Inside the secret chamber.
Xu Yue and Muye sat facing each other.
A month of deduction, analysis, and simulation.
Now, everything hinged on this one moment.
"Let's begin, Teacher Mu." Xu Yue's voice was calm, but anticipation was hard to hide in his eyes.
His eyes were half-closed. When he opened them again, rotating red gears had quietly appeared at the edges of his pupils.
Eye of Truth, activate!
An invisible wave swept over Muye.
The unique analytical perspective of the Authority of Reason enveloped him, bringing every trace of Bloodline Power circulating within his body into its calculations.
Muye took a deep breath and said nothing, but his gaze had never been more focused or resolute.
He no longer hesitated in the slightest. His thoughts sank into the vast, ocean-like Bloodline Power within him.
During their previous attempt, his surging Bloodline Power had been like a furnace. Crimson light had filled the secret chamber, illuminating the walls as if they were surrounded by a sea of fire.
But now.
Under the guidance of the "optimal solution" Xu Yue had provided, the Bloodline Power surrounding Muye displayed an entirely different scene.
The crimson radiance no longer scattered. Instead, it clung tightly to Muye and collapsed inward, as if a blood-red star were about to be born.
At its highly condensed core, a clear, perfectly rounded outline began to take shape.
A Soul Ring was forming!
It wasn't the dazzling gold of the Soul Ring Xu Yue had formed by fusing with the Golden Dragon King.
Instead, it was blood-red, formed purely from humanity's vast Bloodline Power and embodying the power at the source of life.
Unlike Soul Beast Soul Rings, this red ring produced no vicious aura.
It held only the vigorous life force of human Bloodline Power.
It radiated