Fusion with a Soul Spirit, Drastic Changes in Physique

Mu Tianchen took the blood-red Soul Spirit ball from Yan Qingling's hand.

Although he had been born with immense strength, he nearly stumbled when he received the heavy blood-red Soul Spirit ball.

"This..."

Mu Tianchen stared at everything before him in utter shock.

Although he was not yet a Soul Master, the strength in his right hand already exceeded a thousand jin. Yet he had almost been unable to hold this Soul Spirit ball, which truly startled him.

Yan Qingling smiled and explained, "This Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff is rather special. It is one of the powerful Soul Spirits that was only recently developed. Unlike those stable Soul Spirits, it requires a stronger Soul Spirit ball to contain it."

"I see." Mu Tianchen suddenly understood. Only then did he realize why this Soul Spirit ball was so heavy.

"All right, little Tianchen, quickly release the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and form the contract." Yan Qingling chuckled softly at his expression.

Over the past seven days, she had personally overseen Mu Tianchen's training. Therefore, she was also looking forward to seeing whether he could successfully fuse with this powerful Soul Spirit.

She had just learned that this Soul Spirit was one of the three powerful extinct Soul Spirits most recently developed by their Spirit Pagoda: the beast king of ancient times, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

Setting everything else aside, this Soul Spirit's combat power was definitely exceptionally formidable.

"Okay!" Mu Tianchen no longer hesitated. He immediately placed his hand on the Soul Spirit ball's switch and pressed it down hard. In an instant, a blood-red aura engulfed the entire laboratory.

Roar— Accompanied by that blood-red aura, a gigantic beast three meters long and covered in golden fur appeared between the three of them. Its roar made the surrounding instruments shake violently.

However, at that moment, Leng Yaozhu stepped forward and pressed down on the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with an incomparably powerful aura.

Bang! Her overwhelming aura was like an insurmountable mountain, instantly forcing the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff onto the ground, leaving it unable to move.

Yet even under Leng Yaozhu's suppression, its eyes remained filled with fierce fighting spirit—a powerful will to fear no strong enemy and fight until it reached the pinnacle.

Even a top-tier powerhouse like Leng Yaozhu could not help but sigh in admiration at the sight.

"Tianchen." Leng Yaozhu glanced at Mu Tianchen beside her, signaling that he could begin.

"Okay." Mu Tianchen walked up to the suppressed Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff. Looking at the three-meter-long beast radiating a violent aura, he was still stunned by its powerful presence despite having prepared himself.

He took a deep breath, looked at the beast that resembled both a lion and a dog, and said, "Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, I am a human Soul Master. I am six years old and possess the Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul and Innate Level 20 Soul Power."

"Because of your strength, I chose you to become my first Soul Spirit."

"Are you willing to follow me and climb to the pinnacle of the Soul Master world together?"

Mu Tianchen looked at the powerful Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and extended his hand.

However, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was naturally proud. How could it possibly submit to Mu Tianchen? The moment it heard his invitation, it immediately let out an angry roar at him.

A terrifying aura surged toward Mu Tianchen, blasting him back several steps.

However, Mu Tianchen was not overwhelmed by it. Looking at the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, he knew that mere words would never convince it. It seemed they would ultimately have to settle this through battle.

He walked before the suppressed Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, stretched out his hand, and placed it on the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's forehead.

In an instant, the surroundings rapidly changed.

Very quickly, Mu Tianchen pulled the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff into his Sea of Consciousness.

Roar— Having entered this unfamiliar place for the first time, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff instinctively sensed a trace of danger and immediately unleashed an angry roar.

Mu Tianchen's figure appeared within the Sea of Consciousness, directly in front of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

Watching the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff roar toward the sky, he immediately assumed a fighting stance and said, "Come, Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff. Let us have a battle. If you can defeat me, I will let you leave."

"On the other hand, if I defeat you, you will become my Soul Spirit. How about it?"

But the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff did not answer him. With a roar, it charged fiercely toward Mu Tianchen.

As the ancestor of canine Soul Beasts—or perhaps lion Soul Beasts—the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff possessed a powerful physique and ultimate strength. Tearing opponents apart with its body and claws was its most common method.

The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was incredibly fast and was about to reach Mu Tianchen.

Mu Tianchen shook his head. He knew it was impossible to persuade the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff to become his Soul Spirit through conversation.

Then, a platinum giant dragon roared out from his body. An abyssal, hellish aura covered the entire Sea of Consciousness. The platinum dragon fused with him, and his body grew several inches taller.

His platinum hair had originally been short, but after Martial Soul Possession, it transformed directly into flowing long hair.

A halo containing seven platinum crystals appeared above Mu Tianchen's head. Then light flickered, enveloping his entire body in the aura of light.

"Come!" Mu Tianchen neither dodged nor retreated, charging straight at the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, whose body was three meters long.

Boom— Powerful energy erupted within the Sea of Consciousness, and fierce shockwaves swept outward. Mu Tianchen was unharmed, while the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff took a punch directly to the eye.

Mu Tianchen's Light Attribute Soul Power could purify an enemy's Soul Power. Therefore, that punch not only hurt, but also reduced the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's energy intensity by more than half.

