King of Creation
Chapter 336 - 332: The New Abilities of the Mirage Dragon Pearl and the Breakthrough in Divine Soul Cultivation

Chapter 336: Chapter 332: The New Abilities of the Mirage Dragon Pearl and the Breakthrough in Divine Soul Cultivation

Fortunately, Caiyi’s condition was just a bit odd. After the bleeding stopped, Caiyi returned to normal, but her complexion was still very pale.

Moreover, in the pool of blood that fell on the ground, one could still sense a strong Divine Soul Power. This was the first time Ye Zhen had seen Divine Soul Power that could merge into blood.

However, speaking of which, if Caiyi’s blood hadn’t had a fatal attraction to the Phantom Soul Beasts, who would survive facing the Phantom Soul Beast King today was still uncertain.

"Caiyi, remember, never take such risks again. If something were to happen to you, what would I do?" Ye Zhen turned serious, his face stern.

Ye Zhen still felt some lingering fears about what had just happened.

"Isn’t it alright? I trust you....."

"Hmm?" Ye Zhen’s eyes suddenly widened.

"Hmm, I’ll remember! By the way, do you want to know what gift I gave you?" Caiyi suddenly gave a cheeky smile.

"Gift?"

Ye Zhen looked around. The flowers and grasses seemed very ordinary, and he didn’t notice anything valuable. The only thing valuable was the corpse of the Phantom Soul Beast King.

"Hehe, can’t find it, can you?"

"Wait, once I find it, I’ll personally give it to you. It will definitely give you a huge surprise," Caiyi said with a smile.

Ye Zhen was suddenly moved. He understood that the sudden change in direction to come here, including the encounter with the Phantom Soul Beast King, which nearly cost Caiyi her life, was all because of this gift.

Caiyi was regulating her breath. After Ye Zhen had observed there was no danger, he walked toward the corpse of the Phantom Soul Beast King. This was, after all, a King-level Demon Beast.

The body of this King-level Divine Soul series Demon Beast, Ye Zhen couldn’t afford to waste. Under normal circumstances, even four or five Martial Artists at the Soul Sea Realm might not be able to kill this Phantom Soul Beast King.

Habitually, or perhaps deliberately, Ye Zhen placed his hand on the head of the Phantom Soul Beast King’s corpse.

Suddenly, the Mirage Dragon Pearl in Ye Zhen’s chest heated up dramatically, and a mighty suction force surged out. In an instant, all the energy contained within the body of the Phantom Soul Beast King was crazily absorbed into the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

The blood, bones, vital energy, and the still dissipating Divine Soul of the Phantom Soul Beast King, under the suction of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, all turned into the purest energy, absorbed into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and then transformed into the purest strength, delivered into Ye Zhen’s Dantian.

After a cycle of the Shattered Jade Scripture, this purest strength became Ye Zhen’s own, rapidly increasing his Cultivation.

However, the body of the Phantom Soul Beast King was fairly ordinary, the most powerful aspect was its Divine Soul.

In the next instant, an immense and extreme Divine Soul Power surged into Ye Zhen’s Mirage Dragon Pearl, as the suction force of the Mirage Dragon Pearl began to absorb and refine the Phantom Soul Beast King’s extraordinary Demon Core.

Boom!

The moment the vast sea of Divine Soul Power surged into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the seal of the second spatial layer of the pearl seemed unable to withstand the impact of this terrifying power, and it began to rumble, seemingly about to shatter on the spot.

Caiyi’s gaze sharply turned in Ye Zhen’s direction. When she realized that Ye Zhen seemed to be directly absorbing the Divine Soul Power within the Demon Core of the Phantom Soul Beast King, her eyes widened in shock, her lips parted, her face filled with disbelief.

The sheer amount and domineering nature of Divine Soul Power contained within the Demon Core of the Phantom Soul Beast King, who would dare to absorb it directly?

