"By the way, where are those students of Su Tong? And what about Fan Yu?" Elder Lin came to his senses and asked Xuanzi.
"They have been detained by Mingde Hall, and other contestants from different forces are likely detained as well."
"..."
"Oh, Shaozhe, you should find an excuse to go into seclusion for a while and avoid contact with the outside world," Elder Song advised Yan Shaozhe with a complex expression.
"What happened?"
After Yan Shaozhe, Xuanzi, and others returned directly to the Academy from Qiankun Valley of Inquiry, they didn't specifically inquire about what happened after the Soul Fighting Competition.
"Sigh..." Elder Song relayed the rumors that had already spread across the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
"..."
"According to those who went to watch the competition and the leaders of some small sects that returned, these rumors, strictly speaking, are not just rumors."
Yan Shaozhe was utterly shocked.
How could it be?
My Martial Soul is the Bright Phoenix!
Having the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul, Yan Shaozhe never imagined he could be the descendant of an Evil Soul Master, especially such an infamous one.
The Bright Phoenix, whether it's the flame's inherent suppression of evil forces or the light attribute in his Martial Soul that counters evil, made it impossible for him to associate with Evil Soul Masters.
If anything, he should be the nemesis of Evil Soul Masters.
But today, he has indeed learned the shocking secret of his lineage.
"How is it possible?"
Yan Shaozhe kept repeating that it was impossible.
He felt that Elder Song must be joking, eagerly looking at Elder Song, hoping he would say it was just a joke to relieve their mood.
However, Elder Song remained stern, and the elders around them were equally solemn.
"I understand. I will go into seclusion to cultivate, and I will step down as dean of the Martial Soul System," Yan Shaozhe declared.
"There's no need for that," Elder Song interrupted Yan Shaozhe's words.
"We've watched you grow since childhood and know your character well. It's simply a matter of lineage, not that you are wicked and slaughtering innocent people."
Yan Shaozhe is a Level 97 Super Douluo and has served as the dean of the Shrek Martial Soul System for many years, contributing immeasurably to Shrek.
At this moment, we can't let him lose heart.
...
The negotiation with Di Tian proceeded unexpectedly smoothly; Su Yu and the Snow Empress returned to the Land of the Far North together, while Huo Yuhao returned to Mingdu to prepare for joining the Soul Guide Corps.
Half a month later, in the Land of the Far North.
"The position is still changing, but overall the distance seems to have lessened."
Su Yu felt the most intense and profound sense of connection through the Power of Destiny.
Deducing the 'cause and effect' related to the Abyss was a good way for Su Yu to practice using the Power of Destiny.
Unlike the use of the Power of Destiny within a plane, Su Yu's current deductions involve the destiny connection between two planes, allowing him to make rapid progress in understanding and controlling the Power of Destiny.
While honing his skills in utilizing the Power of Destiny, Su Yu also continued cultivating.
The core circle of the Land of the Far North is an ice attribute paradise for Soul Masters or Soul Beasts to cultivate, but it doesn't give Su Yu any special benefit.
However, his Observation Technique could harness the environment here.
Observation, after all, is only virtual; efficiency is highest with the environment's real benefits.
Soul Power cultivation, Spiritual Power cultivation, Battle Armor Core Array construction...
Su Yu didn't neglect any aspect of training.
In the freezing extreme ice environment of the Land of the Far North, he pressured his potential and stimulated his Qi Blood cultivation.
Besides self-cultivation, he was also nurturing his Reincarnation Grass.
In just three months, he elevated the Reincarnation Grass's cultivation from ten thousand years to twenty thousand years!
This is an extraordinarily explosive speed across the entire Soul Beast Realm.
In the Divine Realm, Su Yu supplemented the Life Force he consumed previously using the Life Source Pool.
Moreover, it was replenished in the form of Life Source Liquid, with slightly higher quality than the Life Force stored within Gold of the Living before.
Su Yu was now using Life Source Liquid to nourish the Reincarnation Grass, rapidly elevating its cultivation by ten thousand years.
In the Xingdou Great Forest, fierce beasts absorbing the immense Life Essence Qi of the Celestial Dream Ice Silkworm can skyrocket their cultivation, but not at such an against-the-odds speed.
Yet Su Yu could raise the Reincarnation Grass at such an unreasonably fast rate.
