Four Rings, Creation and Evolution

Ice Empress and Snow Empress were both taken aback when they heard this.

Cross the tribulation now?

Perhaps noticing their concerns, Yao Shi reassured them, "Don't worry. There's no need to worry about this space failing to withstand it. Even if all six lightning bolts you endured earlier struck at once, they still couldn't cause the slightest damage to my Pure Land."

"Besides, don't forget that I possess powerful healing abilities. Even without this space, I'm ninety-nine percent certain I can get you safely through the heavenly tribulation."

Yao Shi spoke with confidence.

Hearing this, Ice Empress swallowed, then asked curiously, "What about the remaining one percent?"

"Oh, that one percent is because I'm afraid I'll get arrogant, so I won't mention it."

What thick skin!

That was Ice Empress and Snow Empress's evaluation of Yao Shi at that moment.

"I think we can give it a try," Snow Empress said decisively.

"Alright, then let's begin now."

Without saying anything further, once Snow Empress's origin had fully recovered, the three of them immediately left the Glazed Pure Land.

"Ice Empress, move farther away first."

After returning to the Far North, Yao Shi spoke to Ice Empress, who was still somewhat worried.

"Alright."

After Ice Empress flew away, Snow Empress began attempting to break through the seven-hundred-thousand-year limit once more. Pitch-black tribulation clouds rapidly gathered overhead, seeming even larger in scale than last time.

Meanwhile, Yao Shi at her side stared intently at the heavenly tribulation, ready for it to descend.

The tribulation lightning slowly began to gather. Then, with a boom—

The first heavenly tribulation descended. Yao Shi had already activated the Glazed Abundance Pure Land, and the instant the lightning struck, he immediately pulled himself and Snow Empress inside.

The lightning missed, leaving behind a deep crater where they had stood.

Inside the Pure Land, Yao Shi and Snow Empress were completely unharmed. They exchanged glances and spoke in unison.

"This method works!"

Thus, for the second, third, and fourth bolts, Yao Shi continued using the same method, repeatedly pulling them in and out.

Perhaps because the first four attacks had all failed to hit their target, the fifth heavenly tribulation took longer to gather than any of the previous ones.

Boom—

With a thunderous explosion, the fifth tribulation lightning struck directly without any warning. Yao Shi did not even have time to react before he was charred black by the lightning.

"Snow Empress! Yao Shi—"

Ice Empress, watching from afar, went pale. Her heart tightened as she cried out.

Fortunately, Snow Empress reacted much faster than Yao Shi. Before the lightning could touch him, she used her soul power to form multiple layers of shields, offsetting much of the damage. Otherwise, Yao Shi might have been struck dead on the spot.

Since they had failed to enter the Glazed Pure Land in time, Snow Empress still suffered some injuries from that strike. Fortunately, because the previous four bolts had missed, her injuries this time were not too serious.

Yao Shi, charred black beside her, was rapidly recovering as well. Before the sixth heavenly tribulation could appear, he directly pulled both himself and Snow Empress into the Pure Land.

The healing laws within the Pure Land constantly restored them, instantly returning both of them to full condition.

However, Yao Shi did not immediately go back outside. After being knocked down by that lightning bolt just now, he had discovered that his body had undergone some changes.

"I... broke through to four rings!"

Yao Shi closed his eyes to feel the changes within himself, muttering in surprise.

As he closed his eyes to meditate, an emerald aura swirled around him, and his original three soul rings automatically emerged.

Yellow, purple, gold-green.

At that moment, his fourth soul ring also began to slowly condense.

Snow Empress watched Yao Shi's transformation with a shocked expression.

A self-generated soul ring?

A soul beast rebuilding itself?

And what was this gold-green soul ring? Wasn't the highest-age soul ring a soul beast could produce the blood-red hundred-thousand-year ring?

Before Snow Empress could sort through Yao Shi's string of abnormalities, his fourth soul ring had already finished condensing. It was still a crystalline, gold-green soul ring that glittered with golden light.

Yet the changes did not stop. His fourth soul ring began drawing the energy of the towering Jianmu within the Glazed Abundance Pure Land toward Yao Shi.

His soul rings began changing rapidly. Under the continuous infusion of that energy, his first and second rings—the yellow and purple rings—instantly turned blood-red.

How was that possible? Soul rings could evolve?

Snow Empress was stunned again. Are you the soul beast, or am I? He had only just broken through to four rings and was already causing such a huge spectacle. If he became a Titled Douluo, wouldn't he be able to slay gods?

The phenomenon faded, and Yao Shi slowly opened his eyes, crystal light glimmering within them.

The upgrades to his first and second rings granted him two new soul skills: [Treasured Radiance Illuminates Sun and Moon] and [Crystal-Clear Glazed Body].

[Treasured Radiance Illuminates Sun and Moon] could grant himself or another person a fifty-percent attack boost. This skill made up for his weakness of possessing only healing abilities, while [Crystal-Clear Glazed Body] could temporarily increase his physical strength.

"Let's go, Snow Empress. It's time to go out and face the final two heavenly tribulations."

After examining his newly acquired abilities, Yao Shi spoke to Snow Empress, who had turned her head away.

After Yao Shi finished speaking, Snow Empress still did not move. Without looking at him, she simply extended a finger and pointed at his body.

Snow Empress's strange behavior left Yao Shi confused. Looking down, he realized that he was currently barely clothed, his naked body exposed.

The joy of breaking through to four rings had made him forget that while his body could repair itself automatically, clothes reduced to ashes by heavenly tribulation lightning could not.

Fortunately, Yao Shi's pale golden hair covered his private areas. He immediately took out a spare set of clothes from his storage ring and put them on.

Only after Yao Shi was fully dressed did Snow Empress turn back and slowly walk toward him, her tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"I never expected little Yao Shi to be a little boy. You're so pretty that I always thought you were a girl, hahaha."

"Alright, stop laughing at me. We should go out now." Yao Shi felt somewhat embarrassed by Snow Empress's teasing, and his face could not help flushing slightly.

Shocking! An older sister in her tens of thousands publicly teased a thirteen-year-old boy. Was this the loss of humanity or the collapse of morality? Jimi's suggestion: just electrocute her.

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Snow Empress was still smiling, her tone playful, as though the heavenly tribulation meant nothing to her anymore.

The two returned to the snowy ground. The sixth tribulation lightning seemed to have been waiting for a long time and prepared to strike the moment they appeared.

Seeing that Yao Shi had put away the Glazed Pure Land, Snow Empress asked in surprise, "Little Yao Shi, why did you put that space away? The sixth lightning bolt is much stronger than the last one."

"Don't worry, Snow Empress. My new ability seems capable of getting us safely through these final two bolts as well."

The instant he finished speaking, lightning struck down. Just as Snow Empress was preparing to use her soul power to block it again—

Yao Shi raised his right index finger toward the sky and murmured, "I say, all things possess spirit. Even lifeless things are no exception."

Creation and Evolution.

Just as the lightning was about to touch Snow Empress and Yao Shi, a green beam shot from Yao Shi's fingertip toward the descending lightning.