Awakening the Divine Soul

Talisman Masters were divided into nine ranks in the early stages of their training, with each level requiring a substantial amount of divine soul energy as support.

Practitioners usually possessed some degree of divine soul power, which naturally grew as their cultivation advances. However, very few individuals in God's Wrath Land had access to techniques for cultivating their divine soul.

Talisman Masters started off relatively weak in the early stages, which was why many people were hesitant to embark on this path. However, during his childhood in the Shi family, Shi Feiyu had the chance to meet a genuine transcendent-grade Talisman Master, whose power was awe-inspiring.

In the later stages of cultivation, the abilities possessed by Talisman Masters could make even peak experts wary. Now, Shi Feiyu, holding the tome with the three striking words Arts of Talisman that he had inscribed with his own blood, longed for that power.

Arts of Talisman!

Several pages of this tome were already missing, but the front page with the prominently written four characters was highly conspicuous. Since consuming the Heavenly Fragrance Fruits, a considerable amount of time had passed, and during this period, he had struggled to find an opportunity to awaken his divine soul.

Divine soul was a unique form of energy that was challenging to awaken. While the Heavenly Fragrance Fruits had properties for awakening the divine soul, a single fruit alone couldn't bestow the power to overturn the world. Therefore, Shi Feiyu had to rely on his own efforts to break free from these limitations.

Now, he was seated cross-legged, reviewing the techniques for awakening the divine soul that were recorded in the tome. He planned to use this opportunity to awaken his divine soul.

After putting away the damaged tome, he slightly turned his head and noticed that the Shen siblings were both lying on the soft grassy ground, deep in slumber. He smiled and shook his head.

The Shen siblings appeared to be sheltered noble youth, and they had no defenses against him, a complete stranger. If Shi Feiyu wished to take their lives at this moment, it would be incredibly easy.

The night had already grown deep, and God's Wrath Land's night sky remained hazy. Shi Feiyu gazed at the stars above, took a deep breath, and then closed his eyes.

Although he had known that the power of Talisman Masters in their later stages was formidable, Shi Feiyu had never delved into it. Now, when he wanted to awaken his own divine soul, he faced some challenges.

According to the records in the tome, awakening the divine soul required entering a state of absolute clarity and emptiness—a kind of spiritual death. Only by reaching this state could one comprehend the essence of the divine soul.

Three hours passed, but Shi Feiyu had made no progress. The kind of spiritual death described in the tome seemed nonexistent.

"Could it be that I am destined to never become a Talisman Master in my lifetime?"

Growing increasingly agitated, Shi Feiyu muttered to himself as he opened his eyes. Before he could finish speaking, a soft and meek voice came from nearby, "Have you not been a Talisman Master yet?"

He turned his gaze and saw that Shen Ziyi was sitting on the grassy ground, looking at him with an annoyed expression. However, her cute appearance seemed to break the tension.

"How can I enter the state of spiritual death?" Not seeming to notice the anger in the girl's eyes, Shi Feiyu casually asked.

Shen Ziyi was momentarily surprised by his question. Then, with a strange expression, she stared at him for a while before grumbling, "Isn’t it simple? You just need to die once, and you'll know."

Originally a jest, but Shi Feiyu's eyes suddenly lit up. Without hesitation, he stood up and walked toward a distant location.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Shen Ziyi saw his unusual actions and hurriedly caught up to him. However, Shi Feiyu continued to walk without pause until he returned to the small river he had discovered the previous day.

Before Shen Ziyi could catch up, he suddenly plunged into the river. Watching the bubbles emerging on the water's surface, Shen Ziyi's eyes were filled with astonishment. After a brief moment of daze, she suddenly screamed, "Brother, he jumped into the river!"

Shen Zifeng, who was sleeping, was startled by the scream. He hastily got up and rushed to the river, asking, "What's going on? Who jumped into the river? Did they leave any food?"

Seeing her brother's clueless reaction, Shen Ziyi was furious and poked his leg hard, saying, "Hurry up and go save him!"

Only at this moment did Shen Zifeng fully wake up. However, when he saw the frigid water of the river, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, no! There's something strange about this river. The water gets incredibly cold at night. If you go in, you won't come back!"

Ignoring the ongoing argument between the siblings by the river, Shi Feiyu had already dived into the river and quickly sank to the riverbed. He then sat cross-legged on the riverbed, holding his breath and concentrating, using this method to push himself into a desperate situation.

This river was indeed peculiar. In the daytime, the water was warm and comfortable, but at night, it turned bone-chillingly cold. The icy cold of the river made Shi Feiyu shiver uncontrollably.

Then, he felt a tightness in his chest, and even with his eyes tightly closed, he could see flickering golden light. Just as he was about to run out of breath, his ears were filled with a deafening, drum-like pounding.

However, Shi Feiyu was determined to push himself to the brink and invoke his divine soul. No matter how his Qi and blood surged within him, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

Time seemed to pass incredibly slowly at this moment. The discomfort felt magnified to the point of being unbearable. As for the siblings standing on the riverbank, they had ceased arguing.

