Chapter 1313: The Missing Kind Corpse Soul

Han Li and Violet Spirit sped through the Extraheavensphere for several days before finally drawing to a halt among a cluster of asteroids.

This area was different from all the other ones in that the asteroids here were completely stationary, and it was also devoid of energy storms.

At the center of the cluster of asteroids was a massive, black ball that was tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, and it was giving off all types of energy fluctuations and even law power fluctuations.

"This is the place. I didn't think we'd find it so easily," Han Li said.

"What's that black ball? And why is this place so peaceful?" Violet Spirit asked.

"You saw those all-devouring black vortexes on our way here, right?" Han Li asked.

"I did. Does this black ball have something to do with that?" Violet Spirit asked.

"Those black vortexes were formed by mutated spatial power, and they're capable of devouring all things, but their capacity is not unlimited. Once they've devoured up to their threshold, they'll transform into these black balls," Han Li explained.

This was only something that he had learned after doing some research following his previous trip to the Extraheavensphere.

"I see," Violet Spirit replied.

"All of these black balls are priceless treasures that contain tremendous amounts of energy, making them premium, natural ore veins. It's just a pity that they're too big to be stored in spatial treasures, and they're impossible to transport through the Astralsphere down below," Han Li said.

"That is indeed quite a pity," Violet Spirit replied with a thoughtful nod.

If one could transport such a vast wealth of resources to the True Immortal Realm, then that alone would be enough to support the founding of a sect.

"Due to the fact that enormous amounts of energy are devoured by these black balls, the area around them will be quite calm and safe for a very long time. On top of that, these balls contain immense world's origin qi, making them ideal to cultivate in, so let's go into seclusion here," Han Li said.

Violet Spirit naturally didn't raise any objections, so Han Li immediately sprang into action, digging out a cave abode into the black ball.

After setting up some restrictions in the cave abode, he and Violet Spirit entered the Flower Branch domain, where he then activated the Celestial Time Array, accelerating the flow of time in the Flower Branch domain to thirty thousand times the speed of the outside world.

"So this is your space of accelerated time? It's truly remarkable!"

Violet Spirit had already heard about the space of accelerated time from Weeping Soul and the others, but she still couldn't help but feel amazed now that she was seeing it for herself.

Han Li gave a faint smile in response, and after a brief chat, the two of them began cultivating in seclusion.

Inside the bamboo pavilion, Han Li was seated with his legs crossed, and he pulled out the white jade slip that had been given to him by the Reincarnation Palace Master, the one that contained the final two levels of the Spirit Refinement Technique.

After a brief hesitation, he injected his spiritual sense into the jade slip to begin inspecting its contents.

He required more power, even if it meant having to sacrifice the cultivation potential of all of his future incarnations.

With the experience that he had accumulated from cultivating the first five levels of the Spirit Refinement Technique, it didn't take him long to grasp the contents of the final two levels, at which point he commenced his cultivation.

At Han Li's cultivation base, multi-tasking was a simple feat, and while cultivating the Spirit Refinement Technique, he summoned a collection of materials, then opened his mouth to release a burst of golden flames to envelop and refine them.

Half a month later, Han Li scattered the golden flames with a wave of his hand, and two golden puppets were revealed with hints of time law powers emanating from their bodies.

A faint smile appeared on his face, and he flipped a hand over to produce a pair of small, white vials, both of which were giving off some type of soul power fluctuations.

He then closed his eyes and began making a string of hand seals, and a layer of translucent, flashing light surfaced over his glabella.

Shortly thereafter, his eyes abruptly sprang open, and two beams of translucent light shot out from within like two arcs of lightning in the night.

At the same time, two specks of green light flew out of his glabella to form a pair of miniature, green figures, both of which were his soul avatars.

The two soul avatars each flew into one of the golden puppets at his behest, following which he cast a string of incantation seals into them as well.

The two puppets slowly opened their eyes, and they were looking much more animated.

Han Li gave a pleased nod upon seeing this, then made a beckoning motion, and two drops of golden spirit liquid flew out of the pair of white vials before fusing into the puppets' glabellas, and their eyes instantly became even brighter and more animated.

Han Li continued to cast more incantation seals into the golden puppets, and a layer of faint, golden light gradually began to appear over their bodies.

Over a year flew by in the blink of an eye.

The golden light emanating from the puppets had just faded, and at this point, their eyes were looking just as clear and intelligent as those of the average person.

A faint smile appeared on Han Li's face as he heaved a sigh of relief.

