Chapter 56

The soul is a person's self-awareness, the carrier of memory and emotion, and the essence of human existence.

The core of a mage's spiritual power is their soul, which is formed by the aggregation of countless spiritual energies. These aggregated spiritual energies record all the information about the mage.

Spiritual power is the foundation of a mage, and "Dream" is a very powerful method for cultivating spiritual power. It not only cultivates spiritual power but also the soul.

An ordinary person's soul is fragile. Although the composition of the soul is extremely profound, it cannot withstand damage to the soul.

" Dream" records a method for cultivating the soul, using the structure and principles of the universe to create the most profound array in the world. This array is then used to shape a person's soul, making it eternal and indestructible.

This array is extremely profound and complex, consisting of a vast number of arrays, making it impossible for ordinary people to cultivate. The requirements are too high, and one must understand the fundamental laws of the universe to comprehend the principles of this array. To solve this problem, in his previous life, he turned this array into a spell, divided into ten levels. The initial levels form the basic structure of the array, establishing the main framework, and then gradually improve it. Through the spell, learners do not need to understand these profound arrays; they just need to continuously chant the spell to ultimately complete the profound array.

This spell is called the Soul Refinement Spell.

Xiao Zhan's soul consists of countless golden soul threads, almost penetrating every cell in his body. These seemingly chaotic golden threads form profound array patterns within the human body, and countless array patterns combine to form a more complex and intricate array prototype. At first glance, Xiao Zhan's soul looks like a golden cocoon in human form.

After cultivating the "Soul Refinement Spell," the soul has several functions, including self-repair and reorganization. As long as it is not completely erased, the soul can almost be restored to its original state. The soul's defense is also extremely strong, capable of withstanding soul attacks far beyond its limits. This is why Xiao Zhan was able to withstand the sword energy left on the cover of "Sword of Dominance" in the past.

However, such a powerful soul defense trembled in the face of this pressure. The countless array patterns rapidly rotated, emitting painful groans, almost deforming. The golden soul threads were taut, as if they would snap at any moment.

Just as Xiao Zhan gritted his teeth and endured, he felt a strange aura suddenly descend upon the stairs, making him shudder and feel as if he were about to die, as if something terrible was about to happen.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a piercing scream came from the starry sky. Xiao Zhan looked up and immediately saw a huge meteor hurtling towards the stairs. His mind went blank in that instant.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion, and almost in the blink of an eye, the meteor collided with the stairs. The entire meteor instantly shattered, and the intense impact caused the crystal stairs to tremble violently, as if they were about to shatter. Xiao Zhan was thrown to the stairs, gasping for breath, and looking at everything with lingering fear.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhan's handsome face turned pale, and his eyes filled with terror. He saw a larger meteor hurtling towards him from the starry sky, moving as fast as a meteor.

Run! The thought had just formed when the meteor appeared before Xiao Zhan, blocking out the sky and colliding with the crystal stairs.

"Boom!"

A massive explosion, the meteor collided with the stairs, as if the end of the world had arrived. The protective barrier on the stairs shattered like a thin sheet of paper, and the jagged meteor rushed towards the stunned Xiao Zhan.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Zhan was breathing heavily, beads of sweat rolling down his face. When his consciousness returned to his body, he found that the crystal stairs were still intact, still floating in the starry sky.

At that moment, starlight poured into his body, and Xiao Zhan was repeatedly practicing a fist technique. His 334th acupoint was resonating with a star in the universe. After a moment of confusion, Xiao Zhan realized that everything that had just happened was an illusion. However, the scene was so real that he found it hard to distinguish between reality and illusion.

The first 333 steps were specifically for physical cultivation. The next 333 steps were likely for mental cultivation, and the purpose of the last 333 steps was unknown.

Although his heart was bitter, Xiao Zhan knew he could only take one step at a time, with no way to retreat, until he reached the last step. With a sigh, he continued to practice boxing and swordsmanship.

Although he was mentally prepared, the trials on each step were still heart-stopping and terrifying. Knowing they were all illusions and posed no real danger, each experience felt like a nightmare, and the prospect of enduring over 300 such nightmares was even more terrifying.

Xiao Zhan did not want to recall those terrifying scenes. After such torment, his spiritual power naturally increased dramatically. When he stepped onto the 361st step, his 361st acupoint also opened.

Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

As he climbed step by step, Xiao Zhan's cultivation level improved repeatedly, and his body grew taller. Especially his sword techniques, which he repeatedly practiced, performing each set of techniques hundreds or thousands of times on each step. After practicing thousands of sword techniques repeatedly, Xiao Zhan's sword cultivation unknowingly reached the realm of perfection.

At the moment he entered the realm of perfection, something seemed to be sprouting in his heart. He wanted to explore and experience it, but when he tried, the feeling disappeared.

When Xiao Zhan stepped onto the 999th step, all 999 of his acupoints opened, and his body trembled slightly. A force of 20,000 crystals surged through his flesh. Suddenly, his clothes burst, revealing his strong and muscular body.

All 999 acupoints in his body glowed with a silvery light. With a thought, all the acupoints vibrated. Instantly, countless stars in the universe seemed to be drawn, emitting brilliant light and moving towards Xiao Zhan.

Gather Stars! Gather Stars! This is the true power of the Gather Stars Fist. Xiao Zhan felt that he could summon the power of the stars with a wave of his hand, and one punch could even pierce the starry sky. However, when Xiao Zhan left the 999th step, his connection to the stars in the sky suddenly disappeared, and the feeling of being able to pierce the starry sky was gone.

After a moment of shock, Xiao Zhan realized that the feeling must have been given to him by the 999 steps. With his current abilities, he could not achieve it. Calming his mind, Xiao Zhan immediately began to use the True Vision to inspect his cultivation.

True Essence: 10,000 crystals, at the innate realm.

999 acupoints opened, physical strength approaching 22,000 crystals, star power approaching 20,000 crystals.

Spiritual power: 5 million fates, the brain divided into ten brain regions, each with a spiritual power value of 500,000 fates (brain regions: when a mage breaks through to the 9th stage, brain regions form. The number of brain regions corresponds to the number of mage specialties).

Seeing these three pieces of information, Xiao Zhan almost smiled until his mouth was crooked. He had finally reached the innate realm. After laughing happily for a while, Xiao Zhan became confused. Why was he still at the innate realm with 10,000 crystals?

After muttering for a while, Xiao Zhan put the question aside and walked towards the majestic palace not far away. After taking a few steps, he frowned and looked down to see that he was completely naked.

With a bitter smile and a shake of his head, Xiao Zhan hurriedly took out a set of clothes from his ring. However, after a while, he found that the clothes in the ring were all one size too small and could not be worn. With no choice, he put on a pair of shorts, as it would be inappropriate for a man's private parts to be exposed.

Then, Xiao Zhan walked towards the palace, barefoot and wearing only shorts.

The War God Temple, from a distance, three golden characters shone brightly. Upon approaching, the temple doors were dozens of meters high, majestic and imposing, making one look up in awe. Such a large temple left Xiao Zhan speechless, and the dozens of meters high temple doors must be incredibly heavy, even with his 20,000 crystal strength, he could hardly move them.

Looking up, he saw a huge divine dragon coiled on the temple door, its scales vivid and lifelike, exuding an overwhelming aura that made Xiao Zhan's heart tremble. As soon as his gaze met the dragon's golden eyes, a burst of golden light shot out, blinding him and pulling his mind into it.

When Xiao Zhan regained his senses, he suddenly found his body empty, as if something was missing. Alarmed, he quickly checked, and this inspection left him shocked and incredulous.

"Is this a joke?"

Xiao Zhan found that his 10,000 crystals of True Essence had been reduced to just 1,000 crystals, and the other 90% of his True Essence was gone. Xiao Zhan was extremely frustrated. He had worked so hard to reach the top, and before he could catch his breath, he was kicked down. All his efforts had been in vain.

What was going on?

Xiao Zhan looked at the huge dragon eyes on the temple door with a resentful expression.

Damn it! This damn dragon must have seen him and reduced his cultivation by 90%. He raised his middle finger halfway but then retracted it. Just a glance from the other party had reduced his cultivation by 90%, and if he raised his middle finger, he might be reduced to nothing.

Damn! I despise you in my heart.

After calming down, Xiao Zhan was thinking about how to push open the huge temple doors when they suddenly opened on their own.

"Click! Click! Click!"

After a series of dull sounds, the temple doors were completely open. Looking at the empty hall, Xiao Zhan suddenly thought of the stone tablet.

Step by step, climb the ladder of fate and receive the martial arts inheritance from the ancient warrior race.

This is the War God Temple, as the name suggests, the temple of the War God. Perhaps the "War God Record" is inside. With this thought, Xiao Zhan entered the hall with excitement.

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