And so, Li Minghong began a life that was both mundane and thrilling.
After all, experiencing free fall from 10,000 meters three times a day without any protective measures made it hard not to feel stimulated.
Besides the moving Sky Islands, sometimes when he jumped to the next Sky Island, sharp spikes would suddenly emerge from the ground, and sometimes arrows would shoot over from elsewhere.
In short, Li Minghong died in countless ways; these three months were truly a divine experience.
"I can't pass it, I just can't."
Li Minghong lay on his bed, utterly despondent. Sometimes, to jump to the next Sky Island, he had to go back and forth between two Sky Islands many times, or he would die for various reasons.
Fortunately, the instance didn't change, and relying on his memory, which improved with his increasing spirit power, he was able to slowly advance his progress each day.
"I haven't even broken through one level in three months. I need to seek new instances, otherwise my strength is improving too slowly!"
In the original work, Tang San reached Level 13 after acquiring his first spirit ring, and then it took him nearly six years to barely break through to Level 29.
Li Minghong's current talent is far inferior to Tang San's, so for him to break through, it would only take longer.
"The trip to Soto City must be put on the agenda. I originally said I'd go after this year, but now it seems I'll go as soon as I clear the challenge instance."
There were only a dozen or so Sky Islands left; he could clear it in a month at most.
This month, his normal, mundane cultivation began.
But in Li Minghong's heart, there had always been a faint doubt.
"Where did the autonomous consciousness of my Soul Entity come from?"
In the forest behind Li Minghong's school, he summoned his Martial Soul, watching it wrap around his finger, silently pondering.
He calmed his mind and felt the spiritual connection between himself and his Martial Soul.
After feeling for a long time, Li Minghong felt that there was no barrier or repulsion in the spiritual connection.
It was as if the Spirits of the two were inherently one.
"One?"
Thinking of this, Li Minghong's eyes lit up.
"But the autonomous consciousness of my Martial Soul cannot be a division of my Spirit, because my spirit power has not weakened in the slightest."
"Then... is the autonomous consciousness of the Martial Soul an extension of my Spirit?"
The more he thought this way, the more Li Minghong felt it was possible.
"Then when I retract my Soul Entity, where does its autonomous consciousness go?"
Li Minghong's intuition told him that if he figured out these things, he would likely gain something extraordinary.
Unable to figure it out, Li Minghong retracted his Martial Soul and began to feel the flow of energy within it.
But perhaps because retracting and summoning his Martial Soul had become instinct, Li Minghong didn't clearly feel any changes in his body.
Li Minghong didn't get discouraged; he patiently began to retract and summon his Martial Soul repeatedly.
Effort pays off. Finally, under Li Minghong's complete concentration, he felt two faint streams of energy flow into his body.
One was spirit power, returning to his Dantian; the other was spirit power, returning to the depths of his mind, quietly occupying it.
Li Minghong's eyes lit up. "Indeed! My conjecture is correct! It is an extension of my spirit power!"
After the spirit power extended, due to the special nature of the Soul Entity, it was directly transformed into another soul.
"Dual souls in one body, and both of these souls belong to me. Does this mean... I can use two souls?"
Thinking of this, Li Minghong decided to start experimenting immediately.
His consciousness sank into his mind, and because he had captured that soul, it was relatively much easier to find it again.
Soon, he found the much weaker soul in his mind and then used spirit power to connect with it.
Suddenly, after Li Minghong experienced an indescribable feeling, his consciousness began to become muddled, only able to perform the simplest thoughts.
Then he switched back again.
"That soul is too weak."
Li Minghong muttered to himself, but this was enough to make him ecstatic!
The soul was too weak to support further thought, but the simplest thought was already enough for now!
With the extremely high proficiency of Xuantian Skill, there was no need for thought at all! He only needed to think of the command to cultivate spirit power in his mind!
"Isn't this becoming a total grinder! When others cultivate, I cultivate, and when others sleep, I'm still cultivating!"
It just so happened that it was already night, so he would start trying tonight.
In the middle of the night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Li Minghong's Spirit also felt a hint of fatigue. Then Li Minghong switched to his second soul and continued cultivating.
Tang San woke up in the middle of the night wanting to go to the toilet, only to see Li Minghong still cultivating.
'Hmph, what's the use of this? Talent determines his upper limit. Even with such effort, his innate Level 1 spirit power determines that he can only break through to a Spirit Elder at most!'
Tang San felt disdain in his heart, but deep down, a hint of admiration that he couldn't even detect spontaneously arose.
At dawn, Li Minghong opened his eyes.
'The second soul is too weak to be used for too long. After the second soul is tired, I can switch back to the first soul to continue cultivating, but then my Spirit won't be able to recover well.'
'And not just my Spirit, my body won't be able to recover well either.'
After all, although he had two souls, one could rest while the other was in use. But he only had one body.
Li Minghong rubbed his chin, deciding to try for the next few nights to see how many hours of sleep were appropriate each day.
So, Li Minghong experimented every night for the past few days.
Finally, he concluded that the shortest and optimal sleep time was two and a half hours.
At the same time, the repeated tests these past few days allowed him to discover another way to use the two souls.
Simultaneous use.
He could use both souls at the same time, and this feeling was very peculiar.
Not only was his intelligence somewhat improved, but his brain also seemed to have changed from single-core to dual-core driven.
Looking at the triangle drawn by his right hand and the somewhat wobbly circle drawn by his left hand, Li Minghong grinned.
"Once my second soul becomes strong, using both souls simultaneously will not only greatly increase my intelligence, but as long as I want to, I can definitely easily learn the art of fighting with both hands!"
Thinking of this, Li Minghong felt that his future was bright!
"Moreover, my second soul is definitely far from that simple."
Because the second soul was created by the instance space, using Li Minghong's original soul as a guide, it was a soul of the same origin, but a certain fluctuation it emitted was extraordinary.
"As for what this special quality is, I'll explore it slowly later."
No one on the entire continent has ever explored this; Li Minghong is definitely the first, because currently only he and Yu Xiaogang possess this special characteristic of Martial Souls.
But Yu Xiaogang hadn't thought of this point.
Li Minghong felt a sense of accomplishment well up in his heart, thinking that he was the first on the entire continent, and his speech became a little more arrogant.
"Yu Xiaogang! You rat!"