Chapter 1100: Sunlit Avatar

Lei En stayed in Salta for several days, secretly observing all aspects of the Sunlit Tribe—its faith, traditions and customs, Anse's inherited doctrines, the tribe's power structure, classes and faction divisions, internal troubles and external enemies, and so on.

He even shapeshifted to meet some Sunlit Giant Trolls face‑to‑face, gaining deep insight into the whole tribe.

He also mastered the Sunlit Meditation Method.

This is a meditation method passed down by the Sunlit Tribe for tens of thousands of years, originally bestowed by the Sun God Anse, refined over generations of giant trolls; it demands high innate talent but suits Sunlit Giant Trolls perfectly—each troll begins practice at ten years old, and about half can grasp Holy Light Power by adulthood, becoming a formal Holy Knight.

The Sunlit Meditation Method includes worship of Anse, three daily prayers to the sun, and a formal solar rite every seven days.

In short, the cultivation steps are tedious and complex.

The priests of Anse claim that the more devout one is to the god, the higher the chance of mastering Holy Light Power, and the stronger one becomes.

The Sunlit Tribe's ability to maintain faith in Anse is not unrelated to this meditation method that carries hidden benefits.

Lei En obtained the meditation method and compared it with the blood‑elf "Blood Crystal Power" meditation; the two differ greatly, with completely opposite approaches, yet the resulting Holy Light Power is similar in nature, only differing in color.

Blood Crystal Power feels cold, like chilling fresh blood, and the stronger the power, the stronger the craving for blood.

This is a drawback left by the Blood Crystal Seed.

The Holy Light Power cultivated by the Sunlit Meditation Method lacks this flaw—upright, bright, blazing, like true sunlight, with high‑temperature properties.

They can be seen as two manifestations of the same energy, the cold and hot sides of a single force.

Lei En quickly saw through it.

The Blood Crystal meditation has defects but can be mastered quickly and requires little innate talent; the Sunlit meditation follows the righteous path but is hard for ordinary people— even those with high talent need at least five years of arduous practice to barely enter, and advancement remains difficult.

The former suits humans with inherently weak souls, the latter matches Sunlit Giant Trolls and elves.

These are paths that developed under different environments.

While pondering, Lei En refined both meditation methods; using his current insight and knowledge, together with thousands of Lei‑cast Divine Weapons' multi‑core crystals working in concert, he parsed the principles in half a day and produced an entirely new meditation method.

Radiant Meditation Method!

He trimmed away the cumbersome prayer rituals, keeping only some doctrines of the Radiant Lord.

Then, by combining the strengths of the two methods, he lowered the talent requirement, making mastery simpler, and eliminated the need for Blood Crystal Seeds, allowing pure Holy Light Power to be cultivated.

After the improvement, even humans can practice the Radiant Meditation Method.

As long as a human's talent is outstanding—reaching the high‑rank Transcendent level—and they persist for over three years, they have a chance to become a Holy Knight! Although Lei En has not yet found anyone to test the cultivation, he is certain that human Holy Knights can still fuse demon souls!

This completely covers the system of transcendent professions!

"Um…"

Lei En sat on the bridge, deep in thought.

Holy Light Power differs in nature from soul power and may cause severe conflicts, so a Holy Knight can hardly double‑train as a spellcaster; wizards, warlocks, and the like are impossible.

In that case, a Holy Knight can only take non‑spellcasting side jobs, such as Iron Guard, Ranger, or Shadow Warrior.

Moreover, to reduce conflict, the number of demon souls a Holy Knight can fuse will also shrink, likely allowing only one demon soul per rank.

But it is not absolute.

In the future, perhaps some Holy Knights will be able to fuse as many demon souls as other transcendent classes, even finding suitable souls that carry "Elemental Abilities," enabling powers akin to spellcasting.

"Human Holy Knight!"

Lei En smiled, "This transcendent profession has huge potential, truly promising."

"Collect a batch of demon souls for research, let the Soul Eye appraise their wave‑frequency and conflict level; we should be able to discover several stable soul combinations and develop a unique Holy Knight branch."

"After Saint Giljes' apotheosis, Holy Knights become the strongest tool for expanding the faith!"

Most importantly, the emergence of human Holy Knights breaks the Sun Church's monopoly on Holy Light Power; even if Holy Knights completely abandon the need for demon souls and specialize in Holy Light cultivation, they can still shake the foundation of the Sun Church.

However, that is a matter for later.

The immediate priority is to conquer the Southern Continent and place Giljes on the divine throne!

Lei En rose, his spirit leapt into the Star Destroyer's magical laboratory; moments later, a tall avatar rose from the operating table.

