The First Soul Skill

Under the guidance of his soul power, the purple soul ring descended onto the top of Qin Tian's head. As the ring arrived, he clearly felt the immense energy contained within it.

"Boom!"

Terrifying energy poured downward, battering his physical body. Qin Tian gritted his teeth, doing his utmost to refine the massive surge of soul power.

Fortunately, he had refined a significant amount of Whale Rubber, including several pieces of ten-thousand-year-old variety. His body was sturdy, his meridians were tough, and his bones were dense. Coupled with the left leg bone of the fifty-thousand-year-old Holy Light Tiger King, the terrifying soul power rampaging through his body could not cause him the slightest harm.

Qin Tian refined this terrifying soul power with a calm expression, clearly feeling his body becoming increasingly powerful under the impact of the energy.

In the process of refining the soul power, Qin Tian was surprised to discover that he had reached the state of internal vision.

Looking at every meridian within his body, he couldn't help but be stunned, though he reacted within just a few breaths.

Observing the meridians inside him, Qin Tian frowned slightly.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Standard Meridians—under internal vision, these distinct meridians were immediately recognizable, and a single glance allowed him to understand their unique nature.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians consist of eight special channels: the Du Meridian, Ren Meridian, Chong Meridian, Dai Meridian, Yin Wei Meridian, Yang Wei Meridian, Yin Qiao Meridian, and Yang Qiao Meridian.

Each meridian has a completely different execution trajectory, and as he looked at the several meridians that were already cleared, a hypothesis formed in his mind.

His soul power was Innate Full Soul Power; could it be because of these few cleared meridians? Soul power circulation required passing through these meridians, and under his observation, the soul power was still impacting the blocked ones.

If he were to clear all these meridians, would it allow his soul power to form a closed loop, circulating in a Macrocosmic Orbit, and would more soul power remain in his body during cultivation?

Once the thought took root in his mind, Qin Tian did not hesitate. Under his intentional manipulation, the soul power surged toward the blocked meridians.

As the soul power struck the meridians, he could clearly feel the stinging pain, but he knew deep down how important clearing these meridians was for him.

Just like that, time slipped away quietly. Without realizing it, an hour had passed, and Qin Tian remained immersed in using his soul power to impact the meridians.

Snake Lance Douluo watched quietly from the side as Qin Tian absorbed the soul ring. When the purple soul ring finally settled completely, his suspended heart finally relaxed.

"It's done, it's done. A first ring that is a thousand-year ring, and a four-thousand-five-hundred-year one at that. If this were to get out, I fear no one would believe it."

Qin Tian frowned slightly. He had still been impacting his meridians, but without the massive support of the soul ring's energy, the process became extremely difficult. Fortunately, the result did not disappoint him; with the help of the soul ring's power, he had successfully cleared two main meridians, leaving only two still blocked.

"Hoo!"

Opening his eyes, he exhaled a long breath of stale air. He prepared to slowly impact the remaining two blocked meridians, thinking it wouldn't take long before they were cleared.

"Little Tian, a four-thousand-five-hundred-year first soul ring—you've done it. The first person in history, hahahaha!"

"A four-thousand-five-hundred-year first soul ring; what kind of soul skill did it bring you?"

Hearing Snake Lance Douluo's words, Qin Tian stood up immediately. As he rose, his limbs and bones emitted a series of loud cracks.

Following the absorption of the soul ring, Qin Tian had grown significantly taller. He felt the tightness of his clothes and frowned slightly.

"Little Tian, this is clothing the Young Master prepared for you. Change into it first."

Hearing Snake Lance Douluo's words and looking at the clothes being handed to him, Qin Tian immediately expressed his gratitude.

"Elder Snake Lance, thank you!"

With that, Qin Tian took the clothes and immediately changed.

Snake Lance Douluo looked at Qin Tian with a measuring gaze. At this moment, Qin Tian already had the appearance of a young man, standing about 1.4 meters tall. Although there was still a hint of youthfulness on his face, those who didn't know his age would only assume he was a boy of eleven or twelve.

"Elder Snake Lance, I have named my first soul skill White Tiger Battle Body."

