The Ten-Thousand-Year First Soul Ring

Mu En looked at the scene unfolding before him, his eyes filled with shock.

A sacrifice! It really was a sacrifice!

The most special and domineering method of Soul Ring fusion.

It was special for Soul Masters because Soul Rings obtained through sacrifice ignored age limits and bodily endurance. As long as the Soul Master's level was sufficient, the fusion would undoubtedly succeed perfectly.

It was domineering for Soul Beasts because a sacrifice meant merging everything the Soul Beast possessed—including its life and even its soul—into the Soul Ring, becoming completely one with the Soul Master.

Only one sacrifice had ever been recorded in the ancient texts. It had involved the Sea God from ten thousand years ago—Thousand Hand Douluo Tang San. Back then, the Sea God had been pursued by the evil Spirit Hall. It was only because the Sea God's wife, the hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form and was then merely Level 60—Xiao Wu, the future Bone Douluo—had sacrificed herself that the Sea God had managed to escape danger.

Who would have thought that he would witness one today, performed by a Blue Silver Grass that had only just broken through the ten-thousand-year mark?

Seeing the couple standing there helplessly, unsure whether they should intervene, Mu En smiled. "Alright, don't worry. Xiao Yi is fine. In fact, this is a great thing. It's a Soul Beast's sacrifice. It'll be over soon."

After the Blue Silver Grass seeped into Xiao Linyi's body, he unconsciously assumed a meditative cultivation posture. His Golden Tree Spirit emerged instinctively, releasing a powerful pull.

As the Blue Silver Grass completely entered his body, a black Soul Ring appeared as well, drawn toward the Golden Tree and merging with it.

The three beside him sighed over Xiao Linyi's fortune as they watched his condition closely, guarding against any accident.

Yet the prerequisite for a sacrifice was that the Soul Beast had to be absolutely willing to merge with the Soul Master wholeheartedly. How could there possibly be an accident? Even the Soul Shock that inevitably came with absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring could not occur, because that was born of a Soul Beast's unwilling resentment before death. A willing sacrifice naturally held no resentment.

Half an hour passed. The black Soul Ring had completely fused with the Golden Tree. A black Soul Ring rose and fell around the small golden tree.

The three of them clicked their tongues in amazement. Since the emergence of Soul Masters, there had never been a case where someone's First Soul Ring was at the ten-thousand-year level.

Of course, Twin Martial Souls were an exception. That was practically cheating.

But after the Soul Ring fusion was complete, Xiao Linyi did not wake up. He remained in his cultivation state.

Though the three did not understand why, they had no idea what to do.

There had only ever been one recorded sacrifice. Only the Sea God and Bone Douluo of that era knew its details, but that was a scar in the hearts of a married couple. Who would dare ask? Did they have a death wish?

Even Mu En had wondered how such an event had been recorded in the first place.

So it was my ancestor, Yu Xiaogang. Then that was fine.

The three quietly waited for Xiao Linyi to finish. Another hour passed before the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from him finally subsided.

After slowly exhaling, Xiao Linyi finally opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was the concerned gazes of his parents and master.

"My precious, how do you feel? Do you feel any discomfort?" Her son came first and everything else could move aside. This was his mother, Ouyang Xi.

"Mom, I'm fine. I feel better than ever."

"Did you obtain a Soul Skill you like?" Concerned with cultivation matters, this was his master, Mu En.

"Of course. I'm very satisfied with my First Soul Skill. It suits me perfectly."

"Why didn't you finish after absorbing the Soul Ring earlier? Did something else happen?" Meticulous in observation and sharp in instinct—this was his father, Lin Qingxuan.

"I did gain something else." Xiao Linyi's face was full of smiles. "I got something really fun."

As he spoke, Xiao Linyi raised his left hand and gathered Soul Power. Several blades of grass immediately grew and extended from it, changing into all sorts of shapes under his control.

"This is... a Soul Bone?"

"So this is the legendary Soul Bone?" Xiao Linyi asked curiously as he looked at the grass blades in his hand.

Mu En suddenly said, "No, this isn't an ordinary Soul Bone! This is... an External Soul Bone!"

Mu En's voice was full of amazement. His First Soul Ring was ten thousand years old, and he had even obtained the rarest and most precious kind of External Soul Bone. Such fortune was enough to make anyone green with envy.

