Light and Darkness, Two Extremes of Opposing Exotic Soul Beasts.

The little valley had already been flattened by the life-and-death battle between the two mutant soul beasts.

On the left side of the valley lay the Dawn Golden Crow. It was a little over three feet long, its entire body covered in brilliant golden feathers, each as thin as a cicada's wing and radiating scorching heat.

On the right side of the valley lay the Six-Winged Black Crow. It had three pairs of enormous black wings, its feathers pure black and shimmering with a bewitching purplish-red sheen, like dried bloodstains.

Qian Daoliu watched with burning eyes. The attributes of these two mutant soul beasts were practically prepared for the martial souls of the siblings Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue.

"Legend says that the Dawn Golden Crow and the Six-Winged Black Crow were ancient mutant soul beasts born from the same source."

"Their attributes stand in extreme opposition, representing absolute light and darkness respectively. The moment they meet, a battle to the death is inevitable!"

"These two soul beasts are exceedingly rare. The difficulty of their birth is far beyond imagination, and even in a thousand years, one might not encounter them!"

"You could say that a thousand-year Dawn Golden Crow and Six-Winged Black Crow are rarer than hundred-thousand-year soul beasts!"

"I never expected that today, we would actually encounter them. This is simply a heaven-sent opportunity!"

Qian Daoliu said with a smile, "This Dawn Golden Crow possesses three pure attributes: sacredness, light, and flame."

"It was practically born to match the Six-Winged Angel martial soul. I can't think of any other soul beast that could surpass it!"

"And the Six-Winged Black Crow on the right possesses three pure attributes: darkness, death, and destruction. It is an extraordinary match for the Death Angel martial soul!"

After he finished speaking, Qian Daoliu exchanged a glance with his father, and both could see satisfaction in each other's eyes.

They steadily placed the little ones in their arms onto the ground.

"Go, Little Heng, Xiao Xue!" With a wave of his large hand, Qian Daoliu condensed two glittering golden daggers in his palm with pure soul power and handed them over.

"These two mutant soul beasts are roughly around eleven hundred years old, no more than twelve hundred years!"

"And they have just gone through a life-and-death battle. They are already at the end of their strength. Go and give them the final blow!"

The moment Qian Daoliu finished speaking, he directly released the pressure unique to a peerless Douluo. A vast, abyss-like sacred aura, like an invisible Sacred Mountain, came crashing down fiercely upon the two soul beasts!

"Shriek—"

"Caw—"

The Dawn Golden Crow and Six-Winged Black Crow, which had still been struggling on the verge of death, trying to unleash the last of their ferocity and tear each other apart, were pinned firmly in place before this almost tangible divine might, unable to move even the slightest bit.

The air around them seemed to solidify. Their bones groaned under the pressure, as if they could no longer bear the burden.

Shrill, despairing screams echoed through the valley.

"Little Heng, Xiao Xue, go over."

With a wave of Qian Daoliu's large hand, invisible soul power sent the two of them before the two soul beasts.

Qian Renheng landed steadily, gripping the short dagger in his hand as he walked straight toward the Six-Winged Black Crow that radiated a dark aura.

"Puchi—"

A cold flash appeared, and the short dagger formed from the soul power of a peerless Douluo easily pierced into its brain.

The Six-Winged Black Crow's body began to tremble violently. A moment later, its vitality rapidly drained away like the tide.

In the next second, countless black motes of light surged wildly out of its corpse, swiftly gathering in midair before finally transforming into a purple soul ring.

Compared to Qian Renheng's decisiveness on this side, Qian Renxue on the other side appeared hesitant, unable to bring down the blade.

She had received Spirit Hall's elite education and knew that hunting soul beasts was a necessary process for a soul master's advancement.

But knowing was one thing. This was her first time hunting a soul beast, and with such a bloody scene before her, it was inevitable that she would feel nervous.

"Xiao Xue, what are you still waiting for?!"

In the distance, when Qian Daoliu saw that Qian Renxue still had not acted, his brows rose slightly and he said sternly, "The road of a soul master is destined to be paved with the blood and bones of soul beasts!"

"Do not pity the soul beast before you and become afraid to end its life. That is foolish, womanly mercy!"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue bit her lip lightly, and a ruthless glint flashed through her clear eyes.

She saw that her elder brother had already completed the kill and that the Six-Winged Black Crow's soul ring had burst out.

She took a deep breath and copied him, raising the short dagger in her hand high before swinging it down with force, cutting open the Dawn Golden Crow's head.

"Shriek—"

Along with a miserable cry from the Dawn Golden Crow, a purple soul ring slowly condensed above its corpse.

Two thousand-year soul rings hovered quietly before the two children, who were around six years old.

"Sit cross-legged and focus your minds! Use your respective soul power to draw in the soul rings before you," Qian Wushuang instructed in a deep voice.

"When absorbing a soul ring, you must guard your mind no matter what. Even if it is unbearably painful, you must grit your teeth and endure!"

"This is a necessary process to become a soul master!"

After hearing their great-grandfather's guidance, the siblings Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue immediately sat cross-legged and began using their soul power to draw in the soul rings.

Under the pull of their soul power, the two purple thousand-year soul rings slowly arrived above their heads.

A thousand-year first soul ring... I wonder what it'll feel like to absorb this thousand-year soul ring! Qian Renheng thought to himself, then began to focus completely on absorbing the soul ring.

"Boom—"

The instant the soul ring touched his body, Qian Renheng felt a vast, raging surge of energy pour madly into him through his pores.

It did not feel like he was absorbing the soul ring at all. Instead, it was as if this thousand-year soul ring was devouring him!

The dark, deathly, and destructive soul power contained within the soul ring—three tyrannical attributes taken to the extreme—turned into roaring torrents that rampaged through his body.

"Hiss!!! This fucking hurts!!!"

Qian Renheng cursed inwardly. From the violent pain, his features twisted outright into a knot.

The skin all over his body began to turn crimson, as if beads of blood were about to seep out at any moment.

Even though he had taken Whale Glue beforehand to widen his meridians and strengthen his body, this brutal sensation of having his meridians forcibly widened again was simply not something an ordinary person could endure!

"Fuck, I chose this road myself. No matter how much it hurts, no matter how painful it is, I have to keep going!"

Qian Renheng clenched his teeth hard and frantically guided the raging torrents inside his body, widening his channels bit by bit, then fusing with them, absorbing them, and turning them into his own soul power.

Qian Wushuang and Qian Daoliu stood guard before the siblings absorbing their soul rings, one on the left and one on the right.

Both of their faces were solemn to the extreme. Even though they knew full well that after Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue had taken Whale Glue to strengthen their constitutions, the chance of anything going wrong while absorbing these thousand-year soul rings was extremely small.

But this concerned the future of their Spirit Hall. There was no room for carelessness or complacency!

The moment they discovered that the two children's bodies could not withstand that violent soul power and showed dangerous signs of being burst apart, they would act without hesitation, forcibly interrupting the soul ring absorption and stripping the soul rings away.