The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

It should be noted that the outer shell of the all-terrain detection soul tool is made of a variety of hard and rare metals. The formic acid expelled by the mutated Thousand-Pound Ant can corrode the outer shell of the all-terrain detection soul tool, so it may also be applicable to the shaping of rare metals and the inscription of the core magic array.

After all, some rare metals are extremely hard, making it difficult to change their shape or engrave them with a carving knife.

"Where exactly in the Mingdou Great Forest did you encounter those mutated Thousand-Pound Ants? I'll have someone capture a few; they might be helpful for making soul tools."

"It's located in the southern outer area of ​​the Mingdou Great Forest," Keke replied with a yawn.

"Teacher Xuan, is there anything else? If not, we'll head back to rest. We've really exhausted ourselves testing the performance of that all-terrain detection soul tool for you."

Keke has always been this casual when interacting with Xuan Ziwen. This is also the kind of relationship Xuan Ziwen prefers. Straightforward and direct, no need for beating around the bush.

"You were clamoring to go out and gain experience earlier, but now you're complaining that you're tired?" Xuan Ziwen said with a laugh.

"Get out, get out."

Keke giggled and pulled Ju Zi along as they ran out of the lab, while Zi Mu watched them walk out with a somewhat uneasy expression.

Xu Zihuang, who was at the very back, said to Xuan Ziwen, "Teacher Xuan, I have recently gained some insights into cultivation and need to go into seclusion for a period of time. I would like to ask for a leave of absence for you."

When he fused with the 50,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Ring, coupled with the accumulation of soul power over the past six months, his soul power level jumped to nearly level 54, reaching level 53. He then successfully broke through to level 54 in just two months. In other words, before heading to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, his soul power had remained at level 54 for four months.

His recent nearly month-long training has once again brought him to the bottleneck of level 55. This is the cultivation speed of a genius.

As a Soul Master with the ultimate attribute, he only needs to accumulate enough Soul Power to break through the bottleneck in his cultivation, and he can break through naturally.

At this rate, he will definitely be able to break through to level 60 within two and a half years at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

"Anyway, your level is already high enough. You can enter Mingde Hall to study at any time. You can arrange your own time." Xuan Ziwen readily agreed.

Then Xu Zihuang and Zimu exchanged glances and left the laboratory.

Orange and Coco were waiting outside. The lab door was open, and they overheard Xu Zihuang and Xuan Ziwen's conversation.

Keke muttered something under her breath.

"You're such a weirdo. You can gain some insights just by going out for a short while. We were thinking of having a meal with you. But forget it, Orange Sister and I won't bother you anymore."

After saying goodbye, the two left.

But before leaving, Ju Zi turned back and glanced at Xu Zihuang with a strange expression. Her beautiful eyes held both tenderness and determination.

Xu Zihuang knew that Ju Zi would be leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy soon to begin implementing her revenge plan. This was also the reason why he decided to go into seclusion to cultivate.

He wanted to become Orange's weakness, but he didn't want Orange to delay her revenge because of him.

His goals did not conflict with those of Orange; according to his plan, Orange would become a great asset to him in the future.

Xu Zihuang returned to his dormitory and first went to He Caitou, asking him to help convey to Fan Yu that he had returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

After washing up, he entered a meditative state.

With the remains of the Dream Ice Silkworm attached to his chest, his body would not be tainted by external dirt, and he could simply wash himself.

This time, Xu Zihuang was fortunate enough to enter a state of deep meditation.

His mind was completely immersed in the sea of ​​spirit, as if a moment had passed, or as if countless years had been spent within it.

The once calm sea of ​​spirit was suddenly churned with raging waves, and the immense spiritual power seemed to have been sublimated, radiating a dazzling golden light.

The changes in the Sea of ​​Spirit instantly awakened the sleeping Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. The plump Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from the Sea of ​​Spirit, wriggling its massive body and releasing its sealed spiritual power to merge with Xu Zihuang's Sea of ​​Spirit.

"I didn't expect Zihuang's mental strength to have made another breakthrough in such a short time. It seems that the day when I can finally hold my head high in front of Bingbing is not far away." Tianmeng Bingcan chuckled excitedly.

Of the remaining six golden halos on its body, one shattered with a roar, transforming into a dazzling golden sun that floated above Xu Zihuang's spiritual sea, just as the sun submerged the horizon and sank into Xu Zihuang's spiritual sea.

The once turbulent sea of ​​spirit boiled over completely, even rising with golden mist, before finally returning to calm after a long time.

Xu Zihuang suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of purple-gold light passing through them. His tangible yet intangible spiritual power extended outwards for a radius of four kilometers before finally stopping.