If Di Tian and the others knew, who knows what they would think.
Of course, the most crucial aspect here is the issue of matching.
For Soul Beasts, especially fierce beasts, combat power that doesn't match cultivation years would only invite a faster death.
The numerous fierce beasts in Xingdou Great Forest must ensure that as their cultivation advances, their control over their power also simultaneously grows, even surpassing the original rate of increase.
Otherwise, before the next Celestial Tribulation, their combat power won't have grown much, and yet their cultivation meets the threshold for encountering a Celestial Tribulation, then they'd be in trouble.
The Reincarnation Grass doesn't face such worries.
The Reincarnation Grass is life manifested by Su Yu through his Martial Soul; he has frequently guided the operation of the Power of Life and Death within by attaching the Soul to the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass.
This has allowed him to exercise strong control over the Reincarnation Grass.
He can even attach his Martial Soul to it and integrate his understanding of runes within.
Su Yu can still patch this life he personally created.
"Twenty thousand years now."
Su Yu calculated the time, feeling unsatisfied with this speed.
To make the Reincarnation Grass undergo Nine Revolutions and then transform into a Soul Spirit, it would take at least another two years.
Not to mention two years, he already had the sense of breaking through to Level 80 now, probably just five or six days of seclusion, and he could completely break through to Level 80.
To wait at Level 80 for two years then?
Su Yu cannot bear to wait.
"I must find a way to speed up the Reincarnation Grass's advancement."
Head to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Su Yu decided to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye after the Reincarnation Grass overcame this Celestial Tribulation, and after his teacher finishes crafting the Space Detector and sends it over.
"A month ago, the teacher said the basic Core Array was nearly constructed, it should be arriving soon, right?"
Even across half a continent, Su Yu could communicate with Kong Deming.
The two established basic communication through a special Soul-guiding Device connection, agreeing on corresponding language translation modes, achieving initial long-distance communication.
But to have the Soul-guiding Device resonate over such a vast distance to send messages demands a lot from its users.
Su Yu and Kong Deming naturally met the conditions.
However, for ordinary Soul Masters, it certainly cannot be popularized.
The process of popularizing Soul-guiding Devices for civilians has reached another bottleneck. During communication, Su Yu also proposed a plan for establishing a communication system to Kong Deming.
Kong Deming agreed, indicating that lowering the conditions for use would require large-scale external construction.
Thus, under Su Yu's guidance, Mingde Hall launched a project for the development of communication Soul-guiding facilities.
This project can achieve results quickly; although it may not reach civilian-level refinement in a short time, it can certainly be applied within the military.
Therefore, both Mingde Hall and Xu Tianran quickly passed the project proposal.
Returning to the subject matter.
The Reincarnation Grass channels the Power of Life and Death, transforming them into a balance.
Roar!
In the sky, enormous thunderclouds began to form.
Although it wasn't the first time seeing the calamity clouds of a Celestial Tribulation, Su Yu didn't take it lightly or miss the opportunity.
Before completely understanding the mechanics of Celestial Tribulations, every descent may yield insights.
The Thunderous Yanyu Vine stirred in Su Yu's Sea of Spirit, requesting to come out to devour the Celestial Tribulation Power.
The last time the Reincarnation Grass underwent metamorphosis, Su Yu had concerns that the Thunderous Yanyu Vine devouring the tribulation would interfere with the Reincarnation Grass's transformation, so he didn't allow it to absorb the tribulation power, missing an opportunity.
This time, the Thunderous Yanyu Vine could no longer hold back.
"Go ahead, but with your involvement, the Celestial Tribulation will surely be stronger. You must not only withstand your portion but also help the Reincarnation share some of the burden so that its overall pressure doesn't increase due to your involvement."
The Reincarnation Grass's rapid enhancement itself is already too fast, and the unforeseen strengthening of the Celestial Tribulation worries Su Yu.
Of course, one reason for the rapid advancement of the Reincarnation Grass is the Thunderous Yanyu Vine.
Consider the Thunderous Yanyu Vine as a tribulation regulator.
As long as the Thunderous Yanyu Vine holds up, the Reincarnation Grass will hold up!
And as long as Su Yu can withstand it, the Thunderous Yanyu Vine can withstand it!