At that, Radiant Douluo looked thoughtful.
"That's certainly possible. The Golden Crow is a Divine Beast that represents the sun."
"There might really be a Divine Beast representing extreme cold in the Cold Spring. It would just need to be drawn out by a matching Martial Soul."
"It's a shame that both your Martial Soul and mine are Weapon Spirits. I'm afraid we won't get that chance."
Chrysanthemum Douluo couldn't help teasing him.
"Maybe it's because this kid, A Xing, hasn't started cultivating his Second Martial Soul yet."
"If he comes back here after cultivating his Second Martial Soul, perhaps he'll attract another Divine Beast dwelling in the Cold Spring."
Han Xing's eyes flickered. "Then I'll come back and take a look after I've cultivated my Second Martial Soul."
Since the system had given him a Soul Spirit, perhaps it would give him a second one in the future.
When that happened, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye would make the perfect excuse for the existence of his second Soul Spirit.
"Certainly worth a try." Radiant Douluo nodded.
"It's a shame my Soul Rings are already full. Otherwise, I'd want to dive into the Cold Pool and have a look myself."
Han Xing didn't continue the conversation. His consciousness had already sunk completely into his body.
He raised a hand, and the Three-Legged Golden Crow Soul Spirit slowly floated before his chest. Its ancient, sacred, and vast Divine Beast presence quietly spread out.
Han Xing guided the Soul Spirit into his Martial Soul Origin.
With the system's help, absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit caused no pain or backlash whatsoever.
All Han Xing could feel was an endless, warm, weighty golden Divine Fire coursing through his meridians and Martial Soul.
Seeing that Han Xing had begun absorbing the Soul Spirit, Radiant Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo fell silent and simply guarded him.
The Three-Legged Golden Crow Martial Soul on Han Xing's body shone brightly, its flames burning a hundred times more fiercely.
As the Golden Crow Soul Spirit merged into Han Xing, a deep Purple-Black Soul Ring formed around him.
"This is... a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Radiant Douluo exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes.
Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings inflicted Spirit Shock. Could Han Xing really absorb one?
But this Three-Legged Golden Crow shared the same origin as Han Xing's Martial Soul, and that strange Golden Crow didn't seem to have any signs of life.
On top of that, Han Xing's body and spiritual power had both been tempered by Immortal Herbs.
Perhaps he really could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Under their watchful eyes, the first change occurred in the three old Soul Rings Han Xing already possessed.
His two hundred-year Soul Rings and one thousand-year Soul Ring trembled violently at the same time.
As the origin of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Crow Soul Spirit poured into them, its power of shared origin and assimilation stripped away their ordinary colors at a visible pace.
Pale yellow, deep yellow, and purple peeled away layer by layer, replaced by an ultimate black as deep as the night sky, shimmering with brilliant golden patterns!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three identical Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings took shape with a thunderous roar. Their vast, primeval auras carried the weight of ages as they settled neatly around Han Xing.
Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings revolved in perfect order, all four black. Their terrifying pressure instantly suppressed the entire valley.
Radiant Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo stiffened, their pupils shrinking as the hairs all over their bodies stood on end.
They had seen Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings before, but never had they seen a Soul Master with four rings—all of them Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!
A Level 40 Soul Ancestor with four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!
It completely overturned the cultivation common sense of the entire Douluo Continent!
Radiant Douluo swallowed, his voice trembling.
"F-Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings? The first three... all transformed into Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings at the same time?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo was utterly stunned, staring fixedly at the four uniform, sacred, terrifying Black-Gold Soul Rings.
"Nothing like this has ever happened before..."
"After obtaining his Fourth Soul Ring, it actually traced back to the source and rewrote the foundational age of his first three rings!"
As the two stared in disbelief, Han Xing slowly opened his eyes. Golden Crow Divine Fire gleamed in his gaze, and his aura was utterly steady.
He could clearly sense that all his Soul Skills had undergone a complete transformation.
"My Soul Rings all became Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings?"
Han Xing's eyes were full of disbelief.
He could understand why the Soul Rings were black. After all, the Soul Ring produced from a Soul Spirit depended on the Soul Master's capacity to withstand it.
As Han Xing grew stronger, the Soul Rings' ages would increase further.
But Remove Soul Ring... In his memory, Soul Spirits weren't supposed to have that effect.
"System, is this because of you?" Han Xing asked inwardly.
This time, the system answered quickly.
"The Soul Spirit presented by this system has been enhanced in every way."
"Not only does it have no side effects during absorption, it also removes and replaces the host's previous inferior Soul Rings."
At that, Han Xing was overjoyed.
If that was the case, once he grew into a Titled Douluo, wouldn't he have a full nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings?
Whether nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings provided by Soul Spirits could compare to nine obtained through direct absorption was another matter.
Just putting those nine Soul Rings on display would be enough to make him look unbelievably impressive.
"A Xing... do you know what's going on?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked, his voice trembling.
"The Three-Legged Golden Crow I just absorbed was a special Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It absorbed and replaced my first three Soul Rings," Han Xing said gravely.
"From now on, my Soul Rings will grow along with my strength. I won't need to hunt Soul Beasts for more."
"It's just a shame that absorbing it didn't give me a Soul Bone."
At that, Radiant Douluo's pupils contracted. He eyed Han Xing suspiciously several times.
"Teacher, is something wrong?" Han Xing asked, puzzled.
"Nothing." Radiant Douluo came back to himself. "I just find the whole thing too unbelievable."
"From what you've said, if you never need to obtain another Soul Ring, wouldn't that make you like a Soul Beast in human form?"
"If I didn't know who you were, I'd be tempted to take you for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."
Hearing that, Han Xing couldn't help laughing.
"It's somewhat similar, but the Soul Rings condensed by a transformed Soul Beast can't change along with my strength like mine do."
"Perhaps needing to absorb Soul Rings to cultivate is a flaw in Soul Masters to begin with?"
"After I absorbed that Three-Legged Golden Crow, it just happened to make up for some kind of flaw inside me."
"That's an interesting proposition." Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded.
"Maybe we can study it when we have time."
Radiant Douluo suddenly said, "But absorbing a Three-Legged Golden Crow like that wasn't all good for you, was it?"
"Your strength did improve, but you only reached Level 41."
"If you'd absorbed an ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, you should have been able to reach Level 43."
"On the whole, the benefits still outweigh the drawbacks," Chrysanthemum Douluo said.
"A hundred-year or thousand-year Soul Ring won't help much in the future."
"But if A Xing becomes a Titled Douluo with nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, that'll be a different story."