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

Unbeknownst to him, a faint, ethereal, pale golden soul shadow, identical to Su Jie himself, began to appear in the void behind him. The soul shadow sat cross-legged, its hands forming a mudra, and countless tiny pale golden runes appeared and disappeared around it, exuding an aura of majesty and immortality that surpassed ordinary souls.

This is a top-tier secret technique recorded in the first volume of the [Soul Book] – "True Spirit Shadow Technique"!

Beyond the void lies a pure white palace.

The guardian spirit, the illusory figure of the man in the green robe, stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze seemingly piercing through space, landing on that inheritance space.

His face, which had been calm, was now filled with growing astonishment.

"How much time has passed? Three hours?" the temple guardian muttered to himself, his voice filled with disbelief. "Three hours... and the rudimentary form of the 'True Spirit Shadow' has already materialized? How is this possible?!"

As the guardian spirit of this level of the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Laws, he has existed for countless years and knows countless secrets.

Throughout the endless era, the fastest person to master the first volume of the [Soul Book] was a peerless genius of the human race in the Soul Path. Even with his Celestial Phenomenon Realm cultivation, it took him a full nine months to barely condense a vague "True Spirit Dharma Shadow".

The little guy in front of us, named Su Jie, only took three hours to reach the Divine Treasure Realm!

"To have reached this point at the Divine Realm level and still possess such terrifying comprehension... this kid has truly had extraordinary luck."

He suddenly smiled, looked at the futon on the right where Su Jie had been sitting, and then looked at the futon on the left that represented the "baptism of the origin of all laws".

"An interesting little fellow. He chose the most difficult inheritance, yet it seems... he might actually succeed. When the Tower Master set up this inheritance, he said that if anyone could comprehend the first volume of the [Soul Book] within six months, they would receive another 'little gift' left by him..."

A glint of anticipation flashed in the temple guardian's eyes: "It seems that this gift may have to be given out today."

……

Inheritance in the void.

The "True Spirit Shadow" behind Su Jie became increasingly solid, its pale golden light growing ever brighter. His comprehension of the first volume of the [Soul Book] was progressing at an astonishing pace.

Just as he was about to fully comprehend all the fundamental mysteries of the first volume and officially step into the threshold of cultivating the [Soul Book]—

A sudden change has occurred!

The dark gold scroll of the first volume of the "Soul Book," which had been silently floating, suddenly began to turn rapidly without any wind, flipping its pages with a "whoosh"!

On the pages, the mysterious patterns that had been slowly flowing suddenly came to life, moving and combining wildly, and finally coalescing in the center of the pages into an incomparably deep eye that seemed capable of devouring all souls!

The "Eye of the Soul" suddenly opened and stared directly at Su Jie!

"Buzz—!"

A surge of soul essence information, far more vast, pure, and domineering than before, burst forth like a dammed river, ignoring Su Jie's Holy Soul's defenses and directly flooding into the deepest part of his consciousness!

This isn't a passing down of knowledge; it's more like a... test! Or rather, it's a kind of "certification" impact from the [Soul Book] on those nearing the beginning!

"Ugh!" Su Jie groaned, and the "True Spirit Shadow" he had just condensed shook violently, almost collapsing.

His consciousness was as if it had been thrown into the center of a soul storm, with countless fragmented images and pieces of information about soul attacks, defenses, devouring, enslavement, and even splitting and rebirth frantically assaulting his perception.

The intensity of this impact far exceeded that of the previous ones! If his Holy Soul had not just advanced to the peak of the seventh rank and had not been strengthened by the initial fusion with the Primordial Purple Qi, this blow would have likely damaged his soul and caused all his previous efforts to be wasted!

[Host! Stay calm! This is the 'True Spirit Eye' certification from the [Soul Book]! Only by enduring this can you truly be considered an entry-level expert!] The system's urgent voice rang out.

Su Jie gritted his teeth, his seventh-tier Saint Soul operating at full power. The "True Spirit Shadow" behind him shone brightly, and his hand seals changed. He actually took the initiative to imitate some of the basic mysteries of the [Soul Book] that he had just comprehended, building layers of light golden soul barriers in his consciousness, struggling to resist and digest the tsunami-like information onslaught.

"You want me to admit defeat? Not so easy!" A ruthless glint flashed in Su Jie's eyes. "Primordial Purple Qi, aid me!"

He focused his mind on the wisp of primordial purple energy within his body that had begun to merge. Instantly, a faint yet supremely powerful purple radiance shone from the core of his sacred soul, like a stabilizing force, instantly calming his teetering sea of ​​consciousness.

The violent streams of soul information became much more docile when they touched this purple light, and were absorbed and understood by Su Jie's holy soul more quickly.

With this shift in power, Su Jie's pressure decreased dramatically. Like a thirsty sponge, he frantically absorbed the deeper soul mysteries transmitted by the "Eye of True Spirit."

I don't know how much time passed.

"boom!"

In the void of inheritance, the "True Spirit Dharma Shadow" behind Su Jie completely solidified, transforming into a soul Dharma image the same size as his original body, its entire body resembling a pale golden glass!

Fa Xiang opened his eyes, and it seemed as if there were swirling vortexes of souls within them. An invisible pressure of soul power spread out, causing the void to tremble slightly.

At the same time, the first volume of the [Soul Book] slowly closed, and the "Eye of the Soul" in the center gradually faded, eventually transforming into a complex pale golden mark, which flew out with a "whoosh" and imprinted itself on the brow of Su Jie's "True Spirit Shadow".

The moment the mark took shape, Su Jie shuddered, feeling a fundamental transformation occur at the level of his soul. His senses became sharper, his thinking clearer and faster, his control over his own soul power became exquisite, and he even gained a subtle, natural ability to sense the fluctuations of others' souls.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully passed the 'Eye of the True Spirit' certification! You have officially begun reading Volume One of the 'Soul Book'!]

[Ding! A qualitative leap has occurred in the origin of your Sacred Soul! Sacred Soul rank has broken through! Current status: Early stage of eighth-rank Sacred Soul!]

[Gained passive abilities: Soul pressure, soul perception, soul resistance, etc., greatly enhanced!]

[Gain active abilities: Soul Absorption Technique (Nine-Star Sacred Soul Skill); Sacred Soul Thrust (Nine-Star Sacred Soul Skill).]

A series of pleasant system notification sounds rang in Su Jie's mind, but at this moment, most of his attention was drawn to the "True Spirit Shadow" behind him, which was identical to himself and had a pale golden luster flowing throughout its body.

With a slight thought, detailed information about this "True Spirit Shadow" naturally surfaced in my mind.

"So that's how it is..." A hint of understanding flashed in Su Jie's eyes as he compared this newly acquired ability with the martial arts common sense he already knew.

In the mainstream cultivation system of the Xuan Tian Great World and even the myriad worlds, a martial artist's breakthrough from the Divine Treasury Realm to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm is a crucial leap in life.

Its core symbol is the fusion, sublimation, and external manifestation of the various "divine treasures" that have been opened up within the body, which are like sources of power, based on their original attributes and one's own martial arts will, ultimately condensing into a unique "Dharma Image".