Twin Martial Souls Resonate, the Dimensional Crushing Begins!

At the very instant Keqing gave him her wholehearted allegiance and her Vision completed its final transformation, the two dormant Martial Souls inside Chu Yuan suddenly trembled in unison within his spiritual sea of consciousness!

A supremely profound wave of creation law spread outward in every direction, centered on Chu Yuan.

The unclaimed yellow and purple Soul Rings left behind by the dozen or so hundred-year and thousand-year Soul Beasts had been floating around the rocky hill. Now, as though summoned by a supreme sovereign, they all twisted violently before transforming into dozens of strands of the purest life essence and law fragments, willingly rushing toward the [Crown of Heavenly Principles] above Chu Yuan's right palm!

That was not all. As Keqing's [Electro Vision] was reshaped and anchored, a strand of supreme authority originating from Teyvat's source of Electro followed the path of the laws through which the two worlds merged. It descended from the rift in the heavenly abyss high above the heavens and thundered into the [Crown of Heavenly Principles]!

A realization instantly dawned on Chu Yuan.

He was no ordinary living being of the Douluo Continent, but the "new Heavenly Principles" and "world anchor" who had fused with Phanes's source of creation.

According to the native rules of Douluo Star, every time Soul Masters advanced ten levels, they had to hunt a Soul Beast and absorb a Soul Ring to break through their bottleneck and obtain a Soul Skill.

But for Chu Yuan, who wielded the [Crown of Heavenly Principles] and [Irminsul], there was no need to follow those crude, primitive rules of hunting at all!

Whenever he saved a girl from Teyvat, reshaped her Vision and forged a deep bond with her, or anchored and fused with the Ley Line of a fallen fragment of Teyvat, his Martial Souls would automatically draw upon the source laws where the two worlds met, directly condensing a "Divine Authority Soul Ring" that surpassed the Douluo Continent's conventional age limits!

Under Keqing's astonished gaze, Chu Yuan did not even sit cross-legged to meditate. He simply rose to his feet, holding the beauty in his arms.

A ring of light, its entire circumference flowing with dense purple lightning and noble pale-gold divine markings, materialized beneath Chu Yuan's feet. It slowly rose and pulsed along his tall, slender frame!

Purple! What's more, it was a special Thousand-Year Soul Ring, purple shot through with gold and radiating majestic heavenly might!

Under the ironclad laws of the Douluo Continent, the limit a Soul Master could withstand for their first Soul Ring was a hundred-year yellow Soul Ring of approximately four hundred and twenty-three years. Even a peerlessly gifted genius with Innate Full Soul Power would have only one fate awaiting them if they dared absorb a thousand-year ring as their first: their body would explode, killing them.

Yet Chu Yuan's first Soul Ring, which had condensed on its own through the resonance of Heavenly Principles' divine authority and an Electro Vision, contained source energy of an astonishing three-thousand-year level!

Moreover, because it had formed automatically from his own divine authority of creation and the laws of the two worlds, this three-thousand-year purple-gold Soul Ring caused Chu Yuan not the slightest Soul Shock or pressure on his meridians. Instead, it was like an extension of his own essence, perfectly suited to his body. The instant it took shape, his physical strength and spiritual power both surged dramatically once more!

At the same time, information about the two Soul Skills granted by this first Soul Ring appeared clearly in Chu Yuan's mind-

[**Crown of Heavenly Principles · First Soul Ring** (self-condensed divine authority · three thousand years)]:

First, passive authority [**Violet Firmament Divine Oracle**]: grants immunity to all conventional lightning-attribute damage and paralysis control. All lightning-attribute attacks by the user and his followers carry the "**Heavenly Principles Judgment**" effect, allowing them to ignore thirty percent of an enemy's Soul Power defenses and protective astral Qi.

