Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.
The first thing Ji Yuan took out was naturally the sheet of human-skin paper. He infused it with spiritual power, then sent his Divine Soul into it.
Soon, the latter half of the Nine-Gate Soul-Calming Scripture was transmitted into Ji Yuan's mind. Though it was called a latter half, a quick read told him it could practically stand as a cultivation method of its own.
The first half Ji Yuan possessed focused on defense, allowing him to cultivate the Soul-Calming Bell to protect his Divine Soul.
The latter half Qi Xiu had possessed focused on offense. It recorded two secret arts for attacking the Divine Soul.
One was somewhat simpler: the God-Slaying Spear, a single-target attack. The other, the Soul-Devouring Needle, struck groups and was more complicated to cultivate.
Ji Yuan thought back and remembered.
When Qi Xiu slaughtered those rotting corpses, he must have used the Soul-Devouring Needle.
And when Qi Xiu came to kill him, he had used the God-Slaying Spear.
Ji Yuan sank his awareness into his Sea of Consciousness and found that a dent still marked the Soul-Calming Bell. Even if it could recover, he figured it would take some time.
The Soul-Devouring Needle and the God-Slaying Spear—two secret arts for attacking the Divine Soul. If I master them, they'll become another pair of trump cards!
Besides, the latter half of the Nine-Gate Soul-Calming Scripture does far less to strengthen the Divine Soul than the Soul-Calming Bell from the first half. Qi Xiu still treated these arts as his killing moves. But in my hands—
Ji Yuan imagined using those secret arts with his Nascent Soul Early Stage Divine Sense and his immensely powerful Divine Soul. How strong would they be?
Golden Core Late Stage cultivators hardly needed mentioning. Once he mastered both