An Eleven-Year-Old Soul Ancestor!

As soon as Bi Ji finished speaking, unprecedented anticipation and yearning blazed in Ye Lingling's gentle, lustrous eyes.

"Sister Bi Ji, I...I'm ready!" Ye Lingling took a deep breath. Her voice was still soft, but it rang with unwavering resolve.

Bi Ji nodded in satisfaction, then turned and gently waved toward the poisonous marsh surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

With three sharp whistles, three enormous shadows were carried by a gentle wave of Soul Power and landed steadily in the open space of the cavern.

Everyone looked closely and saw three massive Plant-type Soul Beasts lying on the ground, each glowing with an unusual light.

"The first is called the Pure Heart Bodhi Vine. It's exactly two thousand years old."

Bi Ji pointed to the plant on the far left. Its entire body was pale gold, and several crystal-clear bodhi fruits grew on its vines. She explained softly:

"This Pure Heart Bodhi Vine grew in a place of extreme yang and absorbed the essence of the Sun and Moon for a thousand years. It contains an exceptionally pure purifying attribute."

"It would be an ideal First Soul Ring for you."

Bi Ji then pointed to the plant in the middle.

"The second is called the Ten Thousand Year Green Jade Marrow Ganoderma. It's five thousand years old."

"Its entire body is a deep emerald green. It took root deep in the earth's veins and absorbed the essence of the earth's life force for five thousand years."

"Its life attribute is exceptionally rich. As your Second Soul Ring, it can greatly expand your reserves of life-type Soul Power."

At last, Bi Ji's gaze fell on the largest plant, on the far right.

"The third is a ten-thousand-year-old Jade Bone Longevity Flower." Bi Ji's tone turned solemn. "It's one of the most exceptional Plant-type Soul Beasts when it comes to life attributes."

"Ten thousand years of cultivation is enough to sustain the demands of your Third Soul Ring."

"With it, your Emerald Nine Heart Begonia will be firmly established among the top-tier Martial Souls!"

Listening to Bi Ji's introduction, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were once again deeply shaken.

Two thousand years, five thousand years, ten thousand years!

And every one of them was an exceptionally rare Plant-type Soul Beast!

Such a foundation was enough to make anyone's scalp crawl!

"Go ahead, Lingling." Ling Xuqing stood to one side, his gentle voice as steadying as a pillar holding back the sea. "Bi Ji and I will protect you."

"Mm!"

Ye Lingling nodded firmly and walked up to the two-thousand-year-old Pure Heart Bodhi Vine.

She took a deep breath. A flash of light in her hand, and a small dagger appeared.

Without the slightest hesitation, she brought the blade down and cleanly severed the vine's main stalk.

"Bzz—"

With a faint hum, a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring slowly emerged from the Pure Heart Bodhi Vine's corpse.

Ye Lingling sat cross-legged and, under the joint protection of Ling Xuqing and Bi Ji, began drawing in the purple Soul Ring.

Thanks to her previous experience absorbing Immortal Herbs and Whale Rubber, as well as Bi Ji's guidance through the vast power of the Emerald Swan's origin, absorbing this two-thousand-year Soul Ring went remarkably smoothly.

As the purple Soul Ring fused with her, Ye Lingling felt a cool, pure energy flow through her meridians and spread throughout her body. The phantom of the Emerald Nine Heart Begonia behind her swayed gently, and a faint gold tint appeared on its first petal.

"First Soul Skill: Heart-Cleansing Bodhi Light!"

This was an exceptionally powerful single-target cleansing skill. It could instantly dispel all negative effects, toxins, and mental erosion within its target!

"Good. Keep going!"

Without a moment's pause, Ye Lingling immediately turned her attention to the five-thousand-year-old Ten Thousand Year Green Jade Marrow Ganoderma.

The same method. The same decisiveness.

A deep purple Soul Ring appeared.

"Boom!"

A vast, gentle life energy erupted inside Ye Lingling. Under its impact, her Soul Power bottleneck crumbled like paper.

Level thirty!

Level thirty-one!

Level thirty-two!

Her aura surged without pause, finally settling firmly at level thirty-two.

"Second Soul Skill: Cyan Jade Life Barrier!"

A defensive and healing skill with an area of effect.

Once activated, it could form a life barrier over a certain area, continuously restoring allies' Soul Power and healing their wounds while weakening enemy attacks!

"The final step!"

