Cao Ritian was heartbroken, his Uncle Ying had run off to Luo Yu and was ignoring him.
Feeling like he would never love again, crushed in spirit.
Zhu Qing waved his fists, "Brothers, my iron buddies, we've got to brace ourselves, or else Brother Luo will steal all the limelight, and we'll have no face to live."
Pan Ren gestured dismissively, lying flat on the ground, looking up at the sky, and waved his hand, "Let's just lie down, this guy is too fierce, I'm convinced."
Zhu Qing turned his head, about to speak to others, but his eyes trembled as he saw each one following suit and lying down on the ground one after another.
Truly lying flat.
"Don't you have any backbone! Don't you have any ambition?" Zhu Qing cursed while he also found a place with fewer rocks to lie down.
"Eh, don't say, it's pretty comfortable lying down." Zhu Qing cracked a smile, showing his white teeth, looking in the direction of Luo Yu with a sincere light in his eyes.
Five hours passed, whether it was the old strongmen or the young elites from underground, no one was impatient.
"He's awake." Luo Tiance felt the change in Luo Yu's aura.
Luo Yu opened his eyes, got up, and noticing the unfamiliar faces gathered around, he was taken aback.
"This..."
"What's this situation!"
"Grandson, it's fine, they are all here to admire you." Luo Tiance saw his grandson awaken, and a smile finally appeared on his serious face.
"Admire?"
Luo Yu's mouth twitched, wondering how strange it sounded, and he really wanted to ask his grandfather if he used the wrong word, as 'admire' is usually used with 'the deceased'.
"Heroes emerge from youth, Divine Child, that's impressive, I am Teng Yin Shan from the Da Qing Xing Province military headquarters." The silver-haired elder saluted with clasped hands, showing not a hint of pretense, giving the courtesy only found among equals.
"I've seen Teng Old Senior before." Luo Yu, being from a noble family, certainly knew his manners and immediately returned the greeting, even making himself an inch shorter.
The silver-haired elder smiled even more benevolently at this.
"I didn't expect Xia Luo to be Luo Yu, it appears I didn't recognize the Divine Child." Yang Cang also saluted with clasped hands.
Luo Yu shook his head, immediately returning the gesture, "I fear causing trouble, so I disguised myself, Elder Yang please forgive me."
"Hey, Brother Luo doesn't have to stand on ceremony with them, we're all one of us." Shi Kai carelessly hooked arms with Luo Yu.
Watching this, the faces of the other elders twitched, inwardly cursing him for being shameless in trying to network.
"Cough cough." Luo Yu also felt embarrassed and dodged away without leaving a trace.
"Luoshenzi, this time these good-for-nothing kids were able to survive thanks to you stepping in, otherwise they would probably all have perished at the hands of that fiend." Uncle Ying stepped forward and introduced himself, "I am Cao Ying, from the Cao Residence of Great Xia, and shall remember Luoshenzi's kindness."
"It's but a trifle, not worth mentioning." Luo Yu modestly said.
"Divine Child, you must not be modest. Having accomplished such a great deed, if it is still called a trifle, then we truly have no place to put our old faces." Cao Ying smiled wryly.
Luo Yu was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed, and he let out a pained grunt.
This scene had all the strongmen extremely nervous, and even the Martial University team members flying up began to worry.
"Wait and see!"
Luo Tiance sensed something and stopped others from moving.
Luo Yu's body had no spiritual power fluctuations, yet he floated upward.
"Shua shua shua!"
One after another, transparent light orbs flew out from Luo Yu's body, growing larger in mid-air. Everyone looked closely and saw that they were the soul shadows of spirited people, soon filling the entire sky, dense and numerous, all of them lively souls.
Not to mention the elite team members, even the old-timers had never seen such a magnificent scene.
Tens of thousands of wronged souls suspended in the air, devoid of any malicious aura, their eyes spirited, watching Luo Yu.
"This..."
"What's going on."
Having seen the video records, everyone naturally knew why the malicious souls came out of Luo Yu's body, but they didn't understand what the souls intended to do.
"That's the soul of Jiang Tian, the Second Grade City Lord who defended the city!" Yang Cang suddenly recognized one of the souls at the forefront among the tens of thousands.
It was the soul of a middle-aged man with a righteous face and a sense of justice.
He was the first to kneel down towards Luo Yu, and then masses of souls knelt down, their eyes filled with gratitude.
