Chapter 208
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Chapter 208: Stage of Separation
‘Is this an illusion?’
Yi Chen pushed down his doubts.
He entered a meditative state again, controlling his spirit power to flow through his meridians and stabilize his realm.
At the same time, he focused his divine consciousness to comprehend the principles of heaven and earth.
Sure enough, that feeling of consciousness entering his divine consciousness reappeared.
‘Could it be that after breaking through to a new major realm, consciousness can merge into divine consciousness?’
Yi Chen’s heart stirred.
The fusion of consciousness into divine consciousness is completely different from controlling divine consciousness with consciousness.
It is like when he can inject his divine consciousness into a flying sword; when his spirit power is abundant, he can even control the flying sword to strike down enemies from miles away.
But this control is separated by a layer.
His consciousness still remains in his body.
He simply uses the connection between divine consciousness to manipulate the flying sword.
He began to try to direct his consciousness into his divine consciousness.
Sure enough, a marvelous feeling was born.
After merging his consciousness with divine consciousness, the main body turned into divine consciousness, no longer tied to the physical body.
The body merely provided a continuous supply of divine energy.
This feeling was incredibly mystical, as if… the soul had left the body.
However, once consciousness could merge with divine consciousness, it seemed to serve no purpose other than experiencing that wonderful sensation.
Unless…
Yi Chen’s eyes brightened.
The combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness began to try to fly out of the stone house.
It instantly penetrated the stone house made of Wind Stone and gradually moved away.
His divine consciousness seemed to split into two.
One part remained around his physical body, continuously feeding various information back to his consciousness.
The other part followed the combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness, constantly moving outside.
Soon, it reached the tribe’s camp.
Within the range covered by his divine consciousness, everything could be perceived.
The warm breeze, the chirping of insects, and the casual chatter of the tribe members.
In just over ten seconds, the combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness began to return to the stone house.
Yi Chen vaguely felt that the spirit power within this combined entity was gradually running low.
When the combined entity returned to the stone house, a continuous stream of spirit power began to flow into it.
The combined entity absorbed spirit power like an endless abyss.
Yi Chen continued to supply spirit power while attempting to infuse various powers of the laws into it, giving it substance.
Gradually, under the transformation of spirit power and the power of the laws, the combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness became solid enough to be seen with the naked eye.
After more than ten minutes, under his shaping, the combined entity looked exactly like him.
However, this body was made of energy.
Its appearance was strikingly similar, but it had no flesh and blood, nor did it possess the wonderful meridians and acupoints.
Impressive!
Yi Chen’s face lit up with excitement.
He began to understand the purpose of this combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness.
When infused with spirit power, the combination of the two could create an energy form similar to a soul.
Formless and invisible, only those with strong Perception Ability could detect its presence.
Moreover, this energy form could utilize almost all the functions of divine consciousness.
Soul!
Yi Chen immediately gave the combined entity of consciousness and divine consciousness a name.
With the foundation of the soul, if he used the power of the laws for transformation, he could form a clone that looked exactly like him.
At this stage, the soul was only suitable for gathering information and didn’t hold much value for him.
After all, his consciousness existed within the soul.
If something unexpected happened and the soul was destroyed, his consciousness would dissipate.
The same applied to the clone.
But in the future, both the soul and the clone held immeasurable value.
He could try to separate his consciousness.
At the same time, he could continuously improve and strengthen the clone, allowing it to use various skills.
If he achieved this, it would mean he could create one or multiple powerful clones made of energy.
Even if those clones faced danger, he would only lose a small portion of his consciousness without harming his main body.
Stage of Separation!
Yi Chen immediately named this major realm.
Understanding the future development directions of the soul and the clone, he focused his mind and returned his consciousness to his main body.
The clone transformed back into pure spirit power and re-entered his Qi Sea.
He began to stabilize his realm with peace of mind.
At this stage, with his talent and strength realm, along with his powerful Thinking Speed, controlling over a dozen flying swords was not a problem.
In theory, he could separate his consciousness into over a dozen parts.
However, to enable the clone to use various functions of divine consciousness while also employing different skills would require a lot of time for testing.
The main point lies in the physical body, which can be shaped using the power of the laws.
Yet, the human body’s acupoints are incredibly intricate and cannot be created simply with spirit power and the power of the laws.
Therefore, to allow the clone to use various skills, he must take an alternative approach, transforming spirit power into energy that contains various special functions in advance.
