After a burst of intense pain, Baiyu staggered up from the Scholar's Space, shaking his groggy head.

Although it was just the spirit body.

Being killed by the shout of the Double-Horned Axe still caused him considerable damage, and he might need to rest for several minutes to recover.

Baiyu walked to the Tai Mai Ancient Tree, took a large gulp of the Spiritual Spring, replenishing the energy he had just expended, and finally felt much better.

"My master… it seems your divine soul has been slit, such a sharp blade could only be caused by the Double-Horned Axe, did you encounter that terrifying ax?"

At this moment.

The Tai Mai Ancient Tree, which had been sleeping, suddenly made a sound.

A wrinkled face, made of tree bark patterns, appeared on the trunk of the Tai Mai Ancient Tree.

For the suddenly appearing Tai Mai.

Baiyu's eyelids twitched. If the ancient tree hadn't spoken up, he would have almost forgotten that there was such a thing here.

Cang Yan, who was sleeping nearby, was also awakened by Tai Mai.

Baiyu asked with a serious expression, "What does splitting of the divine soul mean?"

Tai Mai replied slowly, "The divine soul, also known as the soul, spirit, spiritual body, has different names based on the different cultivation paths, it is essentially your consciousness. Now, your divine soul has been slashed by the blade of the Double-Horned Axe.

Although the wound is not large.

If left unchecked, it will undoubtedly become more serious. Ultimately, you might suffer immensely due to the fracture of the divine soul, or even possibly split into two divine souls competing for control of your body."

Baiyu's expression darkened.

That Double-Horned Axe was obviously not the real body, just a divine thought, and didn't even attack him seriously, just an angry shout damaged his divine soul… is this the cost of facing a deity?

However.

This time, the star points transformed from the subject knowledge tree sent him into the sea of dreams, and before he benefited anything, he was kicked out by the Double-Horned Axe.

It was truly unlucky.

There must be good things behind the gate guarded by the Double-Horned Axe.

When he becomes strong in the future, he must reclaim this lost ground.

Baiyu thought silently, but the most important thing now was solving the issue with his divine soul. He activated his spirituality and indeed felt the severe sensation of fracture and the intense pain emanating from deep within his soul.

Clearly.

This was the damage caused by the Double-Horned Axe.

"I don't know the exact solution either, the Double-Horned Axe is too mysterious, there are very few records of it, it's even a mystery why it survived, but now you should nurture your divine soul to prevent the damage from expanding further."

Tai Mai lightly tapped a branch, and a green light point slowly flew down from the sky, merging into Baiyu's body.

In an instant.

The intense pain caused by the fracture diminished significantly.

Tai Mai said in a deep voice, "My power can only ensure that the injury doesn't expand for a period of time, but it cannot heal it. You need to find other solutions."

Baiyu frowned.

It seems that the scars caused by the Double-Horned Axe are not just an ordinary problem.

Nearby, Cang Yan also frowned, unable to think of a solution.

Baiyu looked at the Scholar's Space, where, after the subject knowledge tree disappeared, a brand new, star map-like massive branch activation diagram replaced it.

This diagram emerged from the wall of the Scholar's Space, whose only background was a deep universe, gradually occupying the entire wall.

It was still based on the eight major disciplines.

Mysticism, Magic Elixir, Magic Energy, Sealing Technique, Spiritual Arts, Mechanical Science, Extraordinary Biology, Ancient Martial Arts of the Human Body.

But unlike before.

The eight major disciplines were independently segmented, no longer having all seven other disciplines on the branches of Mysticism, unable to upgrade without Mysticism being upgraded first.

The eight major disciplines independently formed their own upgrading system.

Each discipline became a hub, continuously extending upward with densely packed various branch points, looking like a star map of the cosmos at a glance.

Baiyu approached the wall, carefully examining the content above.

Then he discovered that each point spread over a discipline represented different abilities.

For example, Magic Elixir.

It directly branched out into several major branches, combat elixirs, auxiliary elixirs, defensive elixirs, evolutionary elixirs…

These major branches further extended, creating such an intricate diagram.

That is to say.

Most of these points of light represent various abilities.

Baiyu squinted his eyes. After the knowledge tree in the Scholar's Space evolved, it apparently gained more features and more powerful abilities, unlike before, when subject knowledge improvement only resulted in knowledge benefits.

Now these eight discipline growth paths.

Can continuously convert the knowledge Baiyu acquired into combat power.

However.

Besides the eight light points representing the basic disciplines, all other light points were in a dim state.

Baiyu looked at the few lit light points.

Quickly, he received feedback information.

Every time the eight major disciplines are upgraded by one level, you can get one activation point,

And one activation point.

Can light up one light point, of course, just initially lighting it up.

Now Baiyu had five activation points in each of the eight major disciplines, and the next steps would be very simple, even though the divine soul issue was still urgent, allocating points was what Baiyu wanted to do the most at the moment.

After all, it was both relaxing and pleasurable.

And he could also enjoy the feeling of becoming stronger.

The branches of Mysticism were quite interesting.

Apart from Divine Resistance, Mysterious Perception, there was also the Path of Divine Fire, among other branches Baiyu could barely understand.

This Path of Divine Fire looks dauntingly impressive, easily reminiscent of a divine ascension path.

But.

The first point in this branch required five activation points just to light up, and it was unknown how many more were needed after that.

And for each Mysticism level up, Baiyu only gained one point.

Clearly, it was a bottomless pit. He might reach divine cultivation, yet this branch might still be incomplete.

Soon.

Baiyu invested all the knowledge points into the Mysterious Perception and Divine Resistance branches, gaining two passive abilities.

"Anti-God (2/2): Reduces damage from various divine powers by 20%, increases resistance to divine power contamination by 20%."

"Mystic Scholar (3/3): Your perception of all mysterious matters becomes sharper."

Having resolved the Mysticism point allocation.

Baiyu turned his attention to the other disciplines again.

The enhancement of just one discipline already brought such a significant change; if all eight were fully allocated, Baiyu felt his strength could reach a new level.

Having finished with Mysticism.

Baiyu then focused on Spiritual Arts.

The branches of Spiritual Arts had several options too. After contemplating carefully, Baiyu finally chose "Fast Casting" and "Elemental Affinity."

Fast Casting (3/6): Increases the speed of Spirit Technique casting by 60%, and has a 20% chance of casting without preparation.

Elemental Affinity (3/3): Enhances affinity with various elements by 30%.