Now that Artemis was evolving, he couldn't use her to occupy his mana core anymore.

Thus, she was unable to fuse with him.

That was sad as it restricted his ability to fly too, but in the worst-case scenario, Jason could make use of Solaris, who was able to replicate Artemis' wings.

Because of that, there shouldn't be any big problems for him.

Instead of focusing on these issues, Jason would rather do something that would help him to become much stronger.

Even if he didn't know about the events that were bound to occur, he knew that something bad was going on in the Julandra region.

Awaiting the attempt to be assassinated, Jason would stay inside the City Lord's manor for the time being.

As such, he had more than enough time to cultivate, to learn the second stage of the Balance of the Universe cultivation technique, and most importantly, to bind the Spiral Spirit egg, and solve its issue with the dead mana veins that were clogging up the Spiral cultivation veins.

Of all these tasks, he wanted to make use of the opportunity and take care of the Spiral Spirit egg first.

Before he could do that, he had to bind it to his soul.

Having been told to move from his room inside the auxiliary tower to one of the free rooms inside the manor, Jason randomly chose one before he went inside.

Upon entering his new room he saw that it was almost spacious enough to fit Petri in his normal form. His eyes flitted to the king-sized bed on which he sat before putting the egg in front of him.

Only a moment later, Petri and Solaris appeared next to him, intrigued by the soon-to-be member of their family.

Yet, their curiosity died down just in a few minutes in which they had gazed at the egg for some time, before both of them huddled near Jason, clinging to him, a thing they loved to do.

Petri, in his smallest form, was coiled around Jason's torso several times while Solaris had taken the shape of a miniature human.

This was something the origin flame had tried to shape itself into for several weeks but had never worked out the way it wanted.

In the end, it was a refreshing change to switch from cultivating 24/7 without any break to developing a better proficiency with its own body and fire affinity.

Solaris' situation as a sentient flame was unique.

As such, there were several things it could do to further increase its strength.

For example, it could change its shape, temperature, density, and other properties to become more or less dangerous.

This was exactly what Jason needed right now, something that didn't hurt at all as the Spiral Spirit egg should be extremely sensitive to any infiltrators.

With his two soulbonds next to him, Jason couldn't help but feel the pressure lifting off his chest and he was able to keep calm.

Because of that, Jason was able to easily separate a single soul thread from his soul world core, which he led through his body.

Afterward, he released the soul thread from his right hand which was already holding in front of the Spiral Spirit egg.

A simple touch on the cold shell of the egg was thus enough for his soul thread to slowly envelop the egg before penetrating through the outer shell and breaking in.

Because the Spiral Spirit egg had yet to hatch, let alone absorb enough spirit force to grow properly, it was already a wonder that it had managed to keep the life form within it intact.

Jason, who had already realised this, thus would have no problem binding the Spiral Spirit egg to his soul.

There was no energy left within it, to retaliate against the soul thread, after all!

However, due to the very same reason, Jason didn't force a soulbond with the Spiral Spirit egg.

Instead, by enveloping the egg first, he tried to establish amity before letting his soul thread break in through the outer shell.

The latter was only initiated after his arrival was accepted.

In the end, the Spiral Spirit was not even developed enough to understand what was about to happen.

It only sensed Jason's Celestia aura and the kindness radiating from it, followed by the soul thread that was swept through with soul energy, invigorating the Spiral Spirit even without having been bound yet.

Through this, the undeveloped Spiral Spirit grasped the first chance that would grant its survival, which was in fact, Jason's soul thread.

Once the soul thread was accepted by the Spiral Spirit, Jason inserted more soul energy into it, energising the undeveloped egg before slowly binding it to his soul.

However, out of a sudden, the soul world retaliated against the binding process of the Spiral Spirit, which caused the soul energy to stop moving.

At the same time, the soul thread wanted to instinctively retreat from the seemingly dangerous being it was about to bind.

Despite this, Jason used his sheer willpower to prevent the soul thread from doing anything that could possibly injure the Spirit Soul.

As such, while maintaining the soul thread, Jason had to figure out what the problem was.

The soul world continued to shake, refusing to accept binding the Spiral Spirit.

This caused Jason to wonder if the soul world was not compatible with the Spiral Spirit.

'Am I really unable to bind it?' He suddenly wondered, gritting his teeth.

Initially, his instincts had made him purchase and bind the Spiral Spirit, which was the reason for him to do everything.

As such, he couldn't understand why it was not working anymore.

'I might have only awoken a single soul world, which is different to Greg's double soul awakening...but, I was able to bind Petri too, and he had been a physically attributed beast since the beginning!'

Pondering about the possibility of his soul world's rejection of the Spiral Spirit, he could think of several reasons, and Jason could count all of them up.

The most plausible would be that his soul world was not compatible with Spiral beasts.

However, that was something Jason didn't believe to be the case because Petri was also accepted by his soul world, and it was a Pryr beast with curses at that!

Because of that, the next reason he had in mind, appeared to be more feasible.

'Does my soul world reject the Spiral Spirit because of its mutation and the issues that come with it? Is it like an instinctive repulsive behavior towards the Spiral Spirit?'

The more he thought about it, the more logical it sounded.

His soul world had always been unique, and it had even accepted Petri, the being with two curses, where one of it cursed the soul world core itself.

However, instead of rejecting Petri, his soul world had accepted the beast without a single complaint.

Afterward, the soul world even created a possibility to make use of the curse, actively activating and deactivating it.

Right now, Jason might not be using the curse in that way, but he had required it for some time, otherwise, his body would have been torn apart.

Furthermore, there was always the possibility of a beast of his evolving into an overpowered beast, giving him such a high amplification in strength that he required the curse.

As such, it was an exceptional feat to have this ability, which the soul world had created for him.

Thus, the Spiral Spirit was likely to be rejected by his soul world owing to the possible disadvantages it would bring forth.

Because it was not a sentient being, the soul world couldn't comprehend that Jason wanted to use Solaris to expel, or if necessary, burn the dead mana veins that clogged up the Spiral veins.

With that in mind, Jason ignored his strongly vibrating soul world that shook his entire being as he used his willpower to actively lead soul energy through the soul thread, binding the Spiral Spirit despite the soul world's repeated protests.

One could say that he was being reckless, but after considering it for a moment his soul world wouldn't have allowed him to even break in the Spiral Spirit egg's shell if it was not compatible with Spiral beasts!

Owing to this, he ignored the Soul world's disapproval of the Spiral Spirit as he finished binding it in a single hour.

Even if he was not aware of this, the decision to ignore his soul world would go on to become one of the best decisions he could have made in his entire life, being the reason for him to overcome the events that were bound to happen, soon.

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