One Year Later, The Second Soul Ring, Blood Demon Wolf!

Time flies like an arrow, the sun and moon like a shuttle.

For those buried in cultivation, a year passes just like a phone battery—it looks like plenty, but it vanishes before you know it.

Ten miles west of Nuoding City, in a secluded valley rarely visited by humans.

The first light of dawn appeared.

The sun had just poked half its head out from behind the mountain ridge.

Pale purple rays of light blanketed the horizon; it was the perfect moment for the purple energy to come from the east.

Xiao Chenyu sat cross-legged on a flat bluestone, facing east, his eyes slightly closed.

His breathing was long, slow, and steady.

The internal energy of his Xuantian Skill circulated slowly through his meridians, finally converging around his eyes.

The moment the first ray of purple morning light pierced through the clouds, a faint purple glow suddenly ignited deep within his pupils.

That light seemed to possess a life of its own, pulsing in rhythm with the morning rays, drawing the purple energy drifting between heaven and earth into his pupils, thread by thread.

Purple Demon Eye.

One of the six great peerless arts of the Tang Sect.

By tempering the eyes with purple energy, one could observe the finest details and see through all illusions.

Cultivated to the extreme, one could even perceive an opponent's spirit power flow trajectory at a glance and predict every attack.

Simply put, it was a cheat code that came with built-in motion capture and weakness analysis.

When Xiao Chenyu read the original work in his past life, he felt that this Purple Demon Eye should be quite useful.

Now that he was practicing it himself, he truly realized that this ocular technique indeed had its unique merits.

As the purple energy entered his eyes, the entire world suddenly looked different in his perception.

Every crack on the cliff wall opposite him, every texture of the moss, was as clear as if viewed through a magnifying glass.

A bee flew past him.

He could even see the angle of every flap of its transparent wings.

He could see those tiny, fine hairs tilting slightly in the wind.

The realm of "Entering the Micro," achieved!

After a year of bitter cultivation, he had finally crossed this threshold.

Xiao Chenyu withdrew his internal breath and slowly opened his eyes, the purple light deep within his pupils flashing and then vanishing.

He exhaled a long breath of stale air, watching the white mist-like exhalation linger in the air without dispersing, the corners of his mouth curling upward slightly.

"Only reaching the micro level after a year; this speed is decent, but it's still slower than Tang San's achievement at age six."

He shook his head in self-deprecation, though there was no expression of defeat on his face.

After all, Tang San had been born with the cultivation memories of his previous life.

Reaching the micro level at six was a result of the "past-life memory" cheat.

A year ago, he was still an ordinary person who hadn't even touched basic internal cultivation methods.

To have explored and practiced the Purple Demon Eye to the micro level on his own, relying on a manual he had swindled out of someone else's pants, could be considered monstrous even across the entire Douluo Continent.

It was only because his reference point was Tang San, that reincarnated player, that his own progress seemed slow.

His Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track could already be used with ease.

Don't underestimate this achievement; three months ago, he had bruised his knees black and blue, and Xiao Chengkun had even thought his son had been beaten up by someone.

His Crane Controlling Dragon Capturing could also lift objects the size of a teacup from a distance.

Although for now, he could only grab teacups and not people.

But it was more than enough for stealing snacks from the kitchen.

His Mysterious Jade Hand had even reached the minor success stage.

When he channeled his energy, his hands were as warm and smooth as jade, impervious to blades.

On the surface, they looked like the pampered hands of a young master, but in reality, they were hard enough to chop firewood with his bare hands.

Although it couldn't compare to Tang San's future "Muscle-Splitting and Bone-Dislocating Hand," it was truly convenient for chopping wood and starting fires.

As for the Hundred Explanations of Hidden Weapons, he had flipped through it and temporarily tossed it aside.

Mechanical hidden weapons like crossbows and throwing darts required specialized craftsmen to forge.

He currently had neither a blacksmith shop nor a materials supplier.

He couldn't exactly sharpen kitchen knives from the City Lord Mansion into throwing darts.

And honestly, as a Spirit Master, if he suddenly pulled a plum-blossom dart from his robes while fighting someone, the style would be far too jarring.

Especially when his spirit manifestation was a werewolf.

How satisfying it would be to just swat them with a claw; who has time to play with hidden weapons?

However, the techniques for using hand-thrown hidden weapons were worth studying.

It was just that high-level techniques like the Guanyin Tear were far too difficult; with his current internal energy cultivation, he couldn't trigger them at all. Forcing himself to practice them would only do him harm.

This past year, his greatest gain had not been in the Tang Sect's supreme arts.

Xiao Chenyu stood up and stretched his limbs slightly.

With a flicker of his thoughts, the spirit power within his body surged forth like a rushing river.

Compared to a year ago, this power was more condensed, deeper, and more vigorous.

As his level twenty-five spirit power flowed through his meridians, there was a faint sound of wind and thunder.

The bonus effect of the Xuantian Skill on spirit power cultivation far exceeded his expectations.

In the original work, Tang San relied on it to lay the foundation for his full spirit power.

After switching to the Xuantian Skill, he had reached level twenty within a year and had now successfully hunted his second spirit ring.

The target for his second spirit ring had still been secured by his father, who paid a Soul Hunting Group to handle it.

However, this time was completely different from the first.

Last year, his father was only a minor Spirit King, his legs trembling before a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

This year, his father was already a level sixty-one Spirit Emperor.

His Titan Giant Wolf spirit had also greatly increased his father's strength.

With a Spirit Emperor father taking action personally, the soul-hunting operation was practically a VIP experience.

It was painless, injury-free, and without any scares; all he had to do was sit to the side, drink tea, and wait to collect the beast's head.

The information on the spirit beast had been provided by the Will of Douluo Planet.

It was a top-tier thousand-year Blood Demon Wolf hidden in the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, with an age of four thousand five hundred years.

The Blood Demon Wolf was a variant among top-tier wolf-type spirit beasts, known for its violent, bloodthirsty instincts.

It had an extremely high compatibility with his Destruction Demon Wolf King spirit.

He was also quite satisfied with the second spirit skill he gained after absorbing its spirit ring.

"One year to counter-attack and become a level twenty-five twin-spirit Great Spirit Master."

"Plus the five supreme Tang Sect arts: Xuantian Skill, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Crane Controlling Dragon Capturing, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Purple Demon Eye."

Xiao Chenyu summarized his year as he walked out of the valley.

"Although there is still a gap compared to those two cheaters, Tang San and Huo Yuhao, at least the gap is visibly shrinking."

Thinking of this, Xiao Chenyu felt quite cheerful.

He brushed the morning dew off his robes, preparing to return to the city for breakfast.

The small kitchen was making his favorite meat-sauce buns today.

A message suddenly popped up in his mind, startling him so much he nearly tripped.

[Will of Douluo Planet]: Avenger!!! Avenger, Avenger, Avenger!!! (ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ)

[Xiao Chenyu]: Screaming and shouting so early in the morning, did someone step on your tail?

[Will of Douluo Planet]: No, it's Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu has transformed! She's in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest; I saw it with my own eyes!

[Will of Douluo Planet]: It won't be long before she leaves the Star Dou Great Forest and heads to the human world.

Xiao Chenyu's footsteps slammed to a halt.

"Transformed? Xiao Wu has finally transformed!" he muttered.

According to the original plot.

After Xiao Wu transformed, she would leave the Star Dou Great Forest and enter Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy as a work-study student.

In the academy dormitory, she would meet Tang San, recognize him as her brother, fight alongside him, and eventually sacrifice herself for him.

That line of fate had to be severed right at the start!