Breaking Through to Level Forty, Soul Hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest

The sun rose and set, and another day began.

Heaven did not disappoint those who persevered. After his efforts the previous night, Li Wuyou had finally broken through to become a level-forty Quasi-Soul Ancestor.

His eyes snapped open. A faint golden light flashed in the depths of his pupils, then slowly faded.

"Whew!"

"Level forty at last!"

Li Wuyou slowly breathed out a mouthful of turbid air.

He clenched his fists, feeling the surging Soul Power within him. It was more than twice as dense as before.

Sure enough, combat was the best way to train.

He might have defeated Zi Yue in her Complete Dragon Transformation with a single sword strike yesterday, but the fighting along the way had also put him under enough pressure to carry him smoothly across the threshold of level forty.

If he had relied solely on his usual seated cultivation, he would probably have needed at least several more months to reach level forty.

"Next, it's time to get a Soul Ring!"

Li Wuyou murmured to himself, a sharp gleam passing through his eyes.

Level forty meant he was only one Soul Ring away from becoming a Soul Ancestor.

Li Wuyou stood up, stretched his body, and looked toward the sun rising on the horizon.

He pushed open his bedroom door and entered the hall, where he saw Zi Yue eating breakfast.

"Little brother Wuyou, you're awake?"

"Are you hungry?"

"Come eat breakfast with me!"

Zi Yue held a large, round, soft meat bun with a bit of pink filling in her chopsticks, while her other hand held a bowl of steaming rice porridge.

She waved Li Wuyou over, then gently sipped the porridge in her bowl, smiling all the while.

"Good morning, Little Yueyue!"

In a good mood, Li Wuyou greeted Zi Yue, then sat down beside her to eat breakfast.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two went to the pavilion in the back courtyard to rest.

"Little brother Wuyou, how did your cultivation go?"

"Did you manage to break through to level forty?"

After speaking, Zi Yue caught sight of the completely different presence about Li Wuyou, and a guess flickered through her beautiful eyes.

The man she had set her sights on had probably already broken through to level forty!

And that was indeed the case. Zi Yue's guess was soon confirmed.

"Mm!"

"I did break through to level forty!"

"Little Yueyue, I need to go out for a while and get the Soul Ring I want in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Li Wuyou nodded and told Zi Yue what he had planned.

Suotuo City was not far from the Star Dou Great Forest, making it his best choice for obtaining a Soul Ring. The forest contained a great variety of Soul Beasts, giving him a wider range to choose from.

"You're going to the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring?"

"Little brother Wuyou, do you need my mom's help?"

Zi Yue thought for a moment before making the suggestion.

Li Wuyou had three black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. His fourth Soul Ring would definitely be a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as well.

As for how many tens of thousands of years old it would be, she had no idea!

But she guessed that Li Wuyou's fourth Soul Ring would definitely be more than forty thousand years old.

A forty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast was equivalent to a powerful level-seventy human Soul Saint!

She did not know whether Li Wuyou was taking any Spirit Hall experts with him to the Star Dou Great Forest, but surely having another Titled Douluo to protect him would be a good thing.

"Little Yueyue, there's no need to worry!"

"I made arrangements for my fourth Soul Ring a long time ago!"

"Just stay in Suotuo City. I'll be back soon!"

Li Wuyou shook his head, declining Zi Yue's kind offer.

After yesterday's fight in the Soul Fighting arena, the news that Zi Yue could undergo Complete Dragon Transformation had long since been exposed!

Things might not be very peaceful from here on. Quite a few factions would probably have their eyes on Zi Yue.

At the very least, major powers like Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would definitely set their sights on her.

Under Bibi Dong's leadership, Spirit Hall had grown exceptionally overbearing and tyrannical over the years. Anyone or any faction unwilling to bow and submit had only one road left: death.

Zi Yue was a genius who had reached the rank of level-forty-three Soul Ancestor at such a young age and could even undergo Complete Dragon Transformation. The informants of the Spirit Hall Branch in Suotuo City would definitely send information about her back.

Not to mention that Zi Yan was also a Titled Douluo. Bibi Dong, the Pope, was brimming with ambition and had always wanted to unite the entire Douluo Continent. How could she possibly let a high-level combatant like Zi Yan slip away?

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not remain indifferent either. How could that old dragon Yu Yuanzhen stand by and let the Zi Clan seize the title of the world's number one Beast Martial Soul?

What was more, the standing of the world's number one True Dragon Martial Soul was at stake. Yu Yuanzhen simply could not sit still.

As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's reason for targeting Zi Yue?

Heh!

That was even simpler!

Who on the entire Douluo Continent didn't know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had a particularly shameless old bastard who frequently carried out assassinations?

Gu Rong: "That's right, I'm the one he's talking about!"

In the original work, Gu Rong had told Ning Fengzhi that Tang San's talent was too great and he was unwilling to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so they might as well kill him and be done with it.

Even though Tang San's publicly known Martial Soul at the time was the worthless Blue Silver Grass, Gu Rong had still wanted to kill him because of his Innate Full Soul Power.

Whether they were gifted civilian Soul Masters acting independently or young disciples of other factions, Gu Rong wanted to get rid of them all if they refused to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, especially those exceptionally talented Soul Masters who had yet to mature.

Rather than have Zi Yan accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest, he might as well leave her in Suotuo City to protect Zi Yue.

All three of his black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills were Angel Clones with Titled Douluo-level combat power. With those, wouldn't getting his fourth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest be a simple matter?

"Oh!"

"All right, then!"

"Little brother Wuyou, stay safe!"

Zi Yue nodded and did not object to Li Wuyou's arrangements.

Although she did not know the details of his plans, surely there was nothing wrong with the heads of Spirit Hall's upper ranks. They wouldn't let a genius of the Angel Clan who had awakened the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul go into the Star Dou Great Forest alone to hunt Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Well, funny she should think that.

If Li Wuyou had known what Zi Yue was thinking, he would definitely have given the clever girl a thumbs-up. There really was something wrong with the heads of everyone in Spirit Hall's upper ranks.

Otherwise, the whole lot of them in the original work wouldn't have pulled so many maddeningly outrageous moves and suffered such a crushing defeat in their attempt to unite the continent.

After asking Zi Yue for a detailed map of the Soul Beasts' distribution in the Star Dou Great Forest, Li Wuyou summoned his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to possess him. Six feathered wings instantly grew from his back.

"Little Yueyue, I'm off!"

After saying goodbye, Li Wuyou shot straight into the sky.

Once he had fixed on the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, he left Suotuo City's boundaries in the blink of an eye.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Flying at full speed, Li Wuyou was terrifyingly fast. He became a streak of golden light and vanished in an instant, leaving a series of deafening sonic booms in the sky above Suotuo City.