In the blink of an eye, nearly another three months had passed.
Jiang Xia had not brought up the six-month agreement.
He stared at the chamber before him, anticipation flashing in his eyes.
"Three months, over a hundred failures, and countless lessons learned. In theory, it's already perfect."
Through those hundred-plus failures, Jiang Xia's Ice Fire Silkworm had grown increasingly perfect in its ice and fire attributes.
At the same time, his Ice Fire Silkworm had also been nurtured to provide a specialized complement to the Mutated Evil Eye's spiritual attribute.
"To think you would be the core of this experiment."
Ling Yue came to Jiang Xia's side, his voice filled with emotion.
Without Jiang Xia's Broken Dream Martial Soul's ability to connect to the illusory space, this research could never have been conducted.
In particular, the feedback from Jiang Xia's Broken Dream Martial Soul to the Ice Fire Silkworm Soul Spirit had made the entire research process like a fish taking to water.
"Now that your Ice Fire Silkworm provides that specialized complement, it only lacks a desire to passively receive the spatial attribute."
Jiang Xia nodded.
He understood what the other man meant.
For Soul Spirit fusion, the Ice Fire Silkworm could complement the Evil Eye's spiritual attribute while also devouring its ice and fire attributes.
There was already a preliminary possibility of fusion.
If it could also naturally attract the Evil Eye's spatial attribute, the chances of fusion would increase again.
Would this artificially created compatibility actually work?
Naturally, Jiang Xia believed it would.
After all, crafting Martial Soul Fusion Skills by hand had really happened.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been handcrafted by Tang San.
It was just that, as a God King, Tang San had many methods directly at his disposal and had no need for a process as scientific as soul tool technology.
The final attempt began.
Within the virtual space, the tentacles of Jiang Xia's Broken Dream arrived as expected.
They forcibly connected and paired them.
The Ice Fire Silkworm conveyed an intense desire.
Using the Broken Dream Martial Soul's tentacles as its own, it plundered the ice and fire attribute talents of the Mutated Evil Eye embryo within the virtual space.
During the plundering, ice and fire intertwined, tempering the soul and refining the Mutated Evil Eye's spiritual attribute to a higher level.
At the same time, Jiang Xia thought of what Ling Yue had just said.
The Ice Fire Silkworm's need for space...
Did it have one?
Yes!
Only, this need did not belong to the Ice Fire Silkworm, but to Jiang Xia.
It was the need of Jiang Xia's Broken Dream Martial Soul.
And so Jiang Xia made a new move.
He used his own Martial Soul's need to attract the Mutated Evil Eye's spatial attribute.
He conveyed an intense yearning.
Within the embryo, the Mutated Evil Eye seemed to react.
It gradually approached Jiang Xia's Broken Dream Martial Soul, merging with it.
"Within this illusory domain, my Broken Dream weaves a complete world. I connected to this illusory space and took control of it."
"But I don't possess a true spatial attribute. Everything here is false."
"I need the spatial attribute, and you need this space of mine."
Jiang Xia's need ignited the Mutated Evil Eye's instincts.
It finally yielded its spatial attribute, seeking to make up for the shortcomings of Jiang Xia's Broken Dream Martial Soul.
And at that moment, the Broken Dream Martial Soul switched places with the Ice Fire Silkworm.
The Mutated Evil Eye intertwined with the Ice Fire Silkworm.
The two fused perfectly.
At the same time, Jiang Xia's Broken Dream also joined tightly with this illusory space, seemingly truly merging into one at that moment.
A boom rang out in his mind, and then Jiang Xia lost consciousness.
Alarmed, Ling Yue hurried to disconnect the virtual space.
"Director, you can't disconnect it. His mental will is still mingling with the illusory space."
"Monitor him at all times. Notify me immediately if there are any changes in the data."
To Ling Yue's relief, Jiang Xia showed no abnormal reactions over the next ten hours.
Aside from being unconscious, everything was normal.
When Jiang Xia slowly opened his eyes and regained consciousness, the researcher responsible for monitoring the data rubbed his eyes.
"Director, something major has happened!"
Ling Yue immediately ran over. "What happened?"
"The Mutated Evil Eye embryo is gone."
"And our virtual space seems... seems to be gone too..."
As he spoke, the researcher rubbed his eyes, staring repeatedly at the screen and questioning his life, though his hands kept working the various buttons before him, trying to pull up the virtual space's data.
Ling Yue was utterly thrown into disarray.
What did he mean, my virtual space was gone?
Although this virtual space was small, creating it had cost no small amount of resources.
Having just regained consciousness, Jiang Xia held his breath as he listened to the voices beside him.
He felt his consciousness swelling.
It was as though something extra had appeared in his head.
Upon closer examination, it seemed it was not his head, but his Martial Soul.
"My Broken Dream Martial Soul seems to have combined with the illusory space."
"Combined" was merely a tactful way of putting it.
In reality, he had swallowed this illusory space.
Even Jiang Xia found it rather fantastical. This illusory space was entirely fabricated, and his Broken Dream Martial Soul had no physical form either. How could it possibly devour anything?
Yet the fact remained that this was exactly what had happened.
Not only that, a young Mutated Evil Eye had also appeared in his spiritual sea.
"Ahem..."
Jiang Xia coughed twice to attract Ling Yue's attention.
Ling Yue walked over and asked with concern, "How are you feeling? Are you all right?"
"A young Mutated Evil Eye has appeared in my spiritual sea."
He certainly could not mention the virtual space, but he still had to tell him about the young Evil Eye.
Raising this thing to the same age as the Ice Fire Silkworm would take quite a lot of spiritual power.
If he could get it for free, of course he would.
Most importantly, this Mutated Evil Eye had best have the same cultivation as the Ice Fire Silkworm. Otherwise, there would be problems with their Soul Spirit fusion.
Yes, Soul Spirit fusion.
Jiang Xia had already confirmed that this Mutated Evil Eye could fuse with his Ice Fire Silkworm Soul Spirit, because the two were currently in a fused state.
"What?"
Ling Yue was shocked by Jiang Xia's words.
Jiang Xia said, "It should be because of the Soul Spirit fusion. Right now, it's fused with my Ice Fire Silkworm."
"How should I get it out?"
"This way."
Ling Yue hurriedly led Jiang Xia to the artificial Soul Spirit incubation area.
"There's a problem with our virtual space apparatus. Your Broken Dream Martial Soul can invade mental wills, so I wonder if it can connect to this apparatus in place of the virtual space."
"We can only give it a try."
"If it really doesn't work, I'll put in an emergency request for a brand-new illusory space apparatus."
Ling Yue quickly taught Jiang Xia how to connect to this new apparatus.
Jiang Xia controlled his Broken Dream Martial Soul and connected it to the apparatus.
He controlled the Ice Fire Silkworm Soul Spirit, separating it from the Mutated Evil Eye.
He sent the Mutated Evil Eye into the apparatus.
Soon, the apparatus began to rumble, spiritual power surging within it. Finally, a Soul Spirit orb appeared at its outlet.
Ling Yue picked up the Soul Spirit orb.
The number 500 was marked on it.
"Five hundred years of cultivation. It seems he absorbed quite a bit of spiritual power during that upheaval just now."
"Your Ice Fire Silkworm has fifteen hundred years of cultivation. I'll raise this one to fifteen hundred years too."
"When you upgrade their spirits in the future, the two Soul Spirits will advance in sync, so there'll be no need to maintain their balance separately."