Chaos Spirit Furnace, a Chance at Double-Hundred Inner Spiritual Power

101?

Long Xuanye's brain crashed for the second time.

How could it be 101?

Was this some kind of joke?! Wasn't the limit of Innate Inner Spiritual Power one hundred?!

Where had that extra point come from?

He didn't know that when he had fought the demon wolf in a bloody battle, survived on the brink of death, and then been healed by Saint Cai'er through the Reincarnation Spirit Furnace, he had already broken through the limits of mortals.

BOOM—!!!

A phantom pillar of light shot skyward from within Long Xuanye's body!

The entire cave shook violently. The hard rock ceiling instantly filled with spiderweb-like cracks before exploding with a thunderous blast!

Shattered stones sprayed everywhere as moonlight and starlight poured down unhindered, illuminating the utterly different expressions of the three people inside the cave.

The golden pillar of light soaring into the heavens was so overwhelmingly powerful that even the White-Robed Assassin felt his heart tremble.

He had originally intended to make a move and test him, but now he immediately retreated without the slightest hesitation.

After withdrawing to one side, the vast spiritual power belonging to an eighth-tier expert erupted from him without restraint, forming a solid barrier that blocked every flying stone.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

He had to protect him!

There could not be the slightest mishap in this child's awakening!

This aura... this aura was even more terrifying than when Her Highness the Reincarnation Saintess had awakened!

Wait, how was that possible??

The White-Robed Assassin froze for a moment, but his hands never stopped as he swiftly dealt with the flying sand and tumbling stones. Within that dazzling golden pillar of light, Long Xuanye's aura was steadily rising at a horrifying speed.

In an instant!

He had reached the third tier!

The golden pillar did not diminish in the slightest just because Long Xuanye had advanced to the third tier.

BOOM!!!

With an unstoppable momentum, the pillar of light tore through the night sky and shattered the clouds!

It blew open the top of the cave!

Throughout the entire Odin Mountain Range, and even in towns farther away, countless people were jolted awake from their sleep. They stared in horror at the sacred pillar of light piercing heaven and earth, believing a miracle had descended.

Inside the cave, the radiance gradually drew inward, all of it returning to Long Xuanye's body.

He slowly opened his eyes.

The world had already changed in his perception.

At the same time, a string of cold system notifications flooded his mind.

[Ding! Detected the host's chosen plan: Resist. Stop the White-Robed Assassin at all costs. Reward: Special growth-type spirit furnace—Chaos Spirit Furnace.]

[Divine Choice reward distributed!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining—the Chaos Spirit Furnace!]

As soon as the words fell, Long Xuanye felt an indescribable vortex quietly form around his heart. Half of it was pure white, dazzling to the extreme; the other half was a profound black capable of swallowing all light.

Light and darkness achieved a perfect balance within his body in a mysterious, profound manner.

[Chaos Spirit Furnace: Initial form. Can contain all spiritual power attributes in the world and convert them into the most fundamental light and darkness.]

[Detected that the host's Innate Inner Spiritual Power is 101. The Light Attribute has reached its limit (100). The excess point will automatically convert into Innate Dark Inner Spiritual Power!]

Long Xuanye's mind shook violently.

He clearly "saw" a faint yet incomparably pure strand of black quietly emerge within the vast golden sea of spiritual power inside his body.

[Special talent activated: Light and Dark Originate Together!]

[The host may convert Light Spiritual Power into Dark Spiritual Power for use, and may also convert Dark Spiritual Power into Light Spiritual Power.]

[The host may absorb Dark Elements to cultivate.]

[Special quest line activated: Path of Double Hundreds! The host may continue increasing Innate Inner Spiritual Power by completing designated quests, until light reaches 100 and darkness reaches 100!]

And that wasn't all!

As the Chaos Spirit Furnace fully activated, an ancient, noble aura of bloodline surged explosively from the depths of the spirit furnace, instantly sweeping through his entire body!

Countless fragmented images burst into his mind like a flood breaching its banks.

They were Demon Gods! The inherited memories of countless Demon Gods, from their birth to their fall!

[Chaos Spirit Furnace talent ability awakened: Bloodline Activation. The host may invoke the aura of chaos to perfectly disguise himself as any Devil Race bloodline without being detected.]

[Chaos Spirit Furnace initial skill activated: Chaos Begins. Can forcibly absorb all surrounding energy, convert it into the power of light and darkness, and unleash it in an explosive attack. This skill will continuously evolve as the host sorts through Demon God bloodline memories and deepens his understanding of the Light Attribute.]

Outside, only a few short breaths had passed.

The golden light in Long Xuanye's eyes completely faded, restoring their usual clarity.

He raised his head, and the first thing he saw was the White-Robed Assassin standing before him, protecting him with the bearing of an Eighth-tier expert.

The other man had clearly sensed that he had awakened as well. He turned around, his gaze beneath the mask complex yet blazing.

Before Long Xuanye could process the information in his mind, he heard another cry.

"Xuanye!"

"Are you all right?"

A tearful cry interrupted the two men's stare.

Saint Cai'er staggered over and threw herself at him, her little hand clutching his arm tightly. Her teary eyes anxiously swept over him again and again, checking for any sign that something might be wrong.

Her undisguised worry was practically overflowing.

The girl's palm was soft and tender, and felt quite nice.

Long Xuanye's heart warmed slightly, but then an odd feeling rose within him.

He remembered how she had kept watch by his side while he was unconscious, and how focused she had been when feeding him porridge.

This girl...

Why did she look more and more like she was taking care of an unruly son?

Did she really see herself as my mother?

"I'm fine." Long Xuanye spoke, his voice now full and powerful due to the surge in his Spiritual Power.

Yet Cai'er still clung to him, unwilling to let go.

Just then, the White-Robed Assassin stepped forward.

He stood before Long Xuanye, his tone carrying an unprecedented gravity.

The White-robed figure did not know whether what he had just witnessed had been an illusion. How could someone's awakening be even more exaggerated than the Saintess's?

Still, that did not stop him from making his choice.

"Long Xuanye, right? You are the greatest genius I have ever seen in my life."

"I don't know why your family abandoned you, leaving you to drift to a place like Odin Town. But none of that matters anymore."

The White-Robed Assassin extended a hand toward him.

"Come back to the Assassin's Sanctuary with me. The Sanctuary will devote every resource it has to nurturing you, at any cost!"

At those words, Saint Cai'er's face immediately lit up.

Return to the Assassin's Sanctuary??

Wouldn't that mean... that we could be together all the time in the future?

Xuanye wouldn't have to wander outside anymore, either.

Long Xuanye did not answer.

His gaze fell upon Saint Cai'er's face.

"What about Cai'er?" he asked.

The White-Robed Assassin's tone caught. He closed his eyes slightly, then finally said coldly, "She is the Reincarnation Saintess. Her trial is not yet over. She must continue onward."

The moment those words fell, the smile on Saint Cai'er's face froze.

The light in her eyes instantly dimmed.

The little hand clutching Long Xuanye's arm also silently loosened.