I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

The owner asked for a price of fifty thousand taels of silver, which made Zhang Chen's eyelids twitch, but he ultimately chose to buy it.

However, these fifty thousand taels of silver emptied his pockets, but Zhang Chen had no choice. He needed a piece of jade, and a very large piece at that.

“Now that I have mastered the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, in theory, I can use it to reassemble Han Suzhen's scattered soul. If I can gather her soul, and with the Yama's authority I possess, I might be able to revive her,” Zhang Chen thought as he held the jade, using a遁术 to return directly to his courtyard.

Zhang Shi was practicing in the yard, exercising her muscles and bones to activate her Qi and blood. Zhang Chen didn't disturb her, quietly returning to his yard, and took out a small knife to sketch on the emerald jade.

After planning the jade's shape, Zhang Chen directly moved the knife towards the jade. With jade fragments flying, the knife rubbed against the jade, emitting a hissing sound. Before long, a blurry and hazy lamp appeared before Zhang Chen.

It was a lamp completely carved from jade, with countless mysterious patterns engraved on the handle, and mysterious and unpredictable runes outlined on the inner wall of the lamp.

The runes and patterns connected together, forming a mysterious and unpredictable magic array.

“This lamp uses the water of the Yellow Springs as lamp oil, adding it once a month.” Zhang Chen took out a jade bottle from the corner of the room. As he poured, the water of the Yellow Springs flowed into the lamp, filling it up in no time.

Zhang Chen examined the entire lamp. After a moment of contemplation, he held the lamp and went to the adjacent wing, where he saw the stone statue of Han Suzhen.

Zhang Chen placed the lamp on top of the stone statue's head, and with a thought, he activated material transformation. Several strands of Han Suzhen's stone hair reverted to black hair. Zhang Chen grabbed the hair, carefully kneading it into a thread, and then took out the gold thread he had prepared from his sleeve, twisting it together with the hair to form a wick, placing it into the lamp.

Then, the power of reincarnation flowed within Zhang Chen's body, and his divine power activated. A blue flame emerged from the wick, contrasting with the emerald lamp, making it look exceptionally beautiful.

The moment the lamp was lit, an invisible wave emanated from within, sweeping across the heavens and earth, passing through the nine heavens and ten lands, spreading into unknown spaces.

Zhang Chen took out the manuscript written by Han Suzhen before her death, which he had prepared earlier, and placed it on the lamp fire to ignite it. As the manuscript burned, a trace of inexplicable energy flowed down, captured by the lamp fire.

Then, the energy settled into the lamp's interior, falling into the handle. The power of the array flowed within the handle, locking in that energy.

Zhang Chen used the power of reincarnation to engrave the array, applying it to the lamp fire. He used Han Suzhen's hair as the wick to lock in her energy, connecting the entire reincarnation array.

As for burning the manuscript, it was written by Han Suzhen before her death, containing her essence, Qi, and spirit. Through the power of the reincarnation array, her essence, Qi, and spirit could be extracted from the manuscript and used as a foundation template.

Of course, some might ask why not use Han Suzhen's physical body since it exists. That's because her body lacks a soul, meaning it has lost the power of 'spirit,' which prevents her body from being used as a guide to gather the soul.

The Soul Gathering Lamp has three parts: Heaven, Earth, and Man. The lamp body itself represents the Earth, representing the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. However, Zhang Chen only masters the Human Path of Reincarnation, so its power is incomplete and overall weak.

The lamp fire made of hair mixed with gold thread represents the power of the Human Path, representing Han Suzhen's physical body.

The trace of essence, Qi, and spirit of Han Suzhen collected after burning the manuscript represents the Heavenly Path, representing the power of Heaven.

Using this bit of essence, Qi, and spirit as a guide, and the reincarnation array as the mechanism, he searched for Han Suzhen's scattered soul fragments in the vast world, the netherworld, and other dimensions.

“It's done!” Zhang Chen looked at the burning blue flame, a hint of joy in his eyes.

As long as the lamp fire doesn't go out and the reincarnation array keeps running, he will eventually be able to gather Han Suzhen's three souls and seven spirits.

It's just that after so long, Han Suzhen's three souls and seven spirits were scattered. He didn't know if they had shattered into fragments. If her soul shattered into fragments, even if he gathered them, he wouldn't be able to revive her.

Repairing soul fragments into a complete soul would be even more troublesome and complicated.

Using the Soul Gathering Lamp to gather soul fragments was just an appetizer.

