123: Chapter 123 Yuan Zhan Absorbs the Remnant Soul of a True God

Seeing this, the seven dependent commanders collapsed on the ground hurriedly forced themselves up through their exhaustion, neatly bowing and kneeling in a respectful posture that fully displayed their submission.

Only Yuan Zhan was completely different; he showed no signs of exhaustion at all. The moment he caught sight of Lin Ye, brilliant light instantly lit up the depths of his eyes, casting all fatigue to the back of his mind. He sprang up abruptly from the ground, bouncing and bounding affectionately to Lin Ye's side.

He circled around Lin Ye continuously, chirping crisply. His gilded vertical pupils were filled with excitement and jubilation after the intense battle, as if the fierce and bloody clash of fighting seven opponents alone just moments ago was nothing more than a hearty and invigorating game of sparring to him.

Lin Ye raised his hand to gently rub Yuan Zhan's head full of rigid black-scaled hair, a trace of gentle amusement carrying in the depths of his eyes as he spoke words of encouragement.

After just a few short days of honing, he was already able to steadily suppress a single Great Commander and forcefully shake off the encirclement of the Seven Commanders without losing. This rate of growth and combat talent had far exceeded his expectations.

"You fought well."

Lin Ye's voice was steady and gentle, then his expression retracted slightly as he earnestly exhorted, "Remember, sparring within the team is just for honing yourselves. In the future when you fight the other commanders, you are not allowed to use lethal force. Everyone here originates from the Divine Kingdom and are companions following me into battle; bloodshed is only meant to refine combat power, not to decide life and death. Understand?"

Yuan Zhan nodded with a look of partial comprehension, rubbed against Lin Ye's palm, and slowly reined in his scarlet fighting intent. He completely stripped away his fierce aura, becoming exceptionally docile and well-behaved.

Having settled Yuan Zhan, Lin Ye no longer divided his focus, once again urging his Source-Tracing and Foundation-Consolidating Talent to the limit to carefully investigate Yuan Zhan's current bloodline evolution level, precisely deducing all resource ratios and evolution nodes required for subsequent atavism.

His thirty percent bloodline atavism foundation was solid and stable. Having been squeezed and tempered by the high-pressure melee just now, his bloodline activity far exceeded the past, drawing even closer to the fifty percent stability threshold by a fraction.

Afterwards, he took out all the massive amounts of resources purchased from the trading center this time at the cost of nearly one hundred billion, clearly dividing them into the first, second, and third resource tiers according to four major categories: fast-acting nourishment, bloodline purification, physical tempering, and long-term stabilization.

The first batch consisted of high-grade bloodline essences, condensed spiritual fruits, and pure malignant energy crystals that were extremely easy to absorb and produced rapid results. They could instantly replenish Yuan Zhan's consumption and continuously boost his bloodline evolution.

The second and third batches were top-tier divine materials with lingering medicinal properties and heavy foundations, suitable for subsequent steady nourishment and solidifying the foundation.

He handed all the resources, sorted in batches, entirely over to Yuan Zhan, briefly explaining the absorption sequence.

Such batch planning was precisely to prevent evolutionary faults.

It was impossible for him to guard the Divine Kingdom and cultivate him personally at all times. With the echeloned resource reserves, Yuan Zhan could autonomously absorb and refine them step-by-step; even when he was in the outside world, the bloodline evolution within the Divine Kingdom could steadily continue without stagnating or regressing.

Having resolved Yuan Zhan's cultivation matters, Lin Ye raised his hand once again to take out the massive amount of soul fire he had previously scoured from the black market, as well as the soul fire Zhou Mingzhi had specially sent over.

Clusters of faintly beating soul fire origins, carrying pure divine soul nourishing power, hovered above his palm.

Lin Ye flicked his fingertips slightly, and the soul fire filling the sky instantly scattered in all directions, falling evenly across the entire Divine Kingdom's earth and floating among every mountain and river.

Whether it was the seven commander-level dependent races or the ordinary fierce beast groups within the Divine Kingdom, all could autonomously absorb the wandering soul fire aura, slowly nourishing their divine souls, stabilizing their origins, polishing their soul foundations, and subtly raising the divine soul resistance and heritage upper limit of all dependents.

For a time, the spiritual qi of the entire Divine Kingdom grew increasingly mellow, and the divine soul origins flowed everywhere. All dependents unconsciously closed their eyes to absorb them, their surrounding auras climbing steadily.

With everything properly arranged, the cultivation, training, and integration systems within the Divine Kingdom completely stepped onto the right track.

