Refining the Heavens 4 (炼天四)

Chapter 12: Esley Restrio

Esley Restrio. The greatest tamer that the world had ever known. He is the sole inheritor of the one who created the soul taming arts, and in his passion to learn all things of a tamer, he became a scholar of the traditional blood contract techniques.

With unrivalled knowledge in both paths, he is more advance by a hundred years than anyone else in his field. Moreover, possessing a rare multi-faceted soul, he could form more than one Soul Contract, allowing him to have several powerful creature to share their strength with him.

If he only had a Two-tailed Cat Soul, it would already make him the envy of all tamers; Duo-faceted souls are as rare as it comes, with no more than three such people in the world.

For tamers, the more facets one's soul is, the better. The power of having two Soul Contracts isn't a simple one plus one.

To share strength with even one more creature makes the combat style totally different.

In history of the world, there was only one who was born with a Four-armed Monkey Soul and was once considered the most talented tamer ever. When those that feared his power had held his daughter as hostage and accidentally killed her, he turned into a terror that nearly wiped out all the empires on Gaia. It took the combined might of every fighter at the Triple S rank level and the temporary alliance of the Calamity Class Beasts – Ex Ranked creatures - to finally take him down. Although, none could tell was it truly victory when almost all those practitioners and even several great beasts perished in the battle and the world fell into a dark era.

Esley, although young, possesses the Nine-Parallel-Soul; a thing that existed only as a theory in the past and a legend among legends.

His potential is unrivalled, only his youth and the difficulty of forming multiple Soul Contracts are hindering him.

So far, he had only managed to form two Soul contracts. If not for his Blood Contract Techniques as a supporting field, to become a Martial King at his age and without prior war achievement is a doubtful thing.

He looked at the dark figure once again, the words still reverberating in his mind, "Do you wish for power?"

He couldn't deny the thumping desire of his heart, but good sense and fear stopped him.

"To make Saint Empire safe again?" Esley breathed hesitantly.

The shadow did not answer, instead he began to say, "Your cultivation method is unsuitable for your Nine-Parallel Soul, making your progress slow, and most importantly you've become the weakest link in battle amongst your tamed creatures.

If you wish for power, then show me your resolution."

Esley could not trust this mysterious person, but just as he was about to reject, the dark shadow started talking about the flaws of cultivation method.

"As you should know, Soul Taming requires you to accept the energy of different creatures. If you are unable to assimilate the multiple types, you cannot progress.

The 6th, 8th, and 12th, meridian pathways. The Spirit Gathering point, Wisdom Break point, Life Gate, Death Gate, and Hundred Gathering point.

Those are the blockades in your cultivation.

Once you break through them, your Ki will become more refined and concentrated, allowing you to tame two more creatures."

When Esley heard the words of this mysterious man, he couldn't help but feel an excitement that scared him, stirring from his heart.

The man cloaked in darkness took a look at him. The next moment, a hand gloved in black leather is placed upon his forehead.

The shadow said in that same cold voice, "Power always come at a cost. Blaze across the battlefield and mow down all who dare turn their swords at our empire."