King of Creation
Chapter 537 - 531 Soul Suppressing

Chapter 537: Chapter 531 Soul Suppressing

"Sir, this is Seven Marvelous Spirit Rice, totaling one hundred catties. May I ask how much of it do you consume daily?" Hundred Herbs, having fetched Ye Zhen’s monthly allowance, kneeled on the ground, earnest and fearful, clearly indicating that the rules of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect were quite strict.

"Stand up and speak. Just call me young master," he said.

"How much of this Seven Marvelous Spirit Rice should be consumed daily for best results?" Ye Zhen inquired.

"Replying to young master, this Seven Marvelous Spirit Rice can enhance blood circulation, strengthen organs, produce blood, aid in Yuan Cultivation, fortify bones, enhance spirit, and detoxify. However, to utilize these seven wonderful effects, one must consume it regularly. Consuming more than one catty daily is effective. Young master, with your monthly allowance of one hundred catties, considering two meals a day, more than one and a half catties of Spirit Rice can be used per meal," Hundred Herbs explained.

"Then you take care of the arrangements! And regarding the Spiritual Tea, just brew it daily and send it over, along with the other Spirit Plants. Prepare them daily and bring them to me!"

Ye Zhen wasn’t one to stand on ceremony; within the monthly allowance from the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, there were as many as ten kinds of Spirit Plants. If martial artists had to deal with these themselves, they would spend lots of time every day, so having a maid take care of it was perfect.

With so many auxiliary methods to assist in cultivation, it would be difficult for the cultivation of martial artists in the True Spirit Domain not to be high.

Ye Zhen didn’t hurry to cultivate and break through right away. Firstly, he enjoyed a large bucket of food prepared and delivered by Hundred Herbs, which was supplemented with various Spirit Plants and tasted quite sweet.

However, there was a somewhat odd feeling of eating out of a bucket, but this was normal. For martial artists, if they wished, it was no problem at all to eat over ten catties in a meal.

Moreover, the rice, Spirit Plants, and even the meat in the dishes, which came from the flesh of Demon Beasts containing Spiritual Power, mostly transformed into the purest energy that spread throughout the body once consumed.

After the meal, drinking a pot of the rich Heavenly Fragrance Spirit Tea brewed by Hundred Herbs made him feel completely relaxed.

Full and content, it wasn’t 15 minutes before Ye Zhen made an amazing discovery.

Initially, Ye Zhen intended to start attempting to open his Soul Sea tonight, but before opening the Soul Sea, he needed to restore his state to its peak.

According to his plan, after eating, Ye Zhen would meditate for two hours, which should restore his Divine Soul and Spiritual Power to their peak state.

Strangely enough, a mere 15 minutes after eating, Ye Zhen felt the Spiritual Power within his Dantian boiling, his Divine Soul full and his spirit a hundredfold improved, his whole body feeling comfortable.

His state had never been this good before.

"It must be the work of the Spirit Plants. Their effects are more powerful than I imagined."

Since his state had already been restored to its peak thanks to the Spirit Plants, Ye Zhen returned to the Cultivation Quiet Room, ready to commence the opening of the Soul Sea.

Before starting the Soul Sea opening process, Ye Zhen spent two hours carefully studying the Dark Soul Art he had just obtained, especially the method for opening the Soul Sea, practicing it until he had mastered it.

Ye Zhen did not want to waste the hard-earned Black Lotus Pill.

"Kitty, guard!"

With a low shout, the little cat immediately sprang from Ye Zhen’s arms and hovered at the entrance of the Silent Chamber, resembling a statue as it vigilantly surveyed its surroundings.

At the same moment, Ye Zhen’s eyes closed, and an exceptionally majestic Divine Soul Power rose steeply from within him.

Under the influence of the Dark Soul Art, that majestic Divine Soul Power began to tremble, opening up a Soul Sea within the formless expanse of his consciousness in the unique manner of the Dark Soul Art.

In fact, this step involved transforming the intangible Divine Soul Power into something tangible. Once this step was completed, a martial artist’s Life Span would break free from the mortal coil and be substantially extended.

Zizz!

Ye Zhen’s vast Divine Soul Power easily carved out a point within his sturdy Sea of Consciousness.

The moment Divine Soul Power carved out its first foothold in the Sea of Consciousness, Ye Zhen felt a sharp pain in his head, as if someone had stabbed a knife into his brain, causing excruciating pain and nearly causing his Divine Soul Power to dissipate.

However, as soon as the first foothold was established, the speed at which the Soul Sea was being opened accelerated dramatically, with a circle of grayish light in Ye Zhen’s chaotic Sea of Consciousness expanding rapidly.

As Ye Zhen had anticipated, his Divine Soul Power was extremely strong, having already reached the Fifth Realm of the Divine Soul, equivalent to the Soul Power of a Fifth Stage Soul Sea Realm Martial Artist, making the speed of opening the Soul Sea unusually fast.

The overwhelming Divine Soul Power surged into the newly opened Soul Sea, competing to expand the area of the Soul Sea in all directions.

The gap between the Divine Soul Power of a Spirit Transformation Realm Martial Artist and that of a Soul Sea Realm Martial Artist was starting to emerge at this point.

The Divine Soul Power of a Spirit Transformation Realm Martial Artist is like tufts of loose cotton occupying a vast amount of space. However, when this cotton-like Divine Soul Power entered the newly opened Soul Sea, the surrounding pressure instantly compacted the loose cotton-like Divine Soul Power.

