When the four-winged angel said he was going to intensify the punishment, he did not mean to attack personally. Rather, he used the tower’s power, making the tower release even more light energy by having it absorb more of the three suns’ power and concentrating it onto a single spot.
By doing so, he could increase the purification power by tenfold or more, allowing the purification power to flood into Xiang Shaoyun’s body. Almost instantly, energy surged into Xiang Shaoyun’s body, giving him a feeling that his entire body was going to burst apart soon.
This damnable bastard! Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly.
“With this, you’ll be lucky if you can even live past two days,” said the four-winged angel with a sneer before flying away.
Xiang Shaoyun’s light star was already completely full and could no longer take in more energy. Despite how wondrous the astral cosmos sea was, it couldn’t fully digest what he was absorbing fast enough. If this continued, he would die.
While he was anxious and at a loss, his filthless soul abruptly gained a penetrating comprehension of the purification power. The bottleneck in his comprehension suddenly cleared. The power of light represented flawlessness and purity.
Instantly, Xiang Shaoyun fully comprehended the profundity of light. His filthless soul chanted the Desolation mantra repeatedly, increasing his comprehension of the profundity of light. His filthless soul seemed to resonate with the power of light as it actually floated out of his body, accepting the baptism of light.
The power coming from the three suns intensified, and even the Tower of Light was affected. A large amount of light converged on him, creating a dazzling concentration of light, brightening the entire City of Light.
The angels were alarmed. They stopped everything they were doing and looked toward the Tower of Light.
“H-Has a god appeared in the flesh? What a pure power!”
“This is the power of purity belonging to our race. Why is that devil creating such a commotion? Has the high priest summoned a god?”
“No, that’s not right. Today is not an important festival, so the high priest won’t be summoning the gods for blessings. It’s that devil! Perhaps he has been fully purified!”
“Impossible. That devil’s aura is still present, and it can be clearly felt! Unless…unless…he is not a devil but one of our gods in the flesh?”
…
Chaos erupted among the angels. In their eyes, devils would never possess the pure power of light. Yet here Xiang Shaoyun was, causing such a massive amount of light power to appear. Moreover, the light around him was the purest of light, and he was able to affect even the three suns and the Tower of Light. It was completely inconceivable to them.
In their memories, only the high priest and their gods, who were actually twelve-winged angels, could accomplish such a feat. At this time, the four-winged angel flew out.
Looking at all that was happening, he was speechless. “Th-This is the baptism of light! How is this possible? Only an angel with eight wings or more is qualified to receive this baptism! How did this devil make this happen? Is there a mistake?”
The Tower of Light became brighter and brighter, attracting the attention of more and more angels. Finally, even the high priest appeared. He was a white-haired old man, looking like an unassuming, next-door grandfather.
Wielding the Staff of Light, he had a halo above his head and had eight wings flapping gently on his back, proof of his extraordinary status among the angels.
Generally, an angel would possess two wings upon birth. After shedding one’s mortal self and cleansing oneself from all filth, one would have four wings. As for those with eight wings, they were generally the peak existences among angels.
As for ten-winged or even twelve-winged angels, they had not appeared since ancient times. Because of that, the eight wings of the high priest were enough to grant him a high status among the angels.
When the high priest appeared, he started performing an ancient etiquette toward Xiang Shaoyun and chanted, “It is our honor to have the Child of Light grace us, the angels, with his presence. May the Child of Light bless us with eternal peace and prosperity.”
At that, all the other angels followed suit and saluted Xiang Shaoyun while chanting, “May the Child of Light bless us with eternal peace and prosperity!”
What just happened was too shocking. Even the overseer stationed at the City of Light was completely stunned.
Am I dreaming? Have the angels gone mad? Why are they saluting that kid? the overseer screamed inwardly.
He wanted to leave immediately and report this to the academy. But after a slight hesitation, he decided to continue watching. Xiang Shaoyun had fully comprehended the profundity of light. His soul had also undergone the cleansing of light, unlocking a new talent called the Light of Wisdom.
The Light of Wisdom’s main function was increasing one’s wisdom. Anything one was doing, one would have access to much more inspiration, allowing faster comprehension.
Xiang Shaoyun had not imagined that the combination of a filthless soul and the power of light would result in something like that. With the growth of his soul, all the problems he couldn’t understand before cleared in his mind. His intelligence rose, giving him a deeper look into anything he was thinking about.
The filthless soul is pure and flawless, and that resonates with the profundity of light. It manages to trigger the essence of the Tower of Light, which is probably the foundation of the angels as well. The tower is the thing modifying the three suns’ sunlight, making the City of Light a suitable dwelling for the angels. I was wondering why the sunlight was completely white. I finally understand why now, thought Xiang Shaoyun with a faint smile on his face.
As he took a deep breath, a gust of powerful light energy was drawn into his astral cosmos sea. A portion of the light energy directly fused with the nine-colored fog, while an even larger portion was set aside at a random corner, causing the clump to become even more solid. It was as if a ball of light was going to form.
And that was in fact what Xiang Shaoyun was trying to create by making use of the light energy around him. This was an experiment to test if he could actually solidify the light energy here like how many different energies could condense and form into pearls at some dangerous regions. He wanted to see if his astral cosmos sea was capable of the same.
Perhaps this might be a long process, but he did not mind trying since it would not affect his cultivation. If he succeeded, it would prove that his astral cosmos sea possessed the properties of an actual star, and it would be a major discovery that might greatly help him further cultivate his nine powers in the future.
“Child of Light, please forgive us for our rude actions,” the high priest’s voice roused him from his contemplation.
