After learning a few Self-Created Soul Skills from Qian Daoliu, Lin Yue set off for the Heaven Dou Empire.
Naturally, he wasn't going there to babysit Qian Renxue.
He was going there simply to confirm what their relationship was.
They were already engaged. Surely sleeping together wasn't too much to ask?
Then he would help Qian Renxue kill Xue Ye and let her take complete control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Halfway through his flight, Lin Yue suddenly sensed someone in the Containment Shelter calling for him.
He focused his senses and realized it was Daming and Erming.
Whoosh~
The next moment, Lin Yue vanished from the sky.
He hadn't disappeared for good. Both beasts had already submitted to him, so there was no harm in meeting them when they asked to see him.
"Master!"
"Roar—!"
When Daming and Erming saw Lin Yue appear, they both bowed respectfully.
"Why have you called for me?"
Lin Yue looked at the two beasts. A thought crossed his mind, and he more or less guessed why they had summoned him.
"Master, we wanted to ask about our Sister Xiao Wu."
"She's also a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit. We want to know if she's in this world too."
Daming hurriedly explained their request to Lin Yue.
"No. There are plenty of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in here, but none of them are Soft Bone Rabbits."
Lin Yue shook his head.
"How could that be..."
"Roar—"
At his words, Daming and Erming grew agitated.
They hadn't been able to find Xiao Wu all this time, and they'd already been terribly worried. They hadn't expected that Xiao Wu truly hadn't been brought to this world with them.
Had something happened to Sister Xiao Wu after she went to the human world?
"Basically, all the Soul Beasts are already in here."
"If she isn't, then either something happened to her, or she transformed into a human."
Lin Yue said flatly.
"That's right! That's right!"
"Master, our Sister Xiao Wu transformed into a human!"
"I see. So Sister Xiao Wu is safe after all. That's good!"
Hearing Lin Yue's words, Daming's worry turned to joy. At last, he knew why they hadn't been able to find Sister Xiao Wu in here.
"Master, if you find Sister Xiao Wu out there, could I trouble you to bring her into the shelter?"
Daming made his request to Lin Yue.
"No problem. If I run into her, I'll bring her in while I'm at it."
Lin Yue smiled, naturally willing to agree.
He hadn't planned to let Xiao Wu go anyway. He just hadn't gone looking for her yet.
He was still very eager to get his hands on Xiao Wu.
Bibi Dong was damaged goods, but Xiao Wu wasn't, so she was worth having some fun with.
"That's wonderful!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Daming was overcome with gratitude.
"Roar—"
Erming thumped his chest in gratitude, too.
Lin Yue said nothing more. With a flash, he vanished.
Since he'd come inside, he wasn't planning to leave again so soon.
It was about time he enjoyed himself.
Lin Yue first went to Ah Yin and thoroughly tested the strength of his physique after cultivating with the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb.
The test went very well. Lin Yue had Ah Yin weeping and begging him to spare her.
Only then was he satisfied and stopped!
Next, Lin Yue summoned Xiao Bai.
It was time to bring Xiao Bai to heel.
Although Gu Yuena was even more beautiful, Lin Yue still understood the importance of first come, first served. Naturally, Xiao Bai had to come first.
"Ah—!"
"Master... you..."
After being summoned, Xiao Bai let out a startled cry at the sight before her.
She hadn't expected to witness such a shocking scene.
And she immediately understood why Lin Yue had summoned her.
She'd suspected it before, but now that it was actually happening, Xiao Bai couldn't help panicking.
"Quit staring. Hurry over here!"
Lin Yue urged her on.
"Yes, Master!"
Xiao Bai took a deep breath and answered, forcing down her shyness.
Not long afterward, a beautiful, joyous symphony began to play once more.
This time, Lin Yue finally understood what it meant to be built to last.
Ah Yin had transformed from a Soul Beast into a human. Though her body had inherited many of the Blue Silver Emperor's strengths, it was still a human body.
Xiao Bai was different. She had transformed directly, and every aspect of her physical constitution had inherited the strength of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark.
But Xiao Bai had one weakness: she couldn't keep it up for long.
After spending a certain amount of time away from the sea, she had to return to it.
In the end, Lin Yue simply took her back to the sea and continued there.
"Ah Yin, teach me how to cultivate a Self-Condensed Soul Ring!"
Afterward, Lin Yue returned to Ah Yin. Instead of continuing to have his way with her, he asked her to teach him about Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
After transforming into humans, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could create Soul Rings for themselves through Self-Condensed Soul Rings until they reached level sixty. Starting with the Seventh Soul Ring, they had to hunt Soul Beasts to obtain them.
Ah Yin was an even better example. With the immense life force her subjects had offered up, she had condensed all nine of her Soul Rings herself.
So Self-Condensed Soul Rings were possible.
Lin Yue's set of Soul Rings was considered an optimal configuration, but it was the most ordinary kind of optimal configuration.
Besides, Lin Yue's Martial Soul didn't even feel like his Martial Soul. It felt more like his system.
He could use the Soul Skill that contained Soul Beasts even without a Soul Ring.
So Soul Rings were basically useless to Lin Yue.
He didn't really care about them, either. What bothered him was that the yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black configuration looked so ordinary and ugly. It wasn't cool at all.
So Lin Yue wanted to replace all of his Soul Rings.
He'd asked the system, and removing his Soul Rings wouldn't have much effect on him.
At worst, he'd lose a few levels, but the feedback from the Soul Beast Clan could restore them in an instant.
So what was there to hesitate about?
Of course he should remove all his Soul Rings.
Then he could replace them with better-looking ones.
There were plenty of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Containment Shelter, but Lin Yue would rather condense his Soul Rings himself.
What he created himself would be the purest, free of even a trace of impurity. It would all be his.
That was why he'd asked Ah Yin to teach him how to cultivate Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
"Yes, Master!"
Ah Yin wouldn't refuse, of course. Before long, she had taught Lin Yue how she cultivated Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
For her, cultivating Self-Condensed Soul Rings was instinctive. It was simply the proper way to do it.
With Ah Yin's guidance, Lin Yue quickly mastered the method of cultivating Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
It wasn't difficult, but it wasn't simple, either. It had a bit of the feel of an internal cultivation manual.
"If this method gets out, those Soul Masters will be overjoyed. They won't have to worry about not having Soul Rings anymore."
Lin Yue thought of something and smiled.
"Does Master intend to reveal the method of cultivating Self-Condensed Soul Rings to humans?"
"If you do, all those Soul Masters will surely be grateful to you."
At his words, Ah Yin's eyes lit up. She was happy for Lin Yue.
"No. I'd never do that!"