Golden Body First Formed, A Leap in Flesh and Soul Power

Xue Yao took a deep breath and stepped toward the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

"Senior, the harvesting and consumption of this immortal herb require extremely strict methods. If done incorrectly, not only will the medicinal effects be lost, but it could even invite a fatal disaster." As he walked, Xue Yao spoke to Dugu Bo behind him.

Dugu Bo was like an old scholar thirsty for knowledge, staring at Xue Yao's every move without blinking, nodding repeatedly.

Xue Yao arrived before the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. He did not touch the delicate leaves with his hands, but instead leaned down slightly, bringing his face close to the flower that resembled a pupil.

He opened his mouth and took a gentle sip of the dew, which looked like a clear spring, from deep within the flower's stamen.

The dew had no taste as it entered his throat, but the very next instant, an indescribably extreme coolness surged straight into Xue Yao's mind!

"BOOM!"

Xue Yao's body shuddered violently, and he immediately sat down cross-legged.

The cooling sensation rushed into his spiritual ocean, instantly transforming into a torrential downpour.

For a Beast Tamer, the spiritual sea is the foundation that carries all contract power.

Before this, although Xue Yao's spiritual sea far exceeded that of his peers, it was merely a pond. But now, nourished and expanded by this "Autumn Water Sweet Dew," the barriers around the pond were crushed like dry wood!

The pond transformed into a lake, and the lake continued to expand outward!

His brain felt no swelling or pain; instead, it possessed an unprecedented clarity and transparency.

His perception radiated outward at a terrifying, geometric rate. Even with his eyes closed, he could clearly "see" the trajectory of every wisp of ice and fire spiritual energy in the surrounding air, and he could even perceive the minute textures on a blade of grass ten meters away with perfect clarity.

A full hour passed before Xue Yao slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened them, a beam of purple-gold divine light, as if materialized, erupted from his pupils, carving two rays of light over a foot long in mid-air that lingered for a long time!

His eyes became unprecedentedly bright and profound, like two brilliant stars, as if they could see through all the illusions of the world.

"Such pure spiritual fluctuations..."

Dugu Bo, who was guarding nearby, gasped.

As a Title Douluo, he could clearly feel that the spiritual power of this eight-year-old boy before him had already reached a terrifying level comparable to a high-level Soul King!

But this was only the beginning.

Xue Yao did not stand up. Instead, his gaze shifted, locking onto a large chrysanthemum not far away that glowed with brilliant golden light, as if clustered together by stalks of Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

He raised his hand, gathering wind elements in his palm to form an extremely gentle Wind Blade, precisely severing the root of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

The moment the flower was about to fall, Xue Yao used a suction force to draw it into his palm.

"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, a neutral immortal herb. Consuming it invigorates the limbs, clears the eight meridians, and can forge an Indestructible Diamond Body." Xue Yao whispered, and without the slightest hesitation, he bit directly into the golden stamen.

According to the knowledge in his mind, one must eat the stamen of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum first, then the petals, and it should not be chewed, as it melts upon contact with the mouth.

When the last golden petal turned into rich nectar and slid into his stomach, Xue Yao's face instantly flushed red.

If the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was a gentle breeze and fine rain, then this Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was raging magma!

A heat flow, powerful to an incredible degree, exploded violently in Xue Yao's dantian.

This heat did not rush toward his soul power meridians, but instead transformed into countless fine golden currents, crazily burrowing into his limbs, bones, and muscles!

"Click, click, click..."

A dense sound of bones popping, like frying beans, emanated from within Xue Yao's body.

This was the excruciating pain of being torn apart and reconstructed!

The immense medicinal power of the immortal herb was forcibly remolding his physical body in a near-barbaric manner.

His meridians were widened and reinforced, the density of his bones increased drastically, and every muscle fiber was tempered a thousand times over in this golden energy.

Xue Yao bit his teeth shut, veins bulging on his forehead, but he did not let out a single cry of pain.

As the medicinal power continued to refine, a layer of viscous black-gray substance began to seep from Xue Yao's pores; these were the impurities hidden in the deepest parts of the human body.

After these impurities were expelled, his originally fair skin began to faintly shimmer with a subtle, diamond-like luster!

This was the embryonic form of the Indestructible Diamond Body! His physical strength had achieved a qualitative leap at this moment!

