Self-Condensed Soul Rings

Gu Yuena's true form was the Silver Dragon King, and she wielded the power of the elements.

Stripping away the elements of wind, lightning, and darkness was as easy for her as breathing.

"I control the power of the elements. If I can strip them away, I can also bestow them. You didn't ask me to give it other elements. Do you have a specific goal in mind?"

Huo Yuhao took the Life Bead, now bearing only the attributes of time, space, and evil, from Gu Yuena's hands.

He looked up at Gu Yuena and nodded.

Gu Yuena was still intelligent, even if she more often showed a side that was astonishing.

Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then decided to tell Gu Yuena what he really had in mind.

Since Gu Yuena had already placed all her bets on him, she presumably wouldn't stop him.

Even if Huo Yuhao kept it from her now, the commotion caused by his future attribute connection would inevitably draw her attention.

Rather than let his secrecy create a rift between them, he might as well explain from the start.

Besides, what he planned to do wouldn't harm the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Gu Yuena had already raised the stakes this high. She clearly wouldn't mind raising them a little further.

"If you'd asked me before today, I might have needed Sister Nana to help me merge all the elemental attributes, so my eyes could evolve into the Eye of Elements. But after seeing that Auspicious Beast today, I want to be a little greedier."

"The Auspicious Beast can connect humans with attributes. During the connection, it also parts with some of its Power of Fate."

"I want my eyes to evolve into the Eye of Fate."

Huo Yuhao was the Holy Son of Spirit Hall and went to the library every day, so Gu Yuena wasn't surprised that he recognized the Emperor Auspicious Beast and knew about attribute connections.

Over the past several hundred thousand, perhaps even million years, the Emperor Auspicious Beast hadn't been the only one of its kind to appear.

Since one had appeared before and connected a human with attributes, there would naturally be records of it.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Emperor Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, was vital to carrying the fortune of the Soul Beast Clan.

And Huo Yuhao was about to become the second Co-Lord of Soul Beasts.

Moreover, he was already opening a path to survival for the Soul Beast Clan.

Even if Huo Yuhao didn't bring it up in the future, Gu Yuena would have the Auspicious Beast connect him with attributes and make him stronger.

Gu Yuena fell into thought.

"What you're suggesting might work. But the Power of Fate the Auspicious Beast parts with during an attribute connection is only a portion of its total power. With the Life Bead's help, that portion could give your Spirit Eye the rudiments of the Eye of Fate, but it might not be enough to complete its evolution."

Huo Yuhao gripped the Life Bead and smiled. "That's enough."

If one Emperor Auspicious Beast couldn't solve the problem, they could always get two!

The strengthening of Electrolux's divine consciousness fragment, along with the two million-year Soul Rings he possessed, proved that this was possible.

Gu Yuena nodded, took the Life Bead from Huo Yuhao, and modified it.

"Before you undergo the attribute connection, place it in your Sea of Spirit. Once it absorbs the Power of Fate, you can fuse with it."

"I'll speak to the Auspicious Beast."

Huo Yuhao was marveling at how smoothly things were going when he heard Gu Yuena's final words and quickly stopped her.

"Sister Nana, let's wait a little longer."

"An attribute connection is something the Auspicious Beast can only perform once in its life. Let me get to know her first, and we can do it once we're familiar with each other."

Doing the attribute connection now would be a huge loss for him.

"Elder Yi, I'll be counting on you when I condense my Soul Ring."

Electrolux had already observed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice and watched Huo Yuhao absorb a Soul Ring after killing a Soul Beast. Now he would get to witness a self-condensed Soul Ring, something only a transformed Soul Beast could do.

Huo Yuhao wanted to find a path that benefited both humans and Soul Beasts. Studying his self-condensed Soul Ring was an essential part of that process.

"Leave it to me."

Condensing a Soul Ring absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so Gu Yuena's Healing Space wasn't suitable.

She simply took Huo Yuhao away from the Lake of Life, but kept them within the core region, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was most abundant.

Gu Yuena drove away all the nearby Soul Beasts, then stayed not far from Huo Yuhao to protect him.

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on a boulder and connected with his Ancestral Dragon Spirit.

The Ancestral Dragon's phantom appeared above Huo Yuhao, and the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth began pouring into it without end.

It went from being invisible to the naked eye to growing so dense that it looked like white mist.

The nearly solid spiritual energy of heaven and earth formed a gigantic vortex. At its center was the Ancestral Dragon's phantom, so mighty that no beast dared look directly at it.

By the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu kept glancing toward the place where the white mist hung thickest.

"Daming, Erming, what's happening over there?" Xiao Wu asked, chewing on a huge radish, her red eyes full of curiosity.

"Aren't you supposed to be guarding the forest? Why don't you look worried at all?"

Ah Rou smiled and stroked Xiao Wu's soft rabbit fur.

"Xiao Wu, if you want to live safely in this world, don't be too curious."

That was especially true for their Soft Bone Rabbit Clan, which had no powerful means of attack.

Given Xiao Wu's circumstances, she would surely follow the same path as Ah Rou: transform into a human, enter the human world, and interact with humans so she could cultivate more effectively.

"What's there to be afraid of? Daming and Erming are here!"

Xiao Wu didn't care. "With those two guardian beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest around, who'd dare bully me?"

After making her bold declaration, Xiao Wu suddenly froze.

She remembered the black-clothed man who had made the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape act with such deference.

"Could they be the ones who caused it?"

Xiao Wu spoke without thinking.

Daming and Erming's faces fell. "Sister Xiao Wu, don't bring that up!"

That was precisely why they'd never dared reveal even a little to Xiao Wu about Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.

If they truly angered those beasts, the rabbit who was nearly a hundred thousand years old would end up as a dish on their table.

Xiao Wu quickly shut her mouth and anxiously glanced around. When no one appeared, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But she couldn't stop her curiosity.

The more someone tried to keep something secret, the more she wanted to know.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the spiritual energy for a full five days, nearly draining the entire core region dry.

After five days, a Soul Ring appeared around the Ancestral Dragon Spirit.

It differed from every known Soul Ring. It was blue-gold, with a solemn, ancient, weighty grandeur, yet it possessed a beauty all its own.

Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.

He had grown a few centimeters taller, and the dragon horns on his forehead had grown a little as well.

Gu Yuena flashed to Huo Yuhao's side. "Come on, I'll take you back!"