Ordinary Soul Beasts had to reach a hundred thousand years of cultivation before they qualified to take human form.
If they chose to take human form, they would lose all their cultivation and enter infancy, becoming incredibly vulnerable!
At that point, they could only cautiously hide themselves and cultivate from scratch.
If discovered, they might attract frenzied hunters and become Soul Rings and Spirit Bones for the strong!
And that wasn't all.
Once a Soul Beast chose to take human form, there was no going back!
Unless it chose to sacrifice itself, it could never return to its original form!
In Yao Xuan's opinion, risking the loss of all one's cultivation to take human form simply wasn't worth it!
However,
the system's [Shape-Shifting] ability was undoubtedly far more advanced and had nowhere near as many restrictions!
It had no cultivation requirement, and it wouldn't make Yao Xuan lose his original cultivation!
What's more,
after taking human form, as long as Yao Xuan wanted to and wasn't in combat,
he could activate the [Shape-Shifting] ability again at any time to cancel the transformation and return to his Soul Beast form!
In other words,
compared to the transformation practiced by the Soul Beast Clan, the system's [Shape-Shifting] ability was more like switching between states!
Switching between human and Soul Beast forms!
"I can take human form and get close to all those adorable young ladies on Douluo Continent;"
"and I can also enter my Soul Beast form, slaughter everything in sight, and evolve like crazy. I love this system ability!"
Looking at the description of the [Shape-Shifting] ability, Yao Xuan nodded with satisfaction!
"Then, let's transform!"
Having learned what the system's [Shape-Shifting] ability could do, Yao Xuan didn't hesitate any longer!
As Yao Xuan willed it, a mass of golden light enveloped him!
Within the golden light, Yao Xuan's body rapidly shrank and changed shape.
In less than ten seconds, a boy about 1.2 meters tall made his dazzling entrance!
"So this is what it feels like to return to a human form? Not bad!"
Even Yao Xuan felt a little unaccustomed to being human again.
But after moving around for a little while, he quickly got used to it and was moving freely again.
He went to the small lake nearby and used its surface as a mirror to examine his human-form body.
"Well, as expected of the Emperor Auspicious Beast in human form. My looks and bearing are both flawless!"
Looking at his reflection—with its straight golden hair, handsome, masculine face, and tall, well-proportioned figure—Yao Xuan nodded with satisfaction and admired himself for a while.
"Let's check my stats after transforming!"
With a thought, Yao Xuan activated [Eye of Detection]!
[Master: Yao Xuan] [Martial Soul: Emperor Auspicious Beast] [Soul Power (Human Form): Level 20] [Soul Skills: None (Can use all Bloodline Abilities in the form of "Blood Essence Soul Rings")] [Technique: Heavenly Fortune Soul-Forging Technique (Awaiting Study)]
The next moment, a brand-new status panel appeared before Yao Xuan.
His race, cultivation, and racial skills were gone.
In their place were attributes such as Martial Soul, Soul Power, and Soul Skills.
Of course, what delighted Yao Xuan was that his Golden Dragon King Bloodline hadn't disappeared, even though he'd taken human form.
In other words, even in human form, he could still use all sorts of powerful Bloodline Abilities!
Without a doubt, this would greatly increase Yao Xuan's strength!
Not only that, Yao Xuan's Innate Soul Power wasn't level 10—that is, what was traditionally known as Innate Full Soul Power.
Instead, like Qian Renxue, his Innate Soul Power surpassed Innate Full Soul Power and reached level 20: Innate Super Soul Power!
Yao Xuan wasn't surprised by this.
After all, he was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and he'd even awakened the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
If his Innate Soul Power were only level 10, the same as trash like Tang San, wouldn't that be far beneath him?
Only Innate Super Soul Power at level 20 was worthy of him!
"Now that I've successfully taken human form, it's time to get Soul Rings and Soul Skills for this form!"
"But if I just hunt other Soul Beasts, it'll probably be hard to find Soul Rings that suit me!"
"Luckily, I can open the system's Selection Treasure Chests and get God-Given Spirit Rings!"
With a thought, Yao Xuan took two Selection Treasure Chests out of his Storage Space!
[Open "Selection Treasure Chest" x2 and obtain "God-Given Spirit Ring (System-Optimized Version)" x2?]
As Yao Xuan willed it, the system prompt sounded.
"Yes!"
Hearing the system prompt, Yao Xuan confirmed without hesitation!
The next moment, the Selection Treasure Chests in his hands vanished.
In their place were two golden, crystal-like objects, flawless and glittering beautifully in the sunlight!
These were the system-optimized God-Given Spirit Rings!
Compared to ordinary God-Given Spirit Rings, they had no restriction limiting a person to fusing just one.
What's more, the system's optimization halved the pressure on a Soul Master during fusion!
"Let's begin!"
"Though my physical abilities have dropped significantly now that I've taken human form, I'm still many times stronger than an ordinary Soul Master!"
"And with the system's optimization cutting the pressure in half, my First Soul Ring should aim for ten thousand years!"
With a thought, Yao Xuan crushed the golden God-Given Spirit Ring in his hand!
Pop!
With a soft sound, the golden crystal in Yao Xuan's hand shattered. A dense golden mist spread out and enveloped his body!
At the same time, amid a brilliant golden light, a majestic figure appeared behind Yao Xuan, resembling the Qilin of myth.
It was the Emperor Auspicious Beast—only now, it wasn't appearing in physical form, but as a Martial Soul!
At that moment, it was greedily absorbing the golden mist around it, while condensing a Soul Ring around its body!
White, yellow, purple, black!
In just ten minutes, the Soul Ring around the Auspicious Beast Martial Soul had already reached a full twenty thousand years of cultivation!
At that point, Yao Xuan's body finally reached its limit!
With a thought, Yao Xuan stopped increasing the Soul Ring's age and began fusing it at once!
Half an hour later, Yao Xuan successfully formed his First Soul Ring, with an age of twenty thousand years!
Even taking into account the system's optimization of the God-Given Spirit Ring, which had halved the difficulty,
this still meant Yao Xuan's physique was strong enough to fuse with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring!
Ordinarily, one had to reach Spirit King cultivation before qualifying to fuse with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
Even Tang San, that ridiculously overpowered cheat from the original timeline, had only barely managed to fuse with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring when he broke through to Soul Ancestor—after gaining an External Soul Bone and undergoing Ice and Fire Body Tempering.
In other words, even though he'd only just taken human form, Yao Xuan's physique had already surpassed Tang San's at the Soul Ancestor stage!
Simply terrifying!
"Keep going!"
A faint smile appeared on his face. With a thought, Yao Xuan repeated the process and successfully fused his Second Soul Ring, which was also twenty thousand years old!
"Still, I wonder how much my cultivation has increased after fusing with the Soul Rings, and what new Soul Skills I've gained!"
With a thought, Yao Xuan activated [Eye of Detection] once more!
This is just an additional human form for picking up girls!
The main path is still Devour Evolution, and that won't change!
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