At the same time, the vast residual medicinal power of the two immortal herbs finally began to feed back into his soul power.

Xue Yao's Soul Power Level, which had been stagnant due to his deliberate suppression of his foundation, was pushed by this pure energy like a burst dam, breaking through one bottleneck after another with unstoppable force!

Level 31... Level 32... Level 33...

The speed of the breakthrough was outrageous. Dugu Bo watched from the side, his eyelids twitching, fearing that the boy's foundation would be unstable and he would explode from the pressure.

But Xue Yao's aura remained as steady as Mount Tai, without the slightest sense of instability.

Level 34... Level 35...

Finally, when the golden energy was completely integrated into Xue Yao's limbs and bones, his Soul Power Level stopped firmly at Level 36!

Six levels in one go!

An eight-year-old Soul Elder at level 36!

This talent, let alone in the Heaven Dou Empire, even looking at the entire history of the Douluo Continent, was an unprecedented monster!

"Hoo—"

Xue Yao exhaled a long breath of foul, fishy-smelling air, and a shockwave several times more powerful than before swept out from him, scattering the surrounding red and blue mist.

He stood up and casually clenched his fists.

Relying solely on pure physical strength, he now dared to go head-to-head with a Power Attack Soul Ancestor!

However, what made Xue Yao even more ecstatic was not the surging six-level increase in soul power or his physical strength, but the qualitative change his soul skills had undergone due to his physical enhancement!

As a summoning-type soul master, his only means of survival and mobility was the soul skill granted by his affinity with the wind element.

His second soul skill, Ride the Wind, was an extremely unique stacking-type buff. Each time it was cast, it could increase his speed by 120% for a short period.

Theoretically, as long as he had enough soul power, this skill could be stacked infinitely.

But reality was cruel; the air resistance and physical load brought about by high-speed movement were terrifying. Previously, with Xue Yao's somewhat frail physique, he could only withstand a maximum of two stacks of Ride the Wind.

If he forced a third stack, his meridians and muscles would snap instantly from the terrifying speed load!

But now, everything was different!

The embryonic form of the Indestructible Diamond Body bestowed upon him by the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had made his meridians and flesh tough to an unimaginable degree.

"Let's test it!"

A flash of light sparked in Xue Yao's eyes as he tapped his toes lightly against the ground.

"Second soul skill, Ride the Wind!"

Hum! A cyan wind ring lit up beneath his feet, his body instantly becoming incomparably light as his speed surged by 120%.

"Second stack!"

Hum! The second wind ring lit up, and Xue Yao's figure left an afterimage in place as his speed reached a 240% increase.

Even an Agility Attack Soul King would not dare to compete with him in terms of pure speed.

If it were before, his muscles would have started to ache faintly at this point.

But now, he only felt filled with power, his meridians as wide as rivers, with no sense of reaching his limit at all.

Xue Yao took a deep breath, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes as the soul power within him surged wildly.

"Third stack!"

Boom!

Accompanied by an extremely sharp sound of tearing air, a third dazzling cyan wind ring exploded beneath Xue Yao's feet!

A 360% speed increase!

In that instant, Dugu Bo felt his vision blur, and Xue Yao had vanished into thin air!

The next second, Xue Yao stopped steadily on the other side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while the afterimage he had left in mid-air had only just begun to dissipate.

"Good! What a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"

Feeling his intact meridians, Xue Yao couldn't help but laugh toward the sky.

A 360% limit speed increase, combined with his powerful spiritual perception, meant that on this Douluo Continent, no one of the same rank could ever touch the hem of his garment. Even if a Soul Emperor-level powerhouse wanted to kill him, he would have the full capability to retreat calmly!

Furthermore, his physical fitness could also feed back into the Little Griffin; the speed that the Little Griffin, as his martial soul, could withstand was even more outrageous.

At this point, his spiritual sea had expanded, his body was now an Indestructible Diamond Body, his soul power had soared to level thirty-six, and his trump card for survival had undergone a qualitative change!

All the groundwork had been perfectly laid.

Xue Yao turned around, his bright eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through falsehoods, locked firmly onto the two ultimate immortal herbs at the intersection of the red and blue hot springs.

Now, it was time to obtain the Ice and Fire Peerless Constitution, which could truly grant immunity to all extreme elements and defy the heavens to change his fate!