Second Sea of Consciousness, Experiment Begins

"Ah—"

As the Holy Fire continued to burn, the blue-black vortex coiling around the dagger stopped trembling. Instead, it gathered together and condensed into a ferocious ghostly face, seeking to make one last desperate stand.

However, Lu Yuan gave the resentful soul within the dagger no chance. His right fist clenched fiercely, and the glass-colored flames surged upward, forming a white lotus whose petals closed layer by layer, completely engulfing the ghostly face.

After a while, the wailing gradually faded. The flames dispersed, revealing the true form of the Gold of Life.

The dagger's cyan glow was no longer eerie. Instead, it carried a warm, gentle quality. As the curse was removed, a peaceful and pure aura of life spread out. After taking just one breath of it, Lu Yuan felt every cell in his body leap with joy and thirst, as though he had shed a layer of iron armor and become incomparably refreshed.

Quietly studying the Soul-Eating Dagger, as translucent as a cyan crystal—no, it should now be called the Lifewatch Blade—even Electrolux, who had lived through countless years, marveled at the magnificence and mystery of this peerless treasure that heaven and earth had taken thousands of years to nurture.

"Xiao Yuan, close your eyes and press the Lifewatch Blade against your forehead. Leave the rest to me!" After a moment, Electrolux came back to his senses and spoke solemnly to Lu Yuan.

Following Elder Yi's instructions, Lu Yuan gently placed the Lifewatch Blade against the center of his brow. Then, he released strands of spiritual power and slowly wrapped them around the blade. A warm current of life force gradually flowed along his spiritual power into his Spirit Sea, leaving him feeling utterly at ease.

As Electrolux stimulated it further, the Lifewatch Blade burst with cyan light. Strands of life force converged into a small river, further washing over Lu Yuan's body and Spirit Sea. Meanwhile, the God Clan Bloodline within him greedily absorbed this immense life force. In a short time, Lu Yuan's physical constitution was strengthened once more.

Once Lu Yuan had adapted to the cleansing of the high-density life force for a while, Electrolux began the real operation.

The pleasure of having his body washed by vast amounts of life force gradually faded. Though his eyes were closed, Lu Yuan could still sense that the incomparably sharp blade of the Lifewatch Blade was pointed directly at the center of his brow.

With his eyes shut, Lu Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed. Just as he opened his mouth to ask Elder Yi when he planned to perform the craniotomy, a searing pain capable of tearing apart his Sea of Consciousness shot out from between his brows—

Blank. Lu Yuan's mind went completely blank. As the blade entered his brain, he felt as though something had churned his brain into a mess, turning it into the tofu pudding from his previous life.

Then came the surging aura of life. Boundless life force poured into Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea like a tide, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Pain. Chaos. The wave-like life force blurred Lu Yuan's consciousness, yet as the Lifewatch Blade entered, his Spirit Sea began expanding at a visible rate.

After a moment of daze, Lu Yuan regained his senses. The entire "head-opening" process had come and gone quickly. Before long, the Lifewatch Blade had completely entered Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea, and the pain vanished with it, leaving only a cyan-gold vertical mark between his brows. At a glance, it looked as though a third vertical eye had grown on his forehead.

Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea had now transformed into a boundless emerald ocean. Life force so dense it had become tangible surged through it in wave after wave. Throughout the entire Spirit Sea, only the area around the ancient golden tortoise shell of the Great Tortoise Shell Technique at its center remained calm and peaceful.

"Haha, Xiao Yuan!" Once the task was complete, Electrolux laughed loudly. With a flash, he entered the Second Sea of Consciousness at Lu Yuan's brow. "Rest and regulate your condition first. I can also benefit from you and use the Gold of Life to nourish myself. Perhaps this Divine Sense of mine may even advance further in the future with the help of this Gold of Life!"

Although, when they first met, Electrolux's soul injuries had been healed by the "Heal" die of Lu Yuan's Great Tortoise Shell Technique, restoring the integrity of his divine consciousness, without a physical body, this divine consciousness was like water without a source or a tree without roots. Though Electrolux's complete god-level divine consciousness meant he faced no risk of declining in realm or weakening, before he recovered a physical body, his divine consciousness had no hope of advancing any further.

However, now that he had a supreme treasure like the Gold of Life, Electrolux could transfer his Divine Sense from Lu Yuan's Spirit Sea into the Second Sea of Consciousness opened by the Gold of Life. Nourished by its life force over time, he might find an opportunity to advance further.

"Xiao Yuan, once you have finished adjusting yourself, call for me. Then, we will begin verifying my conjecture regarding the Great Tortoise Shell Technique!"

After Electrolux left, Lu Yuan sat down cross-legged as well, quietly experiencing the transformation he had gained after being cleansed by the life tide brought by the Lifewatch Blade.

The first thing affected was his Spirit Sea. After this cleansing, the Spirit Sea that could previously only be called a "spiritual lake" had truly taken on the appearance of an ocean. Vast emerald waves rolled through the evolved Spirit Sea. The Lifewatch Blade had transformed into a small green-gold sun, floating quietly beside the Great Tortoise Shell Technique and radiating soft cyan light composed of pure life force.

Then there was his body. Looking inward, Lu Yuan found that his meridians had become broader and tougher. His God Clan Bloodline had also been further activated and purified. The few impurities remaining in his body had been washed away, while traces of residual life force continued to drift slowly through him, nourishing his body.

His Soul Power had also increased, easily crossing the bottleneck at Rank 39 and reaching Rank 40.

"Hoo—"

After exhaling a long breath of turbid air, Lu Yuan had adjusted his condition. While Elder Yi was still tending to himself, Lu Yuan flipped his right hand and took out the three-thousand-year Golden Silk Demon Ape Left Arm Bone from the Freshman Assessment champions from his Storage Soul Tool, preparing to fuse with this Soul Bone first and make preparations for the coming experiment.

For something as minor as fusing with a three-thousand-year Soul Bone, Lu Yuan was confident that he no longer needed Elder Yi's help. After all, once the life tide had further elevated and activated his God Clan Bloodline, Lu Yuan even felt that his fourth Soul Ring could directly fuse with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Opening the pouch that stored the Soul Bone, Lu Yuan held the Golden Silk Demon Ape's Soul Bone in his hand. Compared to the previous Golden Radiance and Light-Breaking Demon, this thousand-year Soul Bone appeared somewhat ordinary.