Chapter 662: Power of Tribulation Lightning, Soul-Splitting Divine Art

Within the Earth Abyss.

A small gray cauldron, flickering with wisps of black electric arcs, floated silently in the air.

The surrounding spiritual energy surged toward it, only to vanish in a bizarre manner.

Suddenly!

A black electric arc shot out, blasting a thick hole into the solid earth vein.

Luo Chen watched this scene, a look of surprise on his face.

The Hunyuan Cauldron, lost and now regained, had risen to the level of a True Treasure as expected!

The numerous formations and restrictions across its body had merged perfectly with its materials, becoming indistinguishable and connecting with the heavens and earth.

Its original powers had become even more formidable; even the sentient Kuru True Fire kept a fearful distance from the Hunyuan Cauldron. Presumably, it feared the cauldron's unique ability to capture Jin Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators.

Perhaps its power was slightly weaker, but that depended solely on the magic power he injected and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth the Hunyuan Cauldron could borrow.

If he were to trigger it without restraint, the power of these black electric arcs might increase even further!

"Is this the power of Tribulation Lightning?"

"A strange transformation..."

Although puzzled, Luo Chen was still very happy.

He hadn't felt the importance of the Hunyuan Cauldron much in ordinary times, but when he truly couldn't use it, he felt inconvenienced everywhere.

Now that it was regained and had undergone new changes, it was a good thing regardless.

Muttering to himself, Luo Chen withdrew the Hunyuan Cauldron, letting it nourish within his Purple Mansion.

Afterward, Luo Chen rubbed his brow, a trace of fatigue faintly visible on his face.

Enduring the exhaustion, Luo Chen flicked his hand, and a storage bag and a white belt woven with cloud patterns appeared.

Looking at these two storage magic treasures, Luo Chen fell into silence.

The former was a relic of Han Zhan, and could be considered one of the legacies he left behind for him.

It was covered in restrictions, and it would be quite difficult to open it in a short time.

However, Luo Chen didn't have much interest in this storage bag.

This was because Han Zhan's true storage magic treasure had already been taken away by the Demon Emperor Master Qing Shuang back at Mount Mount Cangwu. This storage bag was merely something Luo Chen had gifted to him after arriving in the North Sea.

According to his guess, there probably wasn't anything good inside; the only things Luo Chen might care about were the Seven Kill Swords and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner he had given to Han Zhan previously.

As for the white belt, Luo Chen was somewhat interested.

At that time, the other party only had time to take away the Sword Marrow and the Golden Bell, but the storage belt hanging on his physical body was left behind.

Luo Chen hadn't given this item to Han Zhan to help break the restrictions earlier, but had specifically kept it, waiting to open it slowly after he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

One could imagine that for a Nascent Soul True Person who had been famous for many years—and not a rogue cultivator, but the leader of a Nascent Soul sect like Feiyunjian—his net worth must be substantial.

In the coming days, besides bitter cultivation to consolidate his realm, he would also have to find time to break the restrictions on this belt.

Luo Chen left the two storage magic treasures outside his body, making them convenient to study at any time.

Only then did he finally heave a sigh of relief.

External matters and internal matters had all been sorted out.

Finally, only one thing remained.

Luo Chen slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness returning to his sea of consciousness.

His main soul floated weakly in the ocean of golden waves; although it was far stronger than during the Jin Dan stage, it was by no means at the peak state Luo Chen had achieved after his cultivation was complete.

In that thrilling soul battle with Han Zhan, although he had relied on the Great Perfection Dragon-Slaying Technique to obliterate Han Zhan, the other party's desperate counterattack before death had still caused severe damage to Luo Chen's soul!

Faintly, one could still see wisps of cracks on his main soul.

They were not large, but they ran from the outside in, extremely deep.

If he wanted to repair such injuries, it would take at least a hundred years of effort!

"Han Zhan..."

He had called him 'Senior' for decades, but they had only called each other 'Fellow Daoist' once, and that was when they had turned into enemies.

Sighing softly, Luo Chen stopped dwelling on the past.

