Chapter 120: Condensing the Soul Core

Yu Tianyun took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, began to marshal his entire soul power, preparing to face the imminent arduous challenge.

He first took out the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb, then swallowed all the leaves in one bite. The taste was rather unpleasant, like grass and quite tough. Only after it entered his stomach did Yu Tianyun feel the intense mixed primordial qi surge into his body, intermingling with his own soul power, rushing through his meridians.

Yu Tianyun's soul power was originally liquid, but under the effect of the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb it gradually became viscous. Soon, he felt his meridians painfully distended.

This was because he devoured all the herb leaves at once; the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb should be taken leaf by leaf to allow the soul power to increase gradually, whereas his all‑at‑once consumption caused an instant, terrifying surge of soul power.

But Yu Tianyun had to do so in order to directly condense a soul core. After all, his soul power still lagged far behind that of a Title Douluo, and even after ten thousand years, only a Title Douluo can usually condense a soul core. The Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb serves to provide Yu Tianyun with soul power.

Then Yu Tianyun took out the Evil God Pearl, his right hand materializing into a Dragon Claw, he cut a wound at his brow and gently pressed the Evil God Pearl onto the wound.

In the blink of an eye, his hand was empty; the Evil God Pearl had already entered Yu Tianyun's sea of spirit, that is, his upper dantian.

The energy within the Evil God Pearl surged out instantly like a breached dam. A wave of evil energy began to seep into and fuse with his flesh and blood.

Meanwhile, the core bead of the Evil God Pearl kept shrinking.

Yu Tianyun perceived everything with extreme clarity, but had no time to control the stray evil energy. His goal was the core of the Evil God Pearl; he intended to turn the Evil God Pearl into a soul core carrier, and thus could not stand idly watching it disappear.

He immediately marshaled the soul power within his body, guiding it to converge at his brow, beginning to merge it into the Evil God Pearl.

After Yu Tianyun continuously guided soul power into the Evil God Pearl, the pearl finally ceased dissipating and maintained its form.

The soul power inside the Evil God Pearl gradually increased, while the energy belonging to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had long vanished, its whereabouts within Yu Tianyun's body unknown.

As the soul power grew, in no time it filled the entire pearl.

While Yu Tianyun operated all his spirit power to control the process, the soul power began to rotate slowly within the pearl, gradually accelerating, and simultaneously the soul power started to compress gently. As the compression progressed, Yu Tianyun incrementally increased the amount of soul power he injected.

The liquid soul power became increasingly viscous, and its rotation speed grew faster under Yu Tianyun's control. Yu Tianyun could keenly feel that it was the Evil God Pearl serving as a protective carrier that prevented his liquid soul power from dissipating.

As time slowly passed, the liquid soul power gradually solidified, and Yu Tianyun's expression grew increasingly solemn. Yet under his precise control, the soul power did not deviate at all, remaining in a stable rotational state.

Compress, rotate, compress, rotate—continuously maintaining this cyclical process.

Gradually, the solid soul power fully formed. Suddenly, at Yu Tianyun's brow, a tiny energy vortex appeared, funnel‑shaped, expanding outward like a bottomless pit, wildly drawing in the surrounding primordial energy of heaven and earth.

Liu Erlong stared in astonishment at the changes occurring on Yu Tianyun; aside from sensing the primordial energy of heaven and earth converging on Yu Tianyun, she could discern nothing else, nor did she understand what Yu Tianyun was attempting. She could only stand dumbfounded beside him, quietly guarding him.

As time passed, the vortex's rotation speed increased, absorbing more and more energy. Yu Tianyun's body began to tremble slightly; the immense attraction not only sucked in the primordial energy of heaven and earth but also drew in Yu Tianyun's own soul power.

During this absorption, Yu Tianyun had to continuously inject soul power, causing the solid soul power to keep strengthening.

But Yu Tianyun did not rashly increase his soul power output; instead, he let the solid soul power absorb his internal soul power on its own. His spirit power control kept strengthening, striving to maintain the solid soul power's stability.

