What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

Chapter 82 Cultivation Technique Completed, Soul Transformation

When he was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he only slightly tested the rune before being met with a counterattack from the Core Formation level spiritual power contained within the mark.

Now, with his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and the enhanced spiritual foundation he gained after mastering the first half of the Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique, he is able to confront the power sealed within this mark head-on.

But the cultivation world never uses the word "almost".

It's almost there, but it's not good enough.

time does not wait.

Today is the last day of the two-week deadline set by Wen Yuci.

Once Wen Yuci obtains the pill, she will inevitably first take the Soul Purifying Pill to remove the extreme cold toxins that have accumulated in her body over the years.

When she breaks through the bottleneck of the Golden Core stage, her divine soul will surge as the Golden Core condenses.

At that time, the Soul Devouring Technique mark floating in Lin Yuan's sea of consciousness will be forever unable to break free.

Lin Yuan sat on the stone bed, his right hand unconsciously gripping the edge of the bed.

Just when things were getting tense.

The Six Yin Soul-Locking Array outside the cave emitted a low hum.

Lin Yuan stopped thinking. His right hand swiftly formed a hand seal and struck the array plate in front of him. The moment the spiritual light entered the array plate, the outer array responded.

At the entrance to the cave, thick, wall-like gray mist silently rolled to both sides, clearing a narrow passage for only one person to pass through.

The gray fog on both sides of the narrow passage was like two floating curtains, ready to close again as soon as someone passed by.

Footsteps came from deep within the passageway.

Jiang Huaiyue walked out of the passageway and entered the main stone chamber.

She was still wearing a black, tight-fitting outfit. The close-fitting fabric outlined her slender and muscular figure, highlighting her sharp lines, straight shoulders, and cinched waist.

Upon reaching the center of the stone chamber, Jiang Huaiyue stopped.

She raised her hand and took off her hood.

The moment the hood fell down, Lin Yuan's gaze sharpened slightly.

Her face remained aloof and beautiful, but the aura emanating from her had undergone a dramatic change compared to a few days ago.

All outward sharpness was concealed.

That once aggressive aura, like a drawn sword, has completely disappeared.

Instead, it is replaced by a profound and dignified composure.

Like a peerless sword sheathed, its surface is devoid of any luster, yet anyone who gets close can feel the oppressive aura emanating from its sheath.

Early stage of Golden Elixir.

For the past two weeks, she's been drinking two bottles of top-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills a day. For an ordinary cultivator, such reckless and violent attempts to boost their cultivation would inevitably lead to unstable magical power and a shaken foundation. At best, their cultivation would regress; at worst, they would suffer a qi deviation.

But she knew that the problem of her unstable magical power was a minor one for Lin Yuan. After several face-to-face arduous training sessions, he could condense his magical power and solidify his foundation.

"Owner."

Jiang Huaiyue knelt on one knee, her right fist pressed against her left chest.

She raised her hands. Her long, strong fingers were slightly spread, and her palms quietly held a blue jade slip.

The jade slip is dark blue throughout.

"Your subordinate has successfully completed the mission; the second half of the Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique has been obtained."

Lin Yuan had waited far too long.

I started planning this as soon as I learned about it, and now it's finally done.

"Not bad, not bad. I'll definitely reward you properly later."

When he said the word "reward," his gaze lingered on Jiang Huaiyue's face for a moment.

Jiang Huaiyue's ears turned slightly red, but her expression remained unchanged, and she simply responded with a single word in a low voice.

"Yes."

"Now, no one is allowed to enter the stone chamber to protect me."

"Yes."

Jiang Huaiyue got up and stood at the entrance of the stone chamber.

She stood with her back to Lin Yuan, facing the passageway. Her hands were clasped in front of her, and her back was ramrod straight. The aura of an early-stage Golden Core cultivator slowly emanated from her, forming an invisible barrier around her.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on the stone bed.

He took out the cyan jade slip from his bosom, held it in both hands, and slowly placed it on his forehead.

Divine sense probed in.

A large amount of complex and obscure information poured in through his brow.

The full picture of the second half of the Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique slowly unfolded in his consciousness space.

The core cultivation philosophy in the second half is completely different from that in the first half.

The first half focuses on growth. It expands the space of the sea of consciousness, increases the total amount of the divine soul, and allows the volume of spiritual power to expand to a level far exceeding that of cultivators of the same level.

This involves laying the foundation, supporting the framework, and making the pool large enough.

The second half focuses on refinement.

Through an extremely brutal, multi-dimensional, extreme compression method, all free impurities and redundancies within the soul are forcibly stripped away. The soul, expanded to its limit, is then compressed in reverse—reducing its volume and increasing its density.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, the latter part is about hammering and refining this large lump of iron into a small piece of refined steel.

It's smaller in size, but its hardness and sharpness have increased by more than an order of magnitude.

It greatly enhances the physical toughness and essential strength of the soul.

In addition to continuing to strengthen the divine soul, the latter half also records a series of divine soul attack methods called Soul-Breaking Thorn.

And a prescription specifically for enhancing the spirit.

Soul-Shattering Thorn.

The purified divine soul power was compressed to an extreme degree and reshaped into an invisible divine soul thorn.

Strike directly into the opponent's mind.

This method is quite difficult to master, but once mastered, it becomes a powerful tool for surprise attacks.

He exhaled a breath of stale air.

The small golden characters under his eyes suddenly refreshed.

[Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique: Great Success 0/20000 (Points can be added)]

Available attribute points: 352658

Then the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

The character "残" (cán, meaning "remnant") at the end of the Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique disappeared.

Instead, the words "Great Achievement" were replaced. And the parentheses that originally read "Perfect (No punctuation allowed)" were now clearly marked "Please punctuate".

The first half was incomplete, and after forcibly adding points to it to perfection, the player died before reaching the limit. But now that the technique is complete, the limit has been unlocked.

As soon as Lin Yuan had a thought.

20,000 attribute points deducted.

[Thousand Evolutions Corpse Control Technique: Perfected (Cannot be upgraded)]

Available attribute points: 332658

next moment.

Countless insights into the refinement of the soul flooded his mind.

It was as if Lin Yuan had been practicing this method cross-legged for nearly a hundred years, and every strand of his divine soul had been tempered by him little by little, and every impurity in his divine thoughts had been stripped away to become pure...

All the barriers to spiritual cultivation are overcome only through arduous practice day after day, year after year.

The entire sea of consciousness was violently contracting—expanding—contracting again—expanding again, like a star undergoing collapse.

The massive divine power in the center of the sea of consciousness was repeatedly squeezed, forged, and reshaped in this terrifying tempering storm.

Impurities are removed, volume is compressed, and density increases.

Then came excruciating pain.

It felt like a red-hot iron rod being plunged into the folds of the brain, and then surging.

The excruciating pain lasted for dozens of breaths.

Then it suddenly disappeared in an instant.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

A faint glint of light flashed deep within his pupils.

He exuded a feeling of complete transformation from the inside out.

His gaze shifted to the straight, black figure standing at the entrance of the stone chamber.