Under constant pressure, Ye Zhen’s originally voluminous Divine Soul Power was being compressed continuously, with the same amount of Divine Soul Power being reduced in volume by several tens of times.

When the Divine Soul Power was compressed to its limit, more Divine Soul Power surged in, slightly expanding the newly opened Soul Sea before being compressed again.

Compression, expansion, opening, and then compression again – Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power underwent this cycle, enduring refinement and becoming increasingly refined.

This was an extremely monotonous process and importantly, while Ye Zhen opened his Soul Sea faster than others, his Divine Soul Power was ten or even dozens of times that of an average Spirit Transformation Realm Fifth Stage Peak Martial Artist.

And there was no specific measure for opening a Soul Sea.

The sign of a completed Soul Sea opening was to send all one’s Divine Soul Power into the newly opened Soul Sea.

For some, the Soul Sea they just opened might be ten meters in size, for others, it might be several dozen meters in size!

But Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea had already expanded to a hundred meters in radius, and the Divine Soul Power was still pouring in relentlessly.

Two hours!

Four hours!

Six hours!

Gradually, Ye Zhen suddenly felt dizzy, and his head began to ache.

"Excessive depletion of willpower?"

In an instant, Ye Zhen’s face turned pale, as he recalled an incredibly frightening issue.

Opening up the Soul Sea actually involved another kind of power, and that was willpower.

Otherwise, how could Divine Soul Power continuously force its way into the newly opened Soul Sea.

At the time of opening the Soul Sea, the driving force was the martial artist’s willpower.

Willpower is also a kind of Divine Soul Power, but compared to Divine Soul Power, it’s more advanced; it’s a natural talent of a person.

Many times, if a person bursts out with a power that doesn’t belong to them, that is the explosion of willpower. For example, in a critical moment, an ordinary mother can withstand a falling beam weighing a thousand pounds to save her child, that’s an outburst of willpower.

It exists, yet you can’t touch it!

But it’s extremely important for a martial artist’s opening of the Soul Sea.

When a martial artist opens the Soul Sea, it is actually driven by willpower. This is described in the Dark Soul Art. If the willpower is not sufficient, then the martial artist will not be able to fully open up the Soul Sea.

Of course, this situation is extremely rare. Almost all martial artists have enough willpower to complete the opening of the Soul Sea.

But Ye Zhen was an exception.

He hadn’t even started on the Soul Sea, yet he already possessed Divine Soul Power comparable to a Fifth Stage martial artist of the Soul Sea Realm. In such a situation, Ye Zhen’s willpower was somewhat insufficient.

"What should I do? Can I only watch helplessly as the breakthrough fails?"

The overdraw of willpower made Ye Zhen’s head somewhat dizzy. He was very conscious, but his head felt muddled, like it was filled with paste.

"If I fail this time, I’m afraid I won’t be able to break through for a very long time..."

"No!"

"My cultivation absolutely cannot be trapped in the Spirit Transformation Realm!"

"I must breakthrough!"

"I must breakthrough!"

Suddenly, Ye Zhen sat up straight, and let out a roar, as an unprecedented sense of power surged from his mind, making Ye Zhen’s nearly fainting head become spirited again.

The on-verge-of-interruption Soul Sea opening started progressing once more.

However, Ye Zhen’s brows furrowed even more tightly.

A martial artist is extremely aware of their own bodily condition.

Ye Zhen had just erupted with an extremely firm will, but it wouldn’t last for long.

If Ye Zhen could burst forth dozens of times, he estimated it would probably be sufficient, and moreover, his willpower would grow immensely.

"Willpower?"

"Could it be that by cultivating Divine Soul Power this way, I’ve actually dug a pit for myself?"

"Willpower?"

Suddenly, Ye Zhen who was deep in thought had his eyes light up as he thought of a possibility.

In an instant, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense moved, and a stream of Blood Light flew out from his chest, merging directly into Ye Zhen’s body.

The Blood Light blessing of the War Soul Blood Flag!

The instant the Blood Light merged into his body, Ye Zhen felt as if he had been injected with a boost of energy. His nearly exhausted willpower immediately recovered, and the opening of the Soul Sea once again began to accelerate.

"So it turns out that the War Soul Blood Flag’s blessing does not increase the Divine Soul Power of the one blessed but the willpower!"

"Being able to directly increase willpower, it seems that the War Soul Blood Flag is even more ingenious than I imagined!"

It was not strange for Ye Zhen to think this way; at least for now, Ye Zhen had not yet come in contact with willpower, let alone the physical manifestation of willpower.

Meanwhile, the War Soul Blood Flag had already achieved this point.

Thus, the level of the War Soul Blood Flag was not just a little bit higher.

Just a moment ago in a crisis, Ye Zhen thought of the War Soul Blood Flag because he inadvertently recalled an ancient book’s speculation about the origin of the Demon Soul in the Battlefield of Demon Souls—that the Demon Souls in the Battlefield of Demon Souls were transformed from Military Souls with extremely strong willpower.

From this, Ye Zhen thought, since the War Soul Blood Flag was replenished by Demon Souls, could there be willpower within it?

Unexpectedly, Ye Zhen was right.

Stabilizing his mind, Ye Zhen continued opening the Soul Sea.

With the replenishment of Blood Light from the War Soul Blood Flag, after two hours, the last trace of Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power also squeezed into the newly opened Soul Sea.

Almost simultaneously, Ye Zhen bit the tip of his tongue, his eyes bulging as he angrily shouted, "Innate Divine Soul, suppress the soul!"

In the Sea of Consciousness, a phantom that looked exactly like Ye Zhen suddenly materialized! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)