"Alright everybody, let's get moving!" Skydream barked at the Immortal Herbs, supervising the move of the soul beast plants.
There was no doubt that dogs of Tang San would come snooping around in the immortal herb garden soon, given the appearance of the Sea God's Apostle.
So they had to hurry and have all essential soul beast plants and immortal herbs to be at the ready to leave when Huo Yuhao finishes his cultivation.
They could've been placed into the Daikokuten, but Huo Yuhao wasn't familiar with its characteristics yet. He was afraid that something would happen to them while he was undergoing body refinement.
That would've been a waste of good herbs.
Although they didn't have physical bodies, Jianxin and Skydream are more than capable of handling even Titled Douluos.
After a long hibernation after sustaining major injuries from the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, which made him absorbed some of its heavenly essence in the process, and also having absorbed some of the essence of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Skydream had recovered to his peak and then more!
Although he was the weakest one million year old soul beast, he was still strong enough to
Even without Huo Yuhao's body that could help amplify his abilities, he was pretty confident of himself to take down a measly Titled Douluo.
Of course, most of that confidence really came from the soul beast beside him.
'Although I haven't seen her personally, I've heard enough from Bi Ji and Zi Ji to know how dangerous she is.' Skydream briefly glanced at her before looking away. A soul beast that could take on a serious Di Tian for a while? She's definitely reliable yet also hella scary.
He doesn't know her well yet, so he's going to keep his distance for a while.
Jianxin didn't lose any of her strength and abilities either, just her physical body. That meant a Great Beast of unbelievable strength and power equal to a Limit Douluo was standing guard.
So unless a Limit Douluo powerhouse were to appear, they shouldn't have any problems.
"I have to make sure that Yuhao would be safe in his seclusion." Jianxin quietly sighed, forming hand-seals according to the instructions of the memories of Huo Yuhao's.
As someone who shared some of Huo Yuhao's memories, she has the capabilities to perform ninjutsus. That meant she could manifest a barrier-type ninjutsu.
The poison mist surrounding the garden wouldn't be enough, Tang San's dogs would surely have the means to get through. That meant ordinary means wouldn't be enough to keep them out.
Fortunately, she wasn't no ordinary soul beast.
She was the first spirit soul of Huo Yuhao, the Yin-Yang Saint Crane; Jianxin!
Plus the ten thousand years of seclusion wasn't just spent on self-healing.
"Yin-Yang Seven Elements Concealment Formation!" Jianxin clasped her hands together into the "Snake" handseal.
The garden of immortal herbs began to act strangely, causing everyone to freeze and look around frantically in confusion. Skydream quickly realized the source of the changes and turned towards Jianxin.
'What is she—'
It was at that moment, undulations of elemental energies in the entire garden intensified as colorful elemental lights shone; water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, light, and darkness shone.
The elemental energies converged into seven respective elemental points in certain locations of the garden. As their energies settled, a seven-colored translucent line connected them all together seamlessly.
As they connected, it was revealed to be a heptagram-shaped formation.
"W-What is she doing?"
The immortal herbs huddled up together and fearfully looked around their garden, completely confused as to what was happening. They desperately wanted answers, but they feared that disrupting Jianxin at such a serious moment would've earned them a harsh punishment.
"This is..." Skydream's eyes gleamed. As Huo Yuhao's first wisdom soul, he quickly understood what was happening.
He shot Jianxin an awed look.
Jianxin's teal-colored eyes shifted, similar to a Taichi symbol.
The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well shone as a large Yin-Yang symbol enveloped it, streams of Extreme Ice-Yin and Extreme Fire-Yang transferred flowed into the formation. This collected energy spread outwards, forming 64 complex and intricate layered barrier that enveloped the entire area.
This barrier, the Yin-Yang Seven Elements Concealment Formation, is a barrier ninjutsu that uses the natural energy of the immortal herb garden to not only conceal its location but also casts an impressive illusion that distorts time and space.
With the immense and near-limitless extreme energies of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, attacking the barrier forcibly wouldn't work since it would keep repairing itself almost instantaneously from the sheer overflow of energy.
The barrier is more than enough to fool even Limit Douluos for months.
