shielding all external observation and energy fluctuations.

Execute immediately?

A string of prompts flashed by, finally displaying a clear confirmation option.

Ning Chuan stared at the lines on the light screen, especially the words "Feasibility: High," "No threat," and "The Recycling Station will guide and protect the entire process." The last trace of hesitation in his heart vanished completely.

I'm betting on this!

Success or death!

Rather than live an ordinary life, I might as well gamble on a future that reaches the heavens!

"Execute! Execute immediately!" Ning Chuan confirmed without hesitation.

Command confirmed! Plan execution commencing!

Warning: The process may be accompanied by intense pain and soul tremors. Station Master, please remain conscious at all times!

The instant the prompt ended—

The Charred Willow Branch in Ning Chuan's hand suddenly erupted with indescribable light!

It was not a dazzling brilliance, but a deep, vast emerald divine radiance containing endless life and ancient laws!

Though it was only a faint wisp, its quality was unimaginably high. In an instant, it illuminated the entire shabby room, as though countless tiny worlds were being born and extinguished within the green glow!

A vast energy beyond description surged gently yet irresistibly into Ning Chuan's body!

"Urgh—!"

Ning Chuan could not help letting out a muffled groan of pain!

The energy was not destroying him violently. Instead, it was forcibly remaking his body and soul through some incredibly advanced means!

First came his head, the location of the sea of consciousness between his brows!

As though heaven and earth were being split apart, an invisible mighty force forcibly opened a stable space within the depths of Ning Chuan's previously chaotic and unopened consciousness!

This was the Spiritual Sea!

The soul-rending pain of the process made his entire body shake violently. Cold sweat instantly soaked through his clothes, but Ning Chuan clenched his teeth tightly, remembering the warning as he desperately kept himself conscious.

At the instant the Spiritual Sea took shape, an extremely faint point of emerald light, radiating supreme nobility and ancient aura, was precisely stripped from the willow branch. As though drawn by some force, it leisurely entered between his brows and sank into the deepest part of his newly formed Spiritual Sea.

The moment the light entered, it fell completely silent, becoming an imperceptible speck of light, as though it had existed there since time immemorial without the slightest further ripple.

However, Ning Chuan inexplicably felt that the presence of that light speck had made his Spiritual Sea incomparably stable, even granting it a mysterious aura he could neither describe nor understand.

At the same time, after the true spirit fragment was separated, the Charred Willow Branch in his hand seemed to cast off its final burden. Its body abruptly transformed into an incomparably pure emerald torrent overflowing with boundless vitality, rushing fiercely toward Ning Chuan's right hand!

Agonizing pain struck again!

This time, it came from the origin of his Martial Soul!

The originally thin and fragile Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in his right palm emerged on its own, beyond his control.

The emerald torrent surged madly into the tiny Blue Silver Grass like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!

Crack...

It was as if some barrier had been shattered.

Ning Chuan's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul underwent a heaven-shaking transformation at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Its originally tender green leaves became increasingly translucent, as though carved from the finest jade. Faint golden specks began to emerge and flow through the veins of its leaves like the paths of stars, mysterious beyond measure!

The edges of the leaves were no longer soft. Instead, they faintly revealed a cold sharpness like sword blades, while one or two exceedingly tiny phantom ancient runes, similar to those on the willow branch, flashed past and vanished!

Its form was also changing slightly. Though it remained grass-like overall, it had become far more upright, losing some of its frailty and gaining a few traces of resilience and unbreakable pride!

It was like a supreme immortal herb that had been bathed in celestial rain, endured heavenly lightning, and been reborn from ruins!

An unprecedented sense of power fed back from the depths of his Martial Soul's origin!

But it was not over yet!

After completely transforming his Martial Soul, the remaining pure energy of the emerald torrent did not stop. Like warm tides, it instantly spread through Ning Chuan's limbs and bones, washing over every meridian and every inch of flesh!

Crackle!

His bones rang crisply, his meridians were forcibly widened, and the impurities within his body were gradually squeezed out through his pores.

Intense pain and extreme comfort intertwined, nearly causing Ning Chuan to faint.

He could clearly feel a powerful force rapidly growing and expanding within his body!

[Soul Power Level increased: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3... Level 10!]

[Bottleneck broken through! Level 11, Level 12... Level 19! Level 20!]

The energy tide finally subsided slowly.

Ning Chuan collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath. He was drenched as though he had just been pulled from water, yet his body felt lighter and stronger than ever before!

He subconsciously raised his right hand, and with a thought—

Buzz!

A Blue Silver Grass entirely different from before emerged.

It was emerald green and crystalline, with golden veins in its leaves, standing about half a foot tall. As its leaves stretched out, it naturally exuded abundant vitality and restrained sharpness. Merely floating there, it gave off an extraordinary air, no longer the ordinary grass that could be trampled at will!

"Le... Level 20?!" Ning Chuan felt the power surging through his body, far beyond what it had once been, and could hardly believe it!

Overnight, he had gone from an ordinary person without a trace of Soul Power to a Soul Grandmaster who needed to obtain his second Soul Ring?!

This was practically a myth!

Yet even more surprising, Ning Chuan felt the Recycling Station's power stir slightly. An invisible veil shrouded his body, perfectly concealing the Soul Power fluctuations that had soared to Level 20.

To outsiders, he was still an ordinary child without any Soul Power.

"Wonderful..." Ning Chuan was so excited that he could barely contain himself. His gaze fell upon the transformed Martial Soul in his palm. "From now on, I'll call you Green Jade Willow Leaf Grass!"

He slowly clenched his fist, feeling the power coursing through his body. Through the hole in the window paper, he gazed at the boundless night sky outside.

The road ahead was already different.