Di Qiuli

Through the entanglement of their Destiny Power after their attributes had drawn together, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had been able to enter Mu Feng's spiritual space. However, her intervention during the trial had also subjected her to a fierce spiritual backlash, leaving her face exceptionally pale.

Mu Feng sat cross-legged within his spiritual space. Having passed the first test of the Divine Ascent, his spiritual power had improved tremendously. His sea of consciousness had once been milky white, but after enduring the illusory realm's trial, it now seemed dusted with a layer of golden powder.

Above the tranquil sea of consciousness floated a sphere of gentle holy light. It hung quietly there like a tiny sun, its radiance continuing to nourish this spiritual space.

Beneath the golden-scaled waves, two shadows could be seen deep on the ocean floor. One was dark purple, which Mu Feng guessed was the mutation in his sea of consciousness caused by his second martial soul. The other was crimson, the curse Ye Xishui had left in his mind to keep Mu Feng firmly under her control.

Behind him, Kayle's six-winged form had changed as well. The middle pair of wings were no longer illusory projections of light, but could now condense into genuine angel wings.

The manifestation of the angel wings had evolved his third soul skill. Beyond its basic enhancement effects, he could instantly grow two more wings from his back and beat them fiercely, stirring up a powerful gust capable of briefly controlling his enemies. Those two wings also granted him the ability to fly.

This was an enormous boost to his strength. A highly mobile assault-type battle Soul Master with flight capabilities would undoubtedly be top-tier, both individually and within a team.

Moreover, after he summoned his martial soul, the battle armor no longer covered only his torso. Armor had appeared around the joints of his limbs as well, while the Judgment Sacred Sword in his hand and the Runes on his armor had become distinctly brighter and clearer. He could now basically make out the outlines of the Runes.

The strange Runes engraved upon it were presumably a specialty of League of Legends. However, his memories were far too distant, and Mu Feng had nearly forgotten the game's talent icons. For the moment, he could not tell which Rune set this was.

Whenever he circulated his Soul Power, golden streams of light flowed through and illuminated the Runes. They provided powerful enhancements to both the battle armor and the Judgment Longsword. It could be said that after passing the trial, Mu Feng had received an almost all-around improvement.

Still, compared to the three-level increase in Soul Power from absorbing the Soul Ring during this outing, the growth of his spiritual power had been a truly tremendous leap.

Beyond simply projecting his spiritual power outward for targeted perception, he could now control the release of his Soul Power with greater precision and make finer adjustments to his movements in battle.

That subtle difference should not be underestimated. A tiny amount of saved Soul Power or a more precise angle when releasing a soul skill could very well change the tide of battle.

The great contributor to this transformation was the girl before him, yet Mu Feng still did not know her name.

In the original story, she had named herself Wang Qiuer after Wang Dong's name. But because of his involvement in this life, she no longer had anything to do with that name.

Perhaps because she had pulled him through at the end of the trial, or perhaps because she had witnessed his past and learned his secrets firsthand, Mu Feng no longer treated this auspicious beast with his previous frivolity.

Instead, he spoke solemnly and introduced himself. "My name is Mu Feng. And you?"

The girl was stunned for a moment. In the Star Dou Great Forest, she had never possessed any concept of a name. For more than ten thousand years, due to the special nature of the Eye of Destiny, the four words Imperial Auspicious Beast had seemed to become her name.

But it was ultimately only a title. It was the fate she bore, not her life.

"Di Qiuli. My name is Di Qiuli."

Mu Feng extended his right hand. "All right, Di Qiuli. I will not break my promise regarding the two conditions I gave you." Though Mu Feng had already sworn an oath over it, only from this moment onward did he truly take that vow to heart.

Di Qiuli's crucial intervention could be said to have changed the trajectory of Mu Feng's life. Had he failed the trial, all of Mu Feng's previous plans would likely have needed to be discarded and remade. The favor this girl had done him was no small thing.

She also keenly noticed that Mu Feng's sincere attitude was utterly heartfelt. The reason she had mockingly accused him before Bi Ji of being two-faced, almost in a fit of pique, was precisely because she had sensed how little importance Mu Feng had placed on it and had been angered that he had not truly taken their oath to heart.

Feeling the change in Mu Feng's attitude, Di Qiuli nodded. She took his outstretched hand, and the instant their gazes met, Mu Feng ended their brief conversation within the spiritual space.

A long time had passed from the beginning of his trial to his absorption of most of its insights. He was worried that if he did not emerge soon, the two peerless powerhouses outside would be unable to sit still much longer.

After being tempered by the first Divine Ascent, his martial soul seemed to have become more solid. Such a minute change would have been difficult to detect with the naked eye, but how could it escape the spiritual senses of two Super Douluo-level powerhouses?

The unprecedented event of a martial soul evolving after absorbing a third Soul Ring had truly unfolded before them. Both Bi Ji and Long Xiaoyao fell silent.

"Senior. Elder Long."

Mu Feng walked up to them. His radiant and confident appearance showed no trace of injury, making the two wonder whether that agonized scream earlier had merely been an accidental hallucination.

Moreover, after the cleansing, Mu Feng seemed as though he had been given a soft glow. Every movement of his carried the holy, radiant aura of his six-winged martial soul, making others feel as if bathed in a spring breeze.

Unlike Long Xiaoyao, who could not make sense of Mu Feng's transformation no matter how hard he thought, Bi Ji seemed to catch a fleeting notion. She recalled the angel inheritance from ten thousand years ago, and it seemed that only a divine inheritance could explain the situation before her.

Yet on second thought, a divine inheritance imposed extremely high Soul Power Level requirements upon its trial-taker. There had never been a precedent for a Soul Elder to begin an inheritance.

Long Xiaoyao asked bluntly, "What was that halo just now?"

Naturally, Mu Feng could not tell the two about the Divine Ascent.

"After I absorbed the third Soul Ring, I suddenly suffered a severe spiritual impact. I never expected a thousand-year Starwind Heavenly Feather Crane to possess a spiritual attack as well. I let my guard down and got hit. When I woke up, my mind felt clear, and it seemed my spiritual power had increased considerably."

As for the other changes, Mu Feng was evasive and attributed them all to a mutation in his martial soul after absorbing the third Soul Ring.

Yet as he spoke, he occasionally glanced toward Di Qiuli beside Bi Ji. As one of the only two people present who knew the truth, she knew exactly what he was concealing.