Chapter 60: Twin Born of Light and Darkness, Extreme Reversal of Fortune

In Tang Ya's eyes, this golden beast was clearly much more powerful than the Light Cyclops. She couldn't help but softly remind Ye Xixuan.

"Xixuan."

"Sister Xiaoya, it's fine." Ye Xixuan wrapped his arms around Tang Ya's slender waist, offering a gentle word of comfort.

The Three-Eyed Jinni stared at Ye Xixuan with a gaze full of curiosity. This was the first time it had ever seen a human with such a pure constitution, possessing such a strong affinity for the light element. His constitution was practically identical to its own. If not for the fact that Ye Xixuan looked like a human, it might have even suspected him of being of its own kind.

Under the watchful eyes of Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya, the Three-Eyed Jinni raised its right front paw and effortlessly shattered the skull of the Light Cyclops. A piece of strange bone, brilliant and crystal-clear, instantly appeared in the field of view of the two humans and the beast.

It was undeniably shaped like a miniature human skull, radiating a golden-white glow throughout, and its soft aura of light gave off a warm sensation.

Both Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya stared in astonishment.

"A head-type soul bone?"

Although the single-attribute Light Cyclops was not as powerful as the Twin Cyclopes, it was still considered a very high-tier existence among the soul beast population. Not to mention, this was an exceptionally rare head-type soul bone.

The most distinct characteristic of light-attribute soul bones was their gentle energy, allowing them to be absorbed by soul masters with almost any attribute of martial soul. Furthermore, head-type soul bones possessed the ability to nourish and enhance a soul master's mental power, making them absolute masterpieces among ten-thousand-year soul bones.

The Three-Eyed Jinni used its paw to push this soul bone toward Ye Xixuan, and its intention was easily discernible from its human-like gaze.

Ye Xixuan bent down to pick up the head-type soul bone of the ten-thousand-year Light Cyclops, and asked uncertainly, "For me?"

However, the Three-Eyed Jinni proudly lifted its large head and stopped looking at Ye Xixuan.

Ye Xixuan first stored the soul bone inside his spatial soul tool, then took Tang Ya's hand and decisively turned to leave. The figures of the two quickly vanished into the distant dense forest.

The Three-Eyed Jinni couldn't help but look back once more in the direction where Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya had departed. Guided by a sense of fate, it ultimately developed a trace of curiosity toward the human world.

At that moment, another dark-red figure approached the Three-Eyed Jinni. It was over five meters in length, extremely robust, and somewhat resembling a lion, except that it possessed three identical giant heads.

This lion-like, three-headed soul beast showed an unusually affectionate attitude toward the Three-Eyed Jinni, not even questioning it about the two human soul masters from earlier. This was not merely out of respect for the Three-Eyed Jinni; it was largely because it felt that, given the cultivation levels of those two human soul masters, it was utterly impossible for them to harm the Emperor Beast, whose combat power was comparable to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

"Ruishou, it is time for us to return."

"Mhm." The Three-Eyed Jinni let out a soft acknowledgment, surprisingly speaking in a crisp, pleasant human female voice.

"Daimao, the martial soul of that human just now was just like Di Tian's—both are of the ultimate darkness attribute."

"The ultimate darkness attribute, just like Di Tian?!" The Three-Headed Canine couldn't help letting out a low roar. Earlier, it had been relatively far away and could only sense the aura of the Three-Eyed Jinni, without conducting a careful investigation.

"How could a human soul master possess a congenital ultimate-attribute martial soul? Normally, a human soul master's body shouldn't even be able to endure that ultimate power."

The Three-Eyed Jinni continued, "And his constitution—it seems to be a light constitution just like mine, and even purer than mine."

"The twin attributes of light and darkness, extremes meeting to reverse into something new?!" The shock in the six eyes of the Three-Headed Canine grew even more intense. What it commanded was merely the hell-fire ability, which was infinitely close to ultimate fire. And while Di Tian's darkness attribute was indeed ultimate, it was still far from reaching the stage where extremes reversed into a new state.

Theoretically speaking, once two opposing attributes reached their ultimate extremes, a qualitative change could occur.

