"Innate Divine Soul manifested, Soul Suppressing!"
As the last trace of Divine Soul Power was sent into the newly opened Soul Sea, chaos began to compress the newly opened space in his mind from all directions, squeezing towards the Soul Sea that spanned over five hundred meters.
Without the continuous input of Divine Soul Power, Ye Zhen’s newly opened Soul Sea started to quiver violently, as if it was about to collapse any moment.
Almost at the same time, Ye Zhen’s shout rang out, and a phantom that resembled him closely suddenly appeared. With Ye Zhen’s cry, the phantom abruptly sat down into the newly opened Soul Sea.
Boom!
As a thunderous noise erupted in his mind, the violently shaking Soul Sea suddenly became somewhat stabilized.
However, before joy could surface on Ye Zhen’s face, an even more intense compressive force came crashing in from all directions, causing the Soul Sea to shake violently again. Meanwhile, the Innate Divine Soul, suppressed at the very center, also began to flicker on and off.
"Good thing I was prepared!"
As his tongue relaxed, the Black Lotus Pill that Ye Zhen had pressed beneath it rolled into his belly. Instantly, a cool sensation rushed straight to his forehead.
In the Sea of Consciousness, the core Innate Divine Soul, which had begun to flicker, was infused with this cool air and suddenly became solid, slowly sinking back into the Soul Sea.
As his Innate Divine Soul inched deeper into the Soul Sea, it began to stabilize step by step. However, the compressive force from all sides was growing stronger and more violent.
Ye Zhen could empathize with this feeling.
After all, that Innate Divine Soul was, to a certain extent, Ye Zhen himself, just the most internal aspect.
The light of the Innate Divine Soul kept dimming and brightening. This was the power of the Black Lotus Pill continuously replenishing the consumption of the Innate Divine Soul.
There’s no denying that the Black Lotus Pill is truly a treasure. In the Black Dragon Domain, Ye Zhen hadn’t found anything similar. He estimated that if he had attempted to break through to the Soul Sea Realm there, the chances of failure would have been even higher!
"Almost there!"
Seeing more than half of the Innate Divine Soul was already submerged in the Soul Sea, approaching the neck, as long as the whole of the Innate Divine Soul sunk into the Soul Sea, it would mean a successful suppression and a successful Soul Sea breakthrough.
But at this critical moment, the cool sensation constantly pouring into Ye Zhen’s forehead suddenly disappeared.
The efficacy of the Black Lotus Pill had unexpectedly run out at this critical time.
Almost at the same moment, Ye Zhen’s face dramatically changed. The pressure from all directions in the Sea of Consciousness crazily squeezed the newly formed Soul Sea, causing it to distort and tremble.
The most distressing part was that the Innate Divine Soul, which had already merged ninety percent with the Soul Sea, was also so pressured by this immense force that its brilliance kept flickering, and its aura rapidly weakened.
Ye Zhen’s face instantly turned deathly pale.
If this Innate Divine Soul were to be crushed, then it meant that he, Ye Zhen... was finished.
In other words, Ye Zhen’s breakthrough to the Soul Sea Realm seemed to be ending in the most tragic outcome possible for a martial artist attempting this breakthrough—death by brain explosion!
"No!"
With a roar, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense fiercely sank towards the Demon Soul Hall at his chest. There, hundreds of Demon Spirit Phantoms trapped inside the Demon Soul Hall would be his last lifeline.
Although these Demon Spirit Phantoms, after being refined by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, could greatly supplement the Divine Soul, whether or not they could replenish the consumption of the Innate Divine Soul was something Ye Zhen was unclear about.
This was also why Ye Zhen had been searching for the Black Lotus Pill—he couldn’t be sure, and it was not something that could be tested!
Bang!
Ye Zhen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, as if struck by lightning.
This was because the Innate Divine Soul had been injured, then the injury had been directly transferred to Ye Zhen’s physical body.
"No!"
With a fierce roar, Ye Zhen’s eyes suddenly widened to their fullest, forcibly gathering Divine Soul Power again and charging into the Demon Soul Hall!
And at the instant Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power entered the Demon Soul Hall and precisely targeted the restrained Demon Spirit Phantoms for refinement, two distinct sounds suddenly emanated from within him!
One sound was like the humming of a sword’s tremor.
This sound was familiar to Ye Zhen; it was the tremble of his First Sword Vein Divine Power, Sword Heart Enlightenment, when activated.
The second sound was a dragon roar that seemed strangely familiar.
Before Ye Zhen could ponder where this familiar dragon roar originated from, he saw a golden light and a black light suddenly burst from within his body, shooting straight into his Sea of Consciousness!
The moment they entered the Sea of Consciousness, the gold and black lights plummeted into Ye Zhen’s nearly collapsing Soul Sea!
Puff!
In an instant, the gold and black lights fell into Ye Zhen’s nearly collapsing Soul Sea. They quivered slightly like a Sea Stabilizing Divine Needle, and in the blink of an eye, the Soul Sea, originally tumultuous and on the verge of collapse, became calm, tranquil, and clear.
Without the external compressive forces, Ye Zhen’s nearly collapsing Innate Divine Soul gradually stabilized.
Inside Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea, the gold and black columns of light stood like Sea Stabilizing Divine Needles, plunging into the seabed, reaching the heavens, holding Ye Zhen’s Innate Divine Soul as it slowly merged into the Soul Sea.
"Phew!"
At this moment, Ye Zhen finally took a deep breath, not minding the cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly urged the technique of Dark Soul Art to completely merge his Innate Divine Soul into the Soul Sea.
When the top of the Innate Divine Soul was completely submerged, a strange Spirit Light suddenly flashed by, and the entire Soul Sea became lively all at once, as if it had gained Spirit Light and life itself!
