108: Chapter 108 Experimental Soul Effects

Lin Ye raised his eyes to look at the empty room, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curling up into a rich look of joy, feeling incomparably carefree in his heart.

Today, it seemed like he had squandered most of his net worth and consumed a massive amount of wealth, but in his eyes, this money was spent extremely cost-effectively, utterly worth more than its value without a single shred of waste.

Especially that fragmented true god remnant soul; its foundation was vast and its Dao charm lingering, making it a priceless treasure extinct in the Federation, priceless and marketless, hard to seek even for a thousand gold.

Even if the other party quoted two hundred billion, he would still decisively take it down; now obtaining it for a mere eighty billion, he truly picked up a colossal fortune.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Lin Ye no longer delayed, his mind instantly sinking into the vast three-thousand-square-kilometer Divine Kingdom to officially begin the soul energy nourishment experiment.

With a thought in his mind, the storage divine seal opened, and a full one thousand pure and flawless S-rank beast dependent souls soared into the air.

Without the slightest reservation, Lin Ye waved his large hand, and the majestic, gentle force of soul energy exploded with a boom; all one thousand complete S-rank souls shattered and disassembled, shedding all physical shackles to transform into wisps of extremely pure light golden soul energy, drifting all over the sky and diffusing throughout the entire Divine Kingdom airspace.

Then he concentrated and calmed his mind, his divine sense sweeping across every corner of the Divine Kingdom like a blanket, observing the state changes of all dependents with extreme meticulousness, capturing every single detail completely.

The pure soul energy drifting all over the sky was light and ethereal, slowly surging along the circulating Sha spirit currents of the Divine Kingdom.

The crowd of dependents inhabiting various secret realms instinctively inhaled and exhaled the familiar Sha spirit qi around them, while the pure soul energy mixed within the Sha qi seeped into the flesh and divine souls of every dependent without any obstruction along their respiratory textures and blood meridian channels, gently washing and nourishing their fragile soul origin, tempering soul strength bit by bit, polishing the divine soul foundation, and imperceptibly completing a preliminary transformation.

As the preliminary global experiment concluded, Lin Ye already had a basic understanding in his heart, and subsequently initiated the second round of precise testing.

With a slight movement of his divine sense, he summoned the leader-rank dependents of the seven major tribes across space: the Xuanyin Nether Shadow Hound leader, Sha-Swallowing Python leader, Illusion Pupil Fox leader, Pestilence Mosquito mother emperor, Shahunquan Commander, Shihun Owl Leader, and Counter-Injury Armored Turtle leader all came at the sound, obediently prostrating themselves in the core area of the Divine Kingdom in front of Jinghun Hall, quietly awaiting the lord's command.

Lin Ye tested them one by one, and the experimental data presented in his mind made the gaps clear at a glance.

The absorption and utilization rates of pure soul energy by the remaining six major leader-rank dependents were generally on the low side, all maintained in the 30% to 40% range; most of the pure soul energy could not be absorbed and could only drift back to the Divine Kingdom, turning into source energy for global nourishment, resulting in a relatively large loss.

Only the Shihun Owl Leader had its talent compatibility maxed out, and its efficiency in absorbing, refining, and transforming soul energy could be called terrifying, directly breaking through seventy percent and steadily reaching around 70%, far exceeding all other dependents.

What surprised Lin Ye even more was that after the Soul-Devouring Owl devoured the complete and pure soul energy, the transformation effect far exceeded expectations.

The originally transparent and stable soul origin became increasingly condensed, compact, pure, and flawless; the divine soul barriers were consolidated layer by layer and became increasingly tough, and even the physical bloodline foundation and Sha qi origin obtained weak purification and enhancement, steadily advancing in all directions with infinite transformation potential.

Precisely figuring out the optimal cultivation path and adaptation rules, Lin Ye did not have the slightest hesitation anymore, immediately finalizing the large-scale nourishment plan and precisely tilting the high-tier soul resources reserved in his hands toward the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe.

