89: Chapter 89 Divine Gift

A long, long time passed.

Su Wu slowly opened his eyes.

"What a wondrous feeling... This soul fruit is truly a Heaven-Defying divine object!"

Su Wu slowly clenched his fists, feeling the turbulent ocean of the Soul within his Sea of Consciousness, and a curve of extreme confidence tugged at the corners of his mouth.

He now had the absolute confidence to affirm that, at this moment, even without using a shred of Origin Qi or Physical Body strength, simply by transforming this Star Emperor Level Divine Thought into a spiritual spike, he could instantly crush the Soul of any Star King Martial Artist! Even a powerhouse at the half-step Star Emperor Level would definitely not fare well under his Divine Thought impact.

If he were to reveal all his trump cards and go all out... he was now truly comparable to a powerhouse at the Early Stage of the Star Emperor Realm!

In order to completely stabilize this newly broken-through Star Emperor Level Divine Thought.

Over the next day or so, Su Wu did not rush to leave the cave to explore the Secret Realm. Instead, he sat cross-legged in place, patiently waiting for his Soul power to completely settle, like a stone statue.

After the Divine Thought reaches the Star Emperor Level, a Martial Artist unlocks a brand-new ability—Soul Emergence.

Of course, this also meant that he could immerse his consciousness completely at any time, entering his own Soul Sea in a real Soul form.

One day later.

Su Wu's mind stirred.

Inside Su Wu's Soul Sea.

Beneath the gray sky lay a boundless ocean, shimmering with silver radiance.

For the first time, Su Wu descended here in a translucent, glowing "Soul form."

He was like a curious child just born into this world, surveying this vast, boundless Soul territory that belonged entirely to him.

Beneath his feet, the clear "Soul water" rippled gently, emitting a melodious sound of tides, as if whispering the endless mysteries of life and Soul to him, its master.

Su Wu attempted to control his Soul form.

He discovered that, here, he was the absolute Dominator. He did not need to use any movement techniques; with just a single thought, he could freely traverse and teleport through the sky above the Soul Sea.

However, just as Su Wu's Soul form was swimming wantonly through the Soul Sea, patrolling his territory.

"What... is this?"

Su Wu's Soul form suddenly froze in the very center of the Soul Sea.

He was astonished to discover that in the void above the deepest part of his Soul Sea, there was actually an extremely special, peculiar place.

There, there were no waves of seawater, only absolute tranquility.

And in the center of this tranquility, a primitive, weathered, and mysterious stone stele, radiating an aura that did not belong to him, was floating silently!

Just as Su Wu was full of doubts and wanted to approach the stele to find out what it was.

Suddenly!

A gentle voice, familiar to Su Wu to the core of his bones, yet somewhat foreign after nearly twenty long years, rang out in his mind without warning!

"Ah Wu..."

"When you hear these words of mine, I am very glad... that you did not give up on yourself, that you are still alive, and... that you have made it here, reaching the Realm capable of opening it."

Boom!

Hearing this form of address, hearing this voice that haunted his dreams.

Su Wu's rock-solid Soul form actually trembled violently and uncontrollably!

As these gentle words fell.

The stone stele floating above the Soul Sea suddenly emitted a soft golden light.

The light intertwined and converged, and finally, a stunningly beautiful figure with a graceful posture, wearing a simple and elegant long dress, slowly emerged and solidified in Su Wu's Soul Sea.

Her brows were like distant mountains, her eyes like stars; that face, stunning enough to topple cities yet carrying an inseparable sorrow, was none other than.

Su Wu's wedded wife—Lin Waner!

"Waner?!"

Su Wu's Soul form rushed over instantly, extending his hands to pull that figure he had missed day and night tightly into his embrace.

However, his hands passed directly through that figure.

That figure had no physical substance.

Her eyes, filled with love and sorrow, were just quietly gazing at the void in front of her, seemingly unable to see Su Wu at all.

She continued to speak in that soft, yet slightly trembling voice:

"Ah Wu, do not be afraid. This figure is just a remnant image left behind by a unique innate Divine Ability of my race—'Divine Gift.'"

"Back then, I secretly placed a Seal on it in the deepest part of your Soul. Only when your Soul power breaks through to the Star Emperor Realm will this Seal be triggered."

Lin Waner's remnant image lowered her head slightly, as if recalling that despairing moment of separation, her tone filled with deep longing and expectation: "I left it behind, hoping... hoping that one day, we will have a chance to meet again. Hoping it can take my place and accompany you for a while longer."

"But..."

Speaking up to this point, Lin Waner's voice suddenly choked with sobs.

That remnant image of the high and mighty God Race woman now looked like a helpless Mortal wife.

"But... Ah Wu, I am truly so afraid."

"I am afraid... that you will never be able to break this Seal, afraid that you will never have the chance to see this Divine Gift I left behind."

"I am even more afraid... that under this cruel starry sky, we... will never have the chance to truly meet again..."

As she spoke, two lines of crystalline tears actually slid down that illusory figure.

These tears were not water, but the purest obsession of the Soul.

As the tears fell, Lin Waner's Divine Gift remnant image seemed to have exhausted all her energy.

Her body began to become increasingly transparent, gradually dissipating from her feet, turning into golden starlight spots, dancing all over the sky like fireflies.

These golden light spots seemed to have their own consciousness; after circling in the Soul Sea, they flocked towards Su Wu's Soul form like swallows returning to the woods.

"Waner..."

Su Wu stood blankly on the surface of the Soul Sea.

He did not reach out to stop them again, simply letting those golden light spots, carrying his wife's warmth and concern, merge into his Soul form bit by bit.

Two lines of hot tears slid from the corners of Su Wu's tightly closed eyes in reality.

In the depths of his heart, facing the dissipating light spots, he made the heaviest vow in this Universe:

"Waner, don't be afraid. Rest assured."

"Wait for me, we... will definitely meet again!"

As the golden light spots filling the sky completely merged into Su Wu's Soul form.