Chapter 405: Soul Transformation, Strength Skyrockets

Faster, even faster!

More, even more!

Inside the Wu Wu Yanjing, Lin Chen's hand gestures changed incessantly, and strands of spiritual sense flying knives darted across this world.

Like celestial maidens scattering flowers, they erupted in an instant.

One blade, two blades...

The spiritual sense flying knives gathered and intertwined, shifting into various shapes; later on, Lin Chen even managed to simulate the unique waveforms of Canglan energy.

One wave, followed by another.

"Spiritual sense like a tide, spiritual sense like a wave."

Regarding the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art, insights constantly emerged in Lin Chen's mind.

Originally, he only had dozens of strands of spiritual sense, but now his spiritual sense had transformed from strands into waves—this was a qualitative improvement.

Until he withdrew his consciousness from that magical world and returned to the steps of Mount Wudao, a look of regret still lingered on Lin Chen's face.

If given more time, perhaps his comprehension of the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art would have reached its limit.

But after glancing at the points on his panel, Lin Chen ultimately chose to give up with regret.

【Points: 200,971】

Originally, he had only intended to spend 30,000 points, but he hadn't expected to end up using 80,000.

The exhilaration of this cultivation session had almost made him lose track of time.

Of course, he could continue to comprehend the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art inside the Wu Wu Yanjing, but the longer he stayed, the more time it would consume, which meant more points would be spent.

It wasn't that this consumption wasn't worth it, but by comparison, the more critical task at hand was to enhance his soul strength.

【Exchange for God-Refining Starfire.】

After calming his mind, Lin Chen directly chose to exchange for the 【God-Refining Starfire】 used to temper the soul.

The moment he chose to exchange for the God-Refining Starfire, the space of Mount Wudao suddenly trembled.

Specks of starlight fire emerged from thin air, gathering before him into a torrent of starfire like flowing sand.

This torrent, containing the vastness of the stars, surged into Lin Chen's glabella without any obstruction, and the next moment, it poured into his soul.

Each grain of starfire was like a miniature exploding star, scorching every inch of his soul's foundation with a terrifying heat that felt like it was burning bone and forging marrow.

An indescribable, intense pain instantly tore Lin Chen's consciousness apart; his soul felt as if it had been thrown into a stellar furnace that refined all things!

Under that extreme pain, the soul avatar within his dantian was forcibly dismantled and torn apart by the violent energy.

With every tearing, one could see strands of impurities being forcibly stripped away and squeezed out, only to be ruthlessly incinerated and purified by the golden star flames.

Tearing, stripping, incinerating, restructuring...

The entire process repeated incessantly. After each restructuring, the soul avatar became more translucent and pure, resembling glazed glass.

……

……

One hour, two hours...

One day, two days, three days...

For three full days, Lin Chen's soul underwent countless restructurings. The moment the third day ended, Lin Chen suddenly whispered, "Exchange for Wu Wu Yanjing."

At this moment, his surrounding environment changed once again, and he appeared in that magical world once more.

The God-Refining Starfire within his soul was still tearing at him, but Lin Chen forcibly endured this intense pain and operated the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art once again.

Three hundred and sixty flying knives, thin as cicada wings, appeared around his body. These blades radiated a glazed, icy light and the chilling intent of the stars.

Wherever his will pointed, metal and stone were pierced.

"Thousand Mechanisms... Thousand Mechanisms..."

"The transformation of the soul..."

After his soul had skyrocketed, Lin Chen suddenly had an epiphany in this world: once a martial artist reaches the Innate Realm, they no longer cultivate their physical body, because the body is nearing its limit.

Even for those martial artists who follow the path of body forging, they rely on special heaven and earth energy, such as the Primordial Fire of the Wujin Divine Phase Art.

Continuing to temper the body only widens the body's meridians and acupoints, allowing it to withstand more Innate Power.

In the world, there is not only Innate Power, but also the vast sky of stars...

The physical body can be strengthened by absorbing Innate Power, but what about the soul...

How does the soul grow stronger?

Lin Chen recalled the journey of cultivating the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art, starting with splitting the soul into spiritual sense...

But the manipulation of this spiritual sense essentially followed certain mysterious rules of heaven and earth.

"The Canglan Art connects one's acupoints into a line..."

With the help of the Wu Wu Yanjing, Lin Chen had an epiphany: his original path of soul cultivation had been wrong.

No, not wrong, just too conventional.

"The stars do not perish, the soul does not perish; I shall transform into the stars myself."

The words spilled from Lin Chen's mouth. The next moment, the soul avatar in Lin Chen's dantian shattered silently, transforming into specks of spiritual sense floating within the dantian.

If this scene were discovered by an outsider at this moment, they would surely be incomparably horrified.

A shattered soul means the end of life.

Even if one didn't die, one would become a walking corpse that had lost all consciousness.

No one dared to risk their soul so easily; this was common knowledge accepted by all martial artists in the Yan Huang Dynasty.

……

The soul avatar in the dantian broke apart, turning into specks of spiritual sense. At this moment, they flowed toward his limbs and bones. Just as they were about to dissipate in the dantian, the God-Refining Starfire, which had not yet vanished, acted like glue, sticking these strands of spiritual sense together once again.

At the same time, Lin Chen formed seals with his hands, and the Thousand Mechanisms God-Refining Art operated frantically. These strands of spiritual sense quickly wove into a huge, solid, and light-concealing cocoon of spiritual sense!

The fourth day.

The moment all his points were about to be exhausted, the divine cocoon in his dantian shattered silently. The original soul avatar disappeared, replaced by a vast, boundless, deep, and brilliant star map.

Boom!

The instant the star map appeared, Lin Chen's soul strength completely broke through its shackles!

His spiritual sense perception range swept out like a storm, skyrocketing from the original ten zhang to over thirty zhang!

The rustling of wind and grass, flying sand and moving stones, even the chirping of insects and the crawling of ants ten miles away—every subtle sound and aura was perfectly clear.

However, the changes were far more than this.

The transformation of the soul triggered a strong resonance of the Canglan energy within Lin Chen's body.

Countless acupoints all over his body were lit up by Canglan energy at this moment, as if countless stars were awakening.

The Canglan energy within his body, originally like a river, instantly underwent a qualitative change, becoming as full as a boundless deep sea.

Ice-blue energy crystal veins connected his limbs and bones, forming a closed loop.

At the same time, this Canglan energy also began to continuously transform into Innate Power.

Onefold, twofold...

Threefold...

In the end, the Innate Power skyrocketed by a full fivefold before stopping.

"Does the soul also affect strength?"

Lin Chen felt the surging Innate Power within his body, a strange brilliance in his eyes.

When the soul grows stronger, a martial artist's strength increases, but his Master had never mentioned that soul growth would affect the Innate Power within the body.

There was only one explanation for his situation.

The path of the soul he was taking was extremely special, different from ordinary martial artists, which was why it could affect the Innate Power within his body.

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