Chapter 366: Chapter 341: The Soul Merges into the Primordial Spirit_1
The Yanluo Golden Body, one of the Nine Extremes of the World, inherently surpassed the cultivation difficulty of regular divine-level martial arts. Managing to cultivate the first layer in a mere five months could be considered extremely fast.
Lu Yan believed that it was impossible for the ’Demon Hunting’ to be completed in just over five months.
After cultivating several divine-level martial arts, Lu Yan noticed a pattern.
Often those arts that required external forces to succeed in cultivation would typically take less time if the materials were sufficient.
Like Yanluo Golden Body, True Dragon Nine Strikes.
And those that didn’t need external forces and solely relied on the cultivation methods and the Divine Intent Diagram for comprehension, usually required more time and were harder to learn.
Both had their pros and cons.
The ones not needing any external help could potentially succeed if they were insightful enough and spent more time.
But those requiring assistance from external objects, they wouldn’t even dream of success in their lifetime if they lacked the materials.
"Yanluo Golden Body has already reached the first layer. Unfortunately, without the Immortal Bone to elevate it and with the True Dragon Nine Strikes stuck at the eighth layer..."
"Though Yanluo Golden Body has thirteen layers in total and it’s too hard to cultivate to the highest level as it requires a vast amount of Immortal Bones, for now, it doesn’t need much thought. However, I must find a way to elevate the True Dragon Nine Strikes to the ninth layer before breaking through the Primordial Spirit Realm. I need to win the boon from Heaven and Earth, and metamorphose my True Body. Therefore, after breaking through the Primordial Spirit Realm, the resulting benefits will be even greater."
In these five months, Lu Yan had not given up looking for the Soul Acupoint. He had an instinctive feeling that it should be nearing.
Soon, he should be able to determine the location of the Soul Acupoint.
"I’ll go buy some Immortal Bones, and elevate the True Dragon Nine Strikes to the ninth layer first."
There and then, Lu Yan set off, leaving Lingdong. After disguising himself, he headed towards the larger cities.
Like Shangcheng City, Youwang City, and other famous cities.
As he was very fast and carrying a large number of resources, he was generous and so, buying Immortal Bones was not difficult.
As soon as he bought the Immortal Bones, he fed it to the Dao Book and used it to elevate the True Dragon Nine Strikes.
After a month and a half, True Dragon Nine Strikes finally reached the ninth layer.
In a desolate valley, Lu Yan continuously displayed the True Dragon Nine Strikes. His body twisted like a great dragon, the dragon chant echoed everywhere, and all the creatures within dozens of miles were prostrate on the ground, shivering.
Some citizens who passed by changed their face greatly.
"A dragon, there are real dragons in this world."
"A true dragon has emerged here."
A few villagers hurried away, and from that day forward, this mountain range has gotten a new name—Zhenlong Mountain.
At that moment, Lu Yan had no distractions as his True Body began to transform again.
The transformation this time was extremely violent, outdoing the previous two changes brought about by the divine-level martial arts.
After half a day, the transformation ended.
Lu Yan felt that the grade of his True Body had reached a new level.
If his body was a top-ranking king level before, then now, it had reached an unparalleled king level.
It had reached some sort of limit. If he progressed further, he could possibly take his True Body to a completely new domain.
His combat prowess had undoubtedly risen again.
"Since I have come out, I would collect more Immortal Bones and Dao Food. After the ’Demon Hunting’ is successfully comprehended, these would serve to elevate it."
Muttered Lu Yan.
In the following three months, he went around all major cities’ associations. With the Dao Book for guidance, he bought all Immortal Bones or Dao Foods containing Immortal Power, no matter how expensive.
Once, on the road, his luck exploded. As he passed a desolate mountain, the Dao Book twitched. At the foot of the mountain, he dug out half an Immortal Bone with not an insignificant amount of residual Immortal Power.
Afterward, Lu Yan returned to Lingdong and settled down for closed-door cultivation.
Two months passed in a blink of an eye.
Nyoo!
Lu Yan drew his bow and released an arrow, darting like a meteor, as if it was about to penetrate the nine heavens and destroy the starry sky.
The first layer of Demon Hunting was finally successful, and a Martial Arts Avatar was condensed.
It took a year and more.
Lu Yan has cultivated all the three divine-level martial arts to the highest level, with such a foundation, it took him a year and more to successfully cultivate the first layer of Demon Hunting, showing how difficult it was.
Ordinary people might not even succeed in a hundred years of cultivation.
After condensing the Martial Arts Avatar, Lu Yan fed Dao Food to the Dao Book to enhance the progress of Demon Hunting and then let it be, focusing solely on finding the Soul Acupoint.
In the blink of an eye, three more months passed.
One day, Lu Yan’s heart jolted, his eyes lighting up.
It was hard-won, after expending limitless efforts, he finally detected the trace of the Soul Acupoint at that moment.
Lu Yan did not dare to be careless and stirred his Three Acupoints, propagating waves that spread out.
In the endless darkness, a spot of brightness blinked intermittently. As the waves covered, it gradually became clearer.
Gradually, the light got brighter and brighter, like a star in the night sky, it could no longer be hidden or covered.
The Soul Acupoint, exposed!
Lu Yan manipulated his True Vigor, which shot out like an arrow, hitting the Soul Acupoint.
Bang!
The Soul Acupoint shook violently, its barriers vibrated like ripples in water, but they weren’t broken yet.
"My current True Vigor can’t break the Soul Acupoint barriers in one hit. It’s really very solid."
Lu Yan was not alarmed but was rather pleased, his spirit uplifted.
