"Thank you… Tianmeng."
Those were the last words Qian Renxue spoke aloud before her senses began to blur.
Her golden hair fluttered in a nonexistent wind, and the icy cavern around her faded into a distant haze. Qian Daoliu and Guangling Douluo watched with apprehension as the million-year soul ring began to truly merge, not just into her body, but into the very essence of her martial soul.
It was then that the dissonance began.
Qian Renxue's expression remained calm, but within her spiritual sea, chaos was erupting.
....
Qian Renxue had always been wary of her martial soul, the twelve-winged Angelic Martial Soul . Since it mutated with the help of God Almighty's power it felt, like a predator held on a leash. Even after awakening it, she had never possessed it fully, just kept it hovering outside. Because a subtle fear gnawed at her instincts.
Now, as the golden soul ring embedded itself into the Angel Martial Soul, the hidden truth stirred.
Suddenly, whispers filled her ears. No, not just whispers, with it there were murmurs.
Chaotic syllables of forgotten languages, vibrating with knowledge and madness. Sounds that were not meant for mortal minds, or perhaps not meant for this era.
The storm came without warning.
Her spiritual sea, once a calm ocean, was now a hurricane of thoughts and impossible visions. Strange sigils flickered across her mental landscape. Glimpses of stars spinning in reverse, of giant doors sealed by divine runes, of wings that reached across galaxies, and eyes that burned without fire.
W̶h̵.. ̶k̴i̴..d̶ ̵o̷f̶ ̷D̴....m̴ ̵c̷a... ̵y̴o ̴w....a̴,,?"
She could not understand what she heard. Even with her strong spiritual power, that was close to a Titled Douluo. She felt her sense of self fragmenting, her identity being pulled apart molecule by molecule by the force of some higher being.
However, She endured.
Electrolux's consciousness rose to reinforce her, weaving spiritual barriers as fast as they crumbled. "Anchor yourself," his voice said like a lighthouse in the dark. "You are Qian Renxue."
And just like that time passed which felt like hours, the spiritual hurricane began to die down.
When she woke up, the first thing she felt was clarity, not just of mind, but of perception.
Her spirit sea, once turbulent, had become crystalline and vast, as though the storm had compressed and refined her inner world. She could feel it, her spiritual power had broken through the Titled Douluo level.
And then she saw it, hovering behind her martial soul, the golden soul ring glowed with divine luminescence. Not rotating around her like other soul masters, not flaring beneath her feet… but forming a halo behind her martial soul. Just like the divine rings hover behind the Gods.
Qian renxue recalled that humans in world of Lord of Mysteries have inherent divine nature, because of the will of Primodial inside.
She rose to her feet and slowly began inspecting her condition through internal focus. The results caused her eyes to widen.
Her Abilities matched those of the Sequence 9: Spectator.
....
Enhanced Mental Attributes:
Her mind was blazing. Her ability to analyze, deduce, identify, and memorize had advanced to an inhuman level. She could now recall entire texts she skimmed a year ago in the Spirit Hall Library, word for word. She could predict the thought process of an opponent from the faintest gesture.
Body Language Analysis:
Qian Renxue blinked. Instinctively, her perception split: she looked toward Guangling Douluo, and within seconds she saw it—his shifting weight, his hesitant glance, the minor contraction of his right eyelid.
'He's worried … but also proud. Slightly envious, but respectful.'
She looked at her grandfather.
'Calm, but cautious.'
She smirked faintly. So this is the Spectator's power…
Enhanced Vision:
Her eyes glowed faintly with a trace of golden light, and she could now see the micro-movements in people's bodies—tension in their shoulders, fluctuations in their pupils, the microsecond hesitation between questions and answers. Nothing escaped her now.
....
But then came the abilities granted by the soul ring.
Spiritual Detection
Enhanced Vision: Slows the perception of time. Perceives every detail in the environment include muscle movements, motion vectors, spirit power, and distance to objects.
360-degree Stereoscopic Vision: Can see everything within the range, from any angle desired, even if one's eyes are closed,has a range of 30 meters.
Spiritual Sharing
She could share her thoughts and sensory data with others—forming a shared mental network
She could let others see what she saw. Understand what she understood.
At the moment, she could feel the link stretching, she could connect with up to three individuals simultaneously. That number would grow with time.
.....
Putting away her martial soul, Qian Renxue furrowed her brows in thought and then widened her eyes in realization.
She could still feel it.
Even without the manifestation of her twelve-winged martial soul, her mental faculties remained sharpened, the Spectator abilities fully accessible. The subtle threads of perception and analysis, the analytical overlays, the spiritual sharing nodes, the silent hum of understanding, were still there.
She raised a hand and focused on Guang Ling Douluo, who had been watching her from a distance. His slight shift of weight, the micro twitch at the corner of his mouth, even the minuscule dilation in his pupils, all of it was laid bare.
'So... I can access all the Spectator powers without summoning my martial soul.'
"Renxue?"
Qian Daoliu's voice called to her from the real world.
She opened her eyes, standing up straight. Her presence had subtly changed, no longer just angelic or divine, but also calculated, profound, and slightly unfathomable.
"Yes, Grandpa. I'm fine now."
Then Qian Renxue's gaze went to a ice crystal nearby, looking at the reflection she realized that her appearance has reverted back to shiny Golden hair and purple eyes.