Spiritual Sea

The room was silent all around.

Only Su Luoheng's faint breathing could be heard.

The entire environment was peaceful, harmonious, and warm, giving a sense of extreme comfort and relaxation.

After a short while, Su Luoheng, who was fully relaxed, had fallen into a deep sleep. In his semi-conscious state, he inexplicably entered a deeper level of awareness.

"..."

He slept like this for a long time.

In his hazy state, Su Luoheng felt as if he was surrounded and compressed by a dense substance, like the feeling of sinking continuously in seawater.

Su Luoheng's breathing became rapid, and he furrowed his brow tightly!

He desperately wanted to open his eyes.

After several struggles with a furrowed brow, he finally opened his eyes.

However, the scene before him left him stunned: the sight was not the familiar student dormitory; instead, it was a flawless, white world.

In this space, there were countless light particles, stretching as far as the eye could see.

He found himself standing within this sea of clouds, a white world in constant motion.

Where exactly is this place?

Su Luoheng was still a bit confused.

Strangely enough, when he focused and looked into the distance, his vision wasn't obstructed at all; wherever he wanted to see, his gaze could reach every corner, any position of this space. As long as he wished to see it, he could.

Everywhere he looked, it was still the same white world.

However, this place... gave him a sense of familiarity.

As he was retracting his gaze, he suddenly saw a gray orb floating mid-air.

This was the consciousness of Electrolux in its slumber.

"This is my spiritual sea..."

Finally, Su Luoheng's eyes cleared, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes: this was a place he couldn't normally access while conscious—his spiritual sea.

The moment he saw the gray orb, he recalled it.

The spiritual sea is where a soul master stores their consciousness and spiritual power; it holds great importance for them!

Ordinarily, Su Luoheng shouldn't have appeared here.

Under normal circumstances, soul masters of lower ranks cannot voluntarily manifest their spiritual form. However, when absorbing a spirit ring, due to the impact from the resentful remnant soul, the self-protection mechanism of the spiritual sea activates, temporarily condensing a spiritual form for combat, which dissipates automatically once the spirit ring is absorbed.

Without special opportunities, ordinary soul masters must at least reach the rank of Soul Elder to achieve this.

Even for a spiritual-type soul master like him, it usually only becomes possible at the rank of Soul Grandmaster.

This time, however, was an accident.

At that moment, Su Luoheng's mental state was transitioning from tension to relaxation, causing intense spiritual fluctuations that allowed him to enter his spiritual sea earlier than expected.

"How did I end up here?"

Su Luoheng murmured softly while curiously observing his surroundings.

This was his first time appearing here in a spiritual form without being in the process of absorbing a spirit ring.

At the same time, the spiritual particles floating in the air began to converge toward him.

Su Luoheng sensed something.

He immediately closed his eyes and carefully felt the spiritual particles.

Soon, he discovered the trick. Under his guidance, the surrounding spiritual particles quickly gathered!

"Buzz—Buzz—"

The spiritual particles enveloped Su Luoheng like a blooming lotus.

Just as he was feeling surprised, he realized that his spiritual form was quietly changing. These strange spiritual particles were actually aiding his cultivation!

Moments later, Su Luoheng dispersed the spiritual particles and opened his eyes.

He finally understood why even high-level soul masters who weren't spiritual types possessed strong spiritual power. It turns out that cultivating within the spiritual sea by condensing a spiritual form had such benefits.

Calming his emotions slightly.

Su Luoheng shifted positions and continued to draw in the spiritual particles.

After a moment, he dispersed them again and moved to another location to continue.

He repeated this process: drawing in, dispersing, and moving...

Each time, he only drew for a few seconds before changing his position.

Su Luoheng wasn't changing locations aimlessly. The reason for doing so was to test whether the amount of spiritual particles drawn varied in different areas of his spiritual sea.

"..."

After a while, Su Luoheng stood up again.

This time, however, he didn't change his position again but instead walked directly to the gray orb representing Electrolux.

"Just as I thought~"

Su Luoheng's eyes flickered as he murmured.

As he suspected, the distribution of spiritual particles was indeed uneven.

After a careful comparison, he found that the closer he got to the gray orb, the more spiritual particles he could draw in.

However, there was a limit. This range was approximately within five meters; beyond that point, the amount of spiritual particles he could attract significantly decreased.

There was no doubt this was caused by Electrolux.

But Su Luoheng wasn't surprised; he had already expected this.

From the moment Electrolux entered his spiritual sea, his fragmented consciousness had bound with his own. To recover, he naturally needed to absorb the spiritual particles here for nourishment. Because of this, the closer one was to the gray orb, the denser the spiritual particles. The so-called five-meter range was the area where it began absorbing spiritual particles.

Regarding Electrolux, Su Luoheng had some guesses over the past few days.

According to the original story and Huo Yuhao's introduction, Elder Yi should have arrived on the Douluo Continent a long time ago, but he had been floating as a fragment of consciousness all this while, making his location unfixed. At this point in time, Huo Yuhao was still in the Duke's mansion, so it made sense that Elder Yi would appear in the Jingyang Mountains.

As for why he chose him... that was something Su Luoheng didn't know.

But he knew that having Elder Yi as his "cheat" would definitely be beneficial for his growth!

Looking at the gray orb before him.

Su Luoheng suddenly had the idea to try contacting it with his spiritual power, but the moment his spiritual energy entered the orb's range, it vanished like a rock sinking into the sea, losing any connection.

Even though the gray orb was in his spiritual sea, they did not interfere with each other.

Despite Elder Yi being just a fragment of consciousness now, he was still beyond Su Luoheng's current reach.

After a few attempts, Su Luoheng found a spot where spiritual particles were abundant, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate, using this opportunity to increase his spiritual power.

He wasn't sure when he'd be able to enter again.

So, before leaving, he had to seize the opportunity to enhance his spiritual strength as much as possible.

As for the presence of Elder Yi in the spiritual sea, he was eagerly anticipating his awakening. This Holy Necromancer possessed a wealth of valuable knowledge: light magic, necromancy, the undead realm, the knowledge of the Holy Magic Continent—each of these would be of immense help.

Whether he could achieve his goals would depend on this person!

To be fair, Su Luoheng deeply admired Elder Yi, both for his character and strength.

Being favored by him was his great fortune.

  ...

  ...