After Electrolux's voice faded, Huo Yuhao reached out and grasped the Soul-Devouring Evil Blade that had already been purified.
He immediately felt a warm breath of energy flowing gently through it. As his hand touched the blade, a wave of vitality spilled out, as though nourishing his skin and meridians.
This was the immense and condensed life force stored within the Life Gold, radiating outward like a miniature sun.
Yet beneath the surface of this vigorous life aura, the true ferocious nature of Life Gold still lurked.
Through the True Sight, Huo Yuhao was able to analyze the structure of Life Gold. The life force that emanated from it seemed pure and harmless, greatly beneficial to living beings.
But in reality, that was not the case.
The life force contained within Life Gold was indeed powerful, but its special structure made it impossible for humans to absorb through conventional means.
How could a life force that had already condensed into a tangible substance be absorbed so easily?
Although Huo Yuhao felt like the life force was nourishing him, this was merely a misconception caused by its overwhelming vitality.
The life energy emanating from Life Gold might appear to nurture its holder, but in truth it was an alien life force. It entered the human body yet could not merge with the body's original life structure.
As more of this alien vitality accumulated, it would indeed enhance the holder's life force,
but at a pace far slower than its own growth.
Eventually, the massive and dense foreign life force would gradually occupy the user's body.
Under its relentless pressure, the user's own life structure would be forced to assimilate into that of the Life Gold.
Once assimilation completed, the user's original life force would be squeezed back into the Life Gold entirely.
If the holder could not suppress this power, they would lose control and be completely drained,
ultimately becoming nourishment for Life Gold's further growth.
This was why the evil soul master who once obtained Life Gold ended up driving it toward malice,
using resentment to trigger its devouring and assimilating tendencies.
It wasn't that he didn't crave the powerful life force,
but that he had no way to properly use it.
Thus he resorted to crude methods, turning the Life Gold into the Soul-Devouring Blade. Though far inferior to its full potential, at least it could be wielded rather than sitting uselessly.
Life Gold was a nearly god-level material.
For anyone without access to godly methods, simply utilizing it was already nearly impossible.
The unluckiest among its past holders was that hundred-thousand-year Golden Tortoise in the Great Star Dou Forest.
By sheer luck, it sneaked into the Lake of Life and devoured a piece of Life Gold,
only to be unable to control its power.
Most of its life energy was drained instead, its cultivation falling from a hundred thousand years to barely ten thousand.
Its life was nearly exhausted.
In the original story, it eventually became Xu Sanshi's soul spirit in order to escape the torment of Life Gold.
It was also possible that Di Tian knew all along,but let the tortoise suffer until death, planning to retrieve the Life Gold afterward.
In summary, without the proper method…
the most effective use of Life Gold might simply be:
soaking it in water to produce a liquid rich in life force that humans could absorb more safely.
But with Electrolux handling the danger, Huo Yuhao had no fear about successfully harnessing it.
After a moment, Electrolux's voice returned:
"It is ready, Yuhao. Press the blade to your forehead. Still your mind and feel the changes. It will greatly benefit your future."
"Leave everything else to me."
Huo Yuhao nodded and placed the blade against the center of his brow.
From deep within his spiritual sea, Electrolux's divine consciousness surged out, entering the Soul-Devouring Blade. The life force inside reacted violently, flaring in a brilliant burst.
But under Electrolux's control, the stubborn alien vitality began to soften.
The transformed life energy first flooded into Huo Yuhao's body. It adapted to his life level while subtly adjusting his physical structure.
His life force and that of the Life Gold gradually synchronized under Electrolux's guidance,
becoming closer, then merging.
Electrolux's divine consciousness was not large in quantity, but extremely pure. Supported by the replenishing life force, it steadily strengthened and grew more complete,
making the harmonization smoother and smoother.
First the spiritual sea, then the body,life power surged like waves, tempering Huo Yuhao's meridians and internal organs, making them stronger.
His bones and muscles shifted as well, and even the lingering medicinal energy he had not fully absorbed before was broken down and fused into his body.
His physical condition leapt forward,
from the standard of a Soul Elder, all the way to the level of a Soul Ancestor.
