Explode Ring! Fuse Ring! Boosting Soul Power! Finding the Ice and Fire Two Forms Eye?

For the time that followed, Li Fei went nowhere. He simply stayed inside the Hidden Valley Mongolian Yurt and meditated. The willow branches spread endlessly underground like tentacles, extending throughout Sunset Forest.

Rather than searching like a headless fly, he might as well send the willow branches outward to entwine more plant roots, communicate with them, and gain a broader field of vision.

For Li Fei, who had no clues at all, this was the easiest, most cost-effective, and most ideal method—one that allowed him to meditate and cultivate without wasting time.

"Now that I have mastered the Yin Yang Two Forces of my First Soul Ring, and my Second Soul Ring has been integrated into a better Body Double Technique, these two Soul Rings are no longer very useful to me."

"Soul Rings are more like restraints. They are not truly my own power. Could I destroy them like the Clear Sky Sect's Explode Ring, then completely fuse them into my body and turn them into my own strength?"

"If this idea works, perhaps I can absorb two Brand New Soul Rings afterward. This time, I can absorb ones with higher cultivation years!"

"Getting Thousand Year ones for the first and second Soul Rings would not be difficult."

After Li Fei exhausted the energy from the Soul Rings that were only a few decades old, this thought suddenly occurred to him.

Now, keeping the First and Second Soul Rings truly was rather pointless.

Thus, for the time ahead, he planned to devote himself to studying how to explode and fuse Soul Rings.

Others might not be able to do it, but with Heaven-Defying Comprehension and Heaven-Defying Luck, he believed that as long as he had enough time, he could accomplish it.

So, he began his research.

Put simply, Soul Rings were a manifestation of energy.

As long as it was energy, it could be broken down and absorbed.

He began by studying the human body's Meridians, Acupoints, and Channels.

Just like that, three months passed in the blink of an eye.

Over those three months, the willow branches had spread over an extremely vast area.

Through the plants' perspectives, he could see many scenes that had previously been beyond his sight.

For instance, more Mercenary Groups hunting Soul Beasts, fighting each other like dogs, and robbing one another...

Without the restraints of law and morality, every evil thought within humanity was completely magnified in this primeval forest, stripped of all disguise.

As an observer, Li Fei did not interfere with the events that should have happened anyway.

After all, the lives and deaths of others had nothing to do with him.

He was merely watching the show.

Deep within a remote valley, inside a cave containing a Mongolian Yurt-like structure.

After three months of focused research, as well as repeated failures that left him coughing up blood, Li Fei finally developed the method he wanted.

Fortunately, the Willow Tree Life Force helped him heal quickly.

If someone else tried this, they would definitely be finished.

At that moment, he became even more convinced that the Willow Tree should completely follow the path of Life Revival.

As for soul skills, he could create them himself.

"First Soul Ring—Explode!"

Li Fei shouted inwardly!

The yellow First Soul Ring rose from beneath him.

The next second, it shattered with a crack and turned into particles that fused into his body!

He circulated the Willow God Method and absorbed them rapidly.

That energy swiftly surged into every part of his body—his internal organs, Meridians, Channels, Acupoints, Genes, Bones, and everything else.

Yellow light seeped out from within through his Capillary Pores.

It illuminated him until he looked like a Little Golden Man!

After an Incense Stick's worth of time, he had completely refined and absorbed that energy.

His Soul Power rose from Level Twenty-Five to the Level Twenty-Five Peak!

"It really works. A Soul Ring still contains part of a Soul Beast's energy, but it is bound by the Rule of this world and transformed into a Soul Ring that resides within a Soul Master. It does not belong to the Soul Master's true power. In the Original Book, Tang Hao's missing Soul Bones caused his Soul Power to decline, leaving him unable to use even the Soul Ring skills he should have possessed. That is related to this Rule."

"Soul Rings are restraints. They prevent Soul Masters from truly unleashing all their power!"

"Now that I have exploded my First Soul Ring and completely fused it into my own strength, I have not only fully obtained the Yin Yang Two Forces Power, but my cultivation has also increased. Although I have not reached Level Twenty-Six, that is because my First Soul Ring was only two hundred years old. Its cultivation was too low."

"This is also related to the fact that I am currently a Soul Grandmaster. If my Soul Power were at the Soul Master stage right now, a conservative estimate would be an increase of one or two levels of Soul Power!"

"No rush. Once I explode my Second Soul Ring and completely fuse it, I will definitely enter Level Twenty-Six Soul Grandmaster!"

Li Fei opened his eyes, excitement and anticipation flashing in their depths.

He called the method he had created Explode Ring and Fuse Ring.

It had already been recorded in the Willow God Method.

The full process of his repeated experiments had been recorded as well.

If he had the chance to pass the Willow God Method on to later generations in the future, it would certainly help his descendants escape the restraints brought by Soul Rings!

This was a more perfect creation born from combining the Clear Sky Sect's Explode Ring with Huo Wu's future talent for fusing rings.

Unlike Explode Ring, a Soul Ring that was destroyed this way could never be restored. It would be completely absorbed by the body.

A Soul Master would be able to wield stronger power more fully!

And they could even obtain Brand New Soul Rings to fill the vacant slots!

It was simply invincible!

"Alright, next is the Second Soul Ring. This one is the most useless."

Li Fei could no longer wait to destroy the Second Soul Ring.

"Second Soul Ring, Explode!"

He gave a low shout inwardly.

The second yellow Century Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

The next second, just like the First Soul Ring, cracks appeared across its surface.

Then, it transformed into countless particles and fused into his body.

Li Fei rapidly mobilized the Willow God Method to fuse and absorb it.

The Second Soul Ring had a high cultivation age, so the time needed to absorb and fuse it was longer than for the First Soul Ring.

It took a full two Incense Sticks' worth of time to complete!

Buzz!

Yellow light blazed around his body!

His Soul Power crossed from the Level Twenty-Five Peak into Level Twenty-Seven!

He had risen by two levels.

This was despite the fact that cultivation became slower at higher levels, requiring increasingly more energy.

The exploded Second Soul Ring had actually provided so much Soul Power Energy, exceeding his expectations.

After all, the total Soul Power Energy needed to advance from Level Twenty-Six to Level Twenty-Seven was equivalent to the total Soul Power Energy needed to cultivate from a Level One Soul Scholar to a Level Twenty-Six Soul Grandmaster!

Now he understood why raising a single level became so difficult the further one progressed, right?

It was equivalent to cultivating all over again. Every level was the same!

"No matter what, this is a good start!"

"Awesome!"

Li Fei opened his eyes and burst into laughter.

Gaining two levels in nearly four months was already very good!

The next three months, plus the previous week, did not quite add up to four months, but rounded off, it was close enough.

"Next, I have two ways to increase my Soul Power."

"The first is to absorb higher-level Thousand Year Soul Beasts as my First and Second Soul Rings."

"The second is to find the Ice and Fire Two Forms Eye."

Once his excitement faded, Li Fei quickly calmed down and began considering his path forward.

He felt the first method would provide rapid gains.

After a Soul Ring was shattered and completely absorbed,

not only did it increase his Soul Power, but his physical body also benefited greatly, becoming stronger as well.

That was a good thing.

"Hmm! What is this?!"

Just then, through a plant's perspective far from this place, he discovered a peculiar Surrounding Valley.

Inside that valley, the plants were especially large and lush, and the concentration of Soul Power was extremely high!

With such characteristics!

The first thing that came to his mind was the Ice and Fire Two Forms Eye!