Free Web NovelChapter 678: Chapter 462: Void Divine Essence Technique, Cultivation Breakthrough Again
[Detected Void Divine Essence Technique. Do you want to spend 12,000 Immortal Crystals to simplify it?]
[Detected Celestial Thunder Godslaying Slash. Do you want to spend 11,000 Immortal Crystals to simplify it?]
The panel pops up with another prompt.
"Simplify!"
Lin Chang’sheng selected all of them for simplification.
[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Void Divine Essence Technique... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Void Divine Essence Technique == Soul Devouring!]
[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Celestial Thunder Godslaying Slash... Simplifying... Simplification complete. Celestial Thunder Godslaying Slash == Soul Slaughter!]
"Soul devouring? Soul slaughter?"
Seeing this, the corners of Lin Chang’sheng’s mouth curled up slightly. Looks like the souls trapped in the Holy Soul Banner are screwed.
There were quite a few divine souls imprisoned inside the Holy Soul Banner.
Naturally, Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t about to devour the Mahayana and Tribulation Crossing experts right off the bat.
If their cultivation is too strong, devouring them might spell disaster, so Lin Chang’sheng decided to start with the Integration Stage souls.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh—
With a wave of his hand, Lin Chang’sheng summoned out several divine souls, all those of Integration Stage cultivators.
These divine souls seemed to have heard what happened to the Celestial Ghost Elder; as soon as they emerged, every single one dropped to their knees, begging for mercy.
"Senior, please let us go! We never should’ve messed with you—forgive us, we were wrong! Just treat us like a fart and let us go!"
"Yeah, yeah! We were blind, didn’t know greatness when we saw it. Senior, please show some mercy!"
"We were idiots looking down on you—it was all our fault, Senior, we really know we messed up!"
...
All the divine souls summoned by Lin Chang’sheng immediately began to plead for mercy.
Lin Chang’sheng hadn’t expected that, to be honest.
"A little late for regrets now, isn’t it?"
Lin Chang’sheng snorted, no hint of mercy in his voice.
The people Lin Chang’sheng killed were mostly those harboring evil intentions. Why would he spare them?
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chang’sheng summoned a long saber and started slaughtering the souls one by one.
Swoosh swoosh—
In an instant, all those souls turned to wisp after wisp of blue smoke.
Just as the Holy Soul Banner was about to re-gather them, Lin Chang’sheng activated the Void Divine Essence Technique, unleashing a powerful suction that drew those souls straight into his body.
Void Divine Essence Technique EXP +1!
Celestial Thunder Godslaying Slash EXP +1!
...
Once Lin Chang’sheng absorbed those souls into his body, he felt his own cultivation immediately increase a bit.
"This actually works that well?"
Lin Chang’sheng’s heart skipped a beat.
Absorbing divine souls really could raise his cultivation?
There were plenty of divine souls in his Holy Soul Banner; if he absorbed them all using sword energy, his gains would be enormous.
Having thought it, he did it. Lin Chang’sheng started continuously slaying the divine souls, absorbing their soul power.
Once the Integration Stage souls were gone, he set his sights on the Mahayana Stage souls.
[Void Divine Essence Technique Perfection!]
[Celestial Thunder Godslaying Slash Perfection!]
Five hours later, Lin Chang’sheng had finally cultivated both immortal techniques to perfect level.
And after absorbing hundreds of divine souls, he found his cultivation had risen all the way to Peak Early Stage of Mahayana.
Maybe absorbing a single Tribulation Crossing expert soul would let him break through to Middle Stage of Mahayana.
"This cultivation technique is downright domineering. No wonder so many mediocre talents join the demonic forces!"
Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t help but sigh.
Good thing he was able to reach perfection in such a short time, so he wouldn’t have to suffer during the full moon.
Whoosh—
Lin Chang’sheng waved his hand, summoning Gao Yao.
He felt absolutely nothing for Spirit Mountain anymore. Now that things had gotten irreconcilable, Lin Chang’sheng decided to just devour Gao Yao’s soul to help him break through.
"You little bastard! To think I’d die at your hands! What fucking humiliation! If you’ve got guts, fight me head-on!"
Gao Yao shouted, refusing to back down.
The other souls were terrified of Lin Chang’sheng; Gao Yao wasn’t. He’d rather die than grovel.
