Unfortunately, there were no such ifs. After forming his core, there was nothing in his arsenal of pills that could strengthen his divine soul. The growth of the divine soul depended solely on the tempering of time, the advancement of cultivation, and the slight improvements brought about by the Fine Dust Primordial Art.

This was precisely why Luo Chen had hesitated when facing Han Zhan. The Falling Cloud Sect specialized in puppet techniques and all its members were proficient in divine soul refinement. As far as he knew, the three core arts and two techniques of the Falling Cloud Sect had been obtained by its founding ancestor from a secret realm. If practiced over a long period of time, they could steadily strengthen the user's divine soul. That was precisely why their cultivators could control numerous puppets of a higher level than themselves and challenge opponents across realms. If he could learn such core arts from Han Zhan, he would surely be able to make up for this shortcoming.

Yet a sect's core inheritance could not be granted so lightly. After hesitating for a while, he chose not to speak, in order to avoid a refusal that would lead to unnecessary...