Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 90 Substantial Yet Intangible! Electrolux's Gift!

Shrek Academy, Seagod Island.

Zhu Ziyang and his two companions, who had been away for exactly forty days, had arrived on the island.

Upon returning to the academy, Elder Song immediately introduced Jiang Nannan to the other senior academy members and the four deans. Jiang Nannan received many gifts and finally learned Mu En's true identity, as well as the fact that Zhu Ziyang's teacher was Mu En. The girl was both shocked and excited.

However, these were all secondary matters to Zhu Ziyang.

He had already arrived at the base of the ancient golden tree, found the wooden house Mu En had mentioned, and went inside. After casually looking around, he sat down and took out the high-grade spiritual herb he had obtained a month ago, Qingxin.

Zhu Ziyang looked at the Qingxin in his hand and couldn't help but smile. He hadn't expected it to take so long to use it. He hoped it wouldn't disappoint him.

He reached out and plucked a petal from the Qingxin herb, putting it into his mouth—one, two, three… until he had put all the petals in his mouth. Only then did he throw the now worthless stem to the ground, close his eyes, and begin to meditate, absorbing the medicinal power of the herb.

As one of the few high-grade spiritual herbs that can enhance spiritual cultivation, Qingxin was something Zhu Ziyang was hoping to use to break through to the realm of tangible yet intangible spiritual power.

After Zhu Ziyang took the Qingxin pill, a refreshing aura surged into his sea of ​​consciousness. Under the influence of this aura, his spiritual power immediately accelerated its circulation. The silver vortex within his sea of ​​consciousness also sensed the wonderful effect of the refreshing aura and unabashedly devoured it, its rate of absorbing and releasing spiritual power also increasing significantly. Subsequently, his entire sea of ​​consciousness became active, and the blue seawater within his sea of ​​consciousness spun along with the silver vortex, forming an even larger vortex. However, at the center of that vortex, under the gradual encroachment of the silver vortex, the color subtly changed.

This scene greatly reassured Zhu Ziyang, who focused on circulating the Great Brightness Technique, diligently refining his mind and attempting to break through the ethereal barrier.

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Cultivation knows no time; I have no idea how much time has passed.

Zhu Ziyang awoke from his cultivation reverie, only to hear a tremendous boom in his mind, followed by the sound of something shattering. Then came a feeling of ethereal bliss, as if he were hearing celestial music. The unprecedented clarity of his mind made Zhu Ziyang realize immediately that he had broken through!

Without hesitation, he immediately controlled his mind and rushed into his spiritual sea, and then he was stunned.

Silver, a dazzling silver, filled the entire sea of ​​spirit. That was Zhu Ziyang's spiritual power, more solid and profound than before, like a flowing galaxy, dreamlike and ethereal.

To his surprise, his sea of ​​consciousness had expanded more than twice its size. His vast spiritual power had not only converged into a silver ocean, but a sizable island had also formed in the center of his sea of ​​consciousness. However, the island was very desolate, with nothing but the Soul Bead of Electrox and the Soul Crystal of the Silver Dragon Wolf.

Against the azure sky, golden stars still hung, and to their right was a silver crystal sphere resembling a satellite. Inside the sphere were carved dragon-wing-like patterns, a symbol of Zhu Ziyang's right eye's connection to his spiritual sea. Compared to its initial state, the silver crystal sphere had grown considerably larger.

However, Zhu Ziyang did not notice that he was extremely excited at the moment, because the Island of Spirit was the symbol of the second level of spiritual power.

Once a Soul Master's spiritual power cultivation reaches the realm of tangible yet intangible, they can gain more refined control over their spiritual power. For example, they can perceive their surroundings through spiritual power, or control the power of Soul Skills through spiritual power, and so on. At the same time, upon entering the realm of tangible yet intangible, a spiritual island formed by pure spiritual power will appear in the Soul Master's sea of ​​spirit, which is a prerequisite for the manifestation of spiritual power.

"Is this the tangible yet intangible spiritual power? How wonderful!" Zhu Ziyang murmured.

