Sudden Change

Hiss~ This was simply terrifying!

After Wang Zhao had finished his initial exploration of his First Soul Skill, he could not help but marvel inwardly.

The century-level Sacred Radiance Auspicious Cloud skill granted by this eight-hundred-year Cloud-Traversing White Python Soul Ring could already be called a top-tier century-level soul skill. It could even rival many high-quality Thousand-Year Soul Skills.

For example, the third soul skill inherited by the White Tiger lineage of the Star Luo Imperial Family: White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

That was a high-quality Thousand-Year Soul Skill—

Once activated, the body's muscles rapidly swelled, increasing attack power, defense, and strength by one hundred percent at the same time, with a duration of half an hour.

With that soul skill as a reference, although Wang Zhao's First Soul Skill was absurdly powerful, it could not exactly be called heaven-defying...

Fine.

Wang Zhao admitted it: he had not "turned anything off."

As everyone knew, if nothing had been turned off, then it did not count as cheating!

Before long, Wang Zhao slowly withdrew the soul power sustaining the skill, recalled his Golden Scale martial soul, and landed on the ground.

"After absorbing my First Soul Ring, Golden Scale awakened a light attribute. My First Soul Skill is also related to the light attribute."

Seeing the two women, he explained.

"I see."

Bibi Dong nodded in understanding.

She had already sensed that the silver light cloud concealed something unusual. So it contained a light attribute—now it made sense.

Thinking of this, she could not help asking again,

"Can a Cloud-Traversing White Python Soul Ring really grant such a tremendous boost to a Soul Master?"

"Of course, but that is not all."

Wang Zhao merely smiled.

"There are other reasons. I discovered that Golden Scale's potential was actually extraordinary from the start. The reason it performed so poorly in the beginning was simply because it was innately deficient and had never been properly developed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly put on an innocent expression and said,

"Speaking of which, I really must thank that famous saying Great Master Yu Xiaogang once gave us: 'There are no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters.' That saying was what kept me going. I never once thought of giving up on developing, exploring, and nurturing Golden Scale, which is why I have achieved what I have today."

"By the way, Sister Dong'er, with your vast knowledge, have you ever heard of Great Master's Soul Power Level? Since he can offer so much knowledge and insight, he must surely be an expert as well, right?"

Bibi Dong: "..."

"No, Teacher has not heard of it either."

In the end, she forced a smile.

Die, who had silently stood to one side for a long time, could not help glancing at the Saintess before falling silent again.

Wang Zhao did not press the matter further.

Thus, after resting and reorganizing for a short while, the group prepared to return.

But just then—

Suddenly!

An incomparably powerful wave of energy erupted from the distance. The shockwave nearly blew away even the ancient trees here, and the three instinctively looked toward it.

Wang Zhao, whose soul power was naturally the weakest among them, could only see vaguely and could not make out much. Bibi Dong and Die, however, were different.

They clearly saw a red light pillar that pierced the heavens and reached the earth!

What it represented was...

"Sister Die, what did you see?"

At that moment, Wang Zhao walked over to the rather indecisive Die and quietly asked her.

After pondering for a moment, Die explained,

"A gigantic red light."

Red light?

For some reason, Wang Zhao suddenly recalled the scene of Qian Xunji leaving with Ju and Ghost Douluo when they had first departed Spirit City. Then, two words abruptly surfaced in his mind:

Sacrifice!

Could this be the moment when the source of all evil, the Blue Silver Emperor Sacrifice, sacrificed Ah Yin to Tang Hao?!

Thinking this, Wang Zhao tugged on Bibi Dong's sleeve and suggested,

"Sister Dong'er, let's go take a look."

Bibi Dong looked at Wang Zhao and frowned slightly. But she herself also wanted to investigate, so she turned to Die.

"Xiao Die, take him with you. Stay hidden. Let's go."

After saying that, Bibi Dong bent slightly at the waist. Three pairs of purple light wings unfurled from her back, and she flew off first.

Die, meanwhile, showed neither hesitation nor embarrassment. Possessed by her Extreme Shadow Butterfly martial soul, a pair of incomparably thin, black translucent butterfly wings appeared behind her. She scooped Wang Zhao up in one motion, and with a flash, she was already in the sky, her speed not much slower than Bibi Dong's.

Before long, the three approached the area illuminated by the red light.

They saw that it was a spot not far outside a small village. Countless Spirit Hall personnel in uniform had been suppressed by the red light and could not move at all. Only Qian Xunji at the very top, along with Ju and Ghost, the two enforcers, had withdrawn from the core area in time.

Without hesitation, Wang Zhao looked into the red light pillar. It was not because he was being lecherous—there was energy blocking one's sight anyway, so he could not see anything.

He simply wanted to carefully study this so-called Absolute Separation Magnetic Field created by the sacrifice of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

This was a rare opportunity.

At that moment, within the red light pillar.

Blazing Blood Flame danced around Ah Yin's body. She gazed gently at her beloved, Tang Hao, and brought her lips close to his ear.

"A Hao, I will always belong to you. I will never be possessed by anyone else."

After saying that, her body gradually turned transparent before dispersing completely.

An unconscious infant fell into Tang Hao's broad arms. He did not pay much attention to the child, only revealing endless complexity in his eyes.

There was reluctance, regret, resentment, and comfort...

It was unclear why that comforting look was there, or whom it was directed at.

Afterward, a blood-red Soul Ring quietly rose beneath Tang Hao's feet. On its way up, it passed eight Soul Rings representing the optimal configuration—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—before finally rising above them all.

Boom!

In an instant, Tang Hao's level broke through to level ninety-two.

This was the terror of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Not only could it provide a Soul Master with a massive amount of soul power, it could also establish an "unrivaled" foundation in one stroke, bringing true all-around sublimation.

That was why Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings were known as the greatest treasures in the world of Soul Masters.

If this were a cultivation novel, it would be a divine-grade Dao pill—the kind that would not lower one's cultivation.

"Ah Yin—"

Seeing this, Tang Hao finally could no longer suppress the grief in his heart and let out a long howl.

The sacrificial magnetic field slowly faded away.

Tang Hao held the infant in one hand and gripped the Clear Sky Hammer in the other. His eyes were blood-red, his breath came in heavy gasps, and killing intent boiled around him. His Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—appeared before everyone, carrying an incomparably tyrannical aura.

As for the Soul Bone left behind after the Blue Silver Emperor Sacrifice, along with the grass seed Ah Yin had transformed into, he had temporarily put them away.

"You... give Ah Yin back!"

His voice rang out like the roar of a wild beast. The next moment, the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand suddenly expanded in size, making him appear like a god or demon.

At the same time, the chilling Divine Slaughter's Domain erupted, intimidating the Spirit Hall personnel present so thoroughly that they did not dare move for the moment.

However, this did not include Qian Xunji, who had already become a Super Douluo.

One stood in the sky, while the other stood on the ground. Angel and Clear Sky faced one another, like the two great peaks of the Soul Master world a hundred years ago.

Suddenly, Tang Hao's aura weakened first.

It was not because Qian Xunji was stronger than him in soul power, but because an evil divine voice was ringing in his mind—

"Actively lured in enemies and forced your beloved wife to sacrifice herself after childbirth. Test passed."

"You were able to make a rational choice between fleeting happiness and eternity. When faced with a desperate situation, you decisively sacrificed others for yourself. Truly excellent."

"First Trial complete. Rakshasa God Affinity increased by five percent. Current total: five percent."

"Man, I have high hopes for you~!"

"Hehehe~"

The first little climax is here~