Fusion with the Living Blade (Please Subscribe)

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The immense life force washed through his body for a short while before coming to a stop. The sensation of his body constantly being strengthened quickly faded, and Jiang Yue's consciousness emerged from that blissful state.

Jiang Yue's expression turned incomparably solemn. Clenching his fists, he knew that next came the true fusion with the Living Blade.

The azure-green carving knife floated in midair, its sharpest edge pointed directly at Jiang Yue's brow. Although the blade contained incomparably vast life force, and although Jiang Yue had long known this was how one fused with the Living Blade, he could not help feeling nervous.

This was cracking open a skull—and it was his own head being cracked open. Any normal person would instinctively be afraid, wouldn't they?

Facing the Living Blade's edge, Jiang Yue's throat bobbed twice involuntarily. Then his gaze hardened. Compared to the benefits he would gain after fusing with the Living Blade, what was a little pain?

The next second, the Living Blade viciously stabbed into Jiang Yue's brow. As the blade entered his brain, an absurdly intense pain struck him first. His mind went blank in that instant; he could feel nothing, and there was only emptiness in his head.

The pain came quickly and vanished just as quickly. Almost the moment after piercing Jiang Yue's skull, the Living Blade began releasing a vast amount of life force. While repairing all the damage it had caused, it actually turned entirely into liquid and seeped into the wound.

Life force once again washed over Jiang Yue's body, but this time, it primarily washed through his Sea of Spirit.

The wound completely healed under the influence of the mental power released by the Living Blade, leaving behind not even the slightest scar. However, if one looked closely at Jiang Yue's brow, one would find a vertical green-gold pattern there, resembling a tiny sword.

Within the Sea of Spirit, the originally bright expanse was washed emerald green by the immense life force, turning it into a green world. Life force so dense it had become viscous washed over Jiang Yue, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux's spiritual origins, bringing all of them considerable benefits.

As their spiritual origins were nourished, Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit expanded outward at an astonishing rate. A green-gold sphere slowly rose from below and floated above the Sea of Spirit alongside Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin, becoming the sun of the Sea of Spirit.

Electrolux, who had previously been a gray bead, had been forced to take most of Living Gold's benefits in order to stabilize his damaged fragment of divine consciousness. Only now had he finally stabilized completely. At last, he no longer needed to worry about dissipating.

The gray bead had vanished, replaced by an elderly man in gray robes with an ancient, unruffled expression.

"Forgive me. This fragment of my divine consciousness has no foundation and is far too fragile. It must constantly be nourished with Living Gold as its vessel, otherwise I will dissipate."

"However, this fragment of my divine consciousness contains far too few memories. Compared to my original memories, too much has been lost. Recovering them will also take a long time."

"With the nourishment of Living Gold's immense life force, my divine consciousness will gradually recover, and I will be able to use a small amount of power."

Electrolux could not help shaking his head. He had been overly optimistic about his current condition. This fragment of his divine consciousness had lain dormant in Jiang Yue's Sea of Spirit for several years.

If Jiang Yue had not obtained Living Gold this time, then even if he continued sleeping to slow the dissipation of his divine consciousness fragment, he would have perished in his sleep within three years at most.

"This Sea of Spirit is beautiful—too beautiful! I never imagined a Sea of Spirit could become like this!"

"This is incredible! Jiang Yue, I never thought that carving knife would be so powerful! It expanded your Sea of Spirit by so much all at once! And judging by this, your mental power will grow more than three times faster in the future!"

"You'll definitely be able to reach the realm of mental power that old man just displayed. Hehehe, once you reach that realm, I, as your Wisdom Soul Ring, will benefit too. Then the chances of me reaching it will increase greatly as well."

"We've truly struck it rich this time! If only we could get more of that Living Gold. Then you could definitely raise your mental power to the level of divine consciousness before turning twenty!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was incomparably excited. His spiritual body had gained considerable benefits from this, and as long as Jiang Yue wished it, he could now remove more of his own seals and raise the cultivation age of all Jiang Yue's previous Soul Rings.

