High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie quickly cut off the contact, still feeling lingering fear.

"No! This thing is too high-level. With my current cultivation level and soul power, I can't even get close enough to observe it, let alone comprehend it. Forcing contact would probably result in my soul being annihilated!"

Su Jie's expression turned grave. "It seems the most urgent task is to increase our soul power! Without enough soul power, we'll have a treasure trove but be unable to access it!"

Without further hesitation, he immediately used his preparatory disciple token to teleport back to the simple yet mysterious stone hall.

Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Su Jie took a deep breath and stared intently at the first volume of the "Myriad Gods and Demons Suppressing Prison Map" on the wall.

Having learned from his previous experience, he was more cautious this time, calming his mind and not daring to make any rash moves.

"boom!"

Even with some preparation, the immense will and boundless information carried by that single, curved hair once again pressed down like the collapse of the universe!

Su Jie felt as if his soul was being pierced by billions of steel needles and torn apart in a raging ocean of laws.

He held fast to his mind, and the Martial Heart (blue) emitted a stable light, helping him maintain his meditative state as he tried to capture the primal aura emanating from the hair in the image—a aura that could nourish and temper the soul.

This time, he held on for... two seconds!

It lasted one second longer than last time!

He abruptly broke free of his meditative state, his face pale, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and a wave of weakness washing over him.

"Two seconds... that's still too short," Su Jie panted. "But it's effective! I can feel my soul power slightly increasing and condensing under that extreme pressure!"

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. He closed his eyes to rest, and once the weakness in his soul subsided, he turned his gaze back to the visualization diagram.

"Again!"

And so, Su Jie began his self-torturing soul power training. Time and again he visualized, time and again he escaped from the brink of his soul collapsing, relying on the restorative effects of the futon to painstakingly increase his soul power.

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. He closed his eyes and regulated his breathing. Once the weakness in his soul subsided, he prepared to immerse himself in that torturous visualization once more.

Half a day later, Su Jie collapsed onto the futon like a dead fish, his eyes rolling back. The exhaustion of his soul took him a long time to recover.

"This kind of forced endurance is still too inefficient." Su Jie rubbed his pale face, his consciousness sinking into his mind. "System, bring up the [Arsenal of All Heavens] and filter for cultivation techniques that can assist in soul recovery or cultivation, with prices under 8000 martial arts achievement points."

The light screen flickered, countless items flashed by, and finally settled on a few. Su Jie's gaze swept across them, locking onto a cultivation technique called "The Spirit Nourishing Technique".

[The Spirit Nourishing Technique (Beginner's Guide): A top-100 basic soul cultivation method across all realms, possessing the effect of gently nourishing and rapidly restoring soul power, and significantly increasing the speed of soul power cultivation. Requires 8000 Martial Arts Achievement Points to exchange.]

"This is it!" Su Jie chose to exchange without hesitation.

[Successfully redeemed "The Spirit Cultivation Technique (Beginner's Edition)" using 8000 Martial Arts Achievement Points!]

A cool, gentle flow of information entered Su Jie's consciousness, and he instantly grasped the operating method of this technique.

"Wonderful!" Su Jie's eyes lit up. "This 'Spirit Nourishing Technique' can not only accelerate the recovery of soul power, but also actively operate at all times to slowly increase the upper limit of soul power!"

As expected of a top-hundred-ranked cultivation technique among countless soul cultivation methods across the myriad worlds, even though this is only the introductory level, it's still the only introductory level Su Jie can afford right now!

He immediately began to circulate the "Spirit Nourishing Technique," and a cool aura spread through his sea of ​​consciousness, like sweet spring water nourishing parched land. The fatigue and weakness of his soul brought about by the previous visualization quickly subsided, and his spirit was refreshed!

Once he had recovered to his peak condition, Su Jie once again turned his gaze to the "Myriad Manifestations of Gods and Demons Suppressing Prison Diagram" and began to contemplate that single hair.

"boom!"

The overwhelming will pressed down, but this time, Su Jie felt as if his soul had gained a flexible buffer. The "Spirit Nourishing Technique" was running spontaneously in his sea of ​​consciousness, helping him to better resist the terrifying information shock.

He held on for a full three seconds before being forced to give up.

As soon as he exited, he immediately activated the "Spirit Nourishing Technique" with all his might. The fatigue in his soul receded like a tide, and the recovery speed of his soul power was more than three times faster than before!

"It works!" Su Jie's spirits lifted.

And so he began an even more efficient, yet more frantic, cycle: visualizing the "Myriad Manifestations of Gods and Demons Suppressing Prison Diagram" to temper his soul power to its limit -> circulating the "Spirit Nourishing Technique" to quickly recover -> visualizing again!

Time flies by in these cycles of reincarnation.

I don't know how much time passed; it could have been a day or several days.

"Buzz!"

Something seemed to suddenly burst open in Su Jie's sea of ​​consciousness! His soul perception instantly became much clearer, its range significantly expanded, and his control over his own power became more precise. The pressure emanating from the visualization seemed to have lessened slightly.

[Ding! Host's soul power breakthrough detected. Current soul power level: Level 6!]

"Level six!" Su Jie's eyes gleamed as he felt the fullness emanating from his soul. "Indeed, having a cultivation technique makes all the difference!"

He did not stop; Su Jie was immersed in the cycle of contemplation and recovery, completely unaware of the passage of time.

Each time his consciousness was crushed by the immense will of that "hair" and then reassembled under the nourishment of the "Spirit Nourishing Technique," his soul became as solid and resilient as if it had been forged and tempered by steel.

Finally, after countless trials and tribulations that pushed him to the brink of his limit—

"boom!"

It was as if a thunderclap had exploded in my mind! A feeling of sudden enlightenment surged through my entire body!

The soul's perception expanded rapidly in all directions like a tidal wave, instantly covering the entire stone hall, and even faintly penetrating the stone walls to sense some vague auras on the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace Square outside!

The speed at which his thoughts moved far exceeded that of the past, and his control over the immense blood and qi of 1560 million combat power and the Xuan-level martial bone within his body also reached an unprecedented level of subtlety.

The pressure from the "hair" in the visualization, though still heavy, no longer felt unbearable to him.

[Ding! Host's soul power breakthrough detected. Current soul power level: Level 8!]

"Level eight!" Su Jie suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze restrained yet profound. He let out a long sigh of relief, his face beaming with undisguised joy.

"Breaking through three levels in such a short time! The combination of the 'Myriad Manifestations of Gods and Demons Suppressing Prison Diagram' and the 'Spirit Nourishing Technique' is truly heaven-defying!" He felt the power and fullness emanating from his soul, and his heart was filled with excitement.

Just then, a thought struck him. Through his preparatory disciple token, he sensed that someone outside was anxiously searching for him—it was Yang Baichuan.

Su Jie calmed his mind and stopped cultivating. Improving one's soul power is not something that can be done overnight. It may seem like there are only two levels between level eight and level ten, but the accumulation required is probably far greater than before.

Next, I need to find a way to improve my martial arts level.