Instead, he focused all his attention on the soul fragments of Han Zhan he had absorbed.

On these fragments, Han Zhan's will had dissipated along with the master's death; they were undoubtedly relatively pure soul energy.

If he could absorb them harmlessly, perhaps it could replenish Luo Chen's currently weak soul.

But what caught his attention most were some memory fragments carried within.

They were the "Two Instruments Crimson Cloud Art," "Puppet True Scripture," "Soul-Splitting Art," "Locking Pearl Curtain," and "Original Pill Technique."

It was precisely by relying on these five systematic cultivation techniques and secret arts that the Luoyun Sect could stand tall in the Eastern Wasteland's Yuding Domain.

And even cultivate Han Zhan, a Nascent Soul True Person who changed the landscape of the Yuding Domain.

He had once claimed that unless Luo Chen was willing to join his sect and become a disciple of the Luoyun Sect, he would have no chance of being taught these techniques.

Such caution was naturally due to the miraculous nature of these techniques.

The "Soul-Splitting Art" had the effect of refining the spirit!

Han Zhan's nine great split souls at his peak were also divided using this technique.

Luo Chen had coveted it for a long time, but he hadn't expected to obtain it through such means.

He carefully absorbed Han Zhan's memory fragments, casting aside the complex memories, and searched meticulously for the content regarding the "Soul-Splitting Art."

After a long time, he had gathered seven or eight tenths of it.

Inside the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen looked at the bamboo slips he had hand-copied, studying them carefully, his face showing confusion at times and realization at others.

The "Soul-Splitting Art" indeed had the effect of refining the spirit.

But this effect was not that prominent; it could not make a person's soul undergo an essential transformation. It could not achieve the Great Perfection stage of Yin Soul transforming into Yang Spirit during the Nascent Soul stage.

Its main effect was a change in the number of souls!

By splitting the soul, and then tempering and even strengthening the split souls bit by bit, they would finally return to a state similar to the main soul.

In this way, at the same realm, those who practiced this technique could possess a soul foundation several times greater than their own!

How much it could exceed depended on how many split souls one could condense.

Han Zhan was an unparalleled genius of the Luoyun Sect, especially talented in the way of soul refining, which was why he could practice the "Soul-Splitting Art" to the minor success stage at a "young age," thereby bringing about nine great split souls!

"With just this soul foundation, he is absolutely a leader among early-stage cultivators!"

Luo Chen muttered to himself.

But afterward, a look of distress appeared on his face.

The "Soul-Splitting Art" transcribed from those memory fragments was incomplete!

It only recorded how to practice split souls and deepen the connection between the main soul and split souls, but it lacked the two most fundamental points: splitting the main soul and accelerating the strengthening of the split souls.

The former was the beginning of everything, while the latter was the most important thing for a cultivator to quickly pass through the weak period after splitting the main soul.

Luo Chen was definitely going to practice this "Soul-Splitting Art."

Whether it was alchemy, artifact refining, normal cultivation, or even controlling magic treasures during battle, the stronger the soul, the better the effect.

And he had experienced the disadvantages of not having a strong enough soul foundation in the Land of Fallen Demons.

The Shark Emperor Liujun's mere sound of seduction had almost made him sink into it...

Thinking of the Land of Fallen Demons, Luo Chen suddenly remembered something.

In the Hundred Crow Ghost Forest that guarded the Wood Heaven Plain, Han Zhan had once taught him an extremely practical soul technique, named—"Opening the Thatch Art"!

This technique was very difficult to practice.

But if one had the "Original Pill Technique" and "Locking Pearl Curtain" as a foundation, it was very simple.

Luo Chen had been short on time back then and had used system achievement points to force an entry, so he had never delved deep into this spell.

But he remembered the pre-process of casting the "Opening the Thatch Art" clearly.

First, use the "Locking Pearl Curtain" secret art to split the spiritual sense, then forcibly cut off a piece and place it on the second original pill.

In this way, Luo Chen had a main soul in his body and a wisp of a tiny split soul on the second original pill.

Thinking about it carefully now, wasn't the combination of "Opening the Thatch Art" and "Locking Pearl Curtain" a refined means of splitting the soul?

