Chapter 294: One Hundred Trials Yield Nothing

"Due to the special nature of the divine soul, although the array hub device can be mass-produced on a large scale."

"But each activation of the array hub in the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array requires the personal guidance of an array master. And to ensure the accuracy of the array, the array master needs to debug and calibrate it at regular intervals."

"And this is the reason you all came here for training."

Jihong Dao suddenly produced a golden ball in his hand, the same item that was distributed with the clothing to everyone earlier.

"This is the Soul Gathering Bead, made from Yin Spirit Jade. As the name suggests, it has the effect of gathering and imprisoning divine souls."

"Do you see the golden light inside?"

"All of those are the divine souls of the Five Elders' cultivators that we captured!"

With this statement, the cultivators present changed their colors.

Through the live experiment of extracting divine souls just now, everyone learned that the golden light in the divine souls of the Five Elders' cultivators was the trace of the 'Soul Covenant.'

However, in the divine souls of each cultivator, the proportion of golden light was only a small fraction.

To condense so many substantial golden lights, how many divine souls would it take?

A thousand? Or even more?

The more they thought about it, the more horrified they became.

Some array masters who had been immersed in the study of arrays since the beginning of their cultivation rarely encountered such a cruel side of the cultivation world.

At this moment, some of them turned pale, feeling anxious.

Jihong Dao said in a deep voice, "What? Afraid? Do you think we're too cruel?"

"But you have to know, just in the battle in Tianlingzhou, the number of cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance who died far exceeds the number of divine souls in your Soul Gathering Beads!"

"Not to mention various large and small wars that have erupted over thousands of years."

"Mercy to enemies is the true cruelty."

Jihong Dao looked deeply at the many young cultivators in front of him, stopped at this point, and did not continue to delve into this topic.

Instead, he continued to introduce the golden Soul Gathering Bead.

"What you need to do is to constantly observe and contact these divine souls up close, comprehend the traces of the Soul Covenant."

"In the end, you should be able to distinguish the differences without relying on external forces."

"This way, when you build the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array, you will have the ability to debug and calibrate the array hub."

"The process of this kind of insight consumes divine souls. You had better achieve this before the divine souls in the Soul Gathering Bead are depleted."

"Otherwise..."

Jihong Dao's voice became cold, "We will consider that you do not have the ability to build the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array. Not only will you be expelled from this Universe Academy, but we will also collect training losses from your recommenders."

With these words, the faces of the cultivators were all a bit unsightly.

If they couldn't meet the requirements and were driven out like this, it was not just a matter of losing face.

It was likely that their future would be ruined, and they would be cut off from the path of array cultivation.

These outstanding young talents recommended by others couldn't help but feel a great deal of pressure.

"However, rest assured. To reduce your difficulty, we have already processed the divine souls of these Five Elders' cultivators using special means."

"The vast majority of memories in their divine souls have been completely erased."

"A pure soul, without facing the impact of memories and emotions, is much easier to comprehend."

"As long as you're not a complete waste who came here just to gain experience, there should be no problem."

Jihong Dao turned the conversation around and encouraged the young talents.

Finally, he set the learning plan for everyone for the next period.

During the day, the cultivators followed Jihong Dao to learn how to construct the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array.

At night, they returned to their respective small courtyards to comprehend the Soul Covenant imprints.

Every month, there would be an assessment to check everyone's learning progress.

...

In this way, Li Fan began his study schedule in this Universe Academy.

This Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array truly lives up to the high expectations of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, hoping to turn the tide with this formation.

The complexity is incredibly profound.

Just the peripheral structure of the array has a total of 36 million array patterns.

Each basic pattern is composed of various, numerous basic array formations.

Even the simplest one combines tens of thousands of different array units.

To fully grasp the array structure of the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array is not an easy task, even for the geniuses selected from various states.

However, Li Fan had the assistance of the "Dao Fusion of One" secret technique.

Everything he learned, saw, and even thought, was meticulously recorded in the blue Dao stones in his sea of consciousness.

He could check at any time, cross-referencing his experiences.

Li Fan's mastery of the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array progressed by leaps and bounds, placing him at the forefront among the group of outstanding talents.

In stark contrast, Li Fan's ability to sense the Soul Covenant was quite different.

When about a quarter of the golden light in the Soul Gathering Bead had been depleted, Li Fan made almost no progress, just like in the beginning.

However, Li Fan was calm, without any pressure.

Threats like expulsion from Tianyu State or demanding fees from recommenders couldn't affect him, Li Fan.

If nothing unexpected happened, Zhang Zhiliang would probably have returned to heaven by then.

So, Li Fan maintained a calm and unhurried attitude, slowly comprehending his progress.

Time passed slowly.

On this day, Li Fan once again extracted a divine soul from the Soul Gathering Bead and was about to comprehend it.

Two immense cultivations suddenly surged from his body.

Like surging river water, unstoppable.

In an instant, it filled half of the third calamity body, and the feedback of cultivation continued to increase.

Li Fan was delighted, sensing faintly, "Is this Ye Feipeng and Xiao Heng breaking through to the Golden Core realm simultaneously?"

Subconsciously, he wanted to activate the formless killing intent and check the situation there.

However, the distance was too far, and he couldn't know what happened to the two.

This made Li Fan feel somewhat uncomfortable and uneasy.

"Judging from the feedback of cultivation quantity, the two of them are at least at the Three Laws Golden Core level."

"Such a spectacular scene, but I can't witness it, it's a bit regrettable."

"It seems I need to find a way to upgrade my formless killing intent."

Suppressing the faint joy in his heart, Li Fan's divine sense skillfully entered the blank divine soul in his hand.

As if entering a vast, boundless space.

Li Fan traversed here, attempting to find the traces of the golden Soul Covenant.

However, just like before, he gained nothing.

The imprint of the Soul Covenant was deeply hidden in the divine soul, like a drop of water merging into the ocean, extremely difficult to detect.

Violently pulling out the divine soul is equivalent to boiling the ocean, forcing the Soul Covenant imprint to appear forcibly.

Forcibly taking divine souls is no different from killing.

To identify on a large scale, this method is simply impractical.

Only by entering the inner part of the soul with divine sense, through close contact, can one comprehend the existence of the Soul Covenant imprint.