Advance to Soul Emperor! Three-Eyed Golden Lion Appears

"Benefactor! I keep my word. I want to become your Soul Spirit."

Inside the karst cave, the Golden Tortoiseshell had completely escaped the torment of the Life-Watch Crystal. It was so excited that even its wrinkled old face flushed red.

A rare blaze of ambition ignited in its clouded eyes. Waving its thick forelimbs, it shouted with soaring bravado.

"I've lived for over a hundred thousand years, barely surviving in this Star Dou Great Forest. If I can follow my benefactor and become a god, let's see who dares bully me then!"

"Then I'll punch Di Tian and kick Bear Lord!"

Listening to the old turtle's spittle-flying, nearly boastful declarations, Mu Yunye could not help but laugh.

"This old turtle really dared to dream big."

In the Sea of Spirit, the Ice Empress snorted coldly but did not mock it. After all, if Mu Yunye truly became a god, then as his bonded Soul Spirit, smashing Bear Lord would naturally be no challenge.

Mu Yunye smiled and nodded, gladly accepting the Golden Tortoiseshell's allegiance. "Good! You will have that chance."

"Elder Yi, please help us establish the Soul Spirit Contract."

Mu Yunye called out respectfully within his Sea of Spirit.

"Begin."

Electrolux's illusory figure, radiating a faint gray halo, slowly drifted out from between Mu Yunye's brows.

"Spirits of heaven and earth, souls return to their origin. In the name of Undead Calamity, contract, form!"

With a light tap of Electrolux's staff,

An exceedingly intricate gray magic formation, emanating both sacred and deathly auras, instantly spread beneath Mu Yunye and the Golden Tortoiseshell's feet.

"Buzz—!"

The Golden Tortoiseshell did not resist in the slightest. It obediently closed its eyes as its enormous hundred-thousand-year body began to shine with an incomparably dazzling dark-gold and deep-blue radiance under the transformation of undead magic.

Those were the powers of its ultimate earth and ultimate water origins.

The light grew ever brighter.

In the end, the Golden Tortoiseshell's massive body gradually turned incorporeal like melting ice and snow, transforming into a pure two-colored torrent that flowed endlessly into Mu Yunye's body.

"Buzz—!"

With a gesture of his right hand, the Elemental Sword surrounded by multiple ultimate elements shot forth through the air.

Red, black, black, black, ice-blue!

That was right.

Thanks to the Ascension Device rewarded by the system, Mu Yunye's second soul ring had also successfully evolved into a black ten-thousand-year soul ring.

"Clang!"

The Elemental Sword vibrated fiercely. The ceaseless flow of water and the heavy steadiness of earth greatly tempered the blade's violent offensive attributes, making the entire sword's aura even more unfathomable.

"Condense!"

Mu Yunye shouted in a low voice.

Within the intertwining dark-gold and deep-blue light, a brand-new soul ring slowly began to take shape.

At first, it was a deep black.

But after only a few breaths, the black was completely replaced by a glaring, bewitching scarlet that radiated endless pressure!

"Boom—!"

As this hundred-thousand-year red sixth soul ring fully condensed and stabilized, the level-sixty soul power bottleneck that had troubled Mu Yunye for so long shattered with a thunderous crash!

"Level sixty-three, Soul Emperor!"

Mu Yunye abruptly opened his eyes. Two tangible beams of light, each over a foot long, burst from his Double Pupil, stabbing even the space before him into ripples.

Though he was only a Soul Emperor,

If he unleashed his full power, even a Titled Douluo would not frighten him!

"Congratulations on your breakthrough, Benefactor!"

The Golden Tortoiseshell, now transformed into a miniature golden turtle, cheered in delight.

Mu Yunye smiled and nodded. Then he sat down cross-legged where he was, closed his eyes, and began gradually absorbing and consolidating the immense power that had just surged within him.

At the same time, there was also an arm soul bone bestowed upon him by the Golden Tortoiseshell!

"..."

However, Mu Yunye did not notice that less than a hundred meters away, a pair of extraordinarily strange eyes was silently watching him from the shadows.

This small figure was covered from head to tail in golden fur resembling translucent crystal. Besides the pair of ruby-bright eyes on its forehead, it actually possessed a third eye!

It curiously studied Mu Yunye.

There was none of the bloodthirst and brutality typical of a ferocious beast in its gaze. Instead, it was filled with remarkably human-like confusion and curiosity.

What a strange human...

The little beast pondered silently.

This human youth actually emitted the aura of an extraordinarily pure, high-ranking dragon bloodline!

That aura...

It was the aura of a dragon king, something even Di Tian could not compare to. What was going on?

Who exactly is he? Why does he carry the aura of so many soul beasts? And those soul beasts don't seem to be dead—they're living in his spiritual world in another form?

The little beast gently swayed its golden tail, its ruby-like eyes glittering with intense curiosity.

"Hmm?"

Meanwhile, within Mu Yunye's Sea of Spirit,

Skydream Ice Silkworm was floating lazily in midair with its legs crossed. Humming a little tune, it smugly bragged to the newly arrived Golden Tortoiseshell about how wisely and magnificently it had chosen Mu Yunye back then.

"Old turtle, let me tell you, you only got lucky by running into us. Back then, I brought a million years of cultivation and practically threw myself at him. That scene was simply earth-shattering and ghost-weeping..."

Skydream Ice Silkworm was boasting enthusiastically when its immense spiritual detection habitually spread outward, checking whether any blind soul beasts had approached nearby.

But...

When its spiritual senses swept across the nearby area, its plump body suddenly stiffened.

"Hmm? That is..."

Skydream Ice Silkworm casually glanced in that direction.

When its immense spiritual power finally saw the small golden figure hiding behind the rocks, clearly saw its translucent crystal-like golden fur and the third eye on its forehead...

Skydream Ice Silkworm's eyes, originally no larger than sesame seeds, instantly widened as round as bells!

"Th-this... this aura! This appearance!"

Skydream Ice Silkworm sucked in a sharp breath, as if it had seen the most unbelievable and unreasonable monster in the world.

It grabbed the antennae on its head and let out a deafening, shrill cry within the Sea of Spirit, its voice even cracking.

"Holy shit!!!"

"The Imperial Auspicious Beast?! The Three-Eyed Golden Lion?!"

Skydream Ice Silkworm was completely thrown into chaos. It practically scrambled toward the center of the Sea of Spirit, roaring madly at Mu Yunye, who was still in seclusion consolidating his cultivation.

"Yunye! Yunye, wake up! Stop cultivating and look over there!!!"

"Why is it here?!"