Devouring the Sea God Consciousness, Ah Yin Awakens

What a boost!

Xu Yu felt incredible.

For a lower-realm creature like him, the effects of a god's will were simply too obvious.

The spiritual power that was hardest to improve during cultivation rose rapidly. Divine Sense as vast as the sea—even the greatest geniuses would never have the chance to obtain such a divine treasure to cultivate their spiritual power. Though the process was painful, Xu Yu was delighted inside.

It felt incredible.

His Soul Power was also rising rapidly. Naturally, it was far inferior to the increase in his spiritual power, but it was still climbing at a speed that would make geniuses jealous. Xu Yu, originally at rank fifty-four Soul Power, suddenly reached the bottleneck of a rank sixty Soul Emperor. His spiritual power had broken through into boundlessness, and his control over the Tree Realm had strengthened countless times over.

But he seemed to have gotten too happy too soon. The immense, high-quality energy within the Divine Sense was far beyond what he could fully absorb, and his body was about to burst apart.

Was the difference between gods and mortals really this great?

It was only a strand of Divine Sense, yet it could actually stuff him to death.

If he had not possessed the Summoning Tome, he truly would not have escaped this calamity.

He hurriedly transferred the excess sea energy into the roots of the Chaos Ancient Tree. After the Chaos Ancient Tree absorbed and transformed it, purified energy filtered through it and dripped onto A Lan.

The Chaos Ancient Tree was a professional when it came to converting and purifying energy. It could transform even "chaotic" substances mixed with all kinds of energy, let alone the Sea God's Divine Sense.

Using the Chaos Ancient Tree as a recyclable garbage processing station did damage Xu Yu's kind image, but there was nothing he could do. If the old Sea God still had some trick up his sleeve and managed to turn A Lan against him, Xu Yu would truly have no tears left to cry.

"Ahhh! What is this? Impossible! What kind of tree is this?"

Holy shit, there really was something! Xu Yu was startled.

But then his face turned much paler. He had absorbed it directly, without it being transformed by the Chaos Ancient Tree.

"Moss Head, hurry out here and pump Dad's stomach."

Moss Head emerged and controlled countless tree roots, which churned up from beneath the ground. They sucked and sucked at Xu Yu, sucking him dry before spitting him back out. Once it determined that nothing seemed wrong, it went back.

A voice inside his body wailed and screamed miserably. Fortunately, the Chaos Ancient Tree had purified it once. Xu Yu let out a long breath. That had been close.

Those old monsters who had lived for countless years really were not easy to deal with.

Still, his Soul Power had stabilized at rank sixty. Once he absorbed another soul ring, he would officially become a Soul Emperor.

Amid his joy, Xu Yu also began entertaining some crooked thoughts. His cultivation had risen so quickly—this was far more effective than Immortal Herbs.

At most, Immortal Herbs contained mortal-realm energy quality approaching that of the immortal realm. How could they compare to the precious Divine Sense of gods?

A god probably only had about ten portions of Divine Sense like the one he had used up.

That meant he had eaten one-tenth of a god.

What extravagance. As for whether it truly was one-tenth, he had no way to verify it, so he might as well assume it was.

Once he slaughtered a god someday, he could divide that god's Divine Sense into ten portions and compare them.

Besides, although Xu Yu had only risen six ranks after absorbing this Divine Sense, the greatest benefits had not gone to him. They had gone to the Chaos Ancient Tree and the Blue Silver Grass.

A Lan was still refining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and did not know, but through communicating with the Chaos Ancient Tree, Xu Yu learned that it now possessed fifty thousand years of cultivation.

If the Chaos Ancient Tree were not so unsuited for battle, Xu Yu felt that he could challenge a Spirit Douluo alone right now.

He mobilized the heaven and earth energy enveloped by the Tree Realm to empower A Lan and help her refine the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. But what left Xu Yu dumbfounded was that refining it was one thing—why had she refined herself as well?

A Lan went from a little girl of six or seven to a fully mature woman in mere seconds. Her figure and appearance were truly identical to Ah Yin's.

