Chapter 946: Soul Resonance

In the inner hall of the Yue family, two middle-aged men sat facing each other.

Yue Jianqiu's expression was somewhat unpleasant, his brows furrowed in worry.

"Brother Zhou, what do you make of this Divine Martial Hall?" Yue Jianqiu asked.

"Hard to say! From what we've seen so far, this Divine Martial Hall seems far from weak. Perhaps it's not something you or I can afford to provoke. Hmph, Brother Yue, if you'd known this day would come, why did you act as you did? If you'd married Li'er to Yan'er earlier, none of this would have happened."

The speaker was none other than Zhou Jia, the city lord of Haori City!

Hearing Yue Jianqiu bring up the matter of the Divine Martial Hall, Zhou Jia couldn't help but reproach him.

Yue Jianqiu sighed and said, "How could I not know Yan'er's feelings? But you're also aware of Li'er's temperament. Her heart is simply not with Yan'er. If pushed too hard, she would rather destroy herself than yield!"

Zhou Jia shot Yue Jianqiu a glare and snorted coldly, but he knew the man spoke the truth.

If anyone was to blame, it was his own son for not being worthy. With such a favorable position all these years, he still couldn't win Yue Mengli's heart.

Both families had been eager to see Zhou Yan and Yue Mengli united.

Aside from the Haori Bright Moon Realm, there was another way to obtain the Sun-Moon Heavenly Eye: the union of the innate Haori Blazing Heart Pupil and the innate Moonlight Heavenly Eye!

Over the years, these two innate spiritual constitutions had rarely appeared in the Zhou and Yue families. Even when they did, they seldom emerged in the same era.

Unexpectedly, in this generation, both families produced these two constitutions simultaneously. Thus, Zhou Jia and Yue Jianqiu quickly agreed and sought to arrange a match between Zhou Yan and Yue Mengli.

Zhou Yan had frequently visited the Yue family since childhood, spending time with Yue Mengli.

But as they grew older, Yue Mengli gradually became distant toward Zhou Yan.

Especially after Yue Mengli met Qing Yunzi, her heart could no longer accommodate anyone else.

Zhou Yan's relentless pursuit of Yue Mengli had been fruitless, and now, out of nowhere, Ye Yuan had appeared.

With that, Zhou Yan's chances were even slimmer.

In fact, when the Yue family decided to hold this Bright Moon Grand Competition, Zhou Jia had initially felt somewhat relieved.

Zhou Yan had broken through to the Dao Profound realm, and his Haori Blazing Heart Pupil had fully awakened, its power doubled. As long as he won first place, he could rightfully marry Yue Mengli.

As for Zhuo Bufan, Zhou Jia had already devised a plan. He believed that as long as he paid a sufficient price, he could certainly get Zhuo Bufan to throw the match.

In the end, Zhou Yan would be the victor.

But who could have expected that another contender, Lin Chao, would appear out of nowhere!

Now both families were in an awkward position.

If the final winner had been a scion of some major power, Yue Jianqiu wouldn't be so troubled. But Lin Chao's origins were unknown, and from the strength he had displayed, the Divine Martial Hall was undoubtedly a behemoth.

How could Yue Jianqiu not worry about such an unknown and powerful force? If Lin Chao were to defeat Ye Yuan as well, wouldn't that be pushing his daughter into a fire pit?

"What can be done now? We can only pin our hopes on that boy Ye Yuan! But he's only at the first level of the Formless Realm. In my opinion, he has almost no chance of winning! I think you should prepare to renege after Lin Chao wins! But that would likely offend the Divine Martial Hall!" Zhou Jia racked his brains and came up with a lousy idea.

The Bright Moon Grand Competition had been built up with such fanfare that even heirs of super holy lands had been drawn to it. Going back on their word would make them a laughingstock.

"But Ye Yuan has been in seclusion with Li'er for over ten days now and still hasn't come out. Tomorrow... he won't miss it, will he?" Yue Jianqiu said hesitantly.

Zhou Jia was speechless. The course of events seemed to have slipped beyond their control.

"If it comes to it, we'll have to force the door open!" Zhou Jia said.

"No! What if they're in the middle of a critical treatment? That would ruin everything!" Yue Jianqiu replied.

The two family heads talked back and forth but ultimately failed to reach a decision.

...

Within the sea of lightning, Ye Yuan and Yue Mengli walked hand in hand, having already traversed nine thousand zhang!

The radius of the thunder sea was ten thousand zhang, with only a thousand zhang left before they reached the end.

If anyone were there, they would notice that around Ye Yuan and Yue Mengli, a sacred halo had appeared, shimmering brightly. It made them look like exalted deities.

The狂暴 lightning, upon entering this halo, became docile and tame.

"I thought this path would be extremely arduous, but walking it together with you has turned out to be so easy!" Yue Mengli gazed at Ye Yuan, her eyes filled with happiness.

Over the past few days, having been baptized by the lightning, her soul had grown several times stronger. The two split souls had already grown to their original size!

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I never expected that our souls would resonate, amplifying our soul power a hundredfold! The thunder sea can no longer harm us."

That day, shortly after Ye Yuan and Yue Mengli joined hands, facing the baptism of lightning, their hearts connected as one, and their souls actually resonated!

As long as they were together, their soul power would be magnified a hundred times!

Thus, the baptism of lightning became very easy for them.

Even Ye Yuan was experiencing this wondrous feeling for the first time, and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Yue Mengli chuckled softly, "If it weren't for you risking your life and using your origin power to help me through the crisis, it probably wouldn't have been so easy for our souls to resonate."

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Between you and me, what difference does it make?"

Ye Yuan knew about soul resonance, but achieving it was no ordinary feat.

The two resonating souls must be completely connected in heart, knowing each other's thoughts and feelings as if they were one, for it to succeed.

But reaching that stage was easier said than done.

Some couples had been married for thousands of years without achieving it, which showed just how difficult it was.

However, when Ye Yuan had used his origin power to help Yue Mengli split her soul, their souls had already become intimately fused, indistinguishable from each other.

The moment they held hands, it was as if they were struck by lightning, and their two souls instantly connected.

At that moment, each contained the other, and nothing in the world could ever separate them.

The狂暴 lightning, before the two with resonating souls, was utterly powerless.

...

In the blink of an eye, the final match arrived, but Ye Yuan and Yue Mengli still had not emerged from seclusion.

The battle between Ye Yuan and Lin Chao was highly anticipated. Thus, beneath the arena, countless martial artists had gathered.

They had already seen Lin Chao's strength. But who was this mysterious Ye Yuan? They were eager to find out.

Yet time ticked by, and Ye Yuan was nowhere to be seen.

On the arena, Lin Chao stood with his hands behind his back, smiling at Yue Jianqiu. "City Lord, it's been an hour past the scheduled start, and Ye Yuan still hasn't shown up. Surely... the Yue family doesn't intend to keep so many people waiting forever?"