Deep within the sea of consciousness, golden light spread for hundreds of miles.
As those five ancient characters appeared, countless complex and profound incantations flowed rapidly through the void like dragons and snakes rising from the land.
After only a cursory glance at the first scripture, Chu Yunfei's mind was completely drawn into a vast and boundless ocean of Daoist wisdom.
This is actually a supreme divine soul cultivation technique that... surpasses the Saint level and truly reaches the Emperor level.
The souls of ordinary cultivators, from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Divine Sea Realm, and even the Dao Mysterious Realm, are like rootless trees, passively nourished and strengthened along with the breakthroughs in their physical body and cultivation.
If one encounters a vicious martial art or magical artifact specifically designed to target the soul, or suffers a backlash, the soul will be severely damaged at best, and at worst, the foundation of one's cultivation will be completely destroyed on the spot.
But the profound meaning of the Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture completely overturned all of this.
It emphasizes... destruction followed by construction, and the cycle of reincarnation.
Using one's own divine sense as a medium and the spiritual power of the elixir body as a source, the originally fragile divine soul is tempered and reshaped again and again like divine iron that has been forged through countless hammerings.
Each reshaping is a "cycle".
When the nine cycles of reincarnation are completed, the soul can condense into the legendary " Myriad Tribulation Undying Soul ". Even if the physical body perishes and turns to ashes, the soul can remain immortal and indestructible, and can even evolve supreme supernatural powers with pure soul power.
"What a domineering technique... what a heaven-defying method!"
Chu Yunfei's heart pounded wildly, and his eyes blazed with an unprecedentedly intense light.
What was his most fatal weakness before?
It is the divine soul!
The Great Heaven-Burning Art is incredibly powerful, but each time it is used, one's own soul is used as a fuse to ignite it.
Previously, when he ambushed Ling Zhantian in the desolate mountains of the imperial city, if he hadn't forcibly torn apart the Myriad Poison Origin and activated the Four-Element Burning Momentum, his soul would not have nearly exploded on the spot.
If one possessed this Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture...
In the future, it will not only completely repair all the hidden injuries caused by the damage to his soul, but also allow his soul strength to soar at an alarming speed.
At that point, why would he need to fear the backlash of the Great Heaven-Burning Art?
Not to mention controlling the Three-Origin Burning Momentum, he could easily control even the four-elemental or five-elemental burning power.
"Huff... huff..."
Just as Chu Yunfei was filled with excitement, a faint, weak breath echoed from within the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate.
Xiao Xiaoxiao Dragon's ethereal soul drifted back to the bottom of the cauldron. His once solid body had become almost translucent, and his small face was full of exhaustion.
Chu Yunfei quickly composed himself and asked with concern, " Xiaoxiao Dragon, how are you?"
Xiaoxiao Dragon rolled his eyes and weakly waved his hand. "I won't die... but all the remnant soul power I accumulated has been used up this time."
She looked up at the vast golden characters floating in Chu Yunfei's sea of consciousness, her beautiful eyes also filled with shock.
"The Daoist principles in this scripture... are so ancient, they even faintly carry the chaotic aura of the primordial beginning."
"But..."
Xiaoxiao Dragon's gaze swept over the end of the scripture, and he suddenly let out a soft exclamation. "This scripture seems incomplete; it's marked at the end as... a fragment of the Emperor Realm chapter?"
Chu Yunfei's heart trembled violently upon hearing this.
Even a mere fragment of a scroll has already reached the Emperor level.
What if it were the complete, uninterrupted ancient text...?
"Then isn't that... an ancient scripture of immortality?!" Chu Yunfei blurted out, his voice trembling slightly.
The cultivation room fell into a deathly silence.
While ancient scriptures for cultivating the physical body or spiritual power are extremely rare in the Upper Realm, they are occasionally preserved in certain immortal lineages.
However... the supreme ancient scripture that focuses on cultivating the soul has almost completely disappeared since ancient times.
Xiaoxiao Dragon took a deep breath and looked at Chu Yunfei with a complicated expression.
"You brat, I must say, your luck is absolutely heaven-defying. That broken stone tablet actually contained such a supreme cultivation technique."
"I'd love to slap you twice and snatch this cultivation technique from you."
Chu Yunfei snapped out of his shock and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiaoxiao Dragon's gritted teeth and extremely weak appearance.
"If you steal it, you won't be able to train even in one go."
Chu Yunfei clenched his fists, his eyes gleaming, and said resolutely, "There's no time to lose. Before the flying boat reaches the imperial city, I must increase the strength of my divine soul."
Xiaoxiao Dragon curled his lip and said irritably, "Then hurry up and get to the Divine Cauldron Space. I want to see if you can withstand the tearing pain brought by the tempering of your soul."
Chu Yunfei grinned, and with a thought, his soul entered the space with a flow rate ten times faster than that of the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate.
"Then open your eyes wide and look carefully."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yunfei's soul was already completely immersed in the space ten times larger than that of the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate.
In the void, mist churned and rolled.
Chu Yunfei sat cross-legged, the mantra of the Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture surging endlessly in his mind like golden light.
"Guided by the divine, gathering spiritual energy to form a vessel, forging it through countless trials and tribulations, only then can a divine soul be forged..."
