More than having his own injuries healed, Mu En wanted to avoid seeing Ye Qing lose his power and compromise his future potential.
"The cost isn't great..." Mu En took a deep breath, silently feeling the agonizing pain constantly radiating through his soul. It was like having venomous hornets crawling all over his body, plunging their stingers into every inch of his skin.
These injuries, caused by the Dragon Core Baleful Qi clinging to him, reached deep into his soul. Mu En had originally thought he could only bear this ceaseless pain until his death.
He had never expected to be told, just as his life was about to end, that he could experience that long-lost ease again.
"What do we need to do?" Mu En asked.
"Perhaps you've heard about an ability I demonstrated during the tournament." Ye Qing extended his hand. Soul Power emerged from his palm, eventually forming a yin-yang taiji diagram of intertwined black and gold.
"Ultimate Transformation, Extremes Give Way to Good Fortune. This is an ability I comprehended not long ago. When I developed my light attribute to a pinnacle, it appeared quite naturally, and it even allowed me to condense a soul core in the process."
"A soul core..." Mu En opened his mouth, only speaking slowly after a long while. "Do you know how difficult future breakthroughs will be if you condense a soul core at your current cultivation level?"
Ye Qing nodded. "I understand. Humans have three dantians. Breaking through to Titled Douluo requires condensing one soul core, and breaking through to Limit Douluo also requires condensing one soul core. That means when I break through to Titled Douluo, I'll need to condense the second soul core that ordinary Limit Douluos need to condense, and when I break through to Level