"Begin!"
"Roar—!"
The deafening dragon roar struck the stone walls, rebounding into countless echoes.
Huang Tian's body transformed into a torrent of violet-gold light, immense Soul Power condensing into a ring in midair.
It began as pure gold. As the medicinal power of the Dragon-Blood Red-Scale Ganoderma erupted, noble violet gradually bled into the gold, finally forming a violet-gold Spirit Ring covered in divine patterns unique to a Two-Million-Year Soul Beast.
The Spirit Ring slowly descended. The instant it settled around Shen Lian, Soul Power burst from every pore in his body.
The energy of two million years was far too violent. His meridians felt as though red-hot wires had been driven through them, yet he clenched his teeth and guided the energy in cycles through his dantian—the embryonic third Soul Core there was growing madly, the cracks across its shell multiplying.
At the same time, a dark-golden torso bone flew out from where Huang Tian had vanished. The bone was covered in dragon-scale-like protrusions and fit perfectly with the External Soul Bone along Shen Lian's spine.
Shen Lian pressed it against his chest in one swift motion. The bone fragment instantly fused into his flesh, dark-golden patterns spreading along his ribs and connecting with the Spirit Bones in his limbs, writhing beneath his skin like living creatures.
"Boom!"
The third Soul Core finally burst from its shell, floating in a triangular formation with the other two Soul Cores. Dark-violet divine power surged through his organs like a tide.
Every array pattern in the secret chamber lit up, firmly sealing the leaking pressure within. Yet the entire Shen Mansion still trembled faintly, and the parasol tree in the courtyard shed leaves all over the ground.
The absorption lasted a full ten days.
On the morning of the tenth day, the