Martial Soul Evolution, the Life Goddess's Gaze

"You... you really didn't lie to me?"

The flower spirit of the Yearning Heartbreak Red trembled as it confirmed again, disbelief coloring its voice.

Lin Ya said nothing more and directly opened up the memories within his mind—

The dazzling, ultimate emerald radiance of life when the Emerald Swan sacrificed itself, along with the scenes of the three spirit entities of his first Martial Soul returning to their places one by one, were revealed before the flower spirit without reservation.

The Yearning Heartbreak Red could easily touch memories to begin with. When that incomparably pure life aura from the Emerald Swan Martial Soul washed over it, this wondrous flower of heaven and earth could finally no longer restrain itself.

"I! I'm willing to become your spirit entity too!"

"Good. It's a deal."

A confident smile curved Lin Ya's lips as he gently held up a petal.

The next moment, the entire Yearning Heartbreak Red withered and dispersed of its own accord, without the slightest struggle. A condensed force of life origin, nearly tangible, surged into every limb and bone of his body like a scalding warm current.

Soul rings had never been limited to coming only from soul beasts.

Ma Hongjun's seventh soul ring had come from the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, yet he had still awakened the Phoenix Domain;

And the Yearning Heartbreak Red before him, whether in spiritual nature or medicinal potency, far surpassed any Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Pill.

Buzz—

Unmatchedly violent soul power suddenly exploded within his body and shot skyward.

Dugu Bo, who had been standing guard nearby, saw his expression change drastically. He immediately barked at Dugu Yan, "Not good! This kid's about to cause another huge commotion! Quick, protect him!"

The old poison's soul power instantly spread out, firmly sealing off the entire room and isolating it from the outside. Yet the more he sensed it, the more his heart pounded in alarm:

"This soul power fluctuation... is even more terrifying than when this old man absorbed his ninth soul ring!"

How could it not be terrifying?

Dugu Bo's ninth soul ring had been no more than ninety thousand years old. The Yearning Heartbreak Red appeared to possess only a few thousand years of cultivation, but it had grown in a sacred land for plants like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, nourished day and night by the spiritual springs of heaven and earth. Its true foundation had long since become comparable to that of a soul beast tens of thousands of years old.

Combined with the innate spirituality of the king of flowers, its quality was not the least bit inferior to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—perhaps even stronger!

Back then, Xiao Wu's sacrifice had sent Tang San soaring from level 60 to level 66;

But when Xiao Wu had consumed the Yearning Heartbreak Red while on the brink of death, it had not only dragged her back from death's door with its power to revive the dead and regrow flesh and bone, but had also directly pushed her from level 59 into the ranks of a level 70 Soul Sage!

This level of life energy was several times more powerful than the sacrifice of an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast!

Lin Ya had originally intended to absorb it step by step, but in the next instant, he froze—

The vast life force of the Yearning Heartbreak Red unexpectedly surged uncontrollably toward the Emerald Swan Martial Soul within him!

And his Emerald Swan Martial Soul was trembling wildly as well, revealing an unprecedented hunger and affinity.

"This is—!"

Lin Ya's heart raced as an incomparably bold thought instantly rose in his mind.

The Yearning Heartbreak Red could revive the dead and regrow flesh and bone.

Wasn't that another form of ultimate life?

If he completely fused its power with the Emerald Swan...

Wouldn't his ultimate life Martial Soul directly rise to an entirely new level?

The paths before him were crystal clear:

The first: directly devour this power, allowing his soul power to soar from level 32 all the way to level 45—a surge of thirteen levels!

The second: give up the immediate boost in level and forcibly merge this life origin into his Martial Soul, allowing the Emerald Swan to undergo an epic transformation!

An Emerald Swan of one hundred and ten thousand years, combined with a Yearning Heartbreak Red comparable to two hundred thousand years...

Once fused, just how powerful would his Martial Soul become?

Lin Ya hesitated for barely a moment.

What were thirteen levels? He still had plenty of immortal herbs on him. With his current physique, swallowing a few more would not be a problem.

