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--- Chapter 200 ---
Ah Yin, Han Yue, and Qian Renxue surrounded Han Yuan curiously as they stared at the projection of his split soul, which looked like his younger self from five years ago.
At the time, Han Yuan still had the appearance of a child with baby fat and everything.
"Huh, so this is your soul clone?" Qian Renxue squinted her eyes.
"Why is it smaller than you? It looks like a toddler."
The angel girl couldn't help but want to pinch the projection's cheeks, "I admit it looks cute, but it doesn't look strong..."
"So, this is Xiao Yuan before he became a cultivation maniac." Ah Yin said with bright eyes. Since she learned that Han Yuan was her 'real' son and obtained a chance to reincarnate again, she had never seen his younger version.
The current Han Yuan is that of a handsome young man, but this one is not only smaller but also more adorable, which fits the cute son Ah Yin envisioned.
Too bad Ah Yin never had a chance to watch Han Yuan grow.
Han Yue felt nostalgic upon seeing the projection before commenting amusingly, "Heh, Xiao Yuan started exercising at this age. So, he was a maniac even before awakening his spirits. He woke up at five in the morning sharp and was already running around the house."
Han Yuan was speechless, "Aren't you guys supposed to observe my split soul? What's with the nitpicking of my 'small' self?"
"You were cute, deal with it." The three women snorted at once.
"..." Han Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.
"Also, who said I wasn't observing?" Qian Renxue added indigantly. Her eyes never left the projection as she used her own spiritual energy to explore the miracle of what Han Yuan had done.
Sure enough, Qian Renxue couldn't even dream of replicating what Han Yuan achieved today. It's not just about splitting souls, but also the fact that he had an inner world, such as the Spiritual World, to nourish it.
Splitting soul aside. Qian Renxue only recently opened her spiritual sea due to her status as the Son of Plane. On top of that, Xiao Tian (White Angelic Dragon) is assisting her from the contract.
So, yeah, Qian Renxue wouldn't try Han Yuan's crazy method anytime soon. In fact, she didn't even think her grandfather, a level 99 Limit Douluo, could succeed.
Han Yuan's projection disappeared, and he said, "Well, that's it for now."
"From now on, I will focus more on refining all my powers and preparing myself for another world."
Han Yuan wasn't very familiar with the Heavenly Demon's powers yet.
Everything related to Purple Silver Grass is like second nature to him, so was the Clear Sky Ant King, as the latter focused more on an irresistible tyrannical strength than anything.
Additionally, Han Yuan must imprint the spirit skills onto his external spirit bone, the Fallen Holy Finger. Since the Dou Qi Continent may not accept the cultivation system of spirit masters, he needs to familiarize himself with it first and ensure that he has every weapon in his arsenal ready.
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Two weeks passed.
Every girl has returned to Dao Academy, and Han Yuan promptly shared his decision to travel to another world. They were shocked, but accepting, much to Qian Renxue's disbelief.
Even then, the competition among the girls is just as fierce as usual.
Knowing that Han Yuan would send a clone to another world, they sighed in relief and gave him relaxation after training. Sometimes, one of the girls would bring him food, wipe his sweat, or even massage him.
And you know what? Han Yuan didn't hate it.
Han Yuan likes the fact that they are not forcing him to relax, and would even train beside him occasionally.
To his surprise, their cooking was also becoming increasingly better each day, especially Xiao Wu's. It seems the silly rabbit got drilled by her dear mother to conquer men's hearts through their stomachs.
Anyway, Han Yuan was happy.
He successfully engraved two spirit skills onto the Fallen Holy Finger. One of these skills is called Flowering, a multiplication-type skill. It allows him to duplicate the Fallen Holy Spear as many times as he wishes; however, the more he uses it, the more energy it consumes.
His current limit is 256 duplicates, and any more than that would consume too much spirit energy.
The other spirit skill he engraved is Spear Qi. It enhances the Fallen Holy Spear's cutting and piercing force greatly while correspondingly making any attack dealt afterward irresistible, of course, unless the enemy has similar skills or attainment in artistic concepts like Sword Qi and Fist Qi.
This spirit skill showed one of the many reasons why the spirit master's cultivation system is often considered cheating.
Typically, a cultivator must spend years cultivating and refining their skills to even understand something like Spear Qi. However, by fusing a spirit bone with that skill, the process becomes effortless.
The only 'difficult' part is mastering the skill.
Overall, Han Yuan is getting stronger. His pure physical combat mastery, which he has somewhat put at the back of his head, gradually resurfaced like muscle memory. Every inch of his muscle, bone, and blood vessels is in tune, and he engraved this into his split soul.
Of course, Han Yuan didn't exclusively imprint battle intuition on his split soul. While the spirit master's cultivation system might not work on the Dou Qi Continent, he couldn't say the same with spiritual power and soul's might.
Spiritual power, often referred to as mental strength or Soul Energy, is a universal concept found in many cultivation worlds. It was akin to physics using metaphysical energy to control objects or attack someone's mind and soul.
In the Dou Qi Continent, it is 'typically' referred to as Soul Force or Soul Power. This power is commonly practiced and utilized by alchemists.
Not to be confused with "Spiritual Energy" of the Great Ruler Realm, as it was more of a classic energy cultivator used to refine and grow stronger, much like the traditional immortal cultivation world.
In short, Han Yuan also imprinted many soul and spiritual-based skills into the clone. So, unlike him, who struggled at the beginning of the second and third life, his soul clone would be more prepared and ready for virtually any situation.
Han Yuan accounted for every single scenario. After all, he couldn't afford to fail a world travel mission. The reward alone is discouraging him from doing it half-assed.
Ultimately, Han Yuan did all this to make a better foundation for himself, as the future is unknown.
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Han Yuan sat on the edge of a cliff as he gazed at the rising morning sun, absorbing the purple qi in the air. The world inside his mind is akin to a galaxy right now.
One is a boundless sea of stars, mainly purple in color, with a hint of gold and silver. This boundless sea is none other than Han Yuan's first spiritual sea, unevolved, but infinitely expanding.
And above this boundless sea is a shining green sun, which was his Spiritual World.
The shining green sun seems smaller than the sea, but they are actually equal in purity. It's just a matter of shape and usage.
Han Yuan's spiritual power observed the now-matured split soul and then opened his eyes, "It's time."
[Ding!]
[Task Master, do you wish to accept the request from Xiao Yixian - Battle Through the Heaven?]
"Yes, I am." Han Yuan replied calmly. "However, instead of sending myself, I wanted to send my clone there."
[Analyzing the Task Master's method of completing tasks...]
[Acceptable]
[Access Granted!]
[You may send a soul clone to that world, and the system would randomly assign a body for your soul]
[Warning: The system would look for a suitable body that would fit Task Master's soul, but it wouldn't ensure its quality. You may or may not possess a body that wasn't your race!]
[Do you still want to proceed?]
"Yes." As soon as Han Yuan answered, he could feel a jolt from the depths of his mind. His split soul vanished from the Spiritual World, sucked into the void, and transported far away.
Even then, he still felt a strong connection with it.
It answered one of his theories.
His soul is special, even capable of being connected despite travelling through the void!
[Transferring...]
[Target: Battle Through the Heaven - Dou Qi Continent!]