The next day, afternoon.
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, at the confluence of the Yang Spring and Yin Spring, Chu Chengzhou was once again balancing the third soul core within his upper dantian at the forehead.
The reason it was "once again" was because this was not the first time Chu Chengzhou had attempted to integrate the third soul core condensed outside his body into his body.
Fortunately, his soul power control ability was very strong; during the previous few attempts when he couldn't endure it, he had all timely removed it, not killing himself by his own hand.
If this were to happen to other soul masters, they might have directly perished.
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Although in later generations every expert in the mainland's soul master world possessed soul cores, it can be foreseen that in later generations, the number of talents or experts who died during the condensation of soul cores would absolutely not be few.
Suddenly, a pained muffled groan sounded out. Dense cracks appeared on the skin of Chu Chengzhou's entire body surface. The bright red blood that seeped out immediately dried under the influence of the scorching Yang Spring and icy Yin Spring, turning into reddish-brown bloodstains and crimson ice fragments.
However, accompanied by a burst of golden radiance spreading over his entire body, the cracked skin instantly healed. If not for the dried bloodstains and crimson ice fragments remaining on his body surface, there would be absolutely no sign that he had previously been injured.
Chu Chengzhou had to admit that he had been somewhat overconfident.
Theoretically speaking, a Soul Douluo who had strengthened his physique, spiritual power, and soul power control ability to his current level should absolutely have no problem condensing three Yin Yang Complement soul cores.
But Chu Chengzhou had overlooked one point: while his physique and spiritual power were strong, his soul power was actually not weak either; it was just that compared to his powerful physical constitution and spiritual power, his soul power level appeared relatively low.
A low soul power level did not mean his soul power quality was poor.
The upgraded Nine Breaths Qi Absorption belonged to a "God-class" meditation technique. The soul power cultivated from it was far beyond that of ordinary Soul Douluos, especially in terms of quality—even if it wasn't as good as that of a Super Douluo at Level 95, the difference was not significant.
It could be said that the soul core he condensed, aside from containing slightly less energy, was stronger in terms of soul core intensity than those condensed by the vast majority of Titled Douluos.
A three Yin Yang Complement soul cores of Titled Douluo level intensity—his current physique strength was clearly still slightly lacking.
It wasn't that his physique strength was insufficient to carry the stable operation of three Yin Yang Complement soul cores within his body, but rather when the Yin Yang Complement third soul core had just been integrated into his body and before he could timely find the balance point to stabilize its operation, the powerful tearing force between the three soul cores was something he couldn't withstand without injury.
Fortunately, the soul bone skill: Life Spring had extraordinary effects. With a hundred-thousand-year age limit, it was sufficient to allow him to rapidly recover from physical injuries, greatly increasing his error tolerance.
There was no need to worry about injuries; the consumed soul power could also be rapidly restored through Nine Breaths Qi Absorption devouring the water and fire energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Additionally, his physique wasn't too poor either—not to the point of ascending to heaven on the spot after the third soul core was integrated into his body. This gave Chu Chengzhou considerable hope of condensing three Yin Yang Complement soul cores; otherwise, he would definitely have temporarily abandoned condensing the third soul core.
Time gradually passed. His body surface skin continuously cracked and healed. Finally, after more than half an hour later, after countless attempts, Chu Chengzhou ultimately found the balance point within his upper dantian at the forehead where the third soul core could maintain stable operation with the other two soul cores.
Yin-Yang Complement three soul cores, accomplished!
Instantly, the immense pressure and tearing force dissipated without a trace. A powerful aura burst forth from Chu Chengzhou's body, making his entire body feel indescribably comfortable.
Looking inward at himself, he observed the Four Symbols soul core formed from the fusion of earth, water, fire, and wind four elemental energies within his lower dantian; the silver space soul core covered with red patterns within his middle dantian; and the gray time soul core covered with golden patterns within his upper dantian at the forehead. Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but nod in satisfaction, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.
Immediately upon achieving three Yin Yang Complement soul cores, Chu Chengzhou sensed that the quality of the soul power within his body had once again improved.
Although due to the short time, this improvement wasn't significant, with the passage of time, as his internal soul power was continuously compressed, purified, and refined by the three Yin Yang Complement soul cores over the long term, the improvement effect would definitely be very considerable.
Moreover, unlike the previous single soul core, now that he had achieved three Yin Yang Complement soul cores, the soul power vortexes appearing on his body were no longer just one, but were all over his body in large and small sizes.
Additionally, the positions where soul power vortexes appeared on his body were no longer fixed, but constantly changed positions like water whirlpools appearing in a turbulent river.
Setting aside other things for now, just looking at soul power recovery efficiency, the gap between single soul core and three Yin Yang Complement soul cores was not merely three times that of the former—the latter was at least several times three times more.
With soul power recovery efficiency once again greatly increased, at this moment, Chu Chengzhou already had the capital to simultaneously supply four hundred-thousand-year spirit summons—Big Bear, Xiao Ming, Xiao Hei, and Xiao Yin—for prolonged intense combat.
Nine Breaths Qi Absorption circulated, and soon Chu Chengzhou's state recovered to its peak.
Feeling the completely restored soul power within his body, a flash of silver radiance appeared on his body. Accompanied by a faint spatial fluctuation, Chu Chengzhou's figure directly appeared on the shore of the spring eye.
"Tsk, feels much smoother!"
Picking up the storage soul tool placed on the shore, Chu Chengzhou who was putting on clothes secretly sighed in admiration.
This instant movement—Chu Chengzhou hadn't relied on Xiao Yin, his space-attribute Space Holy Dragon spirit summon, nor had he borrowed an instant movement type soul bone skill. Instead, he had teleported by himself through his own comprehension of spatial laws.
He hadn't specifically comprehended spatial laws, but the Gold-Tier Creation Hammer had granted him comprehension of all basic elemental laws including space. Although this level of law comprehension was far from sufficient for him to master spatial laws, even just a little superficial knowledge was enough for him to perform spatial teleportation.
Moreover, Chu Chengzhou discovered that now that he had condensed three Yin Yang Complement soul cores, when performing spatial teleportation, it felt much smoother. Without a doubt, this should be due to the second soul core: the space soul core.
Glancing at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well containing energy too immense to measure, Chu Chengzhou flew away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
After leaving the day before yesterday, Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's Fourth Elder Fang Quan had gone back to consume whale brain. Calculating the time, even if he hadn't broken through yet, it would be at most tomorrow.
Since he had already promised in advance, then after handling Fang Quan's matter, he would come back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to devour water and fire energy to rapidly advance his soul power level.
With the immense water and fire energy contained within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, after devouring it through Nine Breaths Qi Absorption, to say nothing of more, it would definitely be sufficient before becoming a god.
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