Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 1051

Han Li acknowledged the greetings and approached the crimson pond.

‘This was created using the Blood Soul Great Method. The spirit liquid in the pond is a fusion of the Xu family cultivators’ blood and various rare materials. This liquid is crucial for awakening the blood soul and also slows down its dissipation,’ Xu Yuan explained quietly as he drew near.

‘However, the most vital component for the awakening ritual lies beneath the spirit liquid. Without it, no amount of spirit liquid will allow the Blood Soul Great Method to succeed!’ Han Li stated calmly after activating his Brightsight Spirit Eyes to examine the pond.

‘You have a keen eye. As you’ve discerned, the family treasure, the ‘Blood Essence Coffin,’ is placed under the spirit liquid. Without it, the blood soul cannot form a physical body,’ Xu Yuan replied, slightly surprised but maintaining his composure.

‘The blood soul uses the Blood Essence Coffin to condense a physical body! I understand the essence of the awakening ritual.’ Han Li smiled faintly as he surveyed the massive formation.

‘Really?’

‘Already?’ Xu Hua and Xu An asked, their surprise evident. They clearly looked disbelieving. The awakening ritual usually took half a day, even with the entire Xu family mobilized.

It was hard to believe that even a Composite Body cultivator could grasp it after just a brief look.

‘There’s no need to be surprised. The ritual you’ve prepared is similar to a technique used by an alien race I researched before,’ Han Li said, his smile fading.

Although the alien race wasn’t well-known, their technique allowed them to divide their souls into several parts. This meant that if they prepared a physical body in advance, they could immediately create a clone identical to themselves.

The technique was intriguing, and the cultivation incantations were similar to those of humans, so Han Li had copied it.

Later, he discovered that mastering the technique required a unique innate talent of the alien race. Attempting to learn it without this talent would result in a backlash.

So, he had no choice but to abandon it. However, while the alien race’s technique and the human race’s Blood Soul Great Method differed in detail, they were similar in that they both divided the soul and allowed it to reside in a new body, making it a useful reference.

Han Li, who initially had only a 30 to 40 percent chance of success with the Great Method, was now confident after realizing this. Of course, he wouldn’t declare that the Great Method would definitely succeed here!

He walked slowly around the crimson pond and the entire formation, under the watchful eyes of the other cultivators.

‘That’s enough. When the time comes, I will step in, so you can perform the ritual as you normally would.’ He said after circling a few times, then went straight to a corner of the main hall, sat down cross-legged, and remained there. Xu Jiao frowned slightly and waited for a long time, but Han Li didn’t move.

Just as she was about to speak, Xu Yuan’s voice transmission reached her ears. It was only a few words, but Xu Jiao immediately closed her mouth and took her place in the formation with the other cultivators, entering a meditative state.

Time passed, the sky darkened, and night fell. The Xu family cultivators, who had been keeping their eyes closed, began to stir slightly. Many of them raised their heads and looked curiously at the high platform in the middle of the formation.

Xu Yuan and Xu Jiao also opened their eyes and stared at the platform. Soon after, the main hall was filled with light. White spell characters flowed out of the high platform, forming several small formations.

Woong! Woong! Woong!

The small formations vibrated and emitted milky white pillars of light, which were absorbed into the crimson pond below. When Han Li opened his eyes, the once calm crimson pond was now churning.

A vortex formed around the crimson pond, and large and small silver spell characters flickered in the waves of crimson water.

‘The time has come. Begin!’ Xu Yuan, who had been waiting quietly, shouted, making the main hall resound. In response, the cultivators answered in unison, then formed hand seals with both hands and began to chant the same incantation.

Pa pa pa pat!

Light of spiritual energy rose from the formation on the floor, and a total of eighteen crimson pillars of light soared from various places. The light pillars, as thick as bowls, passed through the ceiling of the main hall and extended endlessly.

Xu Yuan, Xu Hua, and Xu An, as Void Refinement cultivators, took their places at the eyes of the formation, the most crucial points, and each took out a bright red flag as the other cultivators chanted the incantation.

As the flags rose, they bit their tongues and spat out blood. The clots of blood flew away with a whoosh! and scattered into crimson mist in the air, enveloping the small flags.

Woong!

The small flags vibrated and absorbed all the crimson mist, and in an instant, the three small flags swelled greatly, emitting a crimson light. A fierce aura from the huge crimson flags pierced the sky.

The huge flags continuously released crimson energy, which flowed into the formation and merged with the crimson energy in the original formation, surrounding the crimson pond. The stench of blood and a bizarre fragrance mixed together and transformed into a strange energy.

Krrr!

At that moment, a mass of light made of crimson flames rose from the vortex in the crimson pond. Inside the crimson flames floated a coffin made of crystal.

The expressions of the Xu family cultivators hardened at the appearance of the coffin. With their bodies flowing with various lights of spiritual energy, some of them turned pale and trembled. It was clear they were pushing their magic power to the limit.

As the spell characters that had risen from the crimson pond seeped into the Blood Essence Coffin and disappeared, a white energy began to gather inside the coffin, vaguely forming a shape.

Seeing this, Xu Jiao shook her sleeve and released a small crimson bottle. Then, she stretched out one hand, flicked her finger, and absorbed the magic seals into the small bottle.

In response, the lid of the small bottle opened, and a crimson thread extended from it, heading towards the coffin above the pond. As the crimson thread entered the coffin, a strange thing happened.

The white figure inside the coffin began to turn red the moment it touched the crimson thread. The Xu family cultivators knew this was the crucial moment, so they focused on chanting the incantation, strongly emitting the light of spiritual energy from their entire bodies.

The huge crimson flags in front of Xu Yuan and the other Void Refinement cultivators were fluttering wildly. From the crimson energy above the formation, crimson spell characters slowly seeped out and circled around the Blood Essence Coffin.

