Divine Emperor of Death - Chapter 279
Chapter 279: 279
Soon, there was only utter silence left in that cave before the light that existed was fading away into nothingness . The day had turned dark as night came, shining the moonlight on the world from the stars . Davis who had started to refine the Low-Level Grand Beast Stage Souls gradually forgot about his surroundings . Eventually, a month passed as he absorbed the refined soul essences into his soul, strengthening his soul force . It took a month for him to refine as his soul was only at Peak-Level Adult Soul Stage . Refining soul essences of higher stage took a longer time than refining soul essences of the same level . At this moment, he could feel his soul palpitate, and felt as if his soul force and soul essence was going to undergo a qualitative change . Trusting his intuition, he recited the mantra of the Sacred Luminance Mist and kept cultivating his soul . After a few minutes, his soul force and essence settled down and was no longer changing, instead, it consolidated and gave birth to new senses . Opening his eyes, he took a deep breath as a surprised glint could be seen . He didn't think that the breakthrough to the Elder Soul Stage would have been this easier . He essentially didn't face any bottlenecks and straightaway broke through Low-Level Elder Soul Stage though it took quite an amount of time . He was able to resonate his soul with heaven and earth energy and guessed it must've been because of the teachings of Old Man Garvin . Without that, he could've possibly faced a bottleneck, but with Fallen Heaven's help, he would eventually comprehend by absorbing more soul senses . He furrowed his brows when he could sense something else in the cave entirely but realized what it was in a moment . Shaking his head wryly at what he discovered, he thought about his breakthrough speed . 'Weird, I had a tough time breaking through Peak-Level Adult Soul Stage even though I had the necessary comprehension . . . ' Davis thought but later, shook his head, 'Fallen Heaven is truly a soul forging cultivation treasure . . . 'A wave of gale surrounded him, dusting off the dirt that had settled on his robe and body . 'Now I won't die if my conjured soul body is destroyed . . . ' Davis heaved a sigh of relief . Now that he had reached Elder Soul Stage, his soul body was no longer completely connected to his soul sea, meaning that he could use his soul body separately . At the Adult Soul Stage, if the conjured soul body were to die, his soul sea would collapse, leading to his death . At the Elder Soul Stage, he didn't need to worry about his soul body anymore as he could conjure one if his current soul body died . Even if the soul body he conjured out of his soul sea were to die, he would only receive a heavy injury to his soul, not experience death . Davis smiled, 'Now I can use my body and soul body separately without having to fear for my life . . . 'Exiting the cave, he deactivated the formation and retrieved them into his spatial ring . "What are you going to do next?" A voice echoed in his mind . Seeing Fallen Heaven take initiative to ask about his plans, he replied, "Isn't it obvious? I'm gonna hunt for more magical beasts! Especially now my strength has grown, I figure that I will be able to hunt Mid-Level and High-Level Grand Beast Stage Magical Beasts by using your powers . . . ""You're not going to train and improve your battle prowess . . . ?""Time is of the essence, I have to increase my cultivation as much as possible . . . My battle prowess is the least of my concern right now . " Davis gave off a light chuckle . "Time is of the essence? It's not like you have any pressing matters right now . . . "Davis paused and silently muttered to himself, "I have kept her waiting for too long . "Fallen Heaven chose to not reply . As its emotional quotient grew as Davis's Soul Forging Cultivation increased, it learned one or two things about feelings . It tactfully left him to his devices once it heard the longing in his tone . Davis thought about how much time had passed since he last saw Evelynn or even his family . It had already been more than 5 years, and to him, 5 years was a long time . He had already grown attached to them . Once he thought about how good it would be reunited with them, he could no longer hold his thoughts of returning to the Grand Sea Continent . 'At most a year, after that, I'll return . . . ' Davis decided and etched this information in his heart so that he won't ever forget it . Before returning, he decided to stock numerous supplies from the fortune that he would make here and also bring back a Spirit Stone Vein Core to re-enact the flow of spirit stones in the Grand Sea Continent as it once did in the past . After this momentary contemplation, he continued to traverse around the inner region, encountering numerous Magical Beasts that didn't interest him because of their low strength . He did encounter some Low-Level Grand Beast Stage Magical Beasts but didn't bother to fight them, nor did he try to search for their habitat . He wanted to find lone Mid-Level and High-Level Grand Beast Stage Magical Beasts to increase his Soul Forging Cultivation efficiently . Traversing the semi-mountainous region that was filled with greenery, he finally found a magical beast that fit his criteria . Hiding behind a largely withered tree, Davis glanced at the magical beast with some trepidation in his heart . The magical beast that was about a hundred meters in front of him resembled a tortoise . It had four thick limbs and a head that was bigger than his whole body stretching out of its shell . The shell was purple-colored and was filled with thickly veined patterns . Davis held his breath in the state of using Dark Concealing Shroud Art . His earlier confidence from breaking through was thoroughly shaken when he had finally arrived in front of its unbridled magical beast aura .