Like Antares, Lin Moyu wore a grave expression.

If this step failed, all their previous preparations would be rendered meaningless.

Using the Soul-Splitting Art, Lin Moyu carefully split off a strand from his soul.

The amount had to be exact. The precision required was extraordinarily high.

In the past, when he had first learned the Soul-Splitting Art, accomplishing such a feat would have been impossible.

But after training the Deathwings skill, his control over soul force had improved dramatically.

This gave him a far deeper understanding of the Soul-Splitting Art than before.

Because of that, the plan had finally become feasible.

Strands of soul gradually separated from the main soul-form, slowly forming a soul avatar.

As the strands gathered, the soul avatar became more defined, eventually taking the shape of a second Lin Moyu.

However, this version was noticeably smaller and appeared slightly illusory due to its limited soul force.

Previously, Lin Moyu could split 10 strands of soul, but those strands lacked consciousness.

This time, the separated soul had to carry his consciousness, making the difficulty far greater.

He proceeded with extreme caution, advancing step by step.

After half a day of painstaking effort, he finally completed the soul avatar.

Throughout the entire process, Antares kept Divine Dragon’s Discernment fixed on him. Only when the soul avatar nodded did Antares finally release a long breath.

The greater world rune remained within Lin Moyu’s soul main body and had not shown any movement.

Clearly, it had no interest in the soul avatar.

The soul avatar was simply too weak, less than 1% of the original, and therefore unworthy of paying attention.

Antares spoke in a low voice, “Next, I will use a secret technique to put your soul main body into a deep sleep.”

“Your consciousness will be struck by the secret technique. If you fail to withstand it, your mind will fall asleep with the soul main body, and the soul avatar will collapse.”

Lin Moyu understood that deceiving the greater world rune would never be easy.

At this stage, they could only proceed step by step.

Even so, he felt confident. Like Antares, he also felt a trace of excitement.

“Begin.”

Lin Moyu took a deep breath. In the soul state, breathing was unnecessary. It was merely habit.

Seeing both the main body and the avatar inhale at the same time looked somewhat amusing.

Antares began to chant softly. Within the soul world, a Divine Dragon manifested.

The Divine Dragon exhaled streams of mist that condensed into a pitch-black cloud, slowly drifting toward Lin Moyu and completely enveloping his soul main body.

Secret technique: Cloud of Unconsciousness.

According to Antares, Cloud of Unconsciousness could shut down all senses and force its target into a deep sleep that was nearly impossible to resist.

Lin Moyu’s soul main body had no strength to resist and immediately fell into slumber.

As the soul main body fell asleep, the portion of consciousness linked to it was affected as well.

Lin Moyu’s mind grew chaotic, as though he were standing on the edge of collapse.

A powerful wave of drowsiness washed over him.

At that moment, he felt an overwhelming desire to sleep, to sleep forever and never awaken again.

Within Cloud of Unconsciousness, once someone fell asleep, their senses would be sealed completely, leaving them in a state of deep slumber.

Without outside intervention, sleeping for thousands of years would not be unusual.

Lin Moyu firmly remembered Antares’s instructions. The consciousness within the soul avatar struggled desperately to stay awake, resisting the creeping sleepiness.

Antares watched closely.

With the soul main body asleep, the greater world rune also appeared dormant.

The result matched their expectations, allowing Antares to relax slightly.

His attention then shifted toward Lin Moyu’s soul avatar.

The avatar was now battling the drowsiness transmitted from the main body.

“Hold on.”

“You must hold on.”

Antares murmured quietly, though even he was unsure whether Lin Moyu could succeed.

The task was extremely difficult. Lin Moyu’s soul rank was simply too low, and his strength too weak.

Yet this step was unavoidable.

Lin Moyu’s soul avatar trembled constantly, clearly resisting with all his strength.

But the drowsiness created by Cloud of Unconsciousness was overwhelming, and his resistance was gradually weakening.

The urge to sleep grew stronger and stronger.

In the haze of fading awareness, Lin Moyu seemed to hear a voice whispering again and again, “Sleep… sleep… once asleep, all troubles fade…”

Suddenly, a streak of purple light shot out from the depths of his soul. It crossed time and space in an instant and landed directly on Lin Moyu’s soul avatar.

Lin Moyu jolted, snapping awake at once.

Antares’ eyes widened in shock.

The purple light had appeared in an extremely strange manner. The aura it carried was vast and majestic, no weaker than that of the greater world rune itself.

Antares immediately recognized its form. It was a spark. A tiny purple spark.

Antares attempted to trace its origin but found nothing. It had appeared suddenly and vanished just as quickly, leaving no trace behind.

Even Antares had no idea where it had come from.

The purple light was merely a tiny spark, small and seemingly insignificant.

Yet when it entered the soul avatar, the overwhelming drowsiness disappeared instantly.

Lin Moyu was now fully awake.

The influence of Cloud of Unconsciousness had completely vanished.

“How is it?” Antares asked in a deep voice.

Lin Moyu nodded, “We can proceed to the next step.”

While in the half-conscious state, Lin Moyu had seen the purple light streaking toward him and had vaguely guessed its origin.

The talent world…

The most mysterious place within his soul.

The talent world contained three purple flames, representing his three unique talents.

Most importantly, his system was also located there.

The spark that had just transformed into purple light was likely connected to them.

But regardless of its origin, now that he was awake, he had to focus on the next step.

Lin Moyu knew what mattered most; everything else could wait.

Following the prearranged plan, Lin Moyu’s soul avatar entered the skill space.

The 10 colorless Dragon Soul Crystals, each brimming with soul force, followed closely behind.

The soul avatar itself possessed very little soul force. less than 1% of the main body's.

At this moment, however, it merely served as a medium.

The avatar connected with one of the Dragon Soul Crystals.

In an instant, the soul force stored within surged outward, flooding the entire skill space at an astonishing speed.

Lin Moyu had to act quickly.

There was no telling how long the effect of Cloud of Unconsciousness would last.

After all, the opponent was a greater world rune, a most fundamental power of the greater world.

Even the old man riding the green ox had likely never discovered the greater world rune within him.

If it awakened and intervened, he wouldn't stand the slightest chance.

Racing against time?

No. This was a race where even 0.01 seconds could mean the difference between life and death.

The first Dragon Soul Crystal activated, and its soul force filled the skill space in less than a second.

Lin Moyu’s eyes flashed with sharp light, “Found them!”

“There really are skills.”

The skill star cores he had been unable to locate before finally appeared.

There weren’t many—only three.

They represented his three level 80 skills.

Previously, the greater world rune had concealed them in a way Lin Moyu couldn’t comprehend.

Now, without its interference, locating them was effortless.

Lin Moyu didn’t dare waste even 0.1 seconds.

The moment he found them, the remaining Dragon Soul Crystals were activated.

A massive surge of soul force roared forward, pouring into the skill star cores to ignite them.

The skill star cores began to glow. Law of heaven and earth stirred as a mysterious power descended from the sky, piercing through Lin Moyu’s body, passing the soul world, and entering the skill space.

Activating the skill star cores inevitably triggered a resonance with the law.

The instant the resonance occurred, Lin Moyu’s soul main body snapped its eyes open.

The greater world rune began to shimmer.