Chapter 126: A Different Soul

The spiritual sea needed to become the foundation and the soul needed to be formed from that foundation.

’But how?’

Long Feng tried again. He gathered a massive amount of soul power toward the center of his spiritual sea.

The surrounding spiritual power immediately began compressing. The pressure became enormous, his consciousness trembled, but a tiny shape appeared.

However, the moment Long Feng attempted to stabilize it, the shape collapsed.

Crack!

’Failed.’

He didn’t give up and tried again, failed again.

This continued until the last day arrived.

Long Feng’s spiritual sea had already become extremely dense. But forming a soul was fundamentally different from simply compressing soul power.

He had studied dozens of methods, understood their advantages and limitations. Finally, something clicked.

’What exactly is a soul?’

Long Feng looked inward and muttered softly.

The spiritual sea was pale white boundless sea of soul energy. There was no color, no shape, no fixed form. It was simply an enormous ocean of condensed spiritual energy.

Then he looked at his own body. His eyes gradually narrowed.

A human body wasn’t simply a collection of flesh.

It had bones, organs, meridians, blood and muscles. Every part had its own function. Yet together, they formed one complete existence.

’The soul should be the same.’

Long Feng’s breathing slowly became heavier.

To make the soul like a sword, beast or a flame. But all of them were still using external concepts to shape something that was supposed to represent themselves.

’Why should I imitate something else?’

’Why not imitate myself?’

His eyes gradually brightened as he finally understood.

The most important part of forming a soul wasn’t choosing an external characteristic. It was giving the soul a complete structure.

A structure as close to his own existence as possible.

Long Feng immediately began cultivating. The enormous spiritual sea started moving.

Boom!

The entire spiritual sea surged toward the center. Soul power began condensing at an unprecedented speed.

His Fifth-Rank Alchemist foundation became an enormous advantage at this moment.

Long Feng’s soul power was already considerably more condensed than that of ordinary cultivators.

As an alchemist, he had spent countless hours controlling flames and refining medicinal energy with his soul power. His control over soul power was exceptionally precise. Now he used that control to shape every strand.

Compress, condense and shape.

As he began his own method, the enormous spiritual sea continued shrinking.

Long Feng carefully formed the structure. First was the head, then the torso, then the arms and legs.

He didn’t simply create a vague humanoid figure like others.

Instead, he replica every part of body from bones, meridians to every internal organs. Every part followed the structure of his own body.

It was incredibly difficult.

The moment one part became unstable, the entire structure trembled.

Long Feng immediately corrected it, again and again. Until the enormous spiritual sea disappeared completely.

Inside his consciousness stood a tiny figure. It looked exactly like him, a miniature version of Long Feng.

Its body was faintly pale white and its eyes were closed.

But the moment it stabilized, he felt an indescribable connection. This wasn’t another existence, it was himself, his soul.

’I succeeded.’

Long Feng’s heart trembled. A smile slowly appeared on his face.

At that moment, his aura suddenly erupted.

Boom!

The barrier that had restrained him for so long shattered.

Nascent Soul Realm!

Long Feng had finally broken through. But before he could enjoy his breakthrough, the mark of the Soul Dominating Seal suddenly trembled.

Long Feng was slightly surprised.

The mark he had used to control Puppet Wang suddenly moved from its position and directly attached on the forehead of his newly formed soul.

This made him slightly frowned. He didn’t have time to react, before a faint milky-blue light suddenly emerged from the mark.

It’s the Demon Emperor’s Will!

The milky-blue hue began spreading across the forehead to its entire body of his soul.

"What is happening?" Long Feng’s expression finally changed.

The soul began transforming. Its pale-white body gradually became covered with black and blue. Its body grew slightly larger, its features became sharper and its aura became increasingly terrifying.

The human-like soul slowly developed an almost beast-like quality, yet it remained humanoid.

A strange black-and-blue soul stood inside his consciousness. And then, its eyes suddenly opened.

Boom!

A terrifying pressure erupted. At the same instant, an overwhelming force surged out from Long Feng’s body.

The disciples outside immediately changed expressions.

"What?!"

"This pressure..."

They had felt the pressure of the Soul Tempering Tower before, but this was different. It was far more powerful.

The pressure directly struck their souls and pain spread through their minds. Several disciples immediately fell to their knees.

"What kind of soul did Brother Long form?" Li Qiang’s face became pale.

"I don’t know!" Zhu Yuan also couldn’t help but grit his teeth. He didn’t expect such commotion from Long Feng’s side upon breakthrough.

Even through their cultivation had already reached the Nascent Soul realm, they were unable to bear such heavy pressure.

As the pressure continued, several disciples collapsed completely onto the ground.

Their souls trembled violently. It felt as though they were being pressed against the edge of death.

Inside his consciousness, Long Feng was equally shocked.

He stared at the strange black-and-blue soul. He had intended to create a soul closest to his human body. But the damn Demon Emperor’s Will had changed something.

The human-like soul had developed an almost beast-like quality

He didn’t know what this new soul would become. After a long time, the terrifying aura finally stabilized.

Long Feng slowly opened his eyes and released a long breath.

The moment he did, the terrifying pressure disappeared. The disciples lying on the ground finally felt the pressure vanish.

They gasped heavily. Some of them lay completely flat, taking deep breaths as though they had just escaped death.

Long Feng ignored them for the moment and immediately opened the system status.

’Status.’ His eyes swept across the information.

[Status:

Name: Long Feng

Physique: Top-tier Mortal Body

Realm: Nascent Soul Realm First Level

Profession: Fifth Rank Alchemist

Cultivation Techniques:Chaos Swallowing Art (Primordial Rank), Forbidden Yang Sovereign Scripture (Primordial Rank), Blazing Sun Art (Profound Rank, Peak Tier)

Cultivation Skills: Sky Demon Claw (Earth Rank, Mid Tier), Heaven Cleaving Sword (Earth Rank, Peak Tier), Soul Dominating Seal (Profound Rank, High Tier), Blazing Shadow Step (Profound Rank, Mid Tier), Blazing Palm (Spirit Rank, Peak Tier)

Innate Flame: Hell Python Flame (Sixth-Rank Beast Flame) ]

/

Long Feng stared at the information displayed by the system.

His gaze slowly moved across every line. His realm had already changed to the First Level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

There was no mistake.

He had truly broken through, yet what concerned him more was the strange transformation that had occurred to his soul and still not show in his status.

Long Feng closed his eyes again and carefully sensed his consciousness.

The black-and-blue soul stood quietly within his consciousness. It looked completely different from the pale-white soul he had originally formed.

The strange color had stabilized, and the terrifying aura that had erupted earlier had completely disappeared.

’What exactly did the Demon Emperor’s Will do to my soul?’

But he had no answer.

The change had happened too quickly, and he hadn’t understood what had triggered it. But after carefully examining his soul several times, he couldn’t find anything wrong.

For now, he could only put the matter aside.

He opened his eyes. The moment his consciousness returned to his body, Long Feng remembered the disciples around him.

He looked around and found several disciples were still sitting on the ground, breathing heavily. Some had barely recovered from the pressure released during his breakthrough.

Li Qiang was leaning against one of the stone platforms, his face still slightly pale. Zhu Yuan wasn’t much better.

Both of them looked toward Long Feng with complicated expressions.

They clearly wanted to ask something.

What kind of soul had Long Feng formed?

But neither of them immediately asked.

The pressure had disappeared too quickly, and whatever had happened inside Long Feng’s consciousness was clearly not something they could casually question.

Besides, everyone had their own secrets.

Long Feng also didn’t explain. He simply looked toward the stone door. The room had already become quiet again and disciples slowly recovered from the shock.

"Since we have to gather tomorrow anyway, why don’t we just practice here tonight too?"

One of them glanced outside and found it’s already midnight.

"Yes, yes. That’s good."

Everyone quickly understood what he meant. They had finally broken through and still needed to be stabilized.

Long Feng also sat down on one of the stone platforms. He didn’t waste any more time thinking about the strange transformation of his soul.

Right now, stabilizing his newly formed soul was more important.

He slowly closed his eyes. The formations beneath the stone platform immediately began operating. A faint stream of pure soul energy entered his spiritual sea.

This time, the sensation was completely different.

Before breaking through, his spiritual sea had been like an enormous ocean. Now, a strange black-and-blue figure stood at its center.

The soul quietly absorbed the surrounding energy.

Long Feng carefully controlled the process. The other disciples also entered meditation one after another.

The room gradually became silent, only the faint hum of the formations remained.

Throughout the night, none of them spoke again.