The Silver Dragonfish Is About to Deliver a Head!

Jiang Ce had assumed this was the world of The Legend of Qin, but he never expected it to be Douluo Continent.

He turned his gaze toward the two large lizards that Yan Lingji had just slain.

Sure enough, two yellow spirit rings were slowly drifting up from the two corpses.

"Spirit beasts, spirit rings... it really is Douluo Continent."

"Master, what are spirit beasts and spirit rings?"

Jiang Ce immediately transmitted basic information about Douluo Continent to Yan Lingji.

In an instant, her mind felt as if it had been filled to the brim like a cream puff.

"Awakening a martial soul, spirit masters, spirit beasts, spirit rings... reaching level one hundred to become a god?"

"Does this world truly have gods?"

Yan Lingji murmured to herself.

According to the information Jiang Ce provided, becoming a god meant living as long as the heavens themselves.

That was simply terrifying.

"Of course there are, and some are quite the scheming old foxes."

"Since this is Douluo Continent, let's see what martial soul you can awaken."

"There are two soul tools among those corpses, and one of them contains awakening stones."

Yan Lingji immediately went to loot the bodies.

She retrieved the soul tools.

Soul tools required spirit power and spiritual energy to open. Yan Lingji possessed spiritual energy, but lacked spirit power. By copying the memories of those spirit masters, Jiang Ce simulated the necessary spirit power and successfully opened them.

Neither of the two soul tools was large, measuring only about one cubic meter each.

Inside, they contained some daily supplies, Gold Soul Coins, materials, and medicinal herbs.

From the pile of items, Yan Lingji fished out six awakening stones and a crystal ball.

The awakening stones and crystal ball were not high-end goods and were inexpensive, but they required a spirit master to operate and were used to awaken the martial souls of six-year-old children. Some minor families would purchase a set to conveniently awaken their descendants' martial souls and test their spirit power.

"Come on, let's see what martial soul you can awaken."

Jiang Ce suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.

Yan Lingji followed his instructions.

Immediately after, she felt a surge of flames moving within her body.

Two things appeared before her—a crimson hairpin, radiating a scorching heat;

And a fiery-red nine-tailed fox, with clusters of flames coalescing around its tails, exuding an inherently charming and bewitching aura.

"Fire Spirit Hairpin, Fire Charm Nine-Tailed Fox."

Yan Lingji felt the information transmitted by her martial souls and blinked in curiosity.

She had not expected her hairpin to actually transform into a so-called martial soul.

"Twin Martial Souls? Tsk tsk, hurry and test your spirit power."

Jiang Ce knew that Yan Lingji was born with a Fire Spirit Body.

It was no surprise that the Fire Spirit Hairpin had become her tool martial soul.

But this Fire Charm Nine-Tailed Fox... Jiang Ce was a bit puzzled.

Could it be that because her nickname was the "Fire Charm Enchantress" and she possessed a fox-like allure, her second martial soul manifested as a fox?

While he was pondering this, Yan Lingji had already placed her small hand upon the crystal ball.

The crystal ball lit up with a red glow, illuminating this small patch of the forest.

"As expected, Innate Full Soul Power."

If Tang San could achieve Innate Full Soul Power by practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill, then Yan Lingji certainly could as well.

Furthermore, benchmarking her against her current strength at the early stage of the Innate Realm, she should be equivalent to a level 52 Spirit King in this world.

However, her combat prowess was likely comparable to a level 60 Spirit Emperor.

After all, if the techniques of a second-rate sect like the Tang Sect could be considered a cheat, then someone like Yan Lingji—who hailed from the Warring States era and possessed both a Fire Spirit Body and the Fire Charm Technique—would naturally have even greater combat power.

The world of The Legend of Qin had already been trending toward high-level martial arts.

With fire manipulation, sword spirits, Pixiu, and Nine Heavens Mysterious Maidens, it had everything.

"Are Twin Martial Souls very good?"

"Of course they are. You should cultivate one martial soul first. Once you reach the Title Douluo rank, you can attach spirit rings starting at ten thousand years to your second martial soul, allowing you to power-level and soar directly to a level 99 Peerless Douluo."

"By the way, I've sensed it; your original strength is equivalent to a level 52 Spirit King. After awakening your martial souls, your internal energy will slowly convert into spirit power."

"It seems quite promising."

Yan Lingji's lips curled into a smirk.

Level 52 Soul King, Level 99 Ultimate Douluo.

How interesting.

Then, she watched as Jiang Ce continued to extend tentacles from his chest, wrapping them around the two soul beast corpses on the ground.

In no time at all, they were completely digested.

Just as she was about to ask, she suddenly felt a surge of energy feeding back into her body.

What was going on?

"Two six-hundred-year soul beasts. After I consume them, I gain one hundred and twenty years worth of soul power, mental strength, and physical constitution."

