Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 7 The Child of Light
In front of a wall inside the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Mu raised his hand and pointed slightly.

A golden light shone forth, and everything around him became illusory. A rich golden halo instantly enveloped Ye Xixuan's body; he felt a bright light before his eyes and a sensation as if he were stepping into thin air.

The golden light around him vanished in the next instant, and his figure appeared in a pitch-black room.

A dense concentration of dark elemental energy permeated the area, stimulating Ye Xixuan's skin like a sticky, cold liquid, as if he had entered another void world. It was also like sinking into an endless abyss, making him feel suffocated.

As a Soul Master possessing an ultimate dark attribute martial soul, Ye Xixuan thrived even more in this environment. His right hand clenched loosely, black energy flowing through his pale fingers, swirling endlessly. Even the soul power within his body began to circulate rapidly on its own.

But his gaze remained fixed on the depths of the dark space.

It was an instinctive intuition. In this darkness, besides him, there seemed to be another vague consciousness.

Just then, Elder Mu's voice rang out in Ye Xixuan's spiritual sea.

Have you ever heard of the Ice and Snow Woman?

"The Snow Empress, the Ice and Snow Maiden, ranked first among the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North?" Ye Xixuan's talent in mental power was also extraordinary. On his first attempt, he learned to communicate with Elder Mu through the Sea of ​​Spirit.

Born into a prominent family of Soul Masters, he was not as ignorant as Huo Yuhao in his previous life. From a young age, he had learned about Martial Souls and Soul Beasts, laying a foundation for his future cultivation.

Elder Mu smiled and said, "That's right. Among the top ten ferocious beasts on the continent, the Ice and Snow Maiden ranks third, with a cultivation of nearly 700,000 years. All the ferocious beasts that can make it onto this list possess ancient and noble bloodlines. The Ice and Snow Maiden's situation is even more special compared to the other ferocious beasts. She was born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nurtured by the purest point of ice spiritual energy from the far north. This type of soul beast is also known as an elemental soul beast."

"When I was young and training on the continent, I encountered a similar light elemental soul beast and obtained an extremely powerful soul bone. Unfortunately, I already had all six soul bones at that time, so I could only miss it. I thought that having such an experience was already my good fortune, but I didn't expect to find a dark elemental soul beast in the same place. It must be the so-called mutual generation of light and darkness."

"However, that dark elemental soul beast was much weaker and had not yet developed its own consciousness. I only learned later that the most special thing about elemental soul beasts is that their consciousness is in a chaotic state before they have a thousand years of cultivation, but once their cultivation breaks through a thousand years, their intelligence will grow rapidly and take on all sorts of forms. It is no exaggeration to say that they have reached the sky in one step."

"Elder Mu, is that dark elemental soul beast right here? You want it to become my first soul ring?" Ye Xixuan immediately realized.

Elder Mu sighed, “Normally, that dark elemental soul beast should have already broken through to a thousand-year cultivation level. I used the power of the Golden Tree to seal it underground. Your arrival, in my view, is like a sign of destiny. Elemental soul beasts in a chaotic state will directly merge into your martial soul origin. You can simply sit cross-legged and meditate. With the compatibility of your ultimate dark attribute martial soul and the amplification of your physical strength by that talent ability, absorption should be no problem. Let’s begin now.”

"Yes, Elder Mu." Ye Xixuan did as instructed, but was secretly surprised.

The characteristics of this elemental soul beast are strikingly similar to those of some artificial soul spirits from later generations. Integrating it into a martial soul will only make the martial soul even more powerful.

With his mind focused, Ye Xixuan devoted himself entirely to cultivation. Without any deliberate guidance, the dark elemental attributes and his martial soul naturally became compatible, merging into his body at a visible speed, like a whale sucking in water.

Inside the room, the darkness rapidly receded, replaced by the brilliant golden light emanating from the golden tree itself, a clear aura of light continuously spreading outwards. After about an hour, the aura of darkness had completely subsided into the demonic markings on Ye Xixuan's body, while his fair skin became translucent and pure, resonating strangely with the light of the golden tree.

Light and darkness coexist in an eerie harmony, yet they are distinctly separate, both existing within the same person.

A massive golden light and shadow stretched out above the Sea God Pavilion, revealing itself to be the phantom of the Golden Tree. The inner court students and teachers on Sea God Island all looked up, gazing at the strange phenomenon in the sky.

"Cough cough—" Elder Xuan was sitting on a rock in the open space in front of the Sea God Pavilion, happily gnawing on a chicken leg while picking at the sole of his foot with one hand. Upon seeing this, he almost choked.

"How could the Golden Tree's energy be activated? That little guy wouldn't do that, would he?"

"Elder Xuan, what are you saying? It's not that serious." Two more figures stood beside Elder Xuan. The one who spoke was a boy who looked about the same age as Tang Ya. Tall and slender, he was already showing signs of youthful development. His short, dark blue hair shone like jewels, and his handsome face carried a gentle, nonchalant smile.

The other woman was a stunning beauty, around twenty years old. Her long black hair cascaded down to her waist, her dark eyes were bright and intelligent, her delicate face was fair and flawless, and her calm and gentle demeanor was unforgettable at first sight.

She turned her gaze away from the golden tree and said softly.

"Elder Xuan, did Elder Mu send me here for something?"

"Let Elder Mu talk to you later. Le Xuan, you wait here for a while, and tell that little rascal Bei Bei to behave. I'm going to see Elder Mu now." Elder Xuan replied hurriedly, and his figure disappeared in a flash. From his words, we can know that the two are none other than Zhang Le Xuan, the senior sister of the inner courtyard, and Bei Bei, Elder Mu's great-grandson.

In the underground world of the Golden Tree, a magnificent purple soul ring rose from beneath Ye Xixuan, pulsating slowly.

Compared to Ye Xixuan's martial soul and soul rings, his crystal-clear physique, full of light, clearly shocked Elder Xuan and Elder Mu, who were standing side by side.

"Child of Light?" Elder Mu's cloudy eyes shone with light. It was truly unbelievable that this legendary pure light physique had appeared in a Soul Master with an ultimate dark attribute martial soul.

"Body of light, soul of darkness..."

"Elder Mu, what exactly is going on?" Elder Xuan stared in disbelief, his mouth agape.

"How can a dark attribute soul master have such an affinity for light elements?"

(End of this chapter)