Though the Evil Emperor and the Demon Empress were powerful, they ultimately remained within the realm of soul beasts.
While the essence of their power had touched the threshold of the God Rank, they had never truly completed that final transformation and ascension.
Er Ming, during his lifetime, had been a genuine God Official at the height of his power!
His God Position had been complete, and he had held authority in his hands.
There was a fundamental chasm between him and Beast Lords, one of life level and energy essence.
Within the God Rank domain, neither the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings nor that Dragon Core possessed complete origins.
The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen in the Dragon God's war long ago, their power eroded by the passage of countless years.
The origins remaining on Douluo Continent likely did not even amount to one ten-thousandth of their peak strength.
They were more symbols of attributes and status.
Though the Dragon Core was wondrous, it was still far from the complete origin of any single deity.
Therefore.
This origin Soul Ring before him, left behind by Er Ming at his peak.
Was the first truly complete God Rank Soul Ring Xia Ming had encountered since beginning his cultivation, one that he had to fully absorb!
But Xia Ming's ambitions went far beyond merely absorbing a Soul Ring.
He had long since condensed one Soul Core. Now that he was breaking through to become a Title Douluo, he naturally had to condense a second.
At this moment, the first Soul Core had already been successfully condensed within his dantian. It was the initial core and foundation of his power's circulation.
And the immense same-origin energy contained within this God Rank Soul Ring and the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm