Inside the Sea of Consciousness.
The Elemental Spirit was sacred beyond measure, occupying ninety percent of the "space," showcasing its own "majesty."
The remaining ten percent was occupied by the "Void" Martial Spirit.
It was formless and intangible, yet it existed.
Li Yu, with a slight thought, released this "Void" Martial Spirit.
To use his own body as a seed, the first step was naturally to release it. It couldn't be done inside the Sea of Consciousness, as that was too dangerous. Furthermore, he couldn't send his physical body into his Sea of Consciousness...
Of course, before doing that, he needed to extract the ice element from this "Void" Martial Spirit.
Although the million-year-old Skydream Ice Worm soul beast had been overly diluted, the ice elemental power contained within the "Void" Martial Spirit was not yet at the peak of ultimate ice.
However, it was still a powerful force.
Fortunately, for Li Yu, who had already undergone a transformation after fusing with the Water Dragon King's soul bone, and had attained 100% affinity with the water element, this was not a difficult task.
The ice elemental power within it was easily extracted once it was released. Li Yu barely felt any pain.
In fact, he had to split his attention to suppress the Elemental Spirit because, during this process, the Elemental Spirit seemed to have the urge to directly devour this "Void" Martial Spirit...
"You're really hungry..." Li Yu thought, speechless.
Afterward, Li Yu slapped his palm against his chest, forcing a drop of blood from his heart.
The blood was crimson, and under his influence, it merged into the "Void" Martial Spirit.
The originally formless second Martial Spirit now visibly took on a tinge of blood-red, which gradually deepened.
This process was slow, taking a full three days for the blood-red color to finally condense into the shape of a drop of blood, which then merged into Li Yu body.
"That easy?" Li Yu, who had prepared for failure, couldn't believe the second Martial Spirit had already formed.
In his original plan, the primary reason the body remains active was due to cell metabolism.
But if he were to bind the second Martial Spirit to the cells, that would be too broad. After all, he wasn't clear about all the different types of cells and their individual roles.
After much consideration, he decided to focus on blood.
Blood circulation played an essential role in maintaining the body's activity and strength.
If the second Martial Spirit were locked into the blood, it would greatly enhance the flexibility of manipulation.
After all, blood circulates throughout the body, allowing it to influence a large area!
For instance, after strengthening the blood, the first beneficiary would be the bone marrow, which is responsible for blood production, and this would eventually affect the entire skeleton.
Next, starting from the bones, the blood and bones would work together to change the flesh and organs throughout the body…
Thus, the "evolution" path was clearly planned out.
But...
The fact that the second Martial Spirit was so easily condensed into blood caught him by surprise.
Three days wasn't much compared to the birth of a Martial Spirit.
"Now that the Martial Spirit is formed, if I use the Qiro Tulip..." Li Yu eyes moved slightly, but he ultimately gave up on the idea.
The Qiro Tulip was unique, and he should save it for a critical moment.
At this point, he should focus on finding the opportunity for the second Martial Spirit's secondary awakening, so that the Qiro Tulip could be used to its fullest.
"..."
Meanwhile, during all of this, the Skydream Ice Worm, which had been hidden within the Elemental Spirit's ninth soul ring, and later moved into the domain space after Li Yu permission, had been silently observing everything.
When it saw the ice element it had cultivated being extracted from the second Martial Spirit, its heart skipped a beat.
Inside, it was wailing: "My ice, I'm sorry, sob sob~"
The second Martial Spirit it had shaped, originally targeted for the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress properties, had been easily discarded by Li Yu.
Though it felt sorrowful, it had no choice but to accept it.
Li Yu was not someone who could be easily swayed, and even the Ice Silkworm knew that it had to please Li Yu in order to stay alive, so it naturally didn't dare to act against him.
At this moment.
Li Yu didn't care at all about the feelings of the Skydream Ice Worm.
He was already thinking about what soul rings he should attach to this second Martial Spirit.
To promote its "evolution," it was naturally essential to absorb soul bones from soul beasts with stronger "vitality."
Dragons, of course, were at the top of the list.
Strong physical beings like the Bear Lord were also good choices.
Additionally, beasts with tenacious life force might also be a good option...
After carefully considering all of this, Li Yu realized that any soul beast reaching the 100,000-year level could likely meet his needs in one way or another.
"Not easy to act on!" Li Yu furrowed his brows.
Currently, there were only a few soul beasts at the 100,000-year level on the continent, and most of them were under Emperor Di Tian's protection. Trying to find an opportunity to hunt them was not an easy task.
"Then I'll have to search for Sea Soul Beasts, or perhaps find some in the Sun-Moon Continent," Li Yu muttered to himself.
The number of Sea Soul Beasts was several times, even tens or hundreds of times, greater than that of land-based soul beasts.
Unlike land soul beasts that occupy a "flat" space, Sea Soul Beasts inhabited a "three-dimensional" space in the seas.
Also, the sea area was much larger than the land.
Li Yu was fully confident that in the deep sea, creatures like the Deep Sea Magic Whale King were not alone!
After all, the Sea God Island was located in the western sea area of the Douluo Continent, and there was little recorded about the northern, eastern, or southern sea regions.
These regions definitely had terrifying beings as well.
As for the Sun-Moon Continent...
Its location was roughly in the southwest direction of the Douluo Continent, and its distance from Sea God Island was not as far as he had imagined.
"Let's first check out the Northern Sea Abyss..." Li Yu murmured.
The Western Sea region where Sea God Island was located was under the protection of the "Sea God," and with the "Half-step Demigod" Poseidon and Tang Chen, who seemed to have "demigod" strength after breaking through under the "Asura God" test, killing the Deep Sea Magic Whale King might not be too difficult. But absorbing it peacefully would be another matter.
North of the Shuo Feng Cold Plains was the Northern Sea City in the Northern Land Province.
As for the Snowy region and the Ice Empress territory, it was located in the northeast of the Heaven Dou Empire, protruding into the Northern Sea.
Therefore, his gaze was fixed on the nearby Northern Sea.
With his goal set, Li Yu quickly began to take action.
Leaving the domain space, Li Yu glanced toward Heaven Dou City and then took a step forward, disappearing.
...
Northern Sea City.
It was covered in snow and ice all year round. The people living there, apart from merchant caravans, rarely had contact with the outside world.
At this moment, Li Yu was hovering above Northern Sea City, looking down on this "Ice City."