King of Creation
Chapter 574 - 567: Soul Refining Divine Eyes (First Update)

Chapter 574: Chapter 567: Soul Refining Divine Eyes (First Update)

"You don’t know either? You only became alert after I collapsed on the table from drinking?" On the way back to his Spirit Academy, Ye Zhen conversed with the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten through Divine Sense.

The outcome of their exchange, however, left Ye Zhen somewhat disappointed. The events of the previous drunken night remained somewhat fuzzy, fueling both anticipation and anxiety.

"Meow!"

The Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten grasped every opportunity to complain to Ye Zhen, mentioning how Feng Qingyue had knocked it over with just a flick of his finger, among other things.

As Ye Zhen listened, he comforted the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, which was still a bit foolish. After getting drunk, when Feng Qingyue was taking Ye Zhen to rest, the kitten refused to let anyone touch him and even bared its teeth at Feng Qingyue. Then it was dealt with and, like a pet, ended up curled up in Feng Qingyue’s arms.

Indeed, it was an animal Ye Zhen had personally raised. Its loyalty was unquestionable, but now its strength was beginning to lag behind, which was the issue Ye Zhen was currently contemplating.

Upon returning to the Spirit Academy, the first thing Ye Zhen did after circulating his Cultivation Technique to completely refine the remaining alcohol in his body was to carefully study the Secret Record of Soul Refining he had just won at the auction.

Having spent a staggering 3.4 million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals for this Secret Record of Soul Refining, he needed to quickly transform it into actual strength for it to be of use.

Just as the auctioneer Youx Fang had described, the Secret Record of Soul Refining was a Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Soul Technique, divided into three stages. Upon mastering the First Stage, Spirit Perception could extend to a radius of five hundred meters. By mastering the Second Stage, it could reach a kilometer, and with the Third Stage, up to one thousand five hundred meters.

One thousand five hundred meters, that’s a radius of three li. With such a vast early warning range, even if attacked by a Vein Forging Realm expert, Ye Zhen would be able to react.

However, as the auctioneer Youx Fang had mentioned, because the Secret Record of Soul Refining was sealed, nobody was able to see it, and their knowledge was limited.

After Ye Zhen had studied the Secret Record of Soul Refining from start to finish, his face couldn’t contain the shock.

A Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Soul Technique, compared to the Heavenly Level Lower Grade Divine Soul Techniques, was simply much stronger, not just by a little, but the gap was as vast as between the Heavenly Level Lower Grade and Earth Level Soul Cultivation Techniques.

The Divine Soul Power cultivated from the Heavenly Level High Grade Soul Refining Technique was not just twenty percent stronger than that from ordinary Divine Soul Techniques, but there was a qualitative difference.

It’s like the difference between steel and iron or between water and ice - not in quantity, but a difference in quality.

If Ye Zhen mastered the First Stage of this Secret Record of Soul Refining, even with just a First Stage Divine Soul Power, he could harm Martial Artists with a Second or even Third Stage Divine Soul.

Not only was this the case for offense, but the Divine Soul Power cultivated from the Secret Record of Soul Refining was also tremendously powerful in defending against Divine Soul Attacks, making the innate Divine Soul hidden within the Soul Sea less susceptible to damage.

What’s most important is that under the support of the robust Divine Soul Power cultivated from the Secret Record of Soul Refining, the Soul Sea will become much more stable.

This effect is not apparent under normal circumstances.

With everybody’s Divine Soul Power in a normal state, their Soul Seas naturally remain incredibly stable.

However, once the Soul Sea suffers significant damage or if the Divine Soul Power is overexerted, the advantages become evident. Typically, if a Martial Artist’s Divine Soul Power is depleted by more than ninety percent, the Soul Sea would start to fluctuate due to insufficient support, and with further loss, it may even collapse.

But with the Divine Soul Power cultivated from the Secret Record of Soul Refining, even if the Divine Soul Power within the Soul Sea were reduced to less than five percent, the Soul Sea would remain exceedingly stable.

Under the same powerful attack, the Soul Sea cultivated from an ordinary Soul Technique might directly collapse, but the Soul Sea of a Martial Artist who has practiced the Secret Record of Soul Refining would not.

These basic aspects alone demonstrate the immense power of the Secret Record of Soul Refining, but within it, the three Heavenly Divine Soul Secret Techniques recorded are even more potent.

The first Divine Soul Secret Technique is known as the Soul Chasing Stab, similar to the Dark Soul Dagger that Ye Zhen previously practiced from the Heavenly Level Lower Grade Soul Techniques.

However, Dark Soul Dagger focuses on being silent and imperceptible, whereas Soul Chasing Stab emphasizes lightning-fast speed. According to the Secret Record of Soul Refining, the Soul Chasing Stab is as fast as Divine Sense itself, and within the range of Spirit Perception, is the extent of the Soul Chasing Stab’s attack.

The second Divine Soul Secret Technique recorded inside the Secret Record of Soul Refining surprised Ye Zhen; it was the rather rare Soul Searching Technique.

The Soul Searching Technique has always been taboo among Martial Artists, something many practice but few dare to discuss. Mainly because the Soul Searching Technique is extremely ruthless; even the strongest Divine Souls, after being searched by a Martial Artist, would be shattered, essentially facing life or death, and the process is excruciatingly painful.

Such pain is intolerable even to those in the Vein Forging Realm. The agony inflicted directly upon the Divine Soul is hundreds of times more intense than any physical pain.

For these reasons, the Soul Searching Technique is rarely transmitted, many seek it but cannot find it, and even if one does learn it, it’s often not very useful.