It is a blank avatar, bearing no Element, yet capable of cultivation, and its soul can also transform.

Its appearance is about seventy percent like his own—around two meters tall, pale bluish‑gray skin, long limbs, a robust, muscular build; aside from a human visage, its posture and bearing are virtually identical to a Sunlit Giant Troll.

Lei En opened a portal.

The avatar stepped through and appeared on an open deck atop the Star Destroyer; it was noon, the Southern Continent was in summer, and the sun blazed fiercely.

He immediately sat down, closed his eyes, felt the scorching sunlight bathing him, and began practicing the Radiant Meditation Method.

As time passed, the sun moved across the sky until sunset, ending a day's cultivation.

The second day was the same.

The third day, the fourth day…

Lei En patiently waited, returning to Nuosiruier to handle Empire affairs, while numerous Grand Mage avatars and Lei‑cast Divine Weapons collected demon souls of all ranks on the New Continent and Old Continent, researching and probing the Holy Knight's vocational direction.

The seventh day.

The sun shone high; the avatar on the Star Destroyer's deck suddenly opened its eyes, a faint golden radiance flashing in its pupils.

Holy Light Power!

Success!

The avatar's view opened a mobile interface; icons scrolled past—each icon represented an already‑activated function: Soul Eye, Voice of All Things, Translation Dictionary, Music Player, and nothing else, not a single Element.

At the center of the interface was a multi‑core crystal surrounded by a hundred‑segment energy ring.

At that moment, eleven segments were filled with gold.

Lei En appeared on the deck, his Soul Eye observing the avatar, and instantly saw a strange sight.

The Sunlit Avatar—he had not yet named it, so he called it that for now—had, within its soul space, a ball of golden flame slowly rotating, emitting shafts of sacred radiance. The flame was still weak but tenacious, like a blazing sun, its scorching light illuminating the entire soul space and displaying a future prospect!

Lei En returned with the Sunlit Avatar to the Star Destroyer's meditation chamber, where Saint Giljes was already waiting, bearing the artifact Holy Blood Amber.

Next came the moment to witness a miracle.

"Upgrade!"

The Scorching Sun duplicate opened the phone interface; the soul‑power pool was almost full, holding close to 30,000 energy units, measured in ranks of Holy Soul Wizard.

Its mind shifted, and the energy was poured into its own soul.

Sss—

The Scorching Sun duplicate emitted a sucking sound; in an instant its first energy circle was filled with gold, reaching one hundred units, making it feel dizzy and throbbing. At once the soul space expanded, the central flame roared brighter, growing by two circles and unleashing a stronger divine radiance.

The soul ascended.

A few minutes later the Scorching Sun duplicate settled from the soul ascent, and a second energy circle appeared on the phone interface, its Holy Light Power having clearly surged a great amount.

But it did not rush to upgrade again.

Lei En had already taken out dozens of soul stones, their multicolored lights blooming in the meditation chamber; each stone housed a demon soul, with every type represented—from Initial, Mid-stage to Legendary, Legendary High-rank, and even two Saint Rank.

These were demon souls Lei En had collected over the past seven days, all powerful premium demon souls, whose soul‑wave frequencies closely matched the Scorching Sun duplicate's, resulting in low fusion conflict.

Choose one.

Lei En's gaze swept over the many soul stones, and a few Initial demon souls were singled out.

The Soul Eye appraised their frequencies, attached Elements, and future development paths, ultimately selecting one of them.

Holy Beetle!

This is the demon soul I collect most easily; I have many on hand, all hunted from the Remnant Sun Plane, serving as the Holy Lance Knight's second Main Soul.

The Holy Beetle also touches the Sun Church's secrets; this demon soul is the Sun Knight's first Main Soul, and the Sun Church has a dedicated cultivation method. Currently, aside from the Remnant Sun Plane, no source of a second Holy Beetle can be found in the Prime Material Plane.

The Holy Beetle demon soul before me, besides bearing a third‑tier Strength, Holy Light Barrier, and Restorative Light, also contains a Light Child.

Light Child is a Super‑Absolute Element, possessing ultra Holy Light affinity!

Over the years Lei En has handled thousands of Holy Beetle demon souls, yet has only seen three Light Children, all bestowed upon the most gifted and outstanding Holy Lance Knights.

This is the fourth.

The Scorching Sun duplicate caught the Holy Beetle soul stone, sat cross‑legged to meditate, and pressed the stone to its forehead.

A moment later, the fusion was complete.

The soul space formed a new layer of structure; the central Scorching Sun expanded another circle, and within the divine radiance floated a phantom beetle, with four Elements surfacing.

