In the great hall on the Spirit Island.
Li Ping sat cross-legged, looking inward at his dantian.
At that moment, two round, radiant golden cores, one large and one small, occupied opposite sides of his dantian. The larger one was the size of a pigeon's egg, formed through his primary cultivation method, the Marsh Water Life-Nourishing Art. The smaller one was only the size of a soybean-the second golden core he had formed through cultivating the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Sacred Canon.
Between the two golden cores floated a pale golden, long-handled guillotine blade. This was his life-bound treasure, the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine.
Beside the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine, the black-surfaced soul-nourishing wood floated quietly. Wisps of mysterious energy continually spread from it and settled over the two golden cores, nourishing the two divided souls Li Ping had hidden within them, allowing them to grow steadily stronger.
Of course, the soul-nourishing wood's effects on the divine soul only became apparent through accumulation over time.
Especially since Li Ping's divine soul was far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, its effects on him were not nearly as dramatic as on others.
Soul-nourishing wood was a naturally formed treasure, but Li Ping had left it alone after a preliminary refinement. He had no intention of nurturing it until their minds became one and turning it into a life-bound treasure.
His time was precious, and he spent almost all of it cultivating. He had barely even spent any time nurturing the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine.
The astonishing power of that life-bound treasure actually came primarily from the golden profound wood itself.
Leaving the soul-nourishing wood in his dantian to nourish his divine sense, Li Ping stood, walked outside the hall, and summoned the Earth Spirit Mouse.
He then instructed the Earth Spirit Mouse to use Earth Escape and