Faster, even faster!
More, even more!
In the Martial Derivation Mirror, Lin Chen’s hand gestures constantly changed, as threads of Divine Thought Flying Sabers darted through this realm.
Like celestial maidens scattering flowers, they burst forth in an instant.
One, two...
The Divine Thought Flying Sabers interwove and transformed into various shapes, eventually allowing Lin Chen to simulate the unique wave patterns of Canglan energy.
One wave, followed by another.
"Divine Thought like a tide, Divine Thought like a wave."
For the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique, Lin Chen’s mind continuously received insights.
Originally, he only had several dozen strands of Divine Thought. Now, his Divine Thought had transformed from strands to waves, signifying a qualitative improvement.
Until he withdrew from that mystical realm, back to the steps of the Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen’s face still held a look of regret.
Given more time, perhaps his comprehension of the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique would have reached its limit.
But after glancing at the points on his interface, Lin Chen chose to regretfully give up.
[Points: 200971]
He initially intended to spend only thirty thousand points, never expecting to use up eighty thousand.
The exhilaration of this practice almost made him forget the time.
Of course, he could continue comprehending the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique within the Martial Derivation Mirror, but the longer he stayed, the more time it would consume, and thus more points.
It’s not that the cost wasn’t worth it; rather, it was more crucial for him to enhance the strength of his Divine Soul at the moment.
[Exchange for Refining Divine Star Fire]
Calming his mind, Lin Chen directly chose to exchange for the Refining Divine Star Fire to temper his Divine Soul.
The instant he chose to exchange for the Refining Divine Star Fire, the space of the Martial Arts Mountain suddenly trembled.
Specks of starlight appeared out of thin air, gathering into a stream of starlight like flowing sand in front of him.
This torrent, containing an expanse of starlight, surged into Lin Chen’s brow without obstruction, and the next moment into his Divine Soul.
Each grain of Star Fire resembled a miniature explosive star, burning his Divine Soul’s every foundation with a terrifying heat that could burn bone and temper marrow.
Indescribable agony tore through Lin Chen’s consciousness, as if his Divine Soul was thrown into a stellar forge refining all things!
Under the extreme pain, the small person within his Dantian was forcibly dismantled and torn apart by the violent energy.
In each tear, strands of impurities could be seen being forcibly stripped away and squeezed out, only to be mercilessly incinerated and purified by the golden star flames.
Tear, strip, incinerate, reassemble...
The process repeated continuously, with each reassembly leaving the small person within his Divine Soul more translucent and pure, like glass.
...
...
One two-hour period, two two-hour periods...
One day, two days, three days...
Over three whole days, Lin Chen’s Divine Soul was reorganized countless times. At the end of the third day, Lin Chen suddenly murmured, "Exchange for the Martial Derivation Mirror."
At that moment, his surroundings changed once more, bringing him again to that mystical world.
The Refining Divine Star Fire still tore at his Divine Soul, but Lin Chen forcibly endured the intense pain and once again activated the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique.
Three hundred sixty Divine Thought Flying Sabers, thin as cicada wings, appeared around him, exuding a chilling radiance and the chilling intent of stars.
Wherever his thoughts pointed, they pierced through gold and stone.
"Thousand Mechanism... Thousand Mechanism..."
"The change of the Divine Soul..."
After his Divine Soul’s dramatic increase, Lin Chen suddenly gained insight in this world.
After reaching the Innate Realm, Martial Artists no longer cultivated their physical bodies as they neared their limits.
Even Martial Artists on the Body Refining path depended on special Heaven and Earth energy, like the Innate Fire from the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique.
Continuing Body Tempering merely broadened the body’s meridians and acupoints, allowing it to withstand more Innate Power.
However, in this world, there was more than just Innate Power; there were also the stars scattered across the sky...
The physical body could be strengthened by absorbing Innate Power, but the Divine Soul...
How can the Divine Soul be strengthened?
Lin Chen recalled the process of cultivating the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique, first dividing his Divine Soul into Divine Thoughts...
But fundamentally, controlling these Divine Thoughts still followed some mysterious rules of Heaven and Earth.
"The Azure Wave Technique connects one’s acupoints into lines..."
With the help of the Martial Derivation Mirror, Lin Chen suddenly realized that his initial path of Divine Soul cultivation was incorrect.
No, not incorrect; rather, it was too conventional.
"An unextinguished star, an unextinguished Divine Soul, I shall become a star."
The voice escaped Lin Chen’s lips, and in the next moment, the small person within his Dantian silently shattered, transforming into specks of Divine Thoughts hovering within his Dantian.
This scene would have terrified any outsider who witnessed it.
The shattering of the Divine Soul signifies the end of life.
Even if one doesn’t perish, they would become a mindless shell.
No one dares to gamble with their Divine Soul lightly; this is a well-known truth among all Martial Artists in the Flame Dynasty.
...
The small person within the Dantian disintegrated into specks of Divine Thoughts, flowing towards his limbs and bones, on the brink of dissipating in the Dantian. Yet, the still-active Refining Divine Star Fire adhered to these Divine Thoughts like a sticky fluid.
Simultaneously, Lin Chen’s hands formed seals, madly activating the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique. These Divine Thoughts quickly wove into a massive, solid, radiant Divine Thought Cocoon!
On the fourth day.
Just as all his points were about to be consumed, the Divine Cocoon within his Dantian silently shattered, replacing the former small person of his Divine Soul with a vast, deep, and dazzling Star Map.
Bang!
The instant the Star Map appeared, Lin Chen’s Divine Soul intensity broke through its shackles completely!
The sensing range of his Divine Sense swept out like a storm, surging from the initial ten paces to beyond thirty paces!
Rustling grass, swirling sand and stones, even the distant sounds of insects and ants ten miles away, all subtle noises and breaths became clearly perceivable.
However, these changes were far from all.
The transformation of his Divine Soul sparked a strong resonance with the Canglan energy inside Lin Chen.
Countless acupoints around him were at this moment illuminated by Canglan energy, like awakened stars.
The Canglan energy that had flowed like a river within him suddenly transformed qualitatively, as full and boundless as a vast ocean.
The ice-blue energy veins traversed his limbs and bones, forming a closed loop.
As time went on, the Canglan energy started transforming into Innate Power continuously.
One time, two times...
Three times...
In the end, the Innate Power surged fivefold before it stopped.
"Can the Divine Soul affect strength as well?"
Lin Chen, feeling the surging Innate Power inside him, had a gleam in his eyes.
With a more robust Divine Soul, a Martial Artist’s strength increases, but no master had mentioned that an augmented Divine Soul could affect the Innate Power within the body.
For his circumstances, there was only one explanation.
The path he walked for cultivating the Divine Soul was extremely unique, different from ordinary Martial Artists, thus affecting the Innate Power within him.