This Era's Greatest Discovery: Absorbing Soul Rings Beyond One's Years!

"Father! Stay your sword! This era is different from the one you knew!"

Qian Daoliu clenched the Angel Holy Sword in his hand and looked at the figure of judgment holding his blade high, shouting himself hoarse. "In this era, a thousand-year first spirit ring isn't without safeguards, and the procedures and techniques are extremely complete!"

Qian Daoliu's roar, mixed with the profound spirit power of a rank-ninety-nine peerless Douluo, landed in Qian Wushuang's ears with perfect precision.

Far away, up in the crown of a towering ancient tree, Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue, brother and sister, were enclosed within a spirit-power barrier. Hearing this, they finally belatedly realized what was going on.

The siblings exchanged a look, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After all that, it turned out their great-grandfather had suddenly flown into a rage, even going so far as to execute his own kin for justice, because of this.

For ten thousand years on the Douluo Continent, it had been an iron law that the maximum age limit for absorbing a first spirit ring absolutely could not exceed five hundred years.

In fact, because of differences between spirit masters' martial souls and physiques, there was also a gap between beast martial souls and tool martial souls.

Among first spirit rings, spirit masters who could absorb one at four hundred years were already a tiny minority among minorities.

If not for the epoch-making great discovery of Whale Glue, the two of them, children of about six years old, going to absorb thousand-year spirit rings for their first spirit rings would have been nothing more than exploding on the spot like firecrackers. It was no different from seeking death.

No wonder their great-grandfather had gone straight for their grandfather with his ultimate move. Their great-grandfather had only just been revived, and they had not yet had time to tell him about Whale Glue. A misunderstanding was inevitable.

"Great-grandfather, show mercy! This is all a misunderstanding! Please go easy, don't tire yourself out."

Qian Renheng looked at that sword strike piercing heaven and earth, afraid that Qian Wushuang's hand might tremble and drop it, sending Qian Daoliu straight to the afterlife.

"That's right, Great-grandfather, it's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! You and Grandfather, please stop fighting!"

Up in the treetop, Qian Renxue was so anxious she stamped her feet. She was not as carefree as Qian Renheng; she was genuinely a little frightened.

"A misunderstanding?!"

In midair, Qian Wushuang, who now looked like a god, frowned slightly when he heard this.

A flicker of hesitation crossed his golden-brown eyes. Since his two precious great-grandchildren both said it was a misunderstanding, then there had to be some secret in all this that he did not know. At the same time, he felt somewhat guilty that he had not given Liu'er a chance to explain just now.

Whoosh—

Thinking of this, Qian Wushuang willed it, and the Judgment Blade raised high turned into golden light filling the sky before dissipating.

After that, the thousand-meter-tall angel phantom followed, turning into pure energy in the air and breaking apart.

He withdrew his martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel, back into his body, then slowly drifted down from the sky and landed not far from Qian Daoliu.

"Phew—"

Seeing his old father disperse his spirit skill, Qian Daoliu deflated like a punctured ball, his taut muscles instantly relaxing.

"Hahaha... I survived. That was terrifying!" he muttered, collapsing onto the ground with no regard for his image.

He gasped for breath in great mouthfuls. The clothes on his back had long since been completely soaked through with cold sweat. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became; the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt.

"Father, just now, did you really want to kill me? That was your strongest spirit skill, Angel Descent!"

To think that he, the dignified Grand Worship of Spirit Hall, the Sky Invincible revered by the world, the rank-ninety-nine Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu, had nearly been cleaved apart by his own father—how was that acceptable?!

Qian Daoliu shakily stretched out an index finger and pointed at Qian Renheng in the distant treetop, saying in annoyance, "Little Heng! You come here. You explain to your great-grandfather exactly what's going on. After all, you're the one who discovered it!"

Qian Wushuang ignored Qian Daoliu, who was sitting on the ground throwing a fit. Instead, with a casual beckon, he dispersed the spirit-power barrier.

Then a gentle gust of force supported the two little ones and set them down steadily before him.

"Little Heng, Xiao Xue, what exactly is going on?" Qian Wushuang looked puzzled, his tone so gentle it was almost outrageous.

