Million-Year Spirit Skull

Not only Electrolux but Lin Mo had also come here. At that moment, everyone was inside Huo Yuyao's Sea of Consciousness except Huo Yuyao herself.

Why wasn't she there? Because she had to control her entire body and soul ring.

"It's simple. Just transfer the excess spiritual power back into the soul ring."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm scratched his cheek awkwardly.

"The soul ring is already full. If we put any more into it, it'll stay in an overflowing state, permanently active and impossible to deactivate. Besides, the spiritual power stored in there is far too vast."

He didn't continue, merely kept seeking help. He knew he seemed to have caused a serious disaster, even if he had only meant well at first.

"..."

"..."

"Thinking takes time, but we don't have any time right now."

"We just need to condense the spiritual power, don't we?"

Standing to one side, Lin Mo asked Electrolux.

"That's right."

A bold idea surfaced in his mind. He had actually considered this possibility back when he read novels and comics in his previous life.

"Then why don't we try condensing the spiritual power into the shape of a soul bone?"

At these words, all three turned to look at him, their faces showing surprise and confusion.

"Just like an ordinary soul bone. Aren't ordinary soul bones formed by condensing origin power together with powerful soul power? By that logic, spiritual power should work too."

"This is unheard of."

"Exactly. Even a million-year spirit soul beast like me has never heard of it."

"No, Little Mo, keep going."

Unlike the two astonished soul beasts, Electrolux frowned slightly and gestured for him to continue.

"Have Brother Tian Meng use his own origin power and spiritual power to condense a skull. That would both strengthen Little Yao in another way and resolve this crisis. Besides, soul bones can be absorbed even if your strength isn't up to standard."

"As for why a skull, personally, I think it's because that's the closest place to the brain. Whether the skull we condense is physical and occupies one of the six soul bone slots, or belongs to an entirely new system, we won't lose out."

After hearing him out, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thought hard for a moment, then nodded.

"I understand. I didn't quite follow at first, but now I know what you mean. I really owe you thanks this time, Little Mo."

"Elder Yi, how much time do I have to condense it?"

"Three minutes."

"...Understood."

Three minutes really was rather short, considering he had to condense something unprecedented.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's body instantly lit up. He then assumed his original form and began circling above the Sea of Consciousness.

The vast excess spiritual power drifted with his body and began condensing.

One minute passed.

The previously drifting spiritual power really did begin gathering into a mass.

Two minutes passed.

That mass of ownerless spiritual power began taking shape.

Finally, whether it was the protagonist's luck or Tian Meng truly possessing the necessary ability, something happened.

With only twelve seconds remaining, Tian Meng infused it with his origin power.

As that wisp of origin power entered it, the entire crown-shaped skull of spiritual power blazed with dazzling light.

"Little Yao, draw that skull over and move it to the center of your Sea of Consciousness."

Upon receiving the message, Huo Yuyao immediately guided the spiritual skull and began merging it with herself.

At the same time, Electrolux moved his staff again and began condensing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's form.

At this stage, if both sides succeeded, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would become a soul spirit and increase Huo Yuyao's fighting strength.

Huo Yuyao would also gain an unprecedented spirit skull-a million-year spirit skull, no less.

But if the fusion failed or went astray, what awaited her was the savage devastation of a wisp of origin spiritual power from a million-year soul beast.

Ten minutes later, the soul ring, which had nearly covered half the room, slowly shrank back to its original size. Incomprehensible patterns also appeared across its surface.

This also meant that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had completely transformed from a Wisdom Soul Ring into a soul spirit.

"It's finally done. The rest is up to you, Little Yao."

Watching Tian Meng nearby as he stirred up power with his original body to help Huo Yuyao absorb the spirit soul bone, the Ice Empress kept praying silently.

Lin Mo was even more exaggerated, practically performing every gesture for invoking blessings he knew from both his lives.

