Chapter 650 - 650: The Magical Martial King Realm

On the eighth floor of the Saint Extreme Tower, Chu Qingyun opened a cultivation chamber.

The auxiliary effects of the Saint Extreme Tower's eighth floor were twice as potent as the seventh floor's. Correspondingly, the daily cost in Saint Extreme Points was also double that of the seventh floor, coming to two hundred fifty-six.

Chu Qingyun originally had just over two thousand Saint Extreme Points left on his Token, and he had just obtained another two thousand.

His Saint Extreme Points were sufficient for now, so he wasn't in a hurry to find Zhou Ling and get his points back.

After all, Zhou Qian had told him to go to the Pill Institute every two months to study and be evaluated on his Alchemy Skill. Going there would surely lead to a whole host of troubles.

The Saint Extreme Points were automatically deducted, and that special aura quickly filled the entire cultivation chamber.

On the eighth floor, Chu Qingyun could clearly feel that the aura filling the cultivation chamber was much stronger than on the seventh floor.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Chu Qingyun took out the Martial King Essence Pill. He summoned a strand of Devouring Power in his hand and began to devour the Primordial Power within the pill.

Streams of Primordial Power were refined into Primordial Liquid by the Devouring Martial Soul and continuously replenished Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea.

With the aid of the Saint Extreme Tower, even though the Martial King Essence Pill contained a powerful resistance, the Devouring Power was still Refining the Primordial Power within it at a rapid pace.

The Martial King Essence Pill grew smaller and smaller, while the Primordial Liquid in Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea grew more and more abundant.

By the time the Martial King Essence Pill had been refined down to the size of a fingernail, the Primordial Liquid in Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea had finally reached capacity once again.

His Qi Sea, ten thousand meters in diameter, was filled with sparkling Primordial Liquid.

The Devouring Martial Soul imperiously occupied the very center of the Qi Sea. Beside it, the Light Card was enveloped in Devouring Power, suspended in the Primordial Liquid.

The other Martial Souls, like the Iron Wire Ten-Star Vine Martial Soul, the Shadow Martial Soul, and the Forest Iron Wall Martial Soul, were all huddled at the edges of the Qi Sea.

Chu Qingyun already knew the method for condensing a Primordial Pill.

Just like when he broke through to the Martial Spirit Realm and condensed Primordial Liquid, he couldn't work on all the Primordial Liquid in his Qi Sea at once when condensing the Primordial Pill; he had to start from a single point.

Chu Qingyun selected a portion of Primordial Liquid near the center of his Qi Sea and focused his energy, beginning to further compress and condense it.

The Primordial Liquid, already liquefied to its absolute limit, transformed once again under the condensing force of Chu Qingyun's powerful Soul Power, gradually solidifying into a tiny Primordial Pill.

Once the Primordial Pill had taken its initial form, Chu Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief internally.

'To complete this first step so smoothly means that with my talent, breaking through to the Martial King Realm in one go shouldn't be a major problem.'

Next, Chu Qingyun used his Soul Power to continuously guide the Primordial Liquid surrounding the Primordial Pill, compressing and condensing it onto the pill's surface.

As more and more Primordial Liquid was condensed and fused into it, the nascent Primordial Pill grew steadily larger.

When a third of the Primordial Liquid in his entire Qi Sea had been condensed and integrated, the Primordial Pill had become sufficiently large.

At this point, it no longer even required Chu Qingyun's control; the Primordial Pill could now autonomously attract the Primordial Liquid in the Qi Sea and continuously absorb it.

The Primordial Pill spun rapidly, like an oceanic vortex, constantly drawing in Primordial Liquid to strengthen itself.

Soon, a massive Martial King Primordial Pill was successfully condensed, floating within Chu Qingyun's Qi Sea.

But at the very instant the Martial King Primordial Pill formed, Chu Qingyun suddenly felt a splitting pain erupt in his head, as if it were about to crack open.

"My Soul Power... it's surging!"

Shock filled Chu Qingyun's eyes. He discovered that his Soul Power, already far surpassing that of an ordinary Spirit Level Alchemist, was now skyrocketing at an incredible rate.

In that moment, he finally understood why all the King-level Alchemists he had ever met were all Martial King Level experts.

It turned out that when breaking through from the Martial Spirit Realm to the Martial King Realm, one's Soul Power would surge as well.

Refining King-level Elixirs required High Tier Spiritual Medicine, more complex Pill Formulas, and a more formidable Martial Soul Fire. Naturally, the Soul Power needed to control all of this had to be correspondingly more powerful.

The intense pain in his head came and went quickly.

When it was over, Chu Qingyun could clearly feel that his Soul Power was now a full ten times stronger than before.

If he were to face that senior's Array of Cauldrons trial now, he could probably lift the largest cauldron with ease.

After the surge in his Soul Power ended, Chu Qingyun immediately refocused his Heart and Mind, immersing it back into his Qi Sea.

This was because breaking through to the Martial King Realm involved another crucial step besides condensing the Primordial Pill: transferring one's Martial Souls onto the Primordial Pill itself.

Chu Qingyun had far more Martial Souls than any other Martial Artist.

But that wasn't his biggest concern. What Chu Qingyun worried about most was the Devouring Martial Soul.

Ever since he began cultivating, the Devouring Martial Soul had always been incredibly domineering, occupying the center of his Qi Sea and pushing all his other Martial Souls to the fringes.

Therefore, Chu Qingyun was worried that the Devouring Martial Soul would once again monopolize his Primordial Pill, leaving no room for the other Martial Souls.

If that happened, it would have a tremendous impact on both his future cultivation and his ability to use his Martial Soul Power.

However, after immersing his Heart and Mind into his Qi Sea, Chu Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief.

The Devouring Martial Soul had not taken over the Primordial Pill.

It remained as it always was: a chaotic, indistinct mass floating in the very center of his Qi Sea.

In fact, his Primordial Pill—hundreds of times larger than that of a normal Martial King—had been forcibly pushed upward, and was now floating above the Devouring Martial Soul.

Chu Qingyun guided his Iron Wire Ten-Star Vine Martial Soul, Shadow Martial Soul, Thousand-faced Martial Soul, Flame Martial Soul, and others, stationing them all evenly across the surface of the Primordial Pill.

Fortunately, his Primordial Pill was massive, so even with many Martial Souls placed upon it, it didn't feel crowded.

Once stationed on the Primordial Pill, the Martial Souls seemed to grow into it. Chu Qingyun could even feel all of them slowly absorbing power from the Primordial Pill at an exceptionally slow rate.

'Forming the Martial King Primordial Pill, the surge in Soul Power, and now the Martial Souls growing on the pill... the Martial King Realm truly is miraculous...'

Chu Qingyun couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder.

But then, his gaze fell upon the Devouring Martial Soul once more.

His other Martial Souls were all drawing power from the Primordial Pill, yet the Devouring Martial Soul remained completely indifferent, as if... it looked down on such power!

'This thing really is mysterious...'

Taking advantage of his newly surged Soul Power, Chu Qingyun tried once more to probe the Devouring Martial Soul.

However, all the Soul Power he sent out vanished into the Devouring Martial Soul as if it had fallen into a bottomless abyss, yielding no results whatsoever.

Helpless, Chu Qingyun had no choice but to give up.

It wasn't the first or second time he had tried to investigate the Devouring Martial Soul, but he had never learned anything from it.

Fortunately, the Devouring Martial Soul's existence had always been of great benefit to Chu Qingyun, and so far, it had shown no downsides.