Battle Through the Heavens: Soul Palace, Gu Yan!

Chapter 16 The Ultimate Soul, Gathering Spirit and Forging the Soul

People on the Douqi Continent are very efficient.

Perhaps it's because there are many members of the Gu family.

In just two days, all the buildings damaged by the Earth Spirit Pangolin were restored to their original state.

Back in his room, Gu Yan sat cross-legged on the bed.

He clenched his fists, once again realizing the importance of improving his strength.

"A social event?" Gu Yan's eyes narrowed slightly. "Since you want to use this to bring down the Gu family, then be prepared to be purged!"

With a light breath, Gu Yan took out the "Gathering Spirit and Forging Soul Technique" and fixed his gaze on the lower right corner of the scroll.

There, three extremely tiny, pale yellow dust particles shimmered like elves, giving one a profound sense of spirituality.

"Sparkling with a spiritual luster... just as described in the book, it truly exists only in those ancient times... the dust of the spirit-bearing spirit!"

Gu Yan felt excited again.

Just last night, he suddenly discovered these three pale yellow dust particles. However, being cautious by nature, he still had Xiao Lin check them to make sure there was nothing wrong.

The dust of the pregnant spirit was quite famous in ancient times.

It is not only an essential ingredient for refining elixirs of grade eight and above, but if one can integrate it into one's soul, it can nourish the soul, gradually enhance the spiritual energy within the soul, and thus step into the so-called spiritual realm.

In Gu Yan's memory, the mortal realm is the initial realm of soul power, and most alchemists are at this realm.

The soul power in the mortal realm is relatively weak, but it can be gradually improved through cultivation.

Alchemists who reach the Spirit Realm are able to refine Grade 8 pills.

At this level, one's soul power has significantly increased, allowing for better control and utilization of soul power.

Alchemists in the Heavenly Realm can refine ninth-grade pills.

The soul power at this level is extremely strong, enabling more advanced alchemy operations, and they also possess high attainments in soul attack and defense.

The Emperor Realm is the highest level of soul power, capable of refining legendary Emperor-grade pills.

The soul power of an Emperor Realm expert is extremely strong, almost omnipotent, and can even rival that of a Dou Sheng expert.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan couldn't help but sigh softly.

He probably hasn't even entered the mortal realm yet; his soul power is pitifully weak.

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long.

Gu Yan shook his head slightly and cheered himself up.

The so-called spiritual realm refers to the power of the soul that imbues elixirs with spirituality.

The prerequisite for this effect is that the soul must be filled with sufficient spiritual energy.

However, without special methods of soul cultivation, this so-called spiritual energy cannot be sensed at all.

According to the original work, the methods of soul cultivation have long been lost, so if one wants to enhance the spiritual energy within the soul, one needs to rely on external aids.

Thinking of this, a burning desire suddenly rose in Gu Yan's heart.

Now that he has both the method of soul cultivation and the spirit-nurturing powder, wouldn't he be able to take off directly?

"Only a few eighth-grade alchemists who know the method of refining this Spirit-Nourishing Powder can refine it. Venerable Tianhuo said that the method of refining Spirit-Nourishing Powder has been lost. It seems that the owner of the stone chamber lived even earlier than Venerable Tianhuo."

"Perhaps there was some kind of barrier there hundreds of years ago, which ordinary people couldn't detect at all. So it wasn't until the barrier disappeared that Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor were able to obtain the inheritance?"

Shaking his head, Gu Yan stopped making wild guesses and pondered for a moment before using his battle qi to remove a grain of spirit-nurturing powder and suspend it in front of him.

With his gaze fixed on the single speck of spirit-nurturing dust, Gu Yan slowly closed his eyes.

In the next instant, his lips began to move slightly, and if you listened carefully, you would hear that he was reciting some kind of incantation.

"At the pinnacle of the soul, gather spiritual energy and forge the soul..."

"The soul is like the deep sea; when still, it is without waves; when in motion, it is a raging torrent..."

"It resembles the bright moon; when hidden, it is utterly still; when revealed, it is profoundly mysterious..."

"A single thought, subtle and profound, reveals oneself to be as insignificant as dust..."

"..."

As Gu Yan's soft murmur ended, a suction force suddenly emerged.

Under this suction force, the pale yellow, shimmering dust instantly transformed into a thin stream of light, shooting straight into Gu Yan's brow.

As the dust of the spirit-inducing powder rushed into his mind, Gu Yan's body trembled violently, and veins bulged on his forehead.

It should be noted that even Xiao Yan, who was already in the mortal realm, felt pain when he used the Spirit-Nourishing Powder.

It is conceivable that, given Gu Yan's current weakened soul, the pain he must endure is likely a thousand times more severe.

However, Gu Yan's resilience was evident at this moment.

He gritted his teeth and persevered.

Gu Yan's pain seemed to last longer than Xiao Yan's.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief as the pain gradually subsided.

The next instant, a strange fluctuation suddenly spread throughout the surrounding world. Wisps of extremely faint, mysterious energy permeated the spatial fluctuations and finally slowly entered Gu Yan's brow.

As the mysterious airflow surged in, Gu Yan was immediately overjoyed.

Because he felt his soul power rapidly increasing!

"Is this spiritual energy?"

Previously, Gu Yan had been worried about how to improve his soul power, but he never expected to have such a great gain after going to Qingshan Town!

An increase in soul power also means an increase in the speed of battle qi cultivation.

In this way, I will probably be able to become a Grand Battle Master very soon.

What he needs to do now is simple: to reach a higher level of cultivation than Xiao Zhan before Yao Lao appears.

As time went by, under the influence of the Spirit-Nourishing Dust, the spiritual energy that ordinary people could not possibly absorb was constantly being drawn out and integrated into Gu Yan's soul.

This absorption of spiritual energy lasted for about three hours before the light and suction force emitted by the pale yellow light particles gradually weakened.

Gu Yan remembered that Xiao Yan had lasted for about three hours, so it seemed that his absorption speed was too slow.

That's normal, though. Before entering the mortal realm, the absorption and refining will naturally be much slower.

As the light emitted by the particles grew weaker, a faint clicking sound suddenly rang in Gu Yan's mind.

The powder of the pregnant spirit shattered, and the suction force disappeared instantly.

However, after Gu Yan waited for a while, the Spirit-Pregnant Powder did not burst out with a strong light like Xiao Yan's.

It appears that there is no mark of a soul on it.

Even after the suction disappeared, Gu Yan could still sense the presence of spiritual energy in the world, which was the effect of the "Spirit Gathering and Soul Forging Technique"!

Spiritual energy is a very luxurious thing, even for alchemists today.

Because they simply cannot sense it.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan could hardly contain his excitement and pride.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

This is something his university advisor repeatedly emphasized.

After arriving on the Dou Qi Continent, Gu Yan went further and further down this path.

Just as Gu Yan was pondering, his soul power suddenly surged, as if it had been accumulating for a long time and was now being unleashed!