92: Chapter 92 640 Million Points of Life Essence

The moment the two cores formed, an invisible gravitational field suddenly expanded.

The Bei Ming power within Li Yuan's body and the energy generated by Laya's newborn core formed a perfect, self-consistent, and mutually beneficial dual-directional cycle of Yin and Yang!

Energy flowed out of Li Yuan's body, injected into Laya's newborn core, circulated through her entire body, and then, carrying her angelic traits and life essence, flowed back into Li Yuan's body to nourish his black hole core, repeating in an endless cycle!

One Great Cycle.

Two Great Cycles.

...

Energy surged silently between their closely intertwined bodies; every cycle made their breaths longer and their physiques undergo subtle yet continuous strengthening.

The blood-colored halo permeating the room was also drawn into this cycle, refined and absorbed by the two bei ming cores.

At the very instant this Yin-Yang Great Cycle reached a mysterious point of equilibrium—

"Buzz!"

Deep within Li Yuan's soul, at a certain core contract brand of the SSS-grade class [Lord of Light] bound to his soul, a slight but clear tremor occurred.

It was as if something that had always been attached to it was forcibly "sucked" out by the "assimilating" gravity generated by the bei ming core.

That was a speck of "light" containing an aura of supreme holiness and hope.

Following the path of the energy cycle, it was gently sent back to the space between Laya's eyebrows, merging deep into her soul.

Laya's body convulsed violently in Li Yuan's arms.

Immediately, a sense of fulfillment, like finding a lost treasure, spread from the depths of her soul.

Everything had changed.

Yet everything seemed unchanged.

Laya was still Laya, still the Angel of Hope, still able to feel the close connection with the [Lord of Light] class, obtaining energy and summoning permissions from it.

But a certain fundamental "ownership," a certain contractual shackle that defined her as a "summoned unit" of the Lord of Light, had quietly dissolved.

She had become an independent, complete individual.

A partner, a comrade-in-arms, the other half sharing power and life.

The cycle continued, energy washing over the two like a warm tide. Li Yuan could feel both his and Laya's power steadily and slowly increasing; that sense of intimacy, blending like water and milk, was deeper than any contract.

After an unknown amount of time, the speed of the cycle gradually slowed down and stabilized.

Li Yuan slowly pulled back a bit, ending this long and strange "dual cultivation." He looked down at Laya in his arms.

She still had her eyes closed, seemingly fallen into a very deep sleep, her breathing steady and long.

The flush on her face had mostly faded, replaced by a jade-like warm luster; her whole person seemed like a piece of carefully washed fine jade, exuding a quiet and stunning beauty.

That red dress had also vanished without a trace, revealing Laya's beautiful body.

Li Yuan held her tightly as they lay on the bed, maintaining the life connection, and covered them with the quilt. He himself felt a wave of intense exhaustion intertwined with a sense of fulfillment.

Just before his consciousness sank into sleep, in the corner of his vision, the system settlement panel automatically popped up, and a bright red number jumped out:

[Total life essence absorbed this time: 460,000,000 points]

Li Yuan blinked and carefully counted the zeros again.

Four hundred and sixty million?!

He gasped sharply. This was much more than he had previously expected! No wonder this transmission was so intense, no wonder the bei ming core had directly undergone a qualitative change, no wonder Laya...

He turned to look at the sleeping angel girl beside him and silently did the math in his head.

Hmm...

At this rate...

A complex smile, a bit smug but mostly pained and doting, couldn't help but curl at the corners of Li Yuan's mouth.

"It looks like..." He leaned in close to Laya's ear and whispered in a very soft breath, knowing she couldn't hear him, "For the next three days, you really might need to rest well, my angel miss."

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In a certain hidden space attached to Li Yuan's soul.

There was no concept of up, down, left, or right here, only soft white light and disordered, floating, complex equipment full of futuristic technology.

In the center of the space, a huge cylindrical cultivation pod stood quietly; its style and material were actually eighty to ninety percent similar to the one in the Holy Alliance laboratory where Olivia was kept.

The pod was filled with nutrient fluid containing holy energy. A body was suspended in the liquid.

It was a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a face of peerless beauty, holy and beyond compare. Her features were seventy to eighty percent similar to Olivia's, but her temperament was even more pure and ethereal, as if she were the embodiment of all imagination regarding "beauty" and "life."

If one looked closely, her appearance was even more like it was carved from the same mold as that Customer Service Agent No. 1518 who harassed Li Yuan all day with her sweet and energetic voice.

Customer Service Agent No. 1518 was currently floating in front of the cultivation pod, with dozens of light screens spread out before her, refreshing various data and energy curve graphs like a waterfall.

"Wow! Whoa, whoa, whoa!" The girl excitedly spun in circles in the small space, the hem of her white dress fluttering. "host sir is amazing! This wave was a total feast! Oh my god!"

It certainly was a feast; those 460 million points of essence were just the reward for Li Yuan, while she had taken over 95% of it.

She lunged in front of the main light screen, staring wide-eyed at the number representing the divine power of life, her eyes shining as if she had seen her favorite candy:

"One more wave! Just one or two more waves like this! My accumulated 'resurrection progress bar' can be pulled up to over 80%! Then I'll be able to go out and play whenever I want!"

She stomped her feet in the void with excitement: "I've really had enough of staying in this crappy resurrection space! There's not even anyone to talk to! It's boring as hell! I want to go out and play! I want to bask in the sun! I want to eat delicious food!"

While she was all hyped up, she glanced at the table nearby, where there was an exceptionally exquisite divine throne. There should have been two figurines on it: one of her and one of Laya.

However, at this moment, Laya's figurine was gone!!!!

"Eh?" The girl leaned in, her slender fingers sliding quickly across the light screen to pull up the detailed logs. "Laya's life imprint, why is it gone?"

Customer Service Miss looked at the screen monitoring Li Yuan, where Laya was sleeping soundly (that's right, Miss 1518 had watched the whole process and even offered some commentary).

Then she looked back at that figurine throne and muttered, "Did she just go straight to her sweetheart?"

"Sigh, whatever, anyway, the backup her old man left for her is all weird." she muttered in a low voice, her tone not showing much surprise but rather a sense of resignation, as if saying "as expected." "It's good to have a God King daddy. If it weren't for the dual SSS-grade Light Savior System that Lord Light God King left for Laya, I would've been finished long ago..."

"An intern goddess with no background like me is just miserable. I even have to find the materials for my resurrection myself! The stuff Big Sister Dingdang gave me was all lollipops, nothing useful at all."

She rested her chin on her hand, looking at the "self" sleeping in the cultivation pod, a hint of envy showing in her eyes, but she quickly cheered up again and clenched her small fists.

"Hmph! Once I'm resurrected and have accumulated enough merit, I can become a regular! Then I'll go down to the mortal world every day to trick the followers out of their lollipops. Let's see who dares to plot against me then!"

She shook her fist at Li Yuan's real-time status on the light screen. "Work hard, host sir! Kill more bugs! Collect more essence! My resurrection depends on you!"

After saying that, she skipped and floated to the other side, starting to hum an out-of-tune song as she began to organize the equipment logs that had become a bit messy under the impact of the massive amount of data just now.