[Stelle: Medusa, newbie, what the hell is my husband doing? It's been forever. Why isn't he online yet?]
[Belle: Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.]
[Shinobu: I hope he didn't run into any trouble.]
[Kiana: I doubt it. Victor's way too strong for that.]
A full day had passed, but Victor still hadn't come online. More concerning, he hadn't returned home either.
The worry in the chat group was palpable.
Despite knowing Victor's overwhelming strength, they couldn't help feeling anxious. It was only natural.
Looking at the tightly sealed training room door, Medusa decided to tell them the truth.
[Medusa: Mr. Victor is currently resurrecting someone from the dead.]
[Kurumi: Resurrecting the dead? Does that really take this long? Can't he just run over to Tsunade, clap his hands, and use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique?]
[Shinoa: Yeah, isn't it just that simple?]
[Tsunade: Have you forgotten the prerequisites for using the Outer Path technique?]
[Tsunade: First, you need a complete soul. Second, you need the deceased's remains or at least some body tissue. Both are absolutely essential.]
[Lumine: So the person being resurrected either doesn't have a complete soul, or they've been dead so long there's no body left to work with?]
[Medusa: It's the latter. The soul is intact, Mr. Victor has it secured. The issue is finding physical remains after all this time.]
[Rin: Wait a minute! If he's resurrecting someone with just their soul... doesn't that mean Victor's mastered a completely new resurrection method?]
The ever-perceptive Rin had caught on immediately.
The previous Outer Path technique had strict limitations that prevented many group members from reviving their deceased loved ones.
If Victor had developed a new method that didn't require a corpse, then everyone in the group would soon have the chance to bring back those they'd lost.
The realization sent ripples of excitement through the chat.
[Kurumi: That's incredible news!]
[Victor: I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you again.]
[Stelle: Huh? Victor, you're online? Does that mean it's finished?]
Inside the training room, Medusa glanced up at the closed door after seeing Victor's message. Unfortunately, it remained shut.
[Victor: Not yet. Just a little bit left to go. Probably another hour or two. I got bored and figured I'd kill time in the chat.]
The resurrection had entered its final stage.
All Victor needed to do now was continuously inject spiritual power into the newly formed body before him, helping Yao Chen's soul fuse completely with his physical form.
The process was tedious and monotonous, so he'd decided to browse the chat group to pass the time.
[Rin: Victor, what did you mean by that? Are you saying this new resurrection method won't work for our dead relatives?]
[Victor: It's possible, but compared to the Outer Path technique, the new method has even stricter requirements.]
[Victor: First, to revive someone, you need a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill. The materials required to refine this pill are rare even on this Dou Qi Continent, so gathering them all would be extremely difficult.]
Even though the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill was only a high-grade seventh-tier pill, the herbs needed to create it were more precious than ingredients for some eighth-tier pills.
In fact, several of the spiritual medicines required were typically reserved for eighth-tier pill refinement.
This was why few high-level alchemists on the continent bothered making the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill. It was essentially useless for living people, and it wasted incredibly valuable medicinal materials.
Victor's explanation deflated the hopes of several group members.
Their excitement faded as quickly as it had risen.
Boom!
Finally, two hours later, a tremendous explosion echoed from within the training room.
A powerful surge of spiritual energy burst through the door, instantly jolting Medusa out of her meditation.
"What happened? Did it fail?"
Seeing the destruction, Medusa couldn't help but worry.
An explosion of that magnitude didn't exactly look like a successful resurrection.
But reality proved the opposite of her expectations.
Victor emerged from the smoke and dust, followed closely by an elderly man in flowing white robes. The old man had a weathered face but carried himself with dignity and grace.
This was Yao Chen.
"It actually worked?" Medusa stared in surprise.
"Of course it worked. Failure isn't in my vocabulary."
Victor waved his hand dismissively, dispersing the smoke and debris with a casual gesture.
"There was a small accident at the end, but nothing serious."
Yao Chen, standing behind him, raised an eyebrow at that comment. His voice dripped with sarcasm. "A 'small' accident? That 'small' accident nearly killed me."
Family, who understands this feeling?
The final stage should have ended smoothly.
But Victor had suddenly gotten an idea. He'd injected an extra trace of spiritual power into Yao Chen's new body, trying to achieve an even higher degree of soul-body fusion.
It had worked at first. The compatibility had been climbing beautifully.
Then Victor had gotten careless with the amount of spiritual power he used. The body couldn't withstand such a massive influx of energy, and the whole process backfired spectacularly.
Not only did the compatibility drop, but Yao Chen's strength had plummeted to the level of a Three-Star Dou Zun.
If that accident hadn't happened, the compatibility between his soul and body would have been perfect. He could have broken through directly to the Three-Star Dou Sheng realm immediately after resurrection.
Instead, his power had decreased rather than increased.
The thought made him furious.
If Yao Chen could actually beat Victor in a fight, he would've kicked him in the face right then and there.
What Yao Chen didn't know yet was that the accident had been a blessing in disguise.
A faint trace of spiritual power had taken root in his body during that chaotic moment.
Though the spiritual power was still incredibly weak, it gave him hope of breaking through to that legendary realm that cultivators had dreamed of for millennia!
Of course, those were discoveries for another day.
Right now, Yao Chen was still completely unaware of this unexpected fortune.
"Alright, I know you've got complaints," Victor said, extending his hand toward Yao Chen. "But I resurrected you as agreed. Don't you think it's time you held up your end of the bargain?"
Yao Chen wasn't someone who went back on his word. Without hesitation, he emptied out all the treasures from his spatial ring, keeping only the Flame Mantra technique manual for himself.
Looking at the dazzling array of high-level techniques and Dou Qi cultivation methods scattered across the floor, Victor showed no interest. Instead, his attention immediately focused on the medicinal herbs and pill recipes.
Without a second thought, he swept all the herbs and recipes into his own spatial storage.
As for those high-level techniques? Victor glanced at them briefly before returning them to Yao Chen.
Seeing this, Yao Chen looked puzzled.
"Don't you need these techniques?"
Victor waved his hand dismissively. "No need. They're useless to me."
The only purpose those techniques would serve was to throw them into the chat group in exchange for points.
But they probably wouldn't be worth many points anyway.
Victor wasn't interested in bothering with such trivial gains.