Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul Mutation? It's a God-Bestowed Martial Soul!

At this, Dugu Bo's gaze sharpened. Glancing at the little fellow on his shoulder from the corner of his eye, he said, "This little thing can actually grow that large?!"

"And it comes with three abilities. The first is Devouring Evolution, which can increase the age of Soul Rings. The second is Spirit Sensing—by absorbing an aura, it can learn all the details of that aura!"

"The third is even more outrageous. Its body can reach a thousand meters! What kind of monster is this?! Did this really mutate from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul?!"

Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yao as though he were examining some incomprehensible revelation. "This has completely surpassed the scope of a top-tier Martial Soul, hasn't it?"

A Martial Soul mutation? No matter how much a Martial Soul mutated, it could not possibly reach such a level. Even mutations had their limits!

Faced with Dugu Bo's doubts, Dugu Yao did not hide anything. "Grandfather, my Martial Soul did not actually mutate from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul!"

"Grandfather, you must have heard the legends of gods, right? My Martial Soul was bestowed upon me by a god when I was born. It is a God-Bestowed Martial Soul!"

"Legends of gods?" Dugu Bo's expression immediately turned solemn. "I have indeed heard of gods. If one's Soul Power Level reaches level one hundred, one can become a god at the hundredth level!"

"Even now, accounts of gods having existed are still passed down in certain places within the Soul Master world. Yao'er, are you saying that you received the inheritance of a god?!"

"And this little thing is the God-Bestowed Martial Soul granted to you by that god. Am I understanding this correctly?"

Dugu Yao nodded slightly. Talking to his grandfather really was effortless. If it had been his father, who knew how long he would have had to explain things?

It was true that he had inherited Fierce God Xiangliu's legacy, but this Little Xiangliu had not been given to him by that dead Xiangliu. It had appeared because of him!

As for why he had received Fierce God Xiangliu's inheritance, he was quite puzzled himself. Could it have something to do with his previous life?

He had died suddenly from reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Could it be that the page containing Xiangliu's records had sent him across worlds?!

"Grandfather, you understand correctly! When you awakened my Martial Soul, although the process only lasted a few seconds, my consciousness..."

"...arrived in an Otherspace during those few seconds. It was dark and gloomy there, filled everywhere with black water!"

"Above that black water stood a palace called the Five Emperors Platform!"

"In ancient times, Fierce God Xiangliu had the body of a serpent and nine heads. He devoured countless people, and wherever he went became a vast marshland!"

"Therefore, when Great Yu saw how rampant Fierce God Xiangliu had become, he used his divine power to kill him and rid the people of this scourge!"

"But after Xiangliu died, the blood flowing from his body polluted the land, causing all crops to wither. Great Yu then split that place open and turned it into a pool!"

"Afterward, gods from all sides came to aid Great Yu and built a high platform beside the pool to suppress Xiangliu's corpse and his highly poisonous blood!"

"The Otherspace I visited was the place Great Yu carved out with divine power, while the Five Emperors Platform was built by the gods to help Great Yu suppress Xiangliu!"

Dugu Yao made slight alterations to the records of Xiangliu in the Classic of Mountains and Seas before recounting them directly.

"Of course, all of this was told to me by the lingering remnant will of that Fierce God Xiangliu after his death. And I am Fierce God Xiangliu's inheritor!" Dugu Yao said with a smile.

"Hiss!" Dugu Bo sucked in a cold breath, then asked, "Yao'er, from the sound of it, this Fierce God Xiangliu seems to have been an extremely dangerous god!"

"Are you really all right after receiving Fierce God Xiangliu's inheritance?" His first thought was not what Yao'er might gain, but whether Fierce God Xiangliu would harm his grandson!

Dugu Yao shook his head. "Grandfather, Fierce God Xiangliu has long been dead. That remnant will existed only to wait for an inheritor. How could it possibly harm me?"

"Besides, Fierce God Xiangliu's inheritance is incredibly powerful. The moment we met, he gave me two inheritances. The first was a Million-Year Soul Ring!"

"A Million-Year Soul Ring?!" Everyone cried out in unison.

They had heard of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but they had never heard of a Million-Year Soul Ring!

Dugu Yao explained, "Soul Masters have the saying that one becomes a god at the hundredth level, while Spirit Beasts have the saying that one becomes a god after a million years. Strictly speaking, a million-year-old Spirit Beast can produce a Million-Year Soul Ring!"

As he spoke, Dugu Yao's gaze fell on Little Xiangliu. Then he said angrily, "You little glutton, haven't you eaten enough? Hurry up and release the Soul Ring!"

Little Xiangliu was currently feasting away, devouring the toxins within Dugu Bo's body. Upon hearing him, it reluctantly left Dugu Bo's shoulder.

When it arrived before Dugu Yao, golden light suddenly burst forth. An invisible pressure descended upon everyone, and they could directly feel just how terrifying it was!

A dazzling golden Soul Ring appeared above Xiangliu's central head. It was precisely the Million-Year Soul Ring bestowed upon him by Fierce God Xiangliu!

Looking at that gleaming golden Soul Ring, Dugu Bo swallowed. "Yao'er, what Soul Skill does this Million-Year Soul Ring possess?"

"Because this is a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, it only has one Soul Skill. It is highly poisonous—and it is also a passive skill!"

"As long as a poison-attributed attack is released through my hands, its effect will be increased a hundredfold. Even the lowest-level hundred-year Soul Skill can unleash unimaginable power in my hands!"

"Yao'er, didn't you say there was a second inheritance? What is it? Hurry and tell us!" Dugu Xin asked excitedly.

"The second inheritance is the Mental Cultivation Method once practiced by Fierce God Xiangliu, called the Nine Nether Poison Scripture! By cultivating this Mental Cultivation Method, one can open up a Nine Nether Space in the dantian!"

"It can fuse all kinds of toxins within the body and store them in the Nine Nether Space. It can also be cultivated into a Nine Nether Poison Body, granting immunity to all poisons!"

"If the cultivator of this Mental Cultivation Method dies, all the toxins within the Nine Nether Space will be completely released. Their effects will depend on the cultivator's strength!" Dugu Yao said with a smile.

Blackish-purple light instantly bloomed from his hand, and the Nine Nether Poison Scripture appeared within it.

Although he could not enter the Otherspace right now, he could use it to store items. The Nine Nether Poison Scripture had been stored there just moments ago.

"With Fierce God Xiangliu's Mental Cultivation Method, the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, our family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul flaw can be resolved with ease!"

"The method is simple: open up a Nine Nether Space within the body, then channel the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in the body into it. When it is needed, simply release it!" Dugu Yao said with a smile.