Chapter 586: Enlightenment

Xue Wei descended into the familiar feeling of nothingness. His senses were cut off, and he would not be able to know what happened around him. Even if a great beast appeared and roared by his side, he would not notice, unless it began tossing him around. It would not be enough if it just touched him.

Xue Wei felt various contradicting emotions at the same time. His soul was light as a feather and seemed to float around his body, but at the same time, something heavy was grounding him.

The world surrounding him was a constant change of black and white colors, but none of them were sharp enough to cause any discomfort.

Time passed slowly, and the white color began to slowly lose the struggle against the black, but the darkness that began to surround Xue Wei was not unpleasant.

The feeling he experienced was similar to that of a small hatchling hiding within an egg. There was a shell of protection around him; he felt serene, and an innocent happiness was bubbling within him.

Xue Wei felt how his body was slowly getting warmer and warmer, but the heat was not unpleasant but gentle. It was like a summer breeze that brought comfort.

Xue Wei could not move, and he did not intend to struggle either. The feeling of comfort was overwhelming, and he wished to just relax and succumb to the drowsiness that swept over him.

The essence blood of the Black Turtle was slowly moving through his body and reshaping his bloodline once more.

Xue Wei's mother was the Holy Maiden of the Sovereign Beasts, and her bloodline was much more pure than Xue Wei's. Although he was able to activate the individual beast's bloodline with the help of their essence blood, he would also lose a bit of his humanity with each merge.

Although the change was very subtle, Xue Wei had instinctively noticed it after merging with the Vermilion Bird blood. He was not aware of how much of a difference these changes would bring him, but although the bloodline was less potent, he was not willing to let go of his humanity.

While he was not willing to become a saint that would protect others or suffer for their sake, he still wanted to be gentle towards those he cared about, and protect the ones that he had identified as his own.

However, this merge was strange. It felt comfortable and protective. There was no fiery temper or disdainful superiority trying to interfere with his mind.

All he could feel was gentle and comfortable warmth. His thoughts did not slow down, but he felt much more at peace and relaxed. He had never experienced such a state before.

By the time Xue Wei's mind began to wake up, he stretched his body instinctively, and it felt as if he broke out of a shell.

The black shell was pierced by the gentle light outside, and he felt refreshed. Although there were no obvious changes, Xue Wei realized that he had been mistaken all his life.

Although his bloodline had evolved even further, there was no anger or frustration churning in his body. He did not feel any uncontrollable urge to commit murder or harm others.

Beasts and humans were actually not that different. Some beasts were controlled by an urge to kill and harm, but after experiencing the world, Xue Wei knew that there were also humans like this.

The Black Turtles were a race that truly wished to protect others. It was a gentle and refined beast that would never use violence unless necessary. It would also rather defend than attack, however one should not underestimate its power.

Beasts could not be grouped together as a fierce and ferocious bunch. They were, indeed, more violent than humans, but that might be their straightforward nature. When a beast was unhappy, it would confront the one who made it unhappy. When a human was unhappy, they might smile towards their enemy, but prepare to stab them in the back later.

The fierceness and violence were different, but just as humans were different from one another, so were beasts. The volatile and uncontrollable murderousness that had lurked within Xue Wei's body for so long had been calmed by the activation of the Black Turtle bloodline.

Xue Wei's brows furrowed as he seemed to understand yet another truth. So far, he had always held an unconscious distaste towards the part of himself which was a beast. Although he had truly believed that he had long since accepted himself, every time something went out of control or was unexplainable and troublesome, he would use his beast blood as an excuse.

However, upon feeling the strange tranquility that the Black Turtle bloodline brought him, he understood that it was not that these bloodlines were inherently evil, but that they had been out of balance.

Xue Wei was the son of the Holy Maiden, and due to his mixed blood, he was a never-before seen creature. His bloodline was already very unstable, and due to the unbalance brought by activating multiple bloodlines, he had been suffering from various side effects.

The four bloodlines were ferocious and powerful. Each Sovereign Beast race was already standing at the top, so for the four bloodlines to coexist in one body, a certain balance was needed.

The combination of these bloodlines' imbalance, and the mixture of human blood, had caused various troubles for Xue Wei, and he had never taken the time to truly consider the situation.

Now that the Black Turtle's bloodline was able to calm them all down, he suddenly felt much more at peace, and experienced a great enlightenment.