Soul Mutation (Seeking Favorites)

The Yulan River, the largest inland river on the entire Yulan Continent, enters from the North Sea, its main artery running through the O'Brien Empire, Yulan Empire, Luo'ao Empire, and Rhine Empire. Some of the Yulan River's tributaries even crisscross every region of the four great empires of the Yulan Continent.

The Yulan River surges with power, reaching several miles in width at its broadest points and several hundred meters at its narrowest.

Within the borders of the O'Brien Empire, a corpse floated upon the Yulan River.

Suddenly, this corpse moved.

It actually flew directly out of the Yulan River, hovering in mid-air.

If anyone were to see this scene, they would surely exclaim: "A Saint Realm expert!"

Only Saint Realm experts can fly through the air; this is a consensus held by everyone on the Yulan Continent.

Saint Realm experts are the pinnacle powerhouses of the Yulan Continent. They can melt massive icebergs, make the endless ocean roar, cause towering mountains to collapse, destroy cities with populations of millions, and make endless meteors rain down from the sky.

Saint Realm experts are on equal footing with the emperors of the four great empires and the popes of the two great churches.

"I didn't die!? I died!" Under the moonlight, the person hovering in the air had a face as pale as a dead man's.

His eyes were filled with shock.

The information in his mind made him realize that he had arrived in the Coiling Dragon World.

Yulan Continent, High Priest, War God. There were too many familiar names!

He was indeed in the Yulan Continent of the Coiling Dragon World.

"I, Kolan, have actually come to the Coiling Dragon World!" Kolan's eyes were full of horror and disbelief.

He was all too familiar with Coiling Dragon. It was the very book that had drawn him into the world of web novels, leading him to spend over a dozen years roaming that world, self-proclaiming as an old bookworm.

He would reread Coiling Dragon every single year!

He closed his eyes slightly, browsing the information in his mind.

This body was a Saint Realm expert named 'Kolan', who practiced Life Magic and Death Magic; he was a Saint Realm mage.

Kolan had encountered a beast tide in the North Sea and fought against the Magic Beast army alongside Baruch. Having exhausted his magic power and spiritual energy, he was struck heavily by a Nine-Dragon Snake Emperor and fell into the Yulan River, drifting with the current.

This year was exactly the year 4579 of the Yulan Calendar!

Kolan had another identity: he was the vice-dean of the Yulan Magic Academy in the Yulan Empire.

"I don't know how long I was unconscious. This situation... it must be a soul mutation!" Kolan's gaze deepened as he discovered that his soul power had grown significantly stronger.

With his current soul power, he could likely kill his former self instantly using a spiritual attack.

A soul mutation could grant a person infinite potential.

When Kolan had previously tested his magic talent, he had none—no elemental affinity.

Yes, he had zero affinity for any of the seven elements.

Yet, he happened to possess excellent talent for Life Magic and Death Magic.

He had been valued by a ninth-rank Necromancer, became his apprentice, received his inheritance, and after two hundred years of practice, finally stepped into the Saint Realm, becoming a Saint Realm Necromancer.

A Saint Realm Necromancer was absolutely a figure that made people on the Yulan Continent turn pale at the mere mention of their name, because a Saint Realm Necromancer could summon vast armies of the undead, causing a necromantic disaster.

After becoming a Saint Realm Necromancer, he once visited Yulan City and came into contact with Life Magic. Only then did he realize he had talent for the laws of life, so he specialized in Life Magic and also became a Saint Realm Life Mage.

By now, he had been practicing for a full three hundred years.

"The original owner was truly foolish. Knowing full well that mages have frail bodies, he didn't dual-cultivate battle qi to temper his physique." Kolan shook his head.

Of course, when one says a mage's body is frail, it is in comparison to warriors of the same rank.

In reality, a mage's body, through the constant reinforcement of magic power, has a physical constitution far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

A Saint Realm mage's body is often even stronger than that of a seventh-rank warrior!

His gaze caught sight of a large merchant ship sailing over in the distance.

Kolan flew through the air toward the ship and landed on it.

"A Saint Realm expert! It's a Saint Realm expert!" The sailors discovered Kolan, their faces changing drastically, filled with both excitement and awe.

Such an expert belonged to the stuff of legends; one could go an entire lifetime without ever seeing one.

"What year and day of the Yulan Calendar is it today?" Kolan asked indifferently.

"Respected Saint Realm expert, today is August 30th, 4579 of the Yulan Calendar!" the captain said, filled with reverence.

August 30th!?

Kolan calculated silently; he had been unconscious for a full three months.

Not being eaten by fish or shrimp, or becoming food for the Magic Beasts in the Yulan River, was simply a stroke of incredible luck.

Kolan flew into the air and left the ship.

He washed himself thoroughly in the Yulan River, then retrieved a magic robe from his spatial ring.

"Now let me see if this is truly a soul mutation." Kolan began to attempt to combine his Death Magic power and Life Magic power.

If his soul had truly mutated, then the two energies of Death Magic and Life Magic would inevitably be able to fuse together.

Sure enough, before long, the two types of magic power fused into one; the green-gray energy was ten times stronger than either pure Death Magic or Life Magic alone.

"This fused magic power can actually strengthen the body." A flicker of surprise crossed Kolan's eyes, followed by even more excitement and thrill.

Doesn't this mean that the weakness of a mage's frail body will be compensated for?

Immediately, Kolan began to control the fused magic power to perform physical reinforcement.

In any case, having reached the Saint Realm, he could go without food or drink for a long time without any issues.

The pleasure of this physical improvement left Kolan intoxicated.

Finally, when this reinforcement no longer had any effect, Kolan opened his eyes, which were filled with shock.

"Incredible, simply incredible. My body now is probably comparable to a Saint Realm Magic Beast!" Kolan felt the changes in his own body.

One must know that even for a Saint Realm warrior, the body is actually far inferior to that of a Saint Realm Magic Beast; they cannot even compare to the Saint Realm Magic Beasts that specialize in physical prowess.

Yet now, his own body gave him the feeling of being comparable to that of a Saint Realm Magic Beast.

This kind of power gave Kolan the feeling that he could shatter an entire mountain with a single punch.

Powerful and unstoppable!

Kolan was very excited; from this moment on, it meant he no longer had the weakness of a mage's frail body.

As long as he learned a warrior's combat techniques, he would no longer be a mere mage, but a dual practitioner of magic and martial arts—both a Saint Realm mage and a Saint Realm warrior.

Furthermore, the stronger the body, the more magic power and battle aura it could contain.

After all, the body is like a container, determining the capacity.

Kolan flipped his hand and produced a battle aura cultivation manual from his spatial ring. As a Saint Magus, although he hadn't cultivated battle aura, he had collected such manuals, and now they finally came in handy.

Kolan began to practice the battle aura manual.

With his realm already established, his speed in cultivating battle aura was extremely fast.

Before long, in terms of battle aura cultivation, Kolan had reached the Saint Realm, becoming a Saint Realm warrior.

If this were to get out, it would absolutely cause a massive uproar.

Because the speed at which Kolan cultivated was simply too fast.