Deep beneath the Duke's Mansion, inside the gravity cultivation chamber, the air had become incredibly dense from the immense fluctuations of spirit power.
Liu Yuan sat cross-legged atop an alloy platform with his eyes closed. His body alternated between being enveloped in faint dark-purple lightning and brilliant blue ripples of water.
Because he already possessed a soul core rotating at high speed within his chest, his attempt to forcibly condense a second soul core in his dantian was essentially pushing the limits of the Spirit Master cultivation system.
He mobilized the vast spirit power of a Rank 80 Soul Douluo, attempting to compress it into a vortex within his lower abdomen.
Yet every time the spirit power reached its critical point, the first soul core in his chest would generate an overwhelming gravitational force, instantly tearing the newly forming vortex apart.
Fine beads of sweat formed on Liu Yuan's forehead.
He could feel his meridians throbbing painfully under the violent conflict between the two streams of spirit power.
Although Kyogre's Aqua Ring continuously repaired the damage to his body, it could do nothing to relieve the mounting mental exhaustion.
He experimented with countless frequencies of spirit power resonance, trying to bring the two locations into perfect balance. Every attempt ended in failure.
The cultivation process was both painstaking and extremely dangerous.
Again and again, Liu Yuan adjusted the flow of his spirit power. He even attempted to use fragments of Dynamax's Laws to stabilize the vortex by force, but he still couldn't overcome the mutual repulsion between the two soul cores.
Time passed quietly within the silent cultivation chamber.
In the blink of an eye, an entire month had gone by.
Liu Yuan remained seated without moving. Although his aura had grown noticeably deeper than before, the second soul core was still nothing more than a scattered mass of energy, incapable of truly taking shape.
His meridians had already reached their limit. If he couldn't find the correct method of condensation, continuing to force the process would only result in a catastrophic backlash of spirit power.
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Meanwhile, in one of the Duke's Mansion gardens, Wang Qiuer stood beneath the shade of a tree, gazing toward the underground cultivation chamber with worry in her eyes.
She could clearly sense that the turbulent fluctuations had continued uninterrupted for an entire month, yet no breakthrough had occurred.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Qiuer removed a pitch-black dragon scale from within her robes.
It was Beast God Di Tian's Reverse Scale—the final link connecting her to the Star Dou Great Forest.
She infused it with spirit power, closed her eyes, and sent out a call through her spiritual sense.
Moments later, dense black mist emerged from the dragon scale.
The mist condensed into the blurry visage of a man.
It was Di Tian, projecting his consciousness from the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Auspicious Beast, what has happened? Why have you activated the Reverse Scale at this time?" Di Tian asked, his voice carrying its usual majesty.
Skipping all pleasantries, Wang Qiuer answered directly.
"Liu Yuan is in trouble."
"He's attempting to condense a second soul core in seclusion. It's already been a month, but he still hasn't succeeded. His spirit power has reached Rank 80, and he's completely stuck at a bottleneck. I need your knowledge regarding second soul cores."
Di Tian drew in a sharp breath.
The imposing aura surrounding his projection immediately became unstable.
"What did you say?"
"Rank 80? He's attempting to condense a second soul core at Rank 80?"
"That's madness!"
His projection trembled violently in midair. Even someone as composed as Di Tian couldn't hide his shock.
After a long silence, he slowly asked,
"If he's cultivating a second soul core at Rank 80... then what does he intend to do after reaching Rank 90?"
"Does he plan to condense a third soul core?"
"In the entire history of Spirit Masters, no one has ever possessed the capacity to sustain three soul cores."
Wang Qiuer replied firmly,
"His situation is different. The spirit power he possesses has already surpassed the limits of ordinary Spirit Masters. He needs a solution now. If he continues forcing the process, his life will be in danger."
Di Tian let out a helpless sigh.
Although Liu Yuan's astonishing cultivation speed had greatly shocked him, his concern for Wang Qiuer, coupled with his recognition of Liu Yuan's extraordinary talent, ultimately made him decide to help.
"The key to condensing a second soul core isn't stronger spirit power," Di Tian explained.
"It's spatial separation."
"The reason he's failed repeatedly is because he's been trying to force two soul cores to coexist within the same spatial layer. Naturally, they'll repel each other."
"He must use his spiritual power to open a folded pocket of space within his dantian and condense the second soul core inside that fold."
"That way, although both soul cores exist within the same body, they occupy different layers of space. Since they never truly overlap, they won't interfere with one another."
Di Tian carefully transmitted the complete circulation route along with the necessary spiritual guidance techniques directly to Wang Qiuer through their spiritual connection.
"Qiuer, tell him this."
"If he isn't absolutely certain, he must never attempt this 'Heterotopic Condensation Method.'"
"If the spatial fold collapses during the process, his entire body will be torn apart."
Wang Qiuer put away the Reverse Scale, nodded slightly toward the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, and hurried toward the underground cultivation chamber.
Standing before the massive metal door, she hesitated briefly.
Although Liu Yuan had strictly ordered that no one disturb him, she knew this was a matter of life and death.
Gathering everything Di Tian had taught her into a single thread of spiritual consciousness, she carefully transmitted it through the heavy metal door and directly into Liu Yuan's mind.
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Inside the cultivation chamber, Liu Yuan's eyes snapped open.
The moment the Heterotopic Condensation Method appeared in his mind, every confusing thought instantly became crystal clear.
He didn't ask where the knowledge had come from.
Separated by nothing more than a single metal door, the silent understanding between them was enough.
"So... spatial separation."
"I understand now."
Closing his eyes once more, Liu Yuan entered a deep meditative state.
This time, he no longer tried to compress spirit power by brute force.
Instead, he guided the immense spiritual power within his Sea of Consciousness, searching for the faint spatial fissure hidden at the very center of his dantian.
Using the residual power of Dynamax like an impossibly precise scalpel, he forcibly carved open a tiny folded space inside the spirit power vortex.
Then, he transformed the scattered Rank 80 spirit power throughout his body into countless fine streams, continuously feeding them into the newly created spatial fold.
Dark red lightning gradually flickered from his dantian.
Instead of dispersing outward, every spark was drawn into an invisible black point.
As more and more spirit power flowed into it, the tiny black point slowly expanded, eventually forming a stable, rotating core.
The new soul core glowed with an eerie blue-gray radiance.
Though located within his dantian, it existed in an entirely different spatial layer from the first soul core in his chest.
Hum—
A deep resonance echoed throughout Liu Yuan's body.
At that instant, the two soul cores entered perfect synchronization.
Liu Yuan immediately felt the pressure on his meridians disappear.
The unbearable swelling pain caused by overloaded spirit power vanished completely.
In its place came an unprecedented surge of strength.
Supported by two soul cores, not only had the total volume of his spirit power more than doubled, but its purity had also reached an entirely new level.
He had succeeded.
At only Rank 80, Liu Yuan accomplished something unprecedented in the history of Spirit Masters—
He had successfully cultivated a second soul core.
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