A few bright specks floated inside the Soul Crystal, but the crystal itself was mostly dull and gray.
"My mood is instantly balanced — Nie Li's Soul Power is even weaker than mine!"
Nie Li, however, didn't care in the slightest. The amount of Soul Power one possessed really wasn't that important to him. Right now, he was focused on the changes within his Soul Power.
The red Soul Sea had a scattered, disorganized shape — it was of no elemental attribute.
A non-elemental, scattered Soul Sea. Nie Li couldn't help but smile bitterly. Every type of Soul Sea was extremely powerful in its own right, but if you had to say which was the weakest, it would be the non-elemental one. It had essentially no special characteristics, and its shape was neither cohesive nor concentrated. So this is what my Soul Sea looked like at the very beginning. It was only after cultivating all sorts of random techniques that it became even more chaotic and disordered.
No wonder he had spent such an impossibly long time cultivating inside the Book of Time-Space Demon Spirit in his previous life yet still couldn't break through. The root of the problem was right here.
A non-elemental Soul Sea was the most unstable and the easiest to alter.
Nie Li sank into deep thought. If any technique was suited for a non-elemental Soul Sea, it could only be those three — the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, the Battle Divine Art, and the Void Divine Art. Of these, the Heavenly Dao Divine Art was the most profound, the Battle Divine Art the most domineering, and the Void Divine Art the most enigmatic. In terms of future potential, the Heavenly Dao Divine Art was probably the highest, but it was also the hardest to cultivate.
With a non-elemental Soul Sea, cultivating any technique would be far slower than for ordinary people. But if one could successfully cultivate the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, it would be the most powerful of all. The Heavenly Dao encompassed all things, which aligned with certain properties of a non-elemental Soul Sea. If he mastered the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, he would be able to cultivate techniques of every attribute, wield supreme power, and even forge his own Dao.
When cultivating ordinary techniques, a Soul Sea could hold at most one Demon Spirit. To obtain a stronger Demon Spirit, you had to replace the one you'd already cultivated. But the Heavenly Dao Divine Art could accommodate seven Demon Spirits of different attributes. Each time he fused a Demon Spirit, his strength would surge dramatically. Gathering seven powerful Demon Spirits would elevate his cultivation and combat power to unimaginable heights.
After hesitating for a long time, Nie Li made his decision. Though the cultivation speed wouldn't be as fast — much slower than Du Ze's, Lu Piao's, and the others' techniques — the greatest achievements came later. Once mastered, the Heavenly Dao Divine Art was unquestionably the most powerful!
Nie Li silently recited the incantation and began the most basic cultivation. In the future, he would probably need a massive quantity of pills to assist him. For now, all he needed to do was perform the most fundamental exercises to solidify his foundation.
Seeing Nie Li begin cultivating, Du Ze, Lu Piao, and the others also started studying their respective techniques, drawing in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to strengthen their own Soul Seas. The more they cultivated, the more they realized just how profound and mysterious the techniques they'd been given truly were.
Six people, six Soul Seas, spinning rapidly, surging and churning with tremendous force.
Whether it was Du Ze, Lu Piao, or the other three commoner students, their Soul Power began to increase dramatically.
This rate of improvement was nothing short of astonishing. After all, what Nie Li had given them were earth-shaking, high-level techniques. Once they began cultivating, their speed was tens — no, hundreds of times faster than with ordinary methods.
Nie Li operated the Heavenly Dao Divine Art. Right now, he wasn't pursuing speed. Instead, he was taking it step by step, solidifying his foundation with care and precision. His Soul Sea continuously shifted shape, like a vast ocean surging with waves. Streams of Soul Power flowed through it, and Nie Li could feel that his Soul Power had already increased significantly.
The first stage of Soul Power cultivation required achieving a state of spiritual attunement. As his Soul Power grew, his Soul Sea gradually churned, emanating a faint cyan glow.
Nie Li and the others immersed themselves in the library, cultivating with quiet intensity.
One day, two days… As time passed, Nie Li's Soul Power gradually rose from 5 points to over 30.
The speed was simply staggering. If
Nie Li's pace was actually considered slow. Du Ze, Lu Piao, and the others were even faster than him, especially Du Ze, who would probably reach Bronze One Star before long.
One could only imagine what their Soul Power would grow to once they completed the first stage of cultivation.
Reaching Bronze One Star within two months was nothing to Nie Li. He might even reach higher — Bronze Two Stars, or even Three Stars! The test two months from now — what expression would Shen Xiu wear then?
Meanwhile, in the Warrior Apprentice Beginner Class classroom.
For several days running, Nie Li and his group's seats had sat empty. No one knew where they'd gone.
The third evening was fast approaching. Surely Nie Li hadn't forgotten? In
Up at the front, Shen Xiu was delivering her lecture. She swept a glance over the six empty seats in the back and scoffed inwardly. Nie Li was probably buried in his training, wasn't he? But so what? Did Nie Li really think that by training hard, he could raise his Soul Power from 5 to 100 in just two months? That was absolutely impossible!
If Nie Li had possessed a green or even cyan Soul Sea, there might have been a sliver of a chance. But Nie Li only had a red Soul Sea! In her eyes, the outcome was already sealed — Nie Li had lost! For daring to talk back to her so brazenly in class, this was his price to pay!