In front of Zhu Ziyang, a golden and silver rhomboid crystal was spinning rapidly. The crystal contained rich mental fluctuations, and at the same time, it emitted a mysterious and peculiar special energy fluctuation. This was precisely his first Soul Core.
At this moment, his mind was immersed in the Soul Core, and everything about the Soul Core was displayed before his eyes. The Soul Core was rhomboid, completely transparent and colorless. The upper part was adorned with golden patterns, while the lower part was adorned with silver patterns. These two types of patterns were quite similar to Zhu Ziyang's pupils.
The Mental Destiny Soul Core, the Heaven-rank Soul Core located in the upper dantian among Zhu Ziyang's Three Powers United Soul Cores, represented the'Spirit' aspect of essence, qi, and spirit. It was a Soul Core formed by the fusion of Zhu Ziyang's mental force, golden power of destiny, silver power of destiny, and pure spirit power. In a sense, it was a three-attribute Soul Core with mental, time, and space attributes.
He was very excited. After placing the Mental Soul Core into his upper dantian, he suppressed the excitement in his heart.
At this time, his spirit power and mental force were drained due to the condensation of this Soul Core, and a sense of emptiness enveloped him. However, he was not worried at all, because with the Soul Core, both his spirit power recovery speed and mental force recovery speed were several times faster than before.
All of this indicated that Zhu Ziyang would no longer face any bottlenecks in all his cultivation realms before becoming a Super Douluo!
Zhu Ziyang had too many insights in his heart. spirit power level, mental force realm, spirit ring Spirit Abilities, Spirit Bone Spirit Abilities, and so on. He needed to recover his state first before he could truly sort out these gains.
He opened his eyes and saw Mu En and Xuan Zi's very concerned gazes. He smiled and nodded in greeting.
"Good child, don't speak yet, recovery is paramount!" Mu En's face was full of relief and satisfaction as he said, "A Six-Ring Spirit Emperor with a Soul Core, you have already created too much history. Of this, I am deeply convinced!"
Zhu Ziyang smiled without speaking, then took out the half of the 100,000-Year Snow Lotus from his star flame ring. This 100,000-Year Snow Lotus was perfect for his current state; its title as a sacred nourishing item was not for show. The restriction left by the Snow Empress on the Snow Lotus had long become a mere display with the Ice Empress joining in.
Without hesitation, he swallowed the Snow Lotus in a few bites, closed his eyes, and began to recover with all his might.
After about an hour and a half, Zhu Ziyang had recovered to his peak state. He stood up, feeling better than ever before.
"Ziyang, congratulations!" Mu En looked at the radiant Zhu Ziyang, his face filled with relief and a smile, and said, "Successfully condensing the first Soul Core, and a mental attribute Soul Core at that, means that the Three Powers United Soul Core Method no longer poses any obstacles or difficulties for you!"
"Hehe, this is all thanks to the help of you, Teacher, and Elder Xuan," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
"Ultimately, it's still your own effort!" Xuan Zi sighed with envy on his face. He had once tried to condense three Soul Cores, but unfortunately, his talent was insufficient and his temperament was unstable, so he failed.
"Indeed! Ultimately, it's your own effort!" Mu En also agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "Without powerful talent and a resolute temperament, even with strong external help, it would be impossible to achieve such great success! Ziyang, your spirit power level should be close to level 64 now, right!"
"Level 63 peak!" Zhu Ziyang sensed it and then replied.
"Hahaha, level 63, I am already looking forward to the good news from this Elite Tournament!" Mu En's eyes lit up as he said, "With your current strength, unless there are Spirit Douluos in other teams, and not just one, I don't know how our team could lose! Ziyang, display your talent as much as possible on the field. This era ultimately belongs to you!"
"I will, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang said with a slight smile.
Mu En did not ask further, but instead said to Xuan Zi, "Alright, let's prepare to go back. Xuan Zi, take the corpse of this Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon with you. This is a good item!"
"Hehe, Elder Mu, even if you didn't say it, I would have done so," Xuan Zi chuckled and said, "Dragon meat, that's the most delicious meat in the world! When we get back, we'll give those little guys in the Inner Courtyard an extra meal!"
Xuan Zi's face was glowing, and Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but feel sorrow for the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon. How tragic! It must have offended heaven and earth to end up with such a miserable fate, not even a complete corpse!
On the way back to Shrek Academy, Zhu Ziyang finally had time to check his gains.
Undoubtedly, the Soul Core was the biggest gain. Besides the Soul Core, it was the improvement of his mental force.
Before condensing the Soul Core, Zhu Ziyang's mental force realm stayed at the peak of tangible but formless. Now, under the simultaneous augmentation of the 100,000-Year Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon Skull and the Mental Soul Core, his current mental force realm had reached the tangible and formable realm, and it was very stable and solid.
