I have added this story to my P@treon.
Snow Empress made her move.
An ice-blue sword beam shot out from her fingertips, slashing toward the grey phantom.
But the sword beam passed directly through the phantom, causing no damage whatsoever.
The phantom did not even flicker.
Snow Empress’s expression finally changed.
“Whoosh—”
The grey phantom turned into a stream of light and shot directly into Lin Yaoyang’s body, disappearing from sight.
Snow Empress: “!!!”
Snow Empress’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.
She wanted to intervene, but it was already too late.
More importantly, Lin Yaoyang was at a critical moment in absorbing his ten-thousand-year spirit ring; if she forcibly interrupted him, at best the spirit ring absorption would fail, and at worst, his Soul Power would backfire.
Snow Empress’s hand hung in mid-air, caught in a dilemma.
She could only watch helplessly as the grey phantom merged into Lin Yaoyang’s body, anxious and unable to act.
“Yaoyang…” Her voice trembled slightly.
“Please, nothing must happen to you…”
Deep in the forest, the wind stopped.
The chirping of birds vanished as well.
Everything fell into an eerie silence.
Meanwhile, inside Lin Yaoyang’s Sea of Spirit, an unexpected meeting was quietly taking place.
Inside Lin Yaoyang’s Sea of Spirit.
After the mass of grey Qi burst into this space, the first thing that came into view was a massive sun.
The sun hung in the center of the Sea of Spirit, brilliant gold in its entirety, radiating a warm and scorching light.
It was not stationary but rotating slowly; with every rotation, it radiated endless light and heat, illuminating the entire Sea of Spirit as if it were broad daylight.
The mass of grey Qi paused before this sun.
The domineering aura that looked down upon the world actually receded slightly at this moment.
Electrolux’s remnant Soul gazed at the sun, silent for a long time.
Who was he?
He was the Necromancy Holy Spirit Mage; even with only a shred of his Soul remaining, his vision and knowledge were far beyond what any Mortal could compare to.
But at this moment, he found himself unable to see through this young man.
His Origin was a Child of Light, and becoming a Fallen Necromancer was an extreme choice made after being betrayed; deep in his Soul, he had a bone-deep resonance with pure light.
That sun was not a Spirit, nor was it a phantom image condensed from Soul Power; it was an existence of a higher level, a power of Origin that stood above all Mortal things.
“The sun…” He muttered to himself, his voice carrying a trace of undisguised shock.
“True solar power…
What is the background of this young man, exactly?”
After a brief moment of shock, a low sigh came from the mass of grey Qi.
There was a complex emotion in that voice—regret, relief, and a trace of…
anticipation that was difficult to detect.
“Since I have encountered you, it must be the will of Heaven.”
As the voice faded, the mass of grey Qi suddenly contracted, condensing into a grey bead only the size of a soybean.
The bead was perfectly round, its surface shimmering with a faint halo, like a sleeping seed, quietly suspended in the sky of the Sea of Spirit, falling into silence.
Lin Yaoyang, who was inside the Sea of Spirit, witnessed all of this, and his heart skipped a beat.
This is…
Electrolux?!
The Undead Demigod Electrolux, that peerless powerhouse who “held the sun and moon in his hands to pluck the stars, and there was no one in this world like him”!
Before coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, he had specifically made inquiries in a city.
Shrek Academy’s enrollment had only just begun, and there was still plenty of time.
So he planned to absorb his spirit ring first and then camp out in the Star Dou Great Forest to see if he could trick Electrolux into his grasp.
Electrolux’s remnant Soul should have appeared alongside the Tianmeng Iceworm.
He never expected that he would deliver himself to his doorstep!
Lin Yaoyang felt a surge of wild joy in his heart.
The grey bead floated quietly in his Sea of Spirit, calm and still, without any movement.
But Lin Yaoyang could feel that it was there, sleeping and waiting.
Since Electrolux was here…
Then were Huo Yuhao and the Tianmeng Iceworm nearby as well?
Lin Yaoyang began to calculate rapidly in his mind.
According to the original timeline, Huo Yuhao encountered the Tianmeng Iceworm on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
They should have already begun the sacrifice by now.
The Tianmeng Iceworm…
To be honest, Lin Yaoyang had no interest in that million-year-old giant silkworm baby.
Yellow, fat, and a chatterbox.
Although its cultivation was there, its combat power was roughly equal to zero.
Its greatest value was that million-year Mental Energy and Soul Power, as well as the unique trait of a “Wisdom spirit ring.”
But these things were not necessities for him at the moment.
His Spirit was Apollo, and he followed the path of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light.
The ice attribute and mental attribute of the Tianmeng Iceworm did not perfectly align with his path.
By comparison, Electrolux’s value was far higher.
The Legacy of an Undead Demigod, the mastery of the power of life and death, and that vision and wisdom far exceeding this era—these were the truly precious things.
Furthermore, Electrolux had chosen him proactively.
What did this mean?
It meant that his power of light, or rather, his solar power, had a natural attraction for Electrolux.
Forget it.
Lin Yaoyang composed his mind and refocused his attention on the spirit ring absorption.
He would deal with the matter of the grey bead after he finished absorbing the spirit ring.
…
An hour later.
Lin Yaoyang slowly opened his eyes.
A glint of golden light flashed across the depths of his eyes before fading into the depths of his pupils.
The aura around his body was significantly stronger than before, and a warm current of air circulated over his skin, scorching the surrounding air until it twisted slightly.
He lowered his head and looked at his hands.
With a thought, a circle of spirit rings rose from beneath his feet.
Purple, purple, purple, black.
Three purple, one black.
Twelve years old, level 42, Four-Ring Spirit Ancestor.
Placed in the history of the entire Douluo Continent, this was an achievement sufficient to make any Genius pale in comparison.
“Yaoyang, how do you feel?” Snow Empress’s voice came from beside him, carrying undisguised concern.
Lin Yaoyang stood up, stretched his muscles and bones, and feeling the power surging within his body, smiled: “Very good, I feel like my whole body is filled with power!”
He turned toward Snow Empress but noticed that her expression was a bit off.
On that stunningly beautiful face, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her sky-blue eyes were filled with worry.
“What’s wrong, Sister Xueer?”
Snow Empress hesitated for a moment, but still recounted what had just happened: “When you were absorbing the spirit ring, a grey current of air suddenly appeared and burrowed into your body.
I tried to stop it, but it didn’t seem to be physical, and my attacks had absolutely no effect on it…”
Her tone carried a trace of self-reproach.
With cultivation approaching seven hundred thousand years, as the leader of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, she couldn’t even stop a remnant Soul.
This made Snow Empress feel somewhat frustrated.
“A grey current of air?” Lin Yaoyang feigned contemplation, then shook his head.
“I didn’t feel anything unusual.
Sister Xueer, don’t worry, I’m fine.”
Snow Empress stared at him for a long while, seemingly wanting to see if she could discern any clues from his face.
In the end, she chose to believe him.
“Alright then.” She sighed softly.
“Be careful yourself.
If there is anything unusual, you must tell me immediately.”
“Okay.”
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to Shrek City.”
After Snow Empress finished speaking, she reached out and wrapped her arm around Lin Yaoyang’s waist.
With a flash of her figure, the two of them soared into the air and flew toward the west.