Chapter 052: Soul Tempering

Chen Xiao thought for a moment before refusing.
The world of superpowers was about to fall into chaos, and who knew how many superpowered individuals would flock to China to enhance their strength. Improving one’s own power was the top priority at this stage.
As for matters at school, he could just cram before the exams. With his current memory, there would be no problem passing them.
Moreover, training at the headquarters of China’s Soul was the best choice—here, he wouldn’t have to worry about interruptions.
Each member of China’s Soul had their own dedicated training room. However, since Chen Xiao had joined not long ago, Yu Ye Xiao Chen hadn’t had time to prepare one for him yet. But that didn’t matter; Yu Ye Xiao Chen simply lent his own training room to Chen Xiao.
This training room was roughly the same size as the library they had just been in, with training equipment scattered around. All of it was brand new, clearly unused.
“You can use my training room for now. I’ll prepare another one for you later. Alright, I won’t disturb you anymore. Call me when you’re done, and I’ll come pick you up.”
The headquarters of China’s Soul was like a huge maze. If Chen Xiao were to wander around here alone, it would be unclear when he would find his way out.
“Mm.”
Chen Xiao nodded.
Most of the equipment in this training room was designed for strengthening physical strength and mental reflexes, things Chen Xiao didn’t need at all.
He closed the door, found a sponge mat somewhere, sat cross-legged on it, and slowly poured his mental energy into his sea of consciousness.
Chen Xiao’s sea of consciousness was a void. What wandered within it wasn’t the spiritual energy of ordinary superpowered individuals but the power of the Supreme God, which was far superior to spiritual energy. Thus, Chen Xiao didn’t need any methods for cultivating spiritual energy at this point.
Suddenly, a series of ancient characters slowly appeared in his sea of consciousness, constantly moving before his mental energy.
These characters seemed to have a life of their own, constantly arranging and combining to form new sentences and paragraphs.
Eventually, all the characters converged into one large line of text: The Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method.
These characters were all created by an unparalleled powerhouse from the world of superpowers. He had forced them into special paper using his own spiritual and mental energy. By using his mental energy to scan them, Chen Xiao forced the images of these characters into his memory, absorbed them into his sea of consciousness, and then reconstructed them.
As these characters transformed, Chen Xiao’s mental energy was completely immersed in them, gradually following the techniques described within.
The Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method harnessed the power of the stars in the universe to temper one’s own mental energy.
But Chen Xiao was currently deep underground, dozens of meters below the surface. Not only could he not draw on the power of the stars, but he couldn’t even draw even a fraction of the light and heat emitted by the sun above.
Yet, even without the aid of star power, the Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method was still an elite mental meditation technique. More importantly, the Earth beneath Chen Xiao’s feet was also a star, constantly emitting its own stellar energy!

Chen Xiao’s mental energy was completely immersed in it. At this moment, concepts such as time, space, life, existence—everything—disappeared from his mind, even he himself was forgotten entirely. A faint light point appeared in his mental sea, just like a star in the sky. Soon after, a second, then a third, appeared one after another. The transformation of mental energy into stars was a sign of entering the Zhou Tian Ming Gu method. Suddenly, a dazzling blue glow burst from Chen Xiao’s main divine entity in his chest, and the entire entity began to tremble slightly, as if resonating with the stars generated by the Zhou Tian Ming Gu method. Whoosh! In the next instant, that main divine entity instantly shifted from Chen Xiao’s chest to his soul sea. Buzz! Chen Xiao’s mind was jolted violently. A thin layer of water elemental energy enveloped his body. … In the main divine space, Shui Miao, who was continuously channeling energy into a formation, was suddenly shaken. “What kind of technique is this? It possesses such overwhelming power! Drawing on the power of stars in the universe to forge the mind? No, it’s forging the soul! Who created this technique?” Even Shui Miao showed shock on her face at this moment. In the next instant, ignoring the Black Tortoise Egg before her, she quickly retracted the energy she had been releasing. Shui Miao’s hands swiftly drew formation patterns in mid-air, seemingly calculating something. “There are no traces at all. I can’t figure out any clues about this technique…” Shui Miao took a deep breath, then her expression returned to normal. “The soul cultivation method has been lost for countless years…” … The Soul Tempering Technique—what Chen Xiao was tempering now was not just his mental energy but also his most fundamental soul power! Chen Xiao had no idea what was happening in the main divine space, nor did he know what changes had taken place within him. Now, the cultivation room in the rainy night had completely turned into a world of water. Endless blue water energy filled the room, yet Chen Xiao, sitting in the midst of it, felt nothing unusual. In his soul sea, the pale blue main divine entity emitted a dazzling light, constantly devouring the star-like points formed from his mental energy. Gradually, those star-like points could no longer keep up with the main divine entity’s devouring speed. Chen Xiao, whose thoughts had entered a strange state, didn’t realize that with each mental energy point consumed by the main divine entity, his connection to it grew stronger. Mental energy is essentially an expression of the soul, and the power derived from the soul. By devouring Chen Xiao’s mental energy, the main divine entity was also devouring his soul power. When Chen Xiao’s soul fully merged with the main divine entity, he would achieve true divinity. But this process was extremely slow. The main divine entity originally resided in Chen Xiao’s body like a tenant, only occasionally releasing power to enhance Chen Xiao’s strength, which Chen Xiao could not control.

But things are different now. With the integration of the Main Divine Entity and Chen Xiao’s soul, Chen Xiao can now use a small amount of the power within the Main Divine Entity, though only one billionth of it.
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion in the void. In an instant, the pale blue water elemental energy rushed back into Chen Xiao’s body.
Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes, a streak of water-colored lightning flashing through them.
“My mental power has reached the peak of Stage 3?”
A hint of shock appeared in Chen Xiao’s eyes. Before practicing the “Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa,” his mental power was only at the early stage of Stage 3. He never expected it to rise to the peak of Stage 3 in such a short time.
“Huh? Where is the Main Divine Entity?” Instinctively, Chen Xiao tried to use his mental power to communicate with the Main Divine Entity in his chest and draw upon its power—this had become his habit.
“Where did it go?” Chen Xiao blinked. He could sense that the Main Divine Entity was still in his body, but he didn’t know where it had gone.
“It’s in the sea of consciousness!”
Chen Xiao finally located the Main Divine Entity.
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