He looked nothing like the man from moments ago, with an icy gaze and a face like frost, as if he were about to pass judgment on Qian Daoliu.

Could it really be that this old man misunderstood Liu'er? Qian Wushuang thought to himself, then shook his head slightly.

But in this world, how could there possibly be a spirit master whose first spirit ring can absorb a thousand-year spirit ring?

That completely goes against the limits of what the human body can endure!

"Great-grandfather, actually, it's like this..." Qian Renheng gave a bitter smile, stepped forward, and organized his thoughts a little.

He clearly explained everything, from how Whale Glue had been discovered, to how it had been tested, to how it was applied.

"In other words, Little Heng, when you were four years old, you happened to discover this while reading in the Library Hall?"

Spirit Hall's Library Hall was divided into five floors in total. The first through third floors were the most ordinary and were open to outsiders.

Starting from the fourth floor of the Library Hall, the recorded materials became extremely precious.

That was Spirit Hall's accumulation over ten thousand years. No one could say for certain what was inside.

Only Spirit Hall's higher-ups, carrying tokens, could enter and read the books they needed, and even then they could not take them away.

"But this Whale Glue, isn't it only used to..."

At this point, Qian Wushuang's old face reddened. His tone paused, and he forced himself not to say the rest.

Little Heng and Xiao Xue were only six years old. Bringing up Whale Glue's aphrodisiac and virility-boosting effects in front of children truly went against the dignity of a peerless Douluo like him!

"Great-grandfather, the things you mentioned were all untreated Whale Glue, completely full of impurities."

Qian Renheng's expression did not change as he explained with utter seriousness, "Ordinary Whale Glue that hasn't undergone high-level purification is harmful rather than beneficial to soul masters, even if it's ten-thousand-year Whale Glue!"

"That stuff is fine for... ahem, Great-grandfather, you understand. But taking it long-term will damage a soul master's foundation!"

"After two full years of secret research from multiple angles, our Spirit Hall discovered that as long as Whale Glue is thoroughly melted at an extremely high temperature..."

"And all the impurities are completely removed, it undergoes a total transformation and becomes a treasure greatly beneficial to a soul master's body!"

Qian Renheng's tone carried pride, though he claimed this was something he had accidentally discovered in the Library Hall.

But only he himself knew what had really happened.

"Below ten-thousand-year soul rings, the limit for a soul master absorbing a soul ring has never been some fixed, unchanging rule."

"Rather, it depends on the soul master's own physical quality and the toughness of their meridians. In other words..."

At this point, Qian Renheng transformed directly into a grandmaster of martial soul theory, a super-enhanced version of a certain someone.

"As long as a soul master tempers their physical quality to be strong enough before awakening their martial soul and absorbing a soul ring..."

"Forget a thousand-year soul ring—even absorbing a nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year soul ring as the first soul ring would theoretically be possible!"

"Before you were revived, Great-grandfather, over the past two years, our Spirit Hall used large numbers of criminals for clinical trials."

"After taking purified Whale Glue, a soul master's physique improves greatly. At the very beginning, the first soul ring can break past five hundred years!"

"Later on, the first soul ring reached six hundred years, seven hundred years, eight hundred years, nine hundred years, one thousand years!"

"By now, our Spirit Hall already possesses a complete system and procedure for absorbing soul rings beyond the age limit."

"When soul masters take highly purified Whale Glue, there are absolutely no side effects. Absorbing a thousand-year first soul ring is absolutely no problem!"

"So the chances of my sister and me encountering danger when absorbing thousand-year soul rings are very, very small!"

"Besides, even if something unexpected does happen, don't we still have Grandfather and you, Great-grandfather? When the time comes, you can forcibly interrupt it!"

"Hiss—"

Qian Wushuang sucked in a breath of cold air, listening in absolute fascination, his aged eyes bulging wide.

This thing, produced inside the brains of whale-type soul beasts and looked down upon by soul masters...

After purification, it actually had such heaven-defying effects that defied common sense and boggled the mind?

This simply brought an enormous shock to him, a man of the old era!