And this was only preparation.
To truly absorb Life Gold, one must first ensure they would not be devoured by it.
Electrolux was aligning their life forces precisely for this purpose. Strengthening Yuhao's body was merely a beneficial side effect.
Once their life forces matched perfectly, the flow of vitality abruptly halted,
and the Soul-Devouring Blade stabbed directly into Huo Yuhao's brow.
Agonizing pain tore through his spiritual sea, causing it to tremble violently.
But he endured, using the indescribably clear perspective of True Sight to observe every change.
Deep within him, the shackles on his martial soul started to loosen.
Something had been pushed open,
and suddenly, his perception reached unprecedented clarity.
Everything became transparent,
even the structures of soul skills, soul rings, and runes that he had once found difficult to comprehend now appeared simple.
Knowledge surfaced rapidly in his mind, as if he was beginning to understand everything,
though he knew much of it was only an illusion.
Next came a massive surge of life energy, expanding his spiritual sea wildly.
"What the,what happened?!"
The Iceworm Emperor Tianmeng awoke in shock, staring wide-eyed at the scene.
Electrolux, no longer a gray orb but in the form of an elderly man in white robes, smiled kindly at Yuhao's manifested consciousness.
"The hardest part is over. Yuhao, the potential within your body far exceeds my expectations."
"One day, you will reach the realm I once stood in,
and perhaps even surpass it."
"This fragment of my consciousness now has no concerns left."
"As repayment, when you reach the required level,your so-called rank 50,
I will teach you all the knowledge I have remembered."
"I only hope you will stay true to your heart."
A cyan gate appeared before him. He stepped into it and vanished.
Leaving only one last message:
"You can communicate with me normally using your spirit power.
Now,go and accomplish what you desire."
"What? What's going on?"
Tianmeng still looked dazed, like he had slept through the end of the world.
Huo Yuhao shook his head.
"Check your mental avatar's records later, Tianmeng. For now, protect me. I need to complete the martial soul's second awakening."
"Oh! Got it!"
The Iceworm immediately focused.
Huo Yuhao regained control of his body. The blade embedded in his forehead trembled, softening and melting into a green liquid that seeped into his skull.
Electrolux's gray divine consciousness steadied the fusion site, helping torn flesh and bone transform,
forming what appeared to be the structure of an eye.
The pain exceeded that of opening his spiritual sea, yet Huo Yuhao persisted.
This was the perfect opportunity,
if he missed this moment, who knew when the chance would come again?
His soul power and spiritual power circulated to stimulate his martial soul.
The life force from Life Gold continuously replenished him.
He entered awakening meditation,
and stronger stimulation triggered further evolution.
The new eye at his brow also began to transform.
Golden light formed behind him,
a giant, deep eye manifested in the air, its rings contracting layer by layer.
But Huo Yuhao couldn't spare any attention for it.
He poured everything into pushing his martial soul's metamorphosis.
If he later examined the projection, he would discover that it was far more complex than the original True Sight.
Then,gradually,
the huge golden eye phantom shrank and merged into his forehead.
The new eye closed, leaving only a faint black vertical line.
Only then did Huo Yuhao release his tension.
The unbearable pain finally stopped.
He collapsed onto the bed, every muscle and nerve refusing to move another inch.
His physical self rested,while his consciousness returned to his spiritual sea.
The transformation there was dramatic.
Instead of the green Life Gold bead seen in the original story,
a massive eye stared directly at him from the center of his spiritual sea.
And he realized he could see through it,
as if he now possessed a second perspective.
"So this… is my martial soul's second awakening?"
He tried to analyze the massive eye with True Sight,
but failed.
Not surprising.
Trying to examine True Sight with True Sight was like trying to lift oneself into the air by one's own feet.
The stronger the second awakening, the greater the consumption,
but with Life Gold as his hidden energy reserve, that concern barely mattered.
For the first time,
Huo Yuhao possessed a trump card entirely his own.
Compared to Electrolux or Tianmeng Iceworm, this new power scaled with his own strength,
less overwhelming for now, but his to use openly and proudly.
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