Dong Zhijie was startled: "Young Master He, how did you know about my latest research findings?"

You raised an eyebrow: "So I've actually stumbled right into your specialty?"

Dong Zhijie immediately broke into a wide grin: "You bet!"

After learning the details, you realized this kid Dong Zhijie really had some skills.

According to his explanation, he could take a single drop of human blood and, without using any additional raw materials, start from initial cultivation and ultimately create a perfect one-to-one replica of a human body.

But it was still that same old problem - this human body had no consciousness.

This was actually good news for you, as you could directly transfer half of Deng Wanshu's consciousness into this new body.

And since it was the same person's consciousness, both Deng Wanshus would believe they were the original Deng Wanshu.

If everything proceeded smoothly, you planned to later erase parts of both Deng Wanshus' memories separately.

One Deng Wanshu would have memories of Hu Zhongxuan erased, while the other would have memories of Xie Huide erased. Of course, you would seek Deng Wanshu's consent for this procedure.

As for which one would have memories of Xie Huide erased and which would have memories of Hu Zhongxuan erased, you would have the two Deng Wanshus randomly switch positions somewhere out of your sight until even you couldn't tell them apart, before erasing the memories.

When no one could distinguish between them, there was no need to distinguish.

Then there would be two identical Deng Wanshus, each having fallen in love with different people.

Let those four love however they wanted - each finding love without making a sound.

After getting confirmation from Dong Zhijie, you left.

Now this plan only lacked your breakthrough in the Mind Evolution Art.

You felt quite confident, not because you had gained new insights, but because Lin Mo had been born.

Your call of "Mo, come!" could solve countless difficulties on your cultivation path.

You continued onward to Sea Snake Island.

Several days later, you arrived at this treasure land that had long been covered with your footprints.

It wasn't yet time for the Earth Source to manifest, so you needed to wait for a while.

No other Ultimate Grandmasters had arrived yet, and you estimated none would come until after you had collected the Earth Source.

Because everyone in the martial world now knew you were frantically collecting Earth Sources.

You'd already come to Sea Snake Island twice, and unless something unexpected happened, you'd come a third time. No one dared to encounter this fierce person, let alone compete for Earth Sources.

You thought about it - after obtaining this Earth Source, you would possess four Dry Metal affinity Earth Sources.

Moreover, you could almost confirm that another Dry Metal affinity Earth Source would appear here at Sea Snake Island, making five Earth Sources total.

Even more excessive was that you knew three years later, in the eleventh year, Yajiangkou would produce at least twelve Earth Sources all at once.

With your current strength, those at least twelve Earth Sources would also be yours for the taking.

Last time you learned that the more Earth Sources you fused with, the higher your affinity with Spiritual Energy became, so you needed to obtain more Earth Sources.

You gazed at the azure calm sea surface, then looked at the small light barrier over Sea Snake Island.

You decided to test the strength of a third-stage Ultimate Grandmaster.

You wanted to know what level you could achieve by attacking the light barrier at full power this time, so you could estimate how many more Earth Sources you needed to fuse with to break this turtle shell.

Light flashed in your hand as the Soul Awakening Blade appeared in your grip.

You glanced at the Soul Awakening Blade and your expression froze.

Then black light flashed in your hand again as you swapped to a different Soul Awakening Blade.

You had grabbed the wrong one earlier - that poorly imitated counterfeit Soul Awakening Blade.

Holding your genuine Soul Awakening Blade, mighty Source Power surged abruptly. The calm sea surface began to swell with tides, as if revering your power.

The Soul Awakening Blade glowed with an eerie light, its blade expanding dramatically.

You directly executed the Life and Death Slash.

The enormous blade slammed against the seemingly fragile light barrier like a violent storm.

BOOM——!!

The massive blade phantom violently crashed against the light barrier, the shockwave pushing out a circle of turbulent giant waves.

CRACK!

A clear shattering sound reached your ears.

Your expression tightened as you quickly looked toward Sea Snake Island, simultaneously stuffing a handful of pills into your mouth.

When you saw the condition of the light barrier, the scene before you brought both shock and delight.

That light barrier you thought was impregnable actually had cracks appearing at its top, and the cracks were gradually spreading.

You were overjoyed: "Holy shit! It's breaking already?!"

As soon as you spoke, the cracks instantly spread across the entire light barrier.

CRASH——!!