Second, active Soul Skill [**Heavenly Punishment Thunderbolt**]: invokes Heavenly Principles' authority over lightning. It can become a purple-gold lightning flash that travels a hundred meters in an instant, ignoring spatial barriers to deliver extreme movement and slashes. It can also unleash a raging heavenly punishment thunderstorm covering a fifty-meter radius, dealing a devastating dual bombardment of Electro and divine power to enemies within range!

"So this was a self-condensed Divine Authority Soul Ring... The first ring was already at the three-thousand-year level, and it even came with two divine authority skills, one passive and one active."

Feeling the divine power surging through his body, more concentrated and vigorous than before, Chu Yuan's eyes flashed with satisfaction.

He had already been a level-thirty prospective Soul Elder. Now that his first Divine Authority Soul Ring had automatically finished condensing, he could anchor Ley Lines or continue rescuing girls from Teyvat to seamlessly condense his second and third Soul Rings at any time, advancing directly to become a true Soul Elder or reach an even higher realm!

"Chu Yuan, that purple-gold ring of light beneath your feet... Could it be part of this world's special power system?"

At that moment, Keqing, whom Chu Yuan was carrying in his arms, also noticed the pulsing purple-gold Soul Ring.

She was surprised to discover that when it appeared, the Vision at her waist gave a light, jubilant hum. It was as if the violet firmament lightning within her and the ring beneath Chu Yuan's feet were parts of a whole with the same origin. As long as she stayed by his side, the power and recovery speed of her Electro could increase by more than thirty percent out of nowhere!

"That's right. On the Douluo Continent, cultivators are called Soul Masters. They need to add a Soul Ring every ten levels."

Chu Yuan withdrew the glow of the Soul Ring around him and looked down at the girl in his arms. Her purple-black formal gown was badly damaged, exposing much of her body, and her beautiful black-stockinged legs had been cut in several places, revealing large stretches of tender pink skin.

A cool night breeze brushed past, and Keqing, too, seemed to realize the embarrassment of her disheveled state. The blush that had faded slightly from her pretty face returned, leaving it burning hot.

She hurriedly held the slipping front of her gown against her chest with one hand, covering the fullness of her fair breasts, which threatened to spill out. With the other, she tugged awkwardly at the torn edge of the stocking on her thigh and murmured bashfully, "Um... My injuries have already healed. Could you... put me down first?"

"I don't mind putting you down, but does Lady Yuheng intend to wear that outfit while braving the cold wind with me in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

With a smile that was not quite a smile, Chu Yuan glanced at the delicate hand she held over her chest, though generous expanses of smooth skin still showed between her fingers.

Keqing followed his gaze and looked down. At once, she was so mortified she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

The gown was the formal attire she had worn while handling official business in Liyue Harbor. After being torn during her passage between worlds and battered by the elemental rampage just now, it was now more revealing and provocative than her undergarments.

Chu Yuan stopped teasing her and gently set her down on a flat, clean bluestone. He then took off his outer robe, white with gold patterns, and draped it over Keqing's cool, smooth shoulders, securely covering the exposed skin at her chest and waist.

The young man's lingering warmth and clean, pleasant scent enveloped Keqing at once.

Keqing froze for a moment, then instinctively pulled the loose gold-patterned robe tighter around herself. Looking at Chu Yuan, who stood before her in only a plain white inner garment that made his figure look even taller and more slender, she felt the tenderness in her violet eyes deepen.

"Put your sword away."

Chu Yuan raised a hand and drew the [Lion's Roar] from the scorched earth three paces away into his grasp. He handed it back to Keqing, then turned his gaze to the dozen or so fragments of Liyue's white marble railings and bluestone bricks scattered around the rocky hill, as well as the deep, secluded gorge five li to the southwest where he had awakened.

In his left palm, his Second Martial Soul, [Irminsul], was emitting a soft, glassy green light.

"Among these fragments of Liyue's buildings that fell with you, a faint trace of Teyvat's Geo Ley Line still remains. Come back to the secluded valley in the southwest with me. I need to fully anchor this strand of Ley Line to a floating stone fragment there. While I'm at it, I'll make you a grotto dwelling where you can settle in and bathe in peace."