However, this process required time. As time passed again, under the intense refinement of the spiritual fire, the essence blood and spiritual liquid, originally mixed into a size of three palms, gradually reduced to the size of one palm.

Several hours later, the spiritual liquid and essence blood had shrunk to a tiny mass. By then, they had completely merged, turning into a cyan-red color. Pure energy diffused from it, so concentrated that even the spiritual fire could not burn it away, only compress and gather it.

Time passed again. The spiritual power in Li Lin's mind was nearly exhausted. If not for the miraculous Lingyu bed supporting him, he might have been unable to persist.

"Gather the pill."

Li Lin uttered another low command. Under the intense spiritual fire, the cyan-red energy mass suddenly condensed, slowly forming the embryonic shape of a pill, with a rich medicinal fragrance already filling the air.

"Hu hu…"

The spiritual fire roared, and moments later, the Fire Dragon Cauldron shone brightly, with a hint of a faint bloody smell in the light.

"Buzz!" The lid of the Fire Dragon Cauldron opened with a buzz, and a cyan-red pill leaped out, filled with a rich energy aura.

"Blood Soul Pill." Watching the pill enveloped in the light atop the Fire Dragon Cauldron, Li Lin's pale face, with dried blood at the corners of his mouth, showed a faint smile.

By now, from refining the herbs to creating the pill, it had been a full five days. This pill was the Blood Soul Pill, a prerequisite for cultivating the Blood Soul Imprint.

"Hu…"

Li Lin's hands suddenly changed, and with a wide-open mouth, a strong suction force emerged from his abdomen, swallowing the Blood Soul Pill from the Fire Dragon Cauldron in an instant.

As the pill entered his stomach, Li Lin quickly closed his eyes. The pill transformed into a vast energy that spread within him, his originally pale complexion beginning to regain its rosiness.

Inside Li Lin's body, the energy from the Blood Soul Pill rushed directly into the sea of spiritual energy in his mind, leaving no residue in his body.

This massive energy gathered in the sea of spiritual energy in his mind. Li Lin's expression was as solemn as it had been in the past few days. Now came the most crucial step in cultivating the Blood Soul Imprint.

In his mind, Li Lin controlled his slightly solidified soul power, trying to draw it from the depths of his soul. However, after several attempts, this soul power, despite being drawn, instantly dissipated into nothingness and returned to the depths of his soul.

Soul power is ethereal by nature. Even though it had a somewhat solid form at this point, once dispersed, it would immediately vanish into nothingness.

Li Lin tried to control his soul power dozens of times, but none were successful. He began to feel impatient, knowing that failure in this final step would render all his efforts over the past five days futile.

"Could it be that only a Spirit Master can do this?" Li Lin thought to himself. After many failed attempts, he started to regret. The Heavenly Spirit Record had stated that to cultivate the Blood Soul Imprint, one must endure pain unimaginable to ordinary people and reach at least the level of a Spirit Master, as only then is it possible to extract and condense one's soul power into an imprint.

According to the Heavenly Spirit Record, even among fifth-level Spirit Masters, only one in a hundred could successfully separate their soul power.

Initially skeptical, Li Lin now regretted his decision. His current cultivation was at the eighth level of Spirit Warrior, and he feared he was unable to separate his soul power to form the Blood Soul Imprint.

"Stay calm, there must be a way. The Heavenly Spirit Record says this step requires calmness and clarity of mind," Li Lin thought to himself.

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Taking a deep breath, he reflected on his soul power, which felt stronger than that of an average practitioner at his level, thanks to the Lingyu bed, the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, and the two spiritual pills he had previously consumed. His soul power had become somewhat solidified.

This solidification of soul power usually occurred at the fifth level of Spirit Master. For a martial artist to reach this level of soul power, they would need to be at the Martial Soul level or higher. It was for this reason that Li Lin dared to attempt cultivating the Blood Soul Imprint now.

Adjusting himself, Li Lin began to slowly control his soul power, directing it towards the depths of his soul. This test was about his control over his soul power. Without a fine control over it, separating the soul power would be difficult.

"Failure."

Li Lin adjusted himself and continued.

"Failure."

"Failure."

"Failure."