The light barrier shattered instantly above Sea Snake Island like a broken glass bowl.

Sea Snake Island now had no barrier, free to enter and exit from now on.

The Earth Source that had been blocked by the light barrier was now swaying leisurely on Sea Snake Island.

"Hahaha..."

You laughed wildly, releasing Source Power from your hand that instantly enveloped the Earth Source and directly stored it in your spatial storage.

Your consciousness probed, and the Earth Source revealed its true form.

You immediately clapped your hands in admiration: "Excellent! Wonderful! It's actually the Mysterious Night Sword!!"

This Earth Source was precisely the Dry Metal affinity ranked number one - the Mysterious Night Sword Earth Source.

Which was also the former sword of that thousand-year swordsman.

"Excellent, excellent!"

Having obtained the number one ranked Dry Metal affinity Earth Source, you couldn't contain your joy.

After your joy subsided, you gradually calmed down.

You subconsciously looked toward Sea Snake Island, murmuring: "This doesn't seem right. Why does it appear that all four Earth Sources would appear near Sea Snake Island?"

"Are they trying to gather for a mahjong game?"

Frowning slightly, you decided to investigate Sea Snake Island thoroughly.

You cautiously approached the air above Sea Snake Island. The small island had vegetation cover and quite pleasant scenery.

You flew at low altitude over Sea Snake Island, your powerful second-layer Mind Evolution Art spiritual energy continuously scanning the ground area.

Just as you were about to finish exploring Sea Snake Island, you suddenly frowned.

You discovered that a patch of ground below on the island seemed unusual.

Without thinking, you directly slashed down with your blade.

With a rumble, the island's trees shattered and dust flew everywhere.

The ground revealed a huge hole.

Looking closely, you saw there was even larger space beneath the hole.

Sunlight shining through the hole revealed what seemed to be a stone chamber below, very neat and regular inside.

The Soul Awakening Blade glowed with an eerie light, its blade expanding dramatically.

You gathered Source Power to capture a sea swallow, then threw the sea swallow into the stone chamber.

The panicked sea swallow frantically dashed around inside, occasionally hitting the stone chamber walls, but nothing happened.

Only then did you nod and directly fly through the hole into the stone chamber.

You didn't land, still hovering in the air of the stone chamber.

Scanning around, the stone chamber was quite ordinary, square and featureless.

But when you turned to face the back, your eyes suddenly froze.

In this direction, there was a high platform, and on it stood straight a gleaming cold-light sword - the Mysterious Night Sword!

Indeed, it was the prototype sword of the Earth Source you had just obtained.

You were astonished - a sword from at least a thousand years ago actually appeared before your eyes as if brand new.

You hesitated only for a moment, then deployed Source Power to create a barrier before releasing Source Power toward the Mysterious Night Sword on the high platform.

Your expression was grave, extremely cautious.

However, even when your Source Power touched and even retrieved the Mysterious Night Sword, nothing unexpected happened.

This actually surprised you a bit.

Looking at the Mysterious Night Sword floating before you, you wondered: "Aren't these ancient caves supposed to be full of dangers?"

But indeed nothing happened.

You examined the Mysterious Night Sword thoroughly and found nothing unusual.

On a whim, you released spiritual energy to probe it.

At that moment, you suddenly sensed another consciousness on the Mysterious Night Sword.

Your consciousness and that consciousness seemed to accidentally shake hands.

"There's actually another consciousness on the Mysterious Night Sword!!" You became extremely vigilant and immediately pushed the Mysterious Night Sword far away.

You couldn't identify what that consciousness was, but could sense it was very weak and wouldn't pose any threat to you.

Countless possibilities instantly flashed through your mind.

You regained your composure.

Looking at the Mysterious Night Sword, you tentatively asked: "Elder Yao?"

The Mysterious Night Sword showed no reaction.

You called out again: "Great Evolution Divine Monarch?"

The Mysterious Night Sword still showed no reaction.

You guessed this consciousness was the residual consciousness of that thousand-year swordsman, since this was his personal sword.

Frowning, you murmured: "To still have residual consciousness after at least a thousand years - someone who could leave behind four Earth Sources really has some skills!"

As soon as you spoke, the Mysterious Night Sword actually trembled slightly.

That weak consciousness seemed to have triggered a keyword, instinctively transmitting a message to your consciousness: "Earth Source?! Don't fuse with Earth Sources!!"