Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest Chapter 1966: Creating A New Cultivation Method

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The next morning arrived without incident. Elayne had chosen to rest for a few hours, shutting down all her spiritual senses while leaving only a special barrier and a few safeguards active. Should danger approach, she would awaken instantly. As she had expected, however, nothing disturbed her. They were safe within the territory of the Amaterasu Clan, after all.

As she slowly opened her eyes in bed, she gazed at her hands and noticed strands of the True Elayne’s Soul Essence flowing through her, melding with her own. This made her "officially" a fragment of the original—not merely an embodiment of her history and myth in this world.

The power had come from a very small Soul Fragment, the largest the other Elayne could share without permanently damaging her own soul, and the greatest she could transfer across dimensions.

Within her Spirit Core, in the vast Spirit Soul Sea, she watched energies gather with growing strength around the golden crystal she had received. It glowed with potent soul essence.

This was the Soul Fragment. It now shone brightly, spreading crystalline roots through her Spiritual Soul Sea and fusing its essence with hers in mutual harmony.

"Wow."

Heroic Spirits’ souls were exceptionally special; they normally lacked any capacity to absorb another soul like this. She had feared rejection, yet the opposite occurred. Her soul welcomed the fragment with open joy and began assimilating it into a kind of Soul Treasure.

"Soul Treasures... the power that the people of the Netherworld refine to grow stronger," Elayne reflected. Thanks to the other Elayne’s memories, she now understood far more about that realm. "The Netherworld Races, the Regions, and everything else... what a wondrous world."

Although she had no direct access to her new Skills and copying them might prove impossible, the Cultivation Methods the other Elayne had learned seemed reproducible.

Their formulas now resided clearly in her mind. The power they promised was incredible, even if she remained incompatible with most of the Undead Methods.

These were the other Elayne’s Cultivation Methods:

[Netherworld Nature Soul Commuting – Grand Perfection Stage]

[Divine Soul Spirit Root Branching – Middle Stage]

[Earthly Spirit Ring – Initial Stage]

[Spirit Blossoming – Initial Stage (Gardenia)]

[Rotten Flesh Strengthening Method – Middle Stage]

[Bone Reinforcement Ritual – Middle Stage]

[Phantasmal Soul Consciousness Method – Peak Stage]

[White Ghostly Mist Consciousness Method – Middle Stage]

And this was hers...

[Dual Dream Nightmare Heart Essence Circulation Method – Grand Perfection]

"Aw, I only had one to share! I hope it will be enough?" Elayne wondered, a pang of guilt twisting inside her. "Damn it. I should have tried to gift her something else. A map alone wasn’t enough, and this method... I wonder if she can benefit from it?"

She wondered whether the other Elayne could even understand it. If she could, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to gather Dream Essence while resting, crystallize it into a Dream Heart, and manifest her own Dream Weapon.

"If that could happen, it would definitely be worth it," Elayne thought. "I should probably start with the most compatible ones. Somehow, thanks to the power of Tartarus, I feel some compatibility. I’m also a Vampire now, technically, so that should help. If I take this form..."

Elayne swiftly assumed her Vampire Matriarch Form. Darkness and blood energy surged outward, intertwining with her other powers and divinities. In that instant, the formulas for the Cultivation Methods reacted most strongly, startling her.

"They resonate! Amazing...!"

Noticing how her physical body still fell short of the invulnerability she desired—always torn apart by powerful foes—she decided to cultivate both the [Rotten Flesh Strengthening Method] and the [Bone Reinforcement Ritual]. For that, she needed Nether, which the gifted Soul Fragment readily supplied.

To compensate and fuel the process, she channeled Blood Energy and Darkness alongside the Abyssal Power of Tartarus. All three resonated perfectly with the methods as she circulated them through her physical body.

"Ooh?"

To her shock, they resonated far more deeply than she had imagined. The formulas merged with her powers, blending into a single, evolving method.

The more she reinforced her bones and flesh, the further these formulas fused, forging a brand-new cultivation technique born from her dark energies.

"It’s slowly becoming something new..."

She let the energies circulate. Her bones—actually hardened spirit wood—grew denser and stronger with every passing second. So did her "rotten flesh," which was, in truth, more spirit wood: spiritualized, shaped to resemble human tissue.

Elayne had become a mixture of many things. Her Vampire Form allowed her to attain this power and cultivate it, transforming her body into one of pseudo-flesh and bone—perfectly suited for the methods to merge so seamlessly.

Slowly, red-colored runes refined themselves across both her outer body and inner structures. Her "bones" and "flesh" began to glow with dark and crimson energies, growing tougher, more flexible, and far more resilient.

"My Vampiric power is resonating even better..."

Elayne smiled with genuine excitement as she felt her vampiric abilities surge. Dark and red energies flowed from her hands, letting her nails extend into long, sharp crimson claws.

"It’s almost done... but it still needs more."

She closed her eyes and introduced another method to complete the fusion. "Right! This one!"

She applied the [Phantasmal Soul Consciousness Method]. Slowly absorbing Nether and other dark energies into her soul, she stretched a phantasmal power outward like living fabric, wrapping it around her body.

She wove it into the glowing red aura and runes until everything shifted into deep red and black—a writhing mass of shadows, miasma, and blood.

And then...

Her aura exploded with vampiric might. Countless red eyes opened across the dark shroud. Her own eyes widened as her vampiric form evolved further. Her skin turned pale white like candlewax, and her long white hair shifted into striking shades of red and white.

"Wow..."

Her eyes now blended gold and crimson, granting her an even more otherworldly appearance. This method had strengthened her Vampiric Powers so intensely that it triggered a true evolution.

"I feel stronger! My Darkness and Blood Energy have increased dramatically. I can sense so much more power flowing within me, and my body is far tougher..."

Elayne felt a twinge of guilt for advancing so quickly compared to her other self in the Netherworld. She quietly prayed that the single method and the map she had gifted would be enough.

Meanwhile, her system displayed several intriguing new notifications.

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