Having come to terms with his new strength, Yun Chuan was unbothered by the loss of soul rings. "Just a few old soul rings—no big deal."
He turned his attention to the newly transformed gray-hued chaotic little hammer in his hand. The old flashy name, "Heaven-splitting Thunderblazing Supreme Clear Sky Hammer," was no longer appropriate.
Back then, the grandiose name was mostly self-mockery because of the hammer's extravagant effects.
Now the hammer was subdued and restrained, so such an over-the-top name was unsuitable.
What name should it have?
Chaos Annihilation Divine Hammer?
Two-Poles Heavenly Supreme Hammer?
Void-Shattering Supreme Hammer?
Heavenly Emperor Supreme Silent Annihilation Hammer?
No, too childish…
Yun Chuan shook his head, thinking the new him was different and needed a low-key, meaningful name. Lengthy, flashy titles conveyed nothing of real class.
"Forget it. Better to keep it simple—let's just call it Clear Sky Hammer."
He finally decided only this sober, smoky chaotic hammer deserved that name. Neither Tang San nor Tang Hao's hammer could live up to "Clear Sky."
In classical Chinese culture, "Clear Sky" represented the supreme god of heaven, the creator.
Using such a hammer signified wielding the creator's tool. You couldn't just recklessly destroy worlds and claim the name!
"What about my other martial soul?"
Retracting the chaotic Clear Sky hammer, Yun Chuan wondered about his other martial soul, the Lifegoddess.
At his thought, brilliant colorful light suddenly filled the cave.
A noble goddess appeared.
To Yun Chuan, she looked much the same as before—blue hair and eyes—but her green dress now shimmered with flowing colors depicting mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars—a wonder encompassing all creation.
"Now that I've transcended the soul master system, I don't rely on soul rings to grow stronger. So my martial souls aren't as important," Yun Chuan mused. "Of course, not useless—my hammer can serve as a treasured artifact. But what practical use does the Lifegoddess have? Just an external avatar, perhaps?"
Seeing the goddess form solidify vividly, he thought maybe he'd find new uses later, so didn't worry.
"Those remaining ore stones should also have uses—no point wasting them."
After withdrawing the Lifegoddess, Yun Chuan looked at the piles of rare ores in the cave.
Focusing on a smaller piece, he prepared to use soul power to absorb it.
But the stone twitched and then floated gently toward him on its own.
Surprised, Yun Chuan sensed he had unlocked a new power—"telekinesis" or "psychokinesis," the ability to move objects by will.
He didn't understand fully, but called it "psychic force," controlling objects by thought.
The head-sized stone hovered before him. Without moving a finger, Yun Chuan opened his mouth and let it fly inside under psychic control.
His rune pulsed wildly, but reacted not at all to the stone.
He almost spat it out, but felt his five crystal organs radiate colored light—the white, yellow, red, green, and black merging as they lit his body.
The lilac stone melted within, spreading its essence throughout him.
Though no immediate strength gained, Yun Chuan sensed the stone corrected a certain flaw in his body.
"Why do these rare ores help me?" Yun Chuan pondered.
He suspected these naturally formed ores contained unique 'laws' or 'rules' of the world—the 'Dao' embedded within.
The five ores he'd ingested each represented one of the Five Elements.
Thus, absorbing ores was really absorbing their contained fundamental power, not just the ore itself.
This explained how stone could benefit him so greatly.
"Since ores work, what about other rare treasures—divine herbs, or even soul beast rings?"
A bold idea awoke within Yun Chuan. He yearned to experiment.
Looking at the many remaining ores, he thought it too troublesome to break and eat one by one.
Could he dissolve them externally with Five Elemental Power and absorb their essence?
He practiced drawing on his internal Five Elements—not soul power but pure elemental force from his transformed organs.
Raising his right hand with five glowing fingers—white, yellow, red, green, black—the five colors merged and radiated forth, enveloping the ores.
Under the five-colored light, the ores shone with waves of various colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white—vividly dazzling.
When all stones released their light, Yun Chuan retracted his elemental energy.
The multitude of colorful rays swirled back into him, like rivers returning to their source.
He closed his eyes and quietly savored the gradual healing and completion of his body's "flaws."
His rune released strange pulses, helping integrate the colorful light throughout his body.
Centered on his five elemental organs, this radiance slowly rebuilt his body's framework, like constructing a building, piece by piece.
After long focus,
Yun Chuan opened his eyes.
The odd-shaped ores had become mere rubble—most of their core essence transformed into pure fundamental energy.
The empty shells were finally worthless waste.
Fully absorbing these rare minerals, Yun Chuan noticed no large power leap.
However, his body felt sturdier and more balanced.
He knew this was no minor result.
Instead of immediate strength gains, the ores improved his constitution and solidified his foundation for building an inner world.
(End of Chapter 99)