Everything within this range is within his perception. When mental power is strong enough, it is possible to achieve mental detection.

During this seclusion, due to a breakthrough in his spiritual power and the integration of a portion of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual essence, the range of his spiritual power expansion directly doubled.

However, his current level of spiritual power is still in the early stage of tangible but intangible form.

For example, the Evil Eye Tyrant, whose mental power is at its peak in terms of tangible and substantial states, can project his mental power at a maximum distance of nearly a hundred kilometers.

He needs to project his mental energy at least twenty kilometers before he can begin to touch the bottleneck of the tangible and substantial realm.

The further one progresses in cultivating spiritual power, the more difficult it becomes to make breakthroughs. This is because the leaps involved are enormous.

His soul power cultivation also successfully broke through to level 55 during this deep meditation.

He was paying attention to the outside world with one part of his mind, and communicating with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in his spiritual sea with the other part.

Xu Zihuang's avatar hovered silently above the Sea of ​​Spirit, opposite him stood a colossal figure a hundred meters long. The enormous, jade-white body of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm writhed, and now that it had calmed down, its small, bright golden eyes held less excitement and more solemnity.

"Zihuang, while your breakthrough in spiritual power is a good thing, it has also pushed the limits of your spiritual sea's capacity. Until you find a suitable top-tier head soul bone, it's best to temporarily postpone your spiritual power cultivation."

"Tianmeng, I didn't expect to make a breakthrough in my mental strength this time. But this problem should be solved when I fuse with my sixth spirit ring."

Xu Zihuang nodded slightly, landed on Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's chubby head, and asked with a smile.

"By the way, tell me about your Bingbing."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm held nothing back from him, so he was naturally willing to accept Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wholeheartedly.

Trust is built together. And it's only when he's with Tianmeng Bingcan that he feels relaxed. It can be said that Tianmeng Bingcan is the one who understands him the most.

"If you talk about this, I won't be sleepy anymore!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly became interested, shaking its head. But more than that, it was because it sensed Xu Zihuang's gradually changing attitude towards it over the years.

After spending three years together, it has come to understand Xu Zihuang's personality.

Once it gains Xu Zihuang's trust, Xu Zihuang will definitely reward it.

At that moment, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm transformed into the most affectionate person in the Soul Beast World, and began to tell the story of herself and the Ice Emperor.

Chapter 271 Half a Year

The man and the beast conversed for a long time above the sea of ​​spirits.

This was the first time since Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had taken the initiative to merge with Xu Zihuang that Xu Zihuang had patiently listened to everything about Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's past.

The account given by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was largely the same as what Xu Zihuang learned from his past life memories. It simply included more subtle details.

“According to you, that Ice Jade Scorpion King should face his fourth Heavenly Tribulation within a hundred years. And most likely he won’t be able to survive it. Tianmeng, what do you want to do?” Xu Zihuang, who was sitting cross-legged, stretched out his right hand and placed it on Tianmeng’s fair skin.

Tianmeng hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Zihuang, the reason I chose to merge with you is not only because I am about to reach the limit of a million years of cultivation, but also because I want to follow you to obtain the opportunity for immortality."

"Although we soul beasts are not lacking in beings of noble blood like Bingbing, who are born with powerful physiques and innate talents, we soul beasts are far inferior to humans in terms of potential. Humans are the most promising race on the continent. Human bodies are fragile and lifespans are short, but your potential is blessed by the heavens. Human soul masters can reach the Title Douluo realm in just a few decades, making them comparable to 100,000-year-old soul beasts or even ferocious beasts with cultivation exceeding 200,000 years. I am certain that even Bingbing at her peak would be far from being a match for that old man in the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy. This is your advantage as humans, and it is what we lack."

"As for Zihuang, your talent is unparalleled in the history of human soul masters. I believe you have a better chance than any other human to reach that level—to break through the limits of human soul masters and become a god. Only the life of a god is infinite. My original plan was to find a soul master with spiritual attributes to fuse with, and then find an opportunity to persuade Bingbing to give that human's ultimate ice attribute second spirit. I just didn't expect to meet you by chance in the Star Dou Great Forest. Your second spirit is already an extremely domineering beast spirit, so it's obvious that you don't need Bingbing to become your spirit anymore. After all, you already have enough potential, and giving you an ultimate ice attribute third spirit would only create conflict. However, I still retain the ice attribute origin in my source power, and this ice attribute spirit can also be given to others."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm continued sincerely.