Tangible and formable, the third layer of the mental force level. Upon reaching this level, a Spirit Master's mental force can be materialized, and spiritual consciousness is born. At this level of mental force, a Spirit Master's soul can temporarily exist outside the body.
At this time, Zhu Ziyang's mental space had undergone considerable changes. The area of his Sea of Spirit had expanded several times, and pure, transparent mental force filled the entire Sea of Spirit. His mental force had become incredibly pure, returning to its original innate immaculate state. In the center of the Sea of Spirit was a Mental Island that had also doubled in size. The island was no longer barren and bare, but instead, a palace had appeared. Inside the palace, in addition to the Soul Spirit eggs of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, and the soul crystal of the Silver Dragon Wolf, there was also a grand and majestic throne.
As for Electrolux, he was sitting on the edge of the island, materializing a fishing rod without a line, looking very leisurely.
The sky of the mental space no longer showed traces of the Soul Heaven Firmament, nor the projections of Ultimate Light, Ultimate Ice, and Power of Death. There was only a golden and silver sun, emitting a soft glow. This was the reflection of the Mental Soul Core in the mental space.
The appearance of the Mental Soul Core caused Zhu Ziyang's mental force to begin growing autonomously. Even if Zhu Ziyang was not cultivating, his mental force would increase, though the speed would be very slow. How slow? If he were to start from scratch and want to grow to his current realm, it would probably take three to four hundred years.
At the same time, because the golden power of destiny and the silver power of destiny were integrated into the Soul Core, these two powers were truly controlled by Zhu Ziyang. The golden power of destiny contained the space attribute, and the silver power of destiny contained the time attribute, which is why the Mental Soul Core is called a three-attribute Soul Core. After truly mastering the two powers of destiny, the abilities they granted Zhu Ziyang, Time Stop and Spatial Transfer, were also greatly enhanced.
"Teacher, you are truly leisurely!" Zhu Ziyang stood beside Electrolux and said with a smile. That's right, standing beside Electrolux. After his mental force reached the tangible and formable realm, Zhu Ziyang could finally materialize his body in the Sea of Spirit.
"Hahaha, with a disciple as promising as mine, what's wrong with me being a little leisurely?" Electrolux replied with a smile, "Ziyang, before I knew it, you have already grown to such an extent. I have a premonition that soon, deities will notice you."
"Hahaha, I hope so!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
After exiting the mental space, Zhu Ziyang checked the four Spirit Abilities he had obtained from the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon.
First were the Spirit Bone skills. The Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon Skull possessed two major Spirit Abilities: Illusory Sky Gaze and Purple Spirit Shield.
Illusory Sky Gaze, this was the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon's strongest skill. It shot out a light from its eyes that directly looked into the enemy's soul. Enemies gazed upon by it would fall into a dream. Enemies with weak mental force would sink into the dream until their souls withered! After this Spirit Ability was transferred to the Spirit Bone, when Zhu Ziyang released it, a purple-crystal-colored illusory eye would directly form above his head, releasing a gaze from the illusory eye that could make enemies fall into a dream.
Purple Spirit Shield, this Spirit Ability came from the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon's physical characteristics. The Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon's scales had the ability to be immune to mental attacks. The Purple Spirit Shield would form a shield around Zhu Ziyang, similar to the purple spirit dragon's scales. The shield could absorb all mental-type skills.
The Spirit Abilities of the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon Skull filled Zhu Ziyang's mental shortcomings; at least he now had both offense and defense.
Then came the spirit ring skills. The two major Spirit Abilities obtained by the Pacifying Life-Reaping Scythe from the Illusory Sky Purple Spirit Dragon's spirit ring were Jingshi Mind Slash and Jingshi Light Ring.
Jingshi Mind Slash: The scythe blade of the Pacifying Life-Reaping Scythe is imbued with the aura of Ultimate Light, continuously unleashing several light slashes. When the light slashes hit the target, they will cause severe damage to their mind, eradicating their desire and will to fight!
Jingshi Light Ring: Zhu Ziyang uses the Pacifying Life-Reaping Scythe to release a light aura. The light aura condenses into a halo. All allies within the halo and Zhu Ziyang himself will receive a fifty percent increase in spirit power and mental force.
Comparatively, the spirit ring Spirit Abilities were slightly inferior to the Spirit Bone Spirit Abilities, but Zhu Ziyang was still satisfied. After all, they were Spirit Abilities from a 100,000-Year spirit ring; how bad could they be?
They returned to Shrek Academy late at night. Zhu Ziyang went back to his room, preparing to rest.
The night was profoundly dark!