Then, using this energy combined with the soul and the power of the laws, he could assemble the clone, granting it the ability to cast various skills.
Once he reaches a higher Stage of Separation, it will be easier to attempt this again.
…
A day later, after successfully stabilizing his realm, Yi Chen used his divine consciousness to communicate with Jin Hu, who was training outside:
"Notify Bai Ruo Xin to come over."
"Understood!"
Jin Hu immediately stood up and sprinted toward the tribe base.
Yi Chen waved his hand.
During this time, he had been busy with his cultivation, and his mailbox had accumulated over a month’s worth of documents, which flew into the formation and landed in his hand.
A thick stack.
His divine consciousness wrapped around these documents.
Starting from the bottom, he reviewed the messages transmitted from the Intelligence Organization and the Political Council.
There was plenty of good news, mostly about the development of the tribe, the construction progress in the Royal City, and the advancement of the Universal Militia.
Additionally, he found several new spirit materials and spirit mines.
However, the good news Yi Chen most wanted to see was missing.
He quickly browsed through all the documents with his divine consciousness, and Bai Ruo Xin’s figure appeared within the range of his consciousness.
Yi Chen waved his hand to open the door.
As soon as Bai Ruo Xin entered, she asked, “Have you found detailed information about the Sea Breeze Tribe regarding the Western Army?”
Bai Ruo Xin shook her head: “The distribution of the Sea Breeze Tribe members is actually easy to find. However, the treasures they possess to control the fierce beasts are under strict supervision.”
“Those powerful fierce beasts lurk deep beneath the sea for a long time. Going into the sea to explore and test would be too risky.”
Yi Chen nodded: “Is there a topographical map of the Sea Breeze Tribe?”
“Yes!”
Bai Ruo Xin replied without hesitation.
“Let’s go! Let’s check the situation over there.”
Yi Chen decided to visit personally.
According to the information provided by the Intelligence Organization, the total population of the Sea Breeze Tribe was estimated to be around seven hundred thousand.
Other powerful forces, although having human subordinates, had relatively few people due to the harsh living environment.
He could take a pause and address it later.
The Sea Breeze Tribe, as there are not many powerful fierce beasts on the various islands, enjoys a good living environment with a very high population density.
For Yi Chen, it is incredibly tempting.
If he can assimilate them, the population of the Flame Mountain Tribe could reach at least eight hundred thousand.
With nearly a million people, the Great Flame Kingdom would be truly deserving of its name.
Moreover, the other major forces, for now, can still be avoided while on land.
The Sea Breeze Tribe dominates the entire sea, putting the expansion of the Western Army almost at a standstill.
Now that he has broken through to the first stage of the soul realm and his strength has greatly increased, it is time to try to resolve this.
"I will make arrangements and return soon."
Bai Ruo Xin nodded and immediately left the stone house to plan the next steps after Yi Chen agreed.
Squeak squeak…
Beside her, the Little Gold Ball excitedly urged her to go and return quickly.
Yi Chen then sat cross-legged to cultivate.
About half an hour later, Bai Ruo Xin returned to the stone house.
With practiced ease, she injected spirit power into the flying treasure and controlled the stone house to rise steadily into the air.
Below, the two guards felt somewhat disappointed.
Yi Chen was going out, but as guards, they had no right to follow, which felt quite unpleasant.
Only Jin Hu remained seated, focusing intently on his cultivation.
With his mind on nothing else, he always knew to execute Yi Chen’s orders when given, and when there were no commands, he would strive to cultivate.
"What’s the situation with that big crocodile now?"
While cultivating, Yi Chen suddenly thought of something and sent a message to Bai Ruo Xin using his divine consciousness.
"It’s still in the swamp. The four armies occasionally seek it out to deal with some strong fierce beasts. This guy is cunning and crafty, greedy for life and afraid of death; it attacks only when it can ambush. When it can’t ambush a fierce beast, it refuses to engage at all," Bai Ruo Xin explained. "Fortunately, its strength is indeed substantial, and it has helped the four armies eliminate quite a few powerful fierce beasts."
"Let’s make a trip to the swamp."
Yi Chen decided to bring that wary swamp crocodile along.
This fellow is strong, and although not an amphibious fierce beast, it possesses the ability to move in both water and land, so its power in the sea would not be significantly diminished.
Having it as a frontline soldier would be quite beneficial.
As for its reluctance to fight strong enemies, that was only in front of the four armies.
