Chapter 530: Soul Fusion Technique, Rapid Leveling

Chapter 530: Chapter 444: Soul Fusion Technique, Rapid Leveling

The Nine-tailed Fox and her doppelganger were exuding more and more of the aura of a Transformation Realm expert. Her gaze was one of superiority over the rest of the Demon Race, as if she could look down on all life with a chilling indifference.

This was perfectly normal, however. After all, the Nine-tailed Fox hadn’t been outside in ages. She spent her days in Cultivation, only occasionally sending her One-tailed doppelganger, the little girl, out to hunt.

Under these circumstances, her awareness of the outside world had grown faint. In other words, she hadn’t faced a worthy opponent in a long time. Having reached the Transformation Realm, it was only natural for her to be arrogant.

In fact, she had always been arrogant in this territory. She was one of the Eight Great Dominators, after all. If she wasn’t arrogant, who would be?

If she deigned to visit the territory of any other Dominator, they would greet her with fear and trembling. They would even kneel, not daring to harbor the slightest ulterior motive. Such was her status.

Even the other Great Dominators at her level had always respected her. There was no sense of superiority among them. In fact, they held a healthy dose of fear for her strange and unpredictable Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm, treating her with extra reverence.

Given the circumstances, and with the absence of the Golden Eagle—the one True Dominator who truly outranked her—she was, of course, arrogant. It meant that in this vast corner of the Primitive Ancient Forest’s outer layer, she was one of the absolute top Great Demons.

Before Jiang Qiu’s arrival, as long as the Golden Eagle remained absent, she had never known fear or panic. It was only because one was too powerful and the other had an origin that defied the heavens that she felt suppressed, forcing her to restrain her pride.

Now, after half a year of Cultivation, she was gradually rediscovering that sublime sense of superiority.

The reason was simple. With the Nine-tailed Form Cultivation Technique, her Cultivation speed had doubled. Her efficiency at the Refinement of Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm far surpassed what it was before, and as she grew more proficient, it finally helped her reach the brink of forming her Two-tailed doppelganger!

“Master, I’m close to achieving my Two-tailed doppelganger. I should be able to form it within a month. Also… I’ve become proficient in controlling the Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm. I can mobilize it with ease, and it feels as if all the Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm in existence is drawn to me.”

The Nine-tailed Fox spoke without raising her chin. Instead, she kept her head obediently lowered. In Jiang Qiu’s presence, she knew she had to.

Reverence for her master was one reason. The other was that Jiang Qiu was simply too short.

Even after half a year, Jiang Qiu had only grown to look like an eleven or twelve-year-old. He had the dignified air of a young gentleman and a fairly straight posture, but his head still only reached her chest.

Compared to her small, childlike doppelganger, Jiang Qiu was actually quite tall. The little girl’s head only came up to somewhere between his waist and his chest.

The two of them looked like a brother and sister.

‘A month?’ Jiang Qiu mused. ‘That’s a little slow. I’ll give you a hand.’

Time was of the utmost importance. For most of the Demon Race in this world, time was irrelevant; life-and-death battles were a daily occurrence.

But for Jiang Qiu, time was a pressing concern. To him, it was a poison, slowly eroding his keen perception of the world. Before he knew it, half a year had already flown by!

If things continued like this, he might really be trapped on the first level of the Dragon Emperor Secret Realm for the rest of his life. That would be a disaster.

‘I have to make the most of this time. I need to quickly strengthen the Nine-tailed Fox to a certain level—once she has her Two-tailed Form, we can go collect Spirit Fruits.’

He had no choice. Since the Nine-tailed Fox was so close to her Two-tailed Form, he would help her get there faster. It was the safer bet. This had been Jiang Qiu’s plan all along.

‘But how could he help?’

The Nine-tailed Fox didn’t know how. She had already adapted remarkably well to this Cultivation System, but unfortunately, her knowledge of it was still limited. “Master, can I really ascend in such a short time?”

She was quite proficient with the part of the Cultivation Technique she had mastered. It was a one-of-a-kind method; no one in the world understood it better than her, not even Jiang Qiu. But when it came to everything else, only Jiang Qiu held the knowledge.