"I have only one request. That is, when you choose a partner or have offspring, I hope you can consider adding this ice-attribute second martial soul to them. With your cultivation speed, you should be able to have the power to contend with Bingbing in less than ten years. With my assistance, there is basically no possibility of failure in fusing that ice-attribute martial soul."

"Tianmeng, it seems this Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion holds a lot of importance in your heart. She wants to devour you, yet you're still so considerate of her." Xu Zihuang chuckled, but there was little teasing in his words.

His childhood experiences destined him to be unable to possess such genuine and selfless emotions. It would be too difficult to melt his heart.

Even with Ning Tian, ​​who had been by his side day and night for the past few years, he was only slightly moved.

How could Tianmeng Bingcan not understand the meaning behind Xu Zihuang's words?

By becoming the martial soul of Xu Zihuang's partner or descendant, Bingdi is essentially clinging tightly to Xu Zihuang's coattails.

"There's nothing I can do, what can I do when my brother likes Bingbing so much?" Tianmeng Bingcan replied smugly, her eyes filled with deep affection.

A portion of its original power merged with Xu Zihuang, allowing it to communicate with him telepathically. It naturally sensed Xu Zihuang's sincerity.

However, the prerequisite for mutual understanding is that Xu Zihuang must take the initiative to open his mind to it.

"Tianmeng, I promise you, this is my promise to you. Not only that, I will also take action against the Beast God Di Tian who persecuted you in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest. The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, a true dragon with pure bloodline, is quite suitable to become the soul ring of my second martial soul, the Purple Radiance Thunder Prison Dragon." Xu Zihuang's smile disappeared, and his deep purple eyes were filled with murderous intent.

To reiterate, he has never lacked talent. What he lacked was simply time to develop it.

If he already possessed sufficient strength, why would he be walking on thin ice like this now?

But that day is not far off.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was deeply moved and grumbled, "That's how you should treat that bastard Di Tian. Wasn't he the one leading the absorption of my soul power? I'll kill him later and turn him into your soul ring and soul bone, Zihuang. Let's see if those bastards dare to bully me again!"

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm harbored intense hatred for the hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, yet she was also deeply moved.

"Although that bastard Di Tian's attributes aren't particularly compatible with yours, Zi Huang, you're still both from the Dragon Clan. He'll definitely give you some incredibly powerful Soul Skills. But Zi Huang, you still need to prioritize your own safety."

"..."

By the time Xu Zihuang finished his conversation with Tianmeng Bingcan, the golden morning sun had already cast its rays onto the edge of the balcony. From Tianmeng Bingcan, he learned that his seclusion had lasted for a full half-month.

When a Soul Master enters a state of deep meditation, all of his body's functions are at their lowest level. Combined with the abundant life force within him, he doesn't need to rush to eat to replenish his nutrients.

He had been channeling his spiritual energy and sensed that He Caitou was not in the next room, so he decided to go to the laboratory first.

Now that his secluded cultivation was over, he needed to inform Xuan Ziwen. Furthermore, he wanted Xuan Ziwen to take him to Mingde Hall for further studies.

Upon arriving at the lab, Xu Zihuang ran into Ke Ke, who looked distressed.

Just as he expected, Coco told him that Orange had dropped out of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

"Tianhuang, where do you think Sister Orange will go?" Keke asked, somewhat annoyed.

"Her withdrawal report was forwarded to Teacher Xuan through someone else. Even if she wanted to leave the academy, she should have said goodbye to us. Why did she just leave without saying a word?"

Xu Zihuang patted Keke's shoulder to comfort her.

"Senior Orange must have her own reasons for doing this. Don't overthink it, Senior Coco."

Keke frowned as she looked at Xu Zihuang, whose expression remained calm.

"Aren't you worried at all about Sister Orange leaving the academy?"

“Whether you worry or not, it won’t change anything.” Xu Zihuang shook his head and walked to the metal table next to Keke.

Not long after, Zi Mu and Xuan Ziwen entered the laboratory one after the other.

Now, Xuan Ziwen only has three students left under his tutelage: Xu Zihuang, Keke, and Zimu. It's much quieter and less crowded than before.

Xuan Ziwen also brought Xu Zihuang news about He Caitou. A week ago, He Caitou successfully entered Mingde Hall. Moreover, He Caitou's amazing talent in soul tool making even attracted the attention of the higher-ups of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

So much so that even Xuan Ziwen heard about He Caitou's affair.

Xuan Ziwen sized up the genius youth from Shrek Academy before him. Although his cultivation had been enhanced with the aid of drugs, he was still a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse. He could vaguely sense that Yu Tianhuang seemed to have gained considerable improvement during his seclusion.

Zi Mu, on the other hand, found Yu Tianhuang increasingly unfathomable.