After speaking, Qin Tian immediately summoned his Martial Soul Possession.

"Martial Soul Possession!"

As Qin Tian spoke, his appearance changed as well.

His muscles instantly expanded, his bones popped, and his arms grew twice their size, covered in white fur. Sharp claws appeared on his palms, eight inches long, shimmering with a cold light under the sun.

Clean white wings spread from his back, the "King" character marking appeared on his forehead, his silver hair danced, and his eyes became deep, his pupils turning into golden orbs.

A holy light surrounded him, and a divine aura permeated the air.

Snake Lance Douluo looked at Qin Tian after his Martial Soul Possession and couldn't help but nod to himself.

"First soul skill, White Tiger Battle Body!"

As Qin Tian's voice fell, his body changed once more. His physique expanded again, his claws lengthened, and holy light enveloped him.

Qin Tian looked at a large tree not far away, stomped his right foot hard, and his figure turned into a bolt of lightning, rushing toward the tree.

During the charge, he raised his right claw and slashed fiercely at the tree.

Five claw-lights emerged and connected with the tree. The tree collapsed instantly under the force of the claws, yet the claw-lights did not dissipate, continuing toward the trees behind it.

"Not bad, not bad. The damage of your first soul skill is quite good. Its attack is much stronger than a Soul Elder's third soul skill, and it even rivals some ordinary Soul Ancestor's fourth soul skills."

Qin Tian smiled calmly upon hearing this.

"This Golden Light Tiger was extremely compatible with me, and coupled with my inherent Power of Light, it is within my expectations that it could provide such a top-tier soul skill."

"The first soul skill it provided is not an attack skill, but rather a buffing skill. This actually exceeded my expectations; I thought it would provide an attack skill or a light-elemental skill, but as it turns out, hehe!"

Snake Lance Douluo listened to Qin Tian's words and looked at the several fallen towering trees, his eyes filled with astonishment.

He had assumed Qin Tian's first soul skill was an attack-type skill, never imagining it was a buffing skill.

"Elder Snake Lance, my first soul skill can increase my attack, defense, strength, and speed by one hundred and fifty percent, improve my resistance to status ailments, and allow me to ignore one enemy control skill."

As he spoke, Qin Tian looked at Snake Lance Douluo with an expression that seemed to say, "Look at how strong I am."

Snake Lance Douluo listened to Qin Tian's words, his heart already stirred by waves of shock.

He had never seen a first soul skill with such a powerful amplification; a percentage boost was one thing, but to directly increase attack, defense, strength, and speed by one hundred and fifty percent all at once—how were others supposed to compete with that?

And that wasn't even all; it could also increase resistance to abnormal status effects and ignore one control skill from an enemy.

Was this really a first soul skill? Where on earth was there a Soul Grand Master whose first soul skill was this overpowered?

Snake Lance Douluo looked at Qin Tian's expression, took a deep breath, and suppressed his turbulent emotions.

"Xiao Tian, you've obtained your first soul ring, so let's head back."

Snake Lance Douluo had made up his mind; he shouldn't be the only one feeling envious—the Young Master and Pufferfish shouldn't be left out of this either.

Qin Tian listened to Snake Lance Douluo, glanced at their surroundings, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Elder Snake Lance, we might not be able to go back just yet."

Snake Lance Douluo heard this, his eyes filled with confusion and doubt.

Not able to go back? What did that mean? How could they not be able to return? Could a tiny Sunset Forest really stump him? Don't forget, he was a Title Douluo.

Qin Tian looked at Snake Lance Douluo's expression and spoke immediately.

"Elder Snake Lance, I still need another soul ring."

Snake Lance Douluo heard Qin Tian's words and laughed, "Xiao Tian, didn't you just obtain a soul ring? Why do you need another one?"

It was only after he finished speaking that he realized what was implied, and he looked at Qin Tian, his eyes full of astonishment.

"Xiao Tian, what did you say? You need another soul ring? Could it be that you are already a Soul Grand Master?"

Qin Tian looked at the bewildered Snake Lance Douluo and nodded solemnly, "Elder Snake Lance, I am at level twenty and need to obtain a soul ring to advance."