The Power to Stir Fate

"Who knows whether the Silver Dragon King's methods will be sufficient, or whether she can carry out the plan I gave her properly."

Chen Ming thought about it, but that was as far as it went.

He still had no way to participate personally.

In his eighth life, he had blown up the God Position of the God of Time. Although it had been the position of a First-Rank God rather than a God King, its impact on a God King had ultimately been limited. Thus, Chen Ming had not chosen to use all his power against Tang San. Instead, he had used half of it to interfere with the God Realm and make trouble for Tang San.

At the same time, he had used the other half of that power to accomplish another major task—blocking.

It could not exactly be called completely cutting off the connection between Douluo Star and the God Realm.

The so-called blocking here was actually a disruption of time.

What he had detonated was the God Position of the God of Time. With the vast difference in the flow of time between the God Realm and Douluo Star, disrupting the time between the two was not difficult.

Even if Tang San sensed what was happening on Douluo Star through the God Realm Central Hub, by the time he sensed it, the event might actually have happened a very, very long time ago.

If the delay in the God Realm was one day, then the event had occurred a year ago.

Even if the delay was only one hour, that would still amount to a full two weeks in the lower realm!

Did self-destruction necessarily have to be intended to harm the enemy?

No!

What seemed like an inconsequential outburst was in fact a crucial move capable of stirring fate. Time had become the power that set fate in motion.

"I checked. The energy within this fire lotus, the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus, is indeed dispersed. Although the lotus seeds and petals contain a considerable share of the energy, they are secondary. The source is all in the lotus pod itself."

Indeed, even though they contained concentrated essence, the petals and lotus seeds could ultimately only be considered "fruit."

Du Busi circulated his Soul Power and restrained his Poison Cultivation. Using his physical body, he forcibly stripped away the petals that resembled flaming wings one by one, then plucked the lotus seeds from the pod one at a time.

Chen Ming moved swiftly, taking out a dagger and cutting through the root beneath the lotus pod, completely "killing" the Heavenly Treasure.

Seeing that the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus showed no change, Du Busi frowned and was about to question Chen Ming's strategy.

He looked toward Chen Ming, only to find that Chen Ming had already sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

He could sense Chen Ming's Soul Power beginning to envelop the energy dispersing from the "corpse" of the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus.

Guided by Chen Ming's Soul Power, the energy belonging to the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus rapidly gathered and began condensing into a ring of light.

After the ring of light formed, its energy seemed to begin transforming into Soul Power under the laws of heaven and earth. Color began to appear on the ring, swiftly changing from white to yellow. Then the color deepened further, yellow turning to purple, while the purple became increasingly brilliant.

A soul ring had formed.

Du Busi watched the scene, feeling it was utterly absurd.

He had never imagined that a soul ring could be formed this way.

Did that mean all Heavenly Treasures could actually be absorbed in the form of soul rings?

Even if they had not transformed into plant-type soul beasts, one could still obtain a soul ring and make maximum use of them!

Such situations were common, especially for the Body Sect.

The cultivation of a Body Martial Soul could not do without medicinal herbs, much less all kinds of Heavenly Treasures beneficial for body tempering.

If one could perfectly absorb the medicinal effects while also obtaining a corresponding soul ring, it would be simply unimaginable.

He desperately wanted to ask Chen Ming how he had done it, but he held himself back, intending to speak only after Chen Ming had finished fusing with the soul ring.

Once Chen Ming had transformed the soul ring, he too let out a sigh of relief.

This soul ring was around two thousand one hundred years old.

Since it came from a Heavenly Treasure rather than a true soul beast, the difficulty of absorbing it would be much lower. He was not worried that he would be unable to endure it.

The key was the power contained in the lotus seeds and petals. If he digested that energy after absorbing the ring, along with the supplementary soul ring he had prepared beforehand, this first soul ring would reach at least five thousand years.

Using the power of a soul ring to receive nourishment was the easiest and most direct form of improvement.

That way, not only would his Soul Power receive feedback, but his physique would grow as well. The limit of what his next soul ring could withstand would increase substantially.

Thinking it through carefully, perhaps he would have a chance to attempt a ten-thousand-year second ring.

Pushing aside his many distracting thoughts, Chen Ming began focusing on absorbing the soul ring.

Unlike Long Aotian, although both were absorbing soul rings beyond their limits, Chen Ming was suffering a different kind of pain—the swelling sensation caused by his martial soul absorbing power beyond its limits.

Simply put, his martial soul was about to burst.

Even a young phoenix could not swallow the inner core of a god-level dragon.

Because it had been formed from the energy of a Heavenly Treasure, the energy of this soul ring entered Chen Ming's body and performed the effects originally belonging to a Heavenly Treasure, cleansing and refining his meridians. Yet as a soul ring, its energy had already exceeded the limit and was too much for Chen Ming.

Enduring the pain of his martial soul being stretched to the point of explosion, Chen Ming fused his Soul Martial Soul into his body.

At that moment, he felt the connection between his two martial souls become even closer, as though a powerful link was faintly emerging between them.

His Spiritual Sense merged into his body, stabilizing his Body Martial Soul.

Then, Chen Ming quickly felt the feedback from his own body.

Refined by the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus, his body underwent a complete transformation. In particular, this body of his had never been ordinary flesh to begin with, but an Innate Spiritual Body. At this moment, it could vaguely be considered a fire spiritual body, possessing an extremely high affinity for the fire attribute.

And the transformation of his body brought about the transformation of his martial soul as well.

With his martial soul strengthened and empowered by his Soul Martial Soul, Chen Ming finally withstood this first soul ring.

The purple soul ring was completely absorbed into Chen Ming's body. Then, another flash of purple radiance burst forth, transforming into a soul ring that encircled him, rising and falling as its flickering purple glow shone with incomparable brilliance.

"It worked!" Du Busi cried in delight.

"Teacher, the petals," Chen Ming reminded him.

Du Busi handed the petals to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming swallowed the petals in one mouthful and began refining the energy within them once more.

Du Busi saw Chen Ming's first soul ring shine again, seemingly absorbing the power within the petals and growing stronger!

He drew a deep breath, feeling that he had witnessed a miracle today.

This meant that Chen Ming had first obtained the soul ring, broken through the Soul Power restriction, and allowed his martial soul to enter its next stage before increasing the soul ring's age.

Could this be replicated?

Du Busi did not know.

In theory, it could, but he was unsure whether Chen Ming had used some other special method during the absorption process.

"Three thousand years."

Chen Ming quickly consumed all the petals, integrating their energy into the soul ring.

A three-thousand-year first soul ring!

And he had yet to consume the nine lotus seeds produced by the Crimson Phoenix Nirvana Golden Lotus, while the supplementary soul ring had not yet been fused either.

When Chen Ming opened his eyes, he saw the eager look on Du Busi's face.

Before Du Busi could speak, Chen Ming already knew what he wanted to ask.

"Teacher, I succeeded. As long as you envelop it in the method of absorbing a soul ring at the first moment, it can be transformed into a soul ring."

He directly revealed the key.

It was that simple?

Du Busi was stunned.

No, that was not right. There had to be some condition that was wrong.

Had no soul master really tried this before?