Soul Grandmaster with Two Rings

Second Soul Skill—Blue Silver Thorn Array!

Drawing upon the metallic sharpness and piercing properties bestowed by Golden Language, it combined with Blue Silver Grass to unleash terrifying area-of-effect destructive power!

Countless pale golden Blue Silver Grass blades, their edges flashing with a metallic chill, erupted from the ground like deadly spikes, blanketing an entire area with unstoppable force!

And with the Golden Dragon King's power enhancing the first soul skill, Strangulation, both its toughness and its instantaneous crushing force far surpassed control-type soul skills of the same rank!

A nine-year-old two-ring Soul Grandmaster!

When this news swept through Aolai City like a hurricane, the uproar it caused was unimaginable!

Eastsea Academy, the highest-level soul master academy in Eastsea City, dispatched its admissions director almost immediately, who personally came to their door with the most generous terms!

Three years of tuition and miscellaneous fees waived!

Given Tang Wulin's widely renowned, terrifying appetite—comparable to that of a small soul beast—the academy even voluntarily offered—

To cover all his meal expenses in the academy cafeteria for the next three years. He could eat as much as he wanted!

This was practically unprecedentedly generous treatment!

Tang Ziran and Lang Yue stared at the letter of intent, stamped with the academy's bright red seal, and wept tears of joy.

Their Linlin had finally, through his own effort and talent, stepped onto a broader sky!

The night was dark as ink, while the river of stars glittered brightly.

The summer night breeze, carrying the fresh scent of grass and earth, brushed across the small lawn outside the Tang family home.

Bai Lin sat cross-legged, bathed in the cold starlight.

His eyes were closed. Soul Power flowed through his body like a rushing stream, slowly circulating along the broad channel carved out by the Golden Dragon King bloodline. Each cycle brought a trace of almost imperceptible growth.

The tranquility of the night and the free-floating energy between heaven and earth made this his favorite cultivation environment.

An extremely faint set of footsteps came from behind him, carrying a rhythm that was familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar.

Bai Lin slowly opened his eyes.

Under the starlight, Na'er stood quietly beside him.

The nine-year-old girl was still slender, but the innocence and blank confusion she had once possessed, like that of a newborn beast, had completely vanished.

Her long silver hair flowed with moonlight. Her delicate face resembled the most perfect jade carving in the darkness. Those light purple eyes, now as deep as lakes reflecting an eternal galaxy, held a heavy sorrow utterly unsuited to her age, and...

Resolve.

"Na'er?"

Bai Lin rose to his feet and looked at her in surprise.

"Why aren't you asleep so late?"

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Out of habit, he reached out, intending to ruffle her hair like he used to. His tone carried the particular concern of an older brother.

Na'er shifted slightly aside, avoiding his hand.

That tiny motion left Bai Lin's outstretched hand frozen in midair.

"Brother."

Na'er's voice was soft, like a night breeze passing over wind chimes, yet it carried a calmness that pierced straight into the soul.

"I'm leaving."

"Leaving?" Bai Lin paused, then a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Where do you want to go play?"

"I'll take you tomorrow!"

"There are lots of fun places in Eastsea City. Once school starts in a few days, we can go explore them together!"

He thought Na'er was reluctant to see him leave home for the academy.

Na'er lifted her head. Her purple eyes, full of starlight, gazed deeply into Bai Lin's clear eyes.

There was no joke in them, only an indissoluble seriousness that was almost sorrowful.

"Not to play."

She gently shook her head, her silver hair tracing a cold arc beneath the starlight.

"I..."

"Remember everything from before now."

"My identity, my responsibilities..."

"I have to leave this place and return to where I belong."

"Remember..."

"Before?"

The smile on Bai Lin's face instantly froze.

He looked into Na'er's eyes, now devoid of even the slightest confusion and filled only with bottomless sorrow and determination. It felt as though an icy hand had suddenly clenched around his heart!

At last, he understood what "leaving" truly meant.

An overwhelming sense of loss engulfed him in an instant like a tidal wave.

The little sister he had spent every day with for three years, a part of him that had seemed to merge into his very blood and bones, was suddenly saying she would leave...

Bai Lin found it difficult even to breathe.

He opened his mouth, but his throat felt blocked, and a sour ache rushed to the tip of his nose.

Yet, just as his sorrow was about to burst through its banks—

A will as scorching as lava suddenly surged up from the depths of his bloodline!

It was the pride and defiance bestowed upon him by the Golden Dragon King, carved into his bones!

It was the rock-like resilience forged over three years of Hei Lin's cold tempering!

Bai Lin drew a deep breath, as though he wanted to pull all his reluctance and weakness into his lungs before crushing them utterly!

He forcibly suppressed his surging emotions and struggled to form a warm, relieved smile. It looked somewhat pale beneath the starlight, but it was utterly sincere.

"Really?"

"Then... that's wonderful!"

"Na'er, you can go home and reunite with your family. Your brother..."

"Is happy for you!"

His voice trembled ever so slightly, though he tried hard to keep it steady.

"Don't worry. Your brother will definitely come see you!"

Seeing the light in Bai Lin's eyes—his grief held tightly in check, yet his heartfelt joy for her "returning home" still shining through—the softest string in Na'er's heart was struck fiercely.

Her original plan had been to leave without a sound, just as she had arrived without a sound.

The memories she had recovered had allowed her to see too much—

She saw the ever-growing Golden Dragon King power within Bai Lin.

She saw the ancient destiny she bore as the Silver Dragon King!

Reason told her that she should act now, while he was still in the early stages of growth, while he was completely defenseless before her...

Eliminate this greatest threat of the future!

But...

But during these three years, that clumsy yet warm embrace, the candy he had carefully offered her, the reluctance that made him look back every few steps, every wholehearted "little sister"...

They had long since left indelible traces of warmth upon her cold, lengthy life.

She could not bear it.

She could not bring herself to do it.

In the end, the weighty duty belonging to the king of dragons overcame the reluctance churning in her heart.

She had to leave and return to the soul beasts who were waiting for her, who needed her strength.

"Brother."

A barely perceptible catch entered Na'er's voice, and her expression was impossibly complicated.

"I originally..."

"Wanted to leave without saying goodbye."

Seeing Bai Lin's eyes widen instantly, she continued.

"But I know that, with your talent, with the rate at which that..."

"Power within you is growing..."

She did not name the Golden Dragon King, but they both understood.

"We..."

"Will meet again someday, in a higher place."

She tilted her head slightly and looked toward the boundless starry sky, as if making a declaration to fate.

"So cultivate well."

"Become stronger..."

"Strong enough to face every storm the future brings."