Ice Staff, Star Staff, Herrscher of Meteoric Ice!

In the park.

Xu Xiaoyan held the Starwheel Ice Staff.

A bright yellow soul ring floated beneath her.

Amid the faint chill of ice and the radiance of starlight, her figure became even more dreamlike.

Seeing that Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul truly possessed a star attribute, the pent-up gloom in Mu Xi's chest grew even heavier.

She did not know what was wrong with her today. She just felt terribly unhappy.

However, Xu Yue understood Xu Xiaoyan's situation clearly at this moment.

It was roughly the same as Mu Xi's yesterday.

She had probably sensed Eden's Star and felt some inexplicable attraction, causing her to misunderstand something.

Following the normal course of events, the opportunity for Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul to evolve should have been at the stargazing platform of Heaven-Ordained Starry Sky Soul Master Academy.

After absorbing an immense amount of pure star power there, the ice attribute of the Starwheel Ice Staff would be completely cleansed away, making its star attribute pure.

Her martial soul would then completely transform into the Star Staff, laying the foundation for her future as the number one control-system Soul Master beneath the stars.

There might not be an immense amount of star power here, but Eden's Star was absolutely of a higher grade than that stargazing platform.

With that thought, Xu Yue summoned Eden's Star as well.

A dark blue sphere appeared, emitting specks of starlight.

Xu Xiaoyan and Ouyang Zixin, seeing it for the first time, instantly brightened.

As Eden's Star appeared, the strange feeling in Xu Xiaoyan's heart became increasingly clear and intense.

"I..."

Just as she was about to speak, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

A dazzling, profound curtain of light like the starry sky suddenly enveloped all four of them.

And the source of the change was precisely Xu Yue's Eden's Star!

Under the shroud of starlight, the Starwheel Ice Staff in Xu Xiaoyan's hand began to change as well.

Icy blue chill gradually rose from it, while the golden six-pointed star wheel at the top of the staff grew ever more dazzling.

As for Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin beside her, they held their breath and watched the scene silently without saying a word.

As time passed and the starlight gradually gathered, the Starwheel Ice Staff in Xu Xiaoyan's hand slowly shed its icy blue chill, gradually transforming into a staff condensed from starlight.

And at the instant the Starwheel Ice Staff completed its transformation, a certain sensation suddenly arose in Xu Yue's heart.

No, this wasn't the same as Sister Mu Xi's situation.

His pupils suddenly contracted as a speculation surfaced in his mind.

Could it be that Xu Xiaoyan and I really have a martial soul fusion skill?

A moment later, Eden's Star withdrew its starlight.

And Xu Xiaoyan's Starwheel Ice Staff had completely transformed into the Star Staff.

Seeing this, Xu Yue asked, "Xiaoyan, has your martial soul evolved into the Star Staff?"

At that, Xu Xiaoyan nodded, then shook her head.

Neither Xu Yue nor Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin understood that reaction.

They understood the nod, but could not make sense of the shake of her head.

Before long, Xu Xiaoyan explained.

"My martial soul has indeed evolved into the Star Staff, but the Ice Staff hasn't disappeared."

As she spoke, a thought crossed her mind, and the staff made of gathered starlight in her hand instantly vanished.

In its place appeared a staff condensed from ice.

There was not a trace of starlight on its shaft. It looked exactly like the Ice Staff martial soul inherited by the Xu family.

"This..." Ouyang Zixin's eyes widened at once. She felt like an uneducated idiot, her mind completely blank. "Does this count as twin martial souls?"

"No..." Xu Xiaoyan shook her head. "The two martial souls share one soul ring. It's just that their soul skills change slightly depending on which martial soul is being used."

"And the two martial souls can only be switched once within a short period of time."

"So that's how it is!" Xu Yue nodded lightly.

At this moment, Mu Xi finally could not hold back any longer and spoke.

"A-Yue, now that everything's taken care of, let's hurry home. Otherwise, my mom will start getting anxious from waiting."

The premonition in her heart grew stronger and stronger. She felt that if she allowed things to continue like this, she would witness something she found impossible to accept.

Yet the thought had barely arisen when reality immediately proved it true.

Xu Yue cast Mu Xi an apologetic glance and said, "Sorry, Sister Mu Xi, but it may take a little longer. Xiaoyan and I might really have a martial soul fusion skill."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand toward Xu Xiaoyan.

"Xiaoyan, you felt it too, right? Do you want to give it a try?"

However, as he asked for Xu Xiaoyan's opinion, he failed to notice that Mu Xi, standing several steps away, froze the instant she heard those words.

Her golden eyes, once brilliant as the blazing sun, went utterly still.

She stared blankly at Xu Yue's figure, her eyes devoid of all light, as though her soul had been torn away.

"A martial soul... fusion skill?!"

Every soul master on the Douluo Continent knew perfectly well what those five words represented.

On the other side, after obtaining Xu Xiaoyan's agreement, Xu Yue led her to an open space some distance away.

At that moment, Xu Xiaoyan spoke softly. "Class Monitor, I feel like... both forms of my martial soul seem to have some kind of connection with you."

"Is that so?" Xu Yue thought for a moment. "Since you're using the Ice Staff right now, let's test that first."

With that, he took Xu Xiaoyan's hand.

Perhaps because of the Ice Staff, her hand felt somewhat cold.

"Slowly channel your soul power into me first. Let's see whether we can fuse."

Hearing Xu Yue's words, Xu Xiaoyan hurriedly nodded. She was also eagerly anticipating what would happen next.

Very soon, Xu Yue felt a faint chill seep into his palm.

He promptly circulated the soul power within his body and carefully made contact with it.

In an instant, two entirely different types of soul power—icy cold and heavy—began to collide and merge between their hands.

As a strand of black-and-white intertwined soul power formed between their hands, it seemed as though the power had found its home.

It swiftly circulated back and forth between their bodies, beginning to assimilate the soul power within each of them!

Gradually, threads of black-and-white soul power began to rise from the ground.

They gathered into a strange ball of light woven from deep black and frigid white, completely enveloping both of them.

At the same time, the clear summer sky began to change as well.

Specks of faint yet visible starlight began to flicker overhead.

A breeze passed through, and crystalline snowflakes drifted through the air around them. The ground of the park beneath their feet also began to tremble.

The next moment—

Boom!

An aura comparable to that of a Soul Elder erupted from the black-and-white sphere of light and spread outward in all directions!

As the radiance faded, the figure of an adult woman appeared before Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin.

Her feet hovered above the ground. Her facial features seemed exquisitely beautiful, yet they could not be seen clearly, forever veiled behind a hazy layer of starlight.

A cascade of silver-white hair fell down her back, glowing with a faint luminescence.

She wore a blue-and-white gown patterned with interwoven icy markings, its skirt blooming like ice crystals, while frosty mist coiled around her body.

Holding a long staff of ice crystal, she was tall and slender, like a goddess of ice born from an extremely cold meteor—yet she radiated a heavy, majestic pressure.

Martial soul fusion skill...

The Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, descend!!!