"Success!"
The instant these words left his mouth, Ye Zhen’s body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, gasping for air, completely soaked in cold sweat.
Anyone who had just walked a round at Ghost Gate would probably look this way.
After taking a few deep breaths to steady his spirit, Ye Zhen immediately sank his Divine Sense into the newly formed Soul Sea. Ye Zhen was eager to find out, where did the life-saving Spirit Light, that appeared at the critical moment of life and death, come from?
Within Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea, two light pillars, one gold and one black, stood tall like Tianzhu, and upon the pillars, intricate patterns could be faintly seen, though not clearly.
At first glance, Ye Zhen got the feeling that as long as these two light pillars existed, his Soul Sea would not collapse, unless the pillars themselves shattered.
With the Soul Sea intact, it became even less likely for anyone to harm Ye Zhen’s Innate Divine Soul. His Innate Divine Soul had now completely merged with the entire Soul Sea, making any place within the Soul Sea a possible dwelling for the Innate Divine Soul.
With Ye Zhen’s Soul Sea guarded by those two Tianzhu-like light pillars, it seemed that a perfect defensive system had been formed.
Ye Zhen had a feeling that there wouldn’t be many who could harm his Innate Divine Soul.
With only a slight motion of Divine Sense, Ye Zhen understood the origin of the golden light pillar.
That golden light pillar, unexpectedly in tune with Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense, was derived from the Sword Heart Communication of Ye Zhen’s Divine Ability of the First Sword Vein. As for the specifics, Ye Zhen’s Cultivation was limited, and he was not clear about it.
In any case, at the moment of crisis, the first bloodline of Ye Zhen’s already formed Divine Ability automatically protected its master.
As for the black light pillar, it intrigued Ye Zhen.
With the understanding of the first golden light pillar, Ye Zhen could almost be certain that the black light pillar originated from Ye Zhen’s second Innate Bloodline — filled by the black light that emanated from the Black Dragon Left Eye within the Black Dragon Secret Palace. Ye Zhen tentatively referred to it as the Black Dragon Innate Bloodline.
This black light pillar seemed to be connected to Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul, albeit very weakly. Moreover, compared to the first golden light pillar, it lacked a bit of vitality.
"Could it be because I haven’t utilized it?"
However, it also brought good news to Ye Zhen.
He had always thought that his second bloodline, occupied by the black light, was mostly inactive, and Ye Zhen nearly considered it a waste.
Now, it seemed not so simple and should be just as formidable as the first Innate Bloodline, having formed some Divine Power Martial Skill.
There was just a bit of regret.
Either the Divine Power Martial Skill had not yet been fully formed, or it had been formed but not yet mastered by Ye Zhen, or something was missing.
But at least today’s actions proved that Ye Zhen’s second Black Dragon Innate Bloodline was not a waste; it should be useful, just that Ye Zhen hadn’t discovered it yet.
At this thought, Ye Zhen remembered the Three Styles of Black Dragon Tyrant of Heaven that he had acquired from the Black Dragon Secret Palace. Whenever Ye Zhen Cultivated the Three Styles of Black Dragon Tyrant of Heaven, the second Black Dragon Innate Bloodline would slightly tremble.
"Could it be that the Three Styles of Black Dragon Tyrant of Heaven is the key to fully mastering or unlocking this second Black Dragon Innate Bloodline?
It seems I must practice the Three Styles of Black Dragon Tyrant of Heaven diligently in the future. Who knows, maybe one day it will bring me a pleasant surprise?" Ye Zhen immediately formulated a plan.
It was at this time, having somewhat recovered from the shock, that Ye Zhen finally had the chance to assess the state of his body after successfully opening the Soul Sea.
Though the powerful Divine Soul Power Ye Zhen possessed had brought him close to death’s door, the success of his Soul Sea opening was truly extraordinary.
Most Martial Artists who had just broken through to the Soul Sea Realm had a Soul Sea with a minimum radius of ten meters, a larger one might be thirty or forty meters, and a radius of a hundred meters was considered extremely talented.
But for Ye Zhen, the range of the Soul Sea had already reached over nine hundred meters, the size of a Soul Sea of a strong Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm warrior.
What was most peculiar was that there were two Tianzhu-like light pillars, one gold and one black, in the Soul Sea.
With a slight movement of Divine Sense, Ye Zhen could sense the changes after his breakthrough.
Compared to before the breakthrough, the speed at which Ye Zhen propelled Divine Soul Power had increased by more than tenfold. To propel the same amount of Divine Soul Power, the destructive force contained within was at least ten times greater, if not more.
Consider this, previously, Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power was fluffy like cotton. To attack an enemy with it was like using a ten-meter-wide cotton hammer.
But now, with a thought from Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense, the hammer that landed was an iron one, reduced in volume by more than ten times.
The total amount of Divine Soul Power used was the same, but the quality was different, leading to radically different effects on the attack.
This point was most clearly reflected in the speed at which Ye Zhen’s Spiritual Power circulated.
In the past, the pain could only be felt in the meridians when Spiritual Power was circulated to the extreme by full-force Divine Sense.
But now, as long as Ye Zhen used his Divine Sense to mobilize Spiritual Power, his entire meridians would ache, and Ye Zhen felt that the circulation speed of Spiritual Power had improved by at least fifty percent.
After the meridians adjust over time, Ye Zhen’s Spiritual Power, although unable to correspondingly increase by fifty percent, could easily see a growth of twenty to thirty percent without any problems.
"The improvements after breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm are indeed good, but breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm is just the beginning, right?"
Breaking into the Soul Sea Realm and opening the Soul Sea was just the first step, and the most crucial one at that. The following steps would truly boost Ye Zhen’s combat power... by leaps and bounds! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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