Chapter 996 - Love is the Soul’s Ascension
Qin Shuang felt like she was facing the biggest crisis of her life.
While she had always suspected that Jing Jing’s feelings toward Han Wu were a bit off, she had never considered the possibility of romantic intentions. After all, Jing Jing had originally been one of Han Wu’s units, and they were different species.
It was only at this moment that she realized the error of her ways. She had treated Jing Jing as a close friend. Meanwhile, Jing Jing had been after her man the whole time.
Qin Shuang stormed over to Han Wu and planted a kiss on his cheek, staking her claim. Han Wu was hers!
Jing Jing strode over on long legs, then leaned down to kiss Han Wu on the forehead.
Han Wu had just been kissed twice out of nowhere. Although he enjoyed it, he was extremely aware that something was wrong. Two women fighting over him outwardly seemed like a blessing, but it was actually a battlefield.
His only relevant experience in this area was helping Sun Qingnian survive similar messes, and he instinctively sent a panicked look at his friend. The man was a grandmaster at these things. He would know what to do.
Sun Qingnian was standing to the side, trying not to laugh. It was usually him caught in the crossfire, begging Han Wu for help, but it seemed the tables had finally turned.
Han Wu, oh, Han Wu. It’s finally your turn. Amused as he was, he couldn’t leave a brother hanging.
“Ladies, fighting over him like this won’t get you anywhere,” Sun Qingnian placated. “How about this? We chop Han Wu in half, and you each take one piece.”
“Don’t you dare!” Qin Shuang snapped.
“Anyone who harms my Lord seeks death!” Jing Jing unleashed her God King pressure and pinned Sun Qingnian to the ground.
Xiang Meng’s trio rushed over to check on things before an actual fight broke out. Han Wu also told Jing Jing not to hurt his friend.
Jing Jing pulled back her pressure. Sun Qingnian felt the weight lift, but his legs were too shaky to stand. He genuinely thought that Jing Jing was about to crush him to death.
“It was just a joke. Did you really have to go that far?” Sun Qingnian grumbled.
Jing Jing shot him an icy glare. That one look told Sun Qingnian everything he needed to know. Her warmth was reserved solely for Han Wu. Everyone else, even comrades in arms, got nothing but her icy attitude.
“Actually, the solution is simple,” Sun Qingnian said, not forgetting his mission. “Han Wu has Avatar Creation. Split into two, and you each get one. Problem solved.”
Both Qin Shuang and Jing Jing instantly shot that idea down.
“The Han Wu I love is one of a kind. You can’t split that,” Qin Shuang declared.
“My Lord is unique,” Jing Jing added. “No one deserves to share him with me.”
This left Sun Qingnian stumped. Both girls wanted the whole Han Wu, and neither would budge.
“How about splitting your time with him then? Han Wu takes Qin Shuang on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Jing Jing gets Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. He gets to rest on Sundays,” Sun Qingnian proposed.
“Get lost!” Qin Shuang shot back immediately.
Jing Jing’s frosty glare conveyed her desire to kill him with her pressure as a God King.
Sun Qingnian immediately backed down. This situation was beyond his ability to help.
Seeing that Sun Qingnian was useless, Han Wu decided to handle it himself.
“So, Jing Jing, you just advanced to God King. What powerful ability did you get?” he asked, trying to change the subject.
Jing Jing smiled. “My God, I gained an ability called Seven Sins Avatars.”
Activating it in demonstration, seven figures materialized beside her, each identical in appearance but bearing a unique symbol. Each represented one of the seven deadly sins.
Based on their aura, every single avatar possessed the same Microcosm rank power as Jing Jing’s main body, and with its own unique abilities to boot. They could fight alongside Jing Jing to lighten her combat load but couldn’t stray too far from her.
Han Wu’s gaze lingered on Jing Jing’s smile, unable to shake the feeling that she had changed since returning from the Lost Continent.
The old Jing Jing had also been warm toward him and cold toward everyone else. However, she seemed more human than before, as though she had gained the rich, complex emotions that only living beings possessed.
Following that line of thought, Han Wu quickly realized the cause. The Lost Continent amplified emotions without limit. While absorbing massive amounts of Soul Energy to develop the Soul Jurisdiction, Jing Jing likely absorbed many forms of Emotional Energy as well.
The emotion she had fused with most successfully was clearly love. It had become fully integrated into her Soul Jurisdiction. That was why she suddenly wanted to be his wife after advancing to God King.
Han Wu finally understood. However, that still didn’t give him a solution.
Jing Jing gaining the ability to love was an ascension of the soul. He couldn’t just sever her emotions simply because she loved him. That would be cruel.
As Han Wu struggled with this problem, Xu Hai came hurrying over from Imperial College. Over a dozen instructors trailed behind him.
Sensing the aura of a newly ascended God King, they had rushed over to witness it, not expecting the new God King to be the non-human Jing Jing rather than their valued Han Wu.
The Imperial College instructors didn’t know what to make of it. On the one hand, it was hard to claim Jing Jing as a student when she rarely attended classes, but on the other, her enrollment records were complete and protected by the Divine Civilization’s Will.
The true sting, though, came from the fact that a student had become a God King while the instructors themselves were stuck at Major God or even as a God. It was humiliating!
Han Wu’s rapid progress had already left them embarrassed, but Jing Jing had truly left them in the dust.
“Student Jing Jing, did you ascend into a God King?” Xu Hai asked directly. With his powerful perception as a Wisdom God King, he could sense Jing Jing’s extraordinary state.
Though reluctant to answer, Jing Jing understood that Xu Hai was Han Wu’s mentor, and having gained the ability to love, she had also learned to care for those close to Han Wu. Han Wu’s mentor was her mentor too.
“Professor Xu Hai, I have indeed ascended into a God King,” Jing Jing confirmed.
Xu Hai’s heart raced. “Which Divine Jurisdiction do you hold?”
Every instructor leaned in to hear the answer.
“The Soul Jurisdiction,” Jing Jing replied.
A collective gasp swept across the area.