The night was shrouded in darkness, and the moonlight illuminated the lake. However, no one appreciated such a beautiful sight. Everyone by the Moon Lake stared nervously at Xu Mingxi who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
After swallowing the cockscomb sunflower, Xu Mingxi only felt an unknown burning sensation emerge from the deepest part of his body, gradually spreading to his limbs and bones.
It felt as if his entire body was being burned by flames. Intense pain radiated throughout his body. Xu Mingxi gritted his teeth and swallowed a painful wail that was about to explode.
The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was an extremely domineering Pure Yang Immortal Grass, and the Star Crown Martial Soul originally didn't have any attributes associated with it. Now, it was much more difficult to perform artificial mutations than to cultivate a martial soul.
The clan leader and the others watched the movements around them, but their eyes involuntarily glanced at Xu Mingxi, only to see that his skin was red from burning.
Xu Mingxi's entire body exuded a smoldering aura. With his body as the center, the surrounding plants had dried up and died. The four elders closest to him had to stay away from him.
Everyone waited from night to day, and from day to night. Under the sect leader's suspicious gaze, starlight came from all directions and gathered on Xu Mingxi.
His red complexion gradually returned to its color, and his expression changed from fierce to calm. As the heat dissipated, Xu Mingxi slowly opened his eyes.
Golden light shone, and Xu Mingxi's originally black eyes turned golden, neither sharp nor peaceful, but filled with a majestic aura.
Two pairs of golden eyes looked at each other, and Yangyanwu screamed. A brilliant golden-red light spread from between her eyebrows, turning into a golden-red halo that instantly spread out.
The blood-red flames burned through her body, burning away her life, burning away her cultivation, burning away everything she had, and turning into a golden-red shadow that entered Xu Mingxi's body.
In Xu Mingxi's sea of consciousness, Yang Yanwu's figure appeared and instantly shattered. Only the remaining soul rushed out, gathering all the energy of his soul beast body and turning into a pitch-black soul ring.
"We must obey the God's order. My remaining soul will stay in the soul ring. Let me see how far you can go."
A clear female voice suddenly sounded in Xu Mingxi's ears. The words she spoke were thought-provoking, but he was unable to think of the deepest meaning behind them.
He was originally a level 70 Soul Emperor. Most of Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower's medicinal power could not be converted into soul force growth and was basically stored in the body. Now, under Yang Yanwu's sacrifice, it was pulled out.
The two energies gathered in his body, constantly intertwining and entangling. Fortunately, they were of the same nature, so Xu Mingxi didn't explode and die, but intense pain appeared in his body, much more intense than before.
The pain almost made him faint. He wanted to bite the tip of his tongue to wake himself up, but due to inexperience, he bit into a piece of meat instead. The smell of blood filled her mouth, but fortunately she finally woke up a little.
Sweat continuously poured out of his head and evaporated due to the high temperature before hitting the ground. Xu Mingxi's body constantly cycled between damage and repair.
Starlight from all directions poured into his body, not only speeding up his recovery, but more importantly, as the starlight flowed through his meridians, the explosive energy within his body seemed to be resolved, continuously converging, and gradually returning to normal.
Under everyone's worried gaze, Xu Mingxi opened his eyes, his seventh soul ring lit up, and a huge star crown phantom appeared.
Everyone could clearly see that on Xu Mingxi's star crown, of the three gems in the center, the golden gem on the right was dyed bright red.
At this moment, this golden red gem was the brightest existence at night in everyone's eyes. Even the silver gem on the left that gathers boundless moonlight cannot hide its brilliance.
As Xu Mingxi raised his right hand, a golden-red light shone from the crown of stars. The sect leader reached out to touch it. He felt a hint of softness from the light, but more than that was a scorching heat.
"Mingxi, did you really succeed?"
"Yes, just like our plan, I was originally able to utilize the sunlight."
Xu Mingxi became very excited. He hadn't expected his plan to actually work, but he soon calmed down. What did Yang Yanwu mean by that sentence when she sacrificed herself?
Remaining soul Xu Mingxi could understand that after the death of the soul beast, a part of his soul would remain in the soul ring. If there was a chance in the future, he would definitely resurrect Yang Yanwu. But who is this God?
Looking up at the sky, in the night sky shrouded in darkness, only the bright moon and stars hung high. Xu Mingxi had some guesses about the supreme deity Yang Yanwu mentioned. On this Douluo Continent, only those who could be called supreme deities by Yang Yanwu existed.
What she didn't know was that the moment she absorbed the soul ring and began controlling the sunlight, a goddess set her sights on her and added a new mark to her body.
With Yang Yanwu's death, the Moon Lake returned to peace. The giant tree on the lake's central island gazed at Xu Mingxi with a complicated gaze, and the face on the tree trunk disappeared, returning to its usual normal appearance.
Moon Lake is the confluence of the core area and the inner area of the Star Dou Great Forest. A hundred thousand year old soul beast or even stronger soul beast could appear at any time.
Xu Mingxi and the two elders no longer recognized the path they took to obtain the fifth soul ring, so they could only choose to return along the scorch marks in the forest and the poison array left behind by Dugu Bo and begin the journey home.
There were no blind soul beasts attacking along the way. The sect leader led the team and galloped in the Star Dou Great Forest. Just when they returned to the Yangyan Bird territory, a roar sounded not far away, drawing everyone's attention.
They didn't want to cause any trouble and wanted to leave the Star Forest as soon as possible. However, the sharp and even louder shout that followed the roar made Xu Mingxi, who was walking at the end, suddenly turn around.
He would never forget this cry, the cry that came from the giant winged eagle martial spirit. The scabs that had almost pierced his entire back seemed to be a little painful at the moment, and past events surfaced in Xu Mingxi's mind.
"Master, hold on, let's go over there and take a look."
The Master looked at Xu Mingxi's eyes filled with killing intent, knowing that there must be a person or soul beast in that direction that caught his attention. There was no harm in going and taking a look. As the Star Crown Sect's young master, he shouldn't leave any loopholes in his mind.
Xu Mingxi stared in the direction the rumbling sound came from, hatred welling up in his heart, but he didn't let it peak. He carefully groped to approach the place where the sound came from, but the sight before him shocked him.