How could Xu Huxiao not be shocked!
When he had broken through to the Diamond Body, his flesh had undergone a qualitative evolution, yet even that had failed to bring about the fusion of his Qi and Blood with his Soul Power.
The Diamond Body had merely strengthened his Qi and Blood and his combat prowess. It had neither unlocked his second bodily innate ability nor triggered a corresponding enhancement of his Four Extremes Golden Dragon Claw Martial Soul.
At the time, Xu Huxiao had concluded that, within this subtle symbiotic relationship between Martial Soul and Soul Master, his body or Martial Soul might already have evolved had he pursued either Qi and Blood or Soul Power alone.
But he cultivated both blood and soul. The powerful foundation of his Soul Power cultivation reinforced his Blood-Essence Shackles, while his excessively powerful flesh and Qi and Blood also restricted and suppressed his Martial Soul, its twin brother, from absorbing nourishment and developing.
That sounded somewhat contradictory, because ordinary Martial Souls and Soul Masters should have a symbiotic relationship of mutual nourishment: when one grew stronger, it naturally nourished and elevated the other.
But there was actually no contradiction.
That was because this mutually nourishing symbiosis depended on one crucial factor: balance!
Only when the Soul Master and Martial Soul maintained a certain degree of balance could this system function normally. If that balance was lost, it could result in a dreadful living-dead condition like Gui Mei's.
Xu Huxiao's situation was another special kind of imbalance. More precisely, the linked system of symbiosis and mutual nourishment between him and his Martial Soul had overloaded!
What did that mean?
It meant that, through Xu Huxiao's relentless, accelerated strengthening, his Qi and Blood and Soul Power had grown so powerful that they could no