"My current age is equivalent to one thousand one hundred and twenty years."

"At the same time, I feed back ten percent to you, which is twelve years."

"Since you have Innate Full Soul Power, you require less time to cultivate the same amount of soul power; this is equivalent to four days of hard cultivation."

Simultaneously, Jiang Ce also acquired all the skills of these two soul beasts: Fireball and Fire Lizard Claw.

His fire resistance also increased by five percent.

Yan Lingji blinked.

Jiang Ce consumed two six-hundred-year soul beasts, and she actually received feedback?

It was equivalent to four days of hard cultivation in an instant?

Wait, that was four days of hard cultivation for mental strength, soul power, and physical constitution all at once.

That meant she had essentially undergone twelve days of hard cultivation in one go, right?

This was simply too powerful.

Although him devouring soul beasts to gain age only fed back ten percent to her—which seemed like being exploited at every level—this was the kind of good fortune others could only dream of.

"Right, let's go search the cave of these two Fire-Spitting Lizards; there should be some good things left inside."

Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.

Silver light flowed like water, swirling slowly in the gloom.

A colossal silver dragon lay there, the patterns of her silver scales shimmering faintly.

She had been slumbering here for a long time.

But today—

Her consciousness fell into chaos.

It was a dream, yet more than just a dream.

She could clearly perceive fragments of the future.

Soul beasts were wailing.

Their habitats were constantly shrinking, their populations plummeting.

High-level soul beasts were being hunted, kept in captivity, and used as materials.

The title of Sovereign of Soul Beasts felt pale and powerless in the face of such carnage.

The scene shifted.

Countless timelines flashed before her eyes—

In some, they intermarried with humans, and soul beasts degenerated in a greenhouse;

In others, they waged war, leaving corpses strewn across the fields;

In others, they hid away, and soul beasts perished in silence.

She searched and filtered continuously.

Finally—

Among those boundless fragments, she saw a scene that was completely different.

A mass of pitch-black liquid emerged from a rift in the void.

It devoured, evolved, and fed back to its host.

The female it parasitized saw her strength leap forward in an incredibly short amount of time.

And at the very end of the vision—Gu Yuena herself had been parasitized.

Her power surged like never before, suppressing the God Kings of the God Realm single-handedly.

She even stepped out of this world.

And witnessed the myriad worlds of the heavens.

Only now did she understand that the so-called Master of Soul Beasts was nothing more than an ant, a frog at the bottom of a well.

The dream shattered.

Silver light scattered in all directions.

Gu Yuena opened her eyes, her violet pupils hanging in the air like cold moons.

Dragon Might blanketed the world; the earth shook, and gravel rained down with a rustling sound.

She rose slowly, transforming into a woman with a graceful figure clad in a silver-white dress.

Her silver hair cascaded down, and her bare feet pressed against the ground.

Di Tian immediately sensed the awakening of the Silver Dragon King.

He entered from outside and knelt on one knee.

"My Lord, you have awakened."

Gu Yuena did not respond, gazing into the void for a long time.

"Di Tian."

"This subordinate is here."

"I dreamt of the future," her voice was low and cold. "The plight of soul beasts is even worse than it is now."

Di Tian clenched his fists, remaining silent.

"But I found a possibility."

She raised her hand, and silver energy traced a flowing shadow in the air—formless and featureless, yet possessing a will of its own.

"I do not know what it is. But it has appeared in countless timelines, and every time it appears, it changes the world."

Her gaze narrowed, her tone resolute.

"I must find it."

"My Lord, its trail..."

"I need to enter the human world," Gu Yuena interrupted him. "Although the living space for soul beasts has not yet been compressed to the absolute limit, we must prepare, otherwise, there is only a dead end. That unknown existence may be our only key to breaking this deadlock."

"So, the Lord intends to go to the human world?" Di Tian asked in a deep voice.

Gu Yuena did not answer.

She closed her eyes, repeatedly replaying the fluctuations of that black liquid from her dream—

Strangely, every time she used her dragon senses to lock onto it, the signal became blurred instead.

She had tried.

With all her might, she could only perceive a void of chaos.

Yet in her dream, she had "seen" it while in a state between sleeping and waking—

That was when she was at her weakest, closest to a human state.

Her power was, in itself, an interference.

The aura of the Silver Dragon King was too strong, so strong that it distorted all energy fluctuations around her.

The signal of that thing was already faint; once struck by her Dragon Might, it dissipated entirely.

Only by sealing her memories, restraining her power, and reducing her presence to the absolute minimum could she truly "hear" its voice.

Having realized this, she no longer hesitated.

"I will seal my memories and enter the human world as a human. Di Tian, during this time, it is highly likely that other personalities will be born within me; they may even come into conflict—but no matter what happens, you are not to interfere."

"But My Lord..."

"There are no buts."