The Fifth Soul Ring

Tang San spent two full years beneath that waterfall, practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

In the first year, he successfully swung a wooden hammer eighty-one times, holding steady beneath the waterfall's pounding torrent.

In the second year, he successfully swung the Clear Sky Hammer eighty-one times beneath the waterfall, cutting off its flow.

With that, he had fully mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Over those two years, Tang San had also long since reached the bottleneck at rank fifty Soul Power.

So Tang Hao brought him to an ancient forest to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.

At the center of that forest, he encountered an eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver King.

And he finally learned the true nature of his Martial Soul.

The Blue Silver Emperor.

That Blue Silver King told him that the Blue Silver Emperor was always passed down through a single line in this world. Unless the previous Blue Silver Emperor died, the next generation could never be born.

"But I have a younger brother, and he has the Blue Silver Emperor too."

But the Blue Silver King merely smiled. "Yes, of course. All the Blue Silver Grass in this world are your subjects. Our roots are forever connected, so we know everything that happens around every blade of Blue Silver Grass. Naturally, we also know that the Blue Silver Empress actually gave birth to twins. Both of you carry the Blue Silver Empress's bloodline. You are both our great emperors."

"But that doesn't make any sense... isn't there supposed to be only one Blue Silver Emperor?"

The Blue Silver King continued, "Your Martial Soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, which represents the Blue Silver Empress's 'form.' Although the previous Blue Silver Empress has departed, we Blue Silver Grass never truly die, so she must have left