Or rather, the two were themselves part of the "Soul-Splitting Art."

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Luo Chen carefully transcribed the two secret arts onto his hand-copied book.

Afterward, with a thought, he summoned the attribute panel.

【Detected incomplete technique "Soul-Splitting Art", 7th Grade】

【Whether to complete】

In just an instant, Luo Chen was stunned.

He wasn't surprised that the technique was incomplete; after all, he had only completed the method of splitting the main soul according to his hypothesis, but what was up with this grade?

How could the core technique be of such a high grade...

"No!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath.

He thought of the rumors from the Yuding Domain back then: the Luoyun Sect was not a branch established by some abandoned disciple of a holy land or a strong expert from a superior sect, but a rogue cultivator who had obtained the inheritance of an ancient cultivator by chance, and only then opened the mountain and built the sect.

Including the three techniques and two arts, none were self-created, but obtained by luck.

In other words, the "Soul-Splitting Art" was not a technique created by the Luoyun Sect itself.

Especially since Han Zhan had once mentioned in a conversation with him that he could only practice the "Soul-Splitting Art" to the minor success stage because he was missing a key auxiliary treasure.

This also showed that the "Soul-Splitting Art" was not a Luoyun Sect technique, but came from a more powerful existence.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen made up his mind.

Completing it was naturally impossible.

A 7th-grade technique, even if he exhausted all the achievement points on his body, it was impossible to complete.

But even if it couldn't be completed, it wasn't impossible to practice.

Han Zhan started practicing this technique during the Jin Dan stage, no, even during the Foundation Establishment stage, which showed that even the incomplete version of the incomplete version had certain merits.

Moreover, his current state was actually very suitable for practicing this technique.

Luo Chen's main soul, even after absorbing the soul power left by Han Zhan, had still not fully recovered and had many cracks.

That was caused by a soul technique Han Zhan used called "Spirit-Seizing Needle."

It turned one's spiritual sense into an invisible divine needle to attack the enemy's soul.

During normal combat, because of the barrier of the physical body and the sea of consciousness, it could only make people lose their minds for an instant, causing their intelligence to be obscured for just a moment.

At that time, because the two souls were in a naked, head-on collision, the "Spirit-Seizing Needle" soul technique showed its full power, causing Luo Chen to be so severely injured.

But currently, the cracks caused by these injuries gave Luo Chen an innate condition very suitable for practicing the "Soul-Splitting Art."

"Repairing these cracks slowly takes too long."

"It's better to take the opportunity to split the main soul along the cracks and practice the 'Soul-Splitting Art'."

"There might be a period of weakness, but if it can grow, it will definitely be of great benefit!"

Luo Chen was not a hesitant person.

Even if he hesitated at times, that was before making a decision.

Once he decided to do something, he would not look back, but only move forward!

During Qi Refining, he also wanted to befriend the Duan family of Mount Mount Xiaohuan, but after the Duan family ancestor harmed his interests, he directly razed the mountain and exterminated the clan.

During the Jin Dan stage, he was hesitant about going to the Land of Fallen Demons. But after truly deciding to go, he planned everything and made all preparations. Even when the Land of Fallen Demons was full of crises, he was decisive in his choices and never cowardly.

Now that he had a core technique to strengthen his soul foundation, even if it was just incomplete, he could not let this opportunity pass.

Confirming that the slightly completed "Soul-Splitting Art" could be practiced, Luo Chen started practicing after resting for three days.

Even during his past body refining or physical nirvana, he had never experienced this level of pain.

And such sounds, spreading out without the restriction of sound-insulating formations, were extremely terrifying to others.

Time passed slowly.

Ten years had passed since Luo Chen went into seclusion to consolidate his realm.

Long Yuan Island, once a mess, had also recovered its vitality, with no more signs of trauma.

It could even be said that the spiritual energy on the island far exceeded that before Luo Chen crossed the tribulation.

Everywhere was filled with 3rd-grade spiritual energy concentration, and several feng shui treasure lands were even filled with 4th-grade spiritual energy concentration.

