Yu Xiaoheng abruptly opened his eyes, golden light flashing and vanishing in an instant.
He sprang to his feet and let out a dragon roar that shook the entire forest!
"Roar—!"
Sound waves surged forth, trees swayed, and countless beasts cowered in fright.
It was no longer the cry of a young dragon, but a roar carrying a trace of the true majesty of a Holy Dragon!
He could clearly feel the Soul Power coursing through his body had firmly settled at the peak of Level Fifteen.
A Spirit Ring over two thousand years old, nearly three thousand years old, had raised his Soul Power by five and a half levels.
If word of this got out, it would be enough to shake the entire Spirit Master World.
Yu Xiaoheng understood that this was not because the Spirit Ring itself had exceeded its limits, but because the quality of his Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul was simply too high.
The upper limit of his Soul Power capacity was far beyond that of ordinary Soul Masters.
For an ordinary genius Soul Master, absorbing a Spirit Ring containing overwhelming resentment and ancestral dragon blood could have raised their Soul Power straight to Level Eighteen or Level Nineteen. That would hardly have been impossible.
For him, this dense and pure accumulation of Soul Power was an even more solid foundation.
What excited him even more was that, with the completion of the Spirit Ring absorption, an arcane piece of information had already been imprinted within his Martial Soul.
First Soul Skill.
With a thought, Yu Xiaoheng gave it a fitting name.
Dragon God Incarnation.
Its effect was straightforward and domineering: a sustained enhancement skill.
Once activated, the Holy Dragon phantom would completely merge with his body, comprehensively increasing his strength, speed, and defense.
Even more exquisitely, he could temporarily undo the fusion and let the Holy Dragon phantom leave his body to attack as an independent combat force. During that brief separation, his own enhancements would not immediately fade unless the Golden Sacred Dragon Young Body remained outside to fight.
It combined offense and defense, with endless variations.
It was practically a perfect Spirit Skill.
As he carefully sensed it, he discovered that this Spirit Skill could also work in tandem with the two patterns generated by the Sacred Dragon Cub.
When he activated the Thunder Pattern, his Soul Power would naturally be wrapped in a layer of pale blue electric arcs. Every attack carried a powerful Paralysis effect, enough to cause an instant of stagnation in an opponent's Soul Power circulation.
When he activated the Fire Pattern, his Soul Power would ignite into golden-red flames. His attacks carried a Burning effect that clung like a parasite to the bone, continuously draining the opponent's physical body and Soul Power.
If he activated both patterns at once, the consumption would double, but the Dragon Flame Thunder formed by intertwining thunder and fire would possess destructive power far beyond one plus one.
"Wait... the Fire Pattern?"
Yu Xiaoheng raised a brow, noticing that something was wrong.
He immediately summoned his Martial Soul.
The tiny Golden Sacred Dragon Young Body floated above his palm. The silver-blue Thunder Pattern on its surface remained as clear as ever.
Yet on its left forelimb, there was unexpectedly a brand-new pattern.
It was a flame totem. Compared to the complete Thunder Pattern, however, this Fire Pattern appeared somewhat damaged, and its color was much dimmer.
He instantly understood what had happened.
Liu Erlong.
During that period, Liu Erlong had repeatedly used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him in order to help stabilize his still-unstable Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
Through those repeated fusions, traces of pure Fire Dragon power had long since silently fused into the origin of his Martial Soul.
Now, with the opportunity provided by absorbing the Spirit Ring and the vast life force of the External Soul Bone, the Heart Protecting Dragon Ribs, serving as a catalyst, that hidden flame power had finally taken form.
With that thought, Yu Xiaoheng focused his mind into his chest and carefully sensed the new External Soul Bone.
A moment later, his eyes shone brightly.
This Spirit Bone, taken from the special organ of an atavistic mutant, possessed only two core abilities.
But each one was utterly heaven-defying!
First, it enhanced the purity of dragon bloodlines.
Each time he activated the Spirit Bone, it could purify his bloodline, making the aura of the Golden Sacred Dragon increasingly dense as it evolved toward a true complete form.