Being malicious souls, constantly struck by the evil spirit and being driven by the enemies who killed them, their pain and unwillingness were immense. Luo Yu had allowed them to be liberated, even willing to harm himself in order to pull them back from the abyss.
Tens of thousands of malicious souls kneeling in the void was a monumental sight, truly shocking everyone present to the depths of their souls.
And the team member from Demon Province Martial University also turned on the camera to record this scene.
"Please accept the kneel of gratitude on behalf of all the military and civilians in Jiang City," the voice of Jiang City's City Lord reached the soul with gratitude.
At this moment, tens of thousands of ferocious souls, as if by an unspoken agreement, prostrated themselves on the ground.
Everyone was utterly stunned, at a loss for words upon witnessing this scene.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
A tiny glimmer of light suddenly burst from within all the souls, and tens of thousands of points of light covered the sky, all falling onto Luo Yu's body.
"What is this?" Chang Yin Shan was puzzled and confused.
Shi Kai also shook his head repeatedly, having never seen such a spectacle before.
Luo Tiance looked at each glimmer of light and suddenly trembled, "The Light of True Spirit, the legendary light of souls reincarnating, the innate True Spirit that comes with life. If the True Spirit dissipates, one cannot reincarnate, and will never be freed from eternal suffering. No powerful being can steal the innate True Spirit of a life."
"These souls... they... they are all willing to sacrifice a bit of their True Spirit for Xiao Yu," Luo Tiance said in disbelief.
"What good is True Spirit?" someone asked.
Luo Tiance shook his head, "I don't know, because no one is willing to give away their True Spirit after death, not even the slightest bit, for it is more precious than life itself. One might not be able to restore that bit of True Spirit even after countless lifetimes."
"Even if someone has received a little before, there would never be this many, let alone a vast amount."
Luo Yu's ears twitched, having heard Luo Tiance's words.
Without hesitation, he immediately used a divine technique.
Spiritual Power turned into a strong wind, pushing the tens of thousands of sparkling True Spirit Lights back.
"Helping you turn the wheel of life is my duty as a descendant of the gods of Great Xia, with no regrets even in death."
"You must not sacrifice yourselves."
Fearing that the tens of thousands of souls would be obstinate, Luo Yu shouted again:
"You need not aid me, I am invincible in this world all the same."
Watching Luo Yu's actions, the elder veterans were all stunned, not expecting him to refuse. The younger team members below were witnessing what kind of character Luo Yu truly was.
But, the strong wind formed by Luo Yu's Spiritual Power was blocked by the will of all beings, the souls vibrated in unison, glowing with a soft light, and Jiang Tian's deep voice sounded again, as though it were two voices, then ten, a hundred, tens of thousands of voices rising together, firm and resolute.
"We wish to help the young master—"
"Become enlightened!"
Innumerable True Spirits, like raindrops, merged into Luo Yu's body, leaving no room for refusal.
At that moment, Luo Yu's Divine Soul Power fundamentally changed, evolving towards some ultimate, unprecedented level of soul existence.
The Light of True Spirit, a miracle of life, one of the greatest origins since the inception of heaven and earth.
Luo Yu felt a tremble in his Dantian; the seed formed from cultivating the Holy Path Invocation Technique and absorbing the origin of the gods was showing signs of germination.
The tens of thousands of souls revealed peaceful smiles and, with one final bow to Luo Yu, dissipated like smoke.
Outside the Secret Realm, above Mount Huju.
Great Xia's land suddenly burst forth with countless strands of Pure Qi, whose aura was mysterious, flying toward the direction of the Secret Realm.
Thunder rumbled in the sky as streams of golden light flew out from the clouds, also heading towards the Secret Realm.
This startled the guarding Second Grade Martial Artists like Qian Han, leaving them unsure what to do.
"What is this aura?"
"It's heading for the Secret Realm."
All eyes were on Luo Yu, who was radiating a bright glow. Inside his Dantian, the seed was about to sprout, yet it was just short of something.
"Boom!"
Everyone was startled by the noise coming from the entrance of the Secret Realm.
The threads of Pure Qi and the golden light intertwined, forming a giant dragon, roaring as it approached and then plunging headfirst into Luo Yu's Dantian.
In an instant.
"The Pure Qi of Great Xia's Destiny, the Merit Golden Light of the Heavenly Dao."
At that moment, Luo Yu's fate was blessed; the light seed in his Dantian, under the nurture of the three most mysterious forces in the world, began to germinate roots and sprout...