C2048 Bloodline Imprint

Swoosh!

The resplendent soul threads wove through the depths of Yu Yuan's dominant soul, harboring the world's most enigmatic Mind Magic.

Each soul thread represented a profound Mind Magic rule, encompassing reincarnation, soul mastery, possession, manipulation, the refinement of inner demons, and the warping of will and thought.

With a mere touch, Yu Yuan sensed that the Way of Heaven, with its ties to the soul, seemed to be encapsulated within these threads.

"So that's the secret."

Above ground, he had desperately extracted a strand of his essence, striving to shatter the mist's seal and awaken the Primal Soul.

This essence, intimately linked to the Abyss's Primal Soul, risked nullifying his seals upon merging with the dark-green soul sea.

Once he separated this essence, clarity returned, but the subterranean anomalies roused him with a blazing fire.

The blazing fire not only roused him but also revealed his identity. As memories surfaced, the seals weakened, liberating the Abyss's Primal Soul from the recesses of his spirit.

Yu Yuan now grasped why previous attempts by so-called powerhouses to probe his consciousness and target his soul were met with fierce resistance.

In the Glimmerdrift Nebula, the mere glimpse of his soul sent the Abyssal Leviathan into a frenzy.

Those arrogant would-be conquerors never fared well when they dared to meddle in this realm.

This included Wei Zhuo of the Thunder Sect.

Indeed, the mightiest Primal Soul of the Three Realms lay hidden within his psyche.

Who could delve into his mind, breach its seals to inspect his dominant soul, and hope to emerge unscathed?

"Alas, it remains unsealed," Yu Yuan murmured to himself.

A surge of Soul Power suddenly erupted within the fog of his consciousness, converging upon his azure-black dominant soul.

In that instant, Yu Yuan realized that the restraints suppressing the Abyss's Primal Soul were an amalgamation of his past life's Soul Power and arcane knowledge.

This Soul Power, surely rivaling the devil soul of the Demon God Bertain, was the key to maintaining the suppression of the Primal Soul.

Freed from the confines of the Abyss, the Primal Soul broke away from his soul sea, causing an incredibly formidable Soul Power to converge once more toward his dominant soul. He instantly felt the empowerment of his spirit, and without the need for his original soul's blessing, he had embarked on the transformative journey of ascension. His dominant soul was formally transitioning into a primordial spirit.

Whoosh!

In the midst of this transformation, his evolving dominant soul sparkled as if it were studded with stars. These "stars" resembled the acupoints of his spirited body. Upon sensing them, he discovered that the "constellations" manifesting within his dominant soul were indeed those of the mighty beings from the Everlands.

All the supreme human figures of the Ashlands, such as Lin Daoke, Jihui, Zu Ann, Qin Luo, Taishi, Tianqi, and Xuanli, naturally emerged in his consciousness as his dominant soul advanced into a primordial spirit. Moreover, his primordial spirit continued to draw upon the Soul Power of these formidable individuals.

This was reminiscent of the Dark Phoenix, which, when necessary, could extract vital energy from the bodies of an archdemon and a Dark Deity to augment itself. At present, as his main soul transformed into a primordial spirit, it was assimilating the Soul Power of these paramount beings. Threads of their Soul Power, defying the constraints of space, streamed into his soul sea and infused his spirit.

What astounded him most was that it wasn't just the supreme beings with an origin that he could sense. The Moonfang Tiger, Yu Zhu, Ji Ningshuang, Tan Xiaotian, the Untamed from the Marsh, and the Dark Phoenix Zhiya from the Dark Realm all flickered into his awareness. These formidable individuals, born of the Everlands, were not currently in the Ashlands, and therefore, he could not siphon their Soul Power.

Yet, as his primordial spirit underwent its metamorphosis, he could still perceive the souls of those sufficiently powerful beings, catching glimpses of their movements. As a result, he witnessed the skirmishes within the Dark Realm and the activities of the Dark Deity.

Even in the far-flung frontiers of the Origin Realm, he detected the presence of surviving human experts. These were cultivators like Cao Ji and Wuran, who had once reached the pinnacle of the Unbound Stage but, lacking the support of their original source, could not ascend to the highest echelons and had left the Everlands, disillusioned.

