Wang Chen sat cross-legged in meditation. Now it was time for him to condense his second soul core. The Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow that had been stored in his dantian was finally going to be put to use.
Wang Chen's first soul core shared the same attribute as his martial spirit vessel spirit, so naturally, his second soul core would align with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
Using the ice-attribute supreme treasure, Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, to condense an ice-attribute soul core was simply perfect. The resulting soul core was bound to be extremely powerful.
The greatest difficulty in condensing a second soul core lay in one thing: the intense, repulsive conflict between the two soul cores.
For most experts, the repulsive conflict between two highly compressed energy cores was an almost unsolvable problem. A single careless mistake could lead to the body exploding and the soul perishing.
To suppress the repulsive conflict between two soul cores placed extremely high demands on a soul master.
First, one needed immense spiritual power. Only then could one control both soul cores during the condensation of the second, preventing them from spiraling out of control due to repulsion and exploding.
Second, the physical body had to be strong. The repulsive force generated when two soul cores clashed inside a soul master's body was terrifying. If the physique was too weak, the soul master would simply die on the spot.
On the current Douluo Continent, after thousands of years of development, soul masters had summarized two methods for condensing a soul core.
The first was the Harmonic Resonance Method, which was also the mainstream method used by soul masters today to condense a second soul core.
All known Limit Douluo on the Douluo Continent had used the Harmonic Resonance Method to condense their second soul core.
With the Harmonic Resonance Method, one had to find the operating pattern and frequency of the first soul core, then make the second soul core's operating frequency and pattern as close as possible to the first.
This minimized interference from the first soul core and reduced the conflict and repulsion between the two.
When the second soul core's operation and compression reached a level close to the first soul core, and both shared the same frequency and operating pattern, the two soul cores would begin to resonate.
The original circle centered on one soul core would transform into a circle centered on two soul cores.
With both soul cores operating at the same frequency and exerting force together, the power was naturally far greater than that of a single soul core.
As a result, the quality of soul power condensed this way was far superior to that of a single soul core.
Higher soul power quality meant stronger soul skills. At the same time, the human body's capacity to store energy was limited; the higher the soul power quality, the more heaven-and-earth origin energy one could compress into the body.
This was why Limit Douluo were far superior in every aspect to peak level-98 Super Douluo.
The reason the Harmonic Resonance Method had become mainstream among soul masters was that it greatly reduced the difficulty of condensing a second soul core.
It placed relatively low demands on the soul master's physique and spiritual power, making it easier to break through to level 99.
However, although the Harmonic Resonance Method made condensing a second soul core easier, the power of a second soul core condensed this way was far inferior to one condensed using the other method.
This second method for condensing dual soul cores was called the Yin-Yang Complementary Method.
However, the difficulty of using the Yin-Yang Complementary Method to condense a second soul core was simply too high, far greater than the Harmonic Resonance Method. Until now, no human had ever succeeded.
Only the Beast God Di Tian and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler had used this method to condense their second soul cores.
The difficulty of the Yin-Yang Complementary Method could be illustrated with a single example. The Snow Empress had once attempted to condense Yin-Yang Complementary dual soul cores but failed. Otherwise, with Yin-Yang Complementary dual soul cores, the Snow Empress would surely have survived her seventh heavenly tribulation.
As for why the Snow Empress did not use the Harmonic Resonance Method, it was because the physiology of soul beasts differed from humans; they could not use the Harmonic Resonance Method and could only rely on the Yin-Yang Complementary Method.
If the Harmonic Resonance Method treated the second soul core as subordinate to the first—essentially an enhanced version of the first soul core, rotating according to the first's frequency—then the Yin-Yang Complementary Method created a second soul core with no relation to the first.
This method made condensing dual soul cores extraordinarily difficult. With completely different frequencies, the conflict would be terrifying—far beyond what the Harmonic Resonance Method could produce.
Human experts lacked the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler's terrifying spiritual power or Di Tian's true dragon physique, so they couldn't use the Yin-Yang Complementary Method.
When establishing a second soul core with the Yin-Yang Complementary Method, one had to take an opposite path from the first soul core. There must be no similarity in frequency whatsoever.
For example, if the first soul core rotated leftward, the second soul core must rotate rightward. Everything had to be the exact opposite, maximizing the conflict.
As a result, the two opposed soul cores would clash madly, placing severe strain on the soul master's spiritual power and physique.
Moreover, during the process of condensing the second soul core with the Yin-Yang Complementary Method, one had to simultaneously strengthen the second soul core while controlling both to rotate in opposite directions, all while maintaining the stability of the first soul core.
Not a single mistake could be made. If either soul core rioted during the conflict, the soul master would face a massive explosion that would reduce them to ashes.
When the second soul core grew to match the first, the conflict between them would reach its peak.
Throughout this process, the soul master had to use powerful spiritual power to tightly control the soul cores, which behaved like wild horses straining to break free.
