Chapter 1037 - 723: Dream-Devouring Soul Search, Divine Soul Breakthrough
In the following time, Ye Jingcheng found things to be much more relaxed.
During leisure, he would watch the two little ones, and when busy, he would refine pills, feed spirit beasts, living quite a full life indeed.
Two months passed once again, and the Spiritual Almonds were fully matured, picked by Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing, filling two large frames completely.
Each almond was crystal clear, full of Spirit Fragrance, drawing great interest from the two little ones.
Though only two months old, compared to mortal babies, the two were noticeably more robust, though unable to sit yet, they already knew how to grab things with their hands.
Upon seeing the Spiritual Almonds, they would reach out to grab.
The two little ones remarkably had a lot of courage.
They were not content with grabbing small almonds, wanting larger ones instead.
However, the small ones slipped from their grasp, causing them to babble.
This elicited laughter from Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing.
And at this moment, Ye Jingcheng suddenly felt a change in his Divine Sense, and thus spoke:
“Yanqing, I have two spirit beasts that have had breakthroughs!”
Chu Yanqing nodded and carried Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng back inside.
Ye Jingcheng also entered the Grotto Heaven.
Within the Grotto Heaven, in front of the Spirit Field, the Earthworm had successfully broken through, its body expanded three to four times, now resembling a python, appearing quite impressive.
Each section of its flesh glowed with Spiritual Light, its raised insect head capable of expressing some emotion!
It swayed towards Ye Jingcheng, emitting soft sounds.
“Master…”
“Master…”
Though it could only utter one syllable, not very clearly, it proved that the Earthworm’s strength and Spiritual Wisdom had greatly increased.
Having seen Ye Jingcheng, it turned towards the Jade Ring Rat, emitting squeaking sounds.
The sound was very similar to the squeak of the Jade Ring Rat.
Clearly, it was very grateful for the Jade Ring Rat acting as its Guardian.
It even wanted to offer its Spiritual Soil to the Jade Ring Rat.
The Jade Ring Rat cheerfully responded, feeling happy to help the Earthworm.
“How is your Spiritual Soil now!” Ye Jingcheng saw the Earthworm producing Spiritual Soil, so he asked.
Upon hearing Ye Jingcheng’s command, the Earthworm even more diligently began producing Tier Three Spiritual Soil.
Though the production location was not very elegant, Ye Jingcheng was still very interested in the Tier Three Spiritual Soil, with its shimmering Spiritual Light.
Actually, within his Grotto Heaven, he was also preparing a Spirit Seed planting Grand Array.
What he planned to plant was the Golden Sun Ganoderma. This Golden Sun Ganoderma was the Supreme Golden Spiritual Medicine Ye Jingcheng previously used to cultivate the Spirit Replacement Technique, and he specially kept some root tendrils.
Now, after stimulation by the Treasure Light, a sliver of Root Seed has been preserved, yet despite years of cultivation, it has just begun to sprout.
To become actual Golden Sun Ganoderma, to facilitate the Ye Family’s future application of the Spirit Replacement Technique, it’s uncertain how long it will take.
Moreover, it no longer possessed the spirituality of the Transformation Spirit Medicine, causing Ye Jingcheng’s circular idea of Transformation Spirit Medicine to fall through.
Additionally, the Stone Spirit Grotto Heaven Space has expanded significantly, producing mere mortal soil and sand, meaning his Grotto Heaven is still lacking in Spiritual Soil.
Otherwise, as per his previous idea, the Earthworm would have entered his family, and bred with other family Earthworms, to produce more Spiritual Soil for genealogical benefit.
After all, the most impoverished and scarce resources in this Desert Sea are Spirit Fields and Spiritual Soil.
But now, even though the Turtle Ancestor brought a lot of Spiritual Soil when it arrived in his Grotto Heaven, he still lacks Spiritual Soil.
Ye Jingcheng subsequently gave each the Earthworm and Jade Ring Rat a Spirit Pill and injected Treasure Light, while the Turtle Ancestor lazily emerged from the Spirit Lake, which was previously occupied by the Roc Fish, and now felt just right.
Unfortunately, it could not occupy it permanently.
It had pondered for months but couldn’t find a solution.
Seeing the Turtle Ancestor arriving, Ye Jingcheng gave it a Tier Three Earth Attribute Spirit Pill.
Now, the Golden Scale Beast is about to have a breakthrough, and requires Tier Four Spirit Pills in the future, so Ye Jingcheng gave the Tier Three Spirit Pill to the Turtle Ancestor and injected Treasure Light for good measure.
Only then did the Turtle Ancestor fully satisfy, continuing to the Spirit Lake, half submerged underwater, half resting above, lazily basking in dual bathing of water and sunlight.
Occasionally, when Ye Jingcheng wasn’t paying attention, it would secretly open its mouth, enticing Red Section Fish to enter.
Even if Ye Jingcheng saw, he couldn’t say anything.
Each time a Red Section Fish entered, it would contently squint, thoroughly enjoying the comfort.
…
Though Ye Jingcheng noticed the Turtle Ancestor’s sly actions, he didn’t say anything; just a few Red Section Fish, less significant compared to the Turtle Ancestor’s utility.
Thus, he turned his attention to the second Insect Room.
This Insect Room was established within mountain stones, the first chamber belonging to Thunder Rhinoceros Insect, now densely packed, despite Ye Jingcheng having filled it with many arrays, Thunder Rhinoceros Insect continued to emit Thunder Light, occasionally escaping.
The second chamber was the Dream-Devouring Worm’s Insect Room.
And at this moment, it was the Dream-Devouring Worm he sensed having a breakthrough.
Successfully advancing and breaking through to become a Tier Three Great Demon.
The talent greatly increased, and this was why Ye Jingcheng focused his inspection.
After advancement, talents and abilities would elevate.
Arriving at the Insect Room, the Dream-Devouring Worm transformed into a black streak, darting towards him.
Its form enlarged significantly, and the Nightmare Spirit Pattern grew bigger, becoming more daunting.
The dark glow enveloped further profoundness, Ye Jingcheng felt some dizziness upon looking, as if hinting at a soul traction…
Such radiance was evidently targeting the Divine Soul.
Ye Jingcheng extended his hand, and the Dream-Devouring Worm promptly perched upon his palm.
Previously only the size of an infant’s fist, now the Dream-Devouring Worm sufficiently occupied his palm.
However, Ye Jingcheng didn’t perceive changes in the Dream-Devouring Worm’s abilities, its Spiritual Wisdom hadn’t greatly improved either.
The creature chirped impatiently, flapping its wings anxiously. It wanted to demonstrate its abilities but seemed unable to fully articulate them, thus urging Ye Jingcheng to retrieve the Demon Soul.
Ye Jingcheng directly took out a Demon Soul belonging to a Great Demon at its peak.
Next, the Dream-Devouring Worm released black light, engulfing the Demon Soul entirely and spewing forth a large amount of nightmare mist, shrouding Ye Jingcheng.
While Ye Jingcheng was checking for changes, he was astonished to discover he was now in the ocean, transformed into a Hai He.
Currently hunting at the ocean’s bottom.
Everything was exceptionally clear—how many fish were in the sea, even the clouds in the sky were vividly clear—far surpassing the previous rough dream exploration of memories.
What surprised him more was that the Dream-Devouring Worm seemed able to control the progression.
As if searching for memories, this scene stunned Ye Jingcheng.
He seemed to realize something and instructed the Dream-Devouring Worm to skip the dream, letting the pure Soul Power nourish the Divine Soul.
Not long after, he opened his eyes, barely having time to rejoice at the increase in Soul Power before he took out another Beast Soul and crushed it in one grip.
The Soul Power of the Beast Soul immediately began to dissipate, like dewdrops exploding, soon fading away.
“Chirp!” The Dream-Devouring Worm screeched sharply, sucking forward with its mouthpiece, drawing in all the shards of the Beast Soul.
And once again emitted dense mist, creating a dream.
What he hadn’t expected was that even the shattered Beast Soul could have its memories reconstructed by the Dream-Devouring Worm.
It’s practically a different kind of Soul Search because most Soul Bans explode before being searched.
Even normal cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage cannot retrieve the scattered Soul Power, let alone examine it.
Yet the Dream-Devouring Worm can absorb residual souls and thereby generate memory dreams to achieve the effect of a Soul Search.
This was profoundly significant for Ye Jingcheng.
In the future, when encountering ordinary families, even if they have a Soul Ban, Ye Jingcheng can still search.
After all, the Dream-Devouring Worm can devour the fragments immediately and reorganize them.
Unless it’s a Soul Ban that completely annihilates everything, the Dream-Devouring Worm would be helpless, although Ye Jingcheng felt even against such soul annihilation bans, he could look forward to the Dream-Devouring Worm’s further advancement!
“Good job, you’ve done a great service!” Ye Jingcheng said, whether the Dream-Devouring Worm understood or not, showering it with treasures and ultimately rewarding it with a Spirit Pill.
This method of memory dream reconstruction is, in Ye Jingcheng’s view, comparable to Hidden Skill Divine Techniques.
If, during the killing of Zhang Taichu, the Dream-Devouring Worm could do this, the Ye Family wouldn’t need to worry about the Zhang Family’s elusive hiding, nor fear failing to find the Tier Three Secret Realm.
After casting it twice, even the Dream-Devouring Worm seemed a bit sluggish, even though treasure lights poured into it. It appeared exhausted.
Ye Jingcheng wasn’t too surprised, as treasure lights restore Spiritual Power, but this dream Soul Search technique clearly relies on more than just Spiritual Power.
Ye Jingcheng allowed the Dream-Devouring Worm to rest further.
He too began to meditate.
His Divine Soul was already close to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core.
Having absorbed two Great Demons’ Divine Souls, once refined, he could advance further.
Approaching the speed of reaching the Middle Stage of Golden Core Divine Sense ever quicker.
Ye Jingcheng decided not to leave the Grotto Heaven and cultivated within it.
Three months passed.
On this day, an eerie Soul Power spread suddenly within the Grotto Heaven, awakening many Spirit Beasts, and momentarily forming ripples, covering the entire Grotto Heaven in the blink of an eye.
Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes.
He sensed carefully.
“About thirty thousand feet!”
Ye Jingcheng was incredibly pleased, considering most Golden Core cultivators have Divine Sense ranges of about ten thousand feet at the Early Stage and twenty thousand at the Middle Stage; he had just broken through and reached thirty thousand.
In terms of Divine Sense, he might not be much lesser compared to the Late Stage of Golden Core.
The benefits of breakthrough in Divine Sense were numerous, most notably that Ye Jingcheng needn’t worry about the Earth Dragon King’s breakthrough causing significant pressure on his Soul Contract.
Simultaneously, he could patiently await the Golden Scale Beast’s breakthrough.
A Great Demon’s advancement to Demon King took significantly longer.
With his Divine Sense perception, he noticed the Star Pear Wood also broke through.
Ye Jingcheng summoned the Star Pear Wood, but besides stronger talents and cultivation, it had no further effects.
Only its pair of Star Illusion Eyes improved considerably.
Ye Jingcheng estimated the Star Seven Knot of the Star Pear Fruit might be much stronger than other Star Pear Fruits.
In the future, Ye Jingcheng might enhance his Pupil Skills through its fruits.
The only disappointment is that the ripening of Star Pear Wood takes ten years, requiring Ye Jingcheng to wait a significant time.
After giving a Spirit Pill to Star Pear Wood, Ye Jingcheng began alchemy.
Following the breakthrough in Divine Sense, advancement naturally became much easier, and soon, the Turtle Ancestor’s Spirit Pill was refined, although modified from the Golden Scale Pill, using blood from the Tier Three Profound Rock Turtle.
Ye Jingcheng let the Turtle Ancestor sample the pill’s foam.
As soon as it tasted it, the Turtle Ancestor waved its huge paw.
“No need to taste, it’s effective!” The Turtle Ancestor swallowed it whole, also wanting three pages of treasure lights from Ye Jingcheng.
After leaving the Grotto Heaven with Ye Jingcheng, it seemed somewhat reluctant.
After all, upon exiting seclusion, there’d be no treasure lights.
“Jingcheng, Turtle Ancestor, I’m not accustomed to relocating, that lake suits me well, remember to keep it for me!” The Turtle Ancestor reminded before leaving.
And upon exiting the Grotto Heaven, Ye Jingcheng clearly sensed many cultivators within the Celestial Phoenix Oasis had achieved breakthroughs.
Among them, Ye Xuefan had evidently broken through, reaching Purple Mansion Peak.
Meanwhile, Ye Haicheng entered seclusion.
“Brother Cheng, Fourth Uncle previously transmitted, asking you to visit when you come out!” Chu Yanqing and Ye Yunxi walked out each carrying a child.
“Alright!” Ye Jingcheng smiled, glancing at his son and daughter, then headed towards Ye Xuefan’s Assembly Hall!
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