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"The soul ring... turned into a thousand-year one?"

Xu Sanshi's eyes widened as he stared at the century-old soul ring behind Jiang Nannan, which had cracked open. That yellow century-old soul ring had completely transformed into a thousand-year soul ring, its luster even and its aura stable, without any of the instability commonly found in newly acquired soul rings.

A genuine thousand-year soul ring!

"What the hell?"

Xia Liang was also watching the "livestream" outside. When he saw Jiang Nannan's century-old soul ring evolve, he was dumbfounded as well. Wait, experience meant this kind of experience? It literally meant experience?

"Snow Empress?"

Xia Liang looked at Little Snow Empress beside him, who was eating berries. Since it involved Twilight Forest, he had called Snow Empress over to take a look as well. He had not expected to witness this.

The next moment, Snow Empress's true body in the Extreme North sent a special message to Little Snow Empress.

After receiving the message from her true body, Little Snow Empress looked at Xia Liang with an even stranger expression.

"At the Twilight Forest within the Extreme North Spirit Pagoda, a Soul King whose fifth soul ring was a thousand-year ring has also experienced an anomaly. His fifth soul ring has turned into a ten-thousand-year soul ring."

Hearing the message from Little Snow Empress, Xia Liang rubbed his forehead.

The Spirit Pagoda was really going to become famous this time.

"Damn it."

Xia Liang knew that, from a certain perspective, the Spirit Pagoda was already opposed to the continent. If it were only soul spirits and Twilight Forest, that would have been one thing. Both were built upon the current Soul Master system and had not caused much disruption. But soul ring upgrades had already exceeded the Douluo Continent's imagination.

This had dealt a massive blow to the Soul Master system. The Extreme North Spirit Pagoda was probably the focus of the world's attention now.

"Sigh, over a dozen Super Douluo from various factions have already arrived at the Spirit Pagoda. I'll suppress them first. You can handle the rest yourself."

Snow Empress sighed. The Spirit Pagoda was currently filled with informants from different factions. Sure enough, in just this short time, news of that Soul King's fifth soul ring increasing in age had spread. More than a dozen Super Douluo had already reached the Spirit Pagoda's entrance. Unless something unexpected happened, a fight was inevitable.

"Can you kill them all?"

Hearing Little Snow Empress relay those words, Xia Liang answered helplessly.

"Do as you like."

"Fine."

Hearing Snow Empress's angry reply, Xia Liang felt that the world was about to gain more than a dozen crippled Douluo—or perhaps they would all die?

"Why, though?"

Xia Liang was also puzzled. Why could Jiang Nannan's absorbed experience increase the age of her soul ring?

Xia Liang lowered his head. A zombie appeared in his hand, and after he crushed it to death with one finger, a century-old soul ring appeared. He then controlled experience and poured it into the soul ring. After absorbing the experience, the soul ring did undergo a slight change, but showed no sign of increasing in age.

"Could it be because it's just a soul ring?"

A villager appeared in Xia Liang's hand. He embedded the soul ring into the villager's body and injected experience into it again, but there was still no change.

"Could it be missing a converter?"

Electrolux spoke. It was obvious that something was needed to convert experience into the power that increased a soul ring's age.

Still, it was truly quite a coincidence. Twilight Forest in Snow Empress's Spirit Pagoda had been operating for so long, yet this phenomenon had only appeared today.

"Possibly. I'll go take a look outside."

There happened to be a ready-made example right in front of him.

Outside, Jiang Nannan was undergoing a full-body examination from Ma Xiaotao. Squatting before Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao held one hand over her wrist as her Soul Power swept through Jiang Nannan's body three times.

There was nothing abnormal in Jiang Nannan's body. Her meridians were unobstructed, her Soul Power circulated steadily, and her increased Soul Power rank was exceptionally stable. There was almost no sign of strain or instability.

"There's no abnormality at all, and your Soul Power rank has even increased by one level. What exactly happened?"

