A Millennium Years, Yan's Choice

Given Yan's current situation, there was no longer any need for him to pursue a balance between the fire and earth elements.

The Flame Emperor specialized in the Law of Fire and the Law of Space. As a Lord of the Universe, he had long since comprehended the many mysteries of those two laws.

After receiving the Flame Emperor's inheritance, Yan naturally had to focus his efforts on the paths of fire and space.

The Law of Space was one of the higher laws. It was exceedingly profound and had an extremely high threshold; at Yan's current stage, he was not yet qualified to comprehend it.

However, the Law of Fire, one of the eight lower laws, was different.

Ordinarily, with Yan's strength as merely an Apprentice, comprehending the Law of Fire would have been unimaginably difficult.

But he possessed the Flame Overlord, which commanded the power of fire. This undoubtedly gave him a key to enter the domain of flames.

Through the Flame Overlord, he could study the path of fire.

As for the earth attribute, it naturally had to step aside.

At this stage, Yan's greatest goal in cultivating his martial soul was to master Ultimate Fire as soon as possible. That would also be of immense help in his future comprehension of the Law of Fire.

With that goal in mind, the soul beasts Yan needed to choose were fire-attributed soul beasts of the highest quality possible. Other fire-earth-attributed soul beasts would instead hinder his path toward Ultimate Fire.

After eliminating all the fire-earth-attributed soul beasts in the manual, Yan began reviewing the remaining fire-attributed soul beasts one by one.

'Red Flame Porcupine, four hundred years old, a fire-attributed porcine soul beast. It has sharp spines growing from its back, carries burning flames, can attack from a distance, and combines offense and defense.'

Its decent offensive power made it one of the more common choices for low-level fire-attributed soul masters, but it was rather ordinary to Yan, and its four-hundred-year age was far too low.

'Blazing Fire Monkey, four hundred years old, a fire-attributed monkey soul beast. Agile and nimble, skilled in using fireballs.'

Its age was still too low, and the Blazing Fire Monkey leaned toward skill and speed, which ran contrary to Yan's pursuit of overwhelming offense.

Yan flipped further through the manual. The fire-attributed soul beasts later in it were roughly comparable to the Red Flame Porcupine and Blazing Fire Monkey in both age and quality.

The only one that still caught Yan's eye was a six-hundred-year-old Earth King soul beast. It possessed tremendous strength and violent flames, matching the power and explosiveness Yan pursued, but its age was still somewhat low.

By comparison, several fire-earth-attributed soul beasts that had appeared earlier actually seemed fairly good. Their quality and age were both better than those of the fire-attributed soul beasts later in the manual.

It seemed Spirit Hall intended to train him in the direction of balanced fire and earth attributes.

That made things somewhat difficult.

Yan closed the Soul Beast Manual in his hands and rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.

Xie Yue, however, seemed to have already found a soul beast he liked. He had lingered on a certain page of the Soul Beast Manual for a long time without turning it.

The carriage continued onward at a decent speed, finally coming to a stop after roughly two hours.

They had finally arrived at Soul Hunting Forest.

Xie Yue and Yan stepped down from the carriage and stretched their limbs. After sitting for so long, their bodies felt rather sore.

Seeing Yue Guan and Hu Liena also step down from the carriage ahead, Yan and Xie Yue quickly walked over.

"Elder Yue Guan."

The two bowed to Yue Guan.

Yue Guan nodded lightly and casually waved a hand. Only then did they straighten up and walk over to Hu Liena.

Resak had already presented the hunting permit ahead. Once the checkpoint barring their way was opened, he hurried over to report to Yue Guan.

"Then let us go. We will make this quick."

Yue Guan took the lead, and everyone hurriedly followed.

"Have all of you found the soul beasts you wish to hunt?"

As they traveled through Soul Hunting Forest, Yue Guan asked Xie Yue and the other two.

"Reporting to Elder Yue Guan, the soul beast I wish to hunt is a five-hundred-year-old Shadow Moon Wolf."

Hearing the question, Xie Yue hurriedly answered, somewhat excited.

"A Shadow Moon Wolf?"

Yue Guan nodded. "It is indeed a soul beast quite suitable for the Moon Blade. Nana, what about you?"

"Elder Yue Guan, I want this Charm Heart Fox, around six hundred and fifty years old."

Hu Liena pointed to an illustration of a languid fox-type soul beast in her Soul Beast Manual.

"Very well."

After considering it, Yue Guan did not object.

Although the soul beast Hu Liena had chosen was older than Xie Yue's, as the current Pope's named disciple, the Whale Rubber Hu Liena had consumed was likewise at the ten-thousand-year level.

If not for the Charm Heart Fox's exceptional mental attribute, even choosing a seven-hundred-year-old soul beast would not have been a problem for Hu Liena.

"Then what about you, Yan?"

Faced with Yue Guan's question, Yan did not answer immediately. He pressed his lips together, seemingly considering how to speak.

"What, is there no soul beast in the manual that satisfies you? This Elder remembers there being an eight-hundred-year-old Magma Giant Rhino in it. Is even that not enough for you?"

It could be said that Yue Guan held the highest expectations for Yan among the three on this soul hunt, so he naturally wanted to know what Yan was thinking.

"Reporting to Elder, Yan does not want a fire-earth-attributed soul beast. Yan has already made up his mind to follow the path of fire, and an age of eight hundred years is still not enough for me. I want a millennium-level soul beast Soul Ring."

"A millennium Soul Ring?"

Hearing this, Yue Guan's beautiful peach-blossom eyes narrowed slightly as his gaze settled on Yan's face.

Even the temperature of the air seemed to drop a few degrees because of Yan's words. Sensing the subtle tension, Xie Yue and Hu Liena could not help holding their breath.

Resak frowned deeply and could not help saying in a stern voice, "Yan, do not aim too high. Absorbing a millennium Soul Ring as your first is simply unheard of!

Even if your physique is special and you have consumed premium Whale Rubber, an eight-hundred-year Soul Ring is already the theoretical limit, and even that carries enormous risks.

As for your choice of path, the Flame Overlord is a top-tier martial soul with both fire and earth attributes. Abandoning the earth attribute would be no different from cutting off one of your own arms. How will you contend with the top geniuses of your generation in the future?"

Yue Guan also watched Yan silently, wanting to hear what explanation he had.

Spirit Hall had already made plans for the future paths of the three of them.

Xie Yue possessed the top-tier weapon martial soul, Moon Blade. His future path would combine powerful offense with agile offense.

Hu Liena possessed the top-tier beast martial soul, Demon Fox. Her future path would focus on cultivation in profound specialized fields and follow the Control Type.

Yan possessed the top-tier beast martial soul, Flame Overlord, with both fire and earth attributes. His future path would be to cultivate both fire and earth attributes and follow a semi-defense type.

The characteristics of their martial souls each had their strengths and weaknesses. With such a combination and mutual cooperation, would the combined strength of the three merely be a case of one plus one being greater than two? Their true combat power would absolutely far surpass their peers.

Facing everyone's scrutinizing gazes, Yan did not retreat.

He organized his thoughts slightly and spoke what was in his heart. "Elder Yue Guan, Teacher Rexar, what this junior says is not empty boasting, but the result of careful consideration.

The Flame Overlord is indeed dual-attributed in fire and earth, but when I awakened my martial soul, I could already sense that the fire power within my body was far more active than the power of earth and stone.

Over this past month of cultivation, my progress along the path of fire has also been faster. In this junior's view, rather than dispersing my efforts in pursuit of a balance between the two, it would be better to concentrate everything and take one path to its ultimate limit!"