Second, it provided universal energy conversion.
It could stabilize and purify any attribute of power Yu Xiaoheng absorbed, whether it was the lightning of the Thunder Pool or Liu Erlong's flames. In the end, it would transform it into the most fundamental dragon power, perfectly compatible with his Martial Soul.
Simply put, the Thunder Pattern condensed through Lightning Pool Body Tempering would continuously evolve toward true Dragon Lightning with the support of the Spirit Bone.
As for that damaged Fire Pattern, it was only able to remain because of the Spirit Bone's ability to "solidify energy."
This Spirit Bone could not only provide an endless supply of bloodline power, but also represented a completely new path of evolution!
In the future, even if he could not find suitable Light or Dragon Attribute Spirit Rings, he could still promote the evolution of his Martial Soul by absorbing the power of other attributes.
Of course, Yu Xiaoheng would not be that foolish.
He knew perfectly well that conversion through the Spirit Bone was ultimately indirect and far less efficient than directly absorbing Spirit Rings of the same Light or Dragon Attribute.
"Wait... if this Spirit Bone is so extraordinary, then couldn't I..."
A bold idea emerged in his mind, making his heart begin to race.
In this world, the compatibility between two parties in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill only affected the final output strength.
It did not affect the trait of an "unstable Martial Soul absorbing other attributes"!
Then could he... find a powerful Ice Attribute Soul Master and fuse with them, adding an Ice Pattern to the Holy Dragon?
Then find a Shadow Attribute Soul Master and add a Dark Pattern?
Or even a Spiritual Attribute Soul Master, and add a Spirit Pattern?!
With the Heart Protecting Dragon Ribs External Soul Bone, the chances of him generating new patterns would greatly increase. It could also purify all those mixed powers into the Holy Dragon's origin dragon power!
The benefits would be explosive!
The more Yu Xiaoheng thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
Just then, that aged and imposing voice rang out in his mind once more, carrying unmistakable approval.
"I never expected that, at such a young age, your Body Refinement would already have reached the realm of 'Dragon Body Perfection.' That is truly rare."
"I suggest that you continue cultivating in the family's Thunder Pool. The other patterns on your body are mixed and impure, unlikely to amount to much. But if you can cultivate the Thunder Pattern into 'Ultimate Lightning,' then even when the Golden Sacred Dragon completely evolves in the future, this Ultimate Lightning will still bring it considerable benefit."
Yu Xiaoheng's heart stirred.
Ancestor... had not sensed his full situation.
Perhaps because they were separated by time and space, or perhaps for some other reason, Ancestor believed that his Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul had already fully evolved. Ancestor did not know that the current Holy Dragon was still far from complete.
But Ancestor's advice struck right at the heart of the matter.
Ultimate Lightning!
No matter how his Martial Soul evolved in the future, an ultimate elemental power would be an irreplaceably powerful trump card.
And Ancestor had already pointed out the method of cultivating it—continuously absorbing the pure lightning energy within the family's Thunder Pool.
"Then... what about Ultimate Fire?"
Yu Xiaoheng's thoughts immediately spread outward.
Since the Thunder Pattern could cultivate Ultimate Lightning, there was no reason the Fire Pattern, which had already taken initial shape, could not do the same!
His thinking suddenly became clear.
He had now reached "Dragon Body Perfection," and the upper limit of energy his physical body could endure far surpassed that of any Disciple in the sect.
If he could find a Fire Attribute body-refinement treasure land similar to the Thunder Pool, then use Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon power for guidance and reinforcement...
Perhaps he truly could force this damaged Fire Pattern to the level of "Ultimate Fire"!
At that time, with the dual ultimates of thunder and fire, combined with the origin power of the Golden Sacred Dragon...
His combat power would probably be enough to crush any Soul Master of the same level, or even those of a higher level!
As for where he could find such a treasure land...
Relying on memories from his two lifetimes, a name surfaced clearly in his mind.
Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
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