Thoughts of a Secret Chamber

Not only that, as Qian Daoliu had said in the comments, Qian Renxue could sense that the Gang Qi Su Chen released was no less radiant and sacred than the Soul Power of her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

She was known as the bearer of the purest Angel Bloodline in centuries, the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul wielder closest to the Angel God.

So it was no exaggeration to say that Su Chen's Gang Qi had now surpassed that of all Soul Masters with light attributes.

However, Qian Renxue quickly calmed her complicated emotions and began to think deeply.

After Su Chen's Martial Soul had shattered, he could continuously compress his Soul Power and refine it into an even purer form of power.

But that did not mean those with Martial Souls could not compress and condense their Soul Power.

The moment this thought arose, Qian Renxue's breathing quickened.

If it truly worked, her strength would surely soar, and her chances of passing the Angel God Trial in the future would increase as well.

At that thought, a sharp gleam flashed through Qian Renxue's eyes.

"I can't wait. Once the Sky Screen ends, I have to try it immediately."

Qian Renxue was far from the only one with such thoughts. At this moment, everyone on Douluo Continent with even a little sense was desperately waiting for the Sky Screen to end.

Yet the images on the Sky Screen continued to play.

[After withdrawing his attack, Su Chen looked at the destruction he had caused and could not help but smile.]

[Although this attack had likewise drained all the Gang Qi within him, he could clearly feel the difference from before. His Gang Qi had been replenished almost instantly, so he was not left struggling even to move normally.]

[Most importantly, this breakthrough was different from all the previous ones. It was as though he had broken free of shackles and undergone a qualitative leap.]

[Both his body and Mental Power had grown by more than twice their previous strength.]

[Only at this moment did Su Chen dare say that he had completely broken away from the original Soul Master cultivation system and stepped onto a stronger path of cultivation with a higher limit.]

[After this, everything returned to how it had been.]

[Su Chen and Bibi Dong continued cultivating every day while traveling through various towns and cities for experience.]

[This time, however, Liu Erlong and Ye Shu had joined them.]

[Liu Erlong had always roamed the world of Soul Masters alone, traveling everywhere. Now that she had finally found like-minded companions and could also achieve Soul Power Fusion with Su Chen, she naturally did not want to leave.]

[As for Ye Shu, after witnessing Su Chen's strength firsthand, she had already formed a plan. Perhaps by following Su Chen, she would have a chance to break through the Martial Soul flaw that had plagued her family for generations.]

[Thus, from then on, the four traveled together and trained across every corner of Douluo Continent.]

[Along the way, they encountered many who bullied others with their power, as well as Fallen Soul Masters who abducted people and took lives.]

[Whenever they encountered such things, Su Chen, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong would act without hesitation.]

[Those who deserved death were killed outright.]

[Those worth keeping alive were left with a breath and brought back for further research.]

[At first, Ye Shu found it somewhat difficult to adapt.]

[After all, she had grown up in the Undying Sect. Though she had seen Soul Masters fight, she had never truly followed Su Chen to witness the filthiest side of this world.]

[But after seeing it often enough, she gradually fell silent.]

[Because she discovered that Su Chen's words had not been exaggerated in the slightest.]

[There truly were many people in this world who deserved to die.]

[As they spent more time together, Ye Shu grew increasingly admiring of Su Chen. Finally, one day, she made up her mind.]

[At night, inside a cave deep in the wilderness.]

[Su Chen sat cross-legged, several kinds of medicinal liquid laid out before him.]

[Ye Shu stood quietly before him, her face somewhat pale and her breathing much faster than usual.]

[Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong stood to one side.]

[Neither of them spoke.]

[Because they both understood what this day meant to Ye Shu.]

[After a moment of silence, Su Chen slowly spoke.]

["Once this begins, there will be no turning back."]

["The pain of a shattered Martial Soul is not something an ordinary person can endure."]

["If you cannot hold on midway, at best your foundation will be ruined. At worst, you will die on the spot."]

["Even if you endure it, you will only have gained the qualification to walk this path."]

