Luo Fan thought for a moment and quickly came to a decision.
Since his soul was exhausted, he could simply buy some potions to relieve it!
Among the human race, many alchemists specialized in soul-related research.
Unfortunately, his teacher, Grandor, wasn't good at this field. Otherwise, Luo Fan could have asked him to prepare some potions.
His Mechanical Tribe clone stopped comprehending the laws.
Because the clone itself had no soul, it couldn't use Soul Pearls.
Previously, it had only been studying a copied drawing of the first illustration on the Ice-Sealing Chaos Stele to comprehend laws.
The copied image had about twenty to thirty percent of the original stele's effect, which was already quite good.
The Mechanical Tribe clone released a strand of consciousness and entered the Virtual Universe.
At the same time, it searched its internal database for ways to relieve soul fatigue.
Very quickly, the clone found tens of thousands of possible solutions.
Then, it selected the most cost-effective option.
The Soul-Calming Potion.
This potion could soothe and relax the soul.
In the Soul-Calming Potion series, the highest-grade version could even relax the soul of a World Master.
Currently, Luo Fan only needed a D1-grade Soul-Calming Potion.
After all, his soul strength was higher than that of an average ninth-rank Cosmic-level lifeform.
Soul-Calming Potions were originally addictive substances in the universe.
But after the dosage and concentration were lowered, they were discovered to have an excellent calming effect on the soul, significantly reducing soul fatigue.
Many illusionists used it frequently.
After all, repeatedly casting illusions would also tire their souls.
Luo Fan checked and found that he wasn't skilled at preparing this potion.
Learning it now would just waste time.
Buying it directly was easier.
And a single bottle of D1-grade Soul-Calming Potion only cost a few million universe coins, pocket change to him.
He directly had one of his avatars in the Original Universe buy a million bottles.
In just two days, the avatar received the goods.
Meanwhile, not even a full day had passed in Chaos City.
Luo Fan tested it. His Space-Worm clone could use a Cosmic-level Soul Pearl five times in a row before feeling extremely fatigued.
As for his true body… perhaps a bit more fragile?
One use and he was already done.
After the purchase was completed, a world ring appeared in the hand of his true body.
Inside were ten thousand Soul-Calming Potions.
After taking them out, the ring returned to the system space.
Luo Fan picked up a bottle of pale-blue Soul-Calming Potion and drank it in one go.
An instant later, he felt a wave of comfort sweep across his soul.
It felt different from the repairing sensation of the Soul Pearls.
Soul Pearls felt pleasant because the soul was transforming during the repair process.
If the soul had already reached its limit, repairing it wouldn't bring that pleasant sensation.
But right now, Luo Fan felt as if several tiny hands were gently massaging his soul.
This sensation nearly made him moan out loud.
Very soon, his soul fatigue gradually faded away.
He opened his eyes and, without hesitation, took out a Soul Pearl, configured a task, and crushed it with his mental force.
…
In this manner, several months passed.
Luo Fan's willpower had reached 99.9989%.
He only needed to use one more Cosmic-level Soul Pearl and complete one more task to break through to World Master-level Willpower!
[Task: True body's soul repeats the cycle of shattering and repairing ten times. Reward: +10 Comprehension of Mental State, +0.001% Willpower]
But that wasn't all. Luo Fan created another task.
[Task: Break through to World Master-level Willpower. Reward: +100000 Mental State Comprehension, +100 Beginner Will Talent, +100 World Master-level Soul Pearls]
Without hesitation, he crushed the Cosmic-level Soul Pearl in his hand.
That familiar sensation washed over him once again.
Perhaps because he had grown used to the process, ten soul-shatter cycles without task rewards could only raise his willpower by 0.0004% now.
Very quickly, the ten cycles ended.
In truth, this process was extremely short.
What took time was the recovery from soul fatigue.
Whenever that happened, Luo Fan would continue comprehending laws.
After the 0.0004% increase, his willpower reached 99.9993%.
Without hesitation, he accepted the task reward.
In that moment, he seemed to hear something shatter.
He felt a transformation occur within his soul.
On the system template, the "Willpower" section also changed.
[Willpower: World Master-Level (0.000001%)]
A task completion notification echoed in his mind.
Luo Fan didn't immediately take another Soul-Calming Potion.
After months of adaptation…
His true body could now use three Cosmic-level Soul Pearls consecutively.
Meanwhile, the Space-Worm clone could even use Domain Lord-level Soul Pearls directly!
So he wasn't very tired at the moment.
Luo Fan adjusted his state.
Then his true body and his two clones stopped comprehending laws, including the Mechanical Tribe clone.
Luo Fan looked at the mission panel, focusing on a task created last month.
[Task: Raise Mental State to the First Realm. Reward: +1000 Beginner Will Talent, +1 Reincarnation Fruit]
Last month, he felt he was close to reaching the first realm of mental state.
He had been comprehending in that direction ever since.
According to Hong, he divided mental state into three realms.
The first realm was "heart like a blade, heart like a mirror", the path Luo Feng followed in the original story.
The second realm was the "pure heart of a child; yin and yang in harmony; unity with heaven and earth," which was the path of Thunder God.
The third realm was Hong's "embrace all things."
In truth, none of the three realms were superior to the others.
It was just that Hong's mental state was the highest, making people mistakenly believe "embracing all things" was the ultimate realm.
But mental state differed between individuals. Personality and experiences shaped each person's own path.
Originally, Luo Fan wanted to attempt Luo Feng's path.
But after receiving a huge number of mental state insights, he no longer limited himself to one specific type.
Therefore, he created this task.
The task didn't specify a type of mental state, only that it must reach the first realm.
Unfortunately, even after a month, he still hadn't reached it.
He now intended to use this opportunity to claim all the accumulated mental state insight and break through in one go!
Without hesitation, Luo Fan claimed the reward.
A massive wave of insights surged into his mind.
This time, it took him several hours to receive them all.
There were simply too many.
After receiving everything, he didn't move. Instead, he slowly began digesting the insights.
Receiving insights didn't automatically mean improvement.
Just like comprehending laws, only by digesting and mastering them would the insights truly become your own.
Simply "receiving" them was like listening to a teacher explain a math problem, then tossing the notes aside without understanding the steps.
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