"It's not working! My power did become more solid after I became a soul spirit, but that also drew in the skull's spiritual power. My origin is now continuously feeding spiritual power into the skull."

Everyone's expression darkened at the sight.

Holding his scepter, Electrolux considered the situation for a moment, then looked at Lin Mo.

"Little Mo, open the gateway. Little worm, transfer the amount of spiritual power you've calculated into Little Mo's Sea of Consciousness. Hurry."

This was the only solution Electrolux could devise: transfer all the excess spiritual power into Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

As long as the spiritual power spilling out of the skull weakened, it would no longer be able to draw upon the origin power.

"Understood."

It really was an excellent solution. Normally, such a vast influx of someone else's spiritual power into Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness would batter his own spiritual power and injure his Sea of Consciousness.

But as long as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remained here, and the gateway still connected the two Seas of Consciousness, he could enter Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness and soothe that spiritual power.

As soon as Electrolux gave the order, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm split into two, each body shrinking by nearly half.

One kept circling near the soul bone to prevent the power from being drawn in, while the other forcibly absorbed all the escaping spiritual power and charged straight through the gateway.

One of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworms rushed into Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

Naturally, Lin Mo felt a stabbing pain from his Sea of Consciousness as unfamiliar spiritual power invaded it.

He lightly held his forehead, while Electrolux chanted a spell that flew through the gateway and protected Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

With the magic's support, Lin Mo's stabbing pain slowly faded, and his attention returned to the center of Huo Yuyao's Sea of Consciousness.

Just as Electrolux had said, once all the escaping and excess spiritual power was taken away, the origin power stopped being drawn in, and the spirit skull gradually stabilized.

At the sight, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally breathed a sigh of relief and began converting the vast amount of spiritual power he had transferred into Lin Mo's Sea of Consciousness, filling it out.

As the seconds and minutes passed, Lin Mo returned to the center of his own Sea of Consciousness and sat cross-legged.

The vast spiritual power Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had brought began steadily raising his spiritual power's upper limit.

An incomparably refreshing sense of comfort surged through him. He could clearly feel his spiritual power continually rising.

Once it had fully stabilized, he examined his spiritual power.

"I feel like I can already see the barrier to the formless and intangible realm."

Because Lin Mo's soul was already much stronger than an ordinary person's, and his talent for spiritual power was exceptional, he felt no discomfort whatsoever after absorbing that enormous quantity of spiritual power. Even Huo Yuyao, as she was now, couldn't achieve that.

"It worked!"

Hearing the Ice Empress's voice, Lin Mo abruptly opened his eyes, a clear, pale golden light flashing through them. Without lingering, he hurried back into Huo Yuyao's Sea of Consciousness.

What greeted him was a brilliant gold, crown-shaped skull floating steadily above the Sea of Consciousness.

At that moment, Huo Yuyao's entire Sea of Consciousness underwent an earth-shaking transformation, expanding to several times its former size.

"Just as I thought."

"Judging by these spiritual power fluctuations, Little Yao's spiritual power has reached the formless and intangible realm after absorbing this Million-Year Spirit Skull."

Meanwhile, Huo Yuyao could clearly sense the fluctuations of her own spiritual power. It was a feeling of unprecedented clarity.

The girl's figure reappeared within the Sea of Consciousness. The instant she landed, she turned without hesitation and threw herself onto Lin Mo.

"Hehe, Brother! My spiritual power has reached the formless and intangible realm!"

"This is completely unprecedented."

"All right, Little Yao. Check carefully whether this skull has occupied one of your six soul bone slots."

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Huo Yuyao answered even more happily.

"No. This spirit skull seems to have been condensed from spiritual power, so it has no physical form and doesn't occupy my skull slot."

"Haha! Looks like I've accomplished another unprecedented feat!"

"You're really making yourself sound impressive."

The Ice Empress lightly tapped Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's head with her scorpion tail.

"Would you have thought of this if Little Mo hadn't suggested it? Besides, none of this would have happened if you hadn't forgotten something so important."

