Martial Soul Evolution

Although Wang Chen had not yet fully cultivated an indestructible body, he had indeed touched upon the threshold of cultivating one.

As long as Wang Chen continued along this path, further studied it, adjusted the corresponding cultivation techniques, and tempered his body, Wang Chen believed that he would definitely be able to cultivate an indestructible body.

In the original work, the person who consumed the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was Dai Mubai. But whether it was because Dai Mubai lacked a martial soul like meridians to adjust the technique for absorbing the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's medicinal power, or for some other reason, he had unexpectedly failed to cultivate this indestructible body.

After eating the flower's core, Wang Chen continued by absorbing the petals one by one.

Throughout the process of eating the petals, Wang Chen continuously circulated and adjusted his cultivation technique to absorb their medicinal power.

Wang Chen could feel the golden light around his body growing stronger as he absorbed more of the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

In the end, he could even feel that his body's resistance to blows had improved considerably.

While absorbing the medicinal herb, Wang Chen could also feel the soul power within his body increasing.

However, because he had not yet absorbed his first soul ring, once his soul power filled a certain portion of his two dantians, his soul power level could no longer rise.

But that did not mean the soul power Wang Chen gained from absorbing these immortal herbs and medicinal materials was wasted.

Aside from replenishing the soul power in his other dantian, the soul power Wang Chen absorbed from the immortal herbs would be stored within his body, ready for him to break through after absorbing his first soul ring.

After calculating it himself, Wang Chen estimated that the soul power gained from absorbing the whale glue, the 200,000-year soul beast skull bone from the Dream God Divine Armor Fragment, the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and the immortal herbs Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Yearning Heartbroken Dew—

would be enough to raise his soul power to over level twenty, close to level thirty.

For Wang Chen to break the limitation that someone born with only half a rank of innate soul power could cultivate only to level twenty-nine, he merely needed to absorb his first and second soul rings, then raise his total soul power to level thirty.

Actually, Wang Chen had a question. Could people like Yu Xiaogang, who was stuck at level twenty-nine, and Tang Yuhua, who was stuck at level nine, rise by one level if they absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul bone?

Logically speaking, the soul power brought by a ten-thousand-year soul bone should have allowed them to break their current shackles.

But why had they never tried absorbing one?

Was it because they had never considered it, or because the forces behind them believed their talent was too poor to be worth spending a ten-thousand-year soul bone on?

After absorbing the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Wang Chen moved on to the next immortal herb.

This immortal herb was snow-white and crystalline throughout, as immaculate as the white root of a green lotus.

Its petals were as thin as cicada wings, moist and translucent, giving off a faint fragrance.

Its leaves were slender and soft, frosted and dewy, cool to the touch.

This was the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which could cleanse the marrow and purge the meridians, giving its consumer jade-white skin and a light, graceful figure.

It was also a rare immortal herb capable of nourishing the meridians.

Wang Chen did not hesitate. He used a jade blade to harvest the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.

Then, he consumed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone while circulating his cultivation technique to refine its medicinal power.

This medicinal power differed from that of the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

The medicinal power of the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had given his meridians a feeling of pure yang strength, while this medicinal power carried a hint of coolness.

It had something of a yin-yang balance to it.

As the medicinal power flowed through his meridians, their toughness increased, and they also widened.

It was somewhat regrettable that the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone could not cultivate another special physique like the Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Still, Wang Chen's body improved considerably after he absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.

What surprised Wang Chen most was that after absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, his meridians actually began to emit a lustrous white glow.

Although he had not specifically evaluated the current grade of his Meridian Martial Soul, Wang Chen believed that it was now absolutely no weaker than top-tier martial souls such as the Clear Sky Hammer.

As for comparing it to god-tier martial souls like the Six-Winged Angel and Sea God Martial Soul, there was indeed still a gap.

But Wang Chen's current Meridian Martial Soul would definitely no longer leave him stuck at level twenty-nine, unable to break through.

Thinking of martial souls, Wang Chen remembered that he still had an Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul.

Wang Chen immediately summoned his Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul.

He saw that the Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul had already changed. The holes in its furnace walls had unexpectedly vanished.

Moreover, the flame within the furnace was no longer like a candle flame that would be extinguished by the slightest breeze.

The furnace fire was now burning vigorously. Although it did not yet look like a blazing flame capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the earth, the fire power contained within it was exceptionally pure.

The Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul had evolved as well, but its evolution was far less significant than that of the Meridian Martial Soul.

The immortal herbs Wang Chen had absorbed so far were the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Yearning Heartbroken Dew.

Other than the Yearning Heartbroken Dew, the other three were immortal herbs capable of nourishing the meridians, so it was understandable that his meridians had evolved before his Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul.

However, Wang Chen figured that the reason the Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul had not evolved into a top-tier martial soul like the Meridian Martial Soul was definitely because it had not absorbed enough metal- and fire-element essence.

If he absorbed sufficient metal- and fire-element essence, Wang Chen believed that the Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul could likewise evolve to the level of a top-tier martial soul.

Wang Chen continued collecting the other immortal herbs.

Then, he headed toward the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

During this time, Wang Chen had already preliminarily developed an antidote capable of refining the poisonous aura emitted by the Fiery Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Wang Chen used a jade vessel to pluck the Fiery Apricot Delicate and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. He swallowed them in one gulp, then leaped into the center of the spring waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Immediately afterward, he frantically circulated his cultivation technique, guiding the medicinal power released by the Fiery Apricot Delicate and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

The medicinal effects of the Fiery Apricot Delicate and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass circulated according to the cultivation technique Wang Chen had deduced, immediately forming a subtle balance within his body.

The dense fiery poison emitted by the Fiery Apricot Delicate caused Wang Chen's entire body to glow crimson. At the same time, he could feel an intense fiery aura radiating from within him.

This fiery aura carried a violent fire poison that made Wang Chen feel as though he were being scorched by blazing flames.

Then, the medicinal power of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass erupted, releasing a dense poisonous chill that sought to freeze Wang Chen to death.

At that moment, the icy poison immediately suppressed and neutralized the dense fiery poison released by the Fiery Apricot Delicate.

Soon after, the ice-attributed poison released by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gained the upper hand within Wang Chen's body.

At the same time, the ice-attributed poison released by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass immediately turned Wang Chen's body ice-blue.

Wang Chen felt a frigid cold poison erupt within him, as though it intended to freeze him into an ice sculpture.

Then, the Fiery Apricot Delicate released a dense medicinal power, neutralizing the ice-attributed poison emitted by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, making Wang Chen feel as if the ice-attributed poison had turned into fire poison.

Fortunately, the alternating heat and cold shifted quickly enough to achieve balance before Wang Chen suffered any real physical damage.

This gave Wang Chen the chance to use that brief opening to absorb the Fiery Apricot Delicate and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.