"It's actually an External Soul Bone." Lin Qingxuan and Xiao Linyi exclaimed in unison.

As for Ouyang Xi, she scooped Xiao Linyi into her arms and kissed his little cheek. "My precious is amazing. Your luck is simply heaven-defying."

Xiao Linyi wrapped his arms around his mother's neck and accepted her praise without hesitation, his little face brimming with pride.

Lin Qingxuan could not stand the sight of it anymore. That was his wife!

"What is your Soul Skill?"

Reluctantly climbing down from his mother's embrace, Xiao Linyi released his Martial Soul once more. A black Soul Ring around the small tree radiated a formidable aura.

Xiao Linyi was somewhat displeased and could only grumble inwardly, I'll show you just how powerful my ten-thousand-year Soul Skill is!

"First Soul Skill, Rooting."

The small golden tree fell from Xiao Linyi's hand to the ground. Its roots then surged outward and burrowed into the earth, firmly anchoring the Golden Tree in place.

"That's it?" Lin Qingxuan asked, sounding deliberately critical.

"Of course not."

Xiao Linyi then unleashed the Golden Domain again. A halo rapidly expanded outward from the Golden Tree, spreading across a one-kilometer radius in mere moments. The powers of Radiance and life rapidly gathered, nourishing the Blue Silver Grass throughout the valley.

Seeing the astonishing range of the domain, the other three were once again stunned. Even if ordinary Soul Masters possessed domains, a range of several meters or even several dozen meters was already the limit. Reaching a hundred meters would be cause for celebration. Yet Xiao Linyi was only a Soul Master, and his domain had already reached a terrifying radius of one kilometer. Was this still within the scope of a normal Soul Master?

He had a Demigod-level Martial Soul. So, normal enough.

"My First Soul Skill, Rooting, can draw power from the earth, reducing the Soul Power I need to release my domain. At the same time, it can greatly increase the speed at which my Soul Power recovers."

"With your First Soul Skill active, how long can you maintain your domain?"

"Given the current situation, it should hold for another hour or two."

Hearing this, the three of them no longer knew what to say. Who had ever heard of a soul skill's duration being measured in hours?

Well, there was one right here.

Monster. That was the only thought in all three of their minds.

None of them noticed that, with the Golden Domain released, the Blue Silver Grass within Blue Silver Valley was flourishing. Nourished by the dense life force and the aura of the Golden Tree, a Demigod Level plant Martial Soul, the bloodline of the Blue Silver Grass in Blue Silver Valley seemed to have been elevated as well.

Starting from some unknown stalk, blue specks of light suddenly emerged from the Blue Silver Grass and began to gather.

The light specks appearing on each stalk of Blue Silver Grass were almost imperceptible, but there was an enormous amount of Blue Silver Grass in Blue Silver Valley. Once gathered together, they became visible to the naked eye, then all sank into Xiao Linyi's First Soul Ring.

As the light specks entered, a flash of blue passed over the originally black soul ring.

Then, before everyone's disbelieving eyes, a stalk of Blue Silver Grass emerged from the soul ring.

No, perhaps it should now be called the Blue Silver King. Blessed and gifted by the Blue Silver Grass of Blue Silver Valley, the Blue Silver Grass that had been left with only a Spirit Body finally took that step and became a ten-thousand-year Blue Silver King.

The appearance of the Blue Silver King's Spirit Body caught everyone by surprise, but this was, after all, a soul ring obtained through Sacrifice. It was not entirely impossible for something unexpected to happen.

After Xiao Linyi tried it out and found that this... Blue Silver King Soul Beast's Spirit Body—called a Soul Spirit—was still under his control, he relaxed.

Although the ten-thousand-year Blue Silver King had gained intelligence, its heart was utterly pure. In terms of intellect, it was no different from a young child. Xiao Linyi simply gave him a name: Lin Tong.

All that could be said was that his naming talent took after his mother.

Ouyang Xi summed up, "Alright, darling has obtained his First Soul Ring, along with the unusual gains of an External Soul Bone and a Soul Spirit. The mission has been successfully completed. Let's go home."

"Wait, I'm afraid we can't go home just yet."

"Why?"

"I think... I'm level twenty now."

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