In the most remote lower level of the Spirit Hall's library, the air was filled with the smell of old paper and dust.
Ling Ye rubbed his slightly sore eyes and put the last volume of the Beast Martial Soul Classification Notes back on the bookshelf.
Eighteen years have passed.
Since he inexplicably came to this world and became a lowly servant at the bottom of the Spirit Hall, he has grown accustomed to this monotonous routine day after day.
The day his martial soul awakened, the almost invisible firefly that emerged from his palm, along with his pitiful innate soul power of level 0.5, sealed his fate for life.
Fireflies? Ha! In the Douluo Continent, where tigers and dragons roam freely, and there are also the Clear Sky Hammer and the Seven Treasure Pagoda, what's the difference between these things and not having a martial soul?
His soul power was even more difficult to advance. After more than ten years of cultivation, he was still stuck at the threshold of becoming a soul master, and became a complete waste in the eyes of everyone.
The old man in charge of the library was already snoring loudly.
"Sigh! When will I ever get to show my might!"
Ling Ye blew out the oil lamp and was about to curl up on the straw mat in the corner to spend the night when suddenly, his heart skipped a beat for no reason.
"What's going on?!"
He quickly sat up and turned to look at a dark area, which was the very back of the bookshelf and the location he sensed.
That area is a forbidden book zone, said to contain some strange and dangerous ancient scrolls and items, and no one ever sets foot there on ordinary days.
"Such a strong feeling! Could it be that some rare treasure has appeared? Perhaps this is my chance to change my destiny!"
Ling Ye glanced at the old man in charge and found that he was fast asleep.
He immediately held his breath, but ultimately decided to go and take a look.
Perhaps, it can change his fate.
He walked past bookshelves covered in thick dust, around a dilapidated stone wall, and the sight before him changed his expression.
A secret room! There's a hidden secret room here!
"Looks like my luck is finally about to change!"
A chilling purplish-black light shone through the crack in the door.
He peered through the crack, and his eyes immediately lit up with interest.
Inside the secret room, a figure of unparalleled nobility sat cross-legged.
His purplish-black papal robes were slightly disheveled, his flowing black hair cascaded down his back, and his profile was breathtakingly perfect.
At this moment, however, she was extremely pale, with fine beads of sweat covering her cheeks, and her delicate eyebrows were tightly furrowed, as if she were enduring great pain.
Pope Bibidon!
How did she end up here?
Ling Ye's gaze suddenly fixed on something floating in front of her.
It was a fragment of bone, entirely black yet shimmering with an ominous blood-red light!
It exuded an unimaginable evil aura, with strands of purplish-black energy like venomous snakes frantically trying to burrow into Bibi Dong's body, while Bibi Dong's surging and terrifying soul power formed a barrier to resist fiercely.
That bone is backfiring!
Ling Ye instantly understood.
This venerable Pope is secretly attempting to fuse with an ancient soul bone far beyond her capacity!
I'd better leave quickly! Otherwise, I'll be in big trouble if I'm discovered.
Ling Ye quickly made a decision and prepared to leave the secret room.
"Ugh!"
An uncontrollable groan of pain escaped Bibi Dong's throat.
The next moment, with a muffled boom, the blood-red light on the soul bone suddenly surged, completely overwhelming her soul power defense, and the violent energy slammed into her body!
"Pfft!" Bibi Dong spat out a mouthful of blood and her body went limp as she fell backward. Her eyes were unfocused, and her soul power was like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, completely out of control and raging wildly.
The sealed room was instantly filled with destructive energy.
Ling Ye didn't even have time to react before he was struck by the terrifying aftershocks of the escaping energy!
"Crack..." The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.
He flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily against the wall, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.
Holy crap! Am I going to die? In his hazy state of consciousness, Ling Ye felt an extreme sense of resentment.
He suffered pent-up resentment for eighteen years, and then died so inexplicably? Died in some unknown corner? He didn't even touch a woman's hand before he died!
Just as his consciousness was about to be completely extinguished, his pitifully weak firefly martial spirit possessed him on its own, a tiny bit of shimmering white light barely enveloping his shattered body.
Strange things happened.
His otherworldly soul resonated with and underwent a strange transformation in response to the faint glow.
Ling Ye found that his body was floating up and heading directly towards the raging, violent soul power.
"Damn it! Does this damned martial spirit think I'm not dead fast enough?"
But he soon realized that he had ignored the soul power and landed next to Bibi Dong, whose body was severely injured.
"I'm actually alright?" Ling Ye was a little surprised and looked at Bibi Dong.
Upon contact with her, she discovered that the violent, purplish-black energy seemed to subside miraculously, and seeing that stunningly beautiful face up close was truly breathtaking.
Deep within Bibi Dong's body, the backlash from the Rakshasa God's power amplified her primal desires to an extreme degree.
"Um..."
Bibi Dong, her consciousness fading, let out an unconscious, seductive moan.
An unnatural flush appeared on her beautiful face, and her purple eyes, which had been filled with pain and confusion, were now watery, dreamy, and longing.
"quick!"
"I'm so thirsty!"
She seemed to sense an energy that could free her from boundless pain and restlessness.
"What?"
"Do you need some water? I'll go get you some."
Ling Ye was engrossed in watching when he heard Bibi Dong's voice and immediately realized what was happening.
Driven by her most primal instincts and with her mind in disarray, Bibi Dong couldn't wait any longer. She struggled to reach out and grabbed Ling Ye, who was right in front of her, pulling him into her burning embrace!
"Wait a moment..."
The astonishing sensation almost suffocated him, but what shocked him even more was the even more intense and pulsating change coming from his martial spirit and soul deep within his body.
Disheveled clothes, rapid breathing, the interplay of light and shadow reveals the collision and fusion of ultimate power and primal impulses.
Nobility and humility, strength and weakness, are fused together in an absurd and forceful way at this moment.
After an unknown amount of time, everything finally calmed down.
The mutated firefly martial soul within Ling Ye's body seemed to have absorbed some incredible nourishment, suddenly bursting forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling light!
The light instantly illuminated the entire secret chamber, with mysterious golden and chaotic patterns flowing within the pure white.
The faint firefly's form transformed into a cocoon of light.
It was as if some terrifying being was about to emerge from its cocoon!
A powerful pressure, seemingly emanating from the primordial era, flashed by and disappeared.
Ling Ye could no longer hold on. The combined impact on his mind and body caused his vision to go black, and he completely lost consciousness.
In the instant before his consciousness completely plunged into darkness, the last thing he saw was Bibi Dong's purple eyes, which had regained a sliver of clarity.
Her eyes were filled with overwhelming anger, icy killing intent, a trace of bewilderment, and... a tremor of emotion and a primal longing that even she herself could not understand.
It's extremely complex.
Will this woman try to do it again?!
(End of chapter)