["How you cultivate afterward, how you sense Natural Soul Power, and how you make your body adapt will all depend on you alone."]

[After speaking, Su Chen raised his eyes to Ye Shu.]

["Do you still wish to continue?"]

[Though Ye Shu's face was pale, there was not the slightest wavering in her eyes.]

[She took a deep breath, then suddenly knelt before Su Chen.]

["This disciple, Ye Shu, has no regrets."]

["I ask only that Master show me the path ahead."]

[Seeing this, Su Chen did not hesitate any longer and shattered Ye Shu's Martial Soul.]

[From this day onward, Ye Shu became the first person besides Su Chen to truly embark on the path of cultivating a Shattered Martial Soul.]

[In the days that followed, the four continued traveling across the continent.]

[During the following year, Su Chen often experimented together with Liu Erlong in order to study Soul Power Fusion.]

[As a result, Su Chen and Liu Erlong inevitably grew very close during this process. After all, to make Soul Power Fusion perfect, the two needed to understand each other as completely as possible.]

[Through their constant experiments, Su Chen gained a great deal and developed many new Soul Skills.]

[Su Chen also made an unexpected discovery. The reason he could achieve Soul Power Fusion with Liu Erlong was not only because their Soul Power origins were similar, but also because they were connected by blood.]

[This meant that the two of them were very likely close blood relatives.]

[Su Chen did not pay much attention to this, since it did not affect their cultivation or experiments.]

[However, he did not know that Liu Erlong's feelings had already changed during their repeated Soul Power Fusion.]

[At first, she had merely felt a simple fondness for Su Chen.]

[Then came admiration.]

[Then reverence.]

[And now, that reverence had turned into deep affection.]

[Yet because Bibi Dong was such a good elder sister to her, Liu Erlong had never spoken of those feelings.]

[Because from the very beginning, she knew that Bibi Dong liked Su Chen, and Bibi Dong had known him first.]

[Moreover, after traveling and fighting side by side all this time, Liu Erlong had long regarded Bibi Dong as something close to an elder sister.]

[For that reason, she did not want to compete, nor did she wish to hurt Bibi Dong.]

[But no matter how deeply some things were buried, they would eventually leave traces behind.]

[Bibi Dong had noticed long ago.]

[She had merely pretended not to know.]

[Over the past year, she had seen Liu Erlong secretly watch Su Chen more than once whenever he turned away.]

[She had also seen the fleeting joy in Liu Erlong's eyes more than once whenever she heard Su Chen praise her.]

[Especially whenever Su Chen and Liu Erlong performed Soul Power Fusion again and again, their indescribable tacit understanding hurt Bibi Dong's eyes to witness.]

[Still, Bibi Dong ultimately said nothing.]

[Because she could not forget how, last time, a sudden surge of jealousy had made her insist on competing with Liu Erlong, nearly getting Su Chen killed.]

[So whenever she saw Liu Erlong drawing close to Su Chen, her chest would tighten, as though something were lodged in her heart.]

[But when it came time to act on it, she could not do so.]

[After all, Su Chen and Liu Erlong had truly done nothing inappropriate so far.]

[So she could only endure it.]

[During the day, she pretended nothing was wrong.]

[She smiled when she should smile.]

[She spoke when she should speak.]

[But whenever the night grew quiet, the thoughts she had forcibly suppressed emerged one after another.]

[One late night.]

[The campfire had long since gone out.]

[Ye Shu sat cross-legged on the other side, cultivating.]

[Liu Erlong leaned against a tree trunk with her eyes closed, resting as well.]

[Only Bibi Dong remained awake.]

[She sat quietly some distance away, watching Su Chen as he alone deduced cultivation techniques beneath the moonlight, her eyes filled with emotions too complicated to describe.]

[After watching for a long time, she suddenly bit her lip, and a thought so absurd and dangerous that even she found it frightening arose in her heart.]

[What if...]

[What if she crippled all of Su Chen's Soul Power...]

[Then locked him forever in a secret chamber where no one could ever find him...]

[Would he then belong to her alone forever?]