The condensed, spherical liquid energy radiated an aura of ultimate sharpness and solidity that belied its appearance.
Quan Yi, observing the dark-gold sphere through his Scarlet Dragon Eye, felt his eyes stung by the golden light.
A weary smile finally appeared on Quan Yi's face.
After half an hour of recuperation, Quan Yi's Sea of Consciousness and Soul Power had completely stabilized.
Fortunately, his eight meridians were fully connected, establishing the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, which had allowed Quan Yi to accumulate a vast reserve of Soul Power.
Otherwise, the impact of his Martial Soul shattering might have caused Quan Yi's cultivation to plummet directly to Level 61.
As it was, Quan Yi's cultivation had only dropped to around Level 67, a loss that he could quickly recover with his current training speed.
However, there was a problem: without a Martial Soul, even if Quan Yi's training speed increased, he would be unable to cross the Level 70 bottleneck.
Because without a Martial Soul, he couldn't absorb a Soul Ring.
Therefore, Quan Yi had to recast his Martial Soul.
Normally, a shattered Martial Soul was almost impossible to restore.
The most fundamental reason was that a shattered Martial Soul would turn into Source Power and dissipate into the world.
However, in the high-pressure, high-temperature environment deep within the Spring Water, the origin of Quan Yi's Martial Soul had been completely preserved.
Although it had lost its form, the dark-gold sphere before him was indeed Quan Yi's Martial Soul.
But at the moment, it had severed its connection with Quan Yi.
Therefore, the most urgent task was to re-establish contact with it.
The problem now was that without the Blazing Sun Gauntlets, Quan Yi had not only lost his Fire Immunity but also his prized Fire Element control.
Without Fire Immunity, Quan Yi could only rely on the Dragon Transformation of his External Soul Bone to resist the Supreme Hot Yuan Power, which was enough to melt metal and dissolve bones.
This was the main reason why Quan Yi had deliberately put on the helmet earlier.
His eyes, nostrils, ear canals, and other areas had no protection.
Fortunately, the lower half of his body was protected by the External Soul Bone; otherwise, Quan Yi would have had to put on his leg armor as well.
More importantly, with the filtering effect of the External Soul Bone, Quan Yi could use it to filter the external Supreme Hot Yuan Power and convert it into Fire Element energy that he could absorb in his current state.
Although this process was much more troublesome than direct absorption, Quan Yi had no other choice without Fire Immunity.
Solving the Fire Immunity problem was not the end of it.
Without his Martial Soul, Quan Yi could not unleash the power of Ultimate Fire with his Soul Power alone. Without the suppression of Ultimate Fire, Quan Yi could not smoothly absorb the origin of his Martial Soul, which had evolved into Ultimate Gold.
Fortunately, in the end, Quan Yi still had the External Soul Bone that could absorb Supreme Hot Yuan Power.
The External Soul Bone was Quan Yi's greatest reliance when he chose to self-detonate his Martial Soul.
The Vermillion Scarlet Dragon Horns emitted a Blazing White light.
Quan Yi activated 'Fire Prohibition'. The terrifying suction force was like a bottomless black hole, frantically devouring the surrounding Fire Element energy.
Driven by the surging torrent of Fire Element, the origin of Quan Yi's Martial Soul slowly approached him.
The closer it got, the more Quan Yi could feel the sharp aura hidden within.
If this aura were to erupt completely, even the Scarlet Dragon Skyfire Armor combined with his Dragon Scale would not be able to defend against it.
The sharpness of Ultimate Gold was not something ordinary objects could block.
However, under the suppression of the Supreme Hot Yuan Power, even Ultimate Gold could only maintain its liquid state.
Quan Yi steeled himself and, through the Scarlet Dragon Horns, absorbed the energy into the energy space within the Dragon Horns.
The space inside the Scarlet Dragon Horns was Blazing White.
The already Supreme Hot Fire Element, after being compressed by the Scarlet Dragon Horns, reached an even more terrifying temperature.
Here, the aura of Ultimate Gold was further reduced.
Quan Yi sensed this familiar yet strange energy through his mental power and sighed with emotion.
"I never thought I would get to know you again in this way, my Martial Soul."
As a part of Quan Yi, it should have been familiar, but on the other hand, Quan Yi felt it was so mysterious and unfamiliar.
What is a Martial Soul? Even now, Quan Yi hasn't found the answer to this question.
Martial Souls, matter and energy, can exist across two forms.
Although Quan Yi can see its structure clearly with the Scarlet Dragon Eye, he has not yet understood the true mysteries it contains.
Perhaps he can take this opportunity to get to know the Martial Soul well.
Quan Yi used the Scarlet Dragon Horns to firmly lock the Ultimate Gold in the energy space.
Then, he quietly mobilized the Qi and blood in his body, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power. These three energies quietly merged within Quan Yi's body and gradually condensed under Quan Yi's control.
The soft, transparent energy gradually became hard and heavy.
Under Quan Yi's urging, this energy, like liquid metal, advanced along the meridians in his body towards the Scarlet Dragon Horns.
This energy poured into the Scarlet Dragon Horns' space. Since the External Soul Bone was integrated with Quan Yi, the heat within had no effect on Quan Yi's Soul Power, Spiritual Power, or Qi and blood.
After entering the space, Quan Yi's ball of energy condensed again. Gradually, the liquid energy began to solidify. Finally, this ball of energy turned into a Vermillion hammer.
"Clang!"
The red hammer, a hammer condensed from the three energies in Quan Yi's body under his control, heavily struck the surface of the Ultimate Gold.
It was clearly a solid hitting a liquid, but it made the sound of a solid hitting a solid.
The roar of the hammer strike was transmitted to every corner of Quan Yi's body through the Dragon Horns.
Under this strike, the red hammer was bounced back, but the smooth surface of the Ultimate Gold also produced a wave that spread across the entire sphere due to the impact.
At this moment, Quan Yi felt this vibration extremely clearly through his wholehearted perception.
Before the vibration completely dissipated, Quan Yi once again controlled the red hammer to strike the Ultimate Gold heavily.
This strike, the red hammer that was bounced back, drew a beautiful arc, perfectly integrating the force of the rebound into the next strike.
Quan Yi applied his own combo technique to it.
A huge roar erupted in Quan Yi's body. Under the effect of bone conduction, the vibration of the sound instantly spread throughout his body.
The originally calm bottom of the water also produced subtle ripples due to this vibration.
Under such intense vibration, Quan Yi's whole body was swept by a feeling of numbness.
However, he couldn't care about the feeling in his body at the moment.
He was concentrating on the ball of Ultimate Gold, and the third strike once again slammed heavily on the dark gold sphere.
Seeing this, one could actually see Quan Yi's plan.
That's right, he was treating the Ultimate Gold as a piece of metal and using himself as a hammer to forge it.
At this time, Quan Yi's consciousness had completely merged into the hammer. Each vibration made Quan Yi feel the toughness of the Ultimate Gold very truly.
Moreover, Quan Yi had been forging for many years, and had never encountered such a pure and powerful 'iron block'.
With the purity of the Ultimate Gold, there was no need for any purification at all.
However, Quan Yi's purpose in hammering it was not purification, but to create a connection with the Martial Soul origin within it.
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