Chapter 59 Soul Core
While the outside world was discussing the establishment of the Element Academy, Xiao Fei was already preparing for a retreat to practice.
This time, Xiao Fei went into seclusion to try to see if he could condense a soul core. Xiao Fei chose the Divine Fire Tower of the Divine Fire Sect as the place for his retreat. Was it the fire element or the level of safety?
It was the most suitable place for Xiao Fei at this stage. This time he went there with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang again. Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were practicing in the Divine Fire Sect, while Xiao Fei entered the Divine Fire Tower alone.
Xiao Fei carefully reviewed the original novel of Douluo Dalu. The original novel said very little about the practice of soul cores. In the original novel, Huo Yuhao finally cultivated three soul cores because of various opportunities.
Huo Yuhao's success was largely due to several factors. First, his Martial Soul was the Spirit Eye, which allowed him to possess a far superior mental power.
During his Soul Sage stage, his mental power had already reached Titled Douluo levels, surpassing even Tang San's in this regard.
Second, the sacrifice of the million-year-old spirit beast, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, elevated Huo Yuhao's soul strength and mental power to unprecedented heights.
Furthermore, the personal guidance of Elder Xuan, a top-tier Titled Douluo, ensured his safety and peace of mind, thanks to Elder Xuan's experience and protection.
Xiao Fei, on the other hand, was far behind. While he possessed a spirit and a wisdom skull, his overall mental power was only at the Soul Douluo level, and he lacked any personal guidance or protection. Therefore, attempting to condense and combine these would be extremely dangerous. Of course,
Xiao Fei also had his own trump cards: his three highly aged soul bones and the Blue Silver Emperor's endless vitality, which at least guaranteed his safety. Furthermore, the use of Ice and Fire Body Refining and the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju (Fungus Tong Tian Ju) had enhanced his physical prowess to an unprecedented level.
In the Divine Fire Tower, Xiao Fei closed his eyes and carefully gazed at the Fire Phoenix Spirit within him. This was Xiao Fei's first time interacting with it in this way.
The Fire Phoenix Spirit, in Xiao Fei's eyes, was noble, fierce, fiery, powerful, and filled with an aura of dominance.
Xiao Fei gradually concentrated the energy of his Fire Phoenix Spirit into the palm of his left hand. A phantom of a Fire Phoenix gradually appeared, solidifying as Xiao Fei poured his energy into it.
Eventually, the Fire Phoenix Spirit materialized, as if in a physical form, but it could not advance further.
Finally, as Xiao Fei's energy gradually depleted, unable to support the Fire Phoenix in his left hand, it dissipated with a thud, leaving Xiao Fei's body severely damaged.
Fortunately, he had the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone, otherwise the damage would have been even worse.
For two weeks, Xiao Fei had been concentrating on his Spirit Condensation, but to his dismay, he could not even clear the simplest first stage, let alone the more difficult ones that would follow.
This was the Fire Phoenix in his left hand, and Xiao Fei felt that the scene seemed familiar. "Soul core, soul core, soul core... core," Xiao Fei muttered to himself, feeling as if he'd forgotten something. His eyes lit up. "Isn't this a bit like the Rasengan from Naruto? A pill, a core? It's naturally solid."
He could once again begin injecting soul power into his left hand, this time using more of his mental power to control the rotation of the incoming soul power.
As Xiao Fei simultaneously controlled the rotation and compression of his soul power, a fiery red sphere gradually formed and solidified in his hand.
However, the influx of soul power gradually made the red sphere unstable and violent, as if it might explode at any moment. Xiao Fei quickly stopped concentrating his soul power.
Xiao Fei pondered carefully. While soul power could indeed be condensed into a sphere, its stability was uncertain. Such a soul power sphere would be like an unstable bomb, poised to explode at any moment.
This required a very high level of skill from the soul master, especially in the precise control of soul power and mental energy. In other words, the injection of soul power had to be as smooth as a strand of hair.
For the next month, Xiao Fei continued to concentrate his soul power into a sphere, finally achieving a stable, rapidly rotating, solid sphere. But then came the two most difficult problems: how to make the soul ball rotate autonomously and absorb surrounding soul energy, and how to return the vitality ball to one's body?
The first problem was slightly easier. In the original novel, Huo Yuhao used the Xuantian Gong, integrating his soul core with the Xuantian Gong. Xiao Fei's idea was to combine his own meditation method with the integration.
The problem was how to return the soul core to one's dantian. This was also the most dangerous step, as even the slightest carelessness could lead to cripplementation. Xiao Fei carefully reviewed the cultivation system of the Douluo Continent.