Ye Lingling opened her eyes, a brilliant gleam flashing in them. She walked over to the ten-thousand-year-old Jade Bone Longevity Flower.

One slash, and a pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, radiating terrifying pressure, slowly rose into the air.

With two peerless experts protecting her, Ye Lingling completely opened her mind and let the black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring merge into her body.

"Boom—!!!"

The instant her Third Soul Ring finished fusing, an aura of overwhelming strength surged out of Ye Lingling and shot skyward!

The medicinal power from the Immortal Herbs that had cleansed and strengthened her body, the energy left behind by the Whale Rubber's tempering, and the Emerald Swan's origin power Bi Ji had infused into her all erupted at once, transforming into streams of pure Soul Power that furiously battered her bottleneck!

Level thirty-three!

Level thirty-four!

Level thirty-five!

Level thirty-eight!

Level thirty-nine!

"Boom!"

With a muffled blast, golden and emerald light intertwined around Ye Lingling, turning into a dazzling rain of light that swept in every direction.

"Level forty?!"

Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, and she cried out, "No way! Lingling actually reached level forty just like that?!"

Dugu Yan's mouth fell open, her jaw nearly hitting the ground.

"I'm only level thirty-eight, and Lingling's already level forty?"

Dugu Yan murmured to herself, her voice trembling.

"Once she absorbs her Fourth Soul Ring, she'll truly be a Soul Ancestor! An eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor! Heavens, what kind of monster is she?!"

Hearing his granddaughter's cry, Dugu Bo was delighted. He laughed heartily.

"Yan Yan, you're not doing badly either! You're level thirty-eight now, the same level as the young master!"

At Dugu Bo's words, Dugu Yan finally snapped out of it and shot her grandfather an exasperated look.

"Grandpa, since when did you get so mischievous?"

"The young master is only six. I'm a full six years older than him! How can that possibly be the same?"

Ah Yin gently consoled her from the side. "Yan Yan, the young master is the Dragon God's heir. How could ordinary people compare with him?"

Gu Yuena lifted her snowy chin slightly, her violet eyes full of pride and affection. She gave a little huff and said, as if it were only natural, "Exactly. My brother is the greatest. Na'er loves him most!"

Seeing Gu Yuena acting so possessive, Zi JI folded her arms and teased her with a playful grin. "Oh, my. Why do I think our lord looks so adorable when she gets jealous?"

"Zi JI, are you looking to die?!"

Gu Yuena instantly lost her composure. Her violet eyes flashed, and the terrifying pressure of the Dragon God locked onto Zi JI.

"Hahaha..."

As Gu Yuena and Zi JI bickered, laughter and cheerful voices filled the valley.

Just as everyone was basking in their joy, Bi Ji suddenly turned around and took another plant from her Storage Soul Tool. It radiated an overwhelming aura of life.

The huge ganoderma was entirely emerald-colored, as if carved from crystal.

It gave off an incredibly strong pulse of life, so intense that the surrounding air seemed to grow viscous.

"Lingling," Bi Ji said, looking at Ye Lingling with expectation and solemnity in her eyes, "this is a twenty-five-thousand-year-old Emerald Crystal Ganoderma."

"It has an equally extreme life attribute."

"Absorb this. I'll personally protect you!"

At the words "twenty-five thousand years," Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan sucked in another breath.

A Fourth Soul Ring of twenty thousand years?!

That was practically a challenge to everything the Douluo Continent knew!

However, after being tempered by the Immortal Herbs, Whale Rubber, and Bi Ji's origin power, Ye Lingling's foundation had already become unfathomably deep.

She looked at the Emerald Crystal Ganoderma without the slightest fear. Instead, she was full of anticipation.

"Good!"

Ye Lingling nodded firmly, walked up to the Emerald Crystal Ganoderma, and brought her blade down.

A pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, radiating terrifying pressure, slowly rose.

No one knew how much time had passed. When the last trace of energy had been completely absorbed, Ye Lingling slowly opened her eyes.

A strange emerald light flashed through her eyes and vanished. A vast aura of life poured out of her body.

Her Soul Power finally settled firmly at level forty-three!

"Level forty-three..." Ye Lingling felt the surging power within her, vast as the sea, and trembled with excitement.

She had done it!

She had not only broken the curse of the Nine Heart Begonia, but had also become one of the youngest Soul Ancestors in the history of the Douluo Continent!