Chapter 240: Immortal Soul

In the following time, Ye Liuyun calmly cultivated in the cave, absorbing the origin of the Red Soul.

His soul master rank also rose accordingly. As he trained, Ye Liuyun's two souls actually managed to leave the sea of consciousness, freely wandering the cave and completely devouring all the demon souls here.

Immediately, his divine sense arrived at the entrance of the Red Soul Cave, but he dared not go further out.

One reason was his worry that the Martial Soul Holy One would misunderstand; another was that there were too many experts in the academy, lest he accidentally destroy the soul he had painstakingly cultivated.

Thus, he recalled his two souls and together absorbed the power of the Red Soul's origin.

Just when the Red Soul was exhausted, Ye Liuyun again employed the Soul Searching Technique and found the method to cultivate an immortal soul.

After the Red Soul was controlled by the Ten Thousand Gods Command, it could not only not launch an attack, but also could not erase this memory; it could only watch helplessly as its soul origin was gradually absorbed.

"Here's a piece of advice. He who harms others will ultimately harm himself!"

Ye Liuyun looked at the Red Soul's resentful eyes and smiled as he spoke to it.

Immediately, he began to cultivate wholeheartedly.

This secret method of immortal soul actually consists of cultivating the soul origin. Ye Liuyun followed this method and compressed his two souls again.

Knowing that compressing the two souls to one-third the size of a true person makes them become the true soul origin, endowed with the immortal characteristic.

Originally he should have merged the two souls into one, then used all his divine sense to condense an immortal soul of normal height.

But he was not in a hurry. He decided to cultivate both souls together as soul origins, proceeding simultaneously.

After completing soul cultivation, he then began to consider the idea of the Red Soul Giant Demon's physical body.

The Red Demon's entire body of red scales was much sturdier than purple snake scales.

Ye Liuyun used his blade to cut the chains binding the Red Demon, but he was attacked by the formation. Left with no choice, he could only use his blade to pry off the scales piece by piece.

When he had pried off enough scales for seven sets of armor, the Red Soul's scales were also nearly all pried off. He then stopped and turned to leave the cave.

After going out, he directly found the Martial Soul Holy One and told him what had happened. He certainly did not dare to hide it from the Martial Soul Holy One.

The Martial Soul Holy One was also left stunned.

"In this way, the Red Soul Giant Demon was destroyed by the defensive treasure in my sea of consciousness."

The Martial Soul Holy One also rushed to the cave to inspect, and only then confirmed that Ye Liuyun's words were true.

The Red Soul Giant Demon was indeed destroyed. No more demon souls were produced in the cave.

The Martial Soul Holy One thought for a while, also did not blame him, only telling him to temporarily not publicize this matter.

Ye Liuyun having gained an advantage, naturally would not go around spreading it.

After returning to his residence, he used the Red Soul Giant Demon's scales to forge seven sets of blood-red armor anew. Moreover, he also crafted matching masks for these armors, covering the face.

Immediately, he gave one set each to Wu Qingcheng, Yu Er, and Ru Yue, then ran to find Lin Xueying and gave her a set.

Lin Xueying, seeing that he had come specially for her, also sent her a set of better armor; her mood instantly cleared up, and her attitude toward Ye Liuyun improved right away.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun returned to his residence, peacefully consolidating his soul power. He also frequently projected his divine sense to wander within the Dongtian Dadian, practicing long-range attacks and many other methods.

His current soul, when projected, can carry out autonomous attacks. Thunder Fire Domain, Nether Ghost Fire, illusion techniques, soul soldiers, and various other attack skills—whatever Ye Liuyun knows, his two souls can each accomplish independently.

Moreover, at his Soul Master ninth level, his soul was not even detected by Lei Ming or Bai Hu. If Qiong Qi were present, it might possibly detect it.

He tried to stroll around the Grand Elder's residence, and indeed he was discovered.

However, the Grand Elder knew he was practicing, so he paid no mind to him; he merely marveled at how quickly Ye Liuyun's progress in soul cultivation was.

