Soul Ring Age Upgrade! A Ninety-Thousand-Year Fifth Ring? Soul Hunting Operation!

"Lin Fan, you truly are Spirit Hall's lucky star." Qian Daoliu laughed heartily, his eyes full of appreciation.

"What reward do you want?" Bibi Dong asked flatly.

Lin Fan scratched his head and smiled. "I have the locations of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Beast Kings. Go kill them. I'll handle the Spirit Bones."

Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow. "How do you know that?"

"Who else could it be? Of course, Asura and the Evil God King... Maybe they gave them to me because they think highly of me?" Lin Fan looked completely justified. In any case, if he pinned the blame on them, they could hardly come down personally to refute him.

Lin Fan had learned from the system that the Auspicious Beast knew he possessed the system, but she had not obtained any of his memories from before his transmigration.

Douluo novels, anime, manga... every related memory had been censored.

Naturally, Lin Fan had also learned from the Auspicious Beast's memories the approximate locations of most Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent. As for Fierce Beasts, her memories only contained those of Star Dou and the Far North.

Lin Fan took out a map of Douluo Continent and pointed at two different locations.

"Teacher, doesn't your second Martial Soul still lack two Soul Rings? These two Soul Beasts are the Death Spirit Snake Emperor and the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf Emperor."

Qian Daoliu, who stood nearby, said nothing. Bibi Dong was Lin Fan's teacher, so for Lin Fan's sake, he would not stop her from becoming stronger. But neither would he offer any help.

Unless Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, mother and daughter, reconciled.

More than ten days later, Bibi Dong returned loaded with spoils. She handed both Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to Lin Fan, but rather than absorb them, he put them away first.

"Junior Brother, why aren't you absorbing them?" Hu Liena looked at him in confusion.

Lin Fan merely smiled without answering.

It was not as though he could say that he had already stopped caring about Spirit Bones like these, and that he would not absorb one unless it was at least two hundred thousand years old.

Unless its quality was extraordinarily high—such as one that dropped from the Auspicious Beast—he would only absorb one in the future when he was close to becoming a god and could not find a suitable alternative.

Spirit City, Douluo Hall.

Lin Fan lay on the ground, gasping heavily as sweat had already soaked a patch of the floor.

He had just endured Falling Devil Douluo's torrential assault for ten minutes, nearly exhausting all his strength.

"Whew... I finally held on!"

Bibi Dong and the Six Grand Priests, who had been watching from the side, all breathed sighs of relief.

Falling Devil Douluo in particular had not dared defy the Angel God's demands. Lin Fan's success in holding out also lifted a huge weight from their hearts.

A holy, ethereal voice came from the Angel God Statue:

[Top-Tier Seven Trials, Sixth Trial complete! Endure ten minutes under Falling Devil Douluo's full-force assault!]

[Reward: The age of all Soul Rings and Spirit Bones increases by 3,000 years. One God-Bestowed Soul Ring!]

[Top-Tier Seven Trials, Seventh Trial: Raise cultivation to Rank 50 and attach a Soul Ring of at least ninety thousand years as the fifth Soul Ring of the Six-Winged Seraph Martial Soul!]

[Time limit: Three years.]

Holy Light suddenly descended, and Lin Fan was enveloped by a golden pillar of light. A God-Bestowed Soul Ring appeared in his hand out of thin air.

His un-recalled Six-Winged Seraph Martial Soul remained manifested, its four Soul Rings still floating around his body.

The original colors of his Soul Rings were purple, dark purple, black, and black.

Now, the color of every Soul Ring began to deepen continuously until they all completed their evolution.

Black, black, black, black!

Over the years, every reward from the top-tier trials had increased the age of his Soul Rings and Spirit Bones. There had not been any increase in Soul Power. Only the rewards for the Third and Sixth Trials included God-Bestowed Soul Rings.

He had used the God-Bestowed Soul Ring for his fourth Soul Ring, which had a lifespan of fifty-six thousand years.

After all, the earlier he used it, the earlier he could enjoy its benefits.

For the fourth slot, he had chosen to bind Qian Daoliu. His fourth Soul Ring had become a Natal Soul Ring, and its lifespan would increase according to the limit Lin Fan could withstand.

Once he could endure a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, it would evolve directly into one.

The increase in Soul Ring age left Lin Fan brimming with energy, and his physical strength also returned to its peak.

He stood up and saw the somewhat grave expressions on Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the others' faces. Unable to help himself, he asked in confusion,

"Teacher, what's wrong? Why do you all look so awful?"

"Your Seventh Trial requires you to absorb a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring..." Bibi Dong shook her head helplessly. "Even with a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, your physical constitution is still far from sufficient."

Qian Daoliu sighed as well. "This old man has no solution either. Even ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber can no longer give you much improvement... Think carefully about which Immortal Herb you should consume next."

He had consumed too much Whale Rubber over the years. Now, Whale Rubber below fifty thousand years could no longer provide Lin Fan with any benefit beyond aphrodisiac effects.

The medicinal power of the Sun Wheel Sunflower had long since been completely digested when he completed the First Trial. The second Immortal Herb he had consumed, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, had also been fully absorbed some time ago.

"I haven't decided on that either. Let me think about it." Lin Fan stroked his chin.

Bibi Dong interrupted, "Then think it over slowly. Now, it's time for the second step of the Soul Hunting Operation."

Late at night, inside Lin Fan's villa.

Lin Fan sat quietly in the main hall, eating a red apple produced by a Hundred-Year Apple Tree Soul Beast.

Led by a maid, Dugu Bo entered the hall and asked, "What does Young Master need from me?"

"Your granddaughter and Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan should still be maintaining their romantic relationship without any problems, right?" Lin Fan spoke calmly, without a trace of emotion in his voice. "Don't let your granddaughter develop genuine feelings and affect the Soul Hunting Operation. You won't want to know the consequences."

Dugu Bo's expression changed slightly. He immediately nodded and pledged his loyalty. "Rest assured, Young Master. My family is utterly loyal to Spirit Hall. Yan Yan is doing very well as an undercover agent. That boy from the Yu family has noticed nothing..."

"It had better be so." With a flick of his finger, Lin Fan sent the apple core precisely into a distant trash bin. "Otherwise, you won't want to know the consequences."

"This subordinate understands!" Dugu Bo replied firmly. "I will personally keep a close watch on Yan Yan and ensure that she does not take a single wrong step."

Back then, Dugu Bo had contradicted Lin Fan and was taught a lesson by Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Now, this Old Poisonous Creature did not dare cause any trouble at all. His tone toward the Young Master held nothing but respect.

"Back then, Dugu Yan was only given a Rare Treasure second only to an Immortal Herb..." As Lin Fan spoke, he took out a peony radiating a faint green glow from his Soul Tool. "Since she has become an undercover agent, I can make the decision to give her an Immortal Herb."

"This... Young Master, it is far too precious. This subordinate dares not accept it." Dugu Bo hurriedly declined, though inwardly he was ecstatic.

Lin Fan smiled faintly. "If your granddaughter completes the mission, I can give her another one."

"Thank you, Young Master!" Dugu Bo was so excited that he nearly dropped to his knees. He promptly declared, "Yan Yan will certainly live up to your trust and complete the Soul Hunting mission!"

"You already have a Soul Core now. I assume you no longer have any use for that Poison Pill from before?" Lin Fan spoke calmly, his piercing gaze fixed on Dugu Bo.