For instance, ultimate ice could suddenly transform into ultimate fire, converting the coldest power into the most scorching and terrifying energy. The same applied between light and darkness, which could similarly transform back and forth.

However, wishing to master the transformation of ultimate attributes where extremes reversed was something that only divine consciousness could control, much like their sovereign slumbering deep beneath the Star Luo Great Forest.

After a long silence, a heavy sense of gravity was clearly evident in the tone of the Three-Headed Canine.

"Ruishou, we are going to see Di Tian now. When we get there, you will tell Di Tian everything that happened, exactly as it occurred."

The Three-Eyed Jinni cast a puzzled look at the Three-Headed Canine, but it chose not to voice the thoughts lingering in its own heart.

*Is it really necessary to disturb Di Tian over a mere human soul master?*

On the other side, when Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya finally walked out of the Star Luo Great Forest, the sky had grown completely dark.

At this point, the two of them could no longer afford to dwell on their fatigue. They quickly put distance between themselves and the radiant perimeter of the Star Luo Great Forest, eventually arriving at an expansive, open plain.

The thick-skinned Tang Ya was exhausted and hungry. She had Ye Xixuan pitch a tent nearby while she took out various kinds of food she had carried in her spatial soul tool, arranging them neatly in front of her.

"Hehe, let's have a good rest here for the night before heading back to the academy."

"Alright." Seeing Tang Ya in such high spirits, Ye Xixuan decided not to bring up the matter of her martial soul at this moment. Furthermore, his martial soul was even capable of absorbing the evil fire of Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul; there was no reason it couldn't suppress the evil energy within Tang Ya's martial soul.

After Tang Ya had eaten her fill, she lazily lay down inside the tent. As she watched Ye Xixuan's back by the campfire, her eyes involuntarily grew moist.

"Xixuan."

"What's wrong, Sister Xiaoya?" Hearing the unusual tone in Tang Ya's voice, Ye Xixuan hurriedly turned around and discovered to his surprise that Tang Ya's eyes were brimming with crystal-clear tears.

"My martial soul has turned into this. Will the academy still accept me?" Although Tang Ya usually appeared carefree and bold, she actually possessed a sensitive side and always kept certain matters locked away in her heart.

Ye Xixuan was stunned for a moment. "Sister Xiaoya, what are you saying? Why wouldn't the academy accept you?"

"Xixuan, you don't need to comfort me anymore," Tang Ya said with a desolate tone.

"I know my own condition better than anyone. Once this innate talent within the origin of my martial soul is triggered, it cannot be stopped. My sanity was already affected earlier; one day, I won't be able to control myself and will ultimately degenerate into an evil soul master. If I continue to stay at the academy and remain by your side, I will only become a burden to you in the future. In truth, given your talent, you should never have chosen someone like me."

"Who said you're going to degenerate into an evil soul master?!" Ye Xixuan grew unusually agitated, his hands pressing firmly onto Tang Ya's shoulders.

"Take off your top right now!"

Tang Ya was startled by Ye Xixuan's reaction, but thinking that she was about to part ways with him anyway, she decided to leave no regrets behind. Accompanied by the rustling sounds echoing inside the tent, she closed her eyes and tightly pressed her lips together.

"I didn't tell you to take all of it off," Ye Xixuan's slightly unnatural voice once again reached Tang Ya's ears. Just as Tang Ya wanted to open her eyes, she felt a wave of warmth on her chest, as enchanting black patterns, like blooming flowers of darkness, branded themselves right onto her chest.

Immediately following that, the vast and evil energy residing within the origin of her martial soul used this medium as a conduit, beginning to pour continuously into Ye Xixuan's body.

Ye Xixuan had only intended to use practical action to convince Tang Ya, allowing her to experience the capability of his martial soul firsthand before preparing to let go.

"Sister Xiaoya, do you believe me now?"

"Xixuan, don't stop." Responding to Ye Xixuan instead was Tang Ya's hands, which tightly gripped his right wrist. Her voice carried a hint of trembling, alongside the joy of having narrowly escaped a catastrophe.