"Originally, there was no Soul Race in this world. A pure Soul Body could not remain in the world for long. The earliest members of the Soul Race were like Yiyi, transformed from exotic beasts like Amber," Li Shang said.
"All of you Soul Race members were born that way?" Lu Ye was surprised. If so, did that not mean the Soul Race also had White Tigers?
Li Shang shook her head. "Not exactly. The birth of the Soul Race relied on the existence of a divine artifact, which is also the treasure that safeguards our race. Our birth differs from Yiyi's. I was merely saying that the earliest Soul Race members were beings like Yiyi."
Lu Ye understood, realizing he had been thinking along the wrong lines.
Li Shang continued, "For Yiyi, Amber is her anchor. It is the same principle as how the Immortal Yuan Guards now rely on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. If Amber dies, Yiyi cannot survive alone. But the reverse is not true—Amber would be unaffected. It is a different kind of symbiosis."
Lu Ye nodded. He had long known these things. It was just like the Life Essence Technique he had once formed with Amber. The reason he had wanted to dissolve it was that he feared if misfortune ever befell him, he would drag Amber and Yiyi down with him.
Fortunately, after deducing the Life Essence Technique before, Lu Ye had already dissolved it upon returning this time.
Without the Life Essence Technique, Lu Ye would no longer be able to borrow strength from Amber in the future, much less use the Beast Transformation Secret Technique. Even if Lu Ye met with some misfortune, Amber would no longer be implicated.
"This unusual symbiosis brings enormous benefits to Amber and Yiyi. Their cultivation