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

[Ding! Host, you seem pretty funny?] The system's electronic voice suddenly sounded, carrying undisguised contempt.

"Hmm? System, what brilliant idea do you have?" Su Jie raised an eyebrow.

[A peak tenth-tier Saint Soul is a level only a Lord of the Origin Realm can access. Which being who reaches this level isn't hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years old?]

[Spending fifty days can increase the number of times you can switch between reality and illusion, and you still think it's too slow? Your master would probably give you a beating if he found out!]

However, these souls are essentially formed from the combined insights of powerful figures throughout history and their refined soul power. Trying to slowly erode and analyze them using your sacred soul is a standard, clumsy method.

[But host, have you forgotten that you have something?]

Su Jie was taken aback, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Soul-Devouring Pearl!"

"That's correct!" the system replied.

The Soul-Devouring Pearl is a supreme treasure of the soul, capable of devouring, refining, and storing all soul energy. What might be a "test" for others, requiring gradual understanding, is a ready-made "supplement" for you!

[Using the Soul-Devouring Pearl to directly absorb souls and transform them into the purest soul energy, which then nourishes your own sacred soul, is a hundred times faster than your clumsy method!]

Su Jie slapped his thigh: "That's right! How could I have forgotten about that!"

He had previously swept through the four-race alliance in the Myriad Laws Realm, and the Soul Devouring Pearl had absorbed a massive amount of remnant souls, storing a full two hundred million points of standard soul energy!

Originally, only 1 million points of soul energy were needed for Su Jie's Holy Soul to undergo a transformation, but Su Jie's Holy Soul had already undergone two transformations between reality and illusion.

The next transformation requires a full 400 million points of soul energy, which is why he wasn't in a hurry to use it.

But these souls in front of us are made of pure soul power, so they can be devoured much faster than those remnant souls of alien races!

"System, you're truly my precious little darling!" Su Jie grinned.

With a thought, the dusty, seemingly inconspicuous Soul-Devouring Pearl slowly flew out and hovered in his palm.

The surface of the beads has fine swirling patterns, emitting a faint suction force.

Su Jie looked at another second-level soul spirit not far away, which resembled an ancient zither and was shimmering with golden light.

He directly activated the Soul-Devouring Pearl.

"Buzz—"

The Soul-Devouring Pearl trembled slightly, and the vortex on its surface spun faster.

An invisible and intangible devouring force, specifically targeting the origin of the soul, spread out and enveloped the soul of the ancient zither.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

The spirit of the guqin seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, trembling violently, flashing with golden light, trying to break free.

However, under the devouring power of the Soul-Devouring Pearl, it was like a flying insect trapped in a quagmire, its struggles quickly weakening.

In just three breaths.

"call out!"

The entire soul of the guqin was forcibly stripped, compressed, and transformed into a wisp of pure golden light, which was then absorbed into the Soul-Devouring Pearl.

[The Soul-Devouring Bead absorbs one level-two soul spirit and converts it into pure soul power, which can be used to nourish the host's sacred soul at any time.]

Conversion rate: 100%.

[It is estimated that after the feedback, the host's total Holy Soul will increase by approximately 1%.]

"Three breaths is equivalent to half a day for me!" Su Jie's eyes gleamed brightly. "Moreover, there's no need to concentrate on comprehending it; just absorb it!"

He looked at the level two and level three spirits floating in the fifth layer of space, like a hungry wolf seeing a fat sheep.

"Well then... dinner's ready!"

Holding the Soul-Devouring Pearl, Su Jie swiftly traversed the deep black seawater.

Wherever it passed, the Soul-Devouring Beads were like black holes, frantically devouring all the souls along the way!

Level 1 Soul Spirit? Devour! Level 2 Soul Spirit? Devour! Level 3 Soul Spirit? Devour it too!

Those souls that ordinary disciples would have to carefully and for a long time to erase and absorb are like paper in front of the Soul Devouring Pearl, collapsing at the slightest touch and being stored as pure soul power.

[Absorbed 7 Level 1 Soul Spirits; Transformation complete.]

[Absorbed 3 Level 2 Soul Spirits, transformation complete.]

[Absorbed 1 Level 3 Soul Spirit, transformation complete.]

The system notification sounds like a screen being refreshed.

In just one hour, Su Jie had swept away nearly 30% of the souls on the fifth level!

The amount of pure soul power stored in his Soul Devouring Pearl has reached an astonishing level.

"That's about enough, let's digest this first."

Su Jie found a relatively quiet area, sat down cross-legged, and let his consciousness sink into the Soul Devouring Pearl.

Inside the bead, clusters of pure soul energy of various colors floated like nebulae, slowly rotating.

With a thought, he guided this soul power to flow out and infuse it into his own holy soul.

"boom--"

Like a parched riverbed receiving a downpour, Su Jie's holy soul began to expand, solidify, and transform at a speed perceptible to the naked eye!

The Holy Soul, which had already completed two transformations between reality and illusion, was rapidly advancing towards the threshold of the third transformation!

The energy of the twenty level-two soul spirits has been fully digested...

Thirty...

Fifty...

After the Soul Devouring Pearl has absorbed all the pure soul power equivalent to one hundred level-two soul spirits—

"Buzz!"

Su Jie's soul light shone brightly, as if a sun of soul power was rising from the dark sea!

The third transformation between reality and illusion is taking place within his sacred soul!

The sacred soul, which had already solidified like crystal, began to transform into a higher level that was "neither real nor unreal, yet both real and unreal."

His total soul power surged, his soul quality leaped, and his control over soul power became more refined and sophisticated.

The light lasted for a full half hour before it slowly faded away.

Su Jie opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly containing a chaotic galaxy, incredibly deep.

[The Holy Soul has completed its third transformation between reality and illusion!]

[Current Sacred Soul: Peak Tenth Tier (Three Reality-Illusion Transformations)]

[Total Soul Power increased by 100%, Soul Essence sublimated, Soul True Damage ratio increased to 30%!]

"It's done!" Su Jie clenched his fist, feeling the earth-shattering changes in his Holy Soul.

"From two to three conversions, it only took a little over an hour... Who would believe that speed?"

He looked at the Soul Devouring Pearl, which still contained a large amount of soul power, enough to support his attempt to reach the fourth transformation.

"continue!"

Su Jie stood up and looked at the stairs leading to the sixth floor.

The fourth level corresponds to the tenth-order holy soul, the fifth level corresponds to one transformation between reality and illusion, so the sixth level... should correspond to more than three transformations.

"The spirits there should be of higher quality."

Without hesitation, he stepped onto the stairs.

The moment I stepped into the sixth level, my soul pressure surged again!

The deep blackness turned into pure black, and the soul pressure was as heavy as an entire star field pressing down on his shoulders. If Su Jie hadn't just completed his third transformation, he probably would have been unable to move as soon as he entered.

"That's powerful." Su Jie adjusted slightly and looked around.

The sixth level is even smaller, with fewer souls, but each one shines brightly and has a more complex and mysterious form.

He locked onto the nearest cluster—shaped like a triple pagoda, with faint silver patterns amidst the golden light.

"A level four soul spirit?"

Su Jie activated the Soul-Devouring Pearl, and its devouring power enveloped the area.

"Buzz—"

The spirit of the triple-tiered pagoda trembled violently, unleashing a powerful force of resistance. Ancient spiritual thoughts faintly emanated from it, as if questioning, "Who dares to devour my insights?"