"I won't overthink it."
Wang Dong'er sat cross-legged and focused her mind.
The icy and fiery energies of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well silently nourished her meridians in time with her breathing.
Her Soul Power guided the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew slowly toward her head. She tilted her chin up slightly and let the essence gathered in the Immortal Herb's petals drip into her eyes.
At first, it felt cool and refreshing. As that sensation grew stronger, Wang Dong'er's mind and thoughts became much clearer.
In her Sea of Consciousness, the Sea God's Divine Sense was drawn by the Immortal Herb's medicinal power and slowly opened its eyes.
Wang Dong'er's will was drawn into her Sea of Consciousness, beyond her control. Before she could even feel confused, the Sea God's Light suddenly shone down upon her. Bathed in its sacred, gentle radiance, the Sea of Consciousness beneath her rippled with emerald waves and slowly expanded, as if a divine miracle had descended.
The Douluo God Realm, the Nameless Star Sea.
Sea God Poseidon was exploring the cosmos and chatting with powerful beings from other planes when he suddenly froze.
Gods generally had no emotions—or, at the very least, their emotions never showed on their faces.
His expression stiffened. Sensing that incomparably familiar power of the same origin on Douluo Star, he whipped around to look.
With that glance, he crossed thousands of light-years and fixed his gaze precisely on Wang Dong'er.
The aura she gave off, on par with the Sea God Godhood—or even stronger—left him utterly shocked. His golden pupils trembled uncontrollably.
I'm the Sea God. Then what am I?
Absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew went exceptionally smoothly. As she did, Wang Dong'er's Spiritual Power rose to a level she couldn't even estimate.
When she opened her eyes again, the first person she noticed was a handsome middle-aged man standing beside the Yin-Yang Well.
Before she could voice her confusion, the man asked, "Finished absorbing it? I can sense that your aura is completely different from what it was a few days ago. It seems the Immortal Herb has given you a tremendous boost."
Seeing the confusion on Wang Dong'er's face, the middle-aged man watched as she warily began circulating her Soul Power. He smiled, his expression open and sunny.
"Don't recognize me?"
"Of course not. After I absorbed the antidote, my strength broke through to level ninety-four, and my appearance returned to what it was in my prime. Even Yan Yan didn't recognize me at first."
As he spoke, a thought crossed his mind. A strange, shadowy gleam swept over him from head to toe, and the handsome man before her reverted to the familiar face Wang Dong'er knew.
Green armor, green hair, and the wrinkled, grim face of a man who looked utterly miserable—it was undoubtedly Dugu Bo.
"So it's you, Senior. You really startled me." Wang Dong'er relaxed and asked curiously, "Senior, do you have a special fondness for green? Your poison's been cured, so why not return your hair to a normal color?"
Caught out in his little quirk, Dugu Bo guiltily looked away.
"I'm used to it. Changing back to a normal color so suddenly would feel strange, even to me."
"It's the same with my appearance. I look more like a grandpa this way. Unlike those weirdos, I'm not going to deceive myself by keeping a twenty-year-old face at sixty or seventy."
"You certainly have principles, Senior." Wang Dong'er gave Dugu Bo a thumbs-up, then asked, puzzled, "By the way, how's Senior Sister Dugu?"
"Yan Yan and Ye Lingling are absorbing their Immortal Herbs."
"Aren't you supposed to be guarding them?"
"They've both stabilized. All that's left is for them to absorb the remaining medicinal power, and Ye Lingling's grandfather, Ye Renxin, is there with them. There's no need for me to worry about the rest."
Dugu Bo explained.
"I came back because I was curious about how things were going with you. Now that I've seen you finish absorbing it safely, I can relax."
With that, Dugu Bo took the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch from his waist. At a thought, a nearly three-meter-long, roughly fourteen-hundred-year-old light-attribute Soul Beast slammed onto the ground. It lay there on its last legs, tongue hanging out as it panted heavily.
"Yan Yan told me your Martial Soul is called the Light Goddess Butterfly, and it has a light attribute."
"This Sunlight Beast is around fourteen hundred years old, making it just right for your third Soul Ring. I picked it up along the way. Hurry and absorb it."
Wang Dong'er shook her head.
"You don't like this Soul Beast? You really don't know what's good for you. Light-attribute Soul Beasts are rare to begin with, and the Sunlight Beast ranks among the best of them."
Dugu Bo let out a sigh.
"Fine, fine. If you don't like this one, I'll take you to find something better."
"I've heard that the Qian Family of Spirit Hall passes down the Angel Martial Soul, and its main target for Soul Rings is the Holy Light Unicorn."
"I've only heard about this Soul Beast, but the Qian Family must choose the Soul Beasts most compatible with the Angel Martial Soul's light attribute."
"Let's head for the Star Dou Great Forest right now and see if we get lucky."
Wang Dong'er shook her head again. Worried that Dugu Bo would think she was too picky and hard to please, she hurriedly explained, "You've misunderstood, Senior. It's not that I don't like the Sunlight Beast you brought me. Its age is just too low."
"After absorbing the Immortal Herb, my physical body and Spiritual Power have improved beyond anything I could have imagined."
Wang Dong'er paused, resting her right hand against her chin as she thought it over, then continued, "To be conservative, I should be able to absorb a third Soul Ring that's seven or eight thousand years old without any problem."
"So that's why. I thought you didn't like it." Dugu Bo didn't understand at first. But when he repeated the age of the Soul Ring Wang Dong'er had mentioned, he suddenly froze like a statue. Several seconds passed before he managed to blurt out in shock, "What did you say?"
"Seven or eight thousand years?"
"Can Immortal Herbs really defy the heavens and change your fate?" Wang Dong'er spread her hands, utterly calm, as if absorbing a Soul Ring beyond the usual age limit were nothing out of the ordinary.
Dugu Bo naturally didn't believe her. If it were true, Immortal Herbs would do more than defy the heavens and change one's fate. They would be beyond... beyond bringing the dead back to life and restoring their flesh and bones, even more miraculous than turning the dead into perfect living beings.
It would be like a god descending to the mortal world and performing a miracle beyond description.
To convince Dugu Bo, Wang Dong'er let him examine her body.
With the help of Dugu Bo, a level-ninety-four Titled Douluo, Wang Dong'er finally learned just how strong her mind and body had become.
Not only could she absorb a Soul Ring seven or eight thousand years old, but even one ten thousand years old would be no problem.
Her body could withstand the energy of a Soul Ring between fifteen and sixteen thousand years old. Her Spiritual Power, however... was only on par with an ordinary Soul King's.
Faced with the evidence, Dugu Bo was stunned into accepting it.
"Then... after absorbing their Immortal Herbs, will Yan Yan and Ye Lingling also gain stronger bodies and Spiritual Power, allowing them to absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual age limit?"
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