But an opportunity for a Martial Soul transformation like this—if he missed it once, he might never get a second chance!

"I'm gambling on it!"

With a thought, he hesitated no longer and fiercely forced all the power of the Yearning Heartbreak Red toward the Emerald Swan Martial Soul!

Boom—!!!

Massive emerald wings burst open behind him, shimmering with flowing light and overflowing with boundless vitality.

The next second, two soul rings slowly rose beneath his feet, so dazzling that no one could keep their eyes open.

One red, one orange-gold.

The Yearning Heartbreak Red transformed into a soul ring, its quality directly soaring to the level of a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast!

"Twin Martial Souls?!"

Dugu Bo's eyes went wide as he stood there completely dumbfounded. "His first soul ring... is actually a hundred-thousand-year one?!"

He had known Lin Ya was monstrously talented, but he had never imagined he could be this monstrously talented.

Dugu Yan stood frozen nearby. Staring at that crimson soul ring symbolizing a hundred thousand years, her heart was filled with nothing but boundless shock—the gap between them had already become as vast as heaven and earth.

"Grandpa, what is that orange-gold soul ring? How many years does it equal?"

Dugu Bo was baffled as well. After pondering for a moment, he could only answer vaguely, "It's probably a special color caused by an immortal herb turning into a ring... As for its age, it should be no weaker than a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

"So amazing..." Dugu Yan's eyes sparkled with stars, utterly full of admiration.

How could the two of them know that the orange-gold glow was the truly terrifying existence—a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, far more heaven-defying than an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Just then.

Bzzzz—!!!

An incomparably vast aura of ultimate life suddenly erupted from Lin Ya's body!

It forcefully shattered the soul power barrier Dugu Bo had set up and shot straight into the heavens!

Within Biyou Village, every flower, blade of grass, and tree swayed madly, their branches and leaves bowing low as though worshipping the king of life.

Above the firmament, deep within the Divine Realm.

A figure wreathed in endless vitality, so beautiful she seemed beyond mortal existence, slowly opened her eyes.

"On Douluo Continent... such an aura of ultimate life has appeared?"

With a light tap of the Life Goddess's jade-like finger, the scene of Lin Ya absorbing the Yearning Heartbreak Red as his Martial Soul underwent transformation immediately appeared clearly before her.

With a single glance, she saw through all of his foundations.

That one look caused even the Life Goddess, one of the five Divine Kings, to be slightly moved.

"Twin Martial Souls—the Emerald Swan and the Yearning Heartbreak Red... No wonder his life force is so overwhelmingly powerful."

Beside her, a figure in a dark-purple ornate robe lowered his gaze. It was the Destroyer God—Zi.

Looking at the youth within the image, he smiled. "Lü'er, it seems you'll soon have an heir."

If he could be chosen by the Life Goddess to inherit her divine position, then the quality of this youth's Martial Souls spoke for itself.

Yet the Life Goddess gently shook her head. "Not quite."

"At present, the life level of his Emerald Swan Martial Soul is only equivalent to three hundred thousand years. It cannot compare to Bi Ji, the four-hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Only the most ultimate and purest origin of life was qualified to inherit her divine position.

"If Bi Ji chose to take human form at five hundred thousand years, she would barely qualify. This child... is still one step short."

"But he is already the closest one, isn't he?" The Destroyer God thought highly of Lin Ya. "With only two soul rings, he has already reached this point. He still has seven opportunities for improvement ahead of him. Gathering another two hundred thousand years' worth of life force won't be difficult."

What was more, this was his second Martial Soul. No matter how poor the quality of his remaining seven soul rings might be, they would at least be soul rings over fifty thousand years old.

By that calculation, inheriting his wife's divine position as the God of Life was practically certain.

Only...

The Destroyer God looked at the youth bathed in the radiance of life within the image and suddenly fell silent.

If Lü'er relinquished her divine position in the future, then what about him?

Where would he, the Destroyer God, go from there?