The Scorching Sun duplicate instantly felt the Light Child's power; the Holy Light Power within was fully under control, as easy as moving a finger.

Lei En, also observing the duplicate's soul, couldn't help shaking his head.

As expected, it won't work…

"The Radiant Meditation method cultivates Holy Light Power, but it follows a different path from the Sun Knight; each rank can only fuse one demon soul."

At this moment the Scorching Sun duplicate's soul conflicted too severely with the Initial demon soul.

Forcibly fusing the demon soul would almost certainly fail.

Thus, human Holy Warrior's demon‑soul count is only one‑third that of other Transcendent professions.

But that does not mean the Holy Warrior is weaker.

The Holy Warrior specializes in Holy Light Power, wielding far greater energy, and Holy Light Power fully enhances physical attributes—strength, defense, speed, recovery, and resistance—and even shields the mind, leaving almost no weakness. Relying solely on this formidable physique, the Holy Warrior's strength can match Transcendents of the same rank, and even crush opponents.

Moreover, Holy Light Power, honed and applied to combat techniques, unleashes even greater might!

At this moment Sheng Jilesi triggered the Holy Blood Amber.

Light burst!

A Divine Technique rune coalesced above the Scorching Sun duplicate's head, fell onto its skull, and appeared within the soul space.

The constant Divine Technique "Dawn's Clear Light" is essentially Holy Light affinity.

The Scorching Sun duplicate's mastery of Holy Light increased further, then Sheng Jilesi bestowed a second constant Divine Technique, "Morning Blessing", whose effect mirrors that of Light Child, causing Holy Light affinity to surge dramatically again.

Two Super‑Absolute affinities plus one Holy Light affinity made the Scorching Sun duplicate's foundation extremely solid.

Constant Divine Techniques can be bestowed repeatedly, but this method differs from fusing Elements; one must consider whether the soul can endure.

The higher‑rank "Morning Dawn Holy Kin" is a Legendary Element, which the Scorching Sun duplicate cannot yet tolerate.

At least it must reach Legendary.

Next, the Scorching Sun duplicate used energy to upgrade itself, advancing from Rank‑1 Holy Warrior to Rank‑2, consuming only one energy unit.

Then it rose two more ranks, reaching Rank‑4 Holy Warrior, ascending to Mid-stage.

After comparison, Lei En chose the "Black Iron Grolon" for the Scorching Sun duplicate. It is a powerful demonic beast dwelling in the Earth Element Plane, resembling a ferocious black giant ape, blood‑thirsty, naturally strong, with skin as hard as iron.

This Mid-stage Black Iron Grolon's demon soul carries "Iron Body", fourth‑tier Strength and Berserk, as well as Suppress Pain, Heavy Strike, and Rapid Recovery.

"Iron Body" is only Tier‑1.

However, Lei En prized the Iron Body; he is especially fond of this Super‑Absolute Element, having relied on the Iron Body of a gold‑eating ant to reach where he is today.

The others are ordinary and rare Elements, but also very useful.

Rank is irrelevant; as long as energy is invested, ordinary Elements can become Legendary Elements!

The Scorching Sun duplicate successfully fused the Black Iron Grolon, then used energy to continue upgrading, leaping three ranks at once to reach High-stage. At this rank, the fused demon soul is the "Molten Gold Fire Demon", a demon from the bottomless Abyss, an extremely rare fire demon.

Ordinary Transcendent professions cannot casually fuse Demon souls, as they may contaminate the soul.

However, Sun Knights, Holy Swordists, and Demon Hunters can.

These three Transcendent professions can suppress Demon souls; their minds are steadfast, unafraid of contamination, and they are natural foes of Demons.

The Holy Warrior is the same.

The Scorching Sun duplicate fused the "Molten Gold Fire Demon", which carries "Heart Demon Blaze" and "Flame Furnace"; the former amplifies the temperature of Holy Light Power, easily melting metal, while the latter grants super affinity to flame—not only enhancing fire spells but any high‑temperature flame, including Holy Light fire, which is likewise boosted.

There are also several unique Elements, all very useful.

Lei En values "Heart Demon Blaze" most; this Element has huge potential and should be upgradable to a Legendary Element.

Within the next half‑day, the Scorching Sun duplicate rose ten ranks, crossing three stages, and reached the Legendary Peak!

During the three Legendary stages, it fused three powerful demon souls—the Phase Hunter, the Holy Helm Apostle, and the Flame Giant—and Sheng Jilesi also blessed it with "Morning Dawn Holy Kin", granting dozens of Elements.

Next, it is time to upgrade those Elements!

(End of Chapter)