Champion's Reward for the Soul Master Tournament: A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone; Whale Glue Can Increase Soul Ring Age Limits

Black World.

Spirit Empire, Heaven Dou Province.

"So that was the real reason why Spirit Empire had consistently nurtured super geniuses over the past few decades, with every one of them far surpassing their peers in quality?"

"I thought White World Tang San's ability to defeat a four-hundred-year Datura Snake as a Soul Scholar, using that unfathomable movement technique and hidden weapon arts, was already incredibly impressive. But compared to His Excellency Death God, that achievement is utterly insignificant."

"Exactly. This is a strategic-weapon-level ability. With something like this, you'd become highly sought after no matter which faction you joined."

"And they'd have to feed you well, treat you well, and protect you with all their might, terrified that another faction might kill you."

"Sigh. Our academy had originally planned to wash away our shame at this year's Second Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Looks like that won't be happening."

The headmaster of a soul master academy could not help letting out a sigh.

His white-haired old friend froze for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Second? Soul Fighting Tournament?"

"Wasn't it called the Elite Tournament?"

"And hasn't Spirit Hall been holding this kind of competition for many years?"

As soon as he finished speaking.

All the experts present turned to look at him, their faces filled with astonishment, frightening the white-haired old man into a start.

"Old Yu, didn't you watch that Soul Fighting Tournament five years ago?" the academy headmaster asked in return.

"I was in seclusion, trying to break through to Soul Douluo! What happened? Did something happen during that tournament?"

The white-haired old man looked utterly bewildered.

A sense of confusion welled up in him, as though everyone in the world knew something that only he did not.

Everyone gave him a meaningful look.

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament was a revamped format created by Spirit Hall based on the Elite Tournament."

"Participants included all soul masters under the age of twenty-five, whether from clans or academies."

"For this tournament, Spirit Hall specifically spent three years building a massive arena in the imperial capital that could hold tens of thousands of spectators."

"And most importantly!"

"Do you know what the championship reward for the first Soul Fighting Tournament was?"

"Wasn't it three soul bones?" the old man cautiously answered.

"Hehe, wrong. It was one hundred-thousand-year soul bone and six ten-thousand-year soul bones."

The academy headmaster calmly took a sip of tea.

This directly sent his white-haired old friend leaping thirty meters into the air.

"A... a... a hundred-thousand-year soul bone!!!"

"And six ten-thousand-year soul bones!!"

"You're not joking with me, are you?"

"Spirit Hall was willing to put up that many soul bones as tournament prizes?"

"What if their team failed to win the championship? Wouldn't they lose everything?"

The academy headmaster shrugged.

"So you could guess with your ass just how powerful the team Spirit Hall sent out must have been!"

A black-robed elder seated across from the headmaster also said with a chuckle, "In the previous tournament, the Spirit Hall Holy Son and Spirit Hall Holy Maiden each led a team."

"Their teams were almost entirely composed of Soul Kings, with only a handful of Soul Ancestors mixed in. The Holy Son had even cultivated to... ahem..."

"In any case, both teams were genuine favorites to win the championship."

"By the time the tournament reached the quarterfinals, everyone present believed that Spirit Hall's championship victory would be beyond doubt."

"But no one could have expected what happened."

"One academy from our Heaven Dou Empire had actually hidden a trump card beyond everyone's expectations."

"They caught Spirit Hall completely off guard."

"You have no idea how intense the final was. It could be said to have been even more exciting than a battle between Title Douluos..."

At this point.

The black-robed elder suddenly closed his mouth.

This made his old friend frantic.

"What happened next? What realm was the Holy Son at back then? What was Heaven Dou's trump card? What was the result? Who won? No, why have you all stopped talking? Keep going!"

The academy headmaster's lips curled high as he patted his old friend on the shoulder.

"Don't rush, Old Yu."

"Based on the time span shown by the heavenly screen."

"The third part will probably cover the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament."

"You should know that it took us a full month to watch that tournament back then."

"But you'll be able to watch the whole thing today."

"To be honest, I'm rather jealous of you right now, knowing nothing about the exciting events to come."

"Just wait patiently with your curiosity."

Elsewhere.

Seeing Tang Chuan's ability cause such an uproar.

Tang San's expression turned extremely ugly.

He bitterly resented the unfairness of the world. Why had he come here after transmigrating with nothing, while Tang Chuan could awaken such a useful ability?

If that ability had been his to use.

He definitely would not have given that trash Blue Silver Grass martial soul soul skills like Mom's Entanglement, Mom's Parasite, Mom's Restraint, and Mom's Cage—skills that were basically useless!

Fortunately.

The one thing that comforted Tang San was that.

Tang Chuan would at least have to reach the Soul Master realm before he could use this ability.

And without the Mysterious Heaven Technique to speed up his cultivation, Tang Chuan would probably have to wait until the year of the monkey before breaking through to level ten!

Just as Tang San sneered inwardly.

The next scene on the heavenly screen.

Made his expression freeze instantly.

[The scene shifted forward several months.]

[At this time, Tang Chuan sat in meditation in an open clearing.]

[Countless Blue Silver Grass swayed with the wind around him, while yellow specks of light danced through the air.]

[With every breath Tang Chuan took.]

[Some of those specks were drawn into his body.]

[As for the other specks that were about to drift away.]

[The Blue Silver Grass on the ground swiftly gathered them and tossed them back toward Tang Chuan.]

[Before long.]

[Tang Chuan's bones let out a crisp crack. He stretched lazily, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.]

["I broke through. Soul power level seven."]

["As expected, my guess was correct."]

["Even without awakening a martial soul or practicing a cultivation technique, a soul master can begin cultivating in advance."]

["And this method has increased my cultivation speed by at least seven or eight times."]

["At this rate, reaching soul power level ten before the age of six will be completely effortless."]

["But what a pity."]

["If I had an internal cultivation technique like Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Technique, my cultivation speed could probably double again."]

The two truly deserved to be counterparts.

Both wanted to claim the other's cheat for themselves.

[Lan Yin, who had been away for many days, had now returned safely.]

[She had watched the entire process from nearby.]

[She could not help marveling to herself.]

["He actually broke through."]

["This child always brings people unexpected surprises."]

[Lan Yin greeted Tang Chuan and sat down beside him.]

[Tang Chuan nodded with a smile, but his gaze was instinctively drawn to the way his younger sister adjusted her skirt.]

[Especially the pair of slender, long, fair legs faintly visible beneath the hem.]

[They resembled white lotuses swaying in the wind, radiating an untainted, lively grace.]

[Noticing Tang Chuan's gaze, Lan Yin did not know whether to laugh or cry. She even inconspicuously lifted her skirt a little higher.]

[Only then did she take out the item Tang Chuan had asked her to find.]

["I've prepared the whale glue you asked me to find."]

["But can this really be used to increase the age limit for absorbing soul rings?"]

Hm?

A method for cultivating soul power before awakening a martial soul?

And a method for increasing soul ring age limits?

All the experts immediately stiffened.

It was here. At last, the part of this story they were most interested in had arrived.