Twin Existence, First Success

Speaking to this point, Kong Deming's voice turned somewhat solemn.

Within his aged eyes, there actually flickered a look of near-fanatical anticipation, the kind usually reserved for the young.

"It may be excruciating at the beginning."

"But you must hold on."

"Because once you succeed, you will become the first person in history to truly master the Sun Moon Twin Martial Souls."

"By then, the future of this entire continent will be changed because of you!"

Kong Deming's words struck Xu Tianyao's heart like a heavy hammer.

Looking at his grandfather's gaze, which was filled with trust and expectation.

Xu Tianyao's originally nervous heart gradually calmed down instead.

He nodded heavily and said firmly, "Grandfather, rest assured, proceed without hesitation."

"I will definitely hold on until the end."

"Good!"

Seeing Xu Tianyao trust him so completely, Kong Deming took a deep breath and pressed both hands onto the main control console.

In an instant, the entire Sun Moon Twin Coexistence Ring Device began to operate, slowly accelerating.

A low, heavy rumbling sound echoed throughout the secret chamber.

"Tianyao, remember the incantation I am about to teach you!"

Kong Deming stared fixedly at the monitoring screen before him, his voice booming as he spoke to the severely injured Xu Tianyao.

"Sunlight travels the left meridian, Bright Moon traverses the right palace."

"Sun completes nine revolutions, Moon turns seven cycles."

"Yang must not suppress Yin, Yin must not extinguish Yang."

"Use the soul as a bridge, use intent as the guide."

"Let them flow, do not let them fight; let them reach a balance. As long as there is balance, we will succeed!"

Enduring the tumultuous pain surging within his body, Xu Tianyao began to circulate the meditation technique Kong Deming had imparted, following the steps in his memory.

Within his sea of consciousness.

A golden Sunlight and a silver Bright Moon emerged simultaneously.

The moment the two Martial Souls appeared, a terrifying repulsive force erupted instantly.

The scorching golden soul power and the frigid silver soul power collided madly.

His meridians seemed to have turned into a battlefield, with two diametrically opposed, repelling soul powers rampaging throughout his body.

Every collision made Xu Tianyao feel as if his body were being torn apart.

Veins bulged on his forehead, his muscles spasmed uncontrollably, and the sweat that had just beaded on his skin was instantly evaporated into white mist by the terrifying high temperature of the Sunlight soul power.

Yet, the very next second, it was frozen into ice crystals by the Bright Moon soul power.

Under the alternating heat and cold, his skin even took on a bizarre, mottled hue of interwoven crimson and pale white.

"Hold on!"

Kong Deming shouted in a deep voice, staring intently at the data on the monitoring console; he would rescue Tianyao immediately should any danger arise.

At the same time, the two special ores at the center of the ring finally lit up completely.

One was like a burning sun, the other like a deep, cold moon.

Two streams of energy, extremely close in nature to the Sunlight and Bright Moon, were continuously extracted by the instrument.

They flowed along the Sun Moon Ring and surged into Xu Tianyao's body.

Then, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The two soul powers that had been clashing violently suddenly seemed to have found a vent.

The energy released by the instrument acted like two invisible hands.

On one side, it guided the Sunlight soul power; on the other, it pacified the Bright Moon soul power.

It forced them to flow slowly along the paths prescribed by the meditation technique.

Once, twice, three times.

As time passed and the number of cycles increased.

Xu Tianyao was astonished to discover that the situation of the two soul powers clashing madly within him had actually begun to weaken.

Replacing it was a strange sensation he had never experienced before.

The golden and silver soul powers began to make contact with each other; although they still repelled one another, it was no longer a fight to the death.

It was more like two beasts testing each other's territory.

And in the process of constant contact, a wisp of extremely faint, colorless soul power was quietly born.

The moment that wisp of power appeared, Xu Tianyao's entire body jolted violently.

Because he could clearly feel that the quality of this wisp of power was exceptionally high, and the sensation of mutual repulsion had vanished.

This was the product of his Sunlight Martial Soul and Bright Moon Martial Soul's soul power merging together!

"It succeeded!"

Kong Deming naturally discovered this wisp of soul power as well; he clenched his fists and shouted uncontrollably.

On the monitoring instrument, the two energy curves that had previously fluctuated violently showed a point of intersection for the first time.

Although it was only a single point, it made Kong Deming's fists tremble slightly with excitement.

Decades!

Decades of research!

Countless hypotheses, countless experiments, countless failures, and countless deductions.

Today, he had finally seen the dawn of success.

"So that's how it is..."

Kong Deming muttered to himself while recording the data.

"My hypothesis was correct from the very beginning; the Sun Moon Martial Soul was never incapable of coexistence."

"It was simply missing a balance point."

"It was missing a medium capable of withstanding the conflict between the two powers."

"And that medium is the fused soul power itself!"

His eyes grew brighter and brighter as the countless theories in his mind rapidly connected at this moment.

Meanwhile, on the Sun Moon Dual God Fusion Soul Guidance Device, the circulation within Xu Tianyao's body had gradually stabilized.

The Sunlight soul power and Bright Moon soul power flowed continuously along his meridians.

They formed a complete grand circulation.

With every completed cycle, his soul power grew stronger by a fraction.

The speed of that growth was enough to shock even him.

If the cultivation speed of a single martial soul in the past was one, Then now, it had reached at least two, or perhaps even close to three.

More importantly, he had previously been forced to choose to cultivate only one martial soul, while the other remained in a state of stagnation.

But now, both great martial souls were growing simultaneously.

This improvement was by no means as simple as one plus one.

It was an all-encompassing transformation.

He did not know how much time had passed, but when the final cycle was completed, Sunlight and Bright Moon finally formed a stable, balanced operation within his body.

One golden and one silver beam of light slowly rotated around that wisp of fused soul power.

Like the sun and moon orbiting the heavens, it was endless and inexhaustible.

Xu Tianyao slowly opened his eyes.

Deep within his pupils, his left eye turned a brilliant gold, while his right eye turned a cold, clear silver.

A wave of soul power far exceeding anything he had felt before radiated from his body.

Feeling the unprecedented, overflowing power within him, Xu Tianyao finally revealed a satisfied smile. He was not content with the current silence; instead, he seized this opportunity and began to enjoy the sensation brought by his cultivation with all his might.

On the other side, Kong Deming did not feel much joy.

Instead, he fell into a deeper level of contemplation.

Because he discovered that this current success was merely treating the symptoms.

Xu Tianyao still needed to rely on the Sun-Moon Dual Coexistence Device to maintain this circulation.

Once he was separated from the instrument for too long, the balance within his body could potentially be broken again.

But even so, the confidence in Kong Deming's heart was greater than it had ever been.

Because just a moment ago, a near-insane hypothesis had fully formed in his mind.

Since the instrument could replace the outside world to maintain balance, Then in the future, could something be created?

A core that could exist permanently within a soul master's body.

Let it replace the instrument and become the eternal hub for the operation of the Sun and Moon powers.

If this hypothesis could be realized...

Then Xu Tianyao would be completely freed from the constraints of the apparatus.

He would truly possess the ability to cultivate his twin Sun Moon Martial Souls simultaneously.

Perhaps even... creating an unprecedented new power.

So, what kind of thing could replace this device?

Subconsciously, a thought surfaced in Kong Deming's mind: the Soul Core.