Ma Xiaotao was practically pressed against Jiang Nannan's face. She was far too curious. An increase in soul ring age? She had never even heard of such a thing.

"I don't know either."

Seeing Ma Xiaotao so close to her, Jiang Nannan shifted back slightly. She did not know what had happened either.

"The special training is over. Leave this place immediately. Do not tell outsiders about the soul ring."

Just as everyone was wondering what had happened to Jiang Nannan, Xuan Zi finally appeared before them.

"Elder Xuan, what exactly is this..."

Before Ma Xiaotao could say more, Xuan Zi shook his head. "I don't know either. But you must leave now. Afterward, go to the Sea God Pavilion."

This was an increase in soul ring age. Among the Sea God Pavilion's secrets, methods capable of increasing a soul ring's age... divine trials!

Though he knew this likely had nothing to do with divine trials, what if it did?

Xuan Zi had lived for so long that he feared that slim possibility. If it really was, then Shrek had struck it rich.

"Before you leave, let me take a look."

A voice came from the sky. Hearing the familiar voice, Huo Yuhao looked up and saw Xia Liang slowly descending through the air.

"Lord World."

Everyone spoke in unison, their tone uniformly respectful. Ma Xiaotao unconsciously took half a step back.

Xuan Zi looked at Jiang Nannan worriedly. Had he appeared at this moment to take her away?

"The matter of a soul ring increasing in age has indeed exceeded my expectations. Let me see as well."

Xia Liang spoke, then looked at Jiang Nannan. She was rather lucky, and so was he, to have encountered this at just the right time.

"Yes, Senior."

Jiang Nannan used Martial Soul Possession, and four soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, purple—rose around her.

Hmm...

In Xia Liang's eyes, Jiang Nannan possessed something strange within her body apart from her Martial Soul and Soul Power.

"Hmm? I truly didn't expect this."

Xia Liang understood now. The soul ring converter Electrolux had mentioned was Twilight Forest's world origin.

Twilight Forest had been a complete world when it was created, so naturally it possessed an origin of its own.

Increasing a soul ring's age required borrowing part of Twilight Forest's world origin. Xia Liang had not cared about this at the time, so he had not made the world origin recognize an owner.

As a result, the world origin drifted randomly through Twilight Forest, with a certain chance of attaching itself to humans or monsters.

Jiang Nannan had clearly happened to encounter one strand of it. However, Xia Liang noticed that the strand of Twilight Forest origin within Jiang Nannan had already been drained dry. That meant increasing a soul ring's age consumed world origin.

If world origin was consumed, Twilight Forest would inevitably be affected.

Xia Liang extended his hand and sensed Twilight Forest's power. Sure enough, it was weakening, and noticeably so. What a loss...

Expending so much Twilight Forest origin merely to increase the age of a century-old soul ring was a losing deal no matter how he looked at it. Once its origin was depleted, Twilight Forest would disappear. He needed to absorb world authority from the loot dropped by those bosses, and this severely conflicted with his interests.

"Senior World, is there something wrong?"

Standing before Xia Liang, Jiang Nannan's voice carried a trace of nervousness. She had watched him stand there silently for several breaths. His expression was not stern, but the quietness of his contemplation alone was enough to make her scalp tingle.

After all, her current situation was far too unusual. An increase in soul ring age—outside, she would probably have already been taken away.

"It's nothing. Just a small issue I hadn't considered."

Xia Liang waved his hand. It was only a little world origin. Was he supposed to make her pay for it?

"Are you interested in working for the Spirit Pagoda? Two days off every weekend. Fifty Gold Soul Coins per month during the internship period, three hundred Gold Soul Coins per month after becoming a full employee. There are benefits for soul rings as well. You're special, and I'm recruiting you personally. I'll cover all your soul rings. If you can cultivate to level ninety and absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, I'll arrange one for you. The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone will be yours too."

Jiang Nannan: "???"

Jiang Nannan stopped breathing for a moment and froze on the spot. The people behind her were also stunned after hearing Xia Liang's words, and the surroundings fell utterly silent.