High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie: "...What surprise?"

[I already said it was a big surprise, is it still a surprise if I tell you now?]

Su Jie was somewhat speechless: "Then you should at least give me some hints, right? Is it the awakening of a new ability? Or another transformation of the Holy Body?"

[It'll be even more 'surprising' than that.] The system kept everyone in suspense before slowly adding, [Anyway, let's get the Battle Saint Body's awakening level to 40% first. Once you've refined the Primordial Purple Qi, you'll naturally know—it's guaranteed to be a 'super big' surprise.]

Su Jie's eye twitched. This stupid system, it only says half of what it means, it's so annoying.

The system adds: "Furthermore, it's best to save the Supreme Law Baptism Card and the Higher-Level Law Baptism Card for when you reach the Weaving Law Realm. Using Baptism Cards just to condense Law Fragments is a bit of a waste."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Su Jie readily agreed, "Then I'll refine the Primordial Ancestral Qi and the Dao Source Golden Fruit now."

He retrieved two strands of primordial primordial energy and thirteen Dao Source Golden Fruits from the system space.

The primordial energy is a chaotic color, only as thick as a hair, yet it seems to contain the power to create the world.

The Daoyuan Golden Fruit is cast like gold, with natural Dao patterns flowing on its surface and emitting an alluring fragrance.

"Let's test the waters with a wisp of innate ancestral energy first," Su Jie said, introducing a wisp of ancestral energy into his body.

The next second—

"boom!!!"

His holy soul trembled violently, as if it had been thrown into a boiling furnace!

Countless insights about heaven and earth, laws, and origins flooded into his mind. How to describe the feeling? Su Jie could only say: "It was both painful and exhilarating!"

"Damn it..." Su Jie gritted his teeth and endured it, feeling his holy soul expanding, solidifying and transforming wildly!

This process lasted for a full hour.

When the first wisp of primordial energy was completely refined, Su Jie opened his eyes and felt that the whole world was different.

The fluctuations of the five elements in the air are clearly visible, and one can even "see" the deeper threads of time and space laws.

His thinking speed increased by at least 200%, and his understanding of the laws skyrocketed.

"The effect is so powerful?" Su Jie was both surprised and delighted. "Again!"

Without hesitation, he refined the second strand of primordial primordial energy.

This time, the transformation of the Holy Soul was even more thorough. His perception range expanded several times over, and he could even vaguely sense the most subtle energy flows in the air.

"Awesome!" Su Jie felt a transformative improvement, then looked at the Dao Source Golden Fruit.

He picked up a golden fruit and swallowed it whole.

The golden fruit melts in your mouth, transforming into a warm yet vast energy that flows throughout your body.

This energy was not as domineering as the innate ancestral energy, but it nourished his sacred soul and physical body more comprehensively and gently.

One, two, three...

Su Jie swallowed ten Dao Source Golden Fruits in one go.

When the tenth golden fruit was refined, his entire body was enveloped in a faint golden halo, his holy soul became as solid as a physical entity, and his perception of the laws became incredibly acute.

However, the immense source power accumulated from the two strands of primordial primordial energy and the ten Dao Source Golden Fruits is only now beginning to truly reveal its catalytic effect on the Saint Soul level.

A series of tremors emanated from the core of the Holy Soul, a sign that it was about to break through the barrier.

"System, is my Saint Soul rank about to be forcibly pushed?" Su Jie asked anxiously in his mind.

[Ding! The host has finally seen the light. The Primordial Ancestral Qi, a treasure of creation-level significance, is not just about improving comprehension. Strengthening one's foundation and propelling the soul to a higher level are fundamental.]

"Stop talking nonsense, okay?"

【Of course. However, I suggest that the host also refine the remaining three Dao Source Golden Fruits, while the ancestral qi's effects are still intact, and do it all in one go.】

Without hesitation, Su Jie took out the remaining three Dao Source Golden Fruits and swallowed them all in one gulp!

"boom--!!!"

This time, the transformation of the Holy Soul was like a small electric motor that had been turned on, and it began to surge violently!