The varieties of Soul Searching Techniques are numerous, and their effectiveness varies greatly. Some may retrieve only thirty percent of memories, while others can reach forty, fifty percent, or even more.

This is also why many powerful individuals boast about using Soul Searching Techniques, but in reality, they rarely resort to it, especially in critical situations where the stakes are too high to gamble on such probabilities.

If they fail to find what they need and the person is finished, then all hope is truly lost.

However, the effectiveness of the Soul Searching Technique recorded in this Secret Record of Soul Refining exceeds 60%. Although Ye Zhen feels that such a cruel secret technique will seldom be used, its mere revelation is still quite shocking.

The third Divine Soul Secret Technique recorded in the Secret Record of Soul Refining is the true core of this Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Soul Technique, and it is precisely why this book is called the Secret Record of Soul Refining.

Soul Refining Technique!

The third Divine Soul Secret Technique is known as the Soul Refining Technique, or alternatively, the Soul Refining Divine Eyes. Similar to Feng Qingyue’s Bewitching Eye Secret Technique, it is mainly executed through the eyes.

Once mastered, if a martial artist were to make even brief eye contact with Ye Zhen, with Ye Zhen deliberately exerting it, anyone with a slightly lesser Divine Soul Cultivation would fall into it, suffering from an array of soul-refining illusions, and could even be frightened to death.

This secret technique is extremely powerful, especially during combat, catching the opponent completely off guard. Not to mention being fully trapped by the Soul Refining Divine Eyes, even a momentary touch would cause a disturbance that could throw them into disarray, providing Ye Zhen with an opportunity for victory.

Moreover, the Divine Soul Power developed from cultivating the Secret Record of Soul Refining is inherently very strong, not something ordinary martial artists can withstand. With the same level of Divine Soul Cultivation, they would absolutely fail to avoid the successfully cultivated Soul Refining Divine Eyes.

Even martial artists with a stronger Divine Soul Cultivation than Ye Zhen would find it difficult to deal with the successfully cultivated Soul Refining Divine Eyes. Even if they could escape, that moment of disturbance would be enough.

"Those 3.4 million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals were well spent!"

Ye Zhen truly felt that the Heavenly Level Cultivation Technique was extraordinary. If not for the limitations of his Cultivation, he almost regretted not bidding all he had to obtain that Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Power Martial Skill, the Meridian Severing Slash.

"Since it’s so powerful, let’s start cultivating it right away...."

Muttering to himself, Ye Zhen instructed the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten to keep watch, then began to cultivate the Secret Record of Soul Refining.

Replacing a Soul Technique is much simpler and more straightforward than replacing Spiritual Power. In most cases, you just need to operate the Divine Soul Technique you intend to replace, though the process is slow.

It is similar to tempering steel, requiring continuous strikes, strand by strand, transforming the Soul Power developed from the Dark Soul Art into that from the Secret Record of Soul Refining.

Only when the transformation is complete can it be considered that one has mastered the Secret Record of Soul Refining, and that, too, is just the beginning. Ye Zhen estimated that it would take at least twenty days to possibly complete.

In reality, cultivating the Secret Record of Soul Refining is akin to smithing. The core of all Soul Cultivation Techniques lies in the use of willpower, and the Secret Record of Soul Refining simply employs this willpower more exquisitely.

The days of cultivation are very monotonous, but the feeling of Cultivation is also mysterious, especially when a breakthrough in strength occurs, offering an extraordinary sense of fulfilment both physically and mentally.

On the second day after the Treasure Contest ended, Ye Zhen began a new round of rigorous training within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s Spirit Academy.

However, Divine Soul Power cannot be cultivated continuously for long periods. After three to four hours of Cultivation each day, one would feel immensely fatigued and unable to continue.

Naturally, Ye Zhen wouldn’t spend the remaining eight hours resting. In Martial Arts Cultivation, one not only needs to train rigorously, but also smartly.

Having conveniently bought a set of two thousand Purple Spirit Jade at the Treasure Contest, Ye Zhen planned to break through from the Red Jade Realm to the Purple Jade Realm in the Shattered Jade Scripture, which had now been scheduled.

Breaking through from the Red Jade Realm to the Purple Jade Realm in the Shattered Jade Scripture is also a process requiring patience, first using Purple Spirit Jade to condense and transform the Red Jade Spiritual Power Seed in Ye Zhen’s Dantian into the Purple Jade Spiritual Power Seed.

Then using the Purple Jade Spiritual Power Seed to transform all of the Red Jade Spiritual Power in Ye Zhen’s Dantian into Purple Spirit Power, and finally, using the completely transformed Purple Spirit Power to further strengthen the meridians, bones, and viscera, fully transitioning from the previously cultivated Red Jade Battle Body into the even stronger Purple Jade Battle Body.

This process is considerably lengthy, and Ye Zhen estimated that it might take at least two or three months, possibly even longer, to complete this breakthrough.

So, while cultivating the Secret Record of Soul Refining, Ye Zhen spent most of his time each day using Purple Spirit Jade to break through to the Purple Jade Realm. Once Ye Zhen’s breakthrough to the Purple Jade Realm was achieved, his Combat Power would undoubtedly soar.

Under these circumstances, the time Ye Zhen spent each day cultivating the Secret Record of Soul Refining was actually compressed to a fixed two hours, followed by eight hours for cultivating the Shattered Jade Scripture, and then two hours for rest to recover the excessively depleted Divine Soul.

However, this regular routine did not last long before it was interrupted for the first time.

On the third day of Ye Zhen’s rigorous training, a purple Talisman Light descended from the sky, landing in the hands of the laboriously cultivating Ye Zhen. Just a glance and astonishment showed on Ye Zhen’s face! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommendation vote or a monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)