Chapter 60 - Do You Know How It Feels? (1/2)

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Deep Mines, Seven-Hundred Seventy-Seven:

The days truly felt endless, filled with repetition and indistinguishable time. At this time, Yan Zaizen could only barely assume how long has passed on the outside. Some days, he truly felt that he was going insane, but most felt quite normal.

Even Tao, who had undergone a change since that day, stumbled in his mentality. The sheer amount of ore they had to mine to fit their quota was monstrous. They worked constantly in an attempt each and every day and couldn't stop. Most of their days were filled with mining, and it became to the point where even Yan Zaizen couldn't cultivate other things.

Yan Zaizen was pounding away at the walls, rocks, and debris for ore when mid-swing, he paused.

”What…?” He was stunned. He could feel...his soul?! He immediately investigated his soul form's status, and what he saw gave him a sensation of joy. The soul form wasn't Yan Zaizen, but an outer shell of himself that protects his soul, his true soul form was the thin, squiggly line from before. That could be considered his soul flame.

It is because of this that he could still comprehend the law, remain active, construct and recall memories, as well as utilize a weakened form of spiritual sense. His soul form was like a cocoon that restricted his soul energy, only allowing the bare minimum as if it was undergoing an evolution.

The soul form was now finished with that evolution!

”Finally.” A breath of relief escaped his lips, and he could feel his body become lax after the countless days of continuous work. He dropped his pickaxe and closed his eyes. He entered his sea of consciousness, the space where his soul form was stored, and examined it thoroughly. His soul form had three major changes. Firstly, the Aurora Borealis within it was more brilliant than before, having motes of white light that contained traces of the Dao.

”My soul form now has my Dao incorporated into it?” He was startled. He recalled how the Spatial Form of Infinite Stability, Unyielding Flame of Life, and Siphoning Shadow of Death had occupied his soul form. In it, the white flame and inky black orb danced around each other like lovers and rivals, but the Spatial Form of Infinite Stability was simply standing within it. Now, there were motes of his Dao floating about in his soul form, and it was nearly uncountable.

”It seems like...it doesn't have any form, yet.” He remarked.

The second change was its glabella and eyes. His soul form's eyes were pitch black and seemed to contain endless hunger within them, and this caused even Yan Zaizen's mouth to dry. This was his own soul form, but it left him feeling odd. As for his glabella, it was no longer a dot. It was a swirling black hole that seemed to attract everything, to consume everything, and had an insatiable need to devour all things.

The third was the most noticeable which was how his soul form looked. It was an exact representation of himself. Unlike before where it was simply a blue-ish humanoid figure, this thing had his muscles, his definitions, every strand of hair, and even had nails. It was still blue, but it was like a blue him.

”It's so lifelike. Like looking at a colored mirror.” He couldn't help but pant at this discovery. He didn't know how much this would affect him or even why this transformation occurred, but he had his assumptions. He believed, due to the timing, that his soul change was highly related to the formulation of his Dao. It was as if him discovering his Dao lead to his soul undergoing a transformation. At first, it was only suspicions, but seeing the soul form before him, he felt it was closer to the truth.

As for the swirling black hole, the endlessly deep black eyes, and perfect reflection-like soul form, he felt like it was still related to his Dao as well.

He opened his eyes and felt excited. His soul had obviously undergone a massive evolution, and if the Spirit Matrix Method description was telling the truth in regards to cultivation indication, he had reached the Advanced Aurora Soul.

Tao was mindlessly swinging his pickaxe until he felt something was strange. He found Yan Zaizen soon afterward and him standing there motionless. ”Did he?” Tao feared the worst, but luckily it didn't come true. Yan Zaizen opened his eyes soon afterward. His gaze was vastly different from before. It didn't contain that concealed patience, but reckless excitement.

”Hahahahaha!!” Yan Zaizen couldn't help but laugh loudly, startling everyone in the mines. Tao was surprised. Assuming that he lost his mind, Tao rushed over.

”You...okay?” His tone was cautious. In the Deep Mines, you see people crack far too often. However, how could Yan Zaizen care about his cautious tone? He kept laughing, he truly felt great so how could he not?

”Tao! You ready to join me?” He turned towards Tao with a wide grin.

”...” He looked at Yan Zaizen for a long moment before nodding, adding, ”Always and forever.” His resolve was beyond strong at this moment. He couldn't help but be a little excited.

Yan Zaizen waved his hand, sending a gentle telekinetic pulse outwards that shattered Tao's cuff. Then, with another, he removed his own. Taking a deep breath, he could sense the essence in the air coalesce into qi as it was drawn into his body. His actions caused all the miners to be startled, looking at him with curiosity. Tao's eyes lit up with elation and anticipation.

”Is it enough?” Tao excited asked.

Yan Zaizen softly nodded.

Checking the Meteor Ring, he found out that many of the items within were gone. All of the essence crystals and other cultivation resources vanished, leaving only the books, black wood, Ying Clan's spatial ring and the odd compass. He looked upwards and saw an Aurora Borealis that was several hundred times larger than before, and a black hole directly above it. However, this black hole only stayed there harmlessly, not swirling and consuming anything below.

”I see.” He noted this change. It seems his previous assumption was likely correct. His rapid advancement in soul cultivation had to do with the mysterious black hole on his glabella. It was absorbing things to develop his soul, but that made him question even more, what did he absorb initially? When he first developed soul cultivation, it was when Han Genji caught sight of him back then, and the only thing that happened was the appearance of the Meteor Ring. Could it be the Meteor Ring was the reason for the black hole?

He felt that wasn't correct.

Placing those confusing thoughts at the back of his head, he retrieved the spatial ring containing the Ying Clan's vast fortune. He withdrew it instantly. Taking out a few drops high-grade of essence liquid, he gave a few to Tao and consumed a few himself.

Tao was shocked. The ordinary ring that seemed completely inconspicuous was a spatial ring? The reason why the ring wasn't taken during Yan Zaizen's arrest or arrival here was only that it did not emit a spatial signature. This caused the ring to look ordinary as if a memento rather than a storage device. It was a truly strange object that continued to bewilder Yan Zaizen. It was as if only he could sense its profound features.