Xu Yuan: I've Found the Shoulders of Giants!

"Just now..." Xu Yuan recalled what had happened, his heart pounding with excitement. "Did I separate out a tiny bit of the spear form?"

"The Five Elements Power of the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art isn't the Five Elements of the Heaven Origin Brush, but the Five Elements of the Five Elements Spear Spirit!" Xu Yuan realized.

Rather than using the Heaven Origin Brush to draw upon external Elemental Power, he would use the Five Elements Spear Spirit's power to merge it into his body and perform the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art. Then, by incorporating part of the Devouring Power, he could establish a reverse connection with the Five Elements Spear Spirit.

Next, he would fuse the Five Elements Spear Spirit with the Heaven Origin Spear, then shift it into the Heaven Origin Brush form. Through the connection between his internal organs and the Five Elements Spear Spirit, he could pull at the Origin of the spear form.

Although it had merely been a phantom transformation within the Meditation Space, Xu Yuan could feel that, during that transformation, he had genuinely sensed the Origins of both forms.

As long as he could completely extract the spear form within the Meditation Space, it would mean that he had truly found the spear form within his Martial Soul through his perception.

Of course, this so-called extraction did not mean splitting the two great Origins of his Martial Soul apart. Everything within the Meditation Space was merely a manifestation of Xu Yuan's perception of his Martial Soul. Extracting the spear form within the Meditation Space meant that his perception of his Martial Soul had become refined enough to sort out its two intermingled forms.

Xu Yuan would not rush recklessly ahead.

At the end of the day, he was still just a little Soul Master.

Creating a Martial Soul was impossible. That was the domain of gods. Xu Yuan was quite self-aware about that. There was no way a mere whimsical idea of his could achieve something only gods were capable of.

No matter how bold he intended to be, the plan he devised still involved all sorts of roundabout methods. In the end, he would use a clever workaround to merge the spear form into his qi and blood.

Extract the spear form and turn it into a Martial Soul of its own?

Xu Yuan felt that would be a gamble, and the other Martial Soul created would likely be incomplete.

It would be better to infuse the spear form into his qi and blood, assist his Bloodline Cultivation, and use that to try to grant his qi and blood the ability to truly condense Blood Essence Soul Rings.

Naturally, that involved many steps, and every single one was extremely dangerous.

Xu Yuan was still in the exploratory stage for now.

If the risks were too great, he would not take them.

Now, after having an epiphany in Sea God Pavilion, Xu Yuan had already overcome his first bottleneck.

"I'm a little hungry." Xu Yuan checked the time and discovered that he had unknowingly meditated for two days.

He ate the food Shen Yi had delivered over the past two days and circulated the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art.

The current Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art had gained devouring properties, making its improvement to the efficiency of food digestion and absorption even more remarkable.

"There's only one day left. Cultivating Soul Power here would be the biggest waste. Thinking through crucial issues is the best way to make full use of this environment."

Xu Yuan continued meditating, pondering more specific ideas for his Man and Spear as One plan.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Yuan opened his eyes, suppressing the many thoughts in his mind, and followed Shen Yi downstairs.

Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan were also waiting downstairs.

"Let's go. You three should have gained quite a lot over these past three days." Shen Yi led the three of them out of Sea God Pavilion.

There wasn't going to be any apprenticeship or personal guidance?

Xu Yuan froze.

He soon mocked himself inwardly, realizing he had overthought things.

He really had been thinking too much.

The three of them were only seven years old. With no foundation to speak of, guidance would not bring much improvement and would instead cheapen its value. Unless someone had taken a liking to them and wished to accept them as disciples, no one would offer guidance through such a formal channel as Sea God Pavilion at this time. Even if they were itching to offer a few words, they would do so in private.

Xu Yuan did not know how Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan had performed over the past three days, but he knew that his own performance had not been particularly exaggerated. It was perfectly normal that he had not attracted the attention of the Pavilion Elders or Yun Ming.

His gains had been great, but the commotion had been small.

"To minimize the risks as much as possible, I still need to start with the Soul Spirit contract."

After returning to his dormitory, Xu Yuan once again activated his Soul Guidance Communication. This time, he called his eldest uncle.

"Hello? Xiao Yuan? What is it?" Xu Shengqun's voice came through the Soul Guidance Communication.

"It's about cultivating my Martial Soul."

"Go ahead."

Xu Yuan knew there was no one else on the other end, so he immediately explained his idea.

"Using a Soul Spirit contract for qi and blood?" Xu Shengqun got a headache the moment he heard Xu Yuan's idea.

You already have such good talent, so stop messing around.

Xu Yuan could sense his uncle's headache and immediately promised, "Don't worry, Uncle. I won't try it unless I'm absolutely certain."

"Sigh, your father has researched this area before. I'll send you the materials." Xu Shengqun sighed and repeatedly reminded Xu Yuan not to experiment recklessly.

"If you really get ready to do it, remember to tell your uncle. Preferably in advance. Also, let your martial uncle know. When the time comes, we'll do it at his place."

As Xu Yuan listened to his uncle's reminders, he was somewhat stunned.

His father had researched this too?

"My father researched this as well?" he asked his uncle.

"Of course. Your father researched far more than one or two projects in order to cultivate. This Soul Spirit contract involving qi and blood was his personal research conducted privately in cooperation with the Body Sect."

The Body Sect?

Xu Yuan felt dazed.

So predecessors had already thought of and begun trying all these paths.

"Moreover, it isn't just research. There's already a model for it." Xu Shengqun spoke meaningfully. "Your martial uncle doesn't have a Body Martial Soul, but he can still be considered a disciple of the Body Sect."

Xu Yuan also caught his uncle's "hint."

"It differs somewhat from the Blood Essence Soul Rings you mentioned, but it's similar. His Martial Soul fused with his qi and blood, allowing him to cultivate the Body Sect's secret arts and temper his Bloodline Power. His Martial Soul even evolved because of it. That was how he became a Divine Craftsman."

Xu Yuan found this incredibly fascinating.

It was the first time he had realized that even the supporting characters from the original story might have walked extraordinarily legendary paths of cultivation.

"Uncle, don't worry. I won't try anything recklessly. In half a month, I'll go to Heaven Dou City and discuss it with Martial Uncle."

After giving his assurance, Xu Yuan ended the communication.

He let out a long breath.

At that moment, his entire body felt relaxed.

Before this, even he had felt that it was merely the wild fantasy of a little Soul Master, and he had been moving forward under immense pressure.

Now, he felt that he had found the shoulders of giants.

His uncle had said there was a large amount of material and that it would take some time to send over. Xu Yuan was in no hurry and began to meditate.

"My father's research direction overlaps with mine quite a bit."

After browsing through the materials, Xu Yuan swiftly analyzed the research within them, growing immensely excited.

"A Companion Soul Spirit still isn't safe enough. While drawing from Ji Juechen's path of cultivation, Father also discovered that Martial Uncle Zhen Hua had imitated it. After becoming acquainted with Martial Uncle, Father discussed this with him and learned about the process by which his qi and blood fused into his Martial Soul."

"Father's research into Soul Spirit contracts really is profound. I'll probably need to study up on the theoretical knowledge in this area before I can understand it."

"..."

Standing on the shoulders of giants, Xu Yuan's confidence grew stronger, and he threw himself into his research with even greater effort.

At the same time, he eagerly anticipated what he would gain when he went to Heaven Dou City half a month later.