Seven-Elemental Control

"Urgh—!"

Wang Chuan let out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning deathly pale. Faint streaks of blood seeped from his seven orifices.

He felt as though his head had been stuffed into a constantly exploding universe. Countless piercing roars and chaotic thoughts frantically battered his consciousness.

Only then did he understand why no one had fused with this External Pupil Spirit Bone.

It was because this Soul Bone contained immensely powerful Mental Power with a Chaos attribute!

One misstep, and the person fusing with it would become a madman!

But the fusion had already begun, and Wang Chuan could only endure!

At that moment, a clear Phoenix Cry rang out, barely preserving the last trace of clarity in his mind.

But this Chaos Mental Power was simply too tyrannical!

It was not merely a mental assault. It was more like a contaminating force of Mental Power, beginning to frantically erode Wang Chuan's originally pure spiritual essence.

He could clearly "see" the clear "seawater" within his Sea of Spirit, which represented his Mental Power.

At this moment, it was rapidly being tainted by a gray-black, chaotic torrent, becoming murky and violent...

His mind was like a small boat amid raging winds and waves, swaying violently on the edge between lucidity and madness.

It was even... becoming increasingly difficult to remain conscious.

I was too careless...

Am I really going to get myself killed like this...?

The instant before his consciousness sank into darkness and chaos, that thought flashed through Wang Chuan's mind.

Then came endless descent.

Time lost all meaning.

His consciousness drifted through icy, chaotic, boundless darkness. Like a drowning man, he occasionally sensed a faint glimmer of light, only for it to be swiftly swallowed by surging darkness.

Pain, tearing agony, mad whispers... all manner of negative sensations intertwined, forming this purgatory of consciousness.

Who knew how much time had passed.

Perhaps an instant, perhaps ten thousand years.

The Chaos Mental Power that had frantically assaulted him and sought to contaminate everything seemed to begin weakening.

No, it had not weakened.

It had been shared out.

In his daze, Wang Chuan felt his consciousness being drawn upward by a warm yet resilient force.

At last, he "opened" his "eyes."

He discovered that he was within that familiar, boundless Pure White Space.

It was the Sea of Spirit.

But unlike before, the Sea of Spirit was no longer clear and tranquil.

A faint gray mist hung over the sea, and even the water carried an indescribable sense of Chaos.

Yet compared to the utter darkness and violence from before, it was already far calmer.

Beside him, the spiritual bodies of Phoenix Wang Chuan and Abyss Wang Chuan sat cross-legged to his left and right.

Both had their eyes shut tight and brows furrowed, their bodies enveloped in faint halos of light.

Phoenix Wang Chuan was shrouded in five-colored radiance, while Abyss Wang Chuan was covered in deep, dark light.

They were guiding their own power, continuously sorting through, purifying, and sharing the Chaos Mental Power that permeated the Sea of Spirit.

As though sensing Douluo Wang Chuan's awakening, the two slowly opened their eyes at the same time. Their faces bore traces of exhaustion, but even more relief.

"You're finally awake!"

Phoenix Wang Chuan let out a long breath, his tone still carrying lingering fear.

"A while ago, an enormous amount of Mental Power with an intense Chaos attribute suddenly flooded into the Sea of Spirit..."

"It nearly contaminated our shared Sea of Spirit outright!"

"Fortunately, this Sea of Spirit belongs to all three of us, and our essences are connected. Abyss and I did everything we could to help you share, guide, and wear down that power..."

"That was the only reason we barely stabilized the situation and kept our consciousness from being completely contaminated by it."

"While you were unconscious, neither of us dared stop for even a moment."

Hearing this, gratitude and warmth welled up in Douluo Wang Chuan's heart.

He immediately rose to his feet and solemnly bowed to Phoenix Wang Chuan and Abyss Wang Chuan.

"Thank you, both of you!"

"If you had not come to my aid in time and shared that pressure, my mind would likely have collapsed already."

Abyss Wang Chuan waved a hand. Although his face was somewhat pale, his tone remained hearty.

"We're all our own people. No need to be so formal."

"The three of us are grasshoppers tied to the same rope. We prosper together, and we suffer together."

"You ran into trouble today, so we helped you. Maybe tomorrow, I'll be chased by some lord on the 108th Layer of the Abyss and need you two to save my life."

Though he said that, Douluo Wang Chuan's gratitude was entirely sincere.

He knew that sharing pressure on the spiritual level was no easy matter. One careless mistake, and those sharing it could be contaminated or injured themselves.

What Phoenix Wang Chuan and Abyss Wang Chuan had done had undoubtedly involved risk.

"By the way, what exactly did you encounter?"

"How did you suddenly bring down such a terrifying mental assault?"

Phoenix Wang Chuan asked with lingering fear. His cultivation was still shallow, and sharing the burden this time had placed an enormous strain on him.

Only then did Douluo Wang Chuan recount in detail how he had encountered the Twin Cyclops guardian at the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, defeated it, and obtained the External Pupil Spirit Bone...

After hearing his account, Phoenix Wang Chuan and Abyss Wang Chuan both sucked in a cold breath.

"An External Soul Bone from a Twin Cyclops..."

"And an eye-type one at that, carrying light, darkness, and Chaos attributes..."

Phoenix Wang Chuan clicked his tongue.

"No wonder the backlash was so terrifying."

"The failure rate for fusing with this kind of Soul Bone must be frighteningly high. No wonder those people at the Spirit Pagoda didn't dare use it themselves and instead made it the core of a Spirit Ascension Platform guardian."

"But..."

His tone shifted as he looked at Douluo Wang Chuan with envy and curiosity.

"Fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Since you made it through, the benefits this Soul Bone has brought you must be extraordinary as well, right?"

Douluo Wang Chuan nodded slightly and closed his eyes to sense himself carefully.

A moment later, he opened his eyes again, strange light gleaming within them.

"That's right."

"Though the process was dangerous, the Soul Bone has now successfully fused with me."

"Aside from the power of the Five Elements that I originally controlled, I now also have a clear perception of and preliminary control over the two elements of light and darkness."

"In other words, I can now attempt to control the seven basic elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, and darkness."

He paused before continuing.

"More importantly, the nature of my Mental Power seems to have undergone some kind of transformation because of this."

"My originally pure Mental Power now carries a trace of the Chaos attribute."

"This has greatly enhanced my Mental Power's resilience, tolerance, and resistance among those of the same level."

"In a purely mental confrontation, I now hold an enormous advantage."

Phoenix Wang Chuan and Abyss Wang Chuan exchanged a look, and both saw shock and delight in the other's eyes.

Seven-Elemental Control!

Chaos-attributed Mental Power!

Either one alone was a top-tier talent capable of driving any Soul Master mad with envy, yet both had now gathered within Douluo Wang Chuan.

"Survive a great disaster, and good fortune is sure to follow."

"Looks like you made a killing during this trip to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform."

Abyss Wang Chuan laughed.

Douluo Wang Chuan smiled as well. Though he had narrowly escaped death this time, the gains had indeed far exceeded his expectations.

This further leap in strength gave him a little more confidence in facing the more complicated situations that lay ahead.