Talent Five: Soul Sovereign

"All right, Babata, we can head back to Earth now," Jiang Xian said to Babata.

Babata replied, "Okay, the ship is accelerating. We'll soon reach light speed and perform Cosmic Shuttle. Three, two, one."

As the countdown ended, the ship accelerated to light speed and entered the Dark Universe.

One day later, the ship reached the region corresponding to Earth. Following the route specified by Hu Yanbo's secret technique, Babata circled left three times and right three times, winding around for five minutes before finally arriving beside Earth in the solar system.

A blue planet appeared directly ahead. The ship slowly entered the atmosphere, passed through it, and descended toward Jiangnan Base City. Soon, it arrived above Mingyue Residential Area.

The ship's hatch opened, and Jiang Xian and Luo Feng flew down.

Jiang Xian took a deep breath of Earth's air, with its mingled scents of soil, vegetation, and everyday life. It suddenly occurred to him that this was the scent of a Peak Domain Supreme Treasure.

"We're finally back," Luo Feng sighed beside him, letting out a long breath as his whole body visibly relaxed.

"What, you got homesick after just a few days?" Jiang Xian asked with a smile.

Luo Feng raised a hand and rubbed between his eyebrows. "Out in the universe, even with all those safeguards, there was always a weight hanging over my heart. Only when I'm standing on Earth's soil do I truly feel at ease."

Jiang Xian patted Luo Feng's shoulder. "You can spend the next six months or more with your family. Once the Golden Horned Beast arrives and you take over his body, you probably won't be able to see them for a long time."

Luo Feng nodded and was about to head home when his steps suddenly paused. He turned back, a faint, slightly embarrassed look on his face. "Oh, right, Xian, there's something I wanted to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Well, it's... you know how I had a crush on Xu Xin throughout high school? I confessed to her a while ago, and she said yes." Luo Feng scratched his head, unable to keep the corners of his mouth from lifting.

"Before we left Earth this time, we agreed that when I got back, we'd formally meet each other's parents. And then..." Luo Feng paused before continuing, "I'm planning to marry her in a few months."

Jiang Xian blinked twice, then smiled. "Oh, Madman, you won over the prettiest girl in our class so quickly, and now you're already planning to get married!"

Luo Feng looked a little bashful. "You have to come to the wedding, Xian!"

"Of course! I'll be your best man-the strongest of all Earth Humans. You'll have all the prestige you could ask for." Jiang Xian reached out and gave Luo Feng's shoulder a firm pat.

The two chatted a little more, and Jiang Xian stopped by Luo Feng's home for a visit before returning to his own villa next door and lying on his bed. He pondered what to do next. The Golden Horned Beast's egg would take some time to arrive, so he still had time to cultivate.

The next day, Jiang Xian returned to Kyoto Base City. After spending a few days with his grandfather and parents, he prepared to go cultivate.

Jiang Xian planned to leave Earth and find a star where he could cultivate. Sitting inside the Machine Race spaceship, he called Babata.

"Babata, find me a nearby star other than the sun."

Babata popped out of the screen and asked curiously, "What do you need a star for? Are you going sunbathing?"

"To practice my cultivation art. I'll cultivate much faster on a star." Jiang Xian reclined in his chair with both hands behind his head.

Babata quickly found a suitable star. "The closest star to the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy is Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light-years from Earth. What do you think of this one?"

"That's the one. Let's go." Jiang Xian snapped his fingers.

The Machine Race spaceship slowly rose into the air. Its silver-white, pyramid-shaped hull soon passed through the atmosphere and entered outer space.

The ship quickly accelerated to light speed and arrived near the star in no time.

The instant the hatch opened, a wave of scorching heat hit him in the face. After putting away the Cloud-Touching Vine, Jiang Xian jumped straight out of the ship.

He hovered just a few dozen kilometers from the corona, surrounded by scorching plasma. Nothing but red light filled his vision. Yet Jiang Xian was delighted instead.

"Now this is a proper cultivation environment. I could never really cut loose on Earth."

Jiang Xian took a photo. He also opened the Chat Group and posted it there.

[Jiang Xian: "Thanks for asking. I'm currently cultivating Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi on the surface of a star. Anyone want to join me for some sunbathing?"]

[Ye Fan: "? Brother Jiang, you're cultivating on the surface of a star? What a shame. I haven't started cultivating Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi yet, so I can't enjoy the sunbathing."]

[Xiao Yan: "Brother Jiang, I wonder how cultivating on the surface of that star compares with my Heavenly Flames?"]

[Fang Han: "I'm planning to cultivate the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art first, so I can't go either."]

[Shi Hao: "Brother Jiang Xian, the first art I'm cultivating isn't the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Art either."]

[Jiang Xian: "I feel like it's stronger than the lower-ranked Heavenly Flames. As for the higher-ranked ones, I don't know. You can come try it. The rest of you can come over to my side when you cultivate it later, too."]

[Xiao Yan: "I'm coming."]

Xiao Yan soon arrived beside Jiang Xian. After exchanging a few words with him, he went a little farther away to cultivate.

Jiang Xian settled cross-legged in the void, closed his eyes, and began circulating the method of Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi within his body. The sun's boundless fire energy surged madly into him as though it had found an outlet. Every cell greedily devoured the fire-attribute energy of the star's essence. His cultivation of Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi progressed rapidly in the sun's environment, and his comprehension of the Law of Fire continued to deepen.

After cultivating beside the sun for some time, he suddenly heard a ding.

Jiang Xian opened his eyes. "I didn't expect time to pass so quickly while cultivating. You really do lose track of the years in cultivation! My fifth talent is here already."

[Ding! Draw a talent?]

Jiang Xian did not hesitate in the slightest. He silently said to himself, Draw.

[Ding! Drawing talent...]

[Draw successful. Obtained talent five: Soul Sovereign.]

Jiang Xian froze briefly. As he focused his attention on this new talent, a complete description instantly entered his mind.

[Soul Sovereign: Immunity to all Soul Attacks, soul erosion, Soul Enslavement, mental control, and all other methods targeting the soul. No matter how high the other party's realm or how powerful their methods, any influence exerted upon you through the soul is completely ineffective. Anyone who attempts to subject you to Soul Enslavement will violate the Sovereign's dignity and will instead be directly enslaved, becoming your Soul Slave. This effect cannot be negated, resisted, or reversed.]

Jiang Xian stood up, then tilted his head back to look at the star before him. The corners of his mouth slowly curved upward. "This talent is rather interesting."