Unconsciously, half a month had quietly passed.
The Gold of Life emerged from Xu Tianyang's glabella, and the life aura continuously cleansed his body, making his soul feel as if it had been purified.
At this moment, his thoughts became incredibly clear, and his insights grew deeper.
He was experiencing all the abilities he possessed, every Spirit Ability, every ounce of power.
Everything was sublimating and becoming clear through this experience.
During this time, as he mastered his abilities, his inner conviction in his own path grew stronger.
It was a path to reign over the world and make all beings submit.
Opening his eyes, the gentleness of the past was gone, replaced by a domineering gaze that overlooked all living things.
His spirit power also broke through to level fifty at this time.
"Tianyang, congratulations on finding your path. No matter whether you think this path is right or wrong in the future, I hope you will steadfastly continue to walk it," Electrolux said, his gaze unusually gentle as he looked at the domineering glint in Xu Tianyang's eyes.
"Elder Ilie, I will," Xu Tianyang said, looking at Electrolux seriously.
"Little Tianyang, you've broken through to level fifty again! When are we going to get your fifth spirit ring? This big brother is getting a bit impatient!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm exclaimed, always so excited when Xu Tianyang advanced.
"Wait a moment, I want to test something first," Xu Tianyang said, his eyes returning to normal, carrying his usual gentleness.
With that, Xu Tianyang re-entered a meditative state. After this recent enlightenment and breaking through to level fifty, he felt as if the spirit power within his body was in a very peculiar stage; more than half of his liquefied spirit power was rapidly transforming completely into a liquid state.
With the resources he commanded, he had long understood the changes in spirit power. spirit power is divided into three forms: gaseous, liquid, and solid. Only through continuous compression can it enter the next state.
The form of spirit power is not entirely linked to spirit power level, but rather to the density of the spirit power.
Most Spirit Masters complete the transformation of spirit power from gaseous to liquid before reaching seven spirit rings, forming their Martial Soul True Body, thus creating a chasm between themselves and masters below the Spirit Saint rank.
Xu Tianyang had many fortuitous encounters and possessed an ultimate attribute, making the quality of his spirit power far surpass that of other Spirit Masters at the same level. He had already begun this process intentionally as early as the three-ring stage.
Previously, he had already converted more than half of his gaseous spirit power into liquid. His twin Spirits and ultimate attribute meant that the density of his spirit power was far greater than that of ordinary Spirit Masters.
The quality of his spirit power was no less than that of many Spirit Douluo, and perhaps even stronger.
At this moment, at the center of his brows, the purple-gold liquid spirit power and spiritual power intertwined and merged, gradually becoming viscous and dense, undergoing a steady rotational process.
Leveraging the opportunity of this breakthrough, the spirit power within his body had completely liquefied. As more and more external elemental energy was absorbed, the upper dantian, which could be used to store a Soul Core, was gradually filled with spirit power and spiritual power, slowly forming a vortex shape.
This was the prototype of a Soul Core—a spirit power vortex.
"What is this?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, looking at Xu Tianyang after he finished his cultivation, pointed at the spirit power vortex Xu Tianyang had created and shrank abruptly to the size of a pinhole.
"This is the prototype of a Soul Core," Xu Tianyang chuckled, then explained.
"...Awesome!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, having experienced many ups and downs, quickly calmed down and gave Xu Tianyang a thumbs-up.
Even though it had seen Xu Tianyang's monstrous abilities before, it still felt somewhat numb.
Stepping out of his room, it was already late at night. Xu Tianyang did not intend to disturb his parents and Xu Nianshuang. He walked out of the Crown Prince Residence and strolled through the streets of Ming City in the middle of the night.
Ming City's nights were extremely prosperous, with various colorful lanterns on the streets and all kinds of entertainment venues available.
Due to its status as the continent's strongest nation, coupled with the Douluo Continent's eagerness for the Sun Moon Continent's spirit tools, Ming City had seen a large influx of people since the year before last, a significant portion of whom were wealthy nobles and merchants.
Consequently, entertainment venues around Ming City, such as bars, clubs, and dance halls, sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
This allowed many powerful and influential people to lose themselves in the dazzling, extravagant dream of wealth and pleasure.
The imperial family naturally would not interfere with or stop these people; often, it was precisely these individuals who drove the empire's economic development. Moreover, the people behind the various entertainment venues were figures from the imperial court.
In recent days, due to the Sun Moon Empire winning the Soul Master Competition, Ming City had been filled with a lively and frenzied atmosphere.
As he walked, Xu Tianyang unconsciously arrived at a street in the southern outer city. At the end of the road was a huge Soul Fighting Arena.
Inside, countless Spirit Masters were engaged in Soul Fighting, and countless gamblers either became rich overnight or went bankrupt overnight.
On the Douluo Continent, any industry related to Spirit Masters was a highly profitable, premium industry, and Soul Fighting Arenas were the most profitable of the highly profitable.
However, the atmosphere of Soul Fighting Arenas could also lead to violent incidents. After all, losing too much could easily lead to heated emotions, and there were countless Spirit Masters who refused to accept defeat.
The official Sun Moon Empire also arranged Spirit Master teams to patrol such places, so no major disturbances had ever occurred.
"Hmmph!"
As he was strolling down the street, a low groan suddenly came from ahead, followed by the sound of someone falling to the ground.
He frowned and looked back, only to see a figure, both unfamiliar and familiar, lying on the ground, covered in injuries.
"Zhu Zhuqing?"
The woman in front of him, about eleven or twelve years old, with delicate features and a remarkably full and tall figure for her age, allowed Xu Tianyang to recognize her identity at a glance.
"Did she fight until her spirit power was depleted?!" Looking at his current location, coupled with her exhausted spirit power and numerous injuries, Xu Tianyang had already guessed the truth of the matter.
Casually picking up Zhu Zhuqing, Xu Tianyang no longer felt like wandering aimlessly. Activating his mimicry Spirit Ability, he swaggered back to the Crown Prince Residence, carrying Zhu Zhuqing.
He hadn't expected that he, the Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire, would one day "pick up a body" outside.
After returning to the Crown Prince Residence and arranging for someone to take Zhu Zhuqing to rest and recuperate, he ordered intelligence on Zhu Zhuqing's activities since arriving in Ming City.
With so many people coming and going in Ming City every day, the officials naturally didn't have the capacity to precisely gather information on every single person.
However, as soon as Xu Tianyang provided a description of her appearance, a thick stack of basic intelligence about Zhu Zhuqing's time in Ming City was delivered shortly, detailing where she ate and rested each day, and whom she had met.
"It's pretty much as I expected, but I didn't think she would actually enter the Sun Moon Royal Academy," Xu Tianyang said after quickly scanning the information. He put down the intelligence, lowered his head in thought, and tapped his fingers on the table idly.
He was considering how Zhu Zhuqing's identity could be utilized.