Chu Yunfei uttered the truth softly.
He suddenly formed a hand seal, and the vast spiritual power of his divine Divine Sea surged up, rapidly condensing into a shape above his sea of consciousness under the forceful compression of his divine sense.
boom!
An ancient divine hammer, its entire body wreathed in dark golden runes and exuding an ancient and boundless aura, hovered fiercely above the soul's head.
Every line on the divine hammer carries a chilling Daoist aura capable of tearing apart the soul.
"Fall!"
A resolute glint flashed in Chu Yunfei's eyes, and he suddenly pressed his divine sense downwards.
Boom!
The Primordial Divine Hammer, carrying immense power, mercilessly slammed into Chu Yunfei's own soul.
In that instant, an excruciating pain, indescribable in words, exploded forth.
It wasn't the pain of broken bones and muscles, but the extreme torture of having one's soul torn apart, crushed into hundreds of pieces, and then forcibly reassembled.
"Hmm..."
Even with Chu Yunfei's resilient spirit honed through two lifetimes, he couldn't help but let out a suppressed groan.
His soul trembled violently, and countless fine cracks instantly appeared on the surface of his originally solid soul body.
In the void beneath the cauldron, Xiaoxiao Dragon, who had initially been watching with amusement, suddenly tensed up.
"This kid... he's really ruthless to himself."
Xiaoxiao Dragon murmured softly, a deep sense of amazement flashing in his eyes.
Even a mere prick to the soul by a needle would cause an ordinary cultivator excruciating pain.
Chu Yunfei actually used the divine hammer formed by his cultivation technique to smash the impurities and weak points in the soul, one blow at a time.
This isn't cultivation at all; it's self-harm.
However, the ruthlessness in Chu Yunfei's eyes grew stronger and stronger.
"Again!"
Chu Yunfei let out a deafening roar in his heart.
boom!
The second hammer fell.
The cracks on the soul body widened further, and more gray impurities were shaken out.
The third hammer blow, the fourth hammer blow, the fifth hammer blow...
Each strike was like a storm raging deep within the soul.
Chu Yunfei's soul body continued to dim, with more and more cracks appearing, but the core of that golden soul mist also became more condensed through repeated breaking and recombination.
After ten hammer blows, gray impurities began to visibly leak out.
After being hammered a hundred times, the originally ethereal divine sense had been compressed to almost a tangible form.
After being hammered countless times, Chu Yunfei's soul surface shone with pure golden light, like a piece of divine iron that had been forged countless times.
Xiaoxiao Dragon, suspended at the bottom of the cauldron, had long since lost the ease on his face.
She knew that this cultivation method, though seemingly domineering, was actually extremely dangerous.
The soul is not the physical body.
Physical injuries can be healed with the help of elixirs and spiritual energy.
Once the soul collapses, the foundation of one's Dao is destroyed, and there is no chance of even reincarnation.
But Chu Yunfei showed no sign of backing down.
He rose to the position of a giant in his previous life, and it was never due to luck.
Having embarked on a new path in this life, I would never allow myself to be deterred by a little suffering.
boom!
Another hammer fell.
A massive golden wave suddenly surged across the entire sea of consciousness.
Chu Yunfei's soul core seemed to be ignited, and dazzling golden light shot into the sky.
The strength of his divine soul, which had been stagnant at the Divine Sea Realm First Level, began to rise rapidly.
Divine Sea Realm Second Layer!
Divine Soul Strength, Breakthrough!
Chu Yunfei still didn't stop.
"Continue."
The Primordial Divine Hammer was raised once more.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Over a long period of time, the divine hammer fell again and again.
Chu Yunfei endured the pain of his shattered soul, but also the transformation that followed its reshaping.
Each heavy blow cleanses the soul of impurities.
Each reshaping process made his divine sense more refined.
Within the Divine Cauldron Space, an unknown amount of time had passed.
When the final hammer fell, Chu Yunfei's soul jolted violently.
Boom!
The entire sea of consciousness transformed into a vast golden ocean.
Endless golden light erupted from the depths of his soul, illuminating the surrounding swirling chaotic mist.
Chu Yunfei slowly opened his eyes.
Two golden rays of divine light shot out from his pupils, and the void in front of him instantly cracked open with two thin white marks.
" Divine Sea Realm Fourth Level "
Chu Yunfei clenched his fist, feeling the unprecedentedly powerful soul force in his sea of consciousness, and finally a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
In just ten days.
Under the Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture, his soul broke through three levels.
This speed is more than a hundred times faster than the Saint-level Divine Soul Technique he cultivated in his previous life.
Chu Yunfei could clearly feel that his soul had become incredibly resilient.
Now, if I were to unleash the Four-Element Burning Momentum of the Great Heaven-Burning Art again, my soul would not collapse as easily as it did last time.
certainly.
This training also came at a price.
His spiritual essence was greatly depleted, and he would not be able to undergo such high-intensity tempering again in a short period of time.
However, that's enough.
At least for his upcoming trip to the capital, he now has another trump card.
Just as Chu Yunfei was about to continue comprehending the Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture, the communication jade slip in his storage ring suddenly began to vibrate slightly.
Wen Jiao's voice came from the jade slip, tinged with solemnity. "Husband, we're almost at the capital."