It was precisely because of this lingering soul injury, sustained through the slaughter of the God War and compounded by the tearing of his soul during External Godhood, that Shiheng felt threads of resistance deep in his meridians and soul whenever he circulated Fate Divine Power to draw upon the Saint-level powers of the Three-Element Life, Death, and Destruction laws. His divine power no longer flowed smoothly and freely, and drawing upon the laws had also become less fluid. Raising these three sets of Saint-level laws fully to the God-level and condensing their corresponding Divine Cores was harder still, as difficult as ascending to heaven. An invisible, thick barrier seemed to stand between his soul and the laws, and no matter how he contemplated them, he could never fully cross it.
Just as he silently pondered a way out of this predicament, he unconsciously swept his divine sense over the ancient-looking Purple Blood Storage Ring on his finger. A faint gleam of realization rose in his eyes, as though he had found the key to overcoming his difficulties.
Those God-level treasures he had once been unable to activate, or even dared to touch lightly, because his cultivation had been insufficient and his God-level power had yet to manifest, could now be freely controlled and used through the vast God-level power contained in his Fate Divine Core. Among the dazzling assortment of natural treasures and rare wonders within the ring, one lustrous Soul Gold Bead stood out in particular, radiating a soul aura of utmost purity. Even through the storage space, he could clearly sense its gentle yet immense soul power.
A supreme soul treasure of this kind was exceedingly rare even in the boundless Higher Planes, where experts abounded and God-level beings were as numerous as the stars. It was