Spirit Power Advances Further

No one knew how much preparation they had made and how much suffering they had endured to successfully intercept this opportunity today.

After purifying the Soul-Devouring Fierce Blade with divine attributes, Ning Que had sought out the Grand Elder of their Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, the Mountain-Prop Douluo, begging him to intervene and help Ye Guyi forcibly open her sea of consciousness.

If not for the god-level head soul bone and the Gold of Life, Ye Guyi's mental world might have collapsed on the spot.

Fortunately, after the bitterness came the sweetness; everything had been accomplished.

The guardian Douluo of their Nine Treasures Glazed Sect also benefited from the Gold of Life, not only repairing his hidden injuries but also taking the opportunity to break through from a level 97 Title Douluo to level 98.

With the Mountain-Prop Douluo advancing further, and such a pillar of stability in their ranks, they could finally afford to make their move.

At this moment, the conversation between Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had also concluded.

The moment he opened his eyes and saw Sister Guyi and her fiancé, Huo Yuhao felt a subconscious sense of guilt.

"It is of no consequence. You need only claim to the outside world that this is a ten-year soul ring; we shall keep your secret."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's nervous and guilty expression, Ning Que spoke indifferently.

There was absolutely no need to hide such a matter.

With the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, it could naturally perceive what had transpired earlier.

This great worm, if nothing else, had gained a further improvement in its control over spiritual power after shedding the shackles of its soul beast body.

If he remembered correctly, in the original story, no one other than Long Xiaoyao had ever detected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual perception.

"Yuhao, you must never offend this Sister Guyi of yours. If possible, you should befriend her as much as you can. I sense the aura of a god upon her."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned within Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.

"A god!"

Hearing the Sky Dream Brother say this, Huo Yuhao was shocked to his core.

Before today, he did not even know what a god was.

He never expected that after just meeting a Sky Dream Brother who wanted to help him become a god, he would discover that someone he had recently met was also related to the divine.

"Many thanks, Sister Guyi!"

Huo Yuhao struggled to control his emotions and spoke softly.

"Little one, just call her Sister Guyi or Senior Sister Ye from now on. Don't keep saying 'Sister Guyi' this and 'Sister Guyi' that; your Brother Ning is not happy to hear it."

Ning Que was truly feeling disgruntled.

As a man, who wouldn't feel uncomfortable hearing his fiancée addressed in such a way?

Moreover, Ning Que was well aware of Huo Yuhao's "succubus" charm.

"Brother Ning, I will remember that."

Huo Yuhao hurriedly promised.

He was genuinely afraid of this Brother Ning.

Just as both sides agreed on their story—insisting that after falling unconscious, he had accidentally fused with a ten-year soul ring—Bei Bei and Tang Ya woke up!

"Yuhao, how did you end up obtaining a ten-year soul ring?"

Upon learning that after they had passed out, Huo Yuhao had accidentally fused with the soul ring of a ten-year Wind Baboon, Tang Ya's face was full of chagrin.

She had just promised little Yuhao that she would help him hunt for a hundred-year soul ring, and in the blink of an eye, he had obtained a ten-year one; it was too embarrassing.

"Perhaps my luck was just bad!"

Huo Yuhao put on a very aggrieved and dejected look. At this moment, he still cared about his pride; he felt terrible about lying to Sister Xiao Ya, but he could not reveal the existence of the Sky Dream Brother, so he had no choice.

Then, Tang Ya began to comfort Huo Yuhao and invited him to join the Tang Sect.

Ning Que was not interested in this matter; he was currently contemplating the improvement of his own spiritual power.

As early as a few years ago, he had already reached the realm of "half-void, half-solid" through the spiritual power of his 190,000-year soul bone. Over these years, he had worked hard to cultivate, enhance his spiritual power, and delve deep into the Heart Separation Control method, bringing his spiritual power infinitely close to the realm of "having form but no substance."

The three days and three nights of drawing maps a few days ago had exhausted his spiritual power, and after a deep sleep, he felt his spiritual power advance further as he relaxed.

Just now, guided by the spiritual essence that overflowed during the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice, his spiritual power had improved once more, leaving him only half a step away from reaching the "having form but no substance" realm, comparable to the spiritual power of a Title Douluo.

Of course, he also knew that this step was extremely difficult to cross.

At present, he was only 15 years old and a level 48 Soul Ancestor.

That he could achieve such success was naturally because his spiritual power was innately strong from his two lifetimes, coupled with the assistance of his 190,000-year head soul bone, the nourishment of various rare treasures, and a special method of spiritual cultivation.

As for this so-called special cultivation method, it naturally originated from the Tang Sect.

It was not just the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect; Shrek Academy, the Clear Sky Sect, and the former Star Luo Royal family all possessed Tang Sect-related techniques.

The problem was that no one dared to take them out and use them lightly, or rather, without an official Tang Sect identity, even if they cultivated them, they would not easily display them or shout about them to the world.

The reason was simple: it concerned the inheritance of the Sea God.

The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect was a type of opportunist in this regard; they took the Mysterious Heaven Skill, modified it, and created the so-called Bright Jade Skill.

The Purple Demon Eye, meanwhile, was fused with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's Heart Separation Control to derive their own spiritual cultivation technique, the Nine Orifices Heart Control Art.

Such matters were already an open secret among the various major forces of the former victorious camp.

According to his father, Shrek Academy possessed the most comprehensive collection of these legacies. Aside from the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Detonation, they held archives of everything from the Tang Sect's cultivation techniques and the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect's Heart Separation Control to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation Secret Manual, though ordinary people lacked the qualifications to examine them.

The difference was that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had acquired theirs later through various means.

The reason was simple: after the feast following the victory in the great war ten thousand years ago, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had lost its Title Douluo and was no longer qualified to sit at that table.

Later, once they had gradually restored some of their foundation, they used other methods to obtain these so-called legacies.

Whether due to the changing of the times or some other reason, the forces that had once plotted to seize the Tang Sect's legacy had all lost their original inheritances due to various accidents.

An ancestor had once speculated that this was the handiwork of the Sea God.

The reason they were relatively better off was that they had taken a detour, transforming the original legacy into something entirely new.

"Once I break through to the Soul King realm, I can attempt to operate a Level 7 Soul Tool."

After stabilizing his breakthrough in spiritual power, Ning Que was in an unprecedentedly good mood.

Having cultivated in this world for so many years, he finally possessed at least some ability to protect himself.

"Que, would you mind if we stopped to hunt for Xiao Ya's third soul ring on our way back?"

As Ning Que stabilized his spiritual power and opened his eyes, Ye Guyi came to his side and spoke softly.

Ye Guyi still held a unique sentiment toward Tang Ya.

After all, she was the first quasi-evil soul master she had purified and cleansed of her dark attributes.

Ye Guyi simply wanted to verify a question: whether the evil nature of a martial soul and the corruption of a soul master were inevitably linked.

On this matter, Ning Que did not guide Ye Guyi, choosing instead to let her explore on her own and forge a path that belonged to her.

He did not like the kind of pure, brainless vase; he preferred a remarkable woman who possessed her own brilliant life and her own path forward.