Chapter 47: Soul Sacrifice, The God Realm's Gaze
Looking at the scorched, shattered, and lifeless land at the summit, a complex, indescribable emotion welled up in Yu Yuanchen's heart.
There was the relief of surviving the disaster, the heartache over the destruction of the precious token, but more than that, a faint sense of loneliness and regret.
A super Soul Beast that had broken the shackles of its Bloodline and ascended to one hundred thousand years, a destiny-defying being with an unyielding will who dared to strike at the heavens—in the end, it still fell under the ruthless judgment of the Heavenly Dao.
He admired that unyielding will; although they had their own calculations, the experience of fighting against the heavenly might side-by-side had left a mark on his heart.
Now that everything had come to nothing, it was hard not to feel melancholy.
"In the end... it still failed to defy the heavens..." He sighed softly, preparing to step forward to inspect whether, as he had feared, not even a Soul Bone had been left behind.
Just then, a sudden change occurred!
A faint yet incredibly pure light, emitting a soft halo, slowly drifted out from the scorched remains.
Within that light, a miniature, crystal-clear phantom of a Thunder Hell Vine was vaguely visible—it was its Soul Origin after transformation!
However, this Soul was extremely dim at this moment, like a candle in the wind, ready to vanish at any moment.
"Human..." A faint, extremely weak thought transmission entered Yu Yuanchen's mind, carrying endless exhaustion and a trace of relief.
"Thank you... for your final helping hand... If not for those two layers of barriers... weakening a trace of the final Lightning Tribulation's destructive will... this wisp of my Soul that had just transformed... would not have been able to remain..."
Yu Yuanchen was stunned, then suddenly realized.
It turned out his final action had not been entirely in vain!
The Soul continued to transmit its thoughts, with the calmness of one who had seen through Life and death: "My Physical Body has been destroyed... This remnant Soul is a rootless duckweed... It will dissipate in just a few days... Grateful for your help in my Undergoing Tribulation... and for extending a hand at the last moment... I am willing to gift this remnant Soul and my final Foundation... entirely to you..."
"I will... sacrifice myself to you!"
As the words fell, before Yu Yuanchen could respond, that Soul halo suddenly ignited!
A vast and pure power of the Soul Origin, mixed with a trace of an incomparably noble, thin Bloodline originating from the ancient Thunder God, as well as the divine radiance condensed after its own transformation, surged toward Yu Yuanchen like a hundred rivers returning to the sea!
This was the sacrifice of a one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast!
Unlike hunting, this was the active, unreserved gift of a Soul Beast!
Yu Yuanchen only felt a warm and majestic force instantly envelop him; his Soul felt as if it were soaking in a hot spring, bringing an unprecedented sense of comfort and fulfillment.
The energy of the one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring gently merged into his body, tightly combining with his Martial Soul, without any sense of rejection!
His Soul Power began to surge wildly, breaking through the shackles of level 70, and climbing all the way to the Peak of level 72!
However, most of its one-hundred-thousand-year cultivation had been worn away by the Heavenly Tribulation, with only the main essence of the Origin preserved; otherwise, it would have been enough to propel Yu Yuanchen directly to level 75 at least.
At the same time, that trace of the Thunder Hell Vine's Thunder God Bloodline and divinity also merged into his body.
This force met the Law imprint he had condensed from the "Thunder God Power," seemingly producing a resonance, merging like water and milk, causing his own Bloodline and that Law imprint to become more solid and profound.
At this moment, this mark seemed to trigger something in the dark, changing slowly once again.
Unfortunately, it seemed to be missing something, so the change stopped, but it appeared a bit more majestic than before, and its luster was brighter.
However, because the body of the Thunder Hell Vine had been completely destroyed in the Lightning Tribulation, it could not produce a normal Soul Bone.
But its most pure divine Origin, which had the highest affinity with thunder, was attracted by the dragon spear in Yu Yuanchen's hand—which had been condensed by his Sixth Spirit Ability "Thunder Armor" and infused with a massive amount of Lightning Tribulation energy!
"Buzz—!"