"Hehe, Bingbing, come on. Didn't we turn misfortune into a blessing in the end?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rubbed his head, then yawned.

"But this really did use up quite a bit of my strength. I may need to sleep for a while. Keep at it, everyone."

With that, his figure flashed away, disappearing from everyone's sight.

"Still, the little worm is right. We did turn misfortune into a blessing. Not only has your spiritual power reached the formless and intangible realm, but Little Mo's has also moved closer to it."

"Little Yao's stronger than me now."

Lin Mo stroked Huo Yuyao's head.

"Hehe, that's wonderful! From now on, I'll protect you, Brother!"

"Silly girl!"

"I'm not silly. Hmph."

Time flashed by, and more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Xiao was now eleven, and her soul power level had reached 30.

Ye Guyi's soul power level had finally stabilized fully at 50. It seemed that absorbing a large amount of reward soul power all at once made it difficult to digest.

Nana's soul power level rose more slowly, reaching only 27, because she had been the last to begin using the Sun Moon Cultivation Method and the soul power Compression Cultivation Method. Her innate soul power hadn't been level 10 either, so she had first raised her soul power level to 10 before following the others' example and slowly compressing the soul power she had already cultivated.

Unlike compressing soul power as it was cultivated, already-cultivated soul power was like a solidified block of iron. To condense and compress it again, one had to melt it down before solidifying it anew.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had both reached level 42.

Over those six months, as their relationship gradually deepened, Lin Mo eventually gave the two cultivation methods to them in private.

After spending this time with them, Lin Mo could tell that they valued loyalty and affection, so he later handed the methods over without holding anything back.

Neither of them disappointed him. The moment they received the methods, they not only thanked him but also swore an oath on their martial souls.

This was also why the two had made practically no progress over more than half a year. Their soul power levels had risen too high, and they had occasionally taken medicines as well, making it harder for them than for the others to compress and condense their power anew.

Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan privately joined the Spirit Pagoda organization as well, obtained the cultivation methods, and became members of the Spirit Pagoda.

Likewise, the two made virtually no progress in cultivation, but their fighting strength increased considerably.

With that, the Soul Spirit Tower Organization Lin Mo had founded could finally be considered to have an initial complement of personnel. Next, he needed to recruit aggressively, bringing in people talented in soul tools.

For precisely this reason, he began drawing closer to Xuan Ziwen.

It wasn't entirely deliberate on his part. Mainly, the two of them happened to possess outstanding talent for soul tools, so Kong Deming arranged for them to study under Xuan Ziwen.

In truth, he hoped to bring both Hongchen siblings into the Spirit Pagoda if possible. But he probably couldn't accomplish that yet. At the very least, he still had to demonstrate greater talent.

It would have to be talent that let others see he would one day stand at the continent's summit.

At present, possessing the Mystic Sword Martial Soul certainly made him astonishing and intriguing.

But ultimately, he currently had only one martial soul, and it hadn't yet displayed any special traits. Rather than its future potential, Kong Deming was more interested in its uniqueness. After all, there really weren't any other martial souls that required enduring tribulation lightning to obtain a soul ring.

Huo Yuyao and Lin Mo formally reached level 30 one after the other. The difference was that Lin Mo had already converted all his soul power into liquid soul power before absorbing his soul ring.

Huo Yuyao hadn't. Because her soul power was comparatively mixed and vast, she could only condense it while absorbing her third soul ring.

In any case, both had reached the point where they could absorb their third soul rings.

As it happened, although Lin Mo didn't need to acquire a third soul ring, Huo Yuyao, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Guyi all needed soul rings. Jing Hongchen therefore planned to take everyone to the Star Dou Great Forest to acquire their third soul rings, since it was the world's richest gathering place for soul beasts, where they could find more suitable soul rings.

Although the Evil Demon Forest had them too, it still fell a little short. Mainly, spiritual-type soul rings were relatively scarce there.