By now, Xiao Wu's physical constitution and spiritual power were more than sufficient to bear a genuine Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. According to Chen Ming's assessment, she could bear a spirit ring roughly thirteen thousand years old. When condensing a spirit ring herself, she could easily double that limit, reaching more than twenty-five thousand years.
After hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts underwent transformation, their soul power did not simply disappear. Instead, its finest essence was retained to forge their flesh, while its core was compressed within their bodies, slowly released as they cultivated and condensed spirit rings.
The aura of a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast that clung to them also came from that slowly releasing essence within their bodies. Once the essence vanished completely, their spirit beast aura would disappear along with it. That was what was known as a spirit beast's mature state.
As Xiao Wu condensed her spirit ring, the soul power within her began to surge. An immense force welled up from her heart and slowly flowed throughout her body, awakening her bloodline power and latent soul power.
Then a blackish-red glow slowly emerged around Xiao Wu. As she gradually condensed her spirit ring, she awakened the potential of her former spirit beast bloodline and its skills, fixing and engraving them into place. A pale red spirit ring appeared beside her.
It was a predominantly white spirit ring, accented by a very, very, very faint trace of red. As the age of Xiao Wu's spirit ring gradually changed, the red power began spreading throughout it. The white ring's color deepened, turning yellow, then purple, until, after a long period of gestation, it finally transformed into black.
Chen Ming and Qian Daoliu solemnly sensed the changes in Xiao Wu's aura and soul power as she condensed her spirit ring. Qian