Lifebound Second Soul Ring, Blue Silver Tyrant Spear!

Soon after, Xia Yuan's entire body was enveloped in blue motes of light.

The surface of his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul turned blue-gold, now bearing almost no resemblance to Blue Silver Grass.

"This is...!" The Blue Silver King spoke in shock. "Great Emperor, your aura actually contains the Dragon Clan Origin?!"

A massive blue halo gradually formed, its color steadily deepening until it reached the size of a Soul Ring, whereupon it stopped.

Xia Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

His Second Soul Ring had formed.

Looking at Xia Yuan, the Blue Silver King explained, "Great Emperor, I condensed your Second Soul Ring according to the limits of what your body can withstand. It is also your Lifebound Soul Ring."

"At present, this Soul Ring is roughly five thousand years old. It will gradually evolve and strengthen as you advance in the future."

"Although I do not know how you imbued your Martial Soul with the Dragon Clan Origin, among human Soul Masters, your Martial Soul can now be considered one of the absolute finest top-tier Martial Souls."

Xia Yuan looked at the surrounding Blue Silver Grass. It had all grown considerably, as though nourished by some rich sustenance.

The Blue Silver King had changed as well.

Though it had helped Xia Yuan undergo a perfect awakening, the Blue Silver King could also benefit from this ritual. In the future, it might not be unable to cross the threshold of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

After sensing the power within his body, Xia Yuan asked the Blue Silver King, "What will you do if Tang Hao and the others come here later?"

The Blue Silver King sneered. "Though I cannot leave the forest, I can borrow the power of the entire forest."

"If he dares enter, I will make sure he comes alive and never leaves alive!"

Xia Yuan said, "He seems to have a child with your Blue Silver Empress."

"Great Emperor, we have only one emperor," the Blue Silver King said.

"You are now the sole emperor of our Blue Silver Clan. Even if the Blue Silver Empress were resurrected and returned, she could never affect your status."

"Fine." Xia Yuan nodded. "Then I... will leave first."

"Farewell, Great Emperor!" The Blue Silver King controlled the vines to form a human face that prostrated itself upon the ground.

After leaving the Blue Silver Forest, Xia Yuan first found a stream and carefully examined his current appearance.

The perfect awakening of his Martial Soul had made his hair much longer, and its original black color had gained a hint of dark blue.

Good. It hasn't turned entirely blue. Xia Yuan breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

His current hair color was still acceptable.

His appearance had also changed slightly, making him even more handsome.

A layer of blue-gold radiance flashed around Xia Yuan's body, then swiftly spread outward, extending until it encompassed the surrounding area.

Innate Domain, Blue Silver Domain!

His purple Second Soul Ring lit up, and golden light then bloomed from Xia Yuan's right hand.

The golden light took the shape of a spear. With a powerful throw from Xia Yuan, it instantly pierced through a large boulder high above and continued flying upward until it vanished from sight.

Xia Yuan looked at the boulder that had been pierced through, surprise rising in his heart.

If a child had been present, they might have thought that Xia Yuan's strike had failed even to shatter the boulder, meaning it possessed no real power.

But in truth, that was because all of its force had been successfully contained rather than directly unleashed.

The fact that the boulder had not shattered instead showed that the power had been controlled to the utmost extreme.

If he wanted it to erupt, it could erupt.

Yet this contained state was exceptionally effective at piercing defenses. It was essentially a specialized attack against Soul Masters with strong defensive abilities.

Having absorbed two Soul Bones, evolved his Martial Soul, and obtained both his Innate Domain and Second Soul Ring, Xia Yuan began planning his next move.

First, he needed to find an academy suitable for him.

After all, he still needed to learn things such as how to identify Soul Beasts and acquire other knowledge.

Furthermore, outstanding academies possessed resources and mimic cultivation environments. Cultivating in a suitable mimic environment could increase a Soul Master's cultivation speed.

Not every academy was like Shrek Academy, which had nothing and could only rely on deception and swindling to recruit talented students.

Still, he intended to visit Shrek Academy.

After all, Dai Mubai and the others were talented in their own right. Even without the aid of Immortal Herbs, their future achievements would not be low.

He could use Empty Handed to test the waters on them.

There was no need to go now. At this time, neither Dai Mubai nor Ma Hongjun had joined Shrek Academy yet.

For Xia Yuan, there were only two choices: go directly to Spirit Hall Academy, or attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Of the two, he leaned more toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

It was not that Spirit Hall Academy was bad, but at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he could come into contact with Dugu Yan, and through her, Dugu Bo.

No matter what, he definitely intended to plunder the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As for the so-called "Immortal Herb password," he did not remember the full text.

But if he established contact beforehand, perhaps he could persuade Dugu Bo through conversation to accept him.

As for Heaven Dou Royal Academy being an academy that admitted only nobles...

All he could say was that in the face of talent, that was not a problem.

If he really happened to run into someone like Xue Beng, got into a conflict, and thus could not enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy...

Then so be it!

He merely regarded it as an option, not as a fallback.

Xia Yuan understood clearly that his only fallback had always been himself.

Having made up his mind, Xia Yuan headed north.

Heaven Dou City.

As the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City could be considered one of the largest cities on Douluo Continent. Only Star Luo City, the imperial capital of the Star Luo Empire, could compare to it.

By the time Xia Yuan arrived in Heaven Dou City, dusk was already approaching.

Rather than going directly to Heaven Dou Royal Academy outside the city, he first found an inn within the city and checked in.

The next day, after resting through the night, Xia Yuan had just planned to leave the inn when he heard people nearby discussing something and mentioning Tang Hao's name.

He immediately listened closely.

"Have you heard? Apparently, several Spirit Hall branch halls in different cities were attacked by a mysterious person in the middle of the night. They suffered considerable losses!"

"Your information is already outdated. The newest reports say that the mysterious person who attacked Spirit Hall was none other than Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, who disappeared back then!"

"Really?"

"How would I know? I only heard it from someone else."

Tang Hao had already begun attacking Spirit Hall?

Xia Yuan did not know whether Tang Hao had discovered that Ah Yin and the Soul Bones were gone, or whether he was deliberately drawing Spirit Hall's attention away to protect Tang San.

Xia Yuan withdrew his gaze.

No matter how Tang Hao thought about it, he could never have known that Xia Yuan possessed the map he had left behind.

He walked out of the inn and narrowed his eyes.

A richly dressed man passed by nearby, smiling as he held an alluringly dressed woman in his arms and entered the inn.

As he passed Xia Yuan, his body swayed, and he bumped into Xia Yuan.