Please Keep It a Secret, Senior

The dense soul energy poured in, causing Lin Chuan to grunt as his posture wavered, nearly causing him to lose his seat.

Before he could make any adjustments, another drop of ink-black, refined soul energy dripped into his sea of consciousness.

This drop of soul energy was even more concentrated and pure.

The moment it dripped in, it was like ink entering a basin of clear water, instantly spreading and staining everything.

Lin Chuan experienced a momentary lapse of consciousness, his mind turning completely blank.

The figure within his sea of consciousness could only repeatedly resist the monstrous waves rolling toward him.

The once calm sea of consciousness became deeper and more profound at this moment.

Under the violent impact, Lin Chuan could not even stand steady.

He was directly slammed into the river by the surging, monstrous waves, struggling in the water for a while before hanging limply.

The final drop, condensing the remaining majority of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's pure soul origin, fell in once more.

The sea of consciousness grew completely robust, no longer as plain as it had been before.

Lin Chuan, having fallen into the sea of consciousness, was growing stronger under its nourishment.

Outside.

The pale-faced Lin Chuan was erupting with a terrifying burst of spiritual power and soul power, exploding every so often.

Like a beast out of control, the violent energy frightened the animals within dozens of meters, keeping them from daring to approach.

To the side, Giratina, having swallowed the Evil God Bead, also lay quietly to one side.

Within its body, the prototype of its domain's transformation was gestating.

The Evil God Bead itself contained the power of the Evil God, consisting of three layers.

The first layer was the powerful energy it contained, a pure evil energy transformed from extreme darkness.

Under this evil energy, wind and thunder attributes were merely foils.

The second layer was the space and time energy used for life-preservation.

Over these many years, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had managed to comprehend a sliver of spatial power through absorption.

Once the spatial power within was activated, it could achieve the crossing of world barriers, traveling from one universe to another.

This point was just right.

It shared a similar purpose with its domain; after absorbing it, Giratina began to gestate its domain.

This would allow it to improve its domain more quickly, reaching the level of the Distortion World.

Otherwise, it would be unknown how long it would take to normally elevate the domain to the 'Distortion World'.

The third layer was the entirety of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul origin, as well as the power of the Evil God.

This power of the Evil God was absorbed by Lin Chuan, not only increasing his soul power but also growing the age of his own soul ring.

Unfortunately, this Evil God power had already been absorbed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from the beginning.

It had first gained powerful dark attributes from the White Tiger, and then transformed from dark attributes into evil attributes.

The power within sensed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring, as the two shared the same origin.

It helped Lin Chuan raise the age of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring to seventy thousand years, and his soul power rose accordingly.

Ling Yuan, observing all of this from the shadows, was stunned by the scene.

With her strength, a careful observation allowed her to detect that both Lin Chuan's spiritual power and soul power were increasing.

His level sixty-five soul power was gradually rising.

Level sixty-six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine...

It did not stop even at level seventy, but because there was no soul ring, the level seventy soul power could not break through the bottleneck and began to solidify.

His spiritual power began a slow ascent from the ordinary Soul Saint level.

From the dissipating pressure of his spiritual power, she could clearly feel the gradual improvement of his mental strength.

Level seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six...

The vast pressure of his spiritual power did not become flimsy or weak despite the rapid increase.

Instead, it made her, an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo on the verge of breaking through to Title Douluo, feel a trace of oppression.

The other party's spiritual power stopped slowly after reaching level eighty-five, an increase of ten levels.

This spiritual power carried a sense of panic, as if one had encountered gods and demons; ghostly shadows overlapped, demonic sounds pierced the ears, and it possessed a profound sense of great sorrow and pity.

Ling Yuan's expression was one of disbelief, her own spiritual power already suppressed.

Her heart, which had just begun to beat violently again days ago due to the shock of seeing such strength at his age, started racing once more.

She had seen it with her own eyes: the other party had fed his martial soul a purple-black bead the size of a fist.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, his strength had made such a meteoric leap.

Doesn't this signify that he possesses some great secret, and perhaps even something that could make her stronger?

When faced with a supreme treasure, people are often overcome by greedy thoughts.

But a wise person knows how to restrain themselves, how to exercise control.

Ling Yuan gritted her teeth, watching Lin Chuan as he returned to a state of calm, suppressing the greed that had just sprouted and quickly regaining her composure.

She was someone who served under the Pope, and Lin Chuan was someone the Pope herself had taken an interest in.

Regardless, she could not safely obtain a treasure that would be of help to her.

Unreconciled?

Then she would simply have to report it; perhaps some scraps of meat broth would trickle down to her.

Even if not, the resources originally allocated to help her break through to Titled Douluo might be increased.

"Senior, I still hope you can keep this secret for the time being."

A voice, calm yet cold, came abruptly from behind her.

Ling Yuan shuddered and hurriedly turned around.

She saw Lin Chuan, his gaze icy, standing on a thick tree branch high behind her, looking down at her.

Her spiritual power had been disrupted, and she had been lost in thought.

She hadn't even noticed when he had arrived!

"That was merely a bead storing soul essence and energy essence. I simply don't want trouble too early, so please, I ask for your help."

Lin Chuan's clear voice rang out again.

The previous indifference was entirely gone, replaced by a hint of an embarrassed smile.

Looking at the figure on the tree branch behind her, Ling Yuan opened her mouth, not knowing what to do or what to say.

Her mind was a blank slate; how could she describe the terror she felt toward the youth before her?

The youth was handsome, yet that face, wearing a trace of a friendly smile, was somehow chilling!

"Senior, do not fear. You are a Soul Douluo; how could someone of my strength possibly harm you?"

Lin Chuan said the truth to comfort her, which allowed Ling Yuan to recover.

Thinking of how she had just shown a look of fear before a child much weaker than herself, she felt a bit embarrassed.

The bright moon hung high, its pale light piercing through thin clouds and spilling down, only to be shattered by dense branches and leaves, turning into mottled light and shadow on the ground.

Since she had already been exposed, Ling Yuan simply agreed to Lin Chuan's desire to have a talk.

The two sat on the edge of the cliff, looking out at the brilliant galaxy and the line where the clouds met the sky, chatting briefly.

It was only then that Lin Chuan discovered her identity.

Ling Yuan, the Titled Douluo from the original work who was impatient for success and was killed in seconds by the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.

She was also the woman who liked to tease him when he was young.

Thinking of her identity, her future achievements, and her current mission, Lin Chuan heaved a long sigh.

Her personality was very compatible with his, and she spoke of her mission in a carefree, open manner.

Although he already knew about it, this did not affect her revealing her true character.

He did not feel any malice from her right now, and they conversed quite happily.

Mostly it was her doing the talking; she had few hobbies, and going out to see beautiful things was one of them.

There was so much scenery that she talked for a long time.

Lin Chuan listened from the side, occasionally responding.

It was quite unexpected for him.

A person on the verge of breaking through to Titled Douluo was actually so carefree and easygoing, without a shred of the airs of a powerhouse.

Even Lin Chuan, who didn't like making friends much, felt that the easygoing aura she radiated made her very easy to get along with.