# Chapter 2: The Soul Master Can't Hold On Any Longer
The Soul Master essentially had two personalities, or rather, two souls—a rational soul and a frenzied beast soul. The two coexisted while also suppressing each other.
The rational soul, known as the "Soul Master," could use a person as an anchor to continuously stabilize his condition, thereby persistently suppressing the "Frenzied Beast." As for how strong the "Frenzied Beast" was, it was difficult to estimate.
These two sides weren't simply taking turns suppressing each other; they would each go all out to pin the other down within the soul's consciousness.
If Aurora, this anchor, died, the Soul Master would be crushed within the soul space for who knows how long. Perhaps he wouldn't wake up until after some major Star Realm event occurred. This was the price of using the Forbidden Mark to absorb a massive amount of souls.
In that case, the Soul Master would truly have no way to play. Compared to that, choosing to compromise decisively was undoubtedly acceptable. Besides, there was still a chance to buy [Soul Source Matter · Unique].
After all, after this, the Soul Master and Su Xiao would share a common enemy: Shenfu. The Soul Master had been screwed over too badly by Shenfu this time. That old bastard, before fleeing, had given the Soul Master things that seemed like bargaining chips but were actually all dangerous items.
As for how Su Xiao found the Soul Master, it was through the [Flame Core] that Aurora held. Previously, Su Xiao had signed a contract with this dead object, the content being that he could sense its location. Although it could only be sensed once, that was enough.
This couldn't be blamed on Aurora either. This [Flame Core] was one of the spoils she received when they achieved a great victory at Sanctuary City · Doan back then.
"I'm going to leave this world, but before that, I have something to do."
A hint of tenderness appeared in the Soul Master's smile. Seeing this, Aurora, who was behind him, suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.
The Soul Master walked up to Aurora, took out a ring, and said to her sincerely: "Will you be my wife?"
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Aurora was completely dumbfounded.
Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha each took a meatball skewer from Amu's hand, becoming spectators—no, meatball-eating spectators.
Aurora's expression was nearly twisted. She was very certain that something was wrong with her now, seriously wrong. When she had cooperated with Shenfu and the Soul Master before, she was more on guard against Shenfu. But now it seemed the Soul Master was even crazier. Compared to the "Frenzied Beast" inside his body, this so-called rational personality was a complete lunatic.
A thin, emerald-green short blade appeared in Aurora's hand. She prepared to trigger her ultimate life-saving measure through death, to escape this terrifying and unknown situation.
The sharp blade sliced across Aurora's neck. This weapon would absorb all the life force of anyone whose vital point was struck. Combined with Aurora's ruthlessness—she nearly cut her own throat completely—within a few seconds, she collapsed into a pool of blood on the ground.
"Sigh."
The Soul Master sighed. He reached his hand toward Aurora's throat and neck. The surrounding blood, as if reversing, quickly flowed back into Aurora's neck. The wound also healed rapidly. In just a few seconds, Aurora was resurrected on the spot, failing to trigger that life-saving item.
Seeing this, Su Xiao was certain the Soul Master wasn't a time-type. Zuiyasi was a time-type, and that guy's time-type ability felt different from this. The Soul Master's ability seemed more like reversing Aurora's future, causing the future where she died to be devoured by some unknown entity.
The resurrected Aurora stood frozen in place for a few seconds. Her gaze was dazed, looking... a bit stupid?
The Soul Master took out the ring again, with the same lines as before. Aurora was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly her pupils contracted. Taking advantage of the brief freedom, she immediately slit her own throat again, still trying to break this death loop through that life-saving measure.
After a moment, Aurora was resurrected again.
This repeated over and over. At first, Bubu Wang and Baha were still eating meatballs and watching the show, but after a while, they felt a chill down their spines. This endless cycle was becoming increasingly eerie.
When Aurora was resurrected for the 20th time, she stood there, looking around blankly, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth. The Soul Master took out the ring again. This time, the ring bore the "Ξ" mark.
The Soul Master leaned his head close to Aurora's ear and whispered: "Ms. Aurora, are you willing to become a violator of the Dawn Paradise?"
"I... I..."
Aurora drooled, her gaze hollow. She "I"ed for a long time. It seemed the previous pain had made her subconscious afraid to refuse again:
"I... am willing."
As soon as Aurora spoke, the Holy Light Paradise mark on the back of her hand began to gradually dissipate. The black "Ξ" mark of the Dawn Paradise appeared on the back of Aurora's hand.
Did Aurora cooperate with violators because she was willing to become one herself? Of course not. At the Supreme level, choosing to become a violator was quite rare. As for cooperating with violators, that was very common at the Supreme level.
Su Xiao's hand rested on his sword hilt. If he could have acted, he would have killed the Soul Master without hesitation.
It was common knowledge that the Reincarnation Paradise and the Dawn Paradise were hostile. As a hunter of the Reincarnation Paradise, being hostile to the violators of the Dawn Paradise was a natural factional opposition.
The key point was that from the moment they met, the Soul Master's body had begun to turn somewhat transparent, with the black protective glow of the Dawn Paradise. This meant he had already submitted his main quest and was in a state where he could return to the Dawn Paradise at any time. Attacking now would be meaningless.
In other words, the Soul Master had been on guard from the start, preventing Su Xiao, a Blade Grandmaster who could kill the Dukain Ancestor, from killing him on the street. So he had already completed his main quest to ensure everything was foolproof.
As for why Su Xiao changed his mind about killing the Soul Master, it was because this guy, through some unknown means, had become someone who recruited people for the Dawn Paradise.
This situation was ten or a hundred times more dangerous than if the Soul Master had powerful combat strength and firm backbone. Given time, this guy would cause more and more Supreme-level violators to join the Dawn Paradise. Moreover, it was still uncertain whether this thing could pull powerful non-Paradise faction members into the Dawn Paradise as violators.
The Soul Master and Aurora faded into the air, teleported away by the Dawn Paradise.
Seeing this, Su Xiao stood up. The meatball skewers from the street stall barbecue on this street were unexpectedly delicious. The Star Realm Food Guide would have one more snack item.
That evening, at the space rift deep underground beneath a winery in District 30. The Soul Master hadn't lied about this point. Or rather, with the clues already at this level, and with Su Xiao's team having Xilin, who was a causality-type, lying like this would be meaningless.
Walking into the space rift, cold air rushed toward them. The frozen White Dragon Lady not far ahead was teleported away by the Reincarnation Paradise.
[You have completed the hidden quest: Dark Redemption.]
[You have obtained: Primordial God Blood (World-Class Item).]
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Just as this notification appeared, the Void Tree's announcement followed.
[Announcement: The current reputation ranking will enter the settlement phase.]
[Settlement complete. Current first place: Reincarnation Paradise · Bai Ye.]
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[Notification (Void Tree): You have become the first place in this reputation ranking.]
[You have received the following rewards: