I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 838: Soul Differentiation
Queen Mother of the West looked at Zhang Chen with a complicated expression on her face. She never expected Zhang Chen to be so ambitious. She couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt: "Did I wrong him before? Is he really not talented enough? And I didn't let him go on purpose?"

Looking at such an ambitious Zhang Chen, even with the character of the Queen Mother of the West, she couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of guilt.

"It's rare for you to be so ambitious. In that case, I will grant you a magical power of soul division." Queen Mother of the West extended her hand, and a page of golden paper flew out from the direction of the Sutra Library in the distance and landed in the palm of her hand. Queen Mother of the West flicked the golden page and it landed in front of Zhang Chen: "Take it and comprehend it well. Don't let me down."

"I will work hard on my cultivation and strive to be worthy of the Queen Mother's efforts." Zhang Chen bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother of the West.

Queen Mother of the West nodded upon seeing this, then Zhang Chen stepped down from the altar, all the way back to the Medicine Hall, spread out the golden page in his hand to study it, a mysterious aura was flowing on the golden page, Zhang Chen wanted to use the Golden Light of the Righteous God to turn it into a skill and drop it down, but he was afraid that the Golden Light of the Righteous God would be discovered by Queen Mother of the West, so he could only calm down and study it carefully, choosing to practice step by step.

The Queen Mother of the West once preached to him, so it was not difficult for him to study the golden page in front of him, especially with the countless resources available. It was easy for him to cultivate the magical power of soul differentiation.

"This magical power is profound. It is not a simple technique of splitting one's body, nor is it a simple technique of dividing the soul. It is a true technique of transforming the soul into an incarnation." Zhang Chen studied the golden pages carefully for three full days before he understood the subtlety of it.

Zhang Chen put away the golden page, changed the medicine for Lady Biyun, then found a dozen innate elixirs, crushed them and swallowed them. Then he began to silently use his magical powers. The next moment, he saw that his soul was becoming increasingly dazed, and inexplicable runes were constantly emerging in his soul.

“To successfully practice this technique of soul differentiation, I need to derive 129,600 runes, and then gather them together to form a mysterious mark.” Zhang Chen pondered secretly while practicing his magical powers.

Originally, if he wanted to derive 129,600 runes based on his own strength, he might not be able to do it even if he had 10,000 years. However, with the supply of countless elixirs in the medicine hall, Zhang Chen had derived 129,600 runes in just one month.

Then at a certain moment, the rune vibrated slightly, and turned into a mysterious trajectory, which was engraved on Zhang Chen's soul. Then Zhang Chen pinched his fingers and shouted softly: "Split!"

After a moment of trance, his soul split into two.

However, although the soul was divided into two, its mass also shrank directly, from one to two, and an indescribable feeling of weakness surged into his heart.

"Divide again!"

Zhang Chen changed the incantation in his hand again, and saw that the two souls split instantly and turned into four souls, each soul was only a quarter of the original size.

"Divide again!" Zhang Chen made hand gestures again.

At this time, the four souls turned into eight, and the eight souls were only one eighth of the original size.

Zhang Chen was still not satisfied and wanted to divide it again by pinching his fingers and chanting the spell. However, the runes in his soul shook slightly at this time and Zhang Chen's division failed.

"Have I reached the limit of my current realm?" Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully.

His soul split into eight parts, and he felt his body was very heavy, like a paralyzed person. His soul wanted to mobilize his body, but it was staggering as if he was drunk. He wanted to reach out to take the elixir that had been prepared on the ground, but his arm was as heavy as a mountain. He staggered and trembled as he finally stretched out his arm, wanting to pick up the elixir on the ground, but his arm was completely out of control and passed through the elixir.

Zhang Chen's palm swayed back and forth, and it took a full hour before he finally placed his palm on the elixir, trying to lift it up. However, his palm holding the elixir kept swaying in the air, poking it back and forth on his face, but he couldn't bring it to his mouth.

Another half hour passed before Zhang Chen put the elixir into his mouth, chewed it up and down with his teeth, and finally swallowed the medicine.

"I'm so stupid. I almost ruined myself!" Zhang Chen used his magical powers to refine the elixir and couldn't help complaining. His voice was full of helplessness.

Fortunately, along with the surging refining of the spiritual medicine power, a tremendous force began to operate in his body, powerful forces were fluctuating in the void, and his soul continued to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After taking a thousand-year-old elixir, his control over his body increased.

After swallowing the tenth elixir, a mysterious power began to flow within his body, and his soul had returned to its original size.

Eight primordial spirits and eight senses of experience, Zhang Chen found it very magical.

Each soul is itself, there is no distinction between primary and secondary, and there will not be a situation where you devour me and I devour you.

Simply put, although there are eight souls, their consciousnesses are connected together and they share one consciousness. The feeling can be likened to the eight souls being eight computers and the consciousness being the Internet, and they all share one consciousness.

"Incredible, very mysterious!" Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Zhang Chen's mind moved, and one of his souls disappeared out of thin air, entered the Ascension Pool, drilled into the Longevity Tree, and began to refine the Longevity Tree.

Although he traveled through time and space, those objects were only sealed in the deepest part of his soul and could not be revealed in this era, but they were not impossible to touch through his soul. Zhang Chen tried it, and his own Ascension Pool and Tongtian Jianmu could only exist in the deepest part of his soul and could not be revealed to the outside world. It was as if there was a world inside his soul and another world outside his soul.

“It seems that there is a mysterious force within my soul that seals the treasures within my soul in another time and space, in another era.” There was a strange look in Zhang Chen’s eyes.

Just as all kinds of thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, his seven souls instantly returned to their positions and overlapped with each other. They seemed to be integrated into one, but they were like pieces of paper stacked together, with each side clearly separated.

Zhang Chen opened his eyes and looked around the entire hall. He did not notice any enhanced effect on his perception after the differentiation of his soul. It remained the same as before.

Just as Zhang Chen had countless thoughts running through his mind, a low hum was heard from the hall. Zhang Chen hurriedly picked up the ointment and came to the side of Empress Biyun. At this time, Empress Biyun's injuries had mostly healed, but the whip marks still hadn't disappeared.

"Empress, it's time to apply the medicine." Zhang Chen squatted beside Empress Biyun and said with a guilty look on his face.

"How is your practice going?" Empress Biyun opened her eyes and asked in a hoarse voice.

"I will work hard on my cultivation." Zhang Chen could only reply irrelevantly.

The corner of Queen Biyun's mouth twitched, and she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it. In the end, she sighed: "You should practice hard, otherwise I'm afraid that Queen Mother will beat me to death sooner or later."

"I have thought of a way. Sister, you can hit me next time. If you hurt me, Queen Mother of the West will believe that you have done your best to supervise me and will definitely not punish you again." Zhang Chen replied while applying herbal medicine to Queen Biyun.

"I know it's not your fault, so how could I be so cruel to you?" Empress Biyun smiled bitterly.

Zhang Chen fell silent upon hearing this. Empress Biyun was too kind-hearted.

"Let me make the elixir for you." Empress Biyun forced herself to get up.

"Your injuries..." Zhang Chen's face was full of worry.

"What are you afraid of? No one will die." Lady Biyun said, "I don't want to be beaten again! I'll make the elixir sooner so you can practice cultivation sooner!"

Zhang Chen was speechless after hearing this. What could he say? He couldn't say anything.

Queen Biyun sat cross-legged in front of the Bagua furnace, gnashing her teeth and sucking in cold air while refining the elixir, which made Zhang Chen, who was sitting beside her, feel very guilty. However, Zhang Chen was even more afraid to break through casually because he sensed that something was wrong. Queen Mother of the West was urging him too hastily. Her attitude was not to cultivate him at all. Instead, she wanted to wait until his cultivation was perfected and then use him to do something.

If the Queen Mother of the West appreciated herself and cultivated herself, she shouldn't be like this now.

Just when Zhang Chen was feeling mixed emotions, another hundred years passed in a hurry. During this hundred years, Zhang Chen's cultivation level broke through to the twenty-fifth level, one more level than last year.

"Tomorrow is the assessment period."

Empress Biyun stood in the main hall, wearing an emerald green dress, and said something while looking at Zhang Chen in front of her.

"You're going to be implicated again." Zhang Chen had a wry smile on his face, and he looked apologetic. "I will definitely argue with the Queen Mother. Everyone has their own share of responsibility. I'll ask the Queen Mother to punish me and not implicate you."

"If you don't beg for mercy, I'll beg you! If you really plead for me, Queen Mother of the West will only be more ruthless." When Queen Biyun heard that Zhang Chen was still going to plead for her, she couldn't help but turn pale and pleaded with Zhang Chen: "If you show indifference to life and don't care, Queen Mother of the West will not punish me to urge you."

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Okay! I will never beg for mercy."

Seeing this, Empress Biyun let out a sigh of relief, then patted her chest, turned around and disappeared into the void: "I'll go prepare the ointment in advance."

Lady Biyun went away, leaving Zhang Chen standing in the hall. After a long silence, he sat cross-legged on the ground again and practiced the law of cause and effect transformation bestowed by the Queen Mother of the West.

"Don't you see any drawbacks of this mantra? Why did the Queen Mother of the West anxiously urge me to practice this mantra? This is clearly an unparalleled magical power?" Zhang Chen pondered the Karma Transformation Mantra with a look of confusion in his eyes. He did not deduce any big pitfalls of the Karma Transformation Mantra.

So why did the Queen Mother of the West constantly urge herself to speed up the practice of the Law of Karma Transformation?
"If something is abnormal, it is a demon. The Queen Mother of the West's behavior is not normal?" Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)