Countless exotic flowers and herbs sprang up from the ground, making Long Yuan Island a beautiful island with magnificent scenery in just ten years.

Such a peculiar change was truly amazing.

Therefore, even the Black King gave up the free environment of the sea and came to the island to practice.

On this day.

Seeing Tianxuan stood by a blue pond, curiously watching the middle-aged man Sang Sang Jinghe operating without stopping.

He threw pieces of cut monster beast flesh into the pond.

From time to time, he poured a few drops of green liquid into it.

These things combined made the liquid in the pond turn a bizarre azure blue.

"Is it really going to work?" Seeing Tianxuan couldn't help but ask.

Sang Sang Jinghe, while throwing spirit stones into it, said: "It should be feasible. This is just a guess I made after borrowing the True Person's method of using a blood pool. That Demon Concentric Tree is truly strange; no matter what kind of spiritual soil or the ripening spiritual liquid of my Tusang Sect, it has no effect on it at all. So, I changed my thinking..."

Speaking of this, he turned his head and smiled: "The True Person values me so much, even rewarding me with the Condensation Pill for condensing the Jin Dan, so I must repay him. He doesn't need the Purple Monkey Flower now, the Divine Iris was destroyed in the lightning tribulation, and the Dragon Saliva Grass grows naturally, requiring no effort to care for. If I can research the cultivation method for the Demon Concentric Tree, the True Person will surely be very happy when he comes out of seclusion."

He definitely will!

Seeing Tianxuan thought to herself.

The master valued that little tree extremely highly, taking it out several times before the Nascent Soul stage to let Sang Sang Jinghe study it. If it could really bloom and bear fruit, the master would surely be overjoyed.

Just as the two were talking, they suddenly heard a dragon roar.

Seeing Tianxuan turned her head in confusion, looking at a mountain stream that had only existed for ten years.

The next moment, she saw the Black King shaking his head and tail, stretching his posture, and soaring out of the mountain stream.

He circled in the air, seemingly waiting for something.

Seeing Tianxuan was full of curiosity.

Until a vigorous aura permeated from the depths of the Earth Abyss.

Sensing this aura, Seeing Tianxuan covered her mouth, her face full of disbelief.

Is it this fast?

In just ten years, the master has completely consolidated the Nascent Soul realm?

In her shock, the vigorous aura gradually became massive, the wind moved with it, the clouds gathered for it, and even the warm sunlight seemed to gather around.

In a piece of dazzling golden light, spiritual energy was misty, and a massive phantom stretched over Long Yuan Island.

The phantom gradually solidified, turning into a fair-skinned baby, playing happily on the head of the white-robed Daoist.

Perhaps having played enough, after a while, he sank into the crown of his head and disappeared.

Seeing this scene, the Black King, who had already landed on the ground, called out with joy: "Congratulations, Master, Nascent Soul stabilized, Immortal Dao achieved!"

Sang Sang Jinghe had already knelt on the ground, shouting loudly: "Congratulations, True Person, congratulations, True Person!"

Seeing Tianxuan bowed gracefully, half-kneeling on the ground, "Congratulations, Master, Immortal Dao achieved, longevity in sight!"

In the sky, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his realm was extremely solid.

He waved his hand, and a wisp of spiritual energy from heaven and earth was captured by him.

With a thought, the power of the Nascent Soul reflected the heavens and earth through the Purple Mansion, and instantly, an invisible pressure enveloped Long Yuan Island.

Because of this pressure, both humans and monsters were afraid, plants bowed, and even the wind and clouds seemed to freeze in the air.

At this moment, Luo Chen's thoughts were clear, he looked up to the sky and let out a long whistle, spitting out all the pent-up energy.

It was exactly:

First heard of Qi Refining and eating golden liquid, then said to go to heaven and enter the sinking.

Caught the lotus platform to solidify the life base, the sun soul on the east side, the moon light on the west.

Long Yuan slept for decades, drank thousands of cups of flowing clouds.

Refined the longevity medicine within, and after taking it, became equal to heaven and earth. ===== CHAPTER 665 =====