Faced with the silver dragon's complaints, Zhu Ziyang could only smile helplessly.
"It's fine. It's not too late for you to sign the contract with me now. Besides, your soul ring and soul bone are the most compatible with me. Who knows? Maybe you won't even need to go through the soul spirit egg stage to become a full soul spirit!"
"That's true!" The silver dragon immediately lit up with excitement at his words.
"Then hurry up! I can't wait any longer! I'm dying to know what it feels like to be a soul spirit!"
"As you wish." Zhu Ziyang chuckled softly.
With the experience from his first two soul spirit contracts, Zhu Ziyang quickly completed the bonding process with the silver dragon. Watching the Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon begin to transform, a smile naturally formed on his face.
At dawn, inside Zhu Ziyang's room, he opened his eyes with a joyful expression. A thought stirred within him, and a hundred-thousand-year soul ring rose from behind. Immediately after, a silver-white dragon flew out from within the ring. Though the dragon was about the size of a housecat, the majestic pressure it released was no illusion.
The miniature silver dragon flapped her wings and perched on Zhu Ziyang's shoulder. Her eyes sparkled with curiosity as she examined her new form.
"So this is what being a soul spirit feels like? How incredible!"
"Yeah," Zhu Ziyang nodded with a smile. Everything had gone as expected. Because the Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon's compatibility with him was the highest, and her soul ring and soul bone had been with him the longest, she completed the transformation from soul body to soul spirit in just a few hours after the contract was signed.
This was also Zhu Ziyang's first time seeing a true soul spirit. His eyes were filled with curiosity as he studied the silver dragon on his shoulder. What he observed began to match what he had learned and imagined.
A soul spirit — a spiritual entity that exists between a soul and a body. It possesses wisdom and grows stronger alongside its soul master.
"How are you feeling? How's your strength?" Zhu Ziyang asked with a grin.
"Hmm…" The Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon lowered her head, examining her claws and wings.
"It's certainly weaker than I was in life. But I think I can crush any soul beast under fifty thousand years! Besides, I'm a silver dragon now!"
"Haha, that's great!" Zhu Ziyang laughed.
He wasn't surprised by her answer. Soul spirits possessed roughly eighty percent of their original power. Zhu Ziyang was confident in defeating any soul beast under a hundred thousand years, so it was only natural that his soul spirit could dominate beasts under fifty thousand years.
"I want to explore this new body of mine a bit more. Is it alright if I fly around for a while?" The Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon flapped her wings and hovered in front of him.
"Of course, but only inside this room," Zhu Ziyang replied with a smile. "The existence of soul spirits isn't public knowledge yet, so when we go out, you'll have to stay hidden."
"Alright…" The silver dragon sounded a bit disappointed, but she quickly perked up and began flying around the room excitedly. It was clear she was thoroughly pleased with her new form.
After all, she had failed to evolve into a true dragon while alive — and now, that wish had come true. How could she not celebrate?
Zhu Ziyang let her play and focused inwardly on the changes to his soul skills caused by her evolution.
Since the former Silver Dragon Wolf had evolved into the Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon, two of his Heavenly Frost Holy Dragon's soul skills had also undergone significant transformations.
First, Frost Dragon Claw had evolved into Frost Dragon King Claw. Although both were claw-based attacks, the new version was far more powerful. Frost Dragon King Claw came with a domain of absolute ice that reduced the enemy's movement speed and ice resistance. When unleashed, ten space-rending dragon claws would fall from the sky, tearing the target apart.
Second, Heavenly Frost Cold Energy had evolved into Frost Dragon Cold Domain, which still froze time and space — but now in the form of a true domain-type soul skill. And unlike before, its duration was no longer dependent on the opponent's strength. Instead, it imposed a fixed freeze duration of three seconds on all living beings within the domain — regardless of their cultivation.
This was an absolute control-type skill.