And the solution Jiang Qiu was about to offer was a bold one. “You can. Through Soul Fusion. It will multiply your Cultivation efficiency.”

Back in the Yin Yang Great Realm, he had obtained numerous legacies from the Hundred Ghosts Sect. As a Great Realm defined by the duality of Yin and Yang, how could it possibly lack Soul Fusion?

In fact, nearly all Cultivators in that world pursued the ultimate Soul Fusion: completing their own Yang Aspect to become beings who had transcended the mortal realm.

Furthermore, much of Jiang Qiu’s later Cultivation with Snow was founded on the Soul Fusion Technique, allowing their two souls to merge as one.

Therefore, the Hundred Ghosts Dao was, in essence, the path of Soul Fusion—merging two souls to rapidly increase one’s power!

Some Cultivators even gave up their long-term potential to break through to the Peeping Dao Realm by forcibly fusing with and performing Refinement on their other half.

Clearly, the Soul Fusion Technique held the potential for massive progress in a short amount of time. Besides, Jiang Qiu wasn’t a Demon Cultivator; he could adjust the logic behind Soul Fusion and take a more gradual approach.

But “gradual” was only relative to the explosive methods. In essence, it was still a path to extremely rapid advancement!

But the Nine-tailed Fox understood none of this. She blinked her lovely, bright eyes. “Master, how do we perform Soul Fusion?”

In this world, which lacked a unified system, every great Dao was a path forged by an individual of the Demon Race. These paths were never made public, so the rest of the Demon Race remained ignorant of them.

In other words, even if a Path of Cultivation similar to Soul Fusion existed, and some member of the Demon Race had comprehended it, she would never know unless they shared it.

It was just like her own situation. She had mastered the Cultivation Technique of the Nine-tailed Fox path, but if she never spoke of it, who would know that its core was the Nine-tailed Form itself?

So, Jiang Qiu wasn’t surprised by the Nine-tailed Fox’s curious and expectant expression; in fact, he found it rather amusing. “It’s quite simple, actually. I can teach you directly. The difficulty of Soul Fusion isn’t high. The truly difficult part is ensuring compatibility.”

From the moment the Nine-tailed Fox successfully achieved her Transformation, he had sensed a unique look in her eyes, as well as a pure resonance with his own soul.

It went without saying that the Dragon Race’s bloodline was superior to those of the Ten Thousand Races. It contained a unique Law Power, and to be exposed to it was a life-changing stroke of great fortune!

It was perfectly normal for her to be attracted to his Dragon Race bloodline. He had simply found her gaze a bit presumptuous, and she had gradually suppressed it.

But now, they needed to make use of Soul Fusion!

“Master, what you’re saying is…” The Nine-tailed Fox pondered for a moment, her eyelashes fluttering and her eyes shining. “What do you mean?”

“Never mind what it means,” Jiang Qiu said with a wave of his hand. “Have One-tailed keep watch. Go inside the cave and sit down. I’ll guide you in your Cultivation. Soul Fusion isn’t difficult. As long as I guide you, you’ll learn it in no time. At its core, it’s just a way to accelerate your Cultivation.”

‘That was the truth of it. The key was that he was already extremely familiar with the Fusion Technique. Back then, when he and Snow had reached the Half-Step Unity Realm so quickly, was it really just due to a massive amount of resources?’

‘No. It was because their souls had fused to a certain degree. With their two souls assimilated, the Refinement and absorption of resources became incredibly rapid. That was the real key to their swift advancement.’

‘The fusion of souls was a process that aligned with the purest pursuit of the Yin Yang Great Realm: the completion of one’s original aspect.’

Now, he would help the Nine-tailed Fox rapidly perform Refinement on the Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm, and at the same time, he could use that Spirit Charm to temper his own body and increase his strength.

It was a mutually beneficial arrangement. There was no downside.

“Yes, Master!”

The Nine-tailed Fox followed him with a skip in her step. The little girl, One-tailed, did the same, hopping in on her bare feet and tilting her head as she watched her main body and Jiang Qiu.

In just a short while, she felt a marvelous sensation coursing through her entire being as, on the other side of her existence, her soul began to resonate with her master’s!

While in this state of Cultivation, her speed multiplied. The effects were incredible!