Martial Soul Fusion Skill-In the Name of Creation and Chaos, I Decree Your Guilt and Grant You Judgment!

Four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings rose and lit up simultaneously, the radiance of eight Soul Rings overlapping and interweaving in dazzling brilliance.

An ultimate burst of splendor erupted, instantly engulfing Xu Jingyao's figure.

Silver and gold light shot skyward, soaring until it finally condensed into an enormous, majestic, sacred divine image in midair.

The divine image bore a seventy-percent resemblance to Xu Jingyao, its contours sharp and severe, its features imposing and intimidating, fully displaying the supreme bearing of one looking down upon all living beings.

The divine image held a long sword diagonally in its right hand, seven-colored light coiling around the blade. An icy pressure of judgment slowly spread from its edge, enveloping the entire training ground.

For the first time, the usually composed Du Busi's expression froze completely.

Xu Jingyao was still immersed in the wondrous state of his twin Martial Souls working in concert.

The divine image's lips parted slightly, and a majestic, boundless, layered echo slowly rang out from his mouth across heaven and earth.

"In the name of creation and chaos, I decree your guilt and grant you judgment!"

The incomparably brilliant sword light of judgment crashed down!

Du Busi's heart jolted violently, and he no longer dared underestimate it in the slightest.

A curse nearly escaped his lips, but he forcibly swallowed it.

He crossed his arms before his chest, unleashing every last bit of his Level 98 Soul Power without reservation.

A thick, dense, nearly solid gray-white Soul Power barrier formed over his body.

The earth-shaking sword light cleaved savagely into the barrier!

The sturdy Soul Power barrier cracked instantly, shattering inch by inch into countless motes of light that dispersed in the wind.

The remaining immense force of the sword slammed into his crossed arms.

The incomparably powerful impact forced Du Busi back half a foot, his soles grinding two deep grooves into the thick flagstone paving.

He endured most of its power head-on, but the remaining sharp sword energy pierced his defenses and struck his chest heavily.

A scarlet trickle of blood quietly seeped from the corner of Du Busi's mouth.

At the same time, Xu Jingyao's Soul Power was completely drained.

The divine image suspended high in the sky shattered inch by inch, dissolving into countless motes of light without a trace.

His body dropped, and he landed heavily on one knee on the flagstones.

He braced himself with the Transparent Long Sword against the ground, his face white as paper, his breathing rapid and heavy, his chest heaving violently.

The entire training ground fell deathly silent.

Only the nervous, hurried sounds of several disciples swallowing in a corner by the wall could be heard clearly.

Du Busi lowered his head to look at the faint white sword marks on his arms, then raised a hand to wipe the blood from his mouth.

Looking at that glaring spot of scarlet on the back of his hand, he remained silent for a long time before striding forward.

He crouched, stared at Xu Jingyao's pale face, and suddenly shouted, his voice shaking the entire training ground.

"Good! What a lad!"

Xu Jingyao looked up at him, a hint of helplessness in his voice.

"Sect Master Du, what you used just now was a Titled Douluo's full Soul Power, through and through."

"Obviously!"

Du Busi raised his hand and clapped him on the shoulder with such force that he nearly knocked the kneeling Xu Jingyao flat.

"If I didn't test you with my full strength, how could I force out all your trump cards?"

"With that sword strike just now, if I'd been the slightest bit overconfident and hadn't defended with everything I had, it wouldn't have been as simple as a little blood at the corner of my mouth!"

He abruptly stood and paced back and forth twice. Unable to suppress the shock and delight in his heart, he threw back his head and laughed aloud.

After laughing, he crouched again, his expression more solemn than ever.

"That move just now-was it a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

"Yes."

Xu Jingyao steadied his breathing a little and slowly nodded.

"My twin Martial Souls share the same origin and coexist, allowing me to trigger Self Martial Soul Fusion."

"Instantly?"

Recalling the state in which they had instinctively worked together just now, Xu Jingyao nodded again.

Du Busi drew a deep breath, rose and paced twice more, then finally slapped his thigh hard.

"The Body Sect is taking this disciple, no matter what!"

His voice was not loud, but every word rang clearly across the silent training ground.

Sun Moon's political schemes, the strife between the four nations-none of it has anything to do with me!

If an unrivaled prodigy like this, encountered once in a thousand years, sincerely joins the Body Sect, he will be the sect's greatest fortune!

"A Level 49 Soul Ancestor confronting a Level 98 Super Douluo head-on, and even managing to wound me!"

"If I let such an unrivaled talent slip away without taking him in, I'd have no face to meet the Body Sect's ancestors after death!"

He turned to leave, then abruptly looked back, fixing Xu Jingyao with a deep gaze.

"At the instant you unleashed that attack, I couldn't sense anything of the aura a Soul Ancestor should have."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone thick with probing curiosity.

"The pressure and foundation in that instant were ethereal and boundless, nothing like anything of the mortal world. You haven't received a god's inheritance, have you?" Du Busi lowered his voice to ask the final question quietly.

Xu Jingyao slowly rose with the support of his sword, picked up his folding fan, and gently opened it to conceal half his face, leaving only a pair of clear, smiling eyes visible.

"You're worrying too much, Sect Master Du."

Du Busi gave a deep snort. Though full of questions, he did not probe further, instead picking up the outer robe on his shoulder and turning to leave.

At some point, Tie Jian had come to stand quietly at the edge of the training ground.

Holding a bowl of warm water, he stepped forward and offered it to Xu Jingyao, his expression as placid as ever.

"The sect master has agreed."

"Rest and recover. The Sect-Entry Ceremony will be held tomorrow."

Xu Jingyao accepted the water, tipped back his head, and drank more than half of it.

All the worries and pressure weighing on his heart melted away at that moment.

Xu Jingyao slowly stood up. Creation and chaos?

Could that be my ultimate destination?

It did seem pretty wild!

Then what about my Soul Core arrangements?

Tsk, if nothing else works in the end, I can always go for four Soul Cores, or nine-make every cell in my body a Soul Core!

To hell with the consequences! Just do it!

Under Tie Jian's guidance, Xu Jingyao arrived at a room that looked extremely luxurious. There even seemed to be a hot spring inside. Its water was green, and it looked as though quite a few medicines had been added.

After making sure no one was there, he slowly removed his clothes and sat in it, quietly circulating his Soul Power.

The medicinal power rapidly broke down and merged into Xu Jingyao's body.

Rich, wondrous power circulated rapidly within him, encouraging his vitality to surge.

No impurities were expelled, however.

After all, given his physical condition, his body was equivalent to the legendary immaculate body; all impurities within him were rapidly dissolved by the Power of Destruction.

What a pity that such a physique was born in Douluo...

Alas, I'll probably have to wait until after level 70 before I can use the Super Divine Artifacts my parents left me!

With my current Soul Power, I can only activate them in the simplest way. Launching wide-area attacks is beyond me; right now, I mainly rely on their automatic master-protection function.

Meanwhile, within Xu Jingyao's Sea of Consciousness.

The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction looked at the large worm before them and Electrolux, who had only a wisp of Divine Soul remaining.

From their perspective, however, Electrolux currently looked like a large gray ball...

"Little worm, could you tell me what that is?" the Goddess of Life gently asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, not looking down on him because of his identity.

"Great Life, h-he should be a divine stone. I-I'm not sure who he is either..." the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said nervously.