"Based on what you're saying, your Brain Martial Soul is mutating toward a spiritual martial soul, and this is the result of your intentional guidance. The form it takes resembles a galaxy, mirroring the Star Map you've been cultivating, and further integrating with your spiritual power."
Mu Ye muttered to himself, deeply astonished by Xu Yuan's concept.
The three martial souls represented essence, energy, and spirit—three simultaneous cultivations.
Xu Yuan had previously mentioned cultivating essence, energy, and spirit together, progressing equally in all three systems. However, Mu Ye had no idea that Xu Yuan intended to create another spiritual martial soul.
Now, with the semi-finished "Galactic Brain" before him, he finally understood Xu Yuan's approach.
"What about your Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear?"
Mu Ye suddenly remembered—the Brain Martial Soul had been "pushed aside" from its connection to blood essence. So, how did the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear, which took over the blood essence transformation, change after its second awakening?
"The previous fusion of the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear wasn't complete. But after this second awakening, I feel like it has finally fully integrated," Xu Yuan said with a smile.
"How so?" Mu Ye asked.
Xu Yuan didn't elaborate further. Instead, he summoned his Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear.
Jue emerged in his hand, transforming into the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear.
"The spirit entity has completely become a part of your martial soul?" Mu Ye was surprised.
Previously, Jue was still primarily considered a spirit entity. Now, it could no longer be called just a spirit—it had truly become a martial soul, a genuine martial soul.
"Not only that."
Xu Yuan prompted Mu Ye to carefully observe the changes in Jue.
Mu Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, examining Jue's body. From the intricate patterns etched into it, he noticed the most significant change.
A crimson-gold base color had appeared.
"My blood essence has condensed into a physical form, similar to how the Golden Ancient Tree infused me with immense vitality, condensing Life Gold within Jue's body. My blood essence has also fused into Jue's body, taking on a metallic form and perfectly integrating into it."
At this moment, even though Xu Yuan hadn't performed any additional fusion forging, Jue's body had already transformed from an alloy of two metals—Jade Silver—into an alloy of four metals.
Moreover, this was perfect fusion forging!
Whether it was the Life Gold or the crystallized essence of Xu Yuan's blood, both were directly integrated into Jue's body without requiring any post-processing. This was due to its innate properties—a perfect alloy.
Mu Ye carefully examined Xu Yuan's Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear. He noticed that the entire spear now featured intricate crimson-golden metallic patterns while also exuding a silvery metallic sheen.
"This should qualify as a Silver-level second awakening."
Mu Ye made his judgment.
A Silver-level second awakening was the standard for Body Martial Soul masters who reached the Title Douluo level. In the ancient days of the Body Sect, the level of awakening depended on the importance of the specific body part associated with the martial soul.
However, as the sect developed, they researched various secret techniques and medicinal baths to enhance their disciples' potential.
While the specific body part associated with the Body Martial Soul remained important, as long as one's talent was strong enough to cultivate their martial soul to a sufficient level, achieving a Silver-level second awakening was possible.
After breaking through to the Title Douluo level, a third awakening could occur, reaching the Gold-level awakening.
"What changes have occurred in the abilities of your two martial souls?" Mu Ye asked.
Xu Yuan carefully sensed the changes and gave a vague response.
"It seems my Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear has developed a bloodline?"
"A bloodline?"
"Yes, it has condensed a bloodline unique to me."
Having studied bloodline power extensively, Xu Yuan was acutely aware of this development. He could sense a fundamental essence deep within his blood essence—it was bloodline power.
"The Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear has condensed a bloodline for me, and it is now a part of my own bloodline. This makes my use of spear techniques much more harmonious, with an incredible boost to my blood essence."
Xu Yuan used the word "incredible" to describe the changes in his Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear after its second awakening.
"Not only that, but the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear also aligns with my Devouring Heaven and Earth Technique. It has integrated the concept of devouring, and now the five elements support each other, forming the ability of Five Elements Devouring."
Xu Yuan spoke calmly.
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"Devouring?"
Mu Ye frowned.
"Don't mention such abilities openly in the future."
The concept of devouring could easily be associated with evil soul masters.
Even though Xu Yuan's soul power was entirely self-cultivated, outsiders didn't witness his step-by-step progress. They would assume his rapid cultivation was due to shortcuts.
Xu Yuan nodded.
"As for my Brain Martial Soul, my mental processing speed has increased tenfold, and I can effortlessly multitask with my spiritual power."
"Ten" was a figurative number, simply indicating the ability to handle many tasks simultaneously.
Mu Ye nodded.
These improvements might seem insignificant to others, but they were crucial for Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan's ability to maintain such a significant advantage stemmed from the diversity of his cultivation paths. Not only did he pursue multiple directions, but he also pushed each path to its current pinnacle.
The second awakening of his Brain Martial Soul, without mentioning other abilities, had multiplied his cognitive capacity by several times—this was his greatest enhancement. It allowed him to continue excelling across multiple cultivation paths simultaneously.
As for the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear, it provided a significant boost to his explosive power.
Most importantly, the second awakening of a Body Martial Soul was a comprehensive upgrade. For someone like Xu Yuan, whose martial soul underwent mutations, it was nearly impossible to immediately comprehend all the changes.
With continued exploration, Xu Yuan's two martial souls would undoubtedly reveal further transformations.
"Teacher, there's still over a month left. Let me continue refining myself in the deep sea."
The pressure of the deep sea was highly effective, surpassing even environments like gravity spaces.
Of course, Xu Yuan wasn't referring to attempts that surpassed his limits anymore. He meant training under appropriate water pressure.
"Don't worry, I already have plans for your next phase of cultivation." Mu Ye smiled, indicating that he would continue devising training plans regardless of whether Xu Yuan mentioned them.
This voyage across the ocean was a rare opportunity, and the many training conditions offered by the sea couldn't be wasted.
He grabbed Xu Yuan's arm and leapt off the balcony once again.
For the next month-plus, Xu Yuan underwent intense training.
First, Mu Ye had him battle in the deep sea, summoning thousand-year-old soul beasts for him to fight against in the depths of the ocean.
Later, he tied Xu Yuan to the ship's stern, dragging him across the surface of the sea, allowing the ocean to batter his body.
The results were evident—Xu Yuan quickly mastered his newfound powers and advanced even further.
After two and a half months, the two massive ships finally arrived at the Star Luo Continent.
"You've changed so much since before."
Just before disembarking, Lin Yuhan found Xu Yuan to bid farewell.
Unlike the Shrek group, who met almost daily, she hadn't seen Xu Yuan much during these two and a half months.
To her, an outsider, Xu Yuan had been living in seclusion.
Over the past two months, Xu Yuan had undergone a transformation. Seeing him again, Lin Yuhan was naturally astonished.
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