These individuals seemed to exist in a world of their own, detached from the dynamics unfolding beyond their terrestrial confines.

Those in deep, secluded meditation would awaken only once every few centuries, unaware of the monumental shifts occurring in the outside world. They were also oblivious to the fact that the Everlands, once a realm of boundless opulence, had missed a prime opportunity for ascension.

Yu Yuan could sense these individuals. Any powerful living creature with a soul that originated in the Everlands and bore the mark of the Primal Soul of the Abyss was within his perceptual reach. He was aware that the Primal Soul, once it had departed from his mind, would have an even deeper and clearer sensation.

With a hiss, the violet-gold "crystal ball" transformed in Yu Yuan's vision into a different form of the Altar of Rebirth, now streaked with vivid, blood-red lightning. Each bolt represented a unique Bloodline Revelation, most originating from the deceased cosmic giant beasts. The fresh blood-colored lightning was a new imprint within the Solar Spirit, transferred onto the violet-gold sphere.

"Before the Old Titan Spinosaurus perished, its lifeblood, carrying the Bloodline Revelation, soared from its heart. The bloodline mysteries it had absorbed and refined from the cosmic giant beasts had fled the Everlands before it could sink into the earth," Yu Yuan reflected.

"This unconventional Altar of Rebirth has always been incomplete. It lost many Bloodline Revelations before its formation, most of which were tied to the cosmic giant beasts."

"So..." Blazing Fire, inhabiting Yuan Lianyao, observed Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit in a trance and remarked, "That's precisely why Dark Phoenix Zhiya tirelessly scours the world for cosmic giant beasts, relentlessly hunting them down."

Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit furrowed his brow and inquired, "Is the blood magic that Dark Phoenix resonates with derived from this Altar of Rebirth, crafted from the essence of the Titan Spinosaurus and the Heart of the Everlands?"

"Exactly," Blazing Fire affirmed with a subtle nod.

Yu Yuan gained instant clarity. "It's inherently flawed, incomplete. The numerous missing pieces make it impossible for her to reach the eleventh level. The Colddeath of the Human Race, too, gathers the lifeblood of the Otherkin to infuse into their bodies, which in turn manifests corresponding bloodline rules within this Altar of Rebirth."

Blazing Fire's expression was indifferent. After possessing Yuan Lianyao, he seemed to have become slightly more emotional.

"No matter how they cultivate or refine blood, those born in the Everlands cannot escape the shackles of fate. Colddeath has continued to exist because Dark Phoenix knew everything they did and could benefit from it."

"Until the current Pope, Ann Wen, wanted to completely break free from the stalemate, aspiring to ascend to godhood through the Root of the Solar Meridian with his Solar Spirit Body, thereby fundamentally transforming his life."

"That changed the dynamics within Colddeath, which is why Dark Phoenix killed him."

Blazing Fire clarified for Yu Yuan.

"If Dark Phoenix could fully restore the Secrets of Life and bloodline mysteries originally branded within the Titan Spinosaurus's heart, she wouldn't need the gift of Primal Blood to advance to the eleventh level."

"Regrettably, many cosmic giant beasts have gone extinct after being slain by the Titan Spinosaurus."

"And some Secrets of Life scattered into the extraterrestrial void with the death of the Titan Spinosaurus, eluding Dark Phoenix's search. Thus, her journey to the eleventh level has been fraught with difficulty."

Yuan Lianyao's body continued to be the vessel for speech.

"And it..."

Blazing Fire gazed into the dark green soul sea and stated, "He seeks to understand the Primal Blood and all the profound mysteries of the rules governed by Primal Vitality, to better confront those two adversaries."

Hiss! Hiss!

Blazing Fire abruptly gestured towards the pond rimmed with flames, saying, "Within this Soul Altar, some of the Mind Magic from the Root of the Lunar Meridian has been left behind after its arrival in the Everlands. As an Undead Lord of the Wraithlands, the Root of the Lunar Meridian possesses a third of the Mind Magic."

"Your Demonic Vessel, it seems, also has only a third that overlaps."

"That's why your Demonic Vessel hasn't manifested here and can still operate externally."

"Overlapping elements are of no use to it."

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