Chapter 13: Successful Absorption, Purple Lightning Domain
Beside the Purple Lightning Dragon's corpse, the deep black-purple Soul Ring floated quietly, its edges dancing with noble purple lightning that seemed to contain the most violent and pure power in heaven and earth. Just by approaching it, Yu Yuanchen could feel the majestic energy contained within and the unruly will belonging to the Dragon Clan.
Without any hesitation, he sat down cross-legged. The Soul Power within his body circulated rapidly according to the Family's Meditation Method, adjusting his state to its Peak. Taking a deep breath, he extended his right hand and, guided by his Soul Power, the Purple Lightning Dragon Soul Ring, symbolizing thirty-two thousand years of cultivation, slowly descended and settled around his body.
The moment the Soul Ring touched his body, Yu Yuanchen felt an indescribable torrent of terrifying energy, like a river bursting its banks, brutally crashing into his Meridians! This energy was not only majestic but also carried the unique violence and penetrative nature of the Purple Lightning Dragon, which was close to the Ultimate Lightning. Wherever it passed, a tearing pain came from his Meridians, as if they were to be completely incinerated by this purple lightning!
Even more terrifying than the energy impact was the Soul shock that followed immediately after!
A dragon roar full of violence and resentment exploded in his Sea of Consciousness! The residual will of the Purple Lightning Dragon transformed into a miniature purple dragon phantom, carrying a grudge that sought to destroy everything, frantically clashing against his consciousness's defensive line, attempting to tear apart and assimilate his Soul!
"Hmph!"
Yu Yuanchen let out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning as pale as paper. The phantom of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul uncontrollably emerged on the surface of his body, fiercely confronting the invading purple dragon phantom. Beneath the surface, purple-gold electric light and deep purple alien lightning frantically intertwined and conflicted, producing a tooth-aching "sizzling" sound.
The strength of this Purple Lightning Dragon far exceeded the previous Thunder Martial Soul, and the will contained within its Soul Ring was also more resilient and powerful.
"Guard your mind! Guide the energy and grind down its will!" Yu Boxuan watched nervously from the side, reminding him in a deep voice, but he could not interfere; absorbing a Soul Ring could only rely on Yu Yuanchen himself.
Yu Yuanchen strictly guarded his mind, his powerful Spiritual Power acting like a monolith, resisting the repeated impacts of the Purple Lightning Dragon's will. At the same time, he frantically circulated his Soul Power, guiding the violent purple lightning energy to flow through his Meridians.
This process was incomparably painful. The quality of the Purple Lightning Dragon's lightning energy was extremely high, infinitely close to the Ultimate Lightning, creating a strong repulsion and erosion against Yu Yuanchen's original Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Power. His Meridians felt as if they were being repeatedly pierced and burned by countless tiny purple electric needles.
However, at this most dangerous moment, the newly born power within his body began to show amazing effects.
First was his initially stimulated thick Blood Qi! Under the stimulation of the purple lightning, the latent power of Blood Qi erupted like an ignited volcano. The warm and Life-filled Blood Qi energy surged toward the damaged Meridians like the toughest adhesive and repair agent, stubbornly resisting the destruction of the purple lightning and accelerating the adaptation and strengthening of the Meridians.
Next was that strand of extremely high-quality "Thunder God Power"! Facing the equally high-quality lightning of the Purple Lightning Dragon, the "Thunder God Power" seemed to be provoked, its purple-gold light shining brightly as it actively met the rampaging purple energy. It did not crudely devour it but, like a supreme monarch, began to forcibly govern and domesticate these violent "subjects"! Upon contact with the "Thunder God Power," the violent characteristics of the Purple Lightning Dragon's lightning were slowly suppressed and stripped away, leaving only the purest lightning Origin, which was then guided by the "Thunder God Power" to integrate more efficiently into Yu Yuanchen's own Soul Power system.
And the Purple-Gold Scale located at the head of the Martial Soul phantom also played a key role at this moment. It vibrated slightly, emitting a unique dragon prestige that was not suppression but rather a higher-level attraction and resonance. The Dragon Clan Origin within the residual will of the Purple Lightning Dragon was actually stripped away and devoured bit by bit under the attraction of this Purple-Gold Scale, nourishing Yu Yuanchen's own Dragon Clan Bloodline!
The pain still existed, but the situation was being brought under Yu Yuanchen's control bit by bit.
Time passed slowly. Yu Yuanchen's body became a battlefield, where the contest of energy and will took place in every meridian and every cell. Blood constantly seeped from the corners of his mouth, and his body trembled violently, but his heart remained firm, like an eternal lightning bolt.
After an unknown amount of time, the violent torrent of purple energy finally began to become docile, gradually being assimilated and absorbed by his Soul Power. In the Sea of Consciousness, the roar of the purple dragon phantom also became weaker and weaker, finally being completely ground down by Yu Yuanchen's resilient will after one last unwilling impact, transforming into pure Spiritual Power nourishment that merged into his Sea of Consciousness.
When the last trace of purple lightning was tamed and the last bit of Dragon Clan will was ground down, the deep black-purple Soul Ring finally stabilized completely, rhythmically pulsing around Yu Yuanchen along with the other four Soul Rings.
A surge of Soul Power fluctuation, far stronger than before, erupted from his body! After absorbing this Soul Ring that surpassed his limits, his Soul Power Rank broke through several levels, jumping directly from the Rank 50 Bottleneck to Rank 53!
However, the increase in Soul Power was only the most basic gain.
