Martial research master

The energy slowly started moving towards a single point in the soul space. Its speed was quite slow even after Long Tao's enhance ability to control his soul energy after so many level-ups. Long Tao was trying to hurry up his speed, but the Keeper decided to interfere in the matter.

"You shouldn't rush these things. Soul space is the most fragile out of the three systems and any operation related to it should be carried out properly. Take your time and do it properly." Long Tao and the avatars nodded and began to indulge in the process.

The soul energy finally converged into a small space after many hours and the Keeper insisted that they take a short break to relax the soul space before the explosion takes place. The avatars and main body rested for half a day before the Keeper gave a green signal to continue with further steps.

"You can begin setting the explosion formation now. Remember that the quantity of soul energy used shouldn't be higher than the calculated amount. If so, I cannot guarantee that you will remain unscathed for much longer. Also, I need to confirm another fact with you."

"What is it?" Long Tao asked.

"The blockage would not only hinder the pathway for the said avatar but all the avatars. We will be coming back online quite soon. Hence you need to use a certain period after the explosion is successfully carried out to make the blockage for the said soul space semi-permanent for the time being."

"Is there another formation for that?" Long Tao was amused by how many formations they had been using until now.

"No. The disruption is made semi-permanent by knocking the avatar out and keeping it that way during the whole procedure. That is the reason I have been asking you to collect so many sedatives. They are essential for the experiment's success. It all depends on how long we could suspend him into consciousness and keep his soul space from automatically start reconnecting."

"I guess we could only have our hopes up since we couldn't calculate an exact time before the whole process went haywire. Let's hope I can dissect and operate before the whole thing reboots itself."

The avatar first collected all the essential equipment required during the experiment and then all of them sat down on the altar and began to lay the formation. The speed at which the formation was being etched had decreased a lot since Long Tao was continuously experimenting with them. The process ended with several hours and the Keeper once again decided that they should rest.

"Ingest the soul strength herbs to recover your soul energy to its very peak. We will start the process once you have healed completely." Long Tao nodded and around another incense stick later, they had managed to heal with the help of herbs and some potent pills which he hadn't used in a long time.

"Let's begin." Long Tao began operating the formation and as expected, an explosion took place." Long Tao and all the avatars spewed a lot of broth and immediately their soul energy went haywire and an incredible pain engulfed him. Soon after he lost consciousness completely.

"You knew about this didn't you?" The Pill Hall master asked the Keeper.

"Even he knew that this was a possibility. It is not a bad thing. Begin ingesting the herb essence into his body and isolate the avatar." The Pill Hall master did what was asked of him. Soon enough, only a single avatar lay on the altar. After some time Long Tao and the other avatars regained consciousness but they were still suffering from incredible pains.

"Recover as fast as you can. We need to start immediately." Long Tao took some time to adjust to the situation and began to ingest the soul energy pills. He managed to improve his soul space's damages by quite a bit with the help of the pills and gained a clear mind for the operation. He then took out the scripture which the Pil Valley ancestor handed him and began to observe his avatar's body concerning it.

"Give me the equipment." A special set of equipment was ordered from the merchant guild which arrived sometime earlier. It was a surgical set of the Qi King level that could penetrate the avatar's skin. The dissection began and so did a passive formation which was slowly healing the cuts. 

Long Tao had to increase his speed and he had used multiple types of equipment to get a view of what the status was inside. The scripture had a proper engraving of the whole human body with all the parts marked. The first difference which Long Tao observed was how thick and dense his muscle profile was. Even his flesh had small runes engraved onto it.

They were actively absorbing energy and healing the torn muscle-up. Long Tao was worried that the speed of healing was too rapid. Finally, he managed to reach the outer blood vessels. This was the first time he was seeing his blood flowing within his body. The energy radiating from it surprised LonG tao. It was the first time he had felt that he didn't know his own body.

While Long Toa was dissecting the avatar, the Pill hall master and the keeper were the observers from the side. They were recording every little detail and even began engraving comparing notes between the live body and the scriptures. The differences became more and more prominent as he dug deeper into his body.

After passing the inner blood vessel, finally, the time for Qi channels came. Long Tao could see both the set of Qi channels within his body as well as the bone frame. They were filled with numerous runes and Long Tao didn't even think about counting them up. His concentration was towards the Qi channels which he needed to experiment on.

His bone frames were constantly changing and he knew that he would have to carry out this experiment once again when he was done with the Channel tempering realm. 

When he finally encountered the Qi channels, Long Tao was left spellbound.