Lin Ye took one last glance at Yuan Zhan, who was obediently sitting cross-legged on the ground and beginning to orderly absorb the first batch of resources, and then swept his gaze over the dependent commanders who were wholeheartedly cultivating and tacitly resting. He originally intended to directly sever the Divine Kingdom link and exit the Divine Kingdom.

But at the very split second his mind stirred, he suddenly halted his actions as a thought flashed through his mind.

The soul fire filling the sky that he had scattered just now was merely wandering divine soul aura dispersed between the heaven and earth of the Divine Kingdom, yet it could allow all ordinary dependents to slowly nourish their divine souls and steadily enhance their heritage.

Then the True God remnant souls he had accumulated in his hands would have an effect a hundred or a thousand times richer than scattered soul fire!

Ordinary dependents had shallow foundations and ordinary bloodlines; absorbing wandering soul fire for a small amount of divine soul was already their limit. Too much pure divine soul would instead be difficult to digest, and might even cause divine soul overload and source damage.

But Yuan Zhan was completely different.

He carried the top-tier bloodline of the ancient Long-armed Ape. His physical body was tyrannical, and his divine soul accommodation capacity far exceeded beings of the same rank. His physique and divine soul resilience were endowed by nature, making him innately suited for extreme tempering and high-grade nourishment.

Ordinary soul fire was merely a meager assistance to him at best, but truly condensed origin divine souls could definitely provide heaven-defying blessings for his bloodline atavism and divine soul metamorphosis, with effects far surpassing ordinary resources!

"It turns out I was negligent."

A flash of brilliance crossed the depths of Lin Ye's eyes, smoothly dismissing the thought of exiting immediately.

If he gave the True God remnant souls to Yuan Zhan to absorb, just to what extent could Yuan Zhan improve?!

With his thoughts decided, Lin Ye hesitated no longer. The volume of True God remnant souls he took out this time was fully four to five times greater than the total sum previously fed to the Seven Commanders. Their origin was condensed, their Dao rhythm was mellow, and there was not a shred of violent impurity. They were true top-tier divine soul supreme treasures.

He did not rush to feed them, quietly waiting for a moment until Yuan Zhan slowly awoke from the meditative state of resource refinement.

The instant he opened his eyes, the sharpness in Yuan Zhan's scarlet pupils was restrained inward, and his essence, energy, and spirit were extremely full. His surrounding bloodline was still faintly restless, craving even stronger origin nourishment.

Lin Ye's fingertips moved slightly, and a large lump of grayish-white, transparent True God remnant soul hovered in his palm. The soft yet heavy True God Dao rhythm instantly permeated outward, steadily passing into Yuan Zhan's body.

The anticipated divine soul tearing and origin rejection completely failed to appear.

Unlike the arduous endurance of other dependents absorbing remnant souls, the split second the True God remnant souls entered his body, Yuan Zhan slightly stretched his body, narrowed his brows and eyes, and revealed an expression of extreme relaxation and incomparable enjoyment on his face.

The top-tier divine soul physique of the ancient battle ape was innately compatible with the True God-grade origin. Not only was it perfectly compatible, but it was also like long-drenched fields meeting sweet rain, frantically devouring this supreme nourishment.

Lin Ye observed intently for a moment and frowned slightly, faintly feeling that for Yuan Zhan, whose heritage was terrifying, this remnant soul volume of four to five times was still lacking a little bit, not enough to completely feed his bloodline and divine soul.

Without the slightest heartache, Lin Ye made another move, taking out another portion of his treasured True God remnant souls and passing them all into Yuan Zhan's body to make up the nourishing volume, allowing him to thoroughly and heartily refine them.

The massive amount of pure True God origin surged like a rushing river and sea, scouring every inch of Yuan Zhan's bloodline, every wisp of his divine soul, and every part of his origin foundation.

Time slowly passed until all the True God remnant souls were completely absorbed and refined.

Until the halo dissipated, the aura around Yuan Zhan completely settled, and the entire battle ape gave people a completely new feel.

He became increasingly steady and introverted; the previously slightly restless killing and tyrannical aura all settled down, transforming into an unfathomably deep and heavy sense of oppression.

Yet upon careful perception, one could detect the extreme brutality and bloodthirsty fighting intent hidden deep within his bone marrow. Every movement, whether static or dynamic, concealed supreme ferocious might.

Most crucially, this brutality and steadiness blended together perfectly, entirely within an absolute controllable range without the slightest risk of losing control.

Understanding stirred within Lin Ye's heart, giving birth to a clear realization.

The skyrocketing combat power, temperament metamorphosis, and bloodline advancement displayed by Yuan Zhan at this moment were all merely external manifestations.