With this, Zhu Ziyang now possessed three domain-type soul skills: Frost Dragon Cold Domain, Frost Freeze Domain, and Snow Dance Radiant Sun. At this point, even his second martial soul could take on a control-type support role.
Well… just kidding. Still, Zhu Ziyang was in a great mood.
Thanks to the birth of the Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon as his soul spirit, his soul power had also broken through — now at Rank 64.
Even though he knew Wang Yan wouldn't let him fight until Elder Lin arrived, Zhu Ziyang was still very happy. After all, competitions were temporary, but cultivation lasted a lifetime.
He glanced outside — the sun had risen.
Turning to the dragon flying around in the air, he called out, "Hey, Silver Dragon Sis, time to come back. It's already morning."
"I knooow!" The silver dragon replied, reluctantly flying back to his side. She raised her head and looked at him.
"Listen up — this big sister has a name. I'm called Er Shuang. Got that?"
"You have a name?" Zhu Ziyang blinked in surprise.
"You actually have a name?!"
He'd never imagined a soul beast could have a name like a human. It was shocking enough that even the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, with cultivations of 700,000 and 400,000 years, didn't have names — they were always addressed by their species. And yet the Heavenly Frost Silver Dragon had a name? It was completely unexpected!
"What's so surprising about that?" Er Shuang swished her little tail proudly.
"It is surprising!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. "Even the Snow Empress and Ice Empress don't have names, yet you do. That's impressive."
"Tch! How could they compare to us noble Dragon Wolves?" Er Shuang huffed, full of pride.
"Er Shuang?" Zhu Ziyang ignored her bragging, repeating the name with interest.
"Why are you called that? Don't tell me you just made it up on the spot."
"This big sister isn't that boring!" Er Shuang flew back onto his shoulder, puffing herself up.
"My name has been mine since the moment I was born! It's not some nickname for your convenience!"
"Really?" Zhu Ziyang didn't doubt her, but his curiosity only deepened.
"Then why is your surname 'Er'? That's extremely rare among humans."
"Because I'm a Dragon Wolf!" Er Shuang replied matter-of-factly.
"Don't tell me you don't know? Our Dragon Wolf ancestors were descended from the legendary beast of slaughter — Yazi! Among the Dragon God's children, Yazi ranked second in both age and power. That's why all Dragon Wolves take 'Er' — meaning 'Second' — as our surname!"
"I see… you really taught me something new." Zhu Ziyang was stunned. He hadn't known the Dragon Wolves revered Yazi so deeply.
"Then why didn't you evolve toward Yazi's bloodline?" he asked. "Isn't Yazi considered a true dragon too? And isn't its bloodline even stronger than that of silver dragons?"
"You think I didn't want to?!" Er Shuang rolled her eyes.
"But Yazi's attributes are gold and slaughter. I'm not a metal-element Dragon Wolf, and I can't control the laws of slaughter. So how could I possibly evolve into Yazi?"
"Ah… that makes sense," Zhu Ziyang said thoughtfully. "So I guess the silver dragon path was your only option."
"Exactly. I had no choice," Er Shuang said, raising her tiny claws in mock resignation.
"That reminds me — that Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest, with its fire and light attributes, probably has a real shot at evolving into a true Suanni, huh?" Zhu Ziyang recalled the other divine beast he had encountered.
"Ugh! That's why I'm so jealous of her!" Er Shuang sighed.
"If she really does evolve into a Suanni, her path forward will be smooth and clear. She won't even have to worry about the hundred-thousand-year tribulations. Ugh, so frustrating!"
Zhu Ziyang couldn't help laughing at Er Shuang's grumbling. He jumped off the bed and patted her little head.
"Alright, back into the soul ring or my spiritual sea. I'm heading out."
"Okay!" Er Shuang flapped her wings and dove back into Zhu Ziyang's soul ring, disappearing into his spiritual sea.
Once she was gone, Zhu Ziyang washed up, got dressed, and left the room to head down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.
(End of Chapter)
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