Light and Dark Twin Dragons, Twin Soul Spirits Appear

In the end, the members of Class One still slunk away in disgrace.

Before leaving, the middle-parted boy had wanted to show off his status as a Two-Ring Soul Master, but when he proudly looked up—

Empty, completely empty~

Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue had long since vanished, leaving him alone to perform his one-man show.

The middle-parted boy instantly flew into a furious rage.

On his way back to the dormitory, Xie Xie abruptly stopped.

Sensing a faint connection from within his Spirit Sea, he immediately turned and hurried toward Wu Zhangkong's teachers' dormitory.

Light Cub was the name Xie Xie had given the soul spirit nurtured by his Light Dragon Blade Martial Soul.

Just moments ago, Light Cub had sent him a message:

The Shadow Dragon Dagger was about to complete its second evolution, and the soul spirit it had nurtured would fully take shape. Once it was born, it would directly help him break through his shackles and step into the realm of a level-twenty Soul Grandmaster.

Xie Xie urgently needed a safe, stable place to complete the second evolution of his Shadow Dragon Dagger Martial Soul.

And the first person he thought of was Wu Zhangkong.

Xie Xie hurried all the way to Wu Zhangkong's teachers' dormitory and raised his hand to knock.

The door opened, revealing Wu Zhangkong's eternally indifferent face.

"What is it?"

"Teacher Wu, my second Martial Soul is about to evolve!" Xie Xie spoke rapidly, unable to conceal his excitement.

Wu Zhangkong gave him a faint glance. She keenly sensed two entirely different yet subtly resonating fluctuations of Soul Power within him, and a barely perceptible change flickered in her eyes.

"Come in."

She set up an isolation barrier with Soul Power inside the room, enough to block the prying and interference of ordinary Soul Masters.

Xie Xie said no more. He immediately sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

Within his Spirit Sea, the tiny figure of light that had always accompanied him—

Light Cub—was bouncing happily, constantly transmitting its cheerful emotions.

Opposite Light Cub, a mass of shadow power as dense as ink and carrying a sharp, chilling edge was gathering, compressing, and taking shape at a visible speed.

It was the soul spirit nurtured by the Shadow Dragon Dagger.

Unlike the brightness and warmth of the Light Dragon Dagger, the Shadow Dragon Dagger's soul spirit carried an icy, swift, and elusive aura. Yet it also shared an innate resonance and bond with Light Cub.

Xie Xie took a deep breath and guided his Soul Power, fully assisting the birth of the Shadow Dragon Dagger's soul spirit.

Buzz—

Two forces erupted at once.

One light, one shadow; one bright, one dark. They spiraled and surged through his body like two tiny dragon-shaped currents, racing madly through his meridians.

The barrier of Soul Power that had held him at level nineteen shattered under the impact of those two forces, born of the same source yet opposed to one another.

A surge of Soul Power far denser, purer, and fiercer than before instantly swept through every limb and bone in his body.

Level twenty—a Soul Grandmaster, achieved!

At the same time, the Shadow Dragon Dagger appeared in Xie Xie's hand once more.

Shadow power surged wildly over Xie Xie's right hand, turning into an extremely deep blackish-red.

The Shadow Dragon Dagger had completely transformed into a long, sinister battle blade brimming with the aura of death.

The main body of the blade was black as an abyss, while its edges shimmered with an eerie dark-red glow, like congealed blood entwined with the night.

Twisted shadow dragon patterns were carved into the blade. Faint blackish-red mist continuously seeped from those patterns, and wherever the mist passed, even light was devoured.

The blade's edge was bone-chillingly cold, glinting with bloodthirsty crimson. Though it hung there silently, it exuded a deadly and bizarre presence, as if it could pierce a soul the very next second.

The hilt was tightly wrapped in dark dragon hide and studded with several dark-red dragon blood crystals. With the slightest movement, elongated blackish-red afterimages trailed behind it like claws from the underworld.

Within the Spirit Sea, the shadow power facing Light Cub from afar finally condensed into form.

It was a dragon cub the same size as Light Cub, slender and nimble, its entire body covered in night-black dragon scales. Every movement sent a cold, dagger-like gleam flowing across them.

Most striking of all were its dragon eyes—

A pure crimson like congealed blood, as though they were blood-colored gemstones formed from blood itself—crystalline, eerie, and razor-sharp.

The dragon cub's slender tail gently swayed, stirring wisps of shadowy mist as it faced the bright, warm Light Cub nearby.

Light Cub immediately darted over. Its tiny Light Dragon body spun lightly through the air, golden halos rippling outward in circles as it looked especially lively and delighted.

It moved close to the Shadow Dragon Cub and gently rubbed its little head against the other, as if greeting it and welcoming it.

The newly born Shadow Dragon Cub, by contrast, was much quieter and more obedient.

It floated silently in place, letting Light Cub rub against it again and again. Only its crimson dragon eyes blinked softly.

Xie Xie extended a finger and tapped the Shadow Dragon Cub's little head, feeling a faint chill at his fingertip.

"From now on, I'll call you Shadow Cub." Xie Xie smiled.

Shadow Cub showed no resistance to Xie Xie's touch. Instead, it revealed a trace of gentle dependence.

Shadow Cub lightly swayed its tail. The shadows around it rose and fell faintly as it let out an almost inaudible chirp, obediently accepting the name.

Light Cub became even more excited, circling Shadow Cub again and again. Golden light and ink-black shadow intertwined, tracing two beautiful streaks of light across the Spirit Sea.

When Xie Xie slowly opened his eyes, even Wu Zhangkong, who had been observing from the side, was slightly stunned.

Xie Xie's left eye was a blend of dark green and gold, yet within its deep pupil flowed a streak of dazzling golden radiance like a river of stars.

His right eye, meanwhile, was an eerie yet chilling blood-red.

It was not a lifeless red, but a crystal-clear hue like a gemstone condensed from blood, gleaming coldly within the room.

The glow of his mismatched eyes suddenly burst forth.

The Dark Green Gold Pupil and Blood Red Crimson Pupil bloomed at once, instantly elevating his entire presence to the extreme.

He was both an embodiment of light and a bearer of shadow's killing intent.

At the same time, a soft chime rang from the Soul Power within Xie Xie's body—

The Light Dragon Blade appeared without warning above his left hand, its golden radiance brilliant enough to illuminate half the room.

The Shadow Dragon Blade silently appeared above his right hand, black as an abyss and wreathed in blood-red light, soundless yet exuding a lethal chill.

One gold, one dark; one warm, one cold.

The Light Dragon Blade and Shadow Dragon Blade floated on either side of Xie Xie.

Wu Zhangkong stood frozen in place. For the first time, an unmistakable shock appeared in her eternally indifferent, icy eyes.

She stared fixedly at the light and shadow surrounding Xie Xie, sensing the two incomparably distinct, vivid, and lively soul spirit auras within them. The tranquil lake of her heart churned into towering waves.

Martial Soul Evolution, the opposition of light and dark, perfect fusion...

Those things were certainly astonishing, but they were not enough to make her lose composure.

But at this moment, she could clearly sense—

The two soul spirits within Xie Xie had not come from any Soul Beast, nor had they been formed through the Spirit Pagoda. Instead, they seemed more like spiritual entities independently nurtured by his own Martial Souls!

A Martial Soul nurturing a soul spirit on its own?

There had never been a precedent for such a thing in the entire history of the Douluo Continent!

Not only had no one ever seen it, but even ancient records had never documented such an inconceivable, heaven-defying phenomenon!

Soul spirits had to be born attached to Soul Beasts. That was an eternal law.

Yet Xie Xie had forcibly shattered that law.