Fusion of Leg Bones, Achievement of Soul King

"Guard the perimeter and do not disturb me," Qin Yao instructed.

"Yan understands!" Dugu Yan immediately focused her attention.

Qin Yao placed the soul bone against his right leg, then closed his eyes and began to guide it with his soul power.

His level forty-six soul power surged out of his body, transforming into tangible purple flames that enveloped the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Under the traction of his soul power, the blue-gold leg bone sank directly into Qin Yao's right leg.

The domineering purple fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King and the extreme vitality of the Blue Silver Emperor began to fuse within his right leg.

Qin Yao frowned slightly.

The energy contained within a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was simply too vast. Even though the attributes of the Blue Silver Emperor leaned toward gentle healing, this torrent of energy still made his meridians ache with pressure.

However, Qin Yao's formidable physique, tempered by the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, was currently displaying terrifying endurance.

Time ticked away, second by second.

The blue-gold radiance on Qin Yao's right leg grew increasingly intense as the vitality of the Blue Silver Emperor was slowly absorbed.

Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, at the Ye Family Medical Clinic.

The back hall of the clinic was filled with the faint, refreshing scent of herbs. A beautiful woman in a simple, elegant long dress was bowing her head, meticulously sorting medicinal materials. She was Ye Lingling's mother, the contemporary Nine Heart Begonia soul master, and a level sixty-nine Soul Emperor, Ye Shutang.

"Mother!"

Ye Lingling rushed in from outside, forgetting even to slow her pace, her breathing slightly ragged beneath her black veil.

Hearing the sound, Ye Shutang looked up, her gentle brows carrying a hint of inquiry.

Seeing her daughter's uncharacteristic lack of composure, she set down the herbs in her hand.

"What is it, Lingling? Why are you so flustered?"

Ye Lingling took a deep breath and recounted everything—from Qin Yao's display of power on the street to what she had witnessed at Dugu Manor and his subsequent promise—without leaving out a single detail.

When she heard the words "lift the curse of the Nine Heart Begonia family," the calm, water-like eyes of Ye Shutang rippled with intense waves for the first time.

Her naturally fair fingers subconsciously tightened around the edge of the herb basket in front of her.

The curse was a nightmare their family had been unable to escape for generations, and a shackle they had spent their entire lives trying to break.

Her own husband, a remarkably talented battle soul master, had ventured into dangerous lands in search of a solution, only to eventually perish in battle.

"Mother, he also cured Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison," Ye Lingling added, her voice filled with irrepressible excitement. "And Yan's martial soul even evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!"

This sentence became the final straw that broke the balance in Ye Shutang's heart.

As a Nine Heart Begonia soul master, she had dealt with the Dugu family quite often.

That girl, Dugu Yan, had followed her grandfather, Dugu Bo, since she was young. Her body was riddled with poison, and Ye Shutang knew better than anyone the agony she suffered every time the poison flared up.

Back then, Dugu Bo's only son, Dugu Xin—Dugu Yan's father—was also a genius, yet didn't he also die young from the backlash of the serpent poison?

A deadly poison that even the Poison Douluo himself was helpless against had actually been cured by a twelve-year-old boy?

A Holy Son of the Martial Soul Hall who could casually cure the venom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, trigger a martial soul evolution, and dare to boast about lifting the Nine Heart Begonia curse.

Ye Shutang's heart was in turmoil.

She looked at her daughter's eyes, which were filled with anticipation—a brilliance she had never seen before.

After a long silence, Ye Shutang slowly exhaled and picked up a medicinal herb once more.

"Lingling, I am aware of this matter."

Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Within the valley, the tidal wave of energy had been ongoing for a full hour.

Qin Yao, sitting cross-legged on a giant rock, had his entire right leg shrouded in a rich blue-gold radiance. That boundless, majestic vitality even caused a circle of new sprouts to emerge from the surrounding ground.

Dugu Yan, who was guarding him, had moved past her initial shock and become somewhat numb.

She simply watched Qin Yao quietly, observing the purple flames around his body intertwining and fusing with the blue-gold light on his leg, as an indescribable, profound aura permeated the area.

Finally, as the last wisp of blue-gold light completely merged into Qin Yao's right leg and vanished, a tyrannical wave of soul power erupted violently with him at the center!

Dugu Yan stared at Qin Yao in horror.

That surge of soul power had far exceeded the scope of a Soul Ancestor!

Qin Yao slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of blue-gold light vanishing from his dark purple pupils.

He could clearly feel that his soul power had broken through the level fifty bottleneck.

A twelve-year-old Soul King!

There was no great ripple in Qin Yao's heart; this was well within his expectations.

If the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well combined with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone couldn't push him to level fifty, that would be the real surprise.

It had been barely over a month since he left the Worship Hall, and his soul power had risen by seven levels. If he told anyone about this cultivation speed, they likely wouldn't believe it.

This is Douluo Continent, where popping pills and absorbing Soul Bones does not lead to unstable cultivation.

On the contrary, absorbing Immortal Herbs and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones only serves to enhance a soul master's foundation. This is what enables such rapid growth in soul power.

Qin Yao stood up and gently flexed his right leg, which had now fused with the soul bone.

An unprecedented sense of power and vitality surged from his leg; the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had not only brought a massive increase in soul power but also granted him the soul skills of Flight and Healing.

Furthermore, the flight granted by the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone might, when combined with the flight from his own martial soul's wings, allow him to reach even greater speeds.

"Your Highness, have you broken through to level fifty?" Dugu Yan asked tentatively, her voice trembling slightly.

Qin Yao turned his head to glance at her, offering no answer, only a slight curl of his lips.

Dugu Yan understood immediately.

She felt as though her breathing had become difficult.

A twelve-year-old Soul King...

The word "genius" was no longer enough to describe this.

This was a monster! This was a myth!

"Get used to it," Qin Yao said indifferently, his tone casual. "Stay by my side, and you will see plenty of scenes like this."

"Yan... Yan understands!" Dugu Yan hurriedly lowered her head, her cheeks burning.

Qin Yao paid her no further mind, his heart already beginning to calculate his next steps.

His fifth soul ring had to be from a soul beast with a unique bloodline and a minimum age of twenty-five thousand years.

After all, Qin Yao's fourth soul ring had already reached twelve thousand years.

Now that he had tempered his body through the two great Immortal Herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he could definitely absorb a twenty-five-thousand-year ring.

However, such unique bloodlines were truly difficult to find, and whether such a soul beast existed within the current Sunset Forest was something he might need to ask Dugu Bo about.

Once he finished absorbing his fifth soul ring, it would be time to return to Martial Soul City.

At that time, he would obtain the illustrated guide of Immortal Herbs from Yue Guan, which would allow him to fully realize the value of the herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Yan, I am looking for a soul beast in the Sunset Forest with a decent bloodline, roughly between twenty thousand and thirty thousand years old." Qin Yao looked at Dugu Yan, who was still standing there in a daze.

Dugu Yan shuddered, snapping out of the shock brought on by Qin Yao's breakthrough, and hurriedly bowed.

She pondered for a moment before shaking her head: "Your Highness, although the Sunset Forest is vast, soul beasts that meet your requirements are extremely rare. Perhaps... we should return and ask my grandfather. Having lived here for so long, he should know something."

Qin Yao nodded; this suited his intentions perfectly.

Dugu Bo's familiarity with this forest far exceeded anyone else's.

"Then let us go."

Qin Yao said no more, once again wrapping his arm around Dugu Yan's waist. With a flap of his dark purple bone wings, he soared into the sky, heading in the direction of Dugu Manor.