Cheng Xiao and Ji Yunli were seeing Lin Yi's martial soul for the first time.

Why is it a monkey?

And it looks so downcast, as if it's a monkey suppressed under a mountain.

What made Lin Yi choose this martial soul?

If memory serves, in the Elder Emperor's soul selection library, there are many ancient fierce beasts that look formidable and difficult to deal with.

Can this monkey compare to those ancient fierce beasts?

A look of confusion washed over them.

From the tens of thousands of soul cores Lin Yi brought forth, countless glimmers were continuously absorbed by the martial soul Heart Ape.

Lin Yi could also see the appearance of his martial soul changing.

First, due to the unlocking of the innate soul artifact.

The originally bare head of the Heart Ape now adorned with a golden crown.

With two phoenix feathers rising to the sky, making it appear more divine.

In the eyes of the Heart Ape, a faint golden glow was present.

Making it look even more lively and spirited.

Then, the massive Five Elements Mountain suppressing his body began to gradually shrink.

However, it merely shrunk.

The soul power from over ten thousand soul cores was drained.

The transformation of the martial soul also halted.

Lin Yi sighed inwardly.

Indeed, this amount of soul cores is still insufficient to completely unseal the Great Saint.

Reopening the martial soul panel, Lin Yi felt a renewed sense of enlightenment.

[Heart Ape (Seal Unlocked 50%)]

[Type: Martial Soul]

[Grade: Mythical]

[Traits: Destructive Power: S+, Defense: SS, Durability: S, Resistance: SSS+, Growth Potential: ???]

[Resonating Attribute: Life Value +15%, Physical Defense +20%, Magic Resistance +20%, Attack Power +12%, Effect Resistance +15%]

[Initial Soul Skills Awakening: Grand Celestial Immortal Skill, Eyes of Golden Flame, Seventy-Two Transformations, ???? (Sealed)]

[Soul Skill Slots: 10]

[Innate Soul Artifact: Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown (Unlocked), ????? (Sealed)]

[Subsequent Learnable Soul Skills: None, this martial soul cannot learn other universal soul skills.]

All traits received a significant boost.

The percentage bonus provided by the martial soul resonance was also improved.

Of course, the most crucial are the soul skills and the effects of the unlocked soul artifacts.

Viewing the details of soul skills and soul artifacts, Lin Yi was illuminated.

[Grand Celestial Immortal Skill: Passive soul skill, grants a 100% chance of abnormal status resistance, not reduced by any laws below the supreme.]

[Eyes of Golden Flame: Passive soul skill, enabling you to see through any concealment, invisibility, or disguise of tier 10 or lower, and targets identified by you suffer doubled control effects from all sources.]

[Seventy-Two Transformations: Active soul skill, you can transform yourself and up to five others into any form, undetectable by counter-detection or counter-disguise of tier 9 or lower, and sometimes special effects come with specific transformations.]

[Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown: Innate soul artifact, dramatically enhances physical defense for the martial soul and resonators while equipped.]

The skills of the martial soul are fairly straightforward.

The strength certainly won't be stronger than that of professionals.

Yet Lin Yi doesn't feel his martial soul's three skills are weak at all…

Grand Celestial Immortal Skill, rendering abnormal resistance at 100%.

When encountering Pei Junxi, who specializes in abnormal statuses, he would inadvertently be affected by dozens of vexing abnormal conditions.

However, the Heart Ape is completely immune to all abnormal statuses.

Even when others are controlled, the martial soul remains unaffected.

The effect of Eyes of Golden Flame somewhat overlaps with the Eye of Omniscience.

Yet in situations where the martial soul and professionals are battling separately, it's possible.

Once they battle separately, possessing a skill to break illusions becomes critical.

Then there's Seventy-Two Transformations.

This is a disguise-type skill.

Lin Yi was lacking such skills, thus completing a weakness.

Then there's the soul artifact.

Many martial souls lack an innate soul artifact and require additional forging.

Generally, if an innate soul artifact can be crafted, it is far superior to those forged additionally.

For example, the now unlocked Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown not only enhances the defense of the martial soul.

Lin Yi's physical defense in cloth armor is now comparable to some professions wearing plate armor.

"Tsk tsk…"

"Over ten thousand soul cores didn't change your martial soul significantly."

"It should not be fully unsealed yet."

"Its potential is endless!"

"Did the Elder Emperor secretly suggest you choose this?"

Ji Yunli tsked in amazement.

Clearly, he hadn't seen such a unique martial soul before.

"Stop talking nonsense." Cheng Xiao said blandly.

"The Elder Emperor treats everyone equally."

"Do you want to switch martial souls too?"

Ji Yunli shook his head quickly: "No switch, never switch!"

"Encountering a martial soul that suits me so well is rare."

Lin Yi was moved.

He asked, "You two seniors."

"In the Sky Tower, most ancient humans possess several even seven or eight divine inscriptions."

"This suggests that martial souls can possess more than one, right?"

"But I notice you two only have one martial soul; what's the reason behind this?"

Cheng Xiao and Ji Yunli were both taken aback.

Finally, Ji Yunli slapped his forehead.

"Haha, you asked the same question I did years ago."

"For him, a wealthy child, he likely wouldn't ask; it's just us who arose from humble beginnings that wonder."

"Let me answer this for you."

"It's not that we don't want to acquire a second or even more martial souls."

"Nor that our souls and spirits can't handle it."

"But it's due to another special reason…"

"Have you heard of Karmic Force?"

"According to those from the [Rebirth] faction, all living beings within a world constantly generate Karmic Force."

"And the total Karmic Force of a world has an upper limit."

"The phenomenon of survival of the fittest, like big fish eating small fish, on a larger scale, is an expression of a world's will balancing the overall Karmic Force."

"The essence of martial souls and divine inscriptions is sealing mighty beings outside reincarnation within oneself for personal use."

"In a certain sense, once you have martial souls, you bear double the Karmic Force."

Lin Yi listened.

Feeling he understood.

But not completely.

Cheng Xiao also spoke up.

"Let me put it in a way easier for you to understand."

"Because the world craves balance, there's a limit to Karmic Force akin to exceeding one's total capacity with multiple martial souls."

"Once a living being's Karmic Force exceeds their limit, they experience rejection and backlash from the entire dimension."

"Reflected concretely by bad luck."

"What you seek won't succeed."

"What you fear, will come true!"

"With excessive Karmic Force."

"You might even be struck dead by a falling meteor just by stepping outside."

"Because the entire world seeks to eliminate the trouble of your massive Karmic Force occupancy."

Lin Yi thoroughly understood.

It seems that it's not that these experts don't want more martial souls.

But they'd rather not incur excessive Karmic Force, causing bad luck and misfortune.

"Brother, the unique achievement you obtained previously, what's its effect, could you share?"

Ji Yunli rubbed his hands.

Clearly, this question had been on his mind for a long time.

He promptly provided Lin Yi with knowledge related to Karmic Force.

Lin Yi froze.

"Uh, I haven't even looked at it myself yet…"

Not only this unique achievement.

Even the achievement from taking out Mitsui, the never-ending theme achievement, and the effects of items like Heart of Darkness and Hand of Void, Lin Yi had yet to review!

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