Once the conflict ended, the second soul core would become independent, completely free from the first soul core's interference, forming its own separate cycle.
Of course, if one failed to hold steady during the soul core conflict, the consequences would be disastrous.
Such dual soul cores possessed tremendous power. Any soul power that passed between them would immediately be madly squeezed, compressed, and refined by the two opposing forces, undergoing a qualitative transformation.
Then, under the opposing forces of the two soul cores, a soul power vortex would form and be flung outward.
As a result, both the quality and circulation speed of soul power far surpassed that of dual soul cores condensed via the Harmonic Resonance Method.
This allowed the soul master to store more energy and recover soul power at a much faster rate.
This was the might of the Yin-Yang Complementary Method.
As for condensing Yin-Yang Complementary dual soul cores, Wang Chen was not worried.
After all, most peak level-98 Super Douluo who attempted to condense a second soul core and break through to Limit Douluo only possessed spiritual power at the initial stage of the Material-Realm.
Wang Chen's spiritual power, however, had reached the peak of the Material-Realm—countless times stronger than the initial stage.
Even the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, who had condensed Yin-Yang Complementary dual soul cores and possessed a cultivation close to 800,000 years, only had spiritual power at the peak of the Material-Realm.
If even Wang Chen failed, then no one in the world could succeed.
Wang Chen sat cross-legged, eyes tightly closed, and began condensing his Yin-Yang Complementary second soul core.
At this moment, his sea of consciousness surged with towering waves. Under his command, the vast, ocean-like peak of Material-Realm spiritual power rushed toward the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow in his dantian.
Soon, Wang Chen completely mastered the energy within the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow using his spiritual power.
Under his precise control, this extreme-cold energy began transferring orderly from the dantian to the chest cavity.
According to the soul master cultivation system, the human body has three key acupoints where soul cores can be condensed: the brow (upper dantian), the chest cavity (middle dantian), and the dantian (lower dantian). The lower dantian is the easiest location to condense a soul core, while the upper dantian is the most difficult.
Therefore, most titled douluos on the continent chose to condense their soul core in the lower dantian.
But Wang Chen's cultivation plan was different. Considering that he would need to challenge the most difficult third soul core at peak level-98 in the future, he had to preserve the optimal lower dantian position.
More importantly, if the first two soul cores were placed in the upper and lower dantians, condensing a third soul core in the chest cavity would face repulsion from both, making success nearly impossible and risking bodily explosion.
After careful calculations, the most reasonable arrangement was: first soul core in the brow, second soul core in the chest cavity, and finally the third soul core in the lower dantian.
This layout minimized interference between soul cores. When forming the third soul core, he would only need to coordinate with the middle dantian soul core, while the distant upper dantian soul core would have a relatively weak influence, especially protecting the fragile brow area.
Because the energy contained within the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow was simply too vast, transferring it to the middle dantian in the chest cavity alone took Wang Chen a full twenty-four hours.
After completing the preparations and confirming that both the middle dantian chest cavity and his sea of consciousness were stable, he began compressing the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow energy in the chest cavity to condense the second soul core.
Soon, a sapphire-like energy crystal formed in the chest cavity—this was the initial form of the second soul core.
The moment the crystal appeared, the first soul core in the brow immediately reacted with repulsion, attempting to eliminate this "competitor."
However, since the second soul core was still in its embryonic stage, this weak conflict was easily suppressed under Wang Chen's powerful spiritual control.
Wang Chen continued compressing the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow energy. As compression continued, the blue crystal's volume steadily increased, its rotation speed gradually accelerated, and its confrontation with the first soul core grew increasingly intense.
Yet, under Wang Chen's terrifying spiritual power, the escalating conflict and repulsion between the first and second soul cores were completely suppressed.
The slight overflowing shockwaves did not harm Wang Chen's body, which was comparable to a Limit Douluo's; instead, they acted like forging hammers, continuously tempering his physique.
Relying on his peak Material-Realm spiritual power, Wang Chen steadily controlled both soul cores.
With eyes tightly shut, he methodically converted the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow energy into a solid soul core structure while precisely regulating the second soul core to rotate in the exact opposite direction from the first.
As the second soul core continued to grow and accelerate, the repulsive reaction finally reached its peak.
Wang Chen mobilized his spiritual power to the fullest, firmly suppressing and controlling both soul cores.
With a tremendous boom inside his body, the shockwaves from the clash between the two soul cores impacted Wang Chen's body, causing his face to flush red—clearly having suffered considerable impact.
But that was all. Such minor injuries were nothing to Wang Chen; in just five seconds, under the effect of the Gold of Life, he recovered completely.
As the greatest repulsive conflict ended, Wang Chen's second soul core became independent, completely free from the first soul core's interference, forming its own separate cycle.
During this process, the aura emanating from Wang Chen's body was undergoing a qualitative leap.
A month passed in the blink of an eye…
Over the ice sea, the sun and moon soared into the sky, and the heavens and earth changed color!!
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