Artificial Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

On the Douluo Continent,

in the central lake of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian lowered his black-and-gold eyes, his outstretched wings blotting out the sky. His immense presence brought the entire Star Dou Great Forest to silence.

Beside him stood Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and seven other Ferocious Beasts over a hundred thousand years old. Even the weakest had two hundred thousand years of cultivation.

"Under the original plan, we should not have awakened yet. Why has this happened?"

Puzzled, he looked at Da Ming and Er Ming, who were healing in the lake, and asked in a deep voice:

"What is the state of the continent's powers now?"

Da Ming was knowledgeable and experienced, and recognized Di Tian at a glance: a descendant of the Dragon God, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian.

"My lord, Spirit Hall now dominates the continent. The people who attacked us before were Spirit Hall's consecrators, and every one of them had the cultivation of a Super Douluo or higher."

Di Tian frowned. Under the Silver Dragon King's original plan, they were supposed to awaken later. Now that they had awakened early, he did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

Sensing something, he looked up at the sky. His pupils contracted sharply as Xiang Bei's words reached his ears.

"Artificial Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings? A Soul Guidance Virtual World? What is all this?!"

A powerful sense of dissonance welled up in Di Tian's heart, leaving him somewhat dumbfounded. How long had it been? Had human technology already developed to such a degree?

If Soul Rings could be made artificially, was there any need for Soul Beasts like them to exist?

After learning the details from Da Ming, he took human form and issued a decisive order:

"Xiong Jun, Tree Demon, take stock of the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, clear out all human Soul Masters, and prepare to counterattack the human world!"

At the Soul Beast King's command, the entire Star Dou Great Forest sprang into action like a tightly coordinated machine.

"My lord, you mustn't!" Da Ming said. "Spirit Hall possesses a divine inheritance, and it also has a Limit Douluo of formidable strength. This matter needs careful consideration."

What Da Ming did not say outright was that Xiao Wu was currently in the human world. If they launched an attack now and some blind Soul Beast swallowed Xiao Wu, that was an outcome he absolutely could not accept.

"..." Di Tian gazed at the sky screen in silence for a long time before saying, "You have a point. We'll observe a while first."

"But until then, the Star Dou Great Forest is under lockdown. All of you keep a close watch. Only killing between those of the same level is permitted. If I find high-level Soul Masters assisting in a hunt, kill them without exception!"

After a brief consideration, Di Tian made the most correct decision for the present.

Soul Masters hunted Soul Beasts, and in turn, Soul Beasts devoured Soul Masters. Wasn't that also a kind of large-scale training exercise?

On the sky screen.

After obtaining the virtual world's core technology and satellite nodes, Xiang Bei returned to his workshop.

The virtual world's core component was a floating silver-white cube that required energy to activate initially.

"Xiao Yu, connect it to the nuclear fusion reactor."

"Understood, Master." Xiao Yu connected it to the controlled nuclear fusion energy supply. Then she was the first to enter, taking control of the virtual world's various functions.

Once everything was ready, Xiang Bei took out a Soul Tool shaped like a headset and put it on. He closed his eyes, then opened them again.

His consciousness had entered the virtual world. Before him was a deserted village.

Pop!

Xiao Yu's lifelike body appeared out of thin air. In the outside world, she was virtual; here, she had a body.

"Hello, Master. I've optimized the functions here into a form you can use."

"Show me," Xiang Bei said.

As soon as he finished speaking,

the virtual world's core component suddenly erupted with an endless suction force, drawing a vast amount of life energy into itself.

Two Soul Beasts with a thousand years of cultivation were generated in the virtual world. From their appearance, they were two thousand-year-old Mandala Snakes.

Boom!

At a thought from Xiang Bei, several Soul Tool Turrets appeared out of thin air and killed the two thousand-year Soul Beasts with little effort. White fragments floated from their dead bodies and entered Xiang Bei's body.

Xiao Yu's notification sounded at just the right moment.

[Thousand-year Soul Beast killed. Age of each Soul Ring increased by fifty years!]

Hearing this, Xiang Bei excitedly summoned his Soul Ring. His First Soul Ring, originally white, was now gradually turning yellow.

"It really can increase! Great! With this technology, my First Soul Ring will turn purple sooner or later, or even black!"

"Keep going, generate more!"

"Yes, Master." Xiao Yu nodded and waved her hand, and several more thousand-year Soul Beasts appeared. They had no minds; their only thought was to kill every human Soul Master in sight.

[Thousand-year Soul Beast killed. Soul Ring age increased...]

The constant killing of Soul Beasts greatly improved Xiang Bei's strength, and his First Soul Ring's age increased by several hundred years.

"That felt great!" Xiang Bei put down the Soul Tool Turret and let out a long breath. The virtual world was different from the real world: once his consciousness entered, a suitable consciousness body would be generated based on his physical data from reality,

"Let's stop here, Xiao Yu. Gather the energy and create a Soul Ring. I want to use it as my fifth Soul Ring."

After giving the order, Xiang Bei withdrew his consciousness. When he opened his eyes, he saw Mu En and Xuan Zi standing in front of him. Xuan Zi in particular was looking at him as though he were a freak.

"What's wrong, seniors?"

"You have the nerve to ask? Xiang Bei, what have you been doing?" Xuan Zi muttered in dissatisfaction, though there was no rebuke in his words.

"Well..." Xiang Bei scratched the dirt. "I just developed a new Soul Guidance device and wanted to test it. What happened?"

"Your room absorbed a tenth of the inner courtyard's life energy. The total amount has already far surpassed the level of a Soul King," Mu En said calmly, his clear eyes seeming capable of seeing through Xiang Bei's body.

"Wait! Why has your presence grown so much stronger in such a short time?" Mu En's voice rose three pitches.

Xiang Bei stepped aside. "This is the Soul Tool I've just developed—the Soul Guidance Virtual World. You can enter it with your consciousness to train, test Soul Skills, and kill Soul Beasts to increase the age of your Soul Rings."

"Hmm?" Xuan Zi had been unconcerned at first, but his eyes flew open when he heard that it could increase Soul Ring ages:

"A little thing like this can increase Soul Ring ages? Is that really true?"

"Of course it's true. Not only that, it can also artificially create Soul Rings. As long as there's enough energy, perhaps humans won't need to go out and hunt Soul Beasts anymore."

Xiang Bei spoke with certainty as he took out two Linked Soul Tools. Xiao Yu had hastily made them using the equipment in the workshop, and they had only one function: connecting to the virtual world.

"These are ungraded Linked Soul Tools. Just put one on, and no matter where you are, as long as you're within the coverage of the Virtual World Network, you can enter at any time."

Xuan Zi and Mu En exchanged a glance and quickly grasped just how terrifying this was!

Just imagine:

If two countries went to war, and one could transmit information in an instant while the other still had to rely on traditional human messengers, it would be an outright technological crushing!

The two put on the Linked Soul Tools and entered the virtual world with their consciousnesses.

Hum!

Hum!

Xiao Yu had already transformed the village from before into something resembling a small town.

In the sky, a Soul Ring so black it gleamed constantly radiated a terrifying pressure in every direction. Judging by its color alone, it was at least ninety thousand years old!

Swish!

In an instant,

the Soul Ring seemed to break through some barrier. A trace of red appeared at one edge and rapidly spread.

The crimson color bathed the entire virtual world in red.

With an ample supply of energy from nuclear fusion, Xiao Yu had actually created an unprecedented Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.