Prompted by his mind, massive amounts of resources poured out; a full five thousand S-rank pure dependent souls and five thousand A-rank pure dependent souls disintegrated simultaneously, transforming into boundless and extreme soul energy that completely enveloped the entire inhabiting airspace of the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe, initiating large-scale nourishment and transformation for all members.

Outside, more than three hours slowly elapsed, but inside the Divine Kingdom, a full five days and nights had already passed, which was enough for the entire Soul-Eating Owl Tribe to completely digest the massive amount of soul energy and complete an all-encompassing transformation.

After five days of extreme nourishment and wholehearted refinement, the soul energy all over the sky was completely absorbed by the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe, causing the aura of the entire tribe to surge violently and its foundation to undergo drastic changes, completing a qualitative leap.

Lin Ye swept with his divine sense, clearly capturing the brand-new attribute panel of the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe; their soul and mental attributes surged violently, directly breaking through shackles and reaching the summit of the top tier!

[Soul-Devouring Owl Attributes: Strength: 45, Agility: 59, Constitution: 59, Spirit: 100, Wisdom: 65]

The spirit attribute was directly maxed out at one hundred. You must know that even for SSS-rank dependents, the general peak was only ninety-nine. At this moment, the Soul-Devouring Owl completely transcended the shackles of conventional SSS-rank divine soul grades, and its soul condensation degree, purity, and toughness all stepped into a brand-new tier, with a foundation that was immensely profound.

At this time, the Soul-Devouring Owl's soul attack methods had almost surpassed those of ordinary balanced-type SSS-rank dependents.

Of course, the other attributes were still far behind.

At the same time, the overall wisdom of the tribe also leaped significantly, completely breaking away from the limitations of juvenile mentality, steadily crossing the threshold, and meeting the standard of an adult's mature mentality!

At this moment, the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe completely shed its ignorant bestiality, possessing a complete cognitive system, tactical judgment, and independent cultivation philosophy, no longer being fierce beasts that fought rigidly, and truly possessing the top-tier foundation of high-tier prodigy dependents.

"Good! Good! Good!!!"

Looking at the earth-shaking qualitative change of the tribe, and looking at the shortcoming in spiritual intelligence that had troubled him for a long time being completely broken through, brilliant glimmers burst out from the depths of Lin Ye's eyes, and wild joy surged in his heart, unable to calm down for a long time, his entire heart filled with extreme joy and certainty.

Soon Lin Ye cast aside distracting thoughts and suppressed the surging joy in his heart.

The perfect transformation of the Soul-Eating Owl Tribe allowed him to basically figure out the nourishment rules of the soul origin, but soul nourishment of ordinary dependents was ultimately just a transformation at the mortal tier, with a limited upper limit.

If he wanted to truly elevate the foundation of leader-rank dependents and touch the true god tier, he had to use that priceless treasure—the otherworld true god remnant soul.

His gaze narrowed slightly, and his fingertips moved slightly. That small half of the beast true god remnant soul slowly floated out, its hazy golden divine soul halo quietly circulating in the darkness. Even though it was fragmented and broken, it still emitted a majestic divine Dao charm that crushed everything, making people feel awe from the bottom of their hearts.

Lin Ye inevitably hesitated in his heart.

This was the true origin of a true god; its level was too high and its foundation was too vast, far exceeding the bearing limit of the current Divine Kingdom and dependents. If he was the slightest bit careless, it would be the end of the divine soul shattering and the leaders falling.

But hesitation vanished in a flash; fortune always accompanied risk. If he wanted to transcend his peers and knock open the door to a true god, he could not be timid and bound by hand and foot.

He carefully prompted his divine sense, gently tearing off a few imperceptible divine soul filaments of divinity from the one-third true god remnant soul. They were as thin as an infant's pinky finger, seeming weak, yet they bore the purest high-tier divine origin.

The next moment, with a thought in his mind, Lin Ye sent these few strands of divine soul filaments into the bodies of the six major dependent leaders respectively.

In an instant, the bodies of the six leaders trembled violently at the same time!

Their originally stable and condensed divine souls instantly surged and burned hotly; the boundless power of divinity rudely scoured their bloodline textures and divine soul barriers, far exceeding the limit of what their current physiques could bear.