Relying on memories from his previous life, he knew that to guide the solid soul power toward forming a soul core, it must remain stable. Once stability is lost, a massive Explosion would occur, with unthinkable consequences.

Under Yu Tianyun's deliberate control, the solid soul power steadily and continuously strengthened. The influx speed of the primordial energy of heaven and earth also kept accelerating. Yet the primary source of the absorbed energy remained the mixed primordial qi generated within him by the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb. Therefore, the impact on and demand from the outside world were not significant.

Liu Erlong stayed by his side, dutifully protecting him; watching Yu Tianyun's slightly trembling body, her heart couldn't help but tighten, her gaze full of concern.

Yu Tianyun's nearly half‑year companionship had made his figure enter her heart, yet she still didn't know what feeling that was.

"Probably it's the aunt's affection for her nephew, yes, exactly the aunt's affection for her nephew!" Liu Erlong thought to herself.

Even through his eyelids, Yu Tianyun's eyes emitted a faint red‑blue glow; his spirit power output increased again, still steadily controlling the rotation of the solid soul power.

Time passed second by second, and Yu Tianyun could not tell how long it had been; nearly half of his soul power had already merged into the solid soul power within the Evil God Pearl.

At this moment, he realized he could no longer halt the rotation of the solid soul power. His spirit power could only maintain its stability, but stopping it was impossible. Forcing it would lead to only one outcome: his body would explode and he would die!

Failure means martyrdom!

Nevertheless, he still had great confidence in himself.

Yu Tianyun continued outputting soul power, and his spirit power did not diminish at all; the golden spirit power surrounding the Evil God Pearl kept strengthening continuously, also aiding its stability.

The terrifying Soul Power Fluctuation kept rising, and Yu Tianyun began to feel a bit overwhelmed. Yet he could still persevere; with the Evil God Pearl assisting his spirit power to keep the solid soul power stable, he was considerably eased, and the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb continuously supplied his soul power, also relieving his worries.

This fully proved that his preparation was ample.

At this point, the rotation speed of the solid soul power had become so fast that Yu Tianyun could no longer perceive it.

At an unknown moment, a strange scene suddenly unfolded—the originally blue‑purple solid soul power gradually turned into a pale gold, and the gold kept deepening. This was the solid soul power undergoing attribute transformation, but Yu Tianyun chose the spirit attribute rather than the thunder attribute.

Although Yu Tianyun is not a spirit‑attribute Soul Master, he does possess spirit power! Moreover, his spirit power's strength is not inferior to that of an average Title Douluo. Any Soul Master has the spirit attribute; the difference lies only in strength.

Therefore, he could fully condense a spirit soul core, a decision already made when he chose the upper dantian. The upper dantian, being the sea of spirit, is undoubtedly the most suitable place to condense a spirit soul core. As for a thunder‑attribute soul core, Yu Tianyun plans to condense it later, possibly choosing the chest or lower abdomen at that time.

At this moment, the potency of the Mixed Primordial Immortal Herb within Yu Tianyun was dwindling, and he began to strain to let his spirit power control the remaining soul power in his body to slow the absorption rate. Because the solid soul power not only absorbs his soul power but also draws in the primordial energy of heaven and earth from the air. When the amount of his own soul power being absorbed lessens, the intake of the primordial energy of heaven and earth from the air increases.

The rotation speed kept accelerating, and the entire Evil God Pearl gradually shifted from pale gold to gold. Besides the massive Soul Power Fluctuation, a strong spirit fluctuation also emerged.

The spirit power released by Yu Tianyun was guarding the outside of the Evil God Pearl; now, it had been drawn and stuck onto the pearl, being devoured and absorbed by the solid soul power inside.

Thus, the solid soul power's rate of absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth and Yu Tianyun's soul power slowed somewhat, giving Yu Tianyun more breathing room.

Yu Tianyun silently continued to feel the entire process, accumulating experience for his next soul core condensation.

However, the respite did not last long; as the golden light emitted by the solid soul power within the Evil God Pearl grew more intense, Yu Tianyun felt increasingly strained.