Jianxin started breathing heavily, cold sweat perspiring down her delicate face. Though exhausted, a small smile formed on her lips.
Utilizing the unique characteristics of a Ninjutsu combined with the comprehensive power of both Yin and Yang, she had successfully created an original ninjutsu of her own that could stop a Limit Douluo in their track.
Also, Huo Yuhao had informed her beforehand that she could utilize the natural energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, since he couldn't greedily swallow up all of it.
It was simply too much!
Jianxin turned her gaze towards the hot springs. A gentle expression on her as she pursed her lips. "I hope this would be enough to keep any "dogs" away for a while."
.....
Within the icy-hot springs.
An almost figure wrapped in the extreme energies of icy-Yin and fiery-Yang could be seen. He was in a meditative position, cross-legged and unmoving while looking crystalized and bathed in flames.
The harsh chilling Yin energy clung and flowed across the right side of his body; his right arm glowing a deep dark-blue color. While fierce scorching Yang energy enveloped his left side; his left arm glowed with an intense crimson color.
An hour passed and strange marks started appearing on his body.
On the right side of his chest, abdomen, and arm were several realistic-looking black snowflake markings, brimming with the extreme energies of Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Yin. On his left side were sun-like sigils; circular, radiant patterns etched into his skin, glowing with blazing Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Yang.
The two sets of markings did not oppose one another. Instead, they mirrored each other across his body, as if carved by the same hand following two different principles.
Huo Yuhao quietly opened his eyes.
'It's time.' His eyes flashed with a determined glint, as he began circulating his cultivation method to the extreme.
A while ago, Huo Yuhao had finally optimized the Heavenly Tempering Soul Technique.
There were 5 parts of it, for now. Separated into five levels: Elemental Breathing Soul, Tempering Spirit, Chaotic Physique Transformation, Enlightened Reincarnation, Life and Death Realm.
Elemental Breathing Soul was the basics that teaches the practitioner a unique breathing technique that circulates their soul power and blood to certain pathways in one's body.
Successfully learning this part would result in a much purer and denser amount of soul power reservoir and overall increase of physical attributes; enhanced stamina, strength, agility, dense and compact muscles, etc.
Tempering Spirit focuses entirely on the cultivation of the spiritual power. It projects a mental projection within one's spiritual sea; a massive grinding stone that would slowly grind one's spirit away.
If one didn't possess great will and resolution, one's mind would crumble into dust and become a vegetable.
Destruction and reconstruction, one's spirit would be reborn anew. Becoming a primordial spirit!
Chaotic Physique Transformation is the stage of one resonating the essence of soul(soul power) and spirit(spiritual power) as one.
One must succeed in cultivating both energies as one energy, resulting in the creation of Chakra. This results in a massive purification of one's energy, resulting it to be more condensed and mystical.
In most cases, even someone two realms above one's current cultivation would pale in comparison.
Enlightened Reincarnation was at the level in which the practitioner's body and mind become one with the elements: fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, light, and darkness.
When succesfully mastered; one become completely to all elements, be able to use the seven elements, and have a near limitless energy according to one's cultivation.
Life and Death. The details was being deliberated, as it was still incomplete.
Huo Yuhao had glimpsed into this stage after he survived the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation years ago.
It was a stage in which one becomes the master of Life and Death!
The point of the cultivation method, its core principle, was bringing balance of the extreme energies and achieve the greatest benefits.
'I have to breakthrough the bottleneck of my physique as soon as possible.'
'Come!' The chilling-hot spring surged with intense energy.
One week later
*Crack!*
A soft, almost inaudible sound echoed from him.
His skin started cracking and slowly fell out of his body like dry porcelain, flaking away in thin layers that dissolved the moment they touched the spring waters.
Physique evolution! Extreme Chaotic Yin-Yang Physique!
'It's done.' Huo Yuhao's eyes, all seven eyes, opened.
And from within Huo Yuhao's chest, near his heart, was a glowing black and white colored sphere, with markings of snowflakes and the sun.
Ultimate Yin-Yang Ice-Fire Soul Core!
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AN: Ngl, I took some liberties from Murim cultivation for the Heavenly Tempering Soul cultivation technique cause Soul Land's cultivation system is just too fucking simple.