Innate Full Internal Spiritual Energy

The Mysterious Spirit Furnace on Long Haochen's chest suddenly erupted with dazzling six-colored light, instantly eclipsing the golden orb on his chest. Centered on his chest, the six-colored light gradually spread throughout his body. Long Haochen felt an even more scorching current flowing through his limbs and bones, filling his entire body with warmth.

At the same time, the stalled golden light rapidly surged to its peak.

One hundred! Innate Internal Spiritual Energy: one hundred!

The upper limit of Innate Internal Spiritual Energy was one hundred, yet Long Haochen's was exactly one hundred.

Long Haochen was not only the third Child of Light in human history, but also a Child of Light with Innate Full Internal Spiritual Energy!

All the golden light gradually faded, revealing Long Haochen's fair body.

"Feels so good!"

Long Haochen lazily stretched, his entire body crackling.

When he opened his eyes, Long Haochen found Long Xingyu staring blankly at him, frozen in place.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Only then did Long Xingyu come back to his senses, though he had yet to fully emerge from his shock.

How could Haochen be a Child of Light? Haochen was his son—how could he be a Child of Light?!

A cool breeze swept past, and Long Haochen shivered. Only then did he realize he was stark naked, and he hurriedly took clothes out of the Forget-Me-Not Ring.

"Strange, why is my body glowing with golden light?"

Long Haochen discovered that his skin had gained a faint golden sheen. He now looked like a little golden statue.

After getting dressed, Long Haochen's skin finally stopped emitting golden light and returned to normal.

Long Xingyu calmed himself slightly and met Long Haochen's eyes.

Long Haochen's originally azure eyes had changed into a peculiar pale gold. Clear and translucent pale gold—this was the mark of a Child of Light.

Long Xingyu's expression was somewhat complicated as he said, "Haochen, congratulations. With your Inner Spiritual Power and Outer Spiritual Power combined, you are now a true Knight."

"Huh? I've already advanced to Knight?"

Long Haochen still had no idea what had happened to him.

"We'll talk when we get back."

Long Xingyu brought Long Haochen back to the wooden cabin. Bai Yue stood quietly at the door, watching the father and son, but did not go inside with them.

Bai Yue had witnessed Long Haochen's entire Sacred Awakening. From the bottom of her heart, she was happy for her son.

Perhaps Haochen really could become someone who surpassed his grandfather.

Inside the cabin.

"Dad, how much Innate Internal Spiritual Energy do I have?" Long Haochen asked the question weighing on his mind.

Long Xingyu drew a deep breath and tried to speak calmly. "Haochen, do you know? You are the first Child of Light in the history of our Knight Temple, and also the first Child of Light with Innate Full Internal Spiritual Energy."

"What?! I have Innate Full Internal Spiritual Energy? That's absurd!"

Long Haochen knew that his talent far surpassed that of ordinary people, but he had never expected it to be this outrageous.

The corners of Long Xingyu's mouth twitched slightly. So you knew it was outrageous too!

"You previously said that you wanted to become a Knight who cultivated both Retribution and Guardianship. Starting today, I will specifically teach you the cultivation methods of a Retribution Knight. Two years from now, you will go to the Hao Yue Sub-Temple to learn the cultivation methods of a Guardian Knight."

"If you can fuse Retribution and Guardianship together, then you will surely become an unprecedentedly powerful Knight in the history of our Knight Temple."

Long Haochen nodded earnestly. He had never slackened in cultivation. Since he had chosen the path of cultivating both Retribution and Guardianship, he would definitely persevere until the end.

In the blink of an eye, two years passed.

Over those two years, Long Haochen scarcely left Odin Mountain. He trained bitterly day and night, turning himself into an emotionless cultivation machine.

Besides cultivating on Odin Mountain, Long Haochen went to Bright Moon City twice. First, to relax his tense nerves; second, to see Li Xin and ease the pain of longing.

Every separation was for a better reunion next time. Without the reluctance of parting, how could there be joy in reunion?

Long Haochen had finally come to understand the meaning of those words.

That day, at the summit of Odin Mountain.

Clang—

Amid the clash of weapons, a layer of golden light suddenly lit up around a young man. Immediately afterward, a radiance like the sun burst forth, condensing into a blade of light that shot through the air.

Long Xingyu flicked his wrist in a flourish, then lightly waved his bamboo sword. The golden blade of light shattered before that tiny bamboo sword.

"Not bad. Your Sun-Splitting Slash has basically grasped its essence. Once your spiritual power and mastery improve further, the Sun-Splitting Slash will become even more powerful."

The one who had unleashed the blade of light was naturally Long Haochen. Two years had passed, and he was now twelve years old. His appearance and physique had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Though he was only twelve, he had already reached a height of 1.65 meters. He did not look especially muscular, but his proportions were nearly perfect.

His black hair drifted casually behind him. His crystalline pale-gold eyes were pure and bright. The little face that had once been hard to distinguish as male or female was gradually becoming handsome, with some of his facial lines growing more masculine.

At that moment, Long Haochen held a heavy knight's sword in each hand. Each was seven chi long, nine cun wide, and five cun thick, weighing sixty jin apiece—standard-issue Knight weapons. Though the weapons were heavy, Long Haochen wielded them with ease.

In just two short years, Long Haochen had learned many Retribution Knight skills from Long Xingyu. His Inner Spiritual Power had risen from one hundred two years ago to one hundred ninety-five, while his Outer Spiritual Power was even more frightening, reaching two hundred forty-five.

His Inner Spiritual Power and Outer Spiritual Power totaled four hundred forty. In other words, Long Haochen was now already an Eighth-Level Knight.

If Long Xingyu had not insisted on laying a solid foundation for Long Haochen, the speed of his spiritual power growth would likely have been even more terrifying. He might even have reached Ninth-Level Knight.

Long Xingyu rarely praised Long Haochen, but today the sun seemed to rise from the west. Having finally received his father's precious praise, Long Haochen immediately broke into a brilliant smile.

"Dad, although the Sun-Splitting Slash is powerful, it consumes a bit too much spiritual power. Every use costs me at least fifty points of Inner Spiritual Power and some Outer Spiritual Power. It seems my spiritual power cultivation is still too low."

Long Xingyu had long grown accustomed to Long Haochen's unintentional humblebragging.

"The Sun-Splitting Slash is originally a Fourth-Order Grand Knight-level skill. You are learning it ahead of time, so naturally the consumption is rather high for you. However, because you possess the Son of Light Constitution, the spiritual power you consume when using skills is less than that of ordinary people."

"Under normal circumstances, the Sun-Splitting Slash consumes fifty points of spiritual power. But as a Child of Light, you only need to consume thirty points. This ability to reduce skill consumption already puts you far beyond ordinary people."

Long Haochen nodded. After two years of cultivation, he had come to appreciate the benefits brought by the Son of Light Constitution more and more.