"??? It turned into a big spicy strip?"
Staring at Xiao Guang in midair, whose form had changed drastically from a big winged lizard to a spicy-strip-shaped Xiao Guang, Chu Chengzhou widened his eyes.
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, and if the link with his spirit summon were not still there, he would never have believed that after advancing to a million years, Xiao Guang could change from a Western dragon into an Eastern dragon.
Maybe his earlier guess was wrong. Perhaps the source of the Holy Light Dragon's bloodline was not a dragon bloodline bearing both light and time attributes, but rather that his spirit summon was special.
Otherwise, if the bloodline source were a Western dragon, the Holy Light Dragon could not have turned into an Eastern dragon. It must be that his special True Spirit Banner martial soul is special, causing the spirit summon that exists as a soul skill product to be special as well.
"Roar."
After a circuit through the sky, the Xiao Guang that had turned into an Eastern dragon appeared at Chu Chengzhou's side. Platinum light flashed around it. Its size rapidly shrank, from a hundred-meter divine dragon into a two-meter-long spicy strip.
"Roar."
The adorable Xiao Guang nudged Chu Chengzhou with its tiny dragon head.
"Good, good."
Chu Chengzhou tapped the little horn on Xiao Guang's head and nodded in satisfaction.
Western dragons do not look bad, but they cannot match the Eastern dragon's handsomeness and elegance.
"You have the time attribute. Let's call you the Time Dragon."
After giving Xiao Guang a careful once-over, Chu Chengzhou gave it a new name.
He then activated the spirit-heart trait of the True Spirit Banner martial soul, synchronized minds with Xiao Guang, and checked what had changed for Xiao Guang after advancing to a million years, aside from outward appearance.
There was no doubt. Xiao Guang was now a million-year soul beast bearing the law of time. Converted to human soul master terms, that was a level-100 soul master walking the path of the time law.
But still only a million-year soul beast, not a true Beast God.
For a soul beast to become a god is the same as for a human soul master. Two conditions are required. One is to advance to a million years. The other is to possess a god position.
Likewise, the law of time that Xiao Guang grasped was similar to Chu Chengzhou's current state. It was only a partial grasp, far from complete, not even reaching the level where one could create a god position.
Even so, Xiao Guang's strength could rank second among the soul beasts of Douluo Star that Chu Chengzhou knew.
If you do not count the Silver Dragon King, the top boss, Xiao Guang could take the top spot.
Di Tian, the Gold-eyed Black Dragon King, was strong, but his years were a hard limit. The Tianmeng Iceworm had a million years, but its strength did not match its age. As for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, it was similar to Xiao Guang, stuck at the lack of a god position.
If they really fought, Xiao Guang would surpass the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Because Xiao Guang had a spirit-summon body and did not fear death, and it possessed yin-yang complementary three soul cores. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King had at most yin-yang complementary two soul cores.
Unlike human soul masters, soul beasts have only two acupoints that can host soul cores.
Although a spirit-summon body is the same as a soul beast, thanks to the spirit summon's fearlessness of death, after hundreds and thousands of experiments, Chu Chengzhou had already opened an acupoint for a third soul core in each of his spirit summons.
Later, after the True Spirit Banner martial soul underwent metamorphosis and evolution, Chu Chengzhou used the Transform Spirit trait to fuse as one, with the spirit summon as the main body and himself as auxiliary, and "helped" the nine spirit summons condense yin-yang complementary three soul cores.
With the same years, a difference of one soul core is enough to confer overwhelming advantage.
"Time Reversal?"
Suddenly, Chu Chengzhou froze.
Before the bloodline metamorphosis, when Xiao Guang's race was still the Holy Light Dragon, its three innate soul skills were the amplifying Holy Dragon Force, the defensive Holy Light Shelter, and the comprehensive Light Control, plus the innate domain Light Domain.
Now that Xiao Guang had advanced to a million years and its race had transformed into the Time Dragon, the three innate soul skills and the domain had upgraded and transformed into Time Dragon Force, Time Shelter, Time Control, and Time Domain. While the effects of the skills and domain greatly improved, a new skill also appeared.
Xiao Guang's existing innate soul skills and domain getting a massive upgrade was within Chu Chengzhou's expectations. The race changed, so the attributes of the innate soul skills and domain naturally changed.
What surprised Chu Chengzhou most was the new innate soul skill that appeared after Xiao Guang advanced to a million years: Time Reversal.
No, perhaps this could no longer be called an innate soul skill, but a divine ability.
This was not Chu Chengzhou's own assumption. Xiao Guang had told him that the essence of reversing time as a divine ability was much higher than those three innate soul skills and the innate domain.
"Can it really reverse time?"
Chu Chengzhou asked Xiao Guang with some uncertainty.
"Ang ang."
"You don't know either?"
Chu Chengzhou raised an eyebrow. After a moment's thought, soul power gathered at the tip of his right finger and he drew a cut across his left forearm.
"Come. Cast it on me once."
Chu Chengzhou gave Xiao Guang an order.
Time Reversal sounds lofty. The question was whether it reversed the entire timeline, or it returned the state of oneself or a target to an earlier point in time.
It should not be the former. This was only a million-year soul beast, not even a Beast God. That would be absurd.
Reversing the world's entire timeline is impossible even for a god king who fully mastered the law of time.
If it only returns oneself or a target to a previous state, then how far back can it return. What is the price. Can it affect a target that has already died.
"Roar."
Xiao Guang rose into the air. The spicy strip turned back into a hundred-meter divine dragon. Platinum radiance bloomed around it. A rippling, transparent stream of light surged out and shone onto Chu Chengzhou.
At once, Chu Chengzhou felt the power of the law of time envelop him.
Next, he saw the wound on his left forearm suddenly vanish, as if he had never been injured.
"Ang ang."
Seeing its master's injury heal, Xiao Guang called out in excitement.
"Don't rush. Try a few more times."
Calming the excited Xiao Guang, Chu Chengzhou spoke.
After testing Time Reversal a few times on himself and Xiao Guang, Chu Chengzhou raised his hand. A small fish from the sea below burst out of the water and hovered before him.
Soul power gathered at his fingertip. With a light stroke, the unlucky fish suffered. Not only did it die, it was cut into three pieces: head, body, tail.
The little fish: please act like a human.
"Come. Aim at this dead fish head."
Chu Chengzhou pointed to the fish head with its dead fish eyes.
Truly, dead without closing its eyes.
"Ang."
The stream of light containing the power of the law of time enveloped the fish head hovering before Chu Chengzhou.
In an instant, the fish head with its dead eyes became a whole fish.
In the blink of an eye, the body was remade.