My Arts Evolve When Perfected

Jiang Qiu wasted no time in opening the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm Space, pulling Soul's spirit directly inside. His Soul Body materialized in the mysterious space.

"What's going on? He has an inner space?"

Arriving in the vast, boundless space, Soul's Soul Body trembled. He looked around, unable to comprehend what had just happened. 'This shouldn't be possible. How can he have an inner space?'

Possessing an inner space was typically an ability exclusive to those in the Harmonization Realm. Barring a few unique races, one had to possess the power of the Harmonization Realm to have one.

'But from what I've seen, Jiang Qiu's apparent Realm is only the first level of the Spirit Body Realm. I highly suspect he's hiding his true cultivation level, but there's no way he's in the Harmonization Realm!'

'What kind of Harmonization Realm expert would be bored enough to come to the Celestial Star Arena for challenge matches?'

Such an occurrence was incredibly rare. There was only one precedent in history of a Harmonization Realm expert participating in challenge matches, and they were defeated by Wu, who was only at the Peak of Fusion Realm at the time. Since then, no Harmonization Realm expert had ever appeared in any arena.

If something like that happened, the Celestial Star Arena could use it for a massive promotional campaign, claiming that even Harmonization Realm experts graced their stage, which would attract a new wave of members.

The effect would be no less than the hype of a fifty-win streak. In some ways, the shock value of a Harmonization Realm expert was far greater than a fifty-win streak. They were a true, peerless powerhouse, not some fledgling prodigy who might die an early death.

'And yet, Jiang Qiu has already won forty-nine consecutive matches in the Celestial Star Arena, and the officials haven't made a peep? They haven't announced that he's a Harmonization Realm expert?'

But that wasn't what surprised Soul the most. The most astonishing thing was that his body had been completely absorbed into this space!

'My body can transform freely between a Soul Body and a non-Soul Body. How did I suddenly lose control and end up here?'

He frowned deeply, suspecting something was amiss.

A moment ago, he had planned to open with a powerful move, shatter Jiang Qiu's consciousness, and absorb that magnificent soul to fuel his own cultivation. But then, he had suddenly felt an irresistible pull, and even his body, which had been transforming into a Soul Body, was dragged in.

In his several hundred years of life, he had never witnessed such a technique. While he wouldn't call his Soul Race's talent invincible, it had always been dominant on the soul level. Aside from a few great masters who walked a special path, very few races had an innate advantage over them.

'This is too strange!'

The Soul Race's cultivation method involved absorbing the souls of other living beings to increase their own Soul Strength, and this was the very method he used.

The higher and more unique the other party's Soul Strength, the more beneficial it was for his cultivation.

Someone like Jiang Qiu, who could defeat Ah Gui on a soul level, was an incredibly worthy target for absorption. Setting aside everything else, the fact that he had achieved a forty-nine-win streak at just the first level of the Spirit Body Realm was enough to make one drool.

A normal soul could never achieve such an astonishing combat record. His soul had to be incomparably powerful, as many of his opponents—some of whom had decent soul-level abilities—had been instantly killed.

'If I absorb him, it might just give me a pleasant surprise.'

As for Celestial Star's instructions—to not use his full strength during the challenge, to simply test Jiang Qiu, and to end the match if he surrendered—

He had absolutely no intention of following them. He was prepared to kill Jiang Qiu in an instant and devour his soul.

After all, he was currently the most popular challenger in the entire Celestial Star Arena. Besides Jiang Qiu, he was the one most likely to achieve a fifty-win streak.

'Even if Jiang Qiu really dies, can't I still get a fifty-win streak myself? It's just a matter of time!'

His value and status were enough that Celestial Star wouldn't hold him accountable for devouring Jiang Qiu. That was the source of his confidence!

But now, the problem was that he was the one who was trapped...

"AHHH—"

Soul let out a roar. A terrifying soul attack rippled through the air, seemingly powerful enough to shake the entire Secret Realm Space. In reality, however, it was like a speck of dust landing in the middle of a lake; there was no discernible change.

Instead, as he released that burst of Soul Power, he suddenly felt a peculiar presence absorbing his soul.

He whirled around and, sure enough, saw an almost fully-formed embryonic object at the center of the space. The thing was continuously absorbing the Soul Power contained within this Secret Realm Space...

'Wait, how is the Soul Power in this space so rich and pure!'

Soul was stunned. As he sensed it more carefully, he suddenly realized that the Soul Power in this space contained an incredibly dense Harmonization Realm aura.

A Harmonization Realm aura... what did that imply?

A Harmonization Realm expert must have died here for such an aura to even exist. Moreover, this kind of aura would dissipate over time if the environment wasn't perfectly sealed. Even in some Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands, it would eventually leak into the void.

In other words, when a Harmonization Realm expert died, they would only leave behind a portion of their soul aura, not their full power.

Any Harmonization Realm expert capable of passing down a significant amount of their power must have come from a major clan and meticulously planned for their death, rather than dying unexpectedly in a foreign land.