At his current level of strength, it wasn't going to be difficult for Austin to refine the spiritual heart.
However, it would take some time.
To prevent any interruptions, he stretched out his hand and used his omnipotent skill to block the space
around him. He was now completely isolated from the outside world.
This was one of the simplest usages of the Secret Reincarnation Skill.
Once he was ready, Austin sat down cross legged in the void and began to refine the spiritual heart.
The spiritual tree and the spiritual dragon dragged the spiritual heart into Austin's Soul Sea. To make
sure the process went on smoothly, the spiritual heart was locked in the center and could not move.
Under the control of Austin's mind, wisps of spiritual sense began to shiver and twine around the
spiritual heart.
Slowly, time passed, and the process continued.
Far away from him in the Spiritual Mountain, his slaves were in control of the whole area.
"All hail to our new chief!"
The members of the spiritual race knelt down around Rondo
and greeted him in unison.
Kerwin had been seriously injured and had attempted to escape. At Rondo's orders, numerous masters
of the spiritual race had swarmed up and captured him alive.
Even though Mordechai, Sergio and Briar were not convinced, Austin intimidated them. They had seen
how strong and powerful he was and didn't want to cross him. Therefore, they had no choice but to
bow to Rondo just like the other members of the spiritual race.
The fight for the position of the new chief in the spiritual race was over.
In just half a day, the entire Spirit Cosmos had become aware of the fact that Rondo was now the
patriarch of the race and, by extensions, the new ruler of the Spirit Cosmos.
Now, all the clans and sects of the Spirit Cosmos were coming to visit their new chief.
Back in the void where Austin was refining the spiritual heart...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Numerous shards of spiritual light gushed out from Austin's pores. They were dazzling to look at.
These shards were the purest form of spiritual soul energy and contained amazing spiritual power.
In the black and endless void, their surging glow made Austin look like a holy deity floating around in
the nothingness.
Inside his Soul Sea, dense and mysterious runes were rising from the spiritual heart. Each of them
looked like it was explaining the law, the civilization, and the history of the spiritual race.
Gradually, Austin's spiritual sense seeped into the spiritual heart.
The spiritual soul mark that Kerwin left on it was already gone. Austin had erased it forcefully and there
was no trace of it anymore.
Austin's spiritual sense and spiritual soul energy increased rapidly as he refined the spiritual heart.
Moreover, numerous laws and mysteries related to the spiritual soul law also seeped out of the spiritual
heart, which he learned instantly.
Half a month later, he suddenly opened his eyes, which seemed to be glowing.
A light of enlightenment flashed across his eyes.
"It's finally refined,"
Austin remarked with a smile.
At that moment, the spiritual heart was obediently floating beside the spiritual tree in his Soul Sea, as
quiet as a mouse.
The sphere of spiritual sense that adorned the center of his Soul Sea had grown at least a thousand
times larger than before.
This signified an increase in his spiritual sense by a thousand folds.
Since it was already quite strong, its new capabilities were terrifying.
Austin reckoned that there was no one in the spiritual race since the very beginning of time who could
compare with him at this level of strength.
"Two of the three holy weapons of the spiritual race have fallen into my hands.
With my current soul power, it'll be a piece of cake for me to subdue a genuine premium-grade divine
god.
It will only take a few seconds."
Austin stood up merrily. He was in a good mood after noticing how much his strength had grown.
"The Spirit Cosmos is completely under my control now."
He released his spiritual sense and could instantly sense everything that was going in the entire Spirit
Cosmos.
He stepped out and arrived directly at Rondo's palace.
"Master is here!"
Rondo, Elder Payne, and more than a dozen divine gods of the spiritual race saw him arrive and
obediently formed a circle in front of him. They were his slaves now and had no other emotion except
for deep devotion to him.
"Order all the divine gods of the spiritual race to line up. I'd like to see them,"
Austin told Rondo.
"Yes, master,"
Rondo answered.
He was programmed to follow all of Austin's orders without asking why or what.
Very soon, all the divine gods received the order of the patriarch and began arriving at the palace one
after another.
Austin was sitting cross legged in a secret room and asking them to enter the room one by one.
His purpose was, of course, to turn them all into his slaves.
Once that was done, he could learn about all kinds of advanced usages of the Puppet Strings which
they had comprehended.
This had been his main goal
and what he desired the most in the Spirit Cosmos.
His primary incentive had been gaining a knowledge of all the advanced usages of the Puppet Strings.
For doing so, he had to enslave these divine gods.
As for the divine gods, when they heard that the powerful man who had defeated Kerwin just like that
wanted to meet them, they were shocked and confused.
They had already witnessed his terrifying strength in the Spiritual Mountain, so they did not dare to
refuse him.
Austin forcibly turned all the divine gods who entered the secret room into his slaves.
With his horrifying soul power now, the divine gods didn't even have the chance to resist.
Therefore, except for a small part of the divine gods of the spiritual race who had gone far away to live
in seclusion, every single one of them became Austin's slave.
Due to the way this skill worked, the slaves of those divine gods also were under Austin's command
now.
This had led to an exponential increase in the number of slaves he had.
The entire Spirit Cosmos was under his control now.
He had also managed to learn about several types of advanced usage of the Puppet Strings.
"This is the real Puppet Strings!"
Austin exclaimed excitedly. He spent more than a fortnight studying everything he had learned.
Since the divine gods knew several other skills as well, Austin also obtained several more advanced
spiritual skills for himself.
Everything that the divine gods had learned over the course of their lifetime
was now in Austin's hands.
He carefully selected a few of the advanced spiritual skills that he was most interested in to practice.
Another month passed in his practice.
In fact, he didn't come out of the secret room until he had mastered every single one of the skills he
had selected.
"Master."
Rondo and a large number of divine gods respectfully greeted him when he finally exited the room.
"From now on, the Spirit Cosmos will be a secret base of the alliance.
You will continue your stay in the Spirit Cosmos and keep it running as per its usual ways.
Everything in the Spirit Cosmos will remain the same, and they will be managed just as they were
before.
If I need you in the future, I will contact you myself,"
Austin told them.
"We understand,"
the slaves answered.
"Get to work."
Austin waved his hand.
"Yes, master."
Rondo and the other slaves retreated.
Austin walked around freely in the Spirit Cosmos for some time, enjoying the local customs and
practices.
"What the hell?
This guy really has come to the Spirit Cosmos!"
Austin suddenly saw a group of people from the elf race, led by Amit.
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