He didn't open his eyes, but he could clearly sense the light elements floating around him. In the past, he would have needed to use his martial soul to do this, but now he didn't need the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe as a bridge at all; his mental power was enough to sense the elemental forces in the air.

Zhu Ziyang did not rush to get up, but instead carefully sensed the changes in his own strength after the breakthrough in his spiritual power.

The most significant change is in his silver right eye. With the enhancement of his mental strength, the time-stopping ability of his silver right eye has been extended from one second to three seconds, and the target limit has been raised from Soul King to Soul Emperor. As a result, Zhu Ziyang's combat power will greatly increase.

At the same time, after his spiritual power broke through to the realm of tangible yet intangible, his soul power also benefited, rising from level 37 to level 38. This made Zhu Ziyang very happy, because now he was only one level away from the Soul Master realm. Once he reached level 39, and then used the Soul Ascension Pill awarded as a prize for winning the freshman assessment, he would definitely reach level 40!

It's incredibly exciting to think about.

Zhu Ziyang was satisfied and then prepared to end this period of seclusion.

However, just as his mind was about to leave the mental space, the gray bead floating on the mental island suddenly trembled. This extremely subtle movement was transmitted very clearly to Zhu Ziyang's consciousness in his sea of ​​consciousness. Zhu Ziyang immediately changed his mind about leaving, controlled his mind, and instantly descended above Ilex's soul bead, staring intently at the gray bead.

It has been about half a year since Electrolux fell into a deep sleep. Could it be that Electrolux is about to awaken? Zhu Ziyang thought to himself, and couldn't help but feel excited.

What kind of surprises will this teacher from another world bring after waking up?

Time flowed silently. The gray soul bead trembled repeatedly in Zhu Ziyang's anticipation, the tremors growing louder and more pronounced until it floated in mid-air, swaying incessantly. Then, the gray bead abruptly stopped moving. After three seconds of silence, a ring of gray energy emerged from it, like a mist in a hazy, unknowable fog, yet carrying specks of golden light. The energy multiplied, eventually filling the entire mental space, almost completely blocking Zhu Ziyang's senses.

Despite having his senses blocked, Zhu Ziyang felt no fear whatsoever. He sensed intimacy and care from the gray aura, and although there were no words, he clearly realized that this was a gift from his otherworldly teacher to him as a disciple.

Sure enough, the gray currents that filled his mental space began to stir again. They were able to ignore the barrier of the soul's heaven and directly penetrate his body's blood and qi from his sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhu Ziyang could clearly feel this gray energy entering his meridians, acupoints, bone marrow, and flesh, tempering every corner of his body. More energy flowed along his blood to his heart, entering the Tanzhong acupoint, thus beginning to influence his martial spirit, the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe.

Affected by the gray aura, the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe manifested unnaturally, and its three spirit rings restlessly circled the handle and blade. The gray aura spread upwards along the handle, past the two purple spirit rings, and directly enveloped the yellow spirit ring.

Zhu Ziyang felt a crisp cracking sound from his body. The warm yet chilly aura made him feel somewhat intoxicated, and he unconsciously fell into a deep sleep.

When he awoke again, everything had returned to normal, only the overwhelming power of death reminded him that everything that had just happened was real.

Zhu Ziyang opened his eyes and immediately released the World-Soothing Scythe. His martial soul remained unchanged, but his spirit rings were different. His first spirit ring had changed from a pale yellow to a deep, rich yellow! He looked shocked and confused, never expecting that his teacher had actually increased the age of his first spirit ring. How had he done it?

Besides the spirit ring, Zhu Ziyang could also faintly sense that the light element and the power of death within his body, which were originally parallel and independent, were beginning to grow closer to each other. Although they still could not merge, they were several times stronger than the previous isolation where they did not come into contact with each other.

He was overjoyed and immediately withdrew his martial spirit, wanting to enter his sea of ​​consciousness to see if Ilex had awakened, but instead, he heard another aged voice in his ear.

"Since you're awake, come on up."

That's Moon's voice.

(End of this chapter)