The moment the Soul Ring was completely stabilized, Yu Yuanchen clearly felt that his already extremely powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon lightning attribute had undergone a qualitative leap! The originally azure-blue lightning became deeper in color, as if threads of purple electric light had been integrated into it, making it more condensed, more penetrative, and more destructive! Although it had not yet truly reached the Realm of Ultimate Lightning, it was already infinitely close, and its power was incomparable to before! Furthermore, he found that his Bloodline seemed much thicker, and the purification speed of his Purple-gold bloodline also seemed to have quickened.
The even bigger surprise was yet to come.
A stream of incomparably profound information, accompanied by a new, macro-level comprehension of the power of lightning, surged into his mind like a tide.
This was not a specific offensive or defensive Soul skills, but a kind of... control over the surrounding heaven and earth energy!
Fifth Spirit Ability: Purple Lightning Domain!
This was a Domain-type Soul skills!
Centering on Yu Yuanchen himself and consuming a large amount of Soul Power and Spiritual Power, he could unfold a Purple Lightning Domain with a diameter of up to fifty meters (which would expand as his strength increased)! Within this Domain, it was filled with highly concentrated purple electric light close to the Ultimate Lightning.
The Domain had three effects:
First, the buff to the Domain's master. While Yu Yuanchen is within the Domain, the power of all lightning-attribute Martial Soul abilities is increased by 50%, the recovery speed of Soul Power and Spiritual Power is greatly increased, and his resistance to lightning reaches the limit.
Second, continuous suppression of enemies. Enemies within the Domain will suffer from continuous lightning erosion and paralysis effects; their speed, defense, and Soul Power circulation will all be weakened and interfered with to varying degrees, capable of weakening an enemy's combat power by at least 30%. Those whose strength is far lower than Yu Yuanchen's might even be directly torn apart by the lightning within the Domain.
Third, energy perception and control. Within the range of the Domain, Yu Yuanchen's perception of all energy fluctuations (especially lightning attributes) will reach the limit, and he can to some extent interfere with, guide, or even dismantle the Soul skills energy structures condensed by the enemy! This gives him almost a "Law-breaking" capability within the Domain!
This was practically a divine skill tailored for him! It perfectly matched his pursuit of controlling the rhythm of battle, the flexible use of Martial Soul abilities, and the Law-breaking characteristics of the "Thunder God Power"!
Yu Yuanchen suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils seemingly reflecting a deep purple pool of lightning. An invisible Domain pressure quietly spread out with him as the center, causing the Protector Yu Boxuan and the others to feel a pang of heart palpitations!
"Successful?" Yu Boxuan asked urgently, his eyes full of expectation.
Yu Yuanchen stood up. Feeling the surging Soul Power within his body, the increasingly condensed lightning attribute, and the profound information about the "Purple Lightning Domain" in his mind, he nodded heavily, a trace of excitement irrepressibly appearing on his face.
"Grandfather, Father, Elder Liu, I succeeded! Rank 53! And..." He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I obtained a Domain-type Soul skills—Purple Lightning Domain!"
"A Domain-type Soul skills?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone, including Yu Boxuan, gasped, their faces showing unbelievable ecstasy!
Domain-type Martial Soul abilities are one of the rarest and most powerful abilities in the Spirit Master's world! Usually, only those who reach the Titled Douluo level, or possess top-tier Martial Souls and Heaven-Defying Opportunities, could possibly obtain one! Its strategic value far exceeds that of ordinary offensive or defensive Martial Soul abilities!
"Good! Good! Good!" Yu Boxuan said "good" three times in excitement, patting Yu Yuanchen's shoulder heavily. "Heaven blesses my grandson! With this Domain, within the Soul King Realm, you can already be called invincible! Even a powerhouse who has just entered the Soul Saint Realm, without using their Martial Soul True Body within your Domain, might not necessarily gain any advantage!"
Yu Mingfeng looked at his son, his eyes filled with incomparable pride. Elder Liu also stroked his beard and smiled, feeling that this trip was truly worthwhile.
"This place is not suitable to stay for long; we must leave immediately!" Yu Boxuan suppressed his excitement and decisively gave the order. The commotion from hunting the Purple Lightning Dragon and absorbing the Soul Ring was too great; they had to evacuate the Star Dou Great Forest as soon as possible.
The group did not dare to delay. After performing anti-corrosion cutting on the Purple Lightning Dragon's body, they placed the parts into more than a dozen storage soul tools they had prepared (as a single storage soul tool's space was not large enough). Before they discovered the wonderful use of Blood Qi power, when they hunted Soul Beasts for Soul Rings, they would usually just take a few precious parts and leave the rest to fend for itself. But after that discovery, they naturally had a change of heart. Consuming Soul Beast meat over a long period is of great benefit to Blood Qi power, let alone this Purple Lightning Dragon which possessed True Dragon blood—they didn't want to waste a single drop of its blood.
Afterward, Elder Liu briefly treated everyone's injuries, and then Yu Boxuan led the way, quickly retreating toward the outskirts of the forest.
Yu Yuanchen followed in the team, while adapting to his surging power and new Soul skills, he also recalled the feeling of activating the "Thunder Dragon Claw" earlier. That formation of a true dragon claw by gathering Blood Qi and the Thunder God Power in his dragonized right arm was incredibly powerful, arguably his strongest single-target attack method at present.
"Thunder Dragon Claw for offense, Purple Lightning Domain for control... my combat system has finally taken its initial shape." Yu Yuanchen's heart surged with pride. He knew that with the fifth Soul Ring and the Domain skill, he truly possessed the capital to claim supremacy among the continent's younger generation and even contend with the experts of the older generation!