The grade of his True Body now was unparalleled, naturally so was his True Vigor. It had completed ten repetitions, the strength of True Vigor was strong. The usual True Body Realm is like ants compared to a dragon in front of him.
Such strong True Vigor, in theory, could shatter any Soul Acupoint barriers in one hit.
But his Soul Acupoint barriers withstood. There’s only one possibility, that ’Soul’ hidden inside was too strong.
"Once more."
Lu Yan continues to mobilize his True Vigor, transforming it into an arrow, striking against the barrier of the Soul Acupoint.
After forty-nine continuous strikes, just as Lu Yan’s True Vigor was about to be exhausted, a crack finally appeared in the barrier of the Soul Acupoint. A powerful and rich Soul Power emanated from the crack.
Lu Yan was thrilled, and after several more strikes, the crack in the barrier of the Soul Acupoint grew larger, and with a final touch, it completely exploded, exposing the space within the Soul Acupoint.
It was a vast space, boundless and infinite, like a universe.
A figure stood within the space, reaching the sky and the ground.
Suddenly, this figure opened its eyes, stepped out, and rushed out of the Soul Acupoint space, appearing in Lu Yan’s sea of consciousness.
Lu Yan saw clearly that the figure was exactly like him. Needless to say, this was Lu Yan’s soul.
The strange thing was that the body of the soul was transparent, and inside there was a tree.
The trunk of the tree merged with the soul’s body, the roots stretched to the feet, and the branches extended to the hands and the head.
"There is a tree in my soul, could I be a special soul practitioner?"
Lu Yan thought.
An Innate Martial Body is a special physical constitution.
The Internal God-man, has special organs with miraculous powers within.
And there is another kind, the special soul practitioner, whose souls contain unusual images. They are extremely rare, much rarer than the Internal God-man, often containing infinite mysteries, and equipped with various powerful capabilities.
His physical constitution and internal organs are ordinary and no different from ordinary people, yet he turned out to be a special soul practitioner.
"I am indeed extraordinary, becoming successful late in life."
Lu Yan was secretly complacent.
After the soul entered the sea of consciousness, it merged with Lu Yan’s spirit and will, truly becoming a soul.
Lu Yan felt as if he had gained an extra body.
This was a completely different feeling from having a Martial Arts Avatar.
Lu Yan sat cross-legged, and the soul also sat cross-legged, closing its eyes.
The fusion of spirit and soul requires time. At this point, they have only begun to merge and have not fully integrated yet.
In a flash, three days passed.
Whoosh!
The soul suddenly opened its eyes. At this moment, the world in its eyes had completely changed.
Between heaven and earth, it was colorful with various colored energy flowing through it. It was infinite and boundless.
This was the Heavenly Earth Power. He had no feeling for it before but after stepping into the Primordial Spirit Realm and the union of spirit and soul, he could clearly observe and grasp it. Lu Yan even felt that as long as he moved his mind, he could manipulate this Heavenly Earth Power.
"Let’s give it a try."
A thought moved, and his spirit seemed to connect with the Heavenly Earth Power. The boundless Heavenly Earth Power surged towards Lu Yan, enveloping him and penetrating his skin.
To temper the True Body and True Vigor with the Heavenly Earth Power.
This is a very important step after breaking through to the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Lu Yan’s already powerful True Body and condensed True Vigor, under the domineering Heavenly Earth Power, once again rapidly metamorphosed.
This process continued for several days.
Lu Yan’s body, as if having undergone a thousand blows, was spotless and pure, like a timeless and unyielding Divine Weapon.
True Vigor permeated his entire body, overwhelmingly powerful.
Now, even if he didn’t use the power of the soul and did not mobilize the Heavenly Earth Power, his combat power was a lot stronger than before.
Bang!
Lu Yan stomped his feet and his body, like a beam of light, rushed into the sky. He didn’t need to operate his True Vigor, just by mobilizing the Heavenly Earth Power from his soul, he could easily fly.
Standing high in the sky, stretching his arms, the power of the soul spread over his whole body, and the Heavenly Earth Power gathered towards Lu Yan.
With double support, Lu Yan felt that his body was saturated with a raging power, as if it was endless.
Boom!
With a punch, a fist force flew out, reaching ten miles away before it diminished and dissipated.
Boom boom boom...
Lu Yan continuously threw punches, and the fist force struck in all directions, causing all the clouds within a radius of ten miles to disappear.
"Refreshing, really refreshing..."
Lu Yan laughed heartily, feeling that if there were masters of the third Transformation of Primordial Spirit in front of him now, he could blow them up with one punch.
The next moment, Lu Yan touched down on the ground, his eyes tightly closed.
His forehead glowed, and a wave of invisible ripples spread in all directions.
Suddenly, the scenery in all directions came into clear view inside his mind, down to the smallest detail.
The small ants, the bugs in the soil, and up to the birds and beasts, the flowers and plants, all appeared clearly, and were even clearer than what his naked eyes could see.
This was his Spiritual Sense.
As long as one stepped into the Primordial Spirit Realm, when the spirit and the soul unite, Spiritual Sense would be born.
The First Transformation of the Primordial Spirit Realm is also called Spiritual Sense.
Lu Yan’s Spiritual Sense constantly extended outward, covering a wider and wider area.
Three miles, five miles...
Soon, the area reached by Lu Yan’s Spiritual Sense exceeded five miles and still extended continuously, showing no signs of reaching its limit.
Soon, the extended distance reached ten miles but still hadn’t reached its limit and continued to expand towards the distance.
Fifteen miles, twenty miles, thirty miles...
Only when it stretched to fifty miles away, did Lu Yan finally feel the limit and found it difficult to continue extending.