It was well known that levels 89 and 90 were huge thresholds. After becoming a Titled Douluo, both strength and physical fitness would experience a qualitative leap.
Another threshold, 69 and 70, also saw a significant increase in strength. After level 70, the soul and martial spirit could better communicate, allowing the use of the martial spirit's true form.
Soul, martial spirit, and body—these are the most basic and most important qualities of a soul master. Almost all Titled Douluos must cultivate these three to extremely high levels.
According to legend, becoming a Titled Douluo requires the approval of a spirit, which seems to be able to think and be alive. The most typical example is Yu Xiaogang's spirit, Luo Sanpao.
While Xiao Fei's strength was practically unmatched among his peers, this was largely due to his immense physical prowess and combat prowess, as well as the powerful spirit skills granted by the absorption of spirit rings from higher levels, rather than the application and understanding of his own martial spirit.
Xiao Fei thought of Yang Wudi. Throughout the first Douluo Continent, no one seemed to surpass Yang Wudi in his understanding and application of martial spirits.
This was what allowed him to bridge the gap between Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo, defeating the Titled Douluo Snake Lance. Yang Wudi himself seemed like a living, breathing soul-shattering spear, sharp and unyielding.
Xiao Fei once again gazed upon the Fire Phoenix Martial Spirit within him. He pondered the details of the Fire Phoenix, realizing that only by emulating its noble, fiery, and unyielding spirit could one earn the Fire Phoenix's recognition.
The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit is known as the world's greatest beast spirit. Everyone sees Yu Yuanzhen, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus, as arrogant and domineering.
Yet, it's this pride and dominance that keeps him going. In the original novel, even facing three Titled Douluo, he could easily defeat one.
He's also a formidable spirit master who remains unyielding in the face of dire circumstances.
Thinking of all this, Xiao Fei began to concentrate his spirit power once again. This time, his heart felt unprecedentedly ethereal, as if he were a flaming phoenix.
Within Xiao Fei's hand, his spirit power gradually formed into a rapidly spinning sphere. The sphere's color gradually changed, from fiery red to a hint of gold.
Xiao Fei's mental power gradually merged into the golden-red sphere, like a solid spiritual presence, perfectly maintaining the stability of his spirit core.
The terrifying fluctuations of his spirit power continued to intensify, and Xiao Fei began to struggle. His spirit core's absorption of his own spirit power steadily increased.
Xiao Fei felt his spirit power pouring out like a flood, the solid spirit power spinning at a speed so fast that even with spirit bones, it was impossible to discern clearly.
Fifty percent, sixty percent, seventy percent...
When over seventy percent of his soul power had been absorbed by the solid soul core, Xiao Fei could no longer control the leakage of his soul power. At this moment, the entire Divine Fire Tower glowed with a faint flame.
Within the tower, a vast amount of heaven and earth energy continuously converged towards Xiao Fei.
Eighty percent! Xiao Fei's soul power had been devoured by over eighty percent. He now had to devote a portion of his mental energy to controlling his body to prevent it from collapsing. Beads of sweat covered his forehead, and his face began to pale.
Xiao Fei's heart was filled with awe, but he continued to output soul power. The solid soul core was not only absorbing his soul power, but also the fire element from the entire Divine Fire Tower.
The rotation speed continued to increase, and the solid soul power began to gradually turn from a light golden red to a golden color.
The golden color became increasingly rich, and the aura of the fire phoenix began to completely permeate the solid soul power.
Xiao Fei gritted his teeth and struggled to hold on, but the emptiness within him could not be completely resisted by force. As his soul power slowly dwindled, Xiao Fei's body began to sway slightly.
At this moment, Xiao Fei's right leg emitted a burst of blue light again, gradually stabilizing Xiao Fei's body.
Suddenly, Xiao Fei seemed to enter a void. In the void, there were all kinds of birds, hunting, flying, courting, and so on. Among the hundreds of birds, there was a huge fire phoenix.
The fire phoenix cried out, and all the birds flew towards the fire phoenix regardless of everything, like a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix.
All the flames in the void swayed towards the fire phoenix, like a thousand fires paying homage to the phoenix.
A hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, a thousand fires paying homage to the phoenix, that is the fire phoenix.
Xiao Fei's sight returned to reality again. The shadow of the fire phoenix seemed to appear in his soul core, and it seemed as if a solid fire phoenix appeared.
With a click, the soul core gradually cracked, and the fire phoenix became more solid, and finally the fire phoenix emerged as if it had broken out of its shell.
As Xiao Fei used the last of his soul power to guide it, the fire phoenix soul core slowly returned to Xiao Fei's lower dantian...
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