Although Shen Zifeng had said those things earlier, he wasn't heartless. After waiting for a while and still not seeing Shi Feiyu resurface, he jumped into the river in a hurry.

Perhaps he was searching in the wrong place, but after groping the riverbed for a while, he suddenly returned to the surface, shaking his head. In the meantime, Shen Ziyi's eyes were vacant, and she muttered, "It has nothing to do with me; I didn’t do it; he wanted to die..."

But this made Shen Zifeng’s mouth twitch repeatedly.

As for Shi Feiyu, he had now reached his limit. His mind was filled with deafening roars, and his body was trembling from the extreme discomfort. Then, he experienced an unusual silence that settled in his mind, as if the deafening roars had vanished instantly, and even the flickering golden light in front of his eyes had disappeared.

However, Shi Feiyu realized that he was now in a dark world. In this world, there was no sound, no source of light, only endless darkness and silence, as if the entire world contained only him. The oppressive silence surrounded him, filling him with fear.

But Shi Feiyu wasn't deceived by this sight. He was single-mindedly trying to awaken his divine soul, maintaining a clear mind despite the circumstances.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly, in the deathly silent darkness, a series of rhythmic knocking sounds echoed. At first, the sound seemed distant, but as Shi Feiyu's thoughts turned, the darkness receded like a tide.

As he realized what was happening, there was a milky-white ball of light suspended in front of him. This luminous ball seemed to possess life and pulsed with a unique rhythm.

The darkness hadn't entirely disappeared; it was being pushed back by this milky-white ball of light. Behind Shi Feiyu, the endless dark world remained.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

As his focus gradually sharpened, the luminous ball suspended in front of him started pulsating at an increasing rhythm, and Shi Feiyu's heartbeat seemed to accelerate in response to its frequency.

When this luminous ball reached a certain limit, it suddenly exploded with a thunderous sound. The entire dark surroundings were illuminated by it, and Shi Feiyu found his body dissolving into countless beams of light under the dazzling radiance.

At the moment he was about to completely dissipate, he saw the encroaching darkness returning, compressing the newly emerged white light. However, as the white light was gradually being submerged, a strange energy suddenly surged, blocking the darkness. This energy came from the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit he had consumed a few days ago.

Sitting on the riverbed, Shi Feiyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which was swiftly carried away by the current. The next moment, his eyes widened, and his body shot up from the riverbed.

Shen Zifeng had returned to the riverbank by this time and was sitting there, looking concerned. They had finally found a guide to the mountains, but now he impulsively jumed into the water due to his sister's words.

As he was about to voice his complaints, there was a sudden splash on the river's surface, and the brother and sister quickly turned their heads to see Shi Feiyu emerging from the water. However, before they could rejoice, Shi Feiyu, who was still in the river, once again coughed up blood, and his body drifted away with the current.

"Brother, what are you waiting for? Go save him!" Seeing Shi Feiyu drifting away from the shore, Shen Ziyi suddenly shouted and pushed her brother into the water. Shen Zifeng had no choice but to grumble in his mind while using all his might to drag Shi Feiyu out of the river.

After pulling him ashore, the two siblings discovered that Shi Feiyu had fallen into a deep slumber. They attempted to wake him up but to no avail. Seeing this, Shen Ziyi quickly lit a campfire by the river to keep him warm.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Shi Feiyu slowly opened his eyes. However, at the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a face getting closer and closer to him.

Instinctively, he threw a punch, but he immediately heard a scream, followed by a girl's laughter. As his mind gradually cleared, Shi Feiyu turned his head and saw Shen Zifeng, who was holding his nose, crouching on the ground. His sister, Shen Ziyi, was standing nearby, amused.

Knowing that he had struck someone without reason, Shi Feiyu smiled apologetically.

Just as he was about to speak, Shen Ziyi suddenly turned her gaze toward him, looking angry as she scolded, "What's wrong with you? I was just playing a joke, and you actually jumped into the river to end your life!"

Realizing that the siblings had no malicious intent, Shi Feiyu didn't bother explaining. Instead, he flipped over and sat up. However, just as he was about to divert his gaze from the girl in front of him, he suddenly felt an unusual sensation in his heart.

In Shi Feiyu's eyes, the aura emanating from the girl across from him was incredibly clear, as if there were another pair of eyes helping him see beyond the surface.

Divine soul...

After a little contemplation, Shi Feiyu was suddenly astonished. He closed his eyes and began carefully sensing. After a while, a smile gradually formed on his lips. "Yes, this is the divine soul energy I've been seeking!"

Watching his peculiar behavior, the Shen siblings exchanged glances, unsure if he had genuinely regained consciousness. Just as Shen Zifeng was about to approach and inquire, Shi Feiyu suddenly opened his eyes wide and sneered, "It's such a small world for enemies!"