Chapter 66: Returning Home

After Zhou Heng's soul power broke through, the Battle Instrument martial soul in Zhou Heng's hand flickered unsteadily, but amidst a burst of bright golden light, the image of a new Battle Instrument appeared.

It had a design similar to the head of a Reiburaondo Star Person, but the overall color scheme was gold, with red as an accent.

Around the Battle Instrument, strands of golden lightning coiled, emitting an awe-inspiring might.

However, this change was not stable; the Battle Instrument flickered from time to time, and when it flickered, it would revert to the primary Battle Instrument, and after a few breaths, following a flash of golden light, the Battle Instrument would change back to the original primary Battle Instrument.

This left Zhou Heng feeling somewhat disappointed.

However, Zhou Heng also had a hypothesis: the Battle Instrument should only be able to evolve into the Awakened Battle Instrument after he condensed his own Soul Core.

Just at this moment, seeing that the Battle Instrument martial soul in Zhou Heng's hand had no further changes, Dugu Bo moved his body, arrived directly beside Zhou Heng, and took Zhou Heng as he ran toward the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.

In that fake Core Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Blue Bull Python had long since sensed the movement in the distance.

However, through their perception, they understood that it was a Title Douluo fighting against a Ground-Splitting Gold Ant of about sixty thousand years, so the two of them did not step forward to intervene.

After all, the Ground-Splitting Gold Ant was not a good thing; it ravaged the environment of the Star Dou Great Forest and caused many Spirit Beasts to die, so it was fine for a human to come and deal with it.

Moreover, that Title Douluo who had taken action was very strong; the two of them would have to go all out to have a chance at dealing with the opponent.

However, such a possibility was not safe, so it was better not to take action.

Furthermore, the other Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts and numerous Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were some distance away from here and were not paying attention to the events here, let alone knowing that a great battle had occurred.

Except for Wan Yao Wang, who was guarding the Sheng Ming Zhi Hu; after all, Wan Yao Wang's true form was a five-hundred-thousand-year-old plant-type Spirit Beast with peerless strength, so naturally, he felt the combat movement between Dugu Bo and the Ground-Splitting Gold Ant.

However, the battle between them could not attract Wan Yao Wang for long; after watching for a while, Wan Yao Wang withdrew his focused spiritual power and returned to his body to fall into a deep sleep.

Zhou Heng and his companion did not encounter any dangerous things in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo took Zhou Heng directly back to the small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

The two of them rested well in the small town for a day.

One day later, Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo drove the carriage again, returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest.

As soon as they returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the two of them saw Dugu Yan sitting by the two-colored water pool practicing, and after Dugu Yan heard the movement.

She turned her head and saw Zhou Heng and his companion walking out of the Poison Array, looking toward her side.

Zhou Heng and his companion were not surprised by Dugu Yan's arrival.

Over the past year, Dugu Yan had been taking the Yin Yang Balancing Pill to balance the Yin and Yang energies in her body and suppress the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison, which had caused Dugu Yan's cultivation speed to increase quite a bit.

Afterward, after Dugu Yan practiced the cultivation technique deduced by Zhou Heng, because the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in her body was still weak.

She only spent two months to completely master the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison.

Later, Dugu Bo would occasionally refine some nourishing medicinal pills for Dugu Yan to take, which made Dugu Yan's cultivation speed accelerate once again.

After this year had passed, Dugu Yan's cultivation had increased by six levels, reaching level thirty-three, and she also had the ability to live in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for short periods.

The reason Dugu Yan came over now was at Zhou Heng's request; Zhou Heng had already planned to attempt to condense a Soul Core during this period.

Having Dugu Yan come over was to let her understand the method of Soul Core condensation in advance, to prepare for her own future Soul Core condensation and lay the groundwork for experience.

Seeing Dugu Yan turn her head to look over, Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo just greeted Dugu Yan, then returned to their respective rooms to rest their bodies and recover from their mental exhaustion.

Dugu Yan also knew what Zhou Heng and the others had gone to do, so she did not disturb their rest and continued to practice, waiting for them to wake up naturally.

A full day later, Zhou Heng finally walked out of the small cabin built by Dugu Bo.

Outside, Dugu Bo had built a campfire and was boiling porridge after setting up a pot.

On the other side, Dugu Yan was processing a thousand-year-level avian Spirit Beast, preparing to roast it to eat.

Seeing Zhou Heng wake up, before Dugu Bo could speak, Dugu Yan said with a smile, "Xiao Heng, you're finally awake, come over and help!"

Zhou Heng casually gathered a ball of water, and after washing up, he was completely refreshed.

Arriving beside Dugu Yan, the Earth Element transformed into a tangible small golden knife, and he very easily completed the dissection of the Spirit Beast's body; at the same time, a water ball gathered, completely wrapping the Spirit Beast.

By controlling the water flow, Zhou Heng plucked out every single feather on the Spirit Beast, and then by controlling the Fire Element to gather and heat the water ball, he heated the Spirit Beast meat.

Soon, the Spirit Beast was cleaned, placed on the fire, and began to roast.

After a while, the Spirit Beast meat was roasted.

At this time, the porridge Dugu Bo made was also ready.

The three of them ate a meal together.

After eating, the three of them sat together and chatted.

"Xiao Heng, when do you plan to carry out the Soul Core condensation you mentioned? Should we call your masters over? To protect you?" Dugu Bo said to Zhou Heng; Dugu Bo really had no confidence in being able to protect Zhou Heng, so naturally, he wanted to ask the Spirit Hall for reinforcements.

Dugu Yan thought the same; she had been called over this time just to watch the process of condensing a Soul Core, and having known before that Zhou Heng was not confident, she naturally wanted Zhou Heng to find a few experts to come and guard him.

Zhou Heng shook his head and said, "No, condensing a Soul Core is my own business; even if the seven masters came, they couldn't protect me from anything, so it's better not to disturb them.

Don't worry, I am confident that even if the Soul Core condensation fails, there will be no threat to my life."

Everything Zhou Heng said was the truth; through the self-reflection on the Soul Core condensation method he had created himself, Zhou Heng was already confident that his chance of success was over ninety percent.

Even if he failed, he would not suffer much injury.

Zhou Heng said again, "I told you before that the cultivation and condensation of a Soul Core is actually not difficult; it requires having very strong control over soul power, as well as powerful spiritual control, to gather the soul power of one's own attribute into the dantian, continuously compress and gather it, and finally compress the soul power into a solid state.

But when compressed to a solid state, it cannot be considered finished; you must continue until the Soul Core can assist in the circulation of your own soul power, increasing your soul power circulation speed and recovery speed, and then that can prove your Soul Core condensation is successful.

You know my control over soul power and spiritual power; I will never have any problems, so don't worry."

Zhou Heng persuaded the two of them again, making them reluctantly set their minds at ease.

After confirming that Zhou Heng would not have an accident, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan finally felt relieved.

Zhou Heng and Dugu Bo began their cultivation once again.

Zhou Heng needed his understanding of the Earth Element to reach a certain level, and only after achieving that goal could he reach his objective when condensing the Soul Core.