After the explanation, the Artifact Spirit fell into silence, leaving Jacob standing there in contemplative silence.
'Soulmancer, Soulless Flames, and Soulless Divine Codex are the main focus of this Soulless Ghost Pagoda. Furthermore, while the former two are probably overviews of the Soulmancy profession, the latter is clearly some kind of high-rank legacy.
'That's because the other sections are kept hidden, and by just making the Class-1 Soulless Flame, I can consider a Class-1 Soulmancer, and since there are twelve classes, I can safely presume that this profession goes way beyond the Legendary Rank, and probably even the Mythical Rank.
'I must have it!' Jacob's eyes flickered coldly as he focused on the stele and carefully read its contents.
Just as the Artifact Spirit explained, there was only the formula of the Class-1 Soulless Flames on it and a deeper understanding of the Soulmancer profession.
'The first step to becoming a Soulmancer is to have at least Soul Sense and a physique that can control Negative Life Force…' Jacob's eyes shimmered with a hint of realization, 'No wonder the Soulless Ghost Pagoda chose the Ghost Race over the others. Only the Ghost Race has a physique compatible with the Negative Life Force. They're probably made for Soulmancy.
'As for the other races, it should be a sporadic case, like Elia's Zodiac Constitution. But then why did no one from the Ghost Race, even the Soulless Ghost King, become a Soulmancer?
'Furthermore, the Soulless Ghost Ancestor left the Soulless Ghost Pagoda behind, and I don't believe it was just because of fear. There is something more to Soulmancy that the Artifact Spirit is hiding for now. After all, just to become a class-1 Soulmancer, at least one needed to be a Ghost King!'
The more Jacob thought about this, the more curious he became, but he remained vigilant. Although he wanted to see if he could become a Soulmancer with his own physique, he still didn't know if the Artifact Spirit would allow someone else other than the Ghost Race to inherit this legacy.
Furthermore, the Soulless Ghost Ancestor's relationship with the Artifact Spirit still existed. So, Jacob didn't dare to reveal himself before getting the Artifact Spirit acknowledgment.
Although he was confident in escaping this place, he also wanted the Soulless Ghost Pagoda. He felt the Soulmancer profession, especially the Soulless Divine Codex, might be helpful.
Since Jacob met the first requirement, he then looked at the second one, and he was slightly surprised, 'The second requirement is to purify the Soul from its resentment and any containment before it turned into an untainted soul, turning it into a pure material, in essential, a Soulless Soul!
'But even Ghost Race can't do it because when they absorb the Negative Life Force, they devour the entire soul without leaving anything, and there is no method written here to achieve this.
'Don't tell me this is the true test?' Jacob's eyes flickered with a hint of grimace, 'It's just like how the Necromancers use a dead body's lingering soul and use the law of death to turn them into undead warriors. However, there is also a requirement that the dead person have to die with some sort of grievance, and a Necromancer can't turn someone who died without any regret into someone who is undead.
'However, Soulmancer should also have a method to capture souls like the Ghost Race's innate talent, Ghost Slavery, within a few moments after someone dies, and if someone is weaker, they can simply remove a soul from the body without even needing to kill the other party.
'But there is still nothing about removing the negativity from the soul and turning it into pure material because after devouring the negative life form, there would be nothing left in the soul, much less energy to become material. The same goes for absorbing the Blood Vitality and Soul Vitality.
'These three things are essentially made the Life Force, and by removing just one, the other two will also be used up. It's just the Races like Vampires, Demons, and Ghosts have innate talent to turn everything else into one, whether it's blood vitality, soul vitality, or negative life force.
'So, the trick here is not to absorb the negativity but to purify it without damaging the Soul Vitality since a soul only had Soul Vitality and Negative Life Force once they died and removed from the body. While the soul shall contain the Bloody Vitality, this also means the Soul would always have less life force when it was alive. Unless it's a being of pure soul…'
However, Jacob quickly shook his head, 'No, it's not right because of the Immortal Chapter of Cursed Blood Progenitor. I can turn Soul Vitality into Blood Vitality or both into pure life force without wasting any. I might even be able to turn Negative Life Force into pure life force if I try. I have authority over the life force like no one else. Even Dark Beings can't escape from me.
'So, would it work if I use the Life Bane Wheel's Life Devour to purify the Soul of its containments? This is the strongest ability I created after comprehending the Immortal Chapter, and I wanted to imbue the entire Immortal Chapter with this ability. Still, I don't have the capability yet.
'But purifying the soul should be easy if I try, even if the soul shows signs of losing the life force, can't I just use the Life Injection simultaneously to keep the soul intact?'
At this moment, Jacob's eyes suddenly flared as a sudden realization struck him, 'Turning soul into a pure material… the Life Devour can turn anything into pure life force, and Life Injection can inject that Life Force into me or others.
'But what if I can imitate the Dark Beings and turn life force into something similar to Life Crystals? Since I have authority over Life Force, it shouldn't be as difficult as I knew in and out of Life Crystals. If I can do this, then can't I turn the life force into Soulless Souls as well, since they are essential to purifying the life force?
'I need to create a Soulless Soul force to confirm this, and if this is true, then I don't need to go through so much trouble at all…'
Jacob's eyes flickered with a hint of excitement as he wasn't expecting this trip to give him so many new ideas about the unique ways to use the Immortal Chapter, or this might be the right way, and he just didn't realize it yet.
After all, the Immortal Chapter only revealed the truth about the Life Force and Cursed Blood and how to maximize its potential. It didn't have anything about how to use it differently, but everything was there, and Jacob just needed to figure it out himself.
Just like in the past, Jacob was only thinking about using the immortal chapter to refine their life force to fuel his cured blood and increase his strength, but now, he has started to think differently.
This was just the start of his discovery of the true terror of the Cursed Blood Progenitor!