Within the courtyard of the hotel.
Sadius and Dylin had each reserved their own courtyard suite.
Inside his own courtyard, Sadius began researching the Extreme Intent Fiend's secret technique for creating a Second True Body.
He spread out his God Domain, completely isolating any possible outside probing.
From his spatial ring, he took out the crystal sphere that recorded the secret technique and began studying it carefully.
"This secret technique first requires refining an enormous amount of soul energy, then refining Bula Clan blood essence, and after nurturing it for a time, you undergo a ritual with various materials to wash the soul. Only then can a Saint-level original body's soul be split in two—and even then, you must endure the agonizing pain of dividing your soul."
"Fortunately, within this Extreme Intent Fiend's spatial ring, there's a complete set of ritual materials. So, I only need to prepare enough Soul Gold Beads or amethyst crystals."
As he thought this, Sadius suddenly realized something.
"Wait… doesn't Chief Sovereign power also contain soul energy?"
From what Sadius understood, Chief Sovereign power was both divine power and spiritual force, a higher-dimensional fusion of the two.
So Chief Sovereign power could easily substitute for Soul Gold Beads.
His gaze fell on the Coiling Dragon Ring he wore.
Why hadn't he thought of this earlier?
Within the ring were still two drops of Chief Sovereign power.
So why bother going to the Amethyst Mountains to mine crystals?
Yes, using Chief Sovereign power for this was extravagant…But this was for creating a Second True Body!
And the Extreme Intent Fiend's notes said Soul Gold Beads were superior to amethyst crystals.
If so, wouldn't Chief Sovereign power surpass even Soul Gold Beads?
"There are still two months before our escort mission begins. That's more than enough time to refine a Second True Body."
Sadius immediately began preparing.
Doehring Cowart, the earth-elemental soul spirit residing within the Coiling Dragon Ring, also floated out.
Lately, under Sadius' help, Dylin had been absorbing the soul energy in amethyst crystals.
He had already comprehended more than half of the Gravitational Space profound mysteries within the Earth Elemental Laws.
As long as he had enough soul energy and time, he too could become a God again.
"Dylin, I'm about to use Chief Sovereign power to enhance my soul force. The energy that leaks out from it will be even better than Soul Gold Beads or amethyst crystals. You should take this chance to cultivate—it'll help tremendously."
Dylin nodded firmly.
He had been training diligently for a long time, hoping to become a God again.
This kind of opportunity was not one he'd miss.
Sadius then took out a drop of water-type Chief Sovereign power from the Coiling Dragon Ring.
He used his divine power to refine the Chief Sovereign power.
Immediately, a faint cyan glow spread around his body.
This was the leakage of Chief Sovereign power.
Sadius had to complete the Second True Body refinement as quickly as possible.
Once the Chief Sovereign power dispersed completely, its effects would be lost.
He immediately took out the Bula Clan blood essence from the Extreme Intent Fiend and quickly fused it into his body.
The soul energy—now amplified by the Chief Sovereign power—filled Sadius' sea of consciousness.
The effect was far beyond Soul Gold Beads.
The Bula blood essence merged deeper into Sadius' body under the influence of the Chief Sovereign power.
Soon, Sadius' Azure Dragon soul absorbed that mysterious power.
At this moment, Sadius also retrieved all the ritual washing materials from his spatial ring, mixing them together into a special solution that enveloped his entire body.
His body began absorbing the energy from the liquid.
Slowly, Sadius immersed himself fully in the process.
Meanwhile, inside Sadius' spiritual sea, his Earth God clone watched the changes in the true body with a solemn gaze.
Sadius' soul had already undergone mutation before, so naturally, it wouldn't mutate again.
But now… his soul was beginning to split apart.
The agony of soul-splitting washed over him.
Sadius endured it silently.
Having already experienced soul mutation and three previous soul splitting, Sadius was long accustomed to this pain. His soul was far stronger than it had been back then, so this level of torment was still bearable.
Still, it was far harsher than before—without the protection of the world's Laws, the damage was much deeper.
Time passed bit by bit.
The soul splitting progressed steadily.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Doehring Cowart was taking advantage of this moment to train.
When Sadius used Chief Sovereign power, Dylin could feel the Heaven and Earth Laws even more clearly than before.
Suddenly—Sadius' body began to change.
His originally human form abruptly transformed into his true body, the Thornback Iron-armored Dragon.
Fortunately, they were in the courtyard; otherwise, his massive size would've destroyed the room.
But then, in the next instant, Sadius' body shifted again, changing from the Thornback Iron-armored Dragon into the Azure Dragon form.
In an instant, it reverted back to the Thornback Iron-armored Dragon.
Then it switched back to the Azure Dragon again.
Doehring Cowart thought he was hallucinating.
But no—before his eyes, Sadius' form continued twisting and alternating between Azure Dragon and Thornback Iron-armored Dragon.
Within Sadius' spiritual sea, his Earth God clone naturally noticed the transformation of his true body.
He was attempting to split his soul into two entirely different parts.
This was an instinct of the Bula Clan.
Since he didn't possess this instinct naturally, Extreme Intent Fiend had recorded the process in the memory crystal.
Fortunately, the difficulty wasn't too high.
Sadius controlled his soul to separate a portion that was extremely pure,
one that carried no traces of his Earth, Darkness, or Destruction elemental affinities.
The affinity to all Seven Elemental Laws dropped to almost nothing.
The goal was to cut away a soul with the highest purity possible.
Suddenly, Sadius' soul opened its eyes and let out a dragon roar.
At the same time, in the real world, Sadius' true body also roared aloud.
The dragon's cry pierced through the God Domain, echoing outward.
Meanwhile, his body fully turned into an Azure Dragon, unleashing another thunderous dragon roar.
Inside his spiritual sea—his soul split completely in two.
Two entirely different soul auras now coexisted within the sea of consciousness.
"Haha! I did it!"
The Earth God clone burst into laughter.
But just as Sadius tried to control the newly split-off soul—he saw it suddenly rush out of his body!
In the real world, next to Sadius' massive Thornback Iron-armored Dragon body, a cyan-colored egg appeared.
The separated soul quickly drilled into the egg.
Sadius' original body opened his eyes.
But he saw Doehring Cowart staring at him with eyes wide open in shock.
"Sadius… you're… a female dragon?!"
Sadius was baffled.
What was going on?!
"Just now, you roared like a dragon. It shook my soul so hard it almost became unstable! Then you… laid an egg!"
Sadius froze.
Did he really just… lay an egg?
He extended his divine sense to probe it.
"Oh crap… it really IS my egg!"
Inside, he could feel his own Azure Dragon bloodline, pure and strong.
Of course, this wasn't an offspring.
It was still himself.
Sadius finally understood.
The Extreme Intent Fiend's previous experiments had all been conducted using ordinary Saint-level lifeforms.
His own case was far more complicated.
He had already refined three drops of Azure Dragon essence blood, and his soul was inherently that of an Azure Dragon.
So, this process created a unique Second True Body.
This Second True Body manifested as an Azure Dragon egg, which would still need to incubate before it could be fully born.
"When it hatches… won't it be a true Azure Dragon?"
Sadius couldn't help but think this as he stared at the egg.
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