A Lan's clothes were materialized from Blue Silver Grass energy, so there was no need to worry about them bursting apart or anything.

After successfully refining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, it transformed into a triangular symbol imprinted between A Lan's brows. Her entire body radiated a deep blue light as vast as the sea. Like a goddess of the Great Sea bathing in the Sea God's Light, she was noble and inviolable.

"How was it? Did something go wrong?"

A Lan opened her eyes and saw the concerned gaze of the man less than an inch away. A trace of complicated emotion flickered through her eyes.

Xu Yu raised a brow and leaned back.

That gentle gaze tinged with faint sorrow was absolutely impossible for someone with A Lan's pure heart to fake.

Could it be...? Xu Yu found it difficult to believe.

"Are you... Ah Yin?" Xu Yu asked tentatively.

To his surprise, she actually nodded.

"Xu... young master, thank..."

"Call me Realm Master."

What was with all this Young Master Xu nonsense? It was painfully awkward.

Look at this Tree Realm of his, towering between heaven and earth. Did it not have the grandeur and untamed majesty of creating a world?

What was wrong with calling him Realm Master?

He, Xu Yu.

Sooner or later, he would recreate a realm, a realm entirely under his control. That would be a world-creating event worth celebrating.

Fine! If it were A Lan, she would definitely be clapping happily right now and looking at him with worship in her eyes. But Ah Yin?

She was much more mature and could not do something that childish.

After hesitating for a long time without saying a word, she simply refused to call him Realm Master.

Sigh! It seemed A Lan was better suited to being a summoned battle beast, while someone like Ah Yin was only suited to being a wife.

"If you don't want to say it, then don't. Do you need something from me?"

Ah Yin hesitated. She did indeed have something to ask Xu Yu, but before that, she had many questions. For instance, why had Xu Yu reacted so calmly to her appearance? Why was the soul bone from her previous body inside his right leg? And a woman's intuition told Ah Yin that Xu Yu seemed to have known or seen her before this.

Though filled with doubts, Ah Yin did not have much time to discuss them. Before she went dormant, she had to settle matters as quickly as possible.

"Is Spirit Hall hunting down members of the Clear Sky Sect? When you investigate Tang Hao's whereabouts, could you... not be so thorough?"

Only Ah Yin could make going easy on someone sound so fresh and refined.

Here in Spirit Hall, Ah Yin did not know what would happen to her. Her previous body had been forced to death by Qian Xunji, the Spirit Hall Pope, and she was deeply afraid that Qian Xunji would discover her again.

The boy before her had taken her in by controlling that book, but Ah Yin feared that he simply did not know the Pope was hunting her. Once he found out, he might offer her to the Pope in exchange for glory and wealth.

Xu Yu smiled. He saw the sorrow and worry in Ah Yin's eyes, as well as her little desire to protect Tang Hao and the others. But there were some matters he had to make clear. He did not want his rear lines to catch fire while he was fighting.

"Don't worry. The previous Pope is already dead. The new Pope has lofty ambitions. As long as Tang Hao and Tang San do not provoke her, the Pope will turn a blind eye. But we need to make something clear between us. Since you guessed that I knew you were Ah Yin, you naturally know that I understand your circumstances."

So he really did know. Ah Yin fell silent and waited for Xu Yu's next words. She knew he still had something to say, or perhaps something to warn her about.

"As long as Tang Hao and Tang San do not oppose Spirit Hall, I can promise you that I will not actively harm them. But you must also promise that you are now my summoned battle beast. Recognize your current identity and your former one."

"Ah Yin understands. As long as... Realm Master does not harm Tang Hao and the others, I will know where I stand."

Xu Yu nodded. It was good enough that she knew where she stood.

"One more reminder: you do not need to immerse yourself too deeply in the identity of your former self. The previous Ah Yin already died after sacrificing herself. You are the new generation's Blue Silver Empress. You merely inherited the memories of your predecessor. You are Ah Yin's will, not Ah Yin."

Whether Ah Yin's will was Ah Yin herself was still open to debate.

But Xu Yu had to clearly deny that the current Ah Yin was the former Ah Yin, lest she keep running back and forth between both sides.