Chapter 24: Awakening the Origin of the Soul
After achieving a tremendous leap in his strength, Shen Yuan was filled with confidence. He eagerly asked the Elder, his voice burning with fervor, ready to pursue the things that would shatter the limits of his body in his current cultivation realm.
But the Elder's voice struck like a bucket of cold water poured over his back:
"You are still too weak for this confrontation. Cultivate to the Ninth Layer of Body Refinement, hone your combat prowess by attacking the lairs of peak Second Star beast lords, and then consume their cores."
Shen Yuan couldn't help but feel a slight pang of frustration. Not long ago, he had reached the Seventh Layer of Body Refinement, and the Primordial Body Technique had granted him a comprehensive surge, giving him the strength of a Sixth Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator. This had made him somewhat full of himself.
But he could only sigh silently and focus on bolstering his strength.
Over the next month and a half, Shen Yuan threw himself into relentless cultivation, battling beasts in the outer region of the Abyss Forest. This period was supposed to be relatively calm, as with his current strength, few beasts here could pose a real threat. But he was met with a bitter shock: every battle, even those that seemed trivial, turned into a grueling trial. He emerged from each fight covered in wounds, sometimes teetering on the edge of life and death.
The reason?
The interference of the Universe, meddling with his emotions and disrupting his decisions in critical moments.
Shen Yuan nearly lost his mind when he first asked the Elder about it. The Elder told him that he needed to become stronger to confront the Laws of the Universe, which were the primary cause of his suffering.
Shen Yuan wasn't a fool. Though perhaps naive due to his pampered upbringing, he knew that something as vast as the "Laws of the Universe" required more than just raw strength to overcome. This realization left him truly desperate, leading to this incident.
One night, after a brutal battle, Shen Yuan sat beneath a dead tree in the dark Abyss Forest. His long white hair was stained with blood, and his handsome face—meant to inspire awe—had twisted into a mask of rage and despair. Around him lay hundreds of Second Star beast corpses, their bodies torn apart. His eyes gleamed with a slightly crazed look as he muttered things like "Fucking Universe" or "Fuck your filthy laws." The words carried the same meaning, but Shen Yuan, lost beyond rational thought, couldn't grasp that.
He was tearing and striking the already dead beast corpses, which were utterly pitiful at this moment.
"Fucking Universe… fuck your filthy laws! You want to kill me? Just wait… I swear I'll devour you, and I won't fail again!"
Shen Yuan began spewing nonsense that even he couldn't understand. He didn't care, for his soul was burning… burning with an unquenchable flame of rage.
Unbeknownst to Shen Yuan, his soul sea was trembling violently. A light began to seep within, growing larger with each moment until it reached a point where, if Shen Yuan could look at his soul sea now, he would be blinded by its brilliance.
Shen Yuan, lost beyond the bounds of rational thought, was surrounded by hundreds of beast corpses that, even in death, still exuded a suffocating aura. The sheer number was enough to weigh on Shen Yuan's body, burdening him slightly. The pressure persisted until that strange light awakened.
Suddenly, all the pressure surrounding Shen Yuan vanished as if it had never existed. His chaotic, turbulent emotions calmed, except for one thing: the rage, the rage he felt toward the Universe…
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