Later, as Li Yan increasingly let himself go and expended his soul power without restraint, he felt that the "Soul Lodging Star" he envisioned communicating with had also begun to shine a little brighter.
His three souls were gradually absorbing stellar power faster as well, which in turn kept shortening the time he needed to recover his depleted soul power.
Naturally, this was the best possible news for Li Yan. Testing here was far better than burying himself in solitary cultivation.
In fact, the explanation was simple. Li Yan had long understood what the long passage was used for. Back when he was beneath the Soul Prison Clan's territory, however, he had simply forced his way through with brute strength, following a crude path he had worked out himself.
Now things were entirely different. Not only did he have a soul cultivator's cultivation method, but he also possessed soul techniques. That changed everything.
Before this, although Li Yan knew the passage's purpose, his souls had already reached the Spirit Transformation Realm in solidity. He felt he had thoroughly figured the place out, so he believed it could do little to temper him further.
In Li Yan's understanding, his presence here was of greater help to Master Lan instead.
That had indeed been true at first. But as Master Lan continually adjusted the formation, Li Yan began gaining unexpected benefits from it.
During the subsequent tests, although Li Yan's strength continued to grow along with the formation, he still held back rather than unleashing his full cultivation.
However, this formation grew more and more powerful. As Master Lan continually adjusted it, the soul power the soul spirits had originally wasted because of the formation's deficiencies also steadily decreased.
More of the soul techniques' offensive power gradually revealed itself as well. This