Su Jie felt as if his consciousness had been thrown into a torrent of laws, and his holy soul began to expand, solidify, and undergo a qualitative change uncontrollably!

The originally stable soul gradually became crystal clear and dazzling, and five-colored light wheels of gold, cyan, blue, red and yellow faintly appeared inside, slowly rotating.

"Peak of the third tier... Break through!"

The Holy Soul Barrier shattered instantly!

Fourth-tier Holy Soul, achieved!

But this is not the end. The immense energy of the primordial ancestral qi and the thirteen Dao source golden fruits is only now beginning to erupt.

Su Jie's holy soul continued to expand, the halo became clearer and clearer, and even began to show subtle patterns of laws.

"Mid-stage fourth tier... Peak fourth tier..."

"Break through again!"

Another barrier has been breached!

Fifth-order Sacred Soul, achieved!

When the last bit of energy was absorbed, Su Jie slowly opened his eyes.

In the depths of his pupils, it seemed as if stars were rising and falling, the five elements were rotating, and time and space were intertwined.

Just sitting there, he naturally exuded an aura of majesty that transcended the mundane.

"Early stage of fifth rank..." Su Jie murmured to himself, feeling the immense power of the Holy Soul within his body, "This improvement is too rapid."

"[Nonsense, that's primordial ancestral energy.]" the system's electronic voice announced. "Even in the myriad realms, it's a treasure that would make powerful beings at the Sovereign Realm fight tooth and nail for it. And what you're absorbing now is merely the very surface, a scrap of it."

Su Jie was taken aback: "Scraps? What do you mean?"

This means that the vast majority of the ancestral energy's original power is beyond your current level of cultivation; it resides deep within your sacred soul.

The system slowly explained, "[But don't worry, this isn't a waste. These accumulated essences will continuously nourish your sacred soul with every cultivation session and every breakthrough you achieve in the future, greatly accelerating your cultivation speed.]"

"Continue to accelerate? How fast can it be?"

In short, the time required for you to break through to the tenth-tier Saint Soul or even Divine Soul may be reduced to one-tenth of the original time, or even less. Moreover, this accelerated absorption effect on your source will become more pronounced as time goes on.

The system's tone suddenly took on a hint of mockery: "However, if the host can't wait for this 'natural release,' there's an even more exciting method..."

"What method?"

Go and have a little "sparring" with that annoying "middle finger" in your mind's eye.

The system stated matter-of-factly, "The visualization in Volume Two of the 'Myriad Gods and Demons Suppressing Prison Diagram' is essentially an extremely high-intensity soul tempering."

Under that kind of pressure, the ancestral energy accumulated within you will passively and rapidly merge into your sacred soul, increasing the refining efficiency... at least tenfold. Of course, the level of pain will also increase tenfold.

Su Jie's lips twitched. To "spar" with that thing that seemed to be giving the middle finger to all the heavens and myriad worlds, a thing that could make one's soul tremble at a single glance? And to accelerate the refining process?

The system's suggestion sounded like a roundabout way of insulting him and making him suffer.

But...it seems to make some sense?

Su Jie was in a great mood and didn't want to argue with the system anymore: "System, recalculate the time it takes to comprehend the laws!"

[Recalculating... Loading Primordial Ancestral Qi bonus... Loading Dao Source Golden Fruit bonus...]

[Calculation complete. New data as follows (unit: year):]

【1. Fragment of the Laws of Chaos: Approximately 38000 years ago (originally 88800 years ago)】

【2. Fragment of the Law of Fate: Circa 1880 (originally 4560)】

【3. Fragment of the Void Law: circa 1880 (originally 4560)】

[4. Fragment of the Battle Law: Approximately 1200 years (originally 2800 years)]

[5. Fragment of the Laws of Spacetime: Approximately 2680 years (originally 6510 years)]

[6. Fragment of the Final Law: Approximately 2560 years (originally 6200 years)]

[7-10. Other fragments of supreme laws: averaged down to approximately 28000 years (originally around 65000 years)]