However, his words revealed a certain ignorance, making Electrolux's mouth twitch from the side. Still, he did not bother explaining anything to the large flesh worm, who in his eyes had clearly never seen much of the world.

"My name is Electrolux, Electrolux the Undead Calamity. I came here from another world through a fortunate coincidence."

"You deliberately had me purify the Living Gold earlier, so you must understand it as well. I will not go into detail about its wondrous uses."

Electrolux paused, staring fixedly at Jiang Yue. If even the slightest confusion appeared on Jiang Yue's face, he would explain Living Gold's functions from the beginning.

Fortunately, Jiang Yue was extremely familiar with the supreme treasure known as Living Gold, which he had coveted for who knew how long. He did not need Electrolux to explain much.

"Yes, Elder Yi. I have long heard of your great name. I know a little about Living Gold, and for now, that should be enough."

"I did not awaken you solely because of Living Gold. If it is convenient, please teach me two methods for tempering mental power."

"Methods for tempering mental power? You do not have such things?"

Electrolux froze, unable to help feeling puzzled. In his perception, it was already quite impressive for Jiang Yue to possess such mental power at the age of twelve. Naturally, there was still a substantial gap compared to Electrolux at the same age, since Electrolux had been the greatest genius mage in the history of the Holy Magic Continent. Yet Jiang Yue's current mental power already far surpassed that of his peers.

And now Jiang Yue was telling Electrolux that he had never cultivated any method capable of actively increasing mental power? Just how outrageous did one's talent in mental power have to be to achieve that?

"This world has no cultivation methods. Or rather, people here have not even figured out the human body's meridians and acupoints. I know such things exist, but that is all I know. I have no deeper understanding."

"If what you say is true, then your talent in mental power is indeed quite good. Unfortunately, my memories are incomplete. Aside from undead magic, I do not have many memories related to mental power. How about this? I will first give you an introductory mental power method. Once some of my memories return, I will give you others."

"Mm, that would be excellent. No matter what, I've taken a step forward."

Seeing Jiang Yue so optimistic, Electrolux stepped before him and tapped his brow. Jiang Yue immediately felt that something had appeared in his mind.

Jiang Yue felt heartfelt joy. In the current Douluo Continent, aside from the Tang Sect's Purple Demon Eye, there was no way to actively train mental power.

To increase mental power, one could basically only rely on time and allow the body to grow naturally.

Without sufficiently powerful mental power, one could not control a Soul Core. This was especially true for forming dual Soul Cores, which required formidable mental power. This was also an important reason why there were so few Limit Douluo in this era, yet so many in the era of Legend of the Dragon King ten thousand years later.

After all, soul spirits themselves could train a soul master's mental power. The requirements soul masters of that era had for mental power were not something this era could compare to.

The Mental Attribute was mysterious and unpredictable, and calling this the primitive age of mental power would not be an exaggeration. Having obtained the mental power method taught by Electrolux, Jiang Yue was like a fish in water.

"Next, I will continue sleeping in hopes of recovering more memories and strength. But before that, I must remind you of something. After fusing with Living Gold, your spirit and body have become completely integrated. That large bug over there can no longer take control of your body."

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After leaving the introductory mental power method for Jiang Yue, Electrolux left those words behind and turned back into a gray bead. He moved directly beneath the "sun" formed by the Living Blade and continuously absorbed the life force that drifted from it.

"Did that old man just say I can't take over your body anymore?"

"Seems like it."

"This is absolutely terrible! You said before that you wanted me to help hunt the ten-thousand-year soul beast you need for your fourth Soul Ring. Well, now it's impossible. You heard him too. Jiang Yue, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

"There really is no way around it. This is a little troublesome, but we can only think of another solution. Besides, if you lend me some of your power, it's not like I can't forcefully kill a ten-thousand-year soul beast."

Jiang Yue had even forgotten about this. When he had read the book, he clearly remembered that this setting had merely been mentioned in passing by the author.

Jiang Yue had not merely planned to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast for his fourth Soul Ring. After obtaining it, he had intended to take a stroll through the Star Dou Forest and see whether he might be lucky enough to encounter that Golden Tortoise.