Continuously failing, Li Lin didn't become impatient but rather calmer with each attempt. He grew more skilled with each

failure, becoming numb to the repeated disappointments.

On the ninety-eighth attempt, in the depths of his soul, a tiny substantialized soul force was controlled by Li Lin's mind and reached the edge of the sea of spiritual energy in his brain.

"Success."

Li Lin was overjoyed. His hand signs changed rapidly, and the energy from the Blood Soul Pill within the sea of spiritual energy quickly permeated out, instantly intertwining with that substantialized soul force.

"With essence blood as the guide and the soul as the seal, converge for me."

Li Lin uttered deeply, rapidly changing his hand signs. At the same time, the soul force in his mind and the energy from the Blood Soul Pill merged, emitting a dazzling light.

At that moment, a pulling force seemed to emanate from Li Lin's brow, with light piercing through his forehead. A strange aura spread throughout his body.

In his mind, as the soul force and the energy from the Blood Soul Pill merged, the light became more dazzling, like the brilliance of the sun right before one's eyes.

"Ao ao…"

At this time, a series of beastly roars resonated within Li Lin's body, vague yet distinct, resembling the roars of lions, tigers, and even the sounds of dragons and phoenixes.

A tremendous pressure spread from Li Lin's body, causing palpitations, but in the quiet chamber, no one else witnessed it.

"Thump thump thump…"

In Li Lin's mind, a series of deep rumbling sounds suddenly burst, and the dazzling light exploded, scattering into countless light spots.

After these light spots dispersed, an energy phantom appeared in Li Lin's mind. The phantom was blood-red, like fresh blood, and its form was dragon-like but not a dragon, tiger-like but not a tiger, extremely mystical and exuding an immense, overwhelming pressure.

"Success..."

Li Lin's mouth, stained with blood, revealed a slight smile. Then, he suddenly collapsed onto the Lingyu bed. He had held on only by sheer will and intent. Now that he had successfully cultivated the Blood Soul Imprint, Li Lin could no longer maintain his strength.

At that moment, a faint light swiftly enveloped Li Lin's body on the Lingyu bed, transforming into numerous tiny energies that penetrated his skin and entered his body.

When Li Lin woke up, he felt that the spiritual energy in his mind had recovered significantly. In the soul space, there was an energy imprint, the Blood Soul Imprint.

"Success, finally success." Li Lin was overjoyed. His mind slightly concentrated, he couldn't help but activate the Blood Soul Imprint. The imprint in his mind quickly transformed into an energy that entered his meridians, bursting out from his body, and finally condensing on the palm of Li Lin's right hand.

"Ao..."

A sound of dragon, phoenix, lion, and tiger roars faintly emanated from his palm, causing the chamber to resound. A tremendous pressure spread out.

On Li Lin's right palm, a mysterious and strange seal appeared. The seal, dragon-like but not a dragon, tiger-like but not a tiger, was blood-red and extremely mystical.

Looking at the Blood Soul Imprint in his hand, Li Lin smiled and then retracted the imprint, thinking of trying its effects when the opportunity arose.

However, the effectiveness of the Blood Soul Imprint depended on one's strength, strictly speaking, on one's soul power. The Blood Soul Imprint was not solely activated by true qi and spiritual energy but mainly relied on the soul.

The stronger the soul power, the more formidable the power of the Blood Soul Imprint. Li Lin estimated that with his current strength, he could only control a second-order demonic beast. A third-order beast was probably beyond his reach.

Sitting cross-legged, Li Lin began to recuperate, intending to try puppet crafting after recovering his spiritual energy.

A day later, Li Lin took out several high-quality materials such as refined iron and Xuanxing Stone, necessary for crafting puppets.

Li Lin planned to try crafting a werewolf puppet, a relatively simple puppet recorded in the Heavenly Spirit Record. The level of the puppet depended on the crafter's strength and materials.

Without good materials, even with strong abilities, one couldn't craft a good puppet. Without exceptional strength, even with good materials, it was still impossible to craft a high-quality puppet. Both were indispensable.

However, Li Lin did not aim too high. His current strength was not sufficient to craft high-level puppets. Whether he could successfully craft the werewolf puppet was still a question, as this was his first attempt at puppet crafting, with only theoretical knowledge and no practical experience.