Shriek!

At that moment, a sharp sound suddenly rang out from the vortex in the crimson pond!

Crimson threads rose densely and wrapped around the crimson figure in the Blood Essence Coffin, creating a crimson cocoon. The crimson threads became more and more numerous and thicker.

After a while, the crimson cocoon grew to the size of a person, and the outlines of eyes and a nose began to form faintly on the head.

Looking inside with her spiritual sense, she saw that instead of the crimson threads constantly burrowing into the cocoon, the crimson threads that had previously wrapped around the figure were withering and disappearing.

As time passed, even though the Xu family cultivators poured power into the formation, no more crimson threads were emitted from the pond. As the number of withered crimson threads that could not increase in size grew, the crimson cocoon writhed in pain.

The faces of Xu Jiao and the other high-level cultivators changed drastically, and they drew on their magic power, but the condition of the crimson cocoon in the Blood Essence Coffin only worsened.

As the faces of the Xu family cultivators turned pale and their magic power was depleted, Xu Jiao looked anxiously at Han Li in the corner of the main hall. However, Han Li was sitting in his place, resting his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

‘Senior Han…’ Xu Jiao called him desperately and was about to say something, but Han Li cut her off.

‘There’s no need to be impatient. Didn’t I say I would help you!’

He slowly got up, and as he brushed the back of his head, a jet-black figure appeared from the black light. The figure, wearing black armor and with an expressionless face, was none other than Han Li’s second nascent soul [a secondary soul formed through cultivation].

And from Han Li’s sleeve, the Gold Devouring Beetle, wrapped in golden light, emerged. The spirit beast’s two eyes, emitting a terrifying aura, were chillingly cold. Xu Jiao and the others were flustered when Han Li suddenly released his nascent soul and spirit beast, but Han Li ignored them and gave an order.

‘Go.’

The nascent soul above his head formed hand seals with both hands and disappeared from its spot in an instant. The next moment, a sound of air being torn rang out above Elder Xu Hua’s head, and the black nascent soul appeared strangely.

Elder Xu Hua’s expression changed, and he felt the treasures in his body stirring. He was on guard at the sudden appearance of the nascent soul. However, the jet-black nascent soul completely ignored the elder below and stretched out both hands towards the huge crimson flag.

Shhh! Puff!

A black pillar of light flew from the palm of his hand. Then, the huge flag, which was gradually losing its light, rang out clearly with a woong! and began to emit crimson light again. It was much brighter than before.

In response, Elder Xu Hua was overjoyed and changed the shape of his hand seals, adding power to the nascent soul.

At the same time, the Gold Devouring Beetle appeared next to Elder Xu Han. The spirit beast opened its mouth and shot out a pillar of golden light, which was its pure spiritual power. Again, the huge flag emitted a different crimson light than before.

Han Li took a step, and in an instant, a flash of blue-white lightning moved him in front of the Great Elder. Han Li flicked his finger towards the third huge flag in front of the surprised Xu Yuan. The blue light that shot out from his fingertip transformed into a fist-sized blue lotus and flew away.

Woong!

The crimson flag, which had absorbed the blue lotus, trembled violently and began to release a tremendous amount of crimson spell characters.

In response, Xu Yuan, who was exhausted from activating the flag, was able to reduce his burden significantly. At this time, the vortex doubled in size and spread throughout the crimson pond, and the crimson threads that had been rising one by one turned into dense bundles of threads and flew into the Blood Essence Coffin.

The crimson cocoon, as if it had regained its vitality, quickly took on the shape of a woman. Seeing this, Xu Jiao shouted in a bright voice.

‘The physical body is condensing!’

Xu Jiao immediately ordered the Xu family cultivators to change their hand seals and incantations. The crimson spell characters that had been circling around the Blood Essence Coffin rushed into the coffin like crazy and disappeared into the crimson cocoon.

After a short while, the crimson cocoon was as hard as a person carved from red crystal.

‘It’s a success.’ Xu Jiao let out a long breath and finished the magic seal, and the other cultivators also stopped their movements. As the formation stopped, the main hall became quiet.

The Xu family cultivators got up one by one and looked at the crimson crystal coffin, but Xu Jiao and the other high-level cultivators did not blink an eye. Han Li also withdrew his nascent soul and the Gold Devouring Beetle and looked at the crimson pond with an interested expression.

A crack appeared in the crimson crystal piece in the Blood Essence Coffin with a clang! Two holes were pierced in the place where the eyes should be, and then pupils appeared and looked around. It was a captivating gaze that drew people in.

Han Li, whose expression had changed slightly, quickly regained his composure, but the other cultivators in the main hall held their breath and watched the changes in the Blood Essence Coffin.

The eyes closed quietly, and as the crimson pupils disappeared, the crimson crystal piece shattered with a clear sound. As the shattered crystal dust flew away in the wind, a stunningly beautiful woman stood in its place.

Her long legs, supple waist, and jade-like smooth skin and beautiful face were almost perfect.

The woman covered most of her body with a beautiful glow, but the men in the main hall swallowed involuntarily. It was fortunate that the cultivators in the main hall were all Nascent Soul stage or higher; if they had been ordinary cultivators, they might have shown an unsightly appearance.

Paat.

Just as Xu Jiao and the other high-level cultivators were about to make a move, a red palace dress was put on the woman’s body, flashing with crimson energy. The woman’s long eyelashes trembled, and when she slowly opened her eyes, there was no emotion in her pupils.

The woman looked around and lingered on Han Li for a long time.

‘This is…’

Han Li felt a strand of consciousness power sweep over him. It wasn’t a powerful consciousness, but it felt strangely as if it was seeing through him completely.