He clenched his teeth, struggling to hold on, with a premonition that success was near.

Since he used the Evil God Pearl as a carrier, directly condensing the soul core within the sea of spirit, once he condenses the soul core it means he has succeeded, without needing a fusion step.

Without the Evil God Pearl as a carrier, condensing solid soul power within the sea of spirit would be extremely dangerous, easily shattering the sea of spirit.

Having reached the final moment, Yu Tianyun's body shook more violently, and the golden light turned bright gold. Tiny spatial fissures began to appear on the Evil God Pearl.

Yu Tianyun still gritted his teeth and persisted; his spirit power was driven to the limit, continuously merging into the fissures. The cracks began turning gold, and within that gold, the black of the spatial fissures flickered faintly.

At this point, Yu Tianyun was surprised to discover that the solid soul power was now absorbing not only soul power and spirit power, but also the spatial force contained within the surrounding spatial fissures.

"Is this the mystery behind forming a soul core?" Yu Tianyun furrowed his brows, straining to control his power while carefully observing and comprehending.

"Exactly, it should be like that. The solid soul power is clearly devouring the spatial force within the fissures. Strangely, as the spatial force is consumed, the fissures actually expand, filling with even more spatial force."

Yu Tianyun now understood that the spatial force was precisely why a soul core stores and absorbs soul power; in other words, a soul core is like a black hole.

Yu Tianyun's brows furrowed, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead; his soul power and spirit power output had already reached their maximum, and at this moment, he was undoubtedly giving his all.

On the surface of the Evil God Pearl, deep spatial fissures intensified, the space's distortion and fluctuations appearing highly strange; Yu Tianyun continuously contemplated them, engraving every insight deeply into his mind.

On ordinary days he never had the chance to sense spatial fluctuations; even if he unleashed his full power, a forceful attack could not cause spatial fissures to appear.

One must know that the present Douluo Continent is not comparable to the Douluo Continent ten thousand or twenty thousand years later.

The current Douluo Continent's space is extremely stable, unlike later eras where an ordinary Title Douluo could open spatial fissures.

At this moment, around his compressed solid soul power, spatial fluctuations continuously and densely appeared, and his own soul power and spiritual power were closely connected to it, making perception relatively easy.

Finally, the spatial cracks on the surface of the Evil God Pearl had become as fine as a net. Black cracks kept appearing, being devoured and absorbed by the solid soul power inside the Evil God Pearl. The speed of rotation of that solid soul power had also reached its limit, and all the space within the Sea of Consciousness began to twist.

Yu Tianyun could now keenly feel that an immensely vast and terrifying amount of soul power was stored within the Evil God Pearl.

"Give it my all!" Yu Tianyun roared inwardly, mobilizing all of his remaining soul power and spiritual power and pouring them entirely into the Evil God Pearl.

Success or failure hangs in this one move! Suddenly, the Evil God Pearl slightly Shock-trembled. At that instant, Yu Tianyun felt an extremely uncomfortable sensation—the solid soul power that had been spinning at high speed abruptly stopped, with not a trace of Inertia's effect, going from extreme motion to extreme stillness.

But in the very next instant, Yu Tianyun felt as if he were placed in the vast, boundless cosmic starry sky, with strange and gentle space power filling his surroundings.

In an instant, all the space within the Sea of Consciousness collapsed suddenly around the Evil God Pearl as if instantly tearing his Sea of Consciousness completely apart.

But in the instant after the tearing, his Sea of Consciousness seemed to reassemble, and he likewise regained consciousness. Yu Tianyun suddenly felt that the Evil God Pearl in his Sea of Consciousness was like a black hole, continuously absorbing soul power.

He could clearly sense a close connection between himself and that black hole vortex, as if it were part of his own body.

The Evil God Pearl had completely merged with the solid soul power vortex, becoming Yu Tianyun's soul core!

"Have I finally succeeded?" Yu Tianyun muttered to himself.

(End of chapter)