Chapter 2983: 2983 Chapter 2983: Fourth Level Dao Venerable Soul, Merging Techniques! The power of the ice and fire dao stone receded, the soul channel closed, and Lin Moyu ended this soul refinement. His soul realm had firmly stepped into the fourth level of Dao Venerable, also paving the way for Lin Moyu to reach the fourth level of Dao Venerable in cultivation. Now Lin Moyu had two choices. One was to condense enough dao patterns to perfectly raise his realm. He could also choose to advance to the fourth level of Dao Venerable now, but this advancement wouldn’t be perfect, so Lin Moyu wouldn’t even consider it. The path he wanted to walk was already the strongest path, and he needed to pursue perfection with every step. The fourth level Dao Venerable soul emitted a noble aura, along with a terrifying pressure. With just the soul pressure of a fourth level Dao Venerable soul, he could instantly kill any Celestial Venerable cultivator. However, the one flaw was that his soul was currently emitting the aura of the ice and fire dao. These auras were very faint, but they truly existed, preventing the soul from reaching true perfection. This was the consequence of using ice and fire dao stones to refine the soul. As medicine is three parts poison, the residual toxicity of ice and fire dao stones was a headache for many cultivators. Lin Moyu had a thought, and the Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal that had been coiled around the World Tree immediately awakened, flying to the edge of his soul and breathing dragon breath onto it. The main function of the Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal was to help purify the soul, dispelling all impurities. It would grow stronger along with Lin Moyu’s growth. But now, the aura remaining in the soul was the ice and fire dao aura, and the Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal’s power might not be enough. Lin Moyu wasn’t sure if it could dispel the residue. However, even if the Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal couldn’t dispel the residue, it didn’t matter. Lin Moyu had a backup plan. The dragon breath enveloped his soul, giving it a comfortable feeling like bathing in a hot spring. Within the dragon breath, the residual aura left by the ice and fire dao stone was gradually dissipating. The speed wasn’t fast, but it was indeed being refined by the dragon breath. Lin Moyu was delighted, "The Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal is indeed effective. It seems I can use ice and fire dao stones to refine my soul periodically." Since the Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal could refine away the residual aura of the ice and fire dao stones, Lin Moyu no longer had to worry. It was imaginable that as he repeatedly used ice and fire dao stones to refine his soul in the future, his soul would become increasingly powerful. "The problem of soul cultivation has been solved, but unfortunately, the problem of physical body cultivation hasn’t been resolved." The ice and fire dao stones contained the wills of Chixin and Lanshan and couldn’t be used to cultivate the physical body, which was a pity. The physical body was difficult to cultivate, so he still needed to find other methods. The Ten-Colored Dragon Soul Crystal continued to purify his soul. It would take a bit more time to completely refine and dispel the dao aura. Apart from the time spent refining his soul earlier, there were still over forty days left before leaving the Ice and Fire Secret Realm. Lin Moyu turned his attention to the dao patterns. He wanted to use dao patterns again to merge techniques and strengthen them. Fifty-two dao patterns glowed in his soul, distributed like stars across various parts of his soul. Thirty-four of these dao patterns were already assigned, arranged in a peculiar shape. The other eighteen dao patterns were scattered about, waiting for Lin Moyu to summon them. To maintain dao pattern balance, each technique either didn’t merge with dao patterns or, if merging, needed at least two to start. The dao patterns inherent to the techniques themselves didn’t need to be counted. So while there seemed to be eighteen dao patterns, in reality, there were only ten techniques that could truly be merged. Moreover, Lin Moyu didn’t plan to merge them all. He wanted to keep a few in reserve for unexpected needs. After some thought, Lin Moyu made a decision to keep two dao patterns in reserve and merge the remaining sixteen with techniques. Based on his previous battle experience, Lin Moyu first chose his summoning techniques. [Summon Skeleton King], [Summon Skeleton General], [Summon Dragon Rider Legion], [Resurrect the Dead], [Summon Elemental Lich]. These five major summoning techniques alone required ten dao patterns. Lin Moyu not only needed to maintain dao pattern balance for each technique but also maintain balance among the five major summoning techniques. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦 This way, each of the five summoning techniques would have four dao patterns, and their effects would be stronger. In the previous battle against the five-tailed scorpion rats, the importance of the undead army had already been proven. If they hadn’t held back the five-tailed scorpion rats, buying enough time for Lin Moyu to react, the later battle wouldn’t have been so easy. Ten dao patterns flew out, merging with the five major summoning techniques. The technique stars hummed, their auras continuously strengthening. Lin Moyu summoned a Skeleton General to more clearly and directly feel its changes. Previously, the Skeleton General was at the third level of Dao Venerable, but only just entering that level. Later, as the number of dao patterns increased, merging two dao patterns with the Skeleton General, its effect also strengthened accordingly. With fifty-two dao patterns, the Skeleton General had already shed its identity as a bottom-tier third level Dao Venerable, its strength increasing at least twofold. Now with two more dao patterns merged, increasing from two to four, doubling the number. The Skeleton General’s power strengthened accordingly, and not just by twofold. It directly stepped into the peak of the third level of Dao Venerable, with an unexpectedly good effect. The increase in the number of dao patterns had an immediate effect. "If the Skeleton General is at the peak of the third level of Dao Venerable, then the Dragon Rider Legion commander..." Lin Moyu summoned a Dragon Rider Legion commander and found that, just as he thought, the commander had reached the fourth level of Dao Venerable. And those dragon riders were now at the peak of the third level of Dao Venerable, very close to the fourth level, but seemingly just a bit short. The Skeleton Kings were the same, their combat power reaching the mid-range of the fourth level of Dao Venerable. If three thousand Skeleton Kings appeared simultaneously, their individual combat power could reach the peak of the fourth level of Dao Venerable. For the undead army, they didn’t need things like dao true bodies. What they needed was real combat power! [Resurrect the Dead] didn’t change much. Four dao patterns only increased its existence time from 2000 days to 3000 days. Actually, with the hibernation mechanism, 2000 days was enough to use. Lin Moyu had a feeling that [Resurrect the Dead] seemed to be waiting for a qualitative change. This technique was too miraculous, able to bring beings dead for countless ages back to the world in a unique way. This kind of ability seemed to be something only the dao could possess. He didn’t know where the power of [Resurrect the Dead] came from, but currently, it definitely wasn’t simple. Finally, there was [Summon Elemental Lich]. Four dao patterns made the Elemental Liches a bit stronger. But now for Lin Moyu, the only usable Elemental Lich was the Buddha Realm Lich. The Buddha Realm Lich had now reached the limit of the Five-Wheel Ancient Buddha, with the sixth wheel seemingly faintly visible. Their power was mainly limited by materials; dao patterns didn’t affect them much. Lin Moyu suddenly thought, "If I use ice and fire dao stones to summon Elemental Liches..." "If it succeeds, how powerful would the Elemental Liches be!" "I’ll try it later to see if it works." Lin Moyu decided to try it later. With a thought, the remaining six dao patterns all entered the Skeleton Hell. Boom! The Skeleton Hell completely boiled over. Countless Hell Fiends screamed excitedly non-stop, their voices shrill, shaking people’s minds. Then, a terrifying dragon roar burst forth from the Netherworld Black Pool!