Not to mention the powerhouses at the Soul Sea Realm, even those at the Vein Forging Realm or Caiyi herself would not dare. The overwhelming Divine Soul Power left only one outcome for anyone who dared absorb it directly—chaos in the Divine Soul, the mind blown apart.

Either one becomes insane or the head explodes.

Yet, Ye Zhen seemed unaffected.

Caiyi tilted her head, indifferent to all this.

If her brother Ye Zhen really didn’t hold some secrets, that would be the true oddity.

This scene greatly shocked Ye Zhen as well. Not until today had Ye Zhen discovered that the Mirage Dragon Pearl seemed to be able to refine even Divine Soul Power.

The vast amounts of Divine Soul Power surged into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, merely circulated once, and were completely refined, the barriers of the pearl’s second spatial layer began to tremble violently.

Boom!

Finally, under the continuous barrage of the vast Divine Soul Power, the last layer of the barrier sealing off the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s second spatial layer began to crack, layer by layer, revealing the seemingly vast and radiant second spatial layer within.

With just one wave, the continuously entering vast Divine Soul Power finished opening up Mirage Dragon Pearl’s second spatial layer, and the torrent of Divine Soul Power fiercely struck against the barriers of the third layer.

However, like a wave crashing into the sea, the barrier of the third spatial layer merely trembled slightly, visibly weakening by a fraction.

"The barrier of the third spatial layer seems stronger than that of the second?"

While Ye Zhen was puzzled, the huge Demon Core of the Phantom Soul Beast King had also been completely absorbed by the Mirage Dragon Pearl. It seemed as if the suction power greatly increased after the seal of the second layer had been unlocked.

Ye Zhen focused his attention on the second spatial layer of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, wanting to see what the difference was between the second and the first spatial layers. But on closer inspection, he was stunned.

At that moment, where was the difference between the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s second and first spatial layers?

Without knowing when, the first and second spatial layers of the Mirage Dragon Pearl had already merged into one. It appeared larger than before and more imbued with Spiritual Energy.

It was either Ye Zhen’s illusion or something else.

Previously, when Ye Zhen absorbed the Essence Spirits from the King-level Demon Beast Demon Cores retained in the Mirage Dragon Pearl, whether it was the Illusion Serpent King, the Silver Line Demon Eagle King, or the Hundred-Man Demon Soul Commander, they all looked somewhat different from before, including the newly added Phantom Soul Beast King’s Essence Spirit within the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.

In the past, those Essence Spirits existed, but at a glance, they seemed like inanimate objects; now, they seemed to have come alive.

The eyes of the Silver Line Demon Eagle King shone terrifyingly bright. Under Ye Zhen’s gaze, the Silver Line Demon Eagle King spread its wings and disappeared abruptly, leaving a streak of silver to flash through the void, before its form reappeared.

However, the feeling Ye Zhen got was that the Silver Line Demon Eagle King’s flash seemed to have spanned nearly ten thousand meters.

"There’s something strange, definitely something strange!"

Perceiving a hint of that peculiar sensation, Ye Zhen suddenly became excited.

That strange feeling just now almost convinced Ye Zhen that after breaking the second seal of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, new auxiliary abilities were sure to emerge.

However, what those abilities were specifically, Ye Zhen needed to find the time to explore.

It was certain that the First Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl could already grant Ye Zhen powerful abilities; therefore, the Second Stage surely wouldn’t be simple.

Moreover, while condensing the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Spirit Condensing Silver Line Demon Eagle King, there was a strange sensation that crossed Ye Zhen’s mind. He was almost able to guess the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s new abilities upon unlocking the seal of the Second Spatial Stage.

Yet, all of this still required Ye Zhen’s actual verification.

If the new ability of the Mirage Dragon Pearl was really like what Ye Zhen thought, then he would probably be too excited to count.

Meanwhile, a drop of extremely pure liquid emitting a grey luminescence slowly flowed out of the Mirage Dragon Pearl and into Ye Zhen’s body.