The Grand Elder's soul is also very strong, but mainly used for scouting. In terms of soul combat, he is actually not much inferior to Ye Liuyun!

Ye Liuyun later went to find the Mystic Holy One and discussed illusion techniques with him, checking if there was still room for improvement.

After chatting with him, the Mystic Holy One gave him some guidance on illusion techniques, then bade farewell to the Grand Elder and returned to the branch academy.

Ye Liuyun is now strong enough that he no longer needs his protection. Still concerned about the branch academy's safety, he therefore hurried back.

Before leaving, Ye Liuyun, to thank her and the branch academy for their care, gave him a holy artifact to help bring back to the branch academy, and also gave his previous flying boat to the Mystic Holy One for transportation.

Ye Liuyun also gave him a transmission talisman for convenient contact. If the branch academy has any need, he can be contacted at any time.

The Mystic Holy One also did not expect Ye Liuyun to be so grateful. Feeling relieved, he urged Ye Liuyun to cultivate well, then directly rushed back to the branch academy.

And Ye Liuyun then came again to the Split Heaven Canyon to practice sword intent.

His sword intent is still not strong enough; wanting to contend with Holy Realm experts is still quite difficult.

Therefore, in the following time, Ye Liuyun planned to stay right here, soaking in it, until the selection for the Seven Sects Grand Competition comes out before going out.

Just like last time, when he cultivates sword intent, he walks and stops, fighting while practicing.

But this time, having comprehended Heaven and Earth Power, his progress is much faster than before. His sword intent quickly reached the level of perfection.

And he only then realized that perfection is not the ultimate realm of sword intent; there is still a long way ahead.

However, this perfected sword intent places greater emphasis on utilizing the trend of Heaven and Earth, so Ye Liuyun's cultivation of it is not difficult, and he quickly reached the sixth level of the perfected realm.

However, the time to participate in the selection tournament arrived, and he had no choice but to temporarily stop.

Fortunately, he has mastered the method of cultivating this sword intent. As long as he practices more and integrates further into the trend of Heaven and Earth, even if he does not come to the Split Heaven Canyon, his sword intent can still be cultivated to the peak realm.

After Ye Liuyun returned, he first reported his cultivation results over these days to the Grand Elder, then also checked the cultivation progress of Wu Qingying and others.

Their realms improved in the secret realm have become quite stable. They are now also training against the puppets.

Lei Ming, Bai Hu, and Shi Yuan, three monster beasts, are mutually sparring.

Ye Liuyun also thought that, if given the chance, he would take them out for further tempering to experience real combat.

Afterwards he went to Lingyun Pavilion for a round, discovering that many disciples had gone out to hunt corpse demons. Those he knew were actually none present.

Thus he directly returned to his residence, peacefully awaiting tomorrow's selection tournament.

Hao Chengfeng came over in the evening to find him, on one hand explaining the rules of the selection tournament, on the other hand mooching his grilled meat.

"There is no Holy Son in the selection tournament, so presumably no one will be your match. Of course, except me!" Hao Chengfeng laughed.

"\"Holy Son? \" Ye Liuyun produced his own brewed wine and handed it to Hao Chengfeng."

"\"Holy Son refers to the disciples unanimously favored by the academy's elders, cultivated as successors. They are essentially the key protected animals of each sect. Our academy currently has two Holy Sons; with the resources provided by the academy, they should have reached the Holy Realm, right. \""

Hao Chengfeng guessed as such.

"Senior brother, why don't you ask the master for some resources and break through to the Holy Realm?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Hao Chengfeng sighed, saying somewhat regretfully: "My level is still lacking; even if I barely break through to the Holy Realm, my strength would be at the bottom of the Holy Realm team in the Seven Sects Grand Competition! So I'm not in a hurry! If I can't make it this time, I'll just wait for the next one!"

Ye Liuyun nodded. "Indeed, strength is more important than realm; there's no need to rush."

Hao Chengfeng and Ye Liuyun chatted a while longer, then each went back to rest, having agreed to meet early tomorrow morning for the competition.