After creating the blood demon flame, Xiao Yan did not relax. Instead, he threw himself into another form of cultivation. This time, however, he was cultivating not his Dou Qi, but his soul. His soul realm had already reached the peak of the mortal realm, and he needed only one more step to enter the spirit realm. Yet that single, seemingly simple step was enough to leave countless Seventh-Rank Alchemists hopelessly stuck.
Generally speaking, there were only a few ways to increase soul force. The first was through growing older and increasing one's strength, while the second involved certain rare natural treasures. However, the gains from both methods were extremely limited, and relying on them to enter the spirit realm was almost impossible.
The reason a spirit realm soul far surpassed a mortal realm soul lay not merely in the quantity of soul force, but, more importantly, in its greater spirituality. To reach this realm, one therefore had to increase the spiritual energy within the soul. Barring fortuitous encounters, this could only be accomplished through some method of soul cultivation, much like the Nameless Mantra Xiao Yan had been using to absorb it all along.
However, given Xiao Yan's current strength, the effects of that Nameless Mantra had become extremely faint. Although he could still absorb a little spiritual energy through it, the pace was far too slow. If he truly relied on it to reach the spirit realm, he would probably need quite some time. After all, it was only a fragment.
Anyone else would probably have had to make do with that mantra, but Xiao Yan was different. In his previous life, his soul realm had reached the emperor realm, so he naturally possessed a genuine soul cultivation method. That Nameless Mantra had merely served to lay his