Chapter 288: Soul Metamorphosis

Prepare all protective measures; Xiao Yu Human True Body together with the other avatars inject the full 99% of soul power into the Space Fragment.

Xiao Yu Human True Body, the World Tree Clone, and the other 98 avatars each retain at least a 1× soul calculation speed, sustaining the operation and tasks of each avatar and clone.

Of the 99% soul power injected into the Space Fragment, 90% penetrates into the Deep Space Fragment.

Then Xiao Yu's soul power begins to oscillate, its vibration frequency is extremely high—billions of times higher than the fastest light.

The rapidly oscillating soul power gradually voids to real, like Immortal Divine Power, and then the soul power in these Space Fragments and that deep within the Space Fragment resonate.

Since both are Xiao Yu's soul power, their vibration frequencies match, making resonance easy.

The resonance provokes agitation of the space and a backlash.

Puff!

He spits out a mouthful of seven‑colored fresh blood; the 99% soul power Xiao Yu scattered instantly vanishes by 80%.

The remaining 19% of soul power, however, appears far stronger—several times more potent than the earlier 99%.

Rip!

And the soul power drops from 19%…18%…17%…

Because if it fails, he must still endure the same backlash as before, and then his soul power will become void.

In just a moment, it spikes to 10×, leaving the soul power at only 3%.

Nearly 4% of soul power instantly ignites, yielding an effect more than a thousand times greater.

Boom—boom—!

Chunk after chunk of Space Fragments collide with Tianhua Hall, but Xiao Yu within the Flying Palace Treasure feels no impact.

"Hurry and turn void into real!" Xiao Yu silently wishes, along with 1% Divine Soul in his Divine Body; he has only 4% soul power, and without the soul's ten‑thousand‑fold boost he could not now control a Divine Body spanning over ninety thousand kilometers.

Purple fissures suddenly appear across the Space Fragments, and they multiply!

"Do not let any accident occur!" Xiao Yu feels anxious; at this stage, he has no chance to start over.

This Primordial Soul Secret Method is something Xiao Yu spent nearly ten thousand years cultivating bit by bit, investing countless effort.

Only by using the system to restore soul power at the instant destined to fail can one avoid collapse.

Now there is only perseverance.

As the resonance frequency climbs rapidly, the remaining 19% soul power is being swiftly consumed.

But Xiao Yu does not wish to fail.

"I still want to see my parents, I still want to return to the world of my past life, save that world, and see my lover once more," Xiao Yu whispers, his resolve deepening.

The resonance frequency instantly spikes to 100×.

The Space Fragments instantly turn into a void shadow, and the surrounding fragments rush to collide with Xiao Yu.

Boom!

Rumble!

But now he cannot replenish any soul power, for any new soul power entering would break the resonance and cause the fusion to fail.

Meanwhile, the crystal sphere deep within the Space Fragment also transforms into a void shadow alongside the Space Fragment.

Perhaps, when true failure comes, only the system can be relied upon.

From 1.5×…2×…2.5×…3×…

"Collect!" Xiao Yu inhales deeply; the soul power ceases to burn, retracts all of it, and the void shadow formed from the Space Fragment returns into Xiao Yu's Divine Body along with the withdrawn soul power.

"The 99% soul power that was emitted earlier now returns as only 2%," Xiao Yu observes the soul power re-entering his body, as pure as Immortal Divine Power, and feels astonished.

The 2% soul power resembles a single purple hair strand, about a foot long; this strand returns to the Divine Body, instantly turning into countless finer threads that merge with every Immortal Divine Power within, immediately emitting an invisible force field.

The force field instantly spreads, covering the entire Divine Body that stretches over ninety thousand kilometers.

Previously, Xiao Yu, because his internal soul power had greatly diminished, could not sustain a small form and could only assume his true-body size.

The force field projects, traversing time and space, mapping onto Xiao Yu's true body and each avatar; the previously remaining 1% soul power instantly transforms, being assimilated by the purple, substance‑like soul power.

Now, within Xiao Yu's Divine Body, only 3% soul power remains, yet he feels his control over the body is over a hundred times more refined than before.

"Space Fragment Fusion is complete!"

Since the Space Fragment's void-to-real transformation, the entry of the final strand of soul into the Divine Body indicates the fusion is complete.

Xiao Yu feels his Divine Body surrounded as if a world were draped over it; Seven‑colored Divine Power seeps outward, and he senses an invisible force field enveloping his surface, capable of achieving the effect of making distant places feel close.

This invisible force field is the small world Xiao Yu previously fused, now materialized from void.

"According to the Primordial Soul Secret Method, this world will gradually become larger as cultivation and soul power strengthen," Xiao Yu muses.

Recover soul power.

Xiao Yu begins devouring countless treasures that restore soul power.

"Eh? What's happening? These treasures cannot restore soul power," Xiao Yu exclaims in astonishment; he had previously devoured enough treasures that restored soul power tenfold.

Yet the soul power within the Divine Body shows not the slightest change.

"System restore soul power!"

【Insufficient Wish True Coins, cannot fulfill wish!】

Wish True Coin?

What is that thing?

"What is the system Wish True Coin?"

【Insufficient Permission, cannot parse!】

Xiao Yu has already shut himself off.

The treasures cannot restore soul power, and even the system temporarily cannot restore soul power; what now!

"Since it does not affect my control over the Divine Body, I'll leave here first!"

Xiao Yu steps forward, instant teleports to the space stratum closest to the Primordial Universe, then with a casual slash tears a gap in space, steps through, and emerges within the Primordial Universe.

Boom!

From the depths of the endless void, an infinite pressure came from all directions, enveloping Xiao Yu.

A massive mineral planet, over one hundred thousand kilometers in size and a million kilometers away from Xiao Yu, was instantly crushed by the pressure, shattered into the tiniest particles.

It formed a nebula spanning up to one light-year.

This pressure was familiar to Xiao Yu; when he first became Immortal, it had also descended, but then it was incomparable to now.

"What?" Xiao Yu wondered, had he done something that violated the Cosmic Operation Law?

Could it be that he had committed some taboo deeds?

But he was just a minor Immortal; even if his law comprehension was a bit higher, it shouldn't amount to much, right?

Xiao Yu suddenly looked up at the sky and saw an eye that covered the entire universe; the eyeball radiated an arcane law aura, as if it were an Eye of Law formed by endless laws, containing not only the Ten Fundamental Laws but also the Eight Fusion Laws, and even a trace of the Chaos Law that Xiao Yu had cultivated.

The eye formed by the endless laws scanned Xiao Yu, as if confirming his identity.

After a long while—Xiao Yu didn't know how long—the eyeball finally vanished, and all the pressure and restraints disappeared instantly.

Everything returned to calm.

Xiao Yu touched his nose, as if it were a dream.

Then he looked at the nebula formed from the massive mineral planet and confirmed that what had just happened was not a dream.

Xiao Yu kept recalling his actions, finding no improper deeds, yet somehow the Cosmic Operation Law had descended.

(End of Chapter)