Chapter 230: Transmuting Hundred Souls

The Chaos City Lord even repeatedly reversed the spacetime within a range of tens of millions of light‑years around him, yet still found nothing.

The Jiuhun Stone thus became a mystery.

"Hmm." The Chaos City Lord nodded, "Leave it to me."

"Has your true self returned?" Dragon Xing Zhuzhu asked suddenly, his expression somewhat grave.

"Not yet." The Chaos City Lord shook his head.

"Be careful." Dragon Xing Zhuzhu said in a low voice, "Don't fall."

"If one falls, it merely relies on a clone to re‑coalesce the true self, which costs more energy and more time." the Chaos City Lord said.

"Don't go too mad; stop while it's good." Dragon Xing Zhuzhu laughed.

The Chaos City Lord nodded.

"I'm leaving." Dragon Xing Zhuzhu rose and vanished into thin air.

Dragon Xing Zhuzhu was gone for a long while.

"I wonder whether Xiao Yu can unravel this puzzle?" the Chaos City Lord murmured.

Three days later.

Seventh Battlefield Base No. 039.

The Holy Soul Fruit and Jiuhun Stone that Xiao Yu purchased at Yu Bao Hall in Hongmeng City have already been delivered.

"Sir, these are the goods you ordered." a staff member of the Virtual Universe Company, who delivers exclusively to the island, said, "Identity verified, verification complete."

"Thanks." Xiao Yu took the Space Ring.

The delivery person bowed respectfully and then left.

A trace of World Force seeped from Xiao Yu into the World Ring, easily revealing the items inside: a thousand stone boxes, each engraved with arcane Secret Patterns that block any investigation.

Besides those thousand stone boxes, there was also a jade box.

Turning his right hand, a stone box appeared on it; he gently opened it, and a walnut‑sized, purple fire‑dragon fruit materialized before his eyes. A breath of refreshing aroma followed, and a single inhalation made his soul feel a little stronger and his mind clearer.

"Don't waste it; quickly cover the Holy Soul Fruit with World Force, lest its emitted aura be squandered." Wu reminded.

The method of using the Holy Soul Fruit had been clear at purchase: immediately envelop the entire fruit with World Force.

When World Force touched it, the Holy Soul Fruit instantly began to melt, turning into a Purple Light Stream that, following the World Force, flowed back into Xiao Yu's life core.

The Purple Light Stream, rich with energy, entered the life core and rapidly boosted Xiao Yu's soul power.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Xiao Yu's soul power inside his body was increasing swiftly.

The soul power gained from a single Holy Soul Fruit surpassed that obtained from hunting a hundred Immortal Lord Marquis Peaks.

The eight‑thousand‑layer Core structure instantly emitted countless energy beams that merged into the soul cloud, after which the innermost nine‑layer Core began to spin rapidly.

In less than a moment another layer was added; soon the 8002‑layer structure emerged, followed immediately by the 8003‑layer.

An hour later, the fluctuations inside the life core finally ceased.

The Core rose to 8,040 layers.

One Holy Soul Fruit supplied enough soul power to generate forty layers of structure.

"Alas, it's a pity; after using one you must rest at least a year. This swelling sensation emanating from the soul is really unpleasant," Xiao Yu sighed.

"All things in the world are yin and yang; this Holy Soul Fruit is both treasure and poison. According to the Virtual Universe Company's past records, anyone below Universe Sage Level must rest at least a year after using a Holy Soul Fruit; otherwise, using two within a year leads to minor injury at best and soul annihilation at worst." Wu added, "And the shorter the interval, the greater the harm."

"I know, but I feel a bit regretful; otherwise I wouldn't need a year, and the third layer of Primordial Soul could be fully cultivated." Xiao Yu said with some regret, the swelling from his soul forcing him to abandon the idea of using a second fruit consecutively.

"Let me see whether this Jiuhun Stone is truly a Soul Gem," Xiao Yu thought, rubbing his hands to suppress his excitement.

A trace of World Force seeped into the World Ring, and the jade box appeared in his hand.

Calming himself, he carefully controlled the World Force to gently open the jade box.

A familiar aura arrived.

"Exactly! This familiar aura is definitely a Soul Gem." Xiao Yu's spirit instantly surged.

He still recalled how hard it had been to obtain that treasure; in that battle he had nearly lost his life. He also remembered the subsequent fights after acquiring the Soul Gem, the endless soul power it supplied, and how much it had helped him!

Xiao Yu clenched the Soul Gem that had followed him throughout his past life.

Calming his emotions, the World Force re‑decomposed into mental telekinesis and, following a specific method, completed the Soul Gem's recognition of its master.

After recognition, there was no flamboyant display; everything remained as calm as water.

The regular icosahedron Soul Gem instantly detached from the necklace and flew into the life core.

Under Xiao Yu's manipulation, the Soul Gem linked with the Core, and wave after wave of soul power poured in continuously.

In just one day, the 8,041‑layer structure was fully derived.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye seven years had elapsed.

"It's already at 9,999 layers, just one short of the final layer." Xiao Yu thought.

In a little over seven years, Xiao Yu had used only eight Holy Soul Fruits, yet managed to generate 1,999 layers of structure, chiefly thanks to the Soul Gem.

Xiao Yu didn't know what the upper limit of this Soul Gem was.

The Illusory Shadow of the ten‑thousand‑layer structure gradually solidified.

As time ticked away second by second inside the Smart Light Brain, the Illusory Shadow grew ever more solid, eventually turning entirely purple.

At a certain moment, when a new day arrived, the ten‑thousand‑layer structure within the life core quivered constantly, alternating between illusion and reality.

"Boom!"

The ten‑thousand‑layer derived structure fully solidified!

The third layer of Primordial Soul reached great completion!

The ten‑thousand‑layer Core structure resonated, as if it were a single entity.

"System: Second Wish terminated." Xiao Yu thought.

【A total of 5,000,000 Wish Gold Coins deducted!】

Xiao Yu felt his Soul Strength deepen, and his Soul Calculation Speed suddenly increased tenfold, reaching a terrifying 100,000‑fold calculation speed.

Laws that previously took ten days to decipher now resolve in less than a quarter of an hour.

The primary soul did not quickly distribute the overflowed calculation speed; instead it rapidly cultivated the second layer of Transform All Things in the Primordial Soul.

The cultivation completed in under ten days.

The basic conditions are met, allowing an attempt at the second layer of Transform All Things.

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"

Within his inner world, Xiao Yu's human body endured unbearable pain.

Xiao Yu once again experienced the pain of Soul Split, having tried it nearly a hundred times.

After completing the cultivation of "Soul Hundred Transformation", Xiao Yu immediately began planning his future cultivation.

First, the human primary soul's calculation speed was raised to 4,500‑fold.

The World Tree's Soul Split increased to ten‑thousand‑fold calculation speed, focusing on the Space‑Time Origin Law.

Virtual Universe Soul Split No. 2 specialized in Cosmic True Insight, gaining a 10,000‑fold Soul Calculation Speed.

Aside from the World Tree's Soul Split, Soul Splits No. 3 through No. 10—eight in total—also entered the Primordial Universe Origin Realm, each comprehending the eight Fundamental Laws of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, and Light.

The eight Soul Splits each obtained a 3,000‑fold Soul Calculation Speed.

Soul Split No. 11 gained a 5,000‑fold Soul Calculation Speed and cultivated Control Space‑Time in the Primordial Zone.

Soul Split No. 12 gained a 10,000‑fold Soul Calculation Speed, continuing to devise and perfect secret techniques within the Primordial Zone's cultivation field.

(End of Chapter)