Chapter 2141: Clash of Soul and Body

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

From Xue Fei’s memory, Han Fei found that he was as troubled by this question as he was.

In the energy crystal, there was a large number of ownerless souls. Theoretically speaking, cultivators would be overjoyed to see ownerless souls. This was because the soul power they obtained for nothing could easily be assimilated into their own.

However, although Xue Fei was puzzled about how to use these ownerless souls, Han Fei discovered another problem. Whether in the Explorer realm or the Sky Opening realm, the basic level of their ownerless souls was the same. One point was one point. A point of soul power in the Sky Opening realm was essentially the same as a point of soul power in the Explorer realm.

The difference was that the Sky Openers could fuse with the runes of the Great Dao and have soul combat skills, so their souls’ using efficiency was extremely high.

This was why he could directly absorb ownerless souls. And Han Fei had only confirmed this today.

The essence of the soul was the same. The number of soul power became the deciding factor of the strength of the soul. The old turtle had said before that the Dao heart determined the upper limit of the soul.

However, now that he thought about it, this saying wasn’t completely correct. This was because Xue Fei’s soul power was actually lower than his, only about 2.2 million.

At first, he thought that Xue Fei’s Dao heart was not enough. But after reading Xue Fei’s memories, he found that it was not that Xue Fei’s Dao heart was not strong enough, but that when he absorbed about 2.2 million points of soul power, his body would reject ownerless souls, and his body would be completely unable to keep up with the rhythm of his soul.

Han Fei’s understanding was that his soul was too strong, and his body wasn’t strong enough. Perhaps his soul had already reacted, but his body needed a long time or even several times more to react.

As a result, the soul and the body were completely unmatched. The stronger the soul was, the less useful the body would be. The extreme imbalance between the two brought great pressure to cultivation.

As for any solution, the most basic solution was to temper the body and cultivate the body. The stronger the body, the higher the upper limit of the soul’s endurance, and the more harmonious the body and the soul.

Han Fei looked at the ownerless souls and was tempted. He felt that even if his body and soul were not adapted, he had to improve his soul to the peak he could reach so far.

After all, he was a body refiner, and body tempering was his basic skill. However, even if he cultivated with the Void Sky Watching Technique, it wasn’t as fast as directly obtaining the soul power!

Therefore, another three years passed.

When Han Fei felt that the soul power seemed to be directly expelled from his body, he had to wake up from his cultivation. He felt that this world was different. His perception and soul sensitivity had been greatly improved.

Han Fei subconsciously looked at his information.

Owner: Han Fei

Level: 101 (Sky Opener)

Bloodline Ranking among the Clans in the Infinite Ocean: the 360,201st (Evolving: 259 / 8,022 years)

Chaotic Qi: 1,200,000

Spiritual Power: 3,476,332

Perception range: 3.5 million kilometers

Strength: 1,586,542 Waves

First Spiritual Heritage: Origin Spiritual Heritage

Second Spiritual Heritage: Eternal Darkness Spiritual Heritage

First spiritual beast: Twin Yin-Yang Spirit Swallowing Fish (level 93)

Second spiritual beast: Emperor Sparrow (level 99)

Main Art: Time Fishing Technique, the eighth level of the Void Fishing Technique (Emperor-level, Divine-Quality)

…

“Hiss ~”

When Han Fei saw the information, he was a little confused. His strength had soared by 300,000 waves. He could understand this because his Origin Sea had expanded by more than 50,000 kilometers at once, so Han Fei felt that it was normal for his strength to increase by 300,000 waves. After all, before and after he opened the sky, his strength had doubled. Now, it had only increased by 300,000 waves.

However, the growth of his soul power made Han Fei gasp. It almost skyrocketed by 1.33 million points.

Even when he opened the sky, his soul power hadn’t soared so ridiculously. However, just because of some energy crystals, his soul power had soared so much. This made Han Fei confused. Could cultivation be so simple?

However, in fact, when Han Fei tried to get up and exercise, he found that his soul had left his body, and his body was still sitting there.

The two seemed to be completely out of sync. It could even be said that his body and soul were almost completely separated.

“Not good!”

Before, Han Fei felt that his physique should be able to control the upper limit of his soul, but in fact, it couldn’t.

Han Fei tried his best to connect his soul to his body. It wasn’t easy for him to feel his body, but he discovered a strange situation. His body was abnormally heavy, as if a mountain was pressing on his body. He couldn’t control his body agilely.

Han Fei couldn’t have felt worse. It was like sleep paralysis. He was extremely conscious, but his body seemed to be in a deep sleep. It was difficult for him to move. Was this the reason why Xue Fei and the others couldn’t continue to improve their soul power even though they had so many energy crystals?

Han Fei couldn’t help but ask, “Old Yuan, let me ask you something. Didn’t the Dao heart decide the upper limit of the soul power? But why didn’t you say that the body also limits the upper limit of the soul power?”