Over the past year, he had been using a type of Earthly Deity Avatar refinement technique from the True Mantra Sect. Even though cultivating as an Earthly Immortal had very severe drawbacks, it also had some unique advantages, and as the super sect that it had once been, the True Mantra Sect had naturally looked into this unique path of cultivation.

Both of these Earthly Deity Avatars contained time law powers, and they were far more intricate than the one he had refined in the Black Wind Sea.

Han Li hadn't refined these Earthly Deity Avatars as he wanted to begin cultivating as an Earthly Immortal, nor was he planning to plant them somewhere to gather power of faith. Instead, they were meant for his future corpse soul severances.

Having already used the Heavenly Fox Tribe's corpse soul severance technique once, he had taken a liking to it, and he was planning to use it for his next two corpse soul severances as well.

In order to be able to use an Earthly Deity Avatar for a corpse soul severance, a lengthy breaking in process was required to increase compatibility between avatar and host, but here in this space of accelerated time, time was not a concern.

With that in mind, Han Li sent the two Earthly Deity Avatars downstairs to cultivate on their own, while he closed his eyes to meditate.

Even with his tremendous spiritual sense, splitting his own soul twice to create those two Earthly Deity Avatars had left him feeling quite wary.

He sat in a statuesque manner for half a year, and by the time he reopened his eyes, he had made a full recovery.

With all of the preparations complete, it was time to officially commence his second corpse soul severance.

With that in mind, a look of concentration appeared in Han Li's mind, and a burst of radiant, golden light appeared over his body, while his spirit domain also instantly became several times brighter than before.

Bursts of immense world's origin qi surged into the spirit domain, and the density of world's origin qi in the Flower Branch domain instantly increased by severalfold.

Violet Spirit was snapped out of her cultivation upon sensing this, and an elated look appeared on her face.

She turned to take a glance at the pavilion that Han Li was in, then closed her eyes to continue cultivating.

Over two hundred thousand years flew by in a flash.

Strands of black light had intertwined themselves around her to form a cocoon-like object, and her aura had returned to the pinnacle of the High Zenith Stage.

Even though her cultivation base had previously suffered a sharp decline, her cultivation foundation was still there, and thanks to the vast abundance of world's origin qi in the Flower Branch domain, she was finally able to return to her former cultivation base.

Furthermore, her cultivation foundation had been consolidated, so she was at no risk of suffering a drop in her cultivation base again.

Right at this moment, her eyes sprang open, and the strands of black light around her faded into her body.

A contemplative look appeared on her face as she flipped a hand over to produce a purple jade vial with a black talisman plastered to its surface.

The vial contained none other than True Profound Essence, and she was contemplating whether this was the right to attempt a breakthrough to the Great Encompassment Stage.

Right at this moment, the golden spirit domain suddenly faded away, and with it went the space of accelerated time as well.

Immediately thereafter, the doors of the pavilion swung open, and Han Li flew out from within with a frustrated look on his face.

Violet Spirit stowed her jade vial away, then made her way to his side.

The frustration in his eyes abated a little upon sensing Violet Spirit's aura, and he smiled as he said, "Looks like you've made very good use of your time here."

"Are things not going so smoothly on your end?" Violet Spirit asked.

"I didn't think severing my kind corpse soul would be so difficult," Han Li replied with a wry smile.

"Senior Xie told me some things about corpse soul severance, but given that I was only at the High Zenith Stage, he didn't go into much detail with me. However, I heard from Weeping Soul that you were able to sever your wicked corpse soul without too much trouble, why is your kind corpse soul proving so difficult to sever?" Violet Spirit asked.

"Overall, the corpse soul severance process can be split up into two steps, the first of which is to sense the existence of the corpse soul within one's body, while the second step is to glean the fixations at the root of the corpse soul before severing it. I was able to sever my wicked corpse soul without too much trouble as Gui Lingzi's Corpse Severance Talisman allowed me to skip the first step.

“On top of that, I've killed many living beings in the past, so I'm quite well-versed with my wicked fixations, thereby making the severance quite a smooth process as well, but things are not so simple for my kind corpse soul severance," Han Li explained.

"Why is that?" Violet Spirit asked.

"It's no exaggeration to say that I've been killing virtually non-stop over the course of my cultivation journey. I wouldn't say that I've completely discarded my humanity, but my heart has grown cold and unfeeling over time. As a result, I wasn't even able to detect the presence of the kind corpse soul in my body over these past two hundred thousand years, let alone sever it," Han Li sighed.