If only Han Suzhen's three souls and seven spirits were scattered, that would be the best-case scenario because they would still maintain their integrity, only needing to be reassembled. If each soul had exploded into countless fragments, that would be the real trouble.

Of course, if Han Suzhen's soul was suppressed by someone or devoured by some ghost, that would be even more troublesome.

You could compare Han Suzhen's soul to a corn. If someone ate it, how difficult would it be to restore the corn?

It would not only involve material reorganization but also various complex laws and rules, which ordinary people couldn't handle.

“As long as the Soul Gathering Lamp doesn't go out, one day I can reassemble Han Suzhen's soul fragments. And as I collect more and more complete Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the reincarnation authority in my hand grows larger, the gathering speed will also increase faster and faster,” Zhang Chen sighed softly in his heart.

“In fact, the best way to collect Han Suzhen's scattered soul faster is to go to the place where she lived for a long time or the place of her obsession, where there might be remnants of her soul.” Zhang Chen sighed secretly. Unfortunately, he was too far from the Northern Lands. Even if he mastered遁术, it would be useless, taking several months to travel back and forth. By then, his grand plan in Jinling would be ruined.

Just as various thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, suddenly the flame of the Soul Gathering Lamp flickered slightly. A wisp of soul light jumped out from the flame. A fragment of soul was added to the essence, Qi, and spirit of Han Suzhen in the lamp handle, and with the addition of that soul fragment, Han Suzhen's essence, Qi, and spirit actually solidified a bit.

But at this time, Zhang Chen looked at the collected soul fragment, his face not only without a smile but also filled with a trace of seriousness: “Big trouble! Master's soul is indeed shattered.”

“This situation is only slightly better than if Master's soul had been eaten, but only slightly.” Zhang Chen revealed a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

After carefully examining the Soul Gathering Lamp, Zhang Chen held the lamp fire and came to his study, carefully placing it on the table. Then, he hung the beehive he carried with him on the Soul Gathering Lamp. Zhang Chen ordered the bumblebees: “Protect this lamp fire.”

Under the nourishment of the Imperial Streamer Dew, all the bumblebees inside had completely transformed into demon beasts. The essence of the sun and moon they absorbed every day was a massive astronomical figure. If Zhang Chen didn't have some tricks, he probably couldn't afford to raise these bumblebees.

Although the realm of these bumblebees was low, their numbers were high. There were hundreds of thousands of bumblebees in the hive. And the Queen Bee, along with Zhang Chen's feeding, had already broken through to the fifth rank.

With the Imperial Streamer Dew and demon beast flesh supplied every day, if the Queen Bee still hadn't broken through, it would be too useless.

Looking at the lamp fire in front of him, Zhang Chen revealed a trace of reminiscence in his eyes.

Seeing Zhang Chen approaching, Zhang Gaoqiu suddenly took a step forward, blocking Zhang Chen's path. His expression was ferocious, no longer the elegant demeanor of before: “Is it you! Is it you who stole my bloodline power! It was you who stole my bloodline power. Return my bloodline power!”

As Zhang Gaoqiu spoke, he reached for Zhang Chen's collar. Seeing this, Zhang Chen took a step back, avoiding Zhang Gaoqiu's grasp: “Elder cousin, what are you talking about? We are family, how could I harm you? We are brothers, what are you saying? Little brother will be very sad.”

However, Zhang Gaoqiu's face was ferocious at this time, his eyes glaring at Zhang Chen: “Bastard! You are ambitious and wolfish, don't pretend. At that time in the classroom, there were only you and I, two members of the Zhang family. You and I have the same bloodline. Is it you who used evil magic to steal my bloodline power? My bloodline power suddenly disappeared, it must be you who did it. I heard people say that there is a kind of evil magic in this world that can devour bloodlines of the same kind to purify one's own bloodline and help one's bloodline return to its ancestors.”

Zhang Gaoqiu's hair was disheveled at this time, no longer having the elegant demeanor of a noble young master.

“Elder brother, don't be ignorant and wrong a good person. How could I have such abilities, and I am definitely not that kind of person!” Zhang Chen avoided Zhang Gaoqiu's grasp, and then stretched out his palm to push Zhang Gaoqiu away, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground.

“Zhang Chen! Tell me if you did it, you despicable and shameless thief, I must report to the Old Madam and ask her to punish you.” Shen Ling, dressed in red, ran from afar, glaring at Zhang Chen, quickly helping Zhang Gaoqiu up.