Roar— The injured Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff instantly became incomparably enraged. At that moment, it lost all reason and charged at Mu Tianchen recklessly. At the same time, the Domination Domain rose beneath its feet.

Its aura became incomparably powerful at that moment, even causing Mu Tianchen's Sea of Consciousness to shake violently.

Mu Tianchen's Sea of Consciousness was not yet strong enough. If not for the Eye of Destiny stabilizing it, his Sea of Consciousness would likely have already collapsed under the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's assault.

However, protected by the Eye of Destiny, Mu Tianchen was completely immune to the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's attacks. The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was no longer a Soul Beast but a Soul Spirit, and all its attacks were mental attacks.

Facing the powerful spiritual artifact, the Eye of Destiny, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had no way to respond.

Mu Tianchen's fists crazily pounded the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's weak points. In this battle, he was fighting with everything he had. He used no combat techniques whatsoever, simply engaging the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat.

Against a powerful Soul Spirit like the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, techniques had become useless. Only all-out attacks offered even a sliver of victory.

As Mu Tianchen threw a punch, the roar of the Holy Dragon of Light resounded through the entire Sea of Consciousness, intimidating everything. Yet the frenzied Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff was completely unaffected by the Holy Dragon of Light and continued attacking with wild ferocity.

Under the Domination Domain's coverage, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had become completely immune to pain. No matter how badly it was struck, it would feel no pain.

However, in the end, it was still no match for Mu Tianchen, who possessed the Eye of Destiny that could ignore all mental attacks.

Under Mu Tianchen's Light Attribute Soul Power, which could dissolve an opponent's Soul Power, its figure became increasingly faint, as though it might dissipate at any moment.

Looking at the battered Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff lying on the ground and gasping for breath, Mu Tianchen stopped attacking.

"Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, you have reached your limit. You are very strong, but at this moment, you truly are not my opponent."

"I am only six years old. In the world of you Soul Beasts, I would be a newborn cub. Yet now, I can beat you into a state where you are on the verge of vanishing."

"Follow me. Become my Soul Spirit, and I will lead you to godhood!"

Mu Tianchen's exhaustion was equally severe, and he too was gasping for breath.

After all, he was only someone who had yet to complete a Soul Spirit contract. Though he possessed Soul Power, he could not yet wield it freely as he pleased.

At that moment, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit had lost its powerful combat ability, and more than half of its energy had already been dissolved by Mu Tianchen's Light Attribute Soul Power.

The reason Light Attribute and Dark Attribute were called high-level attributes was because they possessed powerful special properties.

Dissolving energy was one of the powerful properties possessed by the Light Attribute.

"Godhood?" At that moment, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, already on the verge of vanishing, raised its head and looked at Mu Tianchen standing before it, its eyes somewhat lost.

Mu Tianchen said firmly, "Yes, godhood!"

"No matter how strong humans cultivate themselves, they can only reach Level 99, the Limit Douluo. No matter how many Heavenly Tribulations Soul Beasts undergo, they can only stop at a million years and cannot take that true final step."

"In this world, only by breaking through to godhood can one possess an endless lifespan. Among humanity, Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect twenty thousand years ago, and Huo Yuhao, the founder of the Spirit Pagoda ten thousand years ago, both ascended to the God Realm and became gods."

"My talent is considerably greater even than theirs in their era. Even if I ultimately cannot become a god, I will continue striving toward godhood until the day I attain it."

"So, Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, can you become my Soul Spirit and chase the pinnacle of this world alongside me?"

As a top-tier beast king Soul Beast, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff possessed intelligence far greater than ordinary Soul Beasts. A hundred-year-old one could rival a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, and this remained true even after becoming a Soul Spirit.

It could speak and communicate with humans. However, it had not communicated with Mu Tianchen until now because, in its eyes, Mu Tianchen was not yet qualified to become its master.

Yes, ever since it had been created, it had known its fate. It had already perished hundreds of thousands of years ago, dying under the siege of powerful Soul Beasts.

Its nature was battle. It craved battle, but that was also why the other Soul Beasts could not tolerate it.

Hearing the words "become a god" from Mu Tianchen, it could not help recalling the Dragon Clan from hundreds of thousands of years ago, powerful enough to look down upon all existence. It seemed that only by becoming a god could one contend with those powerful dragons.

Its gaze gradually cleared.

Its enormous lion head stared majestically at Mu Tianchen, at this six-year-old human child.

It could not understand why a child of merely six years old possessed such grand ambitions.

Time gradually passed, and the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff made its choice. It said, "Human, just as you said, your talent is indeed immensely powerful. Moreover, you possess the same frenzied fighting will as I do."

"I am willing to become your Soul Spirit, but I also hope that you will keep your word and lead me to scale the heights. If one day you lose your confidence in becoming stronger, then even if it costs me my life, I will forcibly dissolve our contract."

"Come, complete the contract between us!"

Boom— As the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff finished speaking, a hexagram formation rapidly rose beneath its feet. This was the contract formation, something every Soul Master would experience when forming a Soul Spirit Contract.

Under the contract formation's effect, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's already blurry body became even more indistinct.

At the same time, Mu Tianchen felt his body becoming stronger. His entire body began to heat up, while his bones thundered violently within him.