The dragon spear emitted an incomparably joyful vibration, actively breaking free from Yu Yuanchen's control and hovering in the air.
That divine Origin, having found the most suitable vessel, poured entirely into the dragon spear!
The purple-gold spear body erupted with dazzling divine force; the naturally formed dragon patterns on it seemed to come alive, becoming more complex and mysterious.
At the tip of the spear, a point of nine-colored thunder light, condensed to the extreme, silently gathered, and the pressure it emitted caused the surrounding space to slightly distort!
The light gradually faded, and the dragon spear slowly fell, being grasped by Yu Yuanchen once again.
The moment he touched it, a feeling of Bloodline connection, as if it were an extension of his own arm, welled up!
This was no longer a mere creation of a Soul skills, but had transformed into a real—External Soul Bone—that was connected to his Life and possessed growth potential! [External Soul Bone · thunder dragon spear]!
And an even greater surprise came from the changes within his body.
The trace of merged Thunder God Bloodline, although thin, had an extremely high status.
After merging into his body, it directly caused the blood throughout his body to boil!
At a deeper level, his bone marrow, under the stimulation and nourishment of this high-level Bloodline, actually began to undergo a violent transformation spontaneously!
The step of "quenching bone marrow," which originally required countless efforts and time and was extremely dangerous, had actually been crossed in this fortuitous turn of events, falling into place naturally!
Bone marrow is the source of blood production, the root of Qi and blood!
The transformation of bone marrow meant that his entire body's Qi and blood would undergo a qualitative leap, becoming more pure and majestic, with his recovery ability and Life force reaching a terrifying degree!
What surprised him even more was that during the process of bone marrow transformation and the Fusion of Qi and blood with that trace of divine Bloodline, he had a flash of inspiration.
His Spiritual Power and the power of Qi and blood, which had always been difficult to fuse actively, now naturally showed signs of merging!
Although it was only an initial contact, it opened a brand-new door for him!
This meant that he could finally start attempting the most mysterious and dangerous—skull quenching!
At this point, relying on the Fusion of Spiritual Power and Soul Power he had already achieved with his Fourth Soul skills "Thunder God Power," as well as the Fusion of Soul Power and the power of Qi and blood, plus the initial Fusion of Spiritual Power and the power of Qi and blood at this moment, a preliminary cycle and connection had already been built between the Jing (Qi and blood), Qi (Soul Power), and Shen (Spiritual Power) within his body!
"Jing, Qi, and Shen... the three can now be initially fused..." A light never seen before erupted in Yu Yuanchen's eyes.
"With the integration of the 'Thunder God Power,' I might be able to completely transform my own Soul Power into a brand-new force with a higher essence, merging the Origin of Jing, Qi, and Shen!"
His thoughts turned rapidly, and combined with his own path and thunder attribute, he called this envisioned force Thunder True Essence.
This force was not mere Soul Power, nor was it pure Qi and blood or Spiritual Power, but the supreme thunder energy that possessed both material and energy characteristics after the three were fused and sublimated, containing the true meaning of destruction and creation, and could transform into various properties as he wished!
This would be the Foundation for him to exceed his limits and reach the Peak in the future!
In addition, when he had previously comprehended the Ultimate Thunder and the large cycle of the five internal organs' Qi and blood had formed, the majestic Qi and blood circulating in the cycle and the power of the five thunder property changes had already subtly nourished and quenched his six internal organs (gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, triple burner) and other meridians, making the quenching of the internal organs initially complete!
Flesh and blood, tendons and bones, internal organs, bone marrow (already crossed)!
He had almost completed the four major steps of Body Refining!
Only after completing the skull quenching could he truly "forge a golden body" and achieve a supreme physique!
By then, his Physical Body would become its own world, his Qi and blood would be like a dragon, and his Life force would be vast.
He had a premonition in the dark that if he cultivated along this path to the extreme, or even became a god, he might truly be able to achieve the incredible realm of being able to be reborn from a drop of blood, or even reshape his Physical Body with just a single thought remaining!
