Beside the corpse of the Purple Lightning Dragon, that deep black-purple soul ring hovered silently. The noble purple lightning dancing along its edges seemed to contain the most violent and pure power in heaven and earth. Just by being near it, Yu Yuanchen could feel the vast energy contained within and the unyielding will belonging to the dragon race.
He did not hesitate, sitting cross-legged as he circulated his family's meditation method at high speed, adjusting his state to its peak. Taking a deep breath, he extended his right hand, and with a pull of his soul power, the purple lightning dragon soul ring, symbolizing 32,000 years of cultivation, slowly descended to encircle his body.
The moment the soul ring touched him, Yu Yuanchen felt a terrifying, indescribable torrent of energy, like a breaching river, violently surge into his meridians! This energy was not only vast but also carried the violent, piercing nature of the Purple Lightning Dragon, which was nearly ultimate thunder. Wherever it passed, his meridians felt a tearing pain, as if they were about to be completely incinerated by this purple thunder!
Even more terrifying than the energy impact was the soul shock that followed!
A dragon roar filled with violence and unwillingness exploded within his sea of consciousness! The remnant will of the Purple Lightning Dragon transformed into a miniature purple dragon shadow, carrying a resentment that sought to destroy everything, crazily assaulting his mental defenses in an attempt to tear his soul apart and assimilate it!
"Hmph!"
Yu Yuanchen let out a muffled groan, his complexion turning as pale as paper. The phantom of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul uncontrollably emerged on the surface of his body, clashing fiercely with the invading purple dragon shadow. Beneath his skin, purple-gold electric light and deep purple alien thunder crazily intertwined and collided, emitting a teeth-gritting "hissing" sound.
The strength of this Purple Lightning Dragon far exceeded the previous thunder spirit, and the will contained within its soul ring was even more tenacious and powerful.
"Hold 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 intervene; absorbing a soul ring could only rely on Yu Yuanchen himself.
Yu Yuanchen kept his spirit platform guarded, his powerful spiritual power acting like a boulder, resisting the repeated impacts of the Purple Lightning Dragon's will. At the same time, he crazily circulated his soul power, guiding the violent purple thunder energy to flow through his meridians.
The process was incredibly painful. The quality of the Purple Lightning Dragon's thunder energy was extremely high, infinitely close to ultimate thunder, and it caused 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 scorched by countless tiny purple electric needles.
However, at this most dangerous moment, the new power within his body began to show amazing effects.
First was his thick blood qi, which had been initially stimulated! Under the irritation of the purple thunder, the hidden bloodline power erupted like an ignited volcano. Warm and life-force-filled blood energy surged toward the damaged meridians, acting like the toughest adhesive and restorative agent, stubbornly resisting the destruction of the purple thunder while accelerating the adaptation and strengthening of his meridians.
Following that was that strand of high-essence thunder god power! Facing the equally high-quality thunder of the Purple Lightning Dragon, the thunder god power seemed to have been provoked. Its purple-gold light flared, actively meeting the rampaging purple energy. It did not crudely devour it, but rather, like a supreme monarch, began to forcibly command and tame these violent "subjects"! After the Purple Lightning Dragon's thunder came into contact with the thunder god power, its violent characteristics were slowly suppressed and stripped away, leaving only the purest thunder origin, which was then guided by the thunder god power to be more efficiently integrated into Yu Yuanchen's own soul power system.
The purple gold scale located on the top of his martial soul phantom also played a key role at this moment. It vibrated slightly, emitting a unique dragon might; it was not suppression, but rather a higher-level attraction and resonance. Under the attraction of this purple gold scale, the dragon origin within the Purple Lightning Dragon's remnant will began to be stripped away and devoured bit by bit, feeding back into Yu Yuanchen's own dragon bloodline!
The pain still existed, but the situation was gradually being brought under control by Yu Yuanchen.
Time passed bit by bit. Yu Yuanchen's body became a battlefield, with the contest between energy and will taking place in every meridian and every cell. Blood constantly spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his body trembled violently, but his heart remained firm, like an inextinguishable thunder.
He did not know how much time had passed, but the violent torrent of purple energy finally began to turn docile, gradually being assimilated and absorbed by his soul power. In his sea of consciousness, the roar of the purple dragon shadow became weaker and weaker, until finally, after one last unwilling impact, it was completely ground away by Yu Yuanchen's tenacious will, turning into pure spiritual nourishment that merged into his sea of consciousness.
When the last trace of purple thunder was tamed and the last bit of dragon will was extinguished, the deep black-purple soul ring finally stabilized completely, rhythmically pulsing around Yu Yuanchen alongside his other four soul rings.