Setting aside whether he could find the Golden Tortoise at this point in time, if he did find it, its true cultivation was one hundred thousand years. Yet because of the torment caused by the Living Gold inside its body, it did not merely appear to have a cultivation of thirty thousand years—its usable strength was also roughly at that level.

Against a non-combat soul beast like a Golden Tortoise with the strength of a thirty-thousand-year soul beast, no matter how useless Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was in actual combat, a single Dream Finger would still be enough to severely injure it.

At that time, he might not necessarily be able to absorb its Soul Ring, but he could at least obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. He could also acquire a large chunk of Living Gold to turn the Blade of Life's Watch in his hand into a true dagger.

But judging by the current situation, Jiang Yue's earlier plan to have Tian Meng help him hunt soul beasts had fallen through. Now, he could only rely on himself.

"If it truly doesn't work, I'll have to use other methods. In any case, dealing with a ten-thousand-year soul beast alone isn't a problem. Tian Meng, when the time comes, you only need to help me locate the exact position of a suitable soul beast."

"Don't worry. I can still do that much. By the way, did you remember what I said earlier? We should keep an eye out for Living Gold in other places across the continent."

"I still underestimated the effects of Living Gold. Its effect is just too powerful. Ah, that felt good."

"No, do you think Living Gold grows like cabbages by the roadside? The life force you accumulated over a million years is only equivalent to a droplet-sized piece of Living Gold."

"What?! My combat strength may be weak, but my life force is no joke! Even if Living Gold is incomparably profound, I can't possibly be worth only that little, can I?"

Ice silkworms lived in the harsh environment of the Extreme North and occupied the bottom of the food chain. Their life force was already considered fairly strong among soul beasts. If it were not, they might have frozen to death in the Extreme North's brutal environment.

And the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was an outstanding member of the ice silkworm race. With a million years of cultivation right there, even though he was not a life-attribute soul beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could not accept that his life force was only equal to a droplet-sized piece of Living Gold.

"I'm not lying to you. The entire Star Dou Forest needs two hundred thousand years to condense a piece of Living Gold the size of that carving knife. Other soul beasts may not even have as much life force as you. They might not even equal a droplet."

"Tch, trash. They're all trash. Compared to me, they're all trash. As expected, my talent is something those Star Dou bumpkins could never replicate."

Thinking about how the powerful beasts of the Star Dou Forest had once continuously absorbed the heaven-and-earth energy from his body and drained him dry, yet possessed less life force than a droplet-sized piece of Living Gold, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

This was called spiritual victory.

Hearing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm speak like that, Jiang Yue was somewhat speechless, but he said nothing more. As long as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was happy, that was enough.

"My main purpose in coming to Star Luo City has already been accomplished. Next, it's time to head to the Star Dou Forest and hunt soul beasts. Since Tian Meng can't help me now, I can only think of other ways."

"If it really comes down to it, I'll have to use my trump card."

"There are only a few named Mental Attribute soul beast races. Silver Wolves and Evil Eyes are both in the Sun Moon Empire, far too distant from here. There are simply too many unexpected situations that could arise along the way."

"The Merfolk Tribe is in the Extreme North Ice Sea, and Jiang Yue does not have the ability to go down there yet. It seems the Star Dou Forest suits him better."

"All right, Tian Meng, rest for now. Over the next two days, I'll buy some information on Mental Attribute soul beasts from the mercenaries. Once we reach the Star Dou Forest, I'll wake you."

"No problem. When the time comes, I'll definitely help you hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast with a decent cultivation age."

A ten-thousand-year Mental Attribute soul beast could definitely not be encountered in the outer region or at the edge of the mixed region. One could basically only find one deep within the Star Dou Forest. They might even need to venture deep into the mixed region, or reach the boundary between the mixed region and the core region. The danger level was outrageously high.

Jiang Yue swore that if he returned safely and grew strong without incident, then whenever he had the chance in the future, he would definitely "repay" Yan Shaozhe properly.