Chapter 278: Chapter 228: Golden Wind Bone Transformation Array, Divine Splitting Technique, Leaving Behind a Tier 2 Puppet

He didn’t dare hesitate and immediately drank another half of the remaining Seven-Star Spirit Water in the bottle.

A cooling sensation surged through him again, like an icy spring extinguishing a scorching fire. The intense pain quickly subsided.

Lu Zhao gritted his teeth and continued to accelerate the process of nurturing the Spiritual Soul Fragment, circulating the Technique even faster.

Half a month later, when the effects of that half-bottle of Spirit Water weakened again and the excruciating pain threatened to return, Lu Zhao drank the last of the Seven-Star Spirit Water without hesitation. The cooling sensation appeared once more.

Finally, on the evening of the seventh day, the once blurry and trembling Spiritual Soul Fragment, under Lu Zhao’s continuous nurturing, gradually solidified and became whole, emitting faint Spiritual Soul fluctuations.

A miniature, illusory version of Lu Zhao faintly took shape at the fragment’s core—the Divine Split was a success!

Lu Zhao let out a long, silent, turbid breath. The tension in his Heart Spirit suddenly eased.

Next, Lu Zhao began to focus all his efforts on repairing and nurturing his Spiritual Soul. But just as it was halfway healed, the effects of the Seven-Star Spirit Water completely vanished!

BOOM!

As if a dam had burst, the terrifying side effects that had been forcefully suppressed by the Spirit Water erupted like a long-dormant volcano!

A pain ten times more intense than before instantly shattered Lu Zhao’s mental defenses!

It was an indescribable tearing and hollowing sensation that pierced every corner of his soul!

It felt as if his entire head was being ripped apart by an invisible force, as if countless red-hot pokers were churning inside his brain!

PFFT! Lu Zhao’s vision went black as he saw stars. His body shook violently, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.

He dug his hands desperately into the hard rock of the ground, his knuckles turning white from the force. His fingernails even cracked and bled, but he barely managed to maintain his seated posture without falling over.

GASP... GASP...

He gasped for air, each breath tugging at the agonizing pain in his Spiritual Soul. Cold sweat poured like streams from his forehead, temples, and back, instantly drenching his entire body.

He had never felt such terrifying pain. It surpassed the limits of the Flesh Body, striking directly at his Spiritual Soul Origin.

’This Divine Splitting Technique really is dangerous. No wonder the records say it’s best to have a Tier Two Spiritual Object that can nourish the Spiritual Soul before attempting to cultivate it...’

Lu Zhao’s consciousness struggled to maintain a sliver of clarity amidst the waves of excruciating pain, his heart filled with lingering fear.

If his Spiritual Soul’s foundation hadn’t far surpassed that of his peers, and if his will hadn’t been tempered through countless hardships to become as tough as iron, that last wave of pain would have been enough to make him pass out on the spot, or even leave him with an incurable Spiritual Soul injury!

He didn’t dare to delay. Enduring the agony that threatened to tear his consciousness apart, he once again activated the Spirit Storage Techniques recorded in the *True Water Spirit Transformation Skill* and the *Thousand Threads Technique*.

Inside his Dantian, the Magical Power True Liquid trembled slightly. A pure Water Attribute Magical Power, carrying a trace of cool Vitality, slowly ascended through his meridians and flowed into his Sea of Consciousness. Like the gentlest spring rain, it began to work in tandem with the Spirit Storage Technique from the *Thousand Threads Technique*, carefully mending his damaged Spiritual Soul Origin.

The process was slow and agonizing, like walking on a knife’s edge.

Lu Zhao immersed his entire Heart Spirit into the process, losing all Perception of the outside world. Time slipped by quietly amidst the extreme pain and focused repair.

A full month later, Lu Zhao slowly opened his eyes. His face was still a sickly pale, and a lingering exhaustion remained deep in his eyes. A faint, needle-like throbbing pain emanated from his temples.

He subconsciously raised a hand to rub his temples, his brow furrowed.

"Spiritual Soul injuries are truly troublesome," Lu Zhao muttered to himself, his voice a bit hoarse.

He could feel that the Spiritual Soul injury had begun to heal under the mending of the Spirit Storage Technique and the nourishment of his Magical Power. However, the bone-deep weakness and occasional throbbing would likely require a much longer period of nurturing to be completely eliminated.

’Without a true Tier Two Spiritual Soul-restoring Spiritual Object or Pill, I must never practice this Divine Splitting Technique so carelessly again!’ This was Lu Zhao’s most profound takeaway from the perilous Secret Technique.

After regulating his breathing for a moment, Lu Zhao suppressed the lingering discomfort and began the next step.

With a slight thought, he carefully injected a set of core commands into the newly-born Divine Split. These commands included guarding the Sharp Pattern Copper Ore, monitoring Zhao Xiaoshu’s activities, and a directive to awaken immediately and seize control under specific conditions.

After finishing the infusion of memories and commands, Lu Zhao took out the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird Puppet.

He condensed a speck of light on his fingertip and gently tapped the Puppet Core on the puppet’s chest.

The Divine Split, carrying the commands, flowed like water, slowly merging into the depths of the complex and profound Puppet Core. It silently fused with the puppet’s own spiritual imprint and lay dormant.

After all this was done, Lu Zhao closed his eyes and regulated his breathing for another half a month. After that, he continued to nurture his Spiritual Soul while also attempting to cultivate.

Although he had taken the Seven-Star Spirit Water mainly for its soul-nourishing effects and hadn’t had time to absorb its Spirit Water Essence, some of the essence had inevitably dispersed as it entered his body, permeating his meridians and Dantian.

The results of half a month of cultivation were unexpectedly good.

One drop of Liquid Magical Power True Liquid quietly condensed and took form! His total number of Magical Power True Liquid drops in his Dantian had now reached sixty-two—a count that included seven drops from the previous two years of arduous cultivation! He was another step closer to the Peak of Early-stage Foundation Establishment.

After he finished cultivating, Lu Zhao turned his attention back to the Red Feather Fire Sun Bird Puppet.

He took out his tools and began a crucial modification to the Puppet—installing a Spirit Stone drive module.

Originally, if Lu Zhao wanted to control the Puppet in battle, he could rely on the wonders of the *Thousand Threads Technique* to directly infuse his own Magical Power into it from a distance via Divine Sense Threads, without needing an external Spirit Stone power source.

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