Ye Zhen knew that it was less than one-tenth of the pure energy separated from the refined Demon Core of the Phantom Soul Beast King.

Based on past experiences, after the Mirage Dragon Pearl absorbed the body of a King-level Demon Beast, most of the energy would be used by the Mirage Dragon Pearl itself, leaving less than ten percent for Ye Zhen.

But this drop of grey liquid gave Ye Zhen a sense of heart-pounding dread.

"Will my head be blown apart?"

This grey liquid was the crystallization of the massive Divine Soul Power of the Phantom Soul Beast King after being refined, purified by the Mirage Dragon Pearl of all negative energies such as slaughter, bloodthirstiness, and beast nature, leaving only the purest Divine Soul Power.

As it turned out, Ye Zhen’s worry was unnecessary.

The Mirage Dragon Pearl seemingly had a spirit of its own, and the tenth of the power it diverted was precisely the maximum limit of Divine Soul Power that Ye Zhen could withstand.

Hum!

The instant that drop of grey liquid flowed into Ye Zhen’s meridians, his Divine Soul Power suddenly roared, and like being summoned, the liquid dashed towards Ye Zhen’s head at a phenomenal speed.

In just an instant, the drop of grey Divine Soul Power merged into Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul, instantly increasing the power of Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul by a large margin.

"Ugh..."

Ye Zhen was like a man drunk on wine, his face instantly flushing red, his eyes nearly bulging out.

"Huh? Brother Ye Zhen, remain calm and focus your spirit, concentrate on your true self!"

A bit of Five-colored Spiritual Light merged into Ye Zhen’s forehead, and in an instant, it brought Ye Zhen back from his drunken state; that bit of Five-colored Spiritual Light acted like the best fusion agent, allowing Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power to meld with that drop of grey liquid.

"Caiyi’s Five-colored Spiritual Power, what level of Divine Soul Power is it?" Ye Zhen was somewhat surprised.

Of course, even without Caiyi’s help with the Five-colored Spiritual Light, Ye Zhen would have been able to merge with that grey liquid full of pure Divine Soul Power; it just would have taken more time.

"Caiyi, thank you!" Looking at Caiyi’s pale cheeks and the weak aura emitting from her body, Ye Zhen felt some heartache.

"It’s okay, even without my intervention, you could have merged it! Brother Ye Zhen, that move was impressive! I wouldn’t even dare to absorb the Demon Core of the Phantom Soul Beast King."

"Actually..."

"Brother Ye Zhen, you should give it a try. I estimate that your Divine Soul Power has now probably broken through from the Divine Soul First Stage Capturing to the Divine Soul Second Stage Form Gathering," Caiyi said.

"Divine Soul Second Stage, Form Gathering?" Ye Zhen’s heart suddenly stirred.

"Yes, Form Gathering is actually quite simple. Once you’ve broken through, you don’t need to practice any Daoist School! Do you see that tree ahead? Use your Divine Sense to condense a knife and then chop it."

"A knife?"

With a thought, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense surged, and waves of Divine Soul Power rose sharply from him.

"Slash!"

A cold and silent breath swept across, and the small tree dozens of meters away split in two, the cut as smooth and neat as if done by a steel knife.

What surprised Ye Zhen the most was that the small tree he’d cut with the Soul Blade withered incredibly fast. Its green luster completely disappeared within moments, and even the bottom half of the tree still rooted in the earth withered rapidly.

"All things in this world have their Soul Spirits. With Divine Soul Second Stage, Form Gathering, you can sever such Soul Spirits and utterly cut off the life force," Caiyi explained.

Seeing Ye Zhen successfully condense a Soul Blade, Caiyi’s expression became somewhat excited, "Brother Ye Zhen, this is truly wonderful! I didn’t expect that you would breakthrough to the Second Stage of Divine Soul Power right here. That means the gift I’m going to give you will be even more effective!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian [qidian.com] to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)