A soul power fluctuation far stronger than before erupted from him! After absorbing this soul ring that exceeded his limits, his soul power level broke through several ranks, jumping directly from the level 50 bottleneck to level 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 the thunder attribute of his already extremely powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon had undergone a qualitative leap! The originally azure blue lightning became deeper in color, as if strands of purple electric light had been integrated into it, making it more refined, more piercing, and more destructive! Although it had not yet truly reached the realm of ultimate thunder, it was infinitely close, and its power was no longer comparable to before! Moreover, he discovered that his bloodline seemed to have thickened significantly, and the purification speed of his purple-gold bloodline seemed to have quickened as well.
Even greater surprises were yet to come.
An incredibly profound stream of information, accompanied by a new, macro-level realization of thunder power, surged into his mind like a tide.
This was not a specific attack or defense soul skill, but rather a... control over the surrounding heaven and earth energy!
Fifth soul skill: Purple Lightning Domain!
This was a domain-type soul skill!
With Yu Yuanchen as the center, by 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 that was close to ultimate thunder.
The domain had three effects:
First, a buff for the master of the domain. When Yu Yuanchen was within the domain, the power of all his thunder-attribute soul skills increased by 50%, his soul power and spiritual power recovery speed increased significantly, and his resistance to lightning reached its peak.
Second, continuous suppression of enemies. Enemies within the domain would be subjected to continuous lightning erosion and paralysis effects; their speed, defense, and soul power circulation would all be weakened and interfered with to varying degrees, weakening the enemy's combat power by at least 30%. Those whose strength was far below Yu Yuanchen's might even be torn apart directly 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 thunder attributes) would reach its peak, and he could, to a certain extent, interfere with, guide, or even disintegrate the soul skill energy structures condensed by his enemies! This gave him the ability to "break techniques" while within his domain!
This was a divine skill tailor-made for him! It perfectly matched his pursuit of controlling the rhythm of battle, the flexible use of soul skills, and the "break technique" characteristic of his thunder god power!
Yu Yuanchen opened his eyes abruptly, his pupils seemingly reflecting a deep purple thunder pool. An invisible domain pressure quietly spread out from him, causing Yu Boxuan and the others who were guarding him to feel a sense of palpitation!
"Did you succeed?" Yu Boxuan asked eagerly, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Yu Yuanchen stood up tall, feeling the surging soul power in his body, the increasingly refined thunder attribute, and the profound information about the "Purple Lightning Domain" in his mind. He nodded heavily, an irrepressible look of excitement appearing on his face.
"Grandfather, Father, Elder Liu, I succeeded! Level 53! And..." He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I obtained a domain-type soul skill—Purple Lightning Domain!"
"A domain-type soul skill?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone, including Yu Boxuan, gasped, their faces filled with unbelievable ecstasy!
A domain-type soul skill was one of the rarest and most powerful abilities in the soul master world! Usually, only those who reached the Titled Douluo level, or those who possessed a top-tier martial soul and a heaven-defying opportunity, could possibly obtain one! Its strategic value far exceeded that of ordinary offensive or defensive soul skills!
"Good! Good! Good!" Yu Boxuan was so excited that he said "good" three times, patting Yu Yuanchen's shoulder hard. "Heaven blesses my grandson! With this domain, you are invincible among Soul Kings! Even a powerhouse who has just entered the Soul Sage realm, without using their martial soul true body, might not be able to gain an advantage within your domain!"
Yu Mingfeng looked at his son, his eyes filled with immense pride. Elder Liu also stroked his beard and smiled, feeling that this trip was well worth it.
"This is not a place to stay for long; we must leave immediately!" Yu Boxuan suppressed his excitement and gave a decisive order. The commotion caused by hunting the Purple Lightning Dragon and absorbing the soul ring was too great; they had to withdraw from the Star Dou Great Forest as soon as possible.
The group did not dare to delay. After performing anti-corrosion and cutting treatments on the Purple Lightning Dragon's body, they placed the parts into more than a dozen storage soul tools they had prepared in advance (a single storage soul tool did not have enough space). Before they discovered the wonders of bloodline power, the soul beasts they hunted when they needed soul rings were usually left to rot after taking only the precious parts (after all, no one would carry many storage soul tools when hunting soul beasts). Since then, however, they had realized the truth: long-term consumption of soul beast meat was of great benefit to bloodline power, not to mention this Purple Lightning Dragon, which possessed a true dragon bloodline—they didn't want to waste even a single drop of its blood.
Afterward, Elder Liu simply treated everyone's injuries, and then, with Yu Boxuan leading the way, they quickly retreated toward the outer perimeter of the forest.
Yu Yuanchen followed the team, adapting to his surging power and new soul skill while reminiscing about the feeling of triggering the "Thunder Dragon Claw" earlier. The true dragon claw formed by gathering bloodline power and thunder god power into his dragonized right arm had astonishing power, and it could be called his strongest single-target attack method at present.
"Thunder Dragon Claw for main attacks, Purple Lightning Domain for crowd control... My combat system has finally begun to take shape." Yu Yuanchen felt a surge of heroic spirit in his heart. He knew that with his fifth soul ring and domain skill, he truly possessed the capital to dominate the younger generation of the continent and even compete with the older generation of powerhouses!
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