Crazy! A Golden God-level Soul Ring as the First Ring?

An unprecedented sense of humiliation and powerlessness, mixed with uncontrollable jealousy and longing, completely drowned her heart.

She had lost.

Lost utterly and completely, left battered beyond recognition.

Far away in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Qian Renxue abruptly rose to her feet, her chest heaving violently.

"I have to get him! I must have him! Only he can help me break free from the shackles of gods!"

Li Yifei slowly opened his eyes, completely unaware of the terrifying effect he had caused.

He merely felt as though his soul had expanded countless times over, and his perception of space and time had reached an unprecedented level of clarity.

With a thought, the phantom images of his two Martial Souls, [Eye of Guixu] and [Eternal Moment], slowly faded away behind him.

The entire secret chamber returned to peace, as if the world-destroying scene from moments ago had never happened.

Li Yifei lowered his head and glanced at Poison Douluo, who was kneeling on the ground and beginning to question his entire life, then looked over at Dugu Yan, who was bracing herself against the wall. Her pretty face was deathly pale, but her beautiful eyes shone with astonishing brilliance.

He did not think it was a big deal.

He had merely awakened two Martial Souls. Was that really worth making such a fuss over?

He cleared his throat, breaking the deathly silence as he asked calmly.

"Alright, the Martial Soul awakening is complete."

"Next, it's time to absorb the Soul Ring."

Li Yifei's voice was not loud, yet it struck Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan like a thunderclap, jolting them out of their dazed states.

Dugu Bo shuddered, and his old legs nearly cramped even as he remained on his knees.

He abruptly raised his head and stared at the calm young man, feeling as though his worldview was being repeatedly ground into the dirt.

Awakening complete?

Brother, you called that an awakening? That was creation itself!

And there were two of them!

Twin Gods of Time and Space! If those Martial Souls got out, the entire Douluo Continent would kneel before him and sing surrender!

Meanwhile, Dugu Yan leaned against the wall, gasping softly. Her pretty face had flushed crimson from excessive excitement.

As she watched Li Yifei's back, the little stars in her beautiful eyes were practically about to form a galaxy.

So strong! So handsome!

This was the man she had set her sights on!

Li Yifei paid no attention to the grandfather and granddaughter's inner turmoil and simply said, "Next, it's time to absorb the Soul Ring."

With that, he moved his mind and took out the [God-bestowed Soul Ring (Upgraded Version)] from the Chat Group's system storage.

Buzz!

A ball of gentle light appeared in his palm, rapidly condensing into a tangible ring.

It was a Soul Ring that was golden all over.

Its gold was not the color of ordinary metal, but a radiant glow containing endless Dao essence and laws, as though an entire river of stars had been compressed within it. It was dazzling beyond measure.

Yet when this sacred sight was transmitted into the Group Chat through Dugu Yan's slightly trembling livestream camera, it somehow took on a different appearance.

[World's Number One Princess: Huh? Yellow?]

Ning Rongrong blinked, finding it a little hard to believe.

[Bunny Is So Cute: It really does seem... yellow. A yellow Soul Ring should be a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, right?]

[Is Jade Not Jade: What's going on? The system reward is just this? A Hundred-Year Soul Ring? Are you kidding me?]

Liu Erlong sent an eye-rolling emoji.

[A Little Goose: N-No! It looks golden in person! It's an incredibly, incredibly beautiful golden light!]

Dugu Yan hurriedly explained in the Group Chat, but her hands and heart were both trembling. The livestream image shook badly, distorting the sacred golden radiance until it looked like a somewhat bright... muddy yellow lump.

[World's Number One Princess: Little Goose, don't get worked up. We know you want to defend Brother Yifei, but... that thing really doesn't look golden.]

Ning Rongrong sent an emoji that said, "Do you think I'm blind?"

[Little Fox Demon: A Hundred-Year Soul Ring... even if it was god-bestowed, isn't that perhaps... a little too basic?]

Hu Liena chose her words carefully, afraid of offending this big shot.

The young girls in the Group Chat discussed it among themselves, their initial anticipation gradually turning into confusion and a faint sense of disappointment.

After all, first there had been the Twin Gods of Time and Space, then the crystal ball being blown apart. The spectacle had been built up so dramatically, only for him to pull out a Hundred-Year Soul Ring?

The contrast was simply too great!

However, they did not know that at the other two ends of the livestream, two people had reactions completely different from theirs.

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, stared fixedly at the "muddy yellow" Soul Ring on the screen.

The Angel Martial Soul within her was frantically warning her, and her soul trembled violently!

That was not yellow!

That was divinity! It was law! It was another form of life that far surpassed ordinary Soul Rings!

"This is... a Divine Ring?!"

Qian Renxue muttered in shock, greed and longing nearly overflowing from her golden eyes.

More than anyone else, she understood that the value of this Soul Ring was greater than the entire Spirit Hall combined!

Spirit City, Pope's Palace.

Bang!

The cup at Bibi Dong's side was unconsciously crushed into powder in her grip.

She stared fixedly at that Soul Ring, the color draining from her face in an instant until she was deathly pale.

"The aura... of a god..."

As the inheritor of the Rakshasa God Trial, her sensitivity to divine power far exceeded that of ordinary people.

What others saw was color and age.

What she saw was the supreme laws circulating within that Soul Ring, powerful enough to make even her soul tremble!

She thought of herself, scheming tirelessly to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. To advance through the Rakshasa God Trial, she had endured inhuman torture.

But what about the man before her?

He had casually taken out a genuine "Divine Ring"!

Why?!

An indescribable jealousy gnawed at her heart like a venomous snake, driving her nearly mad!

Inside the secret chamber.

Dugu Bo was dumbfounded as well.

He could not see through its essence as Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong could, but his instincts as a Titled Douluo were screaming madly!

Danger! Extreme danger!

The Soul Ring before him was not an energy construct. It resembled the embryonic form of an entire world!

He was certain that if he dared touch it, his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul would collapse on the spot!

"Th-This... what kind of Soul Ring is this..." Poison Douluo's voice trembled.

Li Yifei glanced at him, feeling that this old man's mental fortitude was a little lacking.

"The system gave it to me. It'll do."

He said it casually, then sat cross-legged and slipped the God-bestowed Soul Ring over himself.

There were no earth-shaking energy fluctuations.

Nor was there the heart-rending pain that came with absorbing a Soul Ring.

The moment the brilliant golden Divine Ring came into contact with Li Yifei's body, it simply went "whoosh" and melted into him.

The entire process was as smooth and effortless as drinking water.

The next second, a Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath Li Yifei's feet.

It was not ten-year white, not hundred-year yellow, not thousand-year purple, and certainly not ten-thousand-year black.

Instead, it was a dazzlingly brilliant, sacred and majestic—golden Soul Ring, its surface inscribed with countless profound runes!

The instant this golden Soul Ring appeared, the entire livestream and the entire Group Chat fell completely silent.

The young girls who had just been discussing the "Hundred-Year Soul Ring" were like ducks with their throats seized, unable to type a single word.