"I’m only at Mahayana, and you want me to fight you, a Tribulation Crossing expert, fair and square? You sure have some nerve!"
Lin Chang’sheng sneered.
He wasn’t stupid. Even if Gao Yao was just a soul, killing him with mere Mahayana cultivation wouldn’t be easy. He’d have to use the power of the Holy Soul Banner.
"Scared, are you? Then let me go. If not, Spirit Mountain will never let you off!"
Gao Yao snapped aggressively.
Too bad he didn’t realize his death was imminent.
"Letting you go isn’t happening, but freeing you from suffering? Sure!"
With that, Lin Chang’sheng slashed with his saber.
Swish—
A savage blade aura split Gao Yao in two. His eyes widened in terror as he watched his divine soul crumble away.
Lin Chang’sheng watched Gao Yao’s soul disperse into wisps of smoke and immediately triggered the Void Divine Essence Technique to absorb him.
As the technique channeled, Gao Yao’s soul was instantly sucked into Lin Chang’sheng’s body.
He could feel that devouring this soul power with Void Divine Essence Technique felt no different from absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
It was just purer spiritual energy, really.
Refining a Tribulation Crossing expert’s soul power took much longer, though.
This time, Lin Chang’sheng spent almost two full hours refining.
After all, a Tribulation Crossing cultivator’s soul is truly powerful.
"Heaven helps me! I’m about to break through!"
Once he absorbed all of Gao Yao’s divine soul, Lin Chang’sheng was thrilled. He’d only just reached Early Mahayana, and with the Soul Devouring Technique today, devouring soul power had brought him right up against a breakthrough to Middle Mahayana.
Once he hit Middle Stage, slaughtering Late Mahayana cultivators would be as easy as eating or drinking.
"Break for me!"
Once the primordial power in his body was raging enough, Lin Chang’sheng began attacking his bottleneck.
BOOM—
The first wave didn’t budge the bottleneck at all. Instead, it unleashed a deafening roar in Lin Chang’sheng’s mind.
But he wasn’t about to give up. If he failed the first time, he’d try again, and again, and again.
BAM BAM BAM—
After more than twenty attempts, Lin Chang’sheng finally felt the bottleneck loosen.
But he’d burned through tons of primordial power in the process.
Raising his head, Lin Chang’sheng swallowed a Primordial Golden Pill, then kept pushing.
This Primordial Golden Pill was a Holy Pill others would kill for, able to defy fate itself.
But to Lin Chang’sheng, it was just an elixir for breaking through bottlenecks.
With the energy boosted by the pill, he felt his spirit hit its peak.
BOOM—
Finally, on his last attempt, Lin Chang’sheng shattered the bottleneck into Middle Stage Mahayana.
Streams of surging primordial power coursed through every corner of his body.
Revitalizing his exhausted flesh and energy.
With this powerful nourishment, both his body, energy, and sea of consciousness became stronger—at least three times more than at Early Mahayana.
CRACK CRACK—
Lin Chang’sheng could clearly feel his body transforming—every bone, every inch of skin and meridian swelling with power.
His enhanced muscles doubled his strength; with his fists clenched, he felt like he could never run out of energy.
Besides that, his sea of consciousness had grown greatly.
He could once sense only a bit over twenty thousand miles; now he could feel over forty thousand miles.
His range had shot up more than double.
BOOM—
Lin Chang’sheng threw a punch, shattering the space around him.
"Hell yeah!"
He opened his eyes, feeling all the changes to his body, giddy with joy.
It takes a genius hundreds of years to break through from Early to Middle Mahayana.
But Lin Chang’sheng did it in just a few hours. That’s how insane this demonic cultivation technique truly is.
Of course, he had the Holy Soul Banner and Primordial Golden Pill helping him.
Most people couldn’t make this kind of progress even with the same cultivation technique.
Just look at the Celestial Ghost Elder. He mastered the Celestial Ghost Soul Devouring Technique years ago, yet never reached the Immortal Realm.
He’d only gotten as far as Early Tribulation Crossing. That’s the difference here.
"Time to head back!"
Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself; there were still a few Tribulation Crossing souls left in the Holy Soul Banner.
But Lin Chang’sheng didn’t think he could reach Late Mahayana just yet.
To break from Middle to Late Mahayana, he’d probably need ten or more Tribulation Crossing souls.
And his Holy Soul Banner didn’t have anywhere near that number.