Feeling the earth-shaking changes in his body, Yu Yuanchen slowly clenched his fist.
The seventh Soul Ring, the one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring that was as deep as the starry sky and flowed with thunder halos at the edges, hovered silently.
The information of the Martial Soul True Body—Thunder Sacred Dragon True Body—was already clear in his heart.
He could clearly feel that his current combat power, combined with the Ultimate Thunder, the Thunder Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, the one-hundred-thousand-year seventh ring, the External Soul Bone, and his body with Minor Achievement in Body Refining, was already not inferior to an ordinary Titled Douluo in the Early Stage.
For example, the newly promoted Titled Douluo of the Long Family, Long Ye—in a battle against him, relying on the suppression of his Martial Soul, he was confident that he could twist his head off in a one-on-one situation.
It could be said that in the vast world today, the only people who could threaten his Life were the very top tier on the continent.
In addition, he looked up in one direction.
There seemed to be something attracting him in the dark, but it seemed to be intermittent due to the long distance.
Yu Yuanchen thought about it, but with no results, he temporarily suppressed this matter in his heart.
However, he put this matter down because he had other things to do.
Powerful strength brought absolute self-confidence.
He looked in the direction of Dragon City, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Long Family... Black Flame Flood Dragon... It's time to completely solve this trouble."
The threat of the Family, the pursuit of the Elephant Armored Academy, these grievances, it was time for an end.
With his current strength, he had enough confidence to face them.
At the same time, his heart moved, and he calculated the time.
"The five-year agreement with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu... there are less than seven months left."
Thinking of those two close friends and opponents, a smile of anticipation curled up at the corner of Yu Yuanchen's mouth.
He really wanted to know, how much had they progressed in these five years?
And what kind of brilliance could he display on the battlefield of the five-year agreement with his current strength?
He did not stay any longer, took one last look at this mountain that had carried his year of hard cultivation and a heaven-shaking Undergoing Tribulation, and his figure turned into a purple-gold electric light, disappearing in an instant.
The hidden dragon has leaped out of the abyss, and the Sacred Dragon has begun to chant.
The wind and clouds of the continent will surely set off even greater waves because of his return!
...
The God Realm, hanging high above thousands of planes, in this eternal hall built of pure rules and divine force, time seemed to have lost its meaning.
The God of Destruction sat quietly on his throne carved from dark red crystal.
Under his deep purple cloak, in the opening and closing of his eyes, were the trajectories of countless stars being born and dying.
He held the authority of destruction, was the embodiment of the end of all things, and the inevitability of returning to nothingness.
The daily affairs of the God Realm, to him, were nothing more than a routine cycle in the endless years, unable to stir up even the slightest ripple.
However, at this very moment, his unchanging, indifferent divine heart moved slightly.
It was not some earth-shattering event, nor was it the expected end of any plane in the Lower Realm.
The feeling was extremely subtle, as if a pebble, insignificant but shining with a strange luster, had been thrown into the depths of the calm, waveless blood-colored sea of destruction.
His gaze, following that mysterious pull, pierced through the layers of barriers between the God Realm and the mortal world, ignoring the obstruction of space and time, and landed on a plane called Douluo.
"Another Thunder Hell Vine that resisted fate, what a pity, just half a step away.
But this little fellow who helped it is a piece of unpolished jade, and having accepted the sacrifice of this thunder vine, he has obtained the Thunder God Bloodline."
After discovering the movement of the rune mark, the God of Destruction was also surprised, and muttered with interest: "Ho, even this semi-finished thunder god mark has been sensed by the thunder god position.
But it looks like the thunder god position is severely damaged, it doesn't even have the ability to grant divine tests remotely.
However, looking at this little fellow's performance, there is hope to repair the God Position and become a god!
Not bad, I can pay attention to it.
Adding one more main god can strengthen the Foundation of the God Realm.
Back then, that kid Thunder God was also a leader among the main gods under me.
If he hadn't fallen in the war with the Divine Beast, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to break through the shackles of the God Position and become a God King.
Heh, I wonder if this little fellow can have a few points of Thunder God's style in the future."
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