Vine Elder's Shock

"Thank you three for saving our lives. My Ling Family will remember this debt."

As the family head's daughter, she had the right to say that.

But Xu Mingxi had not done it for that. He simply had not wanted to watch someone he knew die in a soul beast's jaws.

"No need to thank us. Do you want to leave with us?"

"All right. Then thank you again."

Although Ling Yilan still had not obtained her fourth soul ring, Grandmother Shuang Lan was already badly injured, so she could only return to her family first.

Xu Mingxi had done enough by saving her in passing. She did not dare ask him to help her hunt for a soul ring too.

A Soul Douluo. The entire Ling Family only had two of them, yet now one had actually appeared as Xu Mingxi's bodyguard.

As Ling Yilan hurried along, she looked at Xu Mingxi ahead of her and gave up the unrealistic fantasy in her heart.

Xu Mingxi was not someone from the same world as her.

Once she let go of that fantasy, Ling Yilan found it much easier to get along with Xu Mingxi afterward. She told him many interesting stories from the continent, as well as about many powerful soul masters.

For example, Bibi Dong, the newly accepted disciple of Spirit Hall's Angel Soul Douluo Qian Xunji, had already begun to make a name for herself on the continent.

When Xu Mingxi thought of how this originally quite normal woman had been driven somewhat mad by Qian Xunji, he felt a headache coming on.

If Spirit Hall had properly nurtured her, and Qian Xunji had not stirred up trouble, Spirit Hall would probably have unified the continent before Tang San even grew up.

Xu Mingxi felt that Bibi Dong was the greatest genius on Douluo Continent. Unfortunately, for one moment her head had been unclear, and she had fallen for a good-for-nothing.

Forget it. He could think about these things later. In any case, the ones Bibi Dong would persecute were Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects.

"Miss Ling, I'll be heading back first."

"All right. My Ling Family is in Heaven Ice City. You're welcome to visit anytime."

Xu Mingxi bid farewell to Ling Yilan and quickly rushed back toward the sect.

He had not noticed much while in the Far North Land before. He had not expected that in just these dozen or so days, the conflicts on the continent had become even more intense.

Town of Northern Suppression, the front line resisting the soul beasts of the Far North Land, seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder.

The three returned to the sect, and only then did they hear some news from Sect Master.

Emperor Xue Xin of the Heaven Dou Empire had passed away, and Xue Ye had ascended the throne, taking control of the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

Spirit Hall's Qian Xunji had broken through to Titled Douluo and officially inherited the position of Supreme Pontiff.

Qian Xunji was not like Qian Daoliu. He was ambitious and wanted Spirit Hall to unify Douluo Continent.

Disregarding the possibility that Tang Chen might still be alive, he directly began making moves to suppress the forces of the Upper Three Sects.

Because of Tang Chen's disappearance, and out of fear of Qian Daoliu's strength, the Upper Three Sects could only give way everywhere, and their spheres of influence continued to shrink.

Sect Master also told the three of them a piece of news that shocked Xu Mingxi.

Ning Tiansheng, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's only Titled Douluo had actually died unexpectedly while obtaining an Eighth Soul Ring for a guest elder.

Whether it had been an accident or not, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fallen into a state where it could be destroyed at any moment.

At this time, Ning Fengzhi, who had just celebrated his fortieth birthday, took the seat of sect master.

No one knew where he had recruited the Sword and Bone Titled Douluo from, but they completely stabilized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

However, because of this matter, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also completely fell out with Spirit Hall, and its cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire grew increasingly close.

From then on, the familiar faces Xu Mingxi knew began gradually stepping onto the grand stage of Douluo Continent.

"Mingxi, was obtaining your fourth soul ring safe this time?"

"Sect Master, my soul skill this time is indeed Star's Protection, but Grandfather and the Second Elder said it's different from the Star's Protection our clansmen usually have."

As he spoke, Xu Mingxi directly lit up his martial soul. His fourth soul ring shone, and Sect Master immediately saw that strand of silver within the brilliant Starlight.

But he had never seen such a situation either, and there was no record of it in Starry Ancestor's notes.

"Mingxi, you go back first. I'll look through the ancient texts and notify you when I have news."

Since Sect Master had already said that much, Xu Mingxi was not the sort of person who could not understand human speech. He obediently returned home and received the warmest welcome from his parents and little friends.

Xu Mingxi had originally thought that this matter would pass just like that. Who could have imagined that the next day, while cultivating beneath the Starry Tree, the two old seniors would give him a huge surprise?

Xu Mingxi was just like usual, activating his First Soul Skill and intending to artificially create a Mimetic Cultivation Field with denser Starlight.

Who would have thought that the moment his First Soul Skill was released, the Starry Tree and the Star Seeking Vine would actually wake straight from their dormant state?

An old man's face appeared on the trunk of the Starry Tree, and the Star Seeking Vine's thick main body hung down from the dense crown.

Just now, they had sensed an unprecedented throbbing from within their bloodlines.

"Kid from the Star Crown Sect, what exactly did you do just now?"

Xu Mingxi had already been frightened by Tree Elder and Vine Elder. Hearing this, he immediately grew puzzled.

"I didn't do anything. I just released my First Soul Skill like usual. Star Calling. You know that."

"No, that's not right. Release it again."

Vine Elder moved directly in front of Xu Mingxi and stared fixedly at him, as if he had seen a peerless treasure.

Xu Mingguang and his son, along with the two elders cultivating here, were also drawn over, surrounding Xu Mingxi in the middle.

I really don't know what happened! Xu Mingxi felt like crying but had no tears. He could only follow Vine Elder's instructions and use his First Soul Skill again.

"Yes, that's it."

Vine Elder's cry of surprise drew everyone's attention. It was the first time they had ever seen him this excited.

They saw Vine Elder's body, which hung from the Starry Tree, stretch longer and longer as he rushed straight toward the descending starlight. Even Tree Elder unfurled his body, and his tree form, unchanged for over a hundred years, actually began to grow.

The sight was truly astonishing. An elder had already gone to notify the Sect Master and the other elders.

All of a sudden, Vine Elder seemed to seize something from the starlight. With a sharp retraction, he landed directly in front of Xu Mingxi.

Xu Mingxi looked closely and saw that on Vine Elder's body, he was actually clutching a wisp of silvery-white radiance.

"Vine Elder, is this..."

"I'm not mistaken. This isn't ordinary moonlight shining down on us, but the legendary Moonlight Essence.

"To us plant soul beasts, especially to our Star Seeking Vine and Starry Tree clans, it is a supreme treasure that can let us grow and even evolve."

Moonlight Essence?

Xu Mingxi felt that its color really did look quite like the moonlight that appeared in his Fourth Soul Skill.

But wasn't this his First Soul Skill? Could it be that after absorbing the Moon Gazing Toad's soul ring, his martial soul had actually changed?

A wild idea suddenly formed in Xu Mingxi's mind, and once it was born, he could no longer hold it back.

The Star Crown was already a top-tier martial soul in this world. If it evolved further, then wouldn't it be... a Divine Martial Soul?

And starlight, moonlight—this couldn't help but make Xu Mingxi think of the three lights of the sun, moon, and stars from the legends of his previous life.

Could it be that he really could become a god?