Seal-Eternity

As the Holy Spirit Heart Method circulated, rings of pale golden light radiated from Xu Xiaonian.

Then his eyes snapped open.

His sky-blue eyes had turned yellow and purple, one of each.

There were two seals he could currently unlock. He had to choose one.

Void, or eternity?

Xu Xiaonian sensed the passive skills of the two seals and sank into thought.

Void granted immunity to all forms of physical attack and allowed multiple teleportations within a short period.

The teleportation distance was limited by his own soul power. With one seal unlocked, he could teleport anywhere within a twenty-meter radius centered on himself.

That included the sky above and the ground below.

After all, in a state of Void, he would be unaffected by the pressure of soil and rock, so he could teleport underground as well.

Without question, this seal was exceptionally suited to keeping him alive.

It looks good. But... is it right for me now?

After careful consideration, Xu Xiaonian rejected the Void Seal.

His current circumstances were not dangerous. He was in the Papal Palace, and Chrysanthemum Guan and Deacon Long would help him hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings. He believed he would face little danger before reaching level twenty.

He could wait until after level twenty to unlock the Void Seal.

The Eternal Seal's passive skill, meanwhile, could greatly increase his strength, resilience, and Spiritual Power.

Beyond the tremendous improvement to his physical condition and Spiritual Power from the Eternal Seal's baptism upon unlocking it, there was another benefit.

Summoning the soul ring formed by the Eternal Seal to empower himself would instantly increase his physical strength, resilience, and Spiritual Power by three hundred percent.

A sharp gleam flashed in Xu Xiaonian's eyes.

The Eternal Seal was perfect for him, since he was about to add a soul ring to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and urgently needed to improve his physical condition.

With the Eternal Seal's enhancement, combined with the sacrificial power of his dependent's soul and soul power, the maximum age of the soul ring he could obtain would be terrifying.

A ten-thousand-year first ring was not impossible.

If I keep cultivating on such a solid foundation, when I face Tang San, I'll just hit him with a Holy Spirit Demon Flash. He won't have an answer.

Filled with anticipation for the future, Xu Xiaonian eagerly began cultivating.

As time passed, a faint purple ring of light gradually appeared behind him... around his Holy Spirit Purcell martial soul, whose eyes remained closed.

A faint divine aura flashed from his martial soul and vanished, unnoticed.

Early the next morning.

As the eternal-looking purple seal soul ring took shape around Holy Spirit Purcell, Xu Xiaonian opened his sky-blue eyes.

He slowly rose, a powerful aura radiating from him.

He threw a straight punch into the air.

Boom!

An explosive crack rang out in empty space, caused by the air being compressed by tremendous force and then released.

Three thousand kilograms of force!

Sensing the tremendous power contained in his clenched fists, Xu Xiaonian arrived at a rough figure.

In terms of raw physical strength alone, he rivaled a strength-type soul ancestor of the power attack system.

Of course, that was only if the soul ancestor did not use soul skills. With the enhancement of soul skills, a strength-type soul ancestor would still surpass him.

Unless he, too, revealed his eternal soul ring and gained a three-hundred-percent increase in physical strength, resilience, and Spiritual Power.

Of course, he did not want to expose it unless necessary.

After all, even Tang San's son, who possessed the Golden Dragon King bloodline, had only five hundred kilograms of strength at the age of six.

Although that was partly because the boy's Golden Dragon King bloodline had not fully awakened at such a young age, Xu Xiaonian's physical strength clearly had not been developed to its limit either.

This was merely the first seal Holy Spirit Purcell had unlocked. He truly deserved the title of the strongest living being in the universe.

Feeling the enormous increase in his strength, Xu Xiaonian was beside himself with excitement.

At last, I've taken my first step in cultivation!

He now had at least some ability to protect himself, and had surpassed Tang San at the same stage right from the starting line.

Sensing the two powerful active soul skills contained within the purple eternal soul ring, he was utterly certain that Tang San at the same stage would be no match for him, even if Tang San played every trump card he had, hidden weapons included.

"Knock! Knock! ...Young master, Lady Hu Liena is here to see you. She's waiting in the sitting room."

The maid Xiao He's voice came from outside the door.

"Understood."

Xu Xiaonian went to the sitting room and found the radiant young girl.

"Sister Nana, did you need something?"

"Can't I come see you without needing something?" Hu Liena gave him a pretty roll of her eyes. "You've only just started cultivating. Surely there are things you don't understand?"

"You have a teacher right here. Hurry up and take the chance to ask me."

There really were a few things Xu Xiaonian did not understand, so he took her up on it at once. "When I cultivate, my soul power has some trouble circulating through this spot..."

Meanwhile, outside Hu Liena's courtyard.

Yan said to the guard at the entrance, "Let Nana know I'm here to cultivate with her."

The guard shook his head. "Lord Yan, Lady Hu Liena went out early this morning. We don't know where she went."

Hearing this, Yan left with a frown.

"Strange. Nana normally wouldn't go out at this hour..."

The next day.

The guard looked at Yan before him and said respectfully, "My lord... Lady Hu Liena has gone out."

"Didn't you tell Nana I came looking for her yesterday?"

"Yes, my lord. I told her."

"Take these gold soul coins and help me find out where Nana went."

"Yes, Lord Yan!"

Yan turned and left, his expression dark.

The third day.

"Have you found out?" Yan asked.

The guard replied, "It's someone named Xu Xiaonian. A friend of mine who stands guard outside the Papal Palace said he's extremely talented. Apparently, he's also a member of the Holy Angel Family."

"His Holiness the Pope arranged for Lady Hu Liena to look after him, and even assigned Elder Ju to help him hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings..."

Yan left with his brows tightly furrowed, muttering indignantly:

"Having Nana look after him, and even getting Elder Ju to help him obtain soul rings..."

"Even Xie Yue, Nana, and I never received treatment like that!"

"What makes this Xu Xiaonian so deserving?"

"Just because he's from the Holy Angel Family?"

"In that case, an orphan from humble roots like me will just have to see... whether he really deserves all this favor from His Holiness and Nana!"

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

"Sister Nana, if there's something you want, just tell me." Xu Xiaonian looked helplessly at the girl who had come over to share her cultivation experience three days in a row.

He had clearly told her yesterday, "I don't have any questions. You don't need to come."

Yet she had eagerly come again today. Even a fool could tell something was off.

Could it be...

"Haha... not at all... I'm doing this out of a sense of responsibility. I have to complete the task my teacher assigned me, don't I...?" An embarrassed blush spread across Hu Liena's face at being seen through.

"All right, I actually wanted to know your current soul power level. I've spent some time consolidating my cultivation at the level-thirty threshold, and I don't want to keep waiting."

"I thought I'd help you reach level ten as quickly as possible and finish what my teacher asked me to do... Unfortunately, I only just found out that you awakened your martial soul three days ago. It looks like, in the short term, I'm afraid..."

At this, Xu Xiaonian raised a hand to interrupt her. "Sister Nana, I can go obtain a soul ring whenever."

"Huh? You mean..." Hu Liena froze, then exclaimed in astonishment as realization struck her, "Could it be... you have innate full soul power?!"