novelraw Chapter 966: Soul Cultivation Breakthrough!
Chapter 966: Soul Cultivation Breakthrough!
Han Yu’s body slowly rose into the air.
He did not control it.
The suction force from the Eight Emotions Lotus pulled him upward toward the rift. The closer he moved the faster the souls entered him. His body settled into a cross legged position by itself.
The absorption accelerated.
Han Yu did not resist.
Since fortune had arrived... He would use it.
His body began glowing as Soul light spread around him. It grew brighter and brighter until Madam Cold Fang could barely see him anymore. The entire area looked like a small star had descended.
Minutes passed.
The souls continued pouring.
Within Han Yu’s Soul Space the massive sea of Soul Qi surged violently. The Soul Qi he had spent fighting the Eternal Smiling Ancestor was restored instantly.
Then it continued rising.
More.
And more.
And more.
Profit.
Pure profit.
Han Yu slowly lost awareness of the outside world.
His breathing slowed.
His thoughts quieted.
Without realizing it... He entered a trance.
Madam Cold Fang watched quietly.
Her eyes narrowed.
"Is he breaking through?"
The thought appeared immediately. Her expression became complicated. She looked at the surrounding lands. The battle had caused enough chaos already.
If someone arrived now... Han Yu would be defenseless.
She sighed.
"Since he helped me..."
"I may as well help him."
She raised her hand.
Frost spread across the forest.
Large walls of ice rose around the region.
Barrier after barrier formed.
An enormous dome surrounded the area and concealed everything.
Only then did she sit down and wait.
Inside the Soul Space... Han Yu opened his eyes.
He stood above the vast Soul Sea. The sight before him shocked even him. The sea had expanded countless times over. Waves of Soul Qi rolled endlessly. The surface glowed with pale silver light.
Above it danced the Eight Emotions Lotus.
The little lotus looked happier than Han Yu had ever seen it.
Its petals waved around wildly.
It spun.
Danced.
Leapt across the sea.
Like a conductor directing an orchestra.
Every time it waved its petals another stream of Soul Qi descended into the ocean.
Han Yu stared.
"Just how many souls were there..."
He could not even estimate anymore.
Thankfully the souls had mostly lost their individuality.
Time had eroded them.
The rituals had stripped away most of their sentience.
They were little more than Soul Qi constructs now.
Pure energy.
Easy to absorb.
Han Yu had absorbed souls before.
The Fatui Clan experiment immediately came to mind.
That time alone had granted him massive gains.
This...
This was beyond comparison.
Hundreds of times greater.
Maybe more.
Han Yu looked at the ocean.
"Could I actually break through?"
He had remained at the Soul Expert stage of the Harvester Realm for over fifteen years.
Progress had slowed greatly.
He had no idea beyond this point.
No teacher.
No guidance.
He did not even know what came next.
Was it more Soul Qi?
A condition?
A realization?
He knew nothing.
The Soul Sea suddenly rose.
Han Yu blinked.
The water level was increasing.
Rapidly.
The ocean climbed.
Higher.
Higher.
Until...
It swallowed him.
Han Yu found himself immersed in Soul Qi.
Warmth surrounded him.
Comfort.
It felt like soaking in a hot spring.
His body relaxed.
His eyes closed on their own.
The Soul Qi began nourishing him.
Layer after layer entered his being.
Then something changed.
Han Yu suddenly felt strange.
He looked down.
And froze.
His body...
No.
His consciousness...
Had form.
All this time his soul consciousness had simply existed as awareness.
A presence.
Now...
A faint figure had appeared.
Humanoid.
Transparent.
Its face slowly became clearer.
Han Yu stared.
It looked exactly like him.
The silhouette floated within the Soul Sea.
The Soul Qi gathered around it.
Arms appeared.
Legs.
Features.
Hair.
The soul body became clearer second after second.
The Eight Emotions Lotus stopped dancing.
It floated quietly nearby.
Watching.
Then the little lotus let out a happy cry.
"Yi Ya!"
The Soul Sea trembled.
The silhouette opened its eyes.
Han Yu felt the world shake.
A realization dawned.
This...
Was his soul taking form.
A true Soul Body.
And he was fairly certain...
This was the next stage of his Soul cultivation.
Han Yu’s soul continued to change.
The moment the breakthrough was completed and the new realm revealed itself, the transformation did not stop. The True Soul floating above the vast Soul Sea kept absorbing Soul Qi greedily. Layer after layer of pale radiance flowed into it and with every moment the figure became more real.
The transparency disappeared first.
Then came texture.
His skin no longer looked ethereal. It gained depth and color. His black hair darkened further and even individual strands became visible. The face sharpened and soon looked identical to his original appearance from the Central Continent rather than the borrowed face of Ju Fan.
Han Yu looked down at his hands.
He flexed them.
The fingers moved naturally.
There was resistance.
Weight.
Warmth.
He could even feel the Soul Qi currents flowing beneath his skin.
"This..." Han Yu muttered in shock.
He touched his own face.
Solid.
Entirely solid.
At that moment a strange feeling appeared.
Something stirred within his mind.
New memories surfaced.
No.
Not memories.
Inheritance.
Information hidden within the Undying Destiny Severance finally awakened. Streams of knowledge poured into him. Han Yu closed his eyes as the information entered his consciousness.
His breathing slowed.
Then his eyes suddenly opened.
"This is not the Harvester Realm..." Han Yu finally understood.
He had been wrong all this time.
Or rather incomplete.
"The next realm is the Soul Refinement Realm!"
The realization struck him like lightning.
Everything finally made sense.
The Soul Expert stage had merely been the final stage of the Harvester Realm. And now he had already stepped beyond it.
The knowledge continued flowing.
Han Yu learned of the three stages within this new realm.
And immediately understood where he stood.
"The Soul Master Stage..." Han Yu whispered.
A grin appeared on his face.
"Equal to Peak Dao Shell Realm!"