Old Yuan seemed to realize what had happened to Han Fei and couldn’t help but say, “Huh! Is this the aftereffect of the sudden rise of your soul power? Even if a cultivator’s strength and soul can improve, it requires a steady improvement, so that the body and soul can slowly accept their stronger and stronger self. But if you become too strong all of a sudden, it’s difficult for you to control this power at once. It’s a bit like pulling a seedling to help it grow. You have to take time to digest this improvement. Although your cultivation speed was fast before, it wasn’t to this extent. You used to grow fast, but you also gained a lot of experience and fought enough… But now…”

Han Fei asked, “In other words, my body can’t accept such a huge improvement because I improved too fast?”

Old Yuan said, “That’s right. Besides, although I said that the Dao heart determines the upper limit of the soul, the upper limit of the soul shouldn’t be like this. There is no free lunch in the world. Although ownerless souls are good things, if you absorb so many ownerless souls at once, even if they have been assimilated by you, your control will be greatly reduced. For example, after you cultivate hard, you can only control 100 points of soul, but your soul suddenly becomes 200 points, but your control hasn’t changed. Then you won’t be able to control these 200 points well, and they will escape your control…”

Hearing the old turtle’s explanation, Han Fei immediately understood that it meant that he was not only hasty, but also didn’t have enough control. In general, he wasn’t walking steadily enough.

The old turtle continued, “The body may also be related to the soul, but I don’t know! I’ve never obtained so many ownerless souls before, nor have I felt the pain you’re feeling now.”

Han Fei asked, “Then what should I do now?”

The old turtle said, “Maybe you should cultivate your body?”

Han Fei rolled his eyes. You’re telling me! I know I should cultivate my body.

Now it seemed that the strength of the body definitely limited the strength of the soul. The body was equivalent to a container and could accommodate the soul. Once it exceeded the limit, the soul would leave his control, and if the container was too full, the soul would overflow.

Therefore, he should take it one step at a time and not be too greedy.

But when Han Fei tried to continue to mobilize his body, he keenly discovered that his two completely different spiritual heritages in his body began to operate slightly.

This operation speed was very slow, but they were indeed operating.

“My Origin Spiritual Heritage and Eternal Darkness Spiritual Heritage moved?”

When the two spiritual heritages moved, Han Fei’s soul seemed to get a chance to relax and immediately sat back in his body.

Before the two spiritual heritages moved, he felt uncomfortable, but now as the two spiritual heritages operated, Han Fei felt that they seemed to be adjusting the relationship between his body and soul.

One day later.

Han Fei made a strange discovery. His soul power had decreased a little, and his strength had increased by a wave.

Han Fei wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, so he waited a few more days.

However, every day, his soul power would decrease a little and his strength would increase by a wave.

“Hiss! These two spiritual heritages are balancing the relationship between my body and my soul. However, isn’t this too slow?”

Han Fei thought for a moment. At this speed, he could only transform 365 points of soul power a year. Even if the time in his Origin Sea was 256 times faster than outside, he could only transform 93,440 points of soul and strength a year.

In 256 years, he could only transform less than 100,000 points of soul and strength.

Thinking of this, Han Fei felt terrible.

Sure enough, it felt good to increase his strength, but not when he stabilized his cultivation. He needed a lot of time to erase the imbalance between his body and soul.

Three years later in the outside world.

Han Fei had been cultivating for 768 years and finally improved the imbalance between his body and soul.

Although they were still unbalanced, the situation was much better than before.

Now, he looked at his information again.

Owner: Han Fei

Level: 101 (Sky Opener)

Bloodline Ranking among the Clans in the Infinite Ocean: the 360,201st (Evolving: 262 / 8,022 years)

Chaotic Qi: 1,200,000

Spiritual Power: 3,196,012

Perception range: 3.5 million kilometers

Strength: 1,866,862 Waves

First Spiritual Heritage: Origin Spiritual Heritage

Second Spiritual Heritage: Eternal Darkness Spiritual Heritage

First spiritual beast: Twin Yin-Yang Spirit Swallowing Fish (level 94)

Second spiritual beast: Emperor Sparrow (level 99)

Main Art: Time Fishing Technique, the eighth level of the Void Fishing Technique (Emperor-level, Divine-Quality)

…

Han Fei thought to himself, Fortunately, I can accelerate time in my Origin Sea. Otherwise, it would have taken me at least thousands of years to balance the soul power that had risen in just a few years.

Of course, there were also benefits, which was that both his soul power and pure strength had been greatly improved.

Han Fei sensed that although he couldn’t exert 100% of the combat power of this body, he could exert 70% of it, which was no weaker than before.

And once his soul power and strength were completely balanced and he could exert 100% of his combat power, his comprehensive strength would still greatly increase.

Therefore, his efforts this time were worth it.