"Son of Mingling—!"
With a sharp cry, dense gray-white Chaos Qi suddenly erupted around Long Zhanye!
This airflow was not ordinary Soul Power radiance, but a strange force field capable of assimilating, stripping away, and controlling all energy!
Centered on Long Zhanye, the gray-white Chaos Qi rapidly spread in every direction.
In an instant, it completely engulfed the space within a hundred-meter radius!
Within this range, color was swiftly drained away, as though everything had shed its original elemental luster.
What remained was a uniform, deathly gray-white hue, yet one with hidden undercurrents surging beneath it!
Grass, trees, rocks, even the air itself, all seemed to have been dragged into a "domain" governed by the rules of Chaos!
Within this gray-white world created by Long Zhanye, all the world's elemental energy became exceptionally active.
Yet it also seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, stripped of its original attributes and transformed into the most primal currents of chaotic energy!
These energy currents were madly converging toward the center of the domain—Long Zhanye's body!
Old Man Gu was shocked to discover that, standing at the edge of this domain, the Fire Attribute and Wood Attribute energy around him was rapidly draining away and being assimilated!
Meanwhile, Long Zhanye at the center of the domain was recovering and growing stronger at a visible rate!
This Soul Skill could not only create an environment favorable to its user.
It could also directly strip away the elemental power within the domain and convert it into Soul Power, achieving nearly limitless endurance!
Stripping elements and converting them into Soul Power... What an overbearing ability! Old Man Gu thought in shock.
However, something even more horrifying happened!
He had clearly been staring without blinking at Long Zhanye, who stood in the middle of the domain.
Long Zhanye was at least thirty meters away from him, yet right before his eyes—
Whoosh!
There was no warning, no trace of movement, not even the slightest disturbance in the air!
Long Zhanye's figure vanished from where he stood like a ghost!
The next instant!
Old Man Gu only saw a gray-white flash before his eyes, followed by a cold breeze brushing across his face!
Long Zhanye's face was already right in front of him, nearly pressed against the tip of his nose!
"Ah—!!" Old Man Gu let out a terrified shriek.
His entire body sprang backward as though struck by lightning, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back!
"Th-this... this...!" He pointed at Long Zhanye, who looked as though he had been standing before him the entire time.
Both his finger and voice trembled, and he could not form a complete sentence for a long while.
This was no longer simply a matter of speed. This was practically... Teleport?!
No, it was even stranger than Teleport, as though he had always been meant to be in that position!
Seeing how badly Old Man Gu had been frightened, Long Zhanye slowly withdrew his Soul Skill.
The gray-white domain around him gradually dispersed as well, and color returned to the world.
He spoke calmly. "Within my Soul Skill... I can move freely to any position, ignoring distance."
"And..."
He paused. "...I can control all the world's elemental energy within the domain!"
"Especially the Chaos Power contained within it. All of it can be used by me. Here, I am part of the rules."
As Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun listened to Long Zhanye's explanation, their shock became indescribable.
This Fifth Soul Ring of mysterious origin had granted Long Zhanye a terrifying ability akin to that of a domain master!
It combined area suppression, energy deprivation, limitless endurance, and spatial movement into one!
The Heavenly Eye, the Double Pupil, and now this unfathomably mysterious Son of Mingling domain...
Old Man Gu no longer dared imagine what kind of world-destroying power this boy would possess once he truly matured.
Perhaps.
That ancient legend of the Double Pupil Bearer being invincible.
Would truly come to pass in this era, in a way beyond everyone's imagination.
Then Old Man Gu grabbed Long Zhanye's arm, his voice carrying a trace of alarm and disbelief.
"You brat! Y-you... where exactly did this Fifth Soul Ring come from?!"
"This Soul Skill... these effects... are absolutely not something an ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beast could grant!"
"Even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might not possess a Soul Skill capable of controlling a domain like this! Speak! What exactly happened?!"
Long Zhanye slowly withdrew his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, and that mysterious Fifth Soul Ring vanished with them.
He fell silent for a moment.
He recalled the vast voice in last night's dream, and the whisper that had called itself the God of Sin.
He knew the matter was far too bizarre, but since Old Man Gu had pressed him for answers, he decided to reveal part of the truth.
He merely concealed the title "God of Sin," which could potentially raise even more suspicion and trouble.
He slowly spoke, his tone carrying confusion that he had yet to completely shake off. "It was someone..."
"A very mysterious person—or perhaps, an existence—that gave it to me."
"She... or rather, 'it,' appeared in my Sea of Consciousness, left behind a mark, bestowed this Soul Ring upon me, and then..."
"Disappeared. I did not even see what 'it' looked like, nor did I communicate with 'it.'"
"The Sea of Consciousness?! It entered your Sea of Consciousness without making a sound?! And it could directly bestow a Soul Ring?!"
Old Man Gu sucked in a breath, his pupils shrinking sharply as his face instantly filled with gravity and horror!
With his vast knowledge and insight far beyond that of ordinary people, he immediately understood what this meant!
To directly invade a Spirit Master's Sea of Consciousness was already beyond the scope of a Spirit Master's abilities!
Let alone creating from nothing and bestowing a Soul Ring that contained such powerful rule-based power!
This was not something a Titled Douluo, or even a Limit Douluo, could accomplish!
There was only one possibility.
It surfaced in Old Man Gu's weathered mind, which knew countless secrets, and struck like a thunderclap—
A god!
Only those legendary gods, who held authority over part of the world's rules, could possibly possess such unimaginable methods!
Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun beside him both fell into a long silence.
An indescribable sense of awe and shock filled the air.
Though Zhua Yun's experience could not compare to Old Man Gu's, he understood the weight of this matter as well.
The way he looked at Long Zhanye now held several complicated emotions beyond his previous surprise and approval.
Old Man Gu's heart churned violently. Could this boy truly be someone chosen by a god?
The Heavenly Eye, the Double Pupil... and now a God-Bestowed Soul Ring... All these coincidences and miracles seem to have gained some kind of reasonable explanation!
If that is truly the case...
Then the three years of effort I have poured into him, even my earlier risky investment, did not merely save a genius!
I placed a heavy bet on a Chosen One who may become a god in the future! This concerns not only him personally; it may even...
Through this opportunity, allow the long-silent Body Sect to welcome an unprecedented revival and glory!
This thought instantly ignited the ambition and hope buried deep in Old Man Gu's heart.
The way he looked at Long Zhanye became even more fervent, filled with unprecedented expectation.
Suppressing his excitement, he asked again, "That person..."
"That existence—do you know who 'it' was? Did 'it' leave behind a name or any other information?"
Long Zhanye shook his head, his tone candid. "In the dream, I did not speak."
"'It' only said it would 'bestow fortune upon me,' then I felt the Soul Ring appear. After that, I knew nothing else."
Though simple, these words only added another layer of mystery.
To Old Man Gu, this instead fit even better with the inscrutable ways of gods, who were unwilling to casually reveal their true names.
His belief in the speculation that Long Zhanye was someone chosen by a god grew even firmer.
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