Chapter 1183: Foundation In Soul Forging Cultivation?

Divine Emperor of Death

Davis, Nadia, and Sophie didn't stay put as they discussed the Alstreim Family's shameful yet undisclosed history and the sceneries in the Purple Thunderflame Mountain. They traveled east for a while before taking a shortcut through a valley progressing north.

The map allowed them to traverse with ease as it marked the landscapes and magical beast territories. Although the inner region was marked as well, there were few marks compared to the outer region. However, it was only expected since even the Grand Elders hesitate to be ganged upon by a King Rank Species Magical Beast Clan.

Davis did indeed saw many unique fire-attributed, yang-attributed, light-attributed, lightning attributed, and even some yin-attributed magical beasts fill this mountain range, but they were all at low stages that he didn't bother with them. There were Peak-Level Lord Beast Stage Magical Beasts, but he had changed his target to King Beast Stage Magical Beasts since breaking through.

However, a sudden doubt encroached his mind.

'Mhmm... Considering that I had to absorb and refine three soul essences to breakthrough to the Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage, I muse that I need around four Low-Level King Beast Stage Soul Essences to experience a breakthrough into the King Soul Stage...'

Davis considered as he hovered along with the others in the valley as they traversed. He had stabilized his Soul Forging Cultivation in the Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage by refining all the remaining soul essences, leaving him with an empty stock of precious soul essences.

This made him wonder... 

'Is there foundations for Soul Forging Cultivation...?' 

Davis felt that there should be as the answer was most likely yes!

However, he didn't know any information pertaining to it, and even Fallen Heaven didn't have, so he just mused that his foundation was perhaps a bit higher than the norm. That would explain his prowess. 

Otherwise, if his foundation were way higher, wouldn't his soul force also be proportionally stronger?

'Do I need to absorb more soul essences to increase my foundation?' Davis suddenly narrowed his eyes as he stopped, causing the others to look at him in confusion in the vast terrain.

From his previous experience, the number of soul essences he required to reach a particular level always remained the same, while it changed with stages.

Taking this into the calculation, currently, he was in the Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage. The number of Peak-Level Seventh Stage Soul Essences he absorbed would contribute only a little in terms of increasing his Soul Forging Cultivation, requiring nine times or more, perhaps even twenty times to reach only till the peak of Supreme Soul Stage.

To breakthrough, he may or may not require a higher level soul essence, to be precise, a Low-Level Eighth Stage Soul Essence. In that case, is the latter possible?

Davis could easily afford to hunt all these Peak-Level Lord Beast Stage Magical Beasts, but he hated wasting more lives when he could just hunt four Low-Level King Beasts Stage to successfully have greater chances to enter the King Soul Stage.

Nonetheless, but what if he kept absorbing these Peak-Level Seventh Stage Soul Essences after reaching the peak? Would his cultivation rise to the King Soul Stage, or gets stuck at the very peak and increases his foundation instead? 

'It couldn't be that simple, could it...?'

"..."

Davis didn't know what to think of this own speculations as he never tried it before, but it had his mind trembling with desire.

"What's wrong, Master?" Nadia voiced out.

She looked around with her senses but failed to find any threats and so couldn't help but wonder why her master would suddenly stop.

Davis shook his head, "Nothing... I just thought of something important relating to my Soul Forging Cultivation."

He turned to look at Sophie, "Do you know anything about Soul Forging Cultivation Foundations?"

"Foundations... As in the same way with Essence Gathering Cultivation and Body Tempering Cultivation...?" 

Sophie knew that Essence Gathering Cultivation and Body Tempering Cultivation Foundations were quite similar, but what about Soul Forging Cultivation?

She honestly shook her head, "I don't know..."

"Figures..." Davis nodded his head as he thought of the previous problem.

If it could be said that he had no motivation to reap more lives, he had it now.

He wanted to know if the purity of his soul force would increase. If it did, it might directly correlate to his foundation being increased by one level. This was a surefire method he could rely on to know if his speculations were right!

Davis's sapphire eyes gleamed with a bit of coldness. To escape the invisible danger, he had no choice but to strengthen himself, and when left with no choice, stranger's lives didn't mean anything to him. He kept his kindness, mercy, and compassion over the back of his mind and decided to reap Peak-Level Lord Beast Stage Magical Beasts from now on! 

'As for the Peak-Level Lord Beast Stage Magical Beasts we passed by already... Let's just say that they luckily escaped...'

Davis had to keep moving forward in both senses to reach their destination, not backward. He still had to reap Low-Level King Beast Stage Soul Essences, after all, and the map said that they would only be found near the periphery of the inner region, which is also where he was exactly making his way towards.

"But Davis, I think the Soul Palace might have information on the foundations for Soul Forging Cultivation..." Sophie hesitantly added.

"You're right..." Davis nodded his head in agreement.

He didn't know anything about the Soul Palace. However, it was the hegemon of a mid-sized Territory according to the Fifty-Territories Map, located right below the Burning Phoenix Ridge Territory. With an obvious name like that, he felt either the Soul Palace or the four most substantial righteous powers should